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13 Video Games Coming In 2017 That You Won’t Want To Miss

Thank God 2016 is over, eh? Notable video game releases aside, it's better if we move forward and forget the tragedy that was the past twelve months, burying our head in the nearest console and forgetting that the world has gone mad. To help rid our brains of last year's memories, we've compiled a list of 10 video games that you need to start getting excited for this year.

3) Resident Evil 7

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Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4

Release Date: January 24th

My first reaction to the news Resident Evil was going first person was… “huh?” My second was: “This is stupid.” But my oh my, having played the demo and watched game in action, Resident Evil 7 just makes sense.

Set inside a plantation owned by a crackpot family of hick cannibals, it’s your job to discover what’s going on and get the hell out of dodge. We’re promised a world of Metroidvania proportions, full of canny shortcuts and mysteries galore with herbs, ammo and typewriters to aid survival along the way.

What’s great about Resi 7 is that it feels like Resident Evil. All the time-honored sound effects are here, from the soothing jingle of the typewriter to the Pong-era cue of mixing herbs together. Better yet, Resi is back to being about true fear. I thought the move away from a the third-person camera would rob the game of its essential Resident Evil-ness. But it turns out this long-running, much-loved series is about more than awkward camera controls.

7 looks like a smart reinvention of a series that was rapidly veering into overblown Hollywood territory. And it’s never felt more right. Resident Evil 6 was a big hot mess, but I can’t see being anything other than a contender for Game of the Year.