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As we wind down towards the end of the year, we get in a reflective mood and inevitably start thinking back to some of the best games of 2015. Eurogamer will be running through its favourite games of 2015 shortly, but before then we thought we'd highlight some of the interesting games you may have missed this year.Shenmue 3 is a reality. The Final Fantasy 7 remake is actively being worked on at Square. The Last Guardian is an actual video game we will be playing next year. Maybe. 2015 was full of surprises, but all that's small fry to this year's real shocker: the grandiose, operatic 2D shmup, a breed last spotted in the dying embers of the PlayStation 2 era, made a comeback. And what an absolutely stellar, searing return it was too.
It's been so long since we've had something like Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviours that it carries something like the shock of the new, helped handsomely along by the otherworldliness of a series that always felt like it had been beamed in from a distant star rather than crafted in a Tokyo studio. This feels as strange and fresh today as it did when Darius debuted back in 1986 with that awe-inspiring triple-screen cabinet.
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