15 Most Criminally Underrated Video Games Of 2016 (So Far)

By Scott Tailford /

10. The Banner Saga 2

Stoic Studio

Speaking of combined properties, try Game of Thrones meets 90s Disney - the result being The Banner Saga, a trilogy of titles which just received its second instalment.

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Fighting against the collapse of the world itself and ravaged by a force known only as the Dredge; the bleak and oppressively apocalyptic tone challenges you to manage food levels as you travel across the increasingly barren wasteland. Combat occasionally happens depending on a variety of conversation options, and party members can also die permanently in between battles.

Although these altercations and the dialogue itself are extremely well put together, it's the overall presentation of the project that's just so enrapturing to take in. Artist Igor Artyomenko has outdone himself yet again, as even before the game gets its hooks in, such an outstanding aesthetic knockout is one for the ages.

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The best looking game of 2016? Next to Uncharted 4 and Overwatch, hell yes.