Welcome to the first ever blog post from The Beautiful Boys as well as the first editorial for our look back at the year 2017 in entertainment. We'll have a handful of articles in the coming weeks that will culminate with our first ever Beautiful Boy Awards.
I was lucky enough this year to play a few more games than I did last year. I started the year off my trying to catch up on all the big 2016 hits I had missed and then went into a marathon of platformers, Wii U games and hidden gems. My summer was mostly spent playing newer titles and in late July I began a second marathon, this time covering the persona series. Afterwards it was back to playing newer releases for a total of 46 games beat.
I won't reveal my Game of the Year for 2017 just yet, but I'll give out an honorable mention to the best game I played this year that didn’t come out in 2017. That award goes to Persona 4: Golden. I really enjoyed the game even if it does have its fair share of pacing issues. While I won't be able to cover Persona 5 for our upcoming Game of the Year awards, I am looking forward to playing through it sometime in 2018. I guess you could say I'm a casual persona fan now.
I'll have more coverage of 2017 games and entertainment soon. Thanks and have a happy New Year!
2017 Games Played List
Played - Games with no real ending, games that I already beat or games that I didn't finish for whatever reason.
Superhot (PC)
Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 (PS4)
Overwatch (PC)
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game (PC)
Zombi U (Wii U)
Rock Band: Unplugged (PSP)
Sonic and All-stars Racing Transformed (Wii U)
Left 4 Dead 2 (PC)
Killing Floor 2 (PC)
Mario Kart 8: Deluxe Edition (Switch)*
1 2 Switch (Switch)*
Bloodborne (PS4)
Persona 4: Arena (PS3)
Persona 4: Dancing All Night (Vita)
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (Wii U)
Super Smash Bros for Wii U (Wii U)
Ed, Edd and Eddy: The Mis-Edventures (PS2)
Fortnight: Battle Royale (PS4)
Prey [2017] (PS4)*
Mass Effect: Andromeda (PS4)*
Cuphead (PC)*
Hollow Knight (PC)*
Invisible Inc. (PC)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
Beat
Rise of the Tomb Raider (PS4)
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (PS4)
Owlboy (PC)
Hitman 2016 (PC)
Hyper Light Drifter (PC)
Fire Emblem Heroes (Mobile)*
Oxenfree (PC)
Paper Mario: Color Splash (Wii U)
Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4)*
Sonic Colors (Wii)
Sonic Generations (PC)
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (Wii U)
No More Heroes (Wii)
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U)
Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Wii)
Freedom Planet (Wii U)
Pikmin 3 (Wii U)
Yoshi’s Wooly World (Wii U)
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Wii)
Lego City Undercover (Wii U)
Sonic: Lost World (Wii U)
Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Wii)
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (Wii U)*
Fire Emblem: Echoes - Shadow of Valentia (3DS)*
Nier: Automata (PS4)*
Yooka Laylee (PS4)*
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)*
Splatoon 2 (Switch)*
Sonic Mania (Switch)*
Persona 3 (PS2)
Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS)*
A Hat In Time (PC)*
Persona 4: Golden (Vita)
Persona 4: Arena (PS3)
Persona 4: Arena Ultimax (PS3)
Persona 4: Dancing All Night (Vita)
Super Mario Run (Mobile)
Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)*
Fire Emblem: Warriors (Switch)*
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (PS4)*
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (PS4)*
Pokemon: Ultra Sun (3DS)*
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (Switch)*
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Champions’ Ballad (Switch)*
South Park: The Fractured But Whole (PS4)*
Life is Strange: Before the Storm (PC)*
* 2017 Release
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