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[Chamber]

Probably Destiny. I have my problems with it but 40 hours playtime in 10 days doesn't lie.

 

[BorkBork]

Shovel Knight. Just a pitch perfect game for me.

 

[CosmicQueso]

Lot of great games this year.

1) Valiant Hearts
2) Garden Warfare
3) Out of the Park Baseball 15
4) South Park SoT
5) Mario Kart 8

Honorable mentions: Kirby Triple Deluxe, Diablo Reaper of Souls, Wolf, Walking Dead Season 2

 

[LegendofDragoonLives]

Can I pick TLOU again?

 

[Naughty_Doge]

Wolfenstein: The New Order.

Also Transistor.

 

[WAR recon zero]

Destiny

The only game i have played for over 5 hours

 

[Juke Joint Jezebel]

Shovel Knight or Mario Kart 8 so far for me.

 

[thebisonxrc]

You have played some quality games this year

It's been one of my favourite years of gaming. I've had the time to play and the luxury of playing all the games I've wanted to. I wish all years were like this one!

 

[Brawl96]

Shovel Knight or Mario Kart 8 so far for me.

I just laughed thinking about people saying "wii u has no games" while mk8 and shovel knight are EVERYONES tops

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Wolfenstein.

 

[XcL_]

South Park : SOT

 

[HocusPocus]

Diablo 3 ultimate evil edition

 

[Superflat]

Seems weird but it's still Demon Gaze.

 

[Byron Bluth]

1. Destiny
2. Wolfenstein The New Order
3. Titanfall

 

[khamsinvera]

1. Dark Soul 2
2. Wolfenstein TNO
3. Divinity: Original Sin
4. South Park

 

[MagicShadowZ]

Grand Theft Auto V

Alternatively... TLoU:R (ignoring technical issues and praising 60 fps @ 1080p)

 

[Joseph Merrick]

Wasteland 2 is so fucking beautiful :')

 

[Clipse]

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

 

[AniHawk]

i was looking back at the year. i didn't play a whole lot.

yoshi's new island, kirby triple deluxe, donkey kong country tf, mario kart 8, danganronpa, and i'm currently working through bravely default.

i would probably say mario kart 8. it's been a very slow year.

 

[op_ivy]

would be destiny, but my excessive and major issues with dropped connections and lag in pvp ruin that. so, titanfall? when/if destiny gets sorted, i imagine it'll be a toss up between it, MCC, and horizon 2 --- though sunset overdrive may sneak into the mix as well. fucking stellar year for xbone.

 

[jf DOOM]

Still Transistor.

 

[PaulloDEC]

Destiny probably would've been up there for me if endless error codes hadn't prevented me from playing more than a couple of hours. Had a fantastic time with the beta, though.

Probably inFamous: Second Son at this point, love that one a lot.

Other notables include Wolfenstein: The New Order, South Park: The Stick of Truth and Child of Light.

 

[Juke Joint Jezebel]

I just laughed thinking about people saying "wii u has no games" while mk8 and shovel knight are EVERYONES tops

Well, I do own the PC version of Shovel Knight, not the Wii U version. MK8 is brilliant though, Having trouble picking between those 2 for top game so far this year.

 

[speculawyer]

Still waiting.

 

[wanderjahr]

1) inFamous Second Son

2) Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
2) Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes

3) Strider
3) Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
3) Mario Kart 8
3) Rusty's Real Deal Baseball

4) Kirby Triple Deluxe
4) Dark Souls II

5) Drakengard 3

You have 10 games for your top 5.

 

[normanski]

If you're asking for my own personal GOTY based on what I've played for the first time this year it's Portal 2...

If we're strictly going on games that received a commercial release this year it's Ground Zeroes (if PT is out of contention for not been a finished game).

EDIT: then again, some people would argue that Ground Zeroes is a demo too.

Yeah. I went there.

 

[phxxBullet]

Stupid questions, but when are GOTYs usually released?
End of the year? Beginning of the new year?

 

[shem935]

Tlou:R, but actual new games it would be either Transistor, or Destiny. Was the story ever figured out for tranistor? People were beginning to unravel it in the OT but I don't know if that got anywhere.

Edit:

Stupid questions, but when are GOTYs usually released?
End of the year? Beginning of the new year?

It varies obviously depending on what your GOTY is but there is no correlation to end of the year hype into GOTY. Mass Effect 2 released in Jan, TLOU in June, and others mid year and end of the year.

 

[Trose]

Still waiting.

