Besides, taking great gravure photos of the girls is enough of a pastime to end up spending hours and hours in this game. But it’s just so good at the voyeurism thing that, if you’re looking for a casual, relaxing game that just happens to have gorgeous women lounging around in swimwear, then this game is quite explicitly perfect for you. It’s easy to dismiss Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 as voyeuristic nonsense, and to an extent that’s true there’s not a lot that backs up the game with the kind of “gameplay” that people normally like to see in their games. So, in the interest of looking back at what we have seen so far this year, we figured we’d do an extra list this week, and look at the ten best games to have been released in the year to date. Indeed, some of the year’s Game of the Year awards are almost certain to come from the stuff released so far this year. From the most niche of Japanese otaku games, through to the biggest blockbusters you can imagine, we’ve already seen it all, and if there was not another single game released this year, we’d be happy with what we got. And, to be honest, it has been one of the best starts to a year for games that we’ve ever seen. So, the first half of the year is now done.

Best games of 2017 first half