To start off,   I love video games.  I love all types. All themes. I love long games. I love short games. I love games that make you think and games that are mindless. As the years go on, it seems I like video games more and move every year. Each year brings games that I thoroughly enjoy and games that I absolutely hate. Mostly, I get a lot of games that I'm completely excited about whether or not they disappoint me later on after I've played them.

2017 already seems like a great year for games, and it's only just started. Many games are announced throughout the year prior and some of them never come to complete fruition -- but I'm excited for these games below none the less.

1. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Jan. 24, 2017)

God. This is the Resident Evil game we have all been waiting for. We don't have to talk about how mediocre the latest ones were (cough) RESIDENT EVIL OPERATION RACCOON CITY, RESIDENT EVIL REVELATIONS...(cough). But finally, this game franchise is trying to actually give us something to be afraid of again, and boy -- is it succeeding. Watch a Let's Play or two on Youtube for the demo, or play it yourself!

Gameplay Trailer, will be available for Xbox One, PS4 and Windows

2. Hello Neighbor (Summer 2017)

This game, or at least the Alpha release, has taken the Youtube community by storm. Personalities like CinnamonToastKen and JackSepticEye have been playing (actually really, messing around) the game's pre-release and posting videos as the game is developed. The premise: you move in across the street from a seemingly very odd neighbor who undoubtedly has a secret. You try your hand at breaking into his house and finding out what's in his basement -- the creepy part is that the Neighbor learns from your movements and failures and sets traps accordingly to catch you again.

Gameplay Trailer  , will be available for Windows.

3. Outlast 2 (2017...hopefully soon)

Let me just say. The original Outlast was absolutely WILD. I mean, a journalist comes to investigate mental hospital/prison and really didn't prepare for what he was going to find. Insert using a video camera to record your findings and placing everything in your environment in negative. Because Outlast was an original and thoroughly fantastic scare, that's what makes the idea of the sequel so exciting. Also following another journalist and his wife, they wander the wilderness investigating the death of a nameless pregnant woman -- and really find some.... unfortunate ...things.

Gameplay Trailer  , will be available for Xbox One, PS4, Windows and Mac.

4. Little Nightmares (Spring 2017)

This game has been in talks for a while, with glimpses and demos coming out early last year. But, finally -- this game is coming to life. You play as a kidnapped girl named Six, who is forced into child labor. The whole game is about her exploring the area she was taken to, it's odd creatures and how to escape back to her original life. If the story isn't interesting enough for you, the game's aesthetics is enough to bring you in.

Gameplay Trailer , will be available for Xbox One, PS4 and Windows.

5. Night in the Woods (February 2017)

THIS IS EASILY THE GAME I AM MOST EXCITED FOR TO COME OUT THIS YEAR. It's been in the making since early last year and has two companion games that were created before it. The first time I saw the trailer -- I knew this would be a game I liked. It was actually supposed to be released earlier this month, but it got pushed back (grumble grumble...). You play as college dropout Mae (whom is a cat and all the characters are pessimistic animals) who returns home to try and rekindle her relationships. But, she finds out that it's not that easy and everything is different with time. Plot twist, there is also something in the woods.

Gameplay Trailer , will be available on Xbox One, PS4, Windows, Mac and Linux.