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Let us know, in comments, which games you’re most looking forward to in 2018. This list was put together by the whole Polygon team and is, of course, subjective. Multiplayer games like Anthem, Crackdown 3 and Sea of Thieves are looking to change the way we play collectively. Highly creative oddities like Where the Water Tastes Like Wine and Wattam are moving up for release. Massive sequels like The Last of Us Part 2 and Red Dead Redemption 2 are likely to appear. But 2018 is skipping onto the stage with a flourish of promising titles. When it comes to games, this past year is going to be a hard act to follow.
