Recommend me a new game

So it’s been a couple of months since I last bought one of these games–not since October. I know several more have come out since then, and seeing as I have some holiday money left over, I’d like to mark the new year by buying some of them.

So, out of the games that have been released since October, which would you recommend? I don’t have a setting/plot preference, but I do enjoy ones with strong stories, a well-written cast/romance, and branching paths instead of railroads. Please keep the list short, two–four games, and tell me what you liked about them!