#7 Pokémon GO :The mobile game that took the world by storm and hasn't really stopped taking the world by storm even months later, Pokémon GO earns a special place on our list even if it's also a fairly disappointing Pokémon game. Best played without cheating by looking up solutions online. Thankfully, there are many different puzzles to tackle at once, so you don't necessarily get stuck in place altogether. Some of those puzzles can be really tough, and it's not at all uncommon to get horribly stuck. I certainly do, though I find it works better in small sessions. #8 The Witness: After much hype, the gorgeous puzzle game from indie developer Jonathan Blow turned out to be totally worth the wait-if, that is, you like increasingly challenging, mind-bending puzzles set on wildly colorful island. The dreaded 'franchise fatigue' aside, there's no denying what a rich, rewarding game this one turned out to be. As it stands, Dark Souls III has great combat and a huge world to explore, but it often feels like more of the same. While the game is, in many ways, a hybrid of Dark Souls and Bloodborne-lovingly described as 'Soulsborne' by fans-it would have been better a year or two later. Dark Souls III is a great game on its own merits, but one can't help but feel that this could have been a GOTY had more time passed between its release and Dark Souls II. #9 Dark Souls III:The Dark Souls trilogy is at an end, at once too soon and not soon enough. The great soundtrack and richly detailed city of New Bordeaux make for an immersive experience, offsetting the lackluster gameplay. If only the missions weren't so repetitive. Far from perfect, the game still managed to take a serious look at racism in the South during the Civil Rights movement, and spin that into a compelling crime drama.

#10 Mafia 3:While the open-world gameplay in Mafia 3 was a poor fit for the narrative-driven title, the world-building was top-notch, and the game's story was worth the price of admission.

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