Final Fantasy XIII-2, modded with HD upscaled textures, community fixes, and Reshade. 2K Resolution w/ Imrpoved AA + HDR + Motion Blur + Ray Tracing made this game look modern af 😎

And for the best game this year part, the developers really said “so FFXIII was linear? Well how about time is not linear!” Jumping back to old locations surprised me in that I actually wanted to go back to them and do optional content. And beneath the extra ass music (lol), is some of the most down right horrific/sad stuff shown in a FF game. Like the straight up Zombie apocalypse-like C’eith outbreak in the future that Serah even being near causes people to turn, she apologizes to them in battle as the turned enemies try to use remedy on theirselves to no avail. Being the last human alive and having to deal with seeing the last people alive dying off till it’s just you on the planet. The cruel fate of some characters and the risks taken storywise and gamewise really surprised me.