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Hello again from Birmingham's NEC, where we're wrapping up day three of EGX 2016. And what a day - a Sunless Sea sequel announced, a hugely-promising look at new Planet Coaster features, and a chance to watch Ian and Bratt making themselves look very silly trying out the ridiculous Pac-Man VR.Treadmills aside, EGX is full of gems to try - and if you're here tomorrow, or are simply looking for our opinions of what was great here this year, look no further. Below, we've each picked a particular favourite to recommend to you. And so, without any further do:
Generating some of the biggest buzz on the showfloor and attention any AAA-sized game would go green as a lizard in envy for, Yooka-Laylee lit up EGX this year. It's kind of appropriate, really, for a game whose team seem to be punching above their collective weight in every way. Sure, as a group of a dozen or so veterans they have a hundred years worth of experience in the industry (mostly at British legend Rare). But Yooka-Laylee is also a type of game we don't see much anymore - a retro-feeling 3D platformer, heavy on nostalgia and collectibles - from a small team with their heads down, hard at work in a room in the Midlands.
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