The Best PC Games of 2017

We are at that time of the year where it is safe to wrap up the best games of the year. 2017 was a decent year for gaming with some great titles and some huge disappointments like Dawn of War 3 and Eternal Crusade, games I still play from time to time simply because I'm a huge Warhammer40k fanatic, but objectively they did not deliver. I haven't tried Mass Effect Andromeda yet, I don't know will I ever do. 2017 didn't really had that epic game that everyone would talk about, we had some great sequels but nothing that really stands out strong. As a hardcore RPG and RTS player you can expect a lot of those type of games on this list. Here are some of my favorite PC games of 2017 in no particular order, every one of these games is worth your time and they all have @moon32walker seal of approval.

ELEX

Once you finish this game you end up with a feeling of huge satisfaction, not because it is finally over, it is because you did it, you survived all the harshness the word of Magalan threw at you. This is RPG you were all waiting for. Piranha Bytes type of game (Gothic and Risen series) in a brand new postapocalyptic setting with all the vibes of Fallout and Gothic games combined. Elex is one of those old school games with a great sense of exploration, character progression and hard combat where every +5 attack damage means a damn lot. The mainstream sites gave the game bad reviews, and oh boy, were they wrong with this one.

Torment: Tides of Numenera

Let the tides take you is the name of the game here. This is a reader's game, you will not be satisfied with this if you don't have the patience to read through hundreds of thousands of dialogue lines in this game. This is fiction at it's best. Tides of Numenera is a game where we play as an immortal being, a castoff from a changing god who did a millenia of bad deeds to an earth one billion years in the future, a place where magic and strange technology coincide. Your goal in all of this is to try to navigate through this strange world and find out how much does one life really matter. I had a lot of fun exploring this game and you will too if you like to read.

Divinity: Original Sin 2

Larian Studio is on fire, they keep on producing great games. Original Sin 2 improved on everything Original Sin offered and expanded it with more of everything. Companions are more interesting, there is an epic amount of loot to collect, steal, buy or discover. There are more schools of magic, all adding to even more combat orientated combos and interactions with the environments. Story is as compelling as ever, and you just can't go wrong with this game.

Total War: Warhammer 2

Fantasy Warhammer found the great host in Creative Assembly to recreate all the creatively insane races of Warhammer. Warhammer 2 introduced some of the fan favorite races like Skaven and Lizardmen, placed them on a new continent and introduced new Vortex campaign improving from the one from the first game with more dynamic gameplay and the sense of urgency. Not too long after game was released CA launched Immortal Empires and thus allowing owners of the both games one grand campaign with all the races of both games to play with. Amount of content there is hard to describe, endless replayability and endless strategic fun.

Grim Dawn: Ashes of Malmouth

This is an expansion from one of the best ARPG games of 2016. Grim Dawn: Ashes of Malmouth brings two more classes on the table and two more huge acts to explore. What is so good about this one, well, it is how they manage to recreate the gothic atmoshphere and the sense of impending doom and create a cohesive balance between the two. And well, there is the tons of loot to collect and monsters in all shapes and forms to slay. ARPG for the purists.

Path of Exile: Fall of Oriath

Another expansion to an already established king of ARPGs, Path of Exile: Fall of Oriath is a huge game. I always like to compare this expansion to Diablo ones, Diablo 2 expansion had one extra story Act, Diablo 3 expansion had one extra story Act. Path of Exile expansion has six extra story Acts! Oh, did I mention it is completely free to play and it's end game is way more interesting than the Diablo 3 one. This is a full package game any fan of Action Role Playing Games must play at least once.

Spellforce 3

Last but not the least is Spellforce 3, I didn't give the game the best of scores, the lack of polish can be seen a lot while playing this game. Few more months of development and bug ironing would of done wonders for this game. However, even in this state I enjoyed it quite a lot. The game is a hybrid of RPG and RTS genres and both of those genres are represented well here, as a huge fan of both of those gaming genres, this game satisfied both those gaming needs. Two games in one, great characters and story, this game can absolutely stay on this list.

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