From a beautiful game world to creative enemies, there's a lot to love here. The fact that Horizon: Zero Dawn makes actually hunting these animals a ton of fun is only icing on the cake. Look, you had most people at 'a woman hunts robotic animals with a bow.' That's enough. Changing the series to first person, setting it in a fantastic environment, and making the villains terrifying was more than enough to make Capcom suddenly get an incredible second wind.ĭeveloper: Guerrilla Games | Release Date: February 28th, 2017 | Game Page Yet this game marked the new Capcom and took everyone by storm. Resident Evil 7 looked interesting, but if it would be worth it was up in the air. None of their projects were landing, and 'will Capcom shut down?' was becoming a seriously asked question. It may be hard to tell now, but in 2017 Capcom was in a miserable place. probably the original.ĭeveloper: Capcom | Release Date: January 24th, 2017 So is that enough to make people care? When it came out the answer was a resounding yes, and we ended up with the best Sonic game since. The result is Sonic Mania, a 2D Sonic game that takes the gameplay and presentation from the classics while also giving it enough of a modern twist to really feel unique. So what does Sega do? Ask a team of fans to make something better. Sonic is another one of those IPs that hasn't really managed to put out much quality in quite some time.

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