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Game Informer Editors Share Their 2016 Top 10 Game Lists

by Matt Bertz on Jan 05, 2017 at 04:00 AM

There's no accounting for taste, which is why the Game Informer end-of-year award meetings are always so contentious. The deep variety of interests is one of the many things that makes the G.I. staff so interesting, and the year 2016 had no shortage of good games to argue over. However, that didn't stop Stockholm syndrome from penetrating some of the editor Top 10 lists. Did you really expect to see No Man's Sky appear so many times on these lists? Neither did I! Read on to find out which editors' tastes align most closely with your own, and which make you lose your faith in mankind. 

Andy McNamara (@GI_AndyMc)

1. World of Warcraft: Legion
2. Overwatch
3. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
4. Dark Souls III      
5. Dishonored 2
6. Doom
7. Destiny: Rise of Iron
8. Clash Royale
9. Darkest Dungeon
10. Inside

Andrew Reiner (@Andrew_Reiner)

1. Overwatch
2. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
3. Gears of War 4
4. Clash Royale
5. Dark Souls III
6. Dishonored 2
7. Inside
8. Darkest Dungeon
9. Pokémon Go
10. The Turing Test

Matt Bertz (@MattBertz)

1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine
2. Dishonored 2
3. Overwatch
4. Battlefield 1
5. Doom
6. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
7. NBA 2K17
8. Darkest Dungeon
9. Inside
10. Madden NFL 17

Joe Juba (@Joejuba)

1. Final Fantasy XV
2. Stardew Valley
3. The Witness
4. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
5. Inside
6. Odin Sphere Leifthrasir
7. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice
8. The Last Guardian
9. Dead Rising 4
10. No Man’s Sky

Matt Miller (@MatthewRMiller)

1. Inside
2. Destiny: Rise of Iron
3. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
4. World of Warcraft: Legion
5. Darkest Dungeon
6. Overwatch
7. Forza Horizon 3
8. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
9. The Witness
10. Abzû

Kim Wallace (@kstar1785)

1. Overwatch
2. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
3. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine
4. Final Fantasy XV
5. Fire Emblem Fates
6. Dishonored 2
7. NBA 2K17
8. Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
9. Civilization VI
10. Zero Time Dilemma

Daniel Tack (@DanTack)

1. Overwatch
2. Dark Souls III
3. Darkest Dungeon
4. World of Warcraft: Legion
5. Pokémon Go
6. Let It Die
7. Monster Hunter Generations
8. Civilization VI
9. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
10. Clash Royale

Brian Shea (@BrianPShea)

1. Overwatch
2. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
3. Final Fantasy XV
4. Hyper Light Drifter
5. Titanfall 2
6. Doom
7. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
8. Pokémon Sun/Moon
9. Clash Royale
10. Pokémon Go

Matthew Kato (@MattKato)

1. Pro Evolution Soccer 2017
2. Madden NFL 2017
3. Darkest Dungeon
4. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
5. Inside
6. Dangerous Golf
7. Dishonored 2
8. Steep
9. The Last Guardian
10. No Man’s Sky

Jeff Cork (@GIJeff)

1. Overwatch
2. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
3. Clash Royale
4. Dead Rising 4
5. Inside
6. Dragon Quest Builders
7. Titanfall 2
8. Far Cry Primal
9. King's Quest
10. No Man's Sky

 

Ben Reeves (@BenjaminReeves)

1. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
2. XCOM 2
3. Stardew Valley
4. Inside
5. Picross 3D: Round 2
6. Dishonored 2
7. Doom
8. Darkest Dungeon
9. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine
10. Mafia III

Jeff Marchiafava (@GIJeffM)

1. Overwatch
2. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
3. Stardew Valley
4. Doom
5. Dark Souls III
6. Battlefield 1
7. Inside
8. The Last Guardian
9. No Man’s Sky
10. Dishonored 2

Kyle Hilliard (@KyleMHilliard)

1. Inside
2. Hyper Light Drifter
3. Pokémon Go
4. The Last Guardian
5. Picross 3D Round 2
6. Titanfall 2
7. Dark Souls III
8. The Witness
9. Final Fantasy XV
10. Overwatch

Javy Gwaltney (@HurdyIV)

1. Titanfall 2
2. Dishonored 2
3. Overwatch
4. Virginia
5. Inside
6. Doom
7. Quadrilateral Cowboy
8. Firewatch
9. Fire Emblem: Fates
10. Final Fantasy XV

Elise Favis (@elisefavis)

1. Inside
2. Overwatch
3. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
4. Stardew Valley
5. Dishonored 2
6. Firewatch
7. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice
8. Final Fantasy XV
9. Watch Dogs 2
10. Oxenfree

Suriel Vazquez (@SurielVazquez)

1. Dota 2
2. Overwatch
3. Street Fighter V
4. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine
5. Anatomy
6. Pac-Man Championship Edition 2
7. Dark Souls III
8. Owlboy
9. The Witness
10. Another Metroid 2 Remake

Ben Hanson (@Yozetty)

1. Stardew Valley
2. Overwatch
3. Pokémon Go
4. The Last Guardian
5. Amplitude
6. Inside
7. Forza Horizon 3
8. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
9. Jackbox Party Pack 3
10. Superhot

Wade Wojcik (@WadeWojcik)

1. Battlefield 1
2. Destiny: Rise of Iron
3. No Man's Sky
4. Overwatch
5. World of Warcraft: Legion
6. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine
7. Titanfall 2
8. Doom
9. Overcooked
10. Clash Royale

For our 2015 individual editor picks, head here. For our best games of 2015 awards, head here.

 

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