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Breweries and Games! Top and Bottom Games of 2016 and 2015 in 2017


It's the end of the year.  Christmas, New Years, Boxing Day, Hanukkah... All the holidays and more are coming up.  Eggnog and peppermint everything.  Some snow if you live up North. It's also the time of year when all the talking heads of gaming rate things from the last year.

Of course this place is all about older games. This means that we're doing things a bit different here. As the title says this is Breweries and Games! Top and Bottom Three Games of 2016 and 2015 in 2017.  So to be clear only games I've already reviewed can be on this list. Also I'd planned to just have games from 2016 here but there just wasn't enough to do so.  We've only been going for half a year. We're going to split the list it into two weekend leading up to Christmas. This week it's the bad ones.

#3 Star Wars Battlefront

This game just barely makes the list but it still does. It's just didn't age well. What started as an outstanding reboot of the original Battlefront slowly turned sour. Bogged down by content removing updates, DLC, and absolutely ridiculous loading times the game went from stellar to shelf. If you can find a way to head back to 2016 and play it do so. If not, well, try to stomach the problems with the new one.


#2 Call of Duty Advanced Warfare

As I've said in the review of this game the big failing here is what could have been. This game has a good premise, cool features, and top tier talent. Unfortunately it's also joined by poor writing, gimmicky features, and all the problems that the other Call Of Duty games since the first Modern Warfare have.


#1 Battlefield Hardline

This game was really really bad. I couldn't even bring myself to grind through it for the 'you finished the game' achievement. The plot is bad, the driving segments are horrid, and there's some downright dumb dialogue. There's one standout stealth segment but it's hardly worth trudging through half the game for.


So there you go. Those are our bottom three from the last few years this year. If your shopping for a cheap game for your cousin don't get them any of these. Unless you don't like them. In which case just get them a copy of Die Hard and be done with it.

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