10 Best Video Games Of 2018 You Didn't Play

6. GRIS

The "Are games art?" debate concluded years ago with a resounding "of course", but then something like Gris comes along, and just redefines the very idea of visual beauty.

Mechanically a platformer with a couple of additional moves to open up specific pathways, you play an unnamed woman exploring a stunning world of watercolour art, restoring colour as you try to piece together exactly what all these images are trying to tell you.

Yes, Gris will fold into the "style over substance" debate, but our unnamed main lady moves with a Journey-like grace, float-jumping neatly around every gorgeous environment, only for things like sliding down gargantuan mountainsides or slamming through the ground to punctuate gameplay nicely.

Gris is absolutely an "experience" over a game with defined "levels" or "progression", but such unique entrancing visuals do carry where mechanics fall away, and the resultant emotional connection you'll form with what's on screen is damn special.