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With No Man's Sky now officially delayed into 2016, the adjusted/redacted list for this year is now finalized...

2015

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (delayed 'til March 18th, 2016)
1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Metacritic = 93)
The Legend of Zelda Wii U (delayed 'til 2016)
2. Bloodborne (Metacritic = 92)
3. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt (Metacritic = 92) {voted most anticipated of 2014}
Persona 5 (delayed 'til summer 2016 in Japan; late 2016 elsewhere) {voted 8th most anticipated of 2014}
4. Xenoblade Chronicles X (December 4th) {voted 6th most anticipated of 2014}
No Man's Sky (delayed 'til June 2016)
5. Batman: Arkham Knight (Metacritic = 87)
6. The Order: 1886 (Metacritic = 63) {voted 7th most anticipated of 2014}
7. Splatoon (Metacritic = 81)
Rime (delayed 'til 2016) {voted 25th most anticipated of 2014}
8. Halo 5: Guardians (Metacritic = 85) {voted 18th most anticipated of 2014}
9. Star Wars Battlefront (November 17th)
10. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (Metacritic = 72)

2015 ORIGINAL

1. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
2. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
3. The Legend of Zelda Wii U
4. Bloodborne
5. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
6. Persona 5
7. Xenoblade Chronicles X
8. No Man's Sky
9. Batman: Arkham Knight
10. The Order: 1886

6 out of our Top 10 made it out this year. 4 of which earned Metacritic favor. XCