20 Best Video Games Of 2016

11. Furi

Back to 'proper games', and there's nothing that released this year that'll force you to become one with a control scheme quite like Furi.

Developed by The Game Bakers, it's ostensibly two games in one; a top-down twin-stick shooter with hack n' slash melee combat, and an up-close, side-on fighter.

Built around speed, reaction times and the smallest windows of opportunity, you'll need to take down a series of hyper-stylised bosses in the most precise way possible.

Waves of blaster fire fill the screen, charged attacks can be dodged or parried - the game knows you're going to get good at its systems, and keeps up accordingly. A few hours in, battles will go from being intense duels to full-on Dragon Ball Z-style showcases of special attacks and flurries of clashing swords - it's less about 'keeping on your toes', and more learning to never touch the ground.

Oh, and the game's soundtrack is ostensibly this year's Hotline Miami:

It's ACE.