Poll: Game Of The Year 2015

[BattFink]

Fallout 4 for me, followed by Arkham Knight

If I hadn't have played GTA 5 before on the consoles it would have probably been my top contender

 

[Seanspeed]

That sounds like some weird butthurt thing. I know people don't need to "justify" anything to me, I'm merely curious as to what aspects of Fallout people enjoyed that Witcher 3 didn't have/do.

I picked TW3 as my GOTY too, so no, not a butthurt thing. There's a ton of things that FO4 does that TW3 doesn't or that they simple do differently. People could prefer the combat, the setting, the freedom in roleplaying, the variety in weapons, the basebuilding, the simple ability to have a home at all, the crafting, the level/character progression system, more intricate 'dungeons/locations', enemies aren't necessarily confined to a small and specific radius in the overworld, having one large seamless map, the way the economy works, the usefulness of loot collecting, etc etc.

 

[davisdavid]

.....followed by Arkham Knight.....

Oh come on.

 

[almoststew1990]

Despite it's problems the game that's had me the most hooked all year would be Life is Strange. I got into it about three weeks before the final episode was released so I had about a week of waiting to see what happened, which was not too long not too short!

I haven't played Witcher 3 yet though.

 

[theonejat]

Rocket League for me. 195 hours and counting..so damn addicted!

 

[Madeddie]

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt by far, Had me hooked all the way till the end.

 

[katinacooker]

Another one here for Dirt Rally.

Having said that, it could have been the only game released in 2015 that i've actually bought and played in 2015

 

[varkanoid]

Mad Max

 

[kinger8938]

Couldn't get into it myself. Didn't help that I didn't realise it was yet another Souls game until I started playing either :/

ahh ok yea i knew that going in and am a big series fan so lapped it up

 

[Paul_cz]

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Not just GOTY, But GOAT (Greatest of all time).

Would be nice if there was an actual thread where votes would be counted and all that.

Also interested in what made Witcher 3 so good as so much of it was really poor.

I disagree that anything in TW3 is poor. Even things some people complain about, I usually enjoyed. Anyway:
Witcher 1/2/3 is first and foremost about narrative and quest design. They have better quests than pretty much any AAA RPG of the last decade. In Witcher 3 and its expansion, I:

- hunted for a Giant on a remote island
- participated in a hilarious theater play
- investigated serial murders
- took part in large gwent tournament with surprise at the end
- interacted with adoptive daughter and ensured she got enough confidence to take on large responsibilities
- experienced an authetic, amazingly funny wedding
- took part in deciding who is going to be crowned next king of entire Isle nation
- slayed many epic monsters, usually with interesting narrative around them
- got drunk with my fellow witchers and then crossdressed and drunk dialed religious figure who was taking a *defecation expletive* at that moment
- traveled through different worlds
- participated in a heist
- was provided an amazing and satisfying conclusion to a saga I started in 1999 by reading "Last Wish" for the first time
- and many many more memorable things


Can any other game offer me all this, while being consistently well written and beautifully immersive ? No. No other game can. Who cares if some stupid loot isn't perfectly scaled all the time ? If some hitbox isn't pixel perfect accurate 100% of the time ?

I don't. I value different things in my interactive experiences.

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

I played GTA V for a lot less than I thought I would have. Almost want to say I was disappointed. I'd probably have to go with Witcher 3 too. I feel I'm forgetting something though.

 

[kinger8938]

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Not just GOTY, But GOAT (Greatest of all time).

Would be nice if there was an actual thread where votes would be counted and all that.



I disagree that anything in TW3 is poor. Even things some people complain about, I usually enjoyed. Anyway:
Witcher 1/2/3 is first and foremost about narrative and quest design. They have better quests than pretty much any AAA RPG of the last decade. In Witcher 3 and its expansion, I:

- hunted for a Giant on a remote island
- participated in a hilarious theater play
- investigated serial murders
- took part in large gwent tournament with surprise at the end
- interacted with adoptive daughter and ensured she got enough confidence to take on large responsibilities
- experienced an authetic, amazingly funny wedding
- took part in deciding who is going to be crowned next king of entire Isle nation
- slayed many epic monsters, usually with interesting narrative around them
- got drunk with my fellow witchers and then crossdressed and drunk dialed religious figure who was taking a *defecation expletive* at that moment
- traveled through different worlds
- participated in a heist
- was provided an amazing and satisfying conclusion to a saga I started in 1999 by reading "Last Wish" for the first time
- and many many more memorable things


Can any other game offer me all this, while being consistently well written and beautifully immersive ? No. No other game can. Who cares if some stupid loot isn't perfectly scaled all the time ? If some hitbox isn't pixel perfect accurate 100% of the time ?

I don't. I value different things in my interactive experiences.

Great points and sounds like you are a big fan of the franchise! ive read a few of the books too leading up to W3.

for me, i felt the games main quest began to drag and felt padded out for the last 3rd imo. this was a big let down for me as i actually began to have to force myself to play it just to see it through . also too much of the gameplay required just using the witcher sense feature and finding red stuff, i wish they came up with more variations on that stuff, got a bit repetitive.

that said the pros out weigh the cons and i agree it deserves GotY over many other games we have had this year

 

[Neil79]

that said the pros out weigh the cons and i agree it deserves GotY over many other games we have had this year

Agreed


Well said btw Paul_cz

 

[JulioH]

The Witcher 3.

