EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark

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If you haven’t played South Park: The Stick of Truth, it is absolutely not too late. The graphics look exactly like the show, so they haven’t really aged at all. In fact, as a 12-hour RPG, The Stick of Truth is like playing a long season of the show. Parker and Stone’s fingerprints are all over this thing, with Obsidian’s game-building and genre expertise underpinning the whole thing. I dare you not to laugh hysterically at the Underpants Gnome boss fight, the scene with Mr. Slave, the Canada section, and so many more.

Golden Sun drew on classic RPGs like Final Fantasy and turned those inspirations into something unique and special

Nier: Automata is a game about robots and androids that want nothing more than to be human. That theme is revealed through the game's incredible soundtrack. Read more about Polygon's pick for the best games of 2017:

The End of Oak Street hits all the right nostalgic notes for a family adventure clearly inspired by the '80s most iconic sci fi films. David Robert Mitchell pulls from the same back of tricks that made It Follows a cult classic to add just enough plumage to the dinosaurs to make his film more than just a Spielberg impression.