18 Best Video Games Of 2016 (So Far)
1. DOOM
Sometimes you just need a game to be a GAME, y'know? None of this fancy cinematic posturing, no elaborate narrative and certainly no quick-time events. Id Software wrote the book on such a thing, and with their grand return to DOOM - some 12 years in the making - they've knocked it clean out the park and straight up to Mars.
Running steady at 60 frames per second, you've not experienced a console shooter like this. And whilst that base foundation immediately challenges you to play as fast as your brain can process information, there are a number of truly innovative game mechanics that keep it all fresh.
Out of ammo? Just whip out your chainsaw and carve through enemies to trigger some pick-ups. Likewise with health, executing enemies restores it, encouraging you to mix up your weapons and tactics on the fly.
A technical powerhouse from top to bottom, take gore-soaked levels, varied enemy design, phenomenally powerful weapons and pack it all in with extra dynamite - DOOM is the resulting explosion, and everything you'd expect from a true veteran of the industry.
It's. PERFECT.
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