Games released on May 17

Three games that still hold up, from The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings in 2011 to Far: Lone Sails in 2018

  1. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings 2011

    Turned 15 this year

    Accused of assassinating Foltest, the king of Temeria, Geralt escapes with Roche and the sorceress Triss Merigold to hunt the real kingslayer, and the second chapter splits on a single choice.

  2. L.A. Noire 2011

    Turned 15 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

    A detective game set in Los Angeles in 1947, in which Cole Phelps works his way up the police through five desks, with faces captured from actors by a technology called MotionScan.

  3. Far: Lone Sails 2018

    Turned 8 this year

    A game that began as Don Schmocker's bachelor project, in which after a burial you set off across a dried ocean bed in a large vehicle seen in cross section.

    $2.99 on GOG -80% +1 store