18 Best Video Game Moments Of 2016

3. Leaving Your First Planet - No Man's Sky

Say what you like about No Man's Sky - and people have thusly said quite a lot - those opening few hours were pretty brilliant.

Scavenging for items to rebuild your ship, spelunking in firefly-lit caves, fending off the occasional sentry droid and admiring the feeling of isolation in a galaxy so ginormous, actually blasting off said planet and taking to the stars was a genuine feeling of not knowing what was next.

Granted, the game all fell apart after, but if we're talking about specific moments that stood out from across 2016, at least the opening of Hello Games' ambitious survival game was firing on all cylinders.