Upcoming Promising Games in 2017

Bring on these upcoming games full of hype and anticipation!

Yooka Laylee

It´s quite a miracle that the majority of Rare´s former developer team during the N64 era has come together to collaborate on Yooka Laylee, a spiritual successor to the Banjo Kazooie platformer games. Even the soundtrack, the voice acting and the mechanics are spiritual reminders! And if you look at those 2 facts, then you can be damn sure that the gameplay will turn up just fine too.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

No, this legendary series does not go open world for the first time, because technically and arguably, that feature would have been present in the original Legend of Zelda on the NES, because the order of the dungeons and such does not necessarily have to be linear. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild nonetheless sounds more interesting than the artstyle to me, as it apparently will be the biggest game content wise the series has seen so far.

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

I am a massive Resident Evil fan, as I have beaten all of the main games, plus I really just appreciate the lore and the characters behind it, despite how wacky and over the top it can get. With the first person direction and a true return towards the fundamentals of the original game in regards to survival and management, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is my most anticipated video game of 2017 so far, and I really hope that it will deliver, as it will no doubt blur the line between what makes Resident Evil survival horror further.

Gravity Rush 2

After beating the Remastered version last year, I constantly reminded myself of how addictive the great gameplay is, next towards the endless amounts of objects to collect. With a charming fun soundtrack to accompany Kat's adventure, Gravity Rush 2 promises to be bigger and better, as it is designed as a console video game this time.

Nioh

A new IP, it promises to be a mixture of all the good features of a Dark Souls and a hack and slashing game, combined with deeper amounts of tactical options available. Nioh takes an interesting samurai and akuma setting, and I wish it good luck with the overall reception.

Horizon Zero Dawn

The upcoming pride of Dutch development from Guerilla Games, admittedly, I have not played any of their games so far. But because Horizon: Zero Dawn as a new IP looks so aesthetically beautiful, combined with third person action in a theme of robotic dinosaurs, I too wish this the best of luck.

Mass Effect Andromeda

Interesting Flok fact; The Mass Effect trilogy are the only games so far where I became nauseous and vomitted twice in total at part 2 & 3 because of the motion sickness during the third person shooting. Nevertheless, I absolutely got immersed by the lore and the rich dialogue they provided, and it just might be my favorite space epos universe next to Star Wars.

Super Mario Switch

With the reveal of the Nintendo Switch's first look at it's game lineup and launch window soon to happen, Super Mario Switch as I have named the work in progress 3D Mario, just might be the only project needed to make the console hybrid a succes for this year alone. With people hopefully deducing that the sneak peak of the gameplay footage happens to be more oriented towards Super Mario 64 and Sunshine, as well as having a theme playing of visiting various different cultures, Super Mario Switch just might be the sole reason for me to decide to buy a Nintendo Switch.