Although the expansion of myTeam and myCareer offer NBA 2K18 new avenues to deliver exciting gameplay, the game's reluctance to evolve mechanically, combined with the atrocious myPlayer campaign design and overall reliance on microtransactions, make this year's entry a game a classic "one step forward, two steps back" scenario.
With Everybody's Golf, Clap Hanz resumes its position at the top of the virtual golf genre, delivering a title that preserves the beautiful, deceptively technical core gameplay they've refined over the past two decades, with a number of new tweaks and online offerings to keep the series feeling fresh and relevant.
Set in a lush, futuristic world full of fascinating mechanical beasts and historical secrets, Horizon Zero Dawn is an impressive first entry into the RPG genre for Guerrilla Games. Eventually, some of the game's visual luster and ambitious world-building wears a bit thin, but as a technical masterpiece and a surprisingly feminist AAA game, Horizon Zero Dawn is a sight to behold, and an absolute joy to engage with.