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The end of every year normally brings us tons of new arrivals in the gaming world. Whether you're a console or PC gamer, these are the best video games available right now.
Much has been made about the controversial (premature?) release of CD Projekt's Cyberpunk 2077, the first-person role-playing game that has been lauded in some areas while derailed in others due to bugs and glitches prevalent on social media.
Nevertheless, the action game is currently the best seller, a list that includes several of these choice video games.
6. Madden NFL 21
The latest installment of the long-running Madden franchise is Madden NFL 21, featuring last year's league MVP in Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson gracing the cover.
Madden 21 has been criticized by gamers due to the conformity and lack of new features that have been noticed between every year of the latest release. Nevertheless, it's still the best football game on the market and will help gamers with their fix for virtual sports along with getting to play as different athletes and teams.
5. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
One hundred years before the awesome The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Hyrule Warriors depicts melee combat for single-player and multiplayer with a whole new story. It's a great buy for people already invested in The Legend of Zelda series.
Released in November, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is one of the best reviewed games of the year, with critics raving about how it drops you into the world of Zelda along with fantastic combat mode and gameplay.
4. Super Mario 3D All-Stars
Another Nintendo release, Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a refurbished look at three iconic Mario-starring games over the last three and half decades. Updated for better graphics on the Switch, All-Stars delivers Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy on a silver plater for gamers.
These are three classics—some older than others—that Nintendo and Super Mario fans can enjoy on the Switch. All three games were given facelifts to look better on the newest Nintendo console, and they should be a great buy for either longtime gamers looking to relive some of these releases or younger and newer gamers just recently getting introduced to Super Mario and want a feel for several landmark games.
3. The Last of Us Part II
Following one of the biggest hits of the 2010s, The Last of Us Part II continues with Ellie in the post-apocalyptic United States trying to survive a desperate and dangerous world. The first installment of The Last of Us, released in 2013, was one of the best selling games on PlayStation 3 and 4, with gamers going bananas to get their hands on the single-player third-person action game.
The PlayStation inclusive provides one of the more in-depth game story-wise in a third-person adventure controlling Ellie, from the last game, and a new character, Abby.
You can easily get sucked into this game and spend hours. Nonetheless, it's why it's one of the top video games to buy right now.
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2. Ghost of Tsushima
One of the best reviewed games of the year is another PlayStation exclusive, 2020's Ghost of Tsushima. The open world gameplay gives you control of samurai Jin Sakai as he interacts with friends and enemies and fights a Mongolian invasion on his island of Tsushima.
Ghost of Tsushima allows gamers to explore a beautiful countryside and open world with mini adventures and ways to explore while engaging in stunning combat. This is one of the must-have games of 2020 for anybody will access to a PlayStation.
1. Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 is the crown jewel of the gaming world right now with 2021 approaching, and not without controversy. Many have been critical of CD Projekt, who has been taking over half a decade to develop the game, for bugs and glitches despite and otherwise great game.
The story is in the not-so-distant future, “Night City” is run by gangs and crime, with the player taking control of “V,” a hired criminal paid to steal technology before the plan goes downhill.
Cyberpunk 2077 intends to come out of the next generation of consoles (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X) in 2021. Until then, gamers will have to manage playing Cyberpunk with all the hiccups involved before getting the play on the best possible console.
