Mighty No. 9

PlayStation 4 - This Japanese side-scroller was "evolved and transformed" by Keiji Inafune and an all-star team of veteran Mega Man developers. Take everything awesome about 8-bit and 16-bit side-scrollers and add modern mechanics and polish to create something familiar but totally fresh. You play as Beck, the ninth in a line of powerful robots, in a world where a computer virus has caused all technology to go berserk. As you jump, run, and blast from level to level, you'll meet enemies and gain their powers by stealing weapons and abilities. You'll need them to take down the mini-bosses: Mighty Numbers one through eight. Your eventual goal, of course, is the big boss responsible for the chaos. The project's genesis on Kickstarter kept fans involved in the development from the start, ensuring an amazing game.