As we close out 2019 that game is Battlefield V ($60 on Origin), DICE’s first foray into World War II in almost a decade. All positive developments, and good omens for the future.Ī prediction: As long as this list exists, there’ll be a DICE game on it. Destiny 2 moved to Steam, forked off a generous free-to-play version, reworked the Eververse marketplace to reduce the presence of loot boxes and change how cosmetics manifest, and more. The Bungie-Activision divorce has led to big changes, though. I know, I know, Destiny fans have been through this wringer before-and to be fair 2019’s Shadowkeep expansion didn’t reach the same heights as its predecessor, 2018’s Forsaken. Heading into its third year, Destiny 2’s as good as it’s ever been. It’s jaw-dropping to behold for the first time. It doesn’t approach the realism of Battlefield, but I struggle to name another shooter as consistently beautiful as Destiny 2, or with any environment as dynamic as the Forsaken expansion’s Dreaming City. But maybe that makes it more impressive that Destiny 2’s one of the best-looking shooters on PC. Is Destiny 2 (free on Steam) a performance hog? Not to the same degree as some other games on this list, that’s for sure.

It’s stunning, and makes Control’s world feel just that little bit more lifelike. Hell, you can even see reflections (albeit blurrier) on the polished concrete floors. The difference is immediate and obvious, in a way that none of the other RTX implementations have been so far. It’s the showstopper, the game that makes people go “Oh, I understand why ray-tracing is important.” The Oldest House is full of glass-office partitions, poster frames, televisions-and real-time reflections turn each and every one into a mirror. Months later I’m still thinking about my journey through the Federal Bureau of Control and its headquarters, the Oldest House.īut more pertinent to this list, Control is also the reason to own a GeForce RTX graphics card with its real-time ray tracing capabilities. Drawing inspiration from New Weird literature like The Southern Reach Trilogy, from the SCP Foundation, from David Lynch, Control is Remedy’s best game since Max Payne 2, or at least its best-realized. There are plenty of reasons to play Control ($60 on Epic Games Store).

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