In Kirin Jindosh’s ever-transforming Clockwork Mansion and the time-bending antics of A Crack in the Slab, Dishonored 2 serves up two of the finest video game levels ever, let alone this year (even if Titanfall 2 provided serious competition). You’re not going up against characters who can shoot or hit back, for starters. Each manages to give you the freedom to operate how you choose, while many take devilish ideas and weave them into one-off works of near genius. This game is a little different from your typical shooter.

As playgrounds, the individual but wide-open levels teem with detail and opportunity. Karnaca is a remarkable creation, with tales of a complex city divided by class built into its very walls and hidden in corners as its often unseen denizens scribble desperate notes. Many of Arkane’s alumni were involved in these games, and the skill shows. PCGamesN Updated: Titanfall 2 The best games of 2016 ran the gamut from taut, well-told tales to wide-open. Whether it is whispering through areas with mystic abilities, knocking out guards or going full killcrazy and wiping out enemies with spring-loaded razor-mines and muskets, Arkane give you a tool-set that can be experimented and toyed with.ĭishonored fits into that curiously named ‘immersive sim’, following a legacy laid down by games like Thief and Deus Ex. Here are the best PC games 2016 has to offer, courtesy of PCGamesN. While the recurring question as you seek revenge on the coast of Karnaca is ‘to kill or not to kill’, each answer is open to interpretation. In a splendid year, Arkane’s steampunk assassin adventure takes the crown for its staggering attention to detail and commitment to player choice.

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