We didn’t get GTA 6, or a new 3D Mario game to kick off the Switch 2 era, but don’t let either of those disappointments take away from what has been a magnificently varied and exciting year for video games.
Huge sequels finally arrived, mascots were resurrected, and perhaps the biggest success story of the whole year was a melancholic French RPG that recalls the PS2 era. Who could have seen that coming?
