14 Awesome 2017 Video Games You Probably Missed (So Far)

10. What Remains Of Edith Finch

What Remains of Edith Finch
Playstation

Though some players will be forever deterred by this game's designation as an "arty walking simulator", What Remains of Edith Finch is an excellent story-driven adventure game from Giant Sparrow (The Unfinished Swan).

Revolving around the titular young woman as she explores her family's sprawling estate and learns about the bizarre spate of deaths which have cursed her ancestors, the game has a unique hook, wastes zero time on narrative bloat and expertly balances its tone between dark humour and being a genuinely touching meditation on mortality.

It's basically the length of a movie and, with its array of weird and wonderful stories, presents a tale quite like no other, with a brutal gut-punch of an ending to boot.

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