Best game music of 2017

With an outstanding year for games, it's only natural for a bunch of awesome soundtracks to follow suite.  I've sorted 65 of the best tracks in roughly chronological order from games I played over past year into the playlist above.  Extra thoughts at the break bellow.

Kevin's top 10 games of 2017 - 1

#1: Nier Automata

If there is one thing that I am all about in media, especially video games, it's metatext.  I'm talking hardcore, fourth-wall breaking, mechanically inclusive, narratively focused, freak-you-out commentary on everything from the broad meaning of life down to the minute as the importance of a few megabytes of save data on your hard drive.  While in my mind this realm has been dominated by Kojima and Metal Gear for the past decade or two, it's encouraging to see more games take a stab at engaging a player directly.  Hell, this year we got both some excellent meta-narratives ranging from the art piece of What Remains of Edith Finch, to the genre-shaking in Doki Doki Literature Club.  But the complete package for me would be Square Enix  and Platinum's diamond in the rough.