There are few genres as immediately gratifying as the side scrolling shoot ‘em up, and although titles like Blazing Chrome showed the world that the old school, run and gun gameplay of the likes of Contra still has a place in 2019 (as much as Contra doesn’t, apparently), My Friend Pedro took the genre in some new directions. Beyond that, Heat represented a return to form for the long running Need For Speed series, and it actually made me excited about the future of the series, something I haven’t been for a long time.

Need For Speed Heat was exactly what 2019 needed. Hell, it might not even be the best racing game of the year, with titles like F1 2019 and Wreckfest offering plenty of vehicle-based entertainment for you, but Need For Speed Heat might have just been my favourite of the year, for a variety of reasons.Ģ019 seemed to offer very little in the way of quality street racing experiences, with Dangerous Driving failing to set the world on fire.

I’ll be the first to admit that Need For Speed: Heat wasn’t exactly the best racing game ever made. I promise it’ll be equal to or less than entertaining than The Game Awards. With all that said though, there are still plenty of games that came out this year that really tickled my pickle, so I hope you’ll join me over the next couple of minutes as I recount my top ten favourite games that were released over the past 12 months. Either way, they’ll all get seen to over Christmas. Games like Control, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Afterparty and Judgment are on my list but I haven’t managed to play them yet, and while I’ve played The Outer Worlds and Astral Chain, I haven’t sunk enough hours into either game just yet. Unfortunately, I’m but one man, and some games that released this year managed to slip the net. 2019 is basically in the bag, and Cultured Vultures is about to embark on a couple of weeks of well-earned break to celebrate Christmas and the New Year, so what better time to reflect than right now? As the last full year for the current generation of hardware, we’ve seen our fair share of absolute bangers in terms of gaming releases.

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