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

9. A Boy And His Blob

Although you may have caught A Boy and His Blob on Wii U back in 2009, its re-release on PS4 and Xbox One this year has opened up an entire new generation to its wondrous charms.

Playing as the titular Boy and finding said alien Blob, he promptly befriends it by feeding it a load of jellybeans, and it's this idea that transfers into gameplay. As a standard 2D puzzle-platformer with an almost Studio Ghibli art design, feeding Blob different beans makes him morph into everything from a parachute to a trampoline, a bowling ball to a massive weapons-grade mech.

Combine these various abilities and you can make it through a bunch of themed levels, but what'll really get you is just how freakin' cute it all is. Remember the first time you saw Kirby's Epic Yarn or Yoshi's Woolly World? Think of that feeling know that Boy and his Blob features a button justfor hugging.

Words are not enough.