The Observer’s best games of 2015

It’s been a year of quality sequels, indie class acts and some incredible immersive journeys, from the zombie apocalypse to a rural Shropshire one…The year has been dominated by a series of open-world games that were both impressive and exhausting. Batman: Arkham Knight gave us a glittering gothic maze; Mad Max and Fallout 4 traded visions of the apocalypse; Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain erected a grand stage for the apparently final exit of Snake; and Just Cause 3 built anot