The voice acting is hilarious, the worlds are odd and inventive, and the moves and powers that the young girl accumulates along the way turn her (and her inexplicably magic hat) into a force to be reckoned with. A Hat in Time is a classic 3D platformer in which a young girl has to find enough fuel to power her ship in order to get home. While Yooka-Laylee failed to grab me like I hoped it would, I fell for A Hat in Time instantly. The age of the mascot platformer has long since ended… but there is a small renaissance happening in the indie community right now that gives me hope. I thought Super Mario Odyssey would quench my thirst for platformers, but all it did was remind me how few quality 3D platformers we see on consoles nowadays. Plus, it managed to keep me engaged from start to finish, which is more than I can say for some of the games that didn’t make this list. This is a legitimate single-player campaign that rivals the size and scope of some other popular FPS games. More than anything though, I was shocked that Farpoint lasted as long as it did.

After spending a few hours aiming down the sights of my fake gun in the PS VR headset, it felt a bit underwhelming to go back to a standard first-person shooter.

And while I’m not much for being asked to use plastic accessories to play games in 2017, the Aim Controller made battling waves of aliens feel all the more real.

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