July Releases
The hottest month of the year, is also one of the hottest for video games, as the last two summers have released a lot of great titles in July.
Once again, the summer of 2018 is kind to Nintendo fans, featuring plenty of exclusives to entice players to pick up a Switch.
Octopath Traveler stands out among the pack as the best game though, as Square’s turn-based RPG was the talk of the town all summer last year.
In 2019, another highly anticipated RPG in Fire Emblem: Three houses released, living up to expectations and then some, providing amazing characters, gameplay, and replayability.
It was Final Fantasy XIV’s Shadowbringers expansion that took everyone’s breath away though, crafting a masterful story and experience even non Final Fantasy fans had to appreciate.
On the back of Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers, the recent summer slightly edges out 2018’s Octopath Traveler buzz.
Winner: Summer 2019
2018
- 20XX: Metacritic – 77
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Switch): Metacritic– 82, Twinfnite – 4/5
- Chasm: Metacritic – 72
- Earthfall: Metacritic – 61
- Hand of Fate 2: Metacritic – 80
- Octopath Traveler: Metacritic – 83, Twinfnite – 4.5/5
- The Banner Saga 3: Metacritic – 84, Twinfnite – 4.5/5
- WarioWare Gold: Metacritic – 78, Twinfnite – 4/5
- Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana: Metacritic – 82, Twinfnite – 4/5
2019
- Beyond Two Souls (PC): Metacritic – 76
- God Eater 3 (Switch): Metacritic – 71
- Dragon Quest Builders 2: Metacritic – 85, Twinfnite – 4/5
- Fire Emblem Three Houses: Metacritic – 89, Twinfnite – 4.5/5
- Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers: Metacritic – 91, Twinfnite – 5/5
- Kill la Kill If (PC): Metacritic – 68
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 The Black Order: Metacritic – 73, Twinfnite – 4/5
- Pawarumi: Metacritic – 79, Twinfnite – 4/5
- Sea of Solitude: Metacritic – 64
- Stranger Things 3 The Game: Metacritic – 62
- The Sims 4 Island Living: Metacritic – 84
- Wolfenstein Youngblood: Metacritic – 63, Twinfinite – 2.5/5