Same here. Honestly, this has been the most lackluster year in gaming that I can remember in a while. Too many remasters, the big AAA releases have disappointed me (Watch Dogs, Destiny). Don't get me wrong, it hasn't been bad, just nothing has blown me away. I have high hopes for October and November. Biggest standout has been Wolfenstein.

 

[phxxBullet]

Tlou:R, but actual new games it would be either Transistor, or Destiny. Was the story ever figured out for tranistor? People were beginning to unravel it in the OT but I don't know if that got anywhere.

Edit:



It varies obviously depending on what your GOTY is but there is no correlation to end of the year hype into GOTY. Mass Effect 2 released in Jan, TLOU in June, and others mid year and end of the year.

Oh okay thanks for that info!

 

[TGO]

1|Infamous Second Son/First Light
2|Metal Gear Solid:GZ
3|Watch_Dogs
4|Final Fantasy XIV
5|Assassin's Creed Black Flag

Including Remasters

1|The Last of Us: Remastered
2|Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
3|Infamous Second Son/First Light
4|Metal Gear Solid:GZ
5|Watch_Dogs
6|Final Fantasy XIV
7| Metro Redux
8|Assassin's Creed Black Flag

 

[Kings fan]

Followed closely by:

Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze
Mario Kart 8

 

[REV 09]

Still Watch Dogs for now.

 

[Orniletter]

The games I´ve enjoyed the most this year were

Mario Kart 8, Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney, Danganronpa and Donkey Kong Country TF .

If I had to choose, I´d go with MK8.

 

[revolverjgw]

It's still Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze. I could see Alien Isolation or The Evil Within usurping it, but I'm not expecting that.

 

[Dylan]

Rust.

 

[Jules Coast]

It's going to be Smash but right now it's MK8.

 

[platformmaster918]

TLoU.

If we don't count remasters then Destiny which is fantastic and PACKED with content (don't know what the hell people are on about with it not having stuff to do)

 

[GreatestHits]

Destiny Beta.

Seriously though, Destiny is going to win GOTY by a landslide. Feel free to come back and quote me at the end of the year.

Quality of game doesn't matter, it will win most of the GOTY's. I wonder if there will be a consistent runner-up

Oh and came here to see TLoU cuz GAF. Second post did not dissapoint

 

[Glorified G]

DKC TF. Seriously, one of the best games I've ever played and easily the best 2D platformer ever. I consider this Wii U's Galaxy, by being the premier game on the system and most likely near the top on the GOTG list. The controls, presentation, level design were outstanding.

I haven't played much games released this year as I still have a backlog. MK8 was fantastic in time trials or customized races. The cheap SP with items just takes it down a notch for me. MK has always been like that but I don't have the tolerance anymore for punishing better players and rewarding worse ones.

ISS is great as well. It's so polished. The traversial, the combat and the enemy encounters. Few things hold it back, such as the poor side missions, unskippable cutscenes, no day/night cycle. But the core gameplay was very well done. It's the type of game you can keep going back too for a long time.

 

[Emarv]

Hitman Go, for sure.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

To revise my earlier answer, bayonetta 2 is not only my game of the year, it is a likely candidate for game of the generation.

I can say this without even playing it.

 

[antitrop]

To revise my earlier answer, bayonetta 2 is not only my game of the year, it is a likely candidate for game of the generation.

I can say this without even playing it.

Would have to be better than Bayonetta 1, first.

 

[Armaros]

Divinity, Shovel Knight.

 

[Char Aznable]

Either Mario kart 8 or dark souls II, however i expect Smash 4 to change my mind.

 

[Ridesh]

Destiny Beta.

Seriously though, Destiny is going to win GOTY by a landslide. Feel free to come back and quote me at the end of the year.

lol, you were saying?

Quality of game doesn't matter, it will win most of the GOTY's. I wonder if there will be a consistent runner-up

Oh and came here to see TLoU cuz GAF. Second post did not dissapoint

It won't, never ever a game below >90 has won GOTY, critics at this moment would choose Dark Souls II.

 

[Yuterald]

D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die.

 

[Noaloha]

Age Of Wonders 3
Divinity: Original Sin
Might & Magic X
Wolfenstein TNO
Wasteland 2

is the current ordering.

I am having a great year video games-wise.

 

[Audioboxer]

All these Wolfenstein nods make me want to hurry up and play my copy (Addicted to D3, and then I've got Destiny to start....).

 

[Soi-Fong]

Eliteangerous in the Rift DK2 and Destiny.

Also, I've yet to finish it, but Divinity: OS as well.