Over the festive break we’ll be running through our top 20 picks of the year’s best games, leading up to the reveal of Eurogamer’s game of the year on New Year’s Eve. You can find all the pieces published to date here – and thanks for joining us throughout the year!
What I think is most impressive about TeamFight Tactics – and to an extent the burgeoning auto chess genre as a whole – is how it somehow prevents RNG from ruining the party.
Each game of TFT starts with a carousel made up of random two cost champions each equipped with a random item. After the countdown, you must rush to touch the champion you want to start the game with, hoping you get there first. Everything about this first step is random, and it sets the tone.
Source: Eurogamer Games of the Year 2019: TeamFight Tactics is RNG on the QT