I enjoyed Bloodborne, MGSV, Ori and Life is Strange but Witcher 3 is so good.

 

[Paul_cz]

Great points and sounds like you are a big fan of the franchise! ive read a few of the books too leading up to W3.

for me, i felt the games main quest began to drag and felt padded out for the last 3rd imo. this was a big let down for me as i actually began to have to force myself to play it just to see it through . also too much of the gameplay required just using the witcher sense feature and finding red stuff, i wish they came up with more variations on that stuff, got a bit repetitive.

that said the pros out weigh the cons and i agree it deserves GotY over many other games we have had this year

Yeah as I said, I first read the saga (7 books) in 1999. Since then I read it three more times - in 2007 before TW1, 2011 before TW2 and 2014 before TW3. I love it, it is so well written, funny as hell, I just love the world and the characters. And admittedly Witcher 3 is more of a book sequel than game sequel, it directly finishes a plotline from the Lady of the Lake (last book) and is chock full of characters and references known to book readers.
But perhaps its most impressive feat is that even all the new content, all the new characters are equally as well written - Bloody Baron (of course), Olgierd, Cerys, Gaunter O'Dimm, Vlodimir..too many to count.

For me since I was enjoying it so much and did not want it to end, I wish it was even longer But it is true it is one of the longest most content packed games ever made already.

 

[chroniclard]

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Not just GOTY, But GOAT (Greatest of all time).

Would be nice if there was an actual thread where votes would be counted and all that.



I disagree that anything in TW3 is poor. Even things some people complain about, I usually enjoyed. Anyway:
Witcher 1/2/3 is first and foremost about narrative and quest design. They have better quests than pretty much any AAA RPG of the last decade. In Witcher 3 and its expansion, I:

- hunted for a Giant on a remote island
- participated in a hilarious theater play
- investigated serial murders
- took part in large gwent tournament with surprise at the end
- interacted with adoptive daughter and ensured she got enough confidence to take on large responsibilities
- experienced an authetic, amazingly funny wedding
- took part in deciding who is going to be crowned next king of entire Isle nation
- slayed many epic monsters, usually with interesting narrative around them
- got drunk with my fellow witchers and then crossdressed and drunk dialed religious figure who was taking a *defecation expletive* at that moment
- traveled through different worlds
- participated in a heist
- was provided an amazing and satisfying conclusion to a saga I started in 1999 by reading "Last Wish" for the first time
- and many many more memorable things


Can any other game offer me all this, while being consistently well written and beautifully immersive ? No. No other game can. Who cares if some stupid loot isn't perfectly scaled all the time ? If some hitbox isn't pixel perfect accurate 100% of the time ?

I don't. I value different things in my interactive experiences.

Other than the questing and narrative(some of it) mentioned, tons of the actual gameplay was average at best. Of course we all like different things in games.

50% less time spent coming up with endless pointless quests and 50% more time spent on gameplay and mechanics, could have been the best game in the history of the world.

Feels quite a long game but then its 80% dialogue.

 

[Parabellum]

My Top 5

Rainbow 6

Just Cause 3

Rocket league

Mad Max

Broforce

Dam it... World of warships

 

[Gregster]

Some good choices here and some that don't appeal to me at all but I don't get why people question others thoughts, as it is all personal taste and we don't all like the same things. Honorable mentions from me are TW3, B:AK, Ori and the blind forest, AC:S and all of those games have had the ability to keep me away from ED, so must be fairly good

 

[Winky_The_Winking_Turtle]

MGSV

I think I'm approaching something stupid like 60 hours in that game and I feel like I've barely scratched the surface of some things I could potentially pull off I had a blast with it the first time round and feel like I could easily go back and try things differently. I'm still feel somewhat disappointed by what could have been, but I think that was just my imagination running away with ideas teased in trailers, etc. I'll never try to get that hyped up again, only leads me to disappointment

I'd love to be able to say The Witcher 3 as I remember having a wonderful time while playing it, but looking back some systems are designed so poorly and I can't forgive the rather lacklustre quest design, bar a few notable exceptions. Most of the time it boils down to following a red trail and the character figuring out everything for you. That said I'm looking forward to going back in and playing the rather good DLC's (from what I've heard) once I get a better computer and can appreciate the game some more

I'm enjoying Fallout 4 but my interesting is slowing down. I see potential for a great game but the systems have been pulled back so much that I only really enjoy wandering about and stumbling across something of interesting.

My "surprise" game of this year has to be Dying Light though. I played it co-op, so it's hard to tell if I was actually having fun with the game, or just enjoying playing with another person, but the game felt very robust to me. Doesn't do anything too interesting, but very solid none the less. Parkour system worked great, melee weapons packed a punch and felt great to use (especially late game upgrades knifes, etc. sliced through zombies like nothing ) Was going in expecting another generic sub-par zombie game after Dead Island (shudder... ), but came out pleasantly surprised. Looking forward to the supposed huge DLC/expansion that's as big as the main game, ...and with a customisable buggy to ram down zombies with

Rocket League too for similar reasons above. If I was told it's just "football with cars" I wouldn't be too excited, but the game just feels solid and plays oh so well. I don't wanna say it's "perfect" or anything, but they did a damn good job and there's nothing outright they need to fix/improve imo.

 

[Yaayuh!]

I disagree that anything in TW3 is poor.

Even character customisation?