My 5 Favorite Xbox Games of the Year…So Far
It’s natural to start reflecting back on the gaming year at this point in the calendar, even though we’re still waiting on a handful of big games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and hopefully the parity-clause-busting Baldur’s Gate 3. Shout-out to a smaller game that’s out in just a couple weeks, too: The Invincible, a retro-sci-fi walking simulator that looks right up my alley. Plus, a game very high on my list of most anticipated games, Alan Wake 2, will be out mere hours after you read this (here's our glowing review), if it isn’t already. Anyway, it’s been a heck of a year already so here are my five favorite games I’ve played on my Xbox Series X so far in 2023 (in no particular order):
Is it perfect? No. But is it really good, not to mention incredibly massive? Most definitely. As I said on Podcast Unlocked after it came out, for me personally, it sits right between The Elder Scrolls and Fallout in terms of my most beloved Bethesda Game Studios franchises (I love TES’s take on fantasy, what can I say?). As with its sibling series, Starfield is not short on things to do, both big and small. I had an absolute blast with the epic UC Vanguard/Crimson Fleet faction questline, which I fell into by complete accident, and I can’t wait to play more.
This is the game I’ve spent the most time with on my Xbox so far in 2023, and it’s probably my favorite thus far as well. I go way back with Diablo – all the way to the beginning – and for me, Diablo 4 hit all the right buttons. It got the gameplay loop as perfect as any other time in the series, and yes, that includes the GOAT Diablo 2. Sure, it’s had to navigate some bumps in the road in its endgame and post-release content, but the core of
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