Poll: Game Of The Year 2015
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If I could pick 5 games for GOTY they would be in order of preference.
The Witcher 3
GTAV
Metal Gear Solid
Dying Light
Fallout 4
And while Witcher 3 has to claim the top spot, I had the most fun with GTAV.
Regardless, all great games.
The Witcher 3
GTAV
Metal Gear Solid
Dying Light
Fallout 4
And while Witcher 3 has to claim the top spot, I had the most fun with GTAV.
Regardless, all great games.
This is just an observation with no follow up at all. I post this totally innocently....I notice nobody has asked for Dragon Age Inquisition to be added
The fact that DAI actually won some awards last year is lame. Such an empty husk of a MMO-like fetchquesty grindfest.
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GTA5 for the overall experience.
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I'd have voted Heroes of the Storm if it was on there, but it isn't so I voted Pillars of Eternity which is the only other game on that list that I have actually played.
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No Heroes of the Storm?
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I voted MGSV as I have not played TW3 (still on Chapter 1 of TW2 and really enjoying it).
MGSV to me is the ideal open-world sandbox game. It comes together so well once you fall into the rhythm of the gameplay and learn truly how much leeway you have given all the items at your disposal. Enemy AI is wonderful, and come on - it is Kojima's swansong after all! In spite of the slightly disappointing story (not finished yet) I have put in 50+ hours to the game and not reached Chapter 2 yet, and I am still enjoying the pure gameplay aspects. I did not expect to, since I was so nonplussed after my first 4 to 6 hours.
MGSV to me is the ideal open-world sandbox game. It comes together so well once you fall into the rhythm of the gameplay and learn truly how much leeway you have given all the items at your disposal. Enemy AI is wonderful, and come on - it is Kojima's swansong after all! In spite of the slightly disappointing story (not finished yet) I have put in 50+ hours to the game and not reached Chapter 2 yet, and I am still enjoying the pure gameplay aspects. I did not expect to, since I was so nonplussed after my first 4 to 6 hours.
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The only games I have on that list are Elite and GTA V.
Haven't played them in months, and not enough to warrant giving a vote to either.
Haven't played them in months, and not enough to warrant giving a vote to either.
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The lack of Dying Light votes is disturbing!
Such a great game. While GTA V is also great, as well as a few others, none of them gave the same main story co-op fun as Dying Light. With scares/visuals and sounds to please all the senses.
Such a great game. While GTA V is also great, as well as a few others, none of them gave the same main story co-op fun as Dying Light. With scares/visuals and sounds to please all the senses.
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Dying Light
It was a touch one as I really enjoyed Arkham Knight and was compelled to play it but Dying Light was one which really stuck out for me Loved it!
It was a touch one as I really enjoyed Arkham Knight and was compelled to play it but Dying Light was one which really stuck out for me
Loved it!So I was gonna wait to do a full top 10 list because I wasn't sure if I'd get a chance to play something else before the year was up, but I'm pretty much booked for these last couple weeks, so figure it's fine to do it now.
1) The Witcher 3 - An instant classic. Lovely, huge open world with some of the best quests in any game ever made. The only other games I've ever felt so much joy just *existing* in is Bethesda RPG's(and I sadly haven't played Fallout 4 yet...). This game had so much love poured into it and the fact that they nailed it first try on their move to an open world style is quite amazing.
2) Bloodborne - A faster, more streamlined Souls game. Consistency of quality in this game is sky high, despite not having the breadth of the other games in terms of size and playstyles and whatnot. Artistic design is top notch, but I felt the game is marred by a subpar framerate for such a game that relies on timing and fast combat. What it does well, it does incredibly well, though.
3) Ori and the Blind Forest - picks got harder for me after the top 2, but I think this game is so nearly faultless that it deserves the final podium spot. 2d platformers aren't usually my favorite style of gameplay, but this game was all sorts of brilliant. Great challenge, great progression, and the music and visuals combine to make an experience that is downright spine-tingling at times.
4) Dying Light - Zombie game done right and also open world done right. They brought some fresh elements to both of these fairly saturated styles of games and made something special.
5) Tales From the Borderlands - This has the least amount of actual 'gameplay' of any on this list by far, but man, it still kind of blew me away how much I enjoyed going through it. Fantastic characters, good sense of humor(seriously), and some great quirkiness gave this game the kind of charm that you dont often see in gaming.
6) GTA V - A ridiculous accomplishment in terms of world building. Absolutely unmatched and perhaps will remain so til the next Rockstar open world game. But it also brought back a lot of the 'fun' missing from GTA IV, so the gameplay was also enjoyable. I didn't feel they did quite enough with the world and I'm disappointed they seem to have compromised the single player experience in favor of the wild west of the multiplayer side, but it was still an undeniably great game.
7) Project Cars - I know this game didn't live up to everybody's expectations, but honestly, it scratches an itch I had for a sim racer with good variety and AAA presentation very well. I actually find myself playing this more than I do Assetto Corsa, which I wasn't expecting back when I bought it.
8) Cities Skylines - This game has easily supplanted Sim City as the ultimate city builder. And it basically did it overnight. Tons of depth, nice graphics and good continual support make it fun to play to this day. I do wish there was a bit more goal-orientated challenge, though. The only real difficulty in the game is basically getting things to look right and dealing with the comprehensive transportation systems.
9) Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Had been a while since playing a CoD and this was a great one to come back to. Basically solely for the multiplayer, which is a ton of fun with the movement mechanics, lovely and well designed levels and also highly balanced weapon/character systems.
10) Madden 16 - Probably not many people here in the UK who care about the franchise, but this was a top Madden game, with an insane amount of features and ways to play. The controls have never felt better and there's some great additions to QB play and defensive play. The game is really only held back from being truly, truly great by the overpowered aggressive catch, which makes some games, especially multiplayer, total BS at times.
1) The Witcher 3 - An instant classic. Lovely, huge open world with some of the best quests in any game ever made. The only other games I've ever felt so much joy just *existing* in is Bethesda RPG's(and I sadly haven't played Fallout 4 yet...). This game had so much love poured into it and the fact that they nailed it first try on their move to an open world style is quite amazing.
2) Bloodborne - A faster, more streamlined Souls game. Consistency of quality in this game is sky high, despite not having the breadth of the other games in terms of size and playstyles and whatnot. Artistic design is top notch, but I felt the game is marred by a subpar framerate for such a game that relies on timing and fast combat. What it does well, it does incredibly well, though.
3) Ori and the Blind Forest - picks got harder for me after the top 2, but I think this game is so nearly faultless that it deserves the final podium spot. 2d platformers aren't usually my favorite style of gameplay, but this game was all sorts of brilliant. Great challenge, great progression, and the music and visuals combine to make an experience that is downright spine-tingling at times.
4) Dying Light - Zombie game done right and also open world done right. They brought some fresh elements to both of these fairly saturated styles of games and made something special.
5) Tales From the Borderlands - This has the least amount of actual 'gameplay' of any on this list by far, but man, it still kind of blew me away how much I enjoyed going through it. Fantastic characters, good sense of humor(seriously), and some great quirkiness gave this game the kind of charm that you dont often see in gaming.
6) GTA V - A ridiculous accomplishment in terms of world building. Absolutely unmatched and perhaps will remain so til the next Rockstar open world game. But it also brought back a lot of the 'fun' missing from GTA IV, so the gameplay was also enjoyable. I didn't feel they did quite enough with the world and I'm disappointed they seem to have compromised the single player experience in favor of the wild west of the multiplayer side, but it was still an undeniably great game.
7) Project Cars - I know this game didn't live up to everybody's expectations, but honestly, it scratches an itch I had for a sim racer with good variety and AAA presentation very well. I actually find myself playing this more than I do Assetto Corsa, which I wasn't expecting back when I bought it.
8) Cities Skylines - This game has easily supplanted Sim City as the ultimate city builder. And it basically did it overnight. Tons of depth, nice graphics and good continual support make it fun to play to this day. I do wish there was a bit more goal-orientated challenge, though. The only real difficulty in the game is basically getting things to look right and dealing with the comprehensive transportation systems.
9) Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Had been a while since playing a CoD and this was a great one to come back to. Basically solely for the multiplayer, which is a ton of fun with the movement mechanics, lovely and well designed levels and also highly balanced weapon/character systems.
10) Madden 16 - Probably not many people here in the UK who care about the franchise, but this was a top Madden game, with an insane amount of features and ways to play. The controls have never felt better and there's some great additions to QB play and defensive play. The game is really only held back from being truly, truly great by the overpowered aggressive catch, which makes some games, especially multiplayer, total BS at times.
I did vote batman (ignoring the launch issues) but I completely forgot about gta 5.... I have had countless hours of fun on it, both SP and online and still find it very fun, superb graphics, open gameworld, weather system and with a great SP/characters (Trevor FTW) plus the new content every few months keeps me coming back for more.
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GTA V was my obvious choise but its not a 2015 game for me so, SOMA.
Dirt Rally and Ori second and third.
Dirt Rally and Ori second and third.
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I bought three 2015 games this year. Fallout 4, GTA V and Cities Skylines. Spent the rest of the time playing older titles.
Skylines does the job, but lacks any character and while GTA V is impressive, it never really grabbed me. So my choice would have to be Fallout 4.
It's still as flaky as Skyrim and you sense that engine is really creaking under the strain. Buying it before the mod scene has really taken off is a little frustrating too, but, it's easily the most engrossing 2015 game I've played. I suspect that never having played any of the other fallout games probably helps in that regard.
Skylines does the job, but lacks any character and while GTA V is impressive, it never really grabbed me. So my choice would have to be Fallout 4.
It's still as flaky as Skyrim and you sense that engine is really creaking under the strain. Buying it before the mod scene has really taken off is a little frustrating too, but, it's easily the most engrossing 2015 game I've played. I suspect that never having played any of the other fallout games probably helps in that regard.
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Witcher 3 for me, just a masterfully crafted game in every regard, loved it!
I discounted GTAV because I played it on Xbox360 first, even though the PC version is fantastic and is certainly one of the best games ever made (IMO).
Dying Light was very good also but was marred by AMD's **** poor crossfire support which damaged my opinion of it initially (pull your finger out AMD!).
I didn't play Batman AK because of all the issues which is a damn shame as I really enjoyed the previous titles
Now MGSV is a weird one for me as I really enjoyed it at first, but I have only done a couple of missions since the start of chapter 2 and have not played it since. It runs beautifully and looks good (even though its quite a barren environment) but I just lost interest.
I discounted GTAV because I played it on Xbox360 first, even though the PC version is fantastic and is certainly one of the best games ever made (IMO).
Dying Light was very good also but was marred by AMD's **** poor crossfire support which damaged my opinion of it initially (pull your finger out AMD!).
I didn't play Batman AK because of all the issues which is a damn shame as I really enjoyed the previous titles
Now MGSV is a weird one for me as I really enjoyed it at first, but I have only done a couple of missions since the start of chapter 2 and have not played it since. It runs beautifully and looks good (even though its quite a barren environment) but I just lost interest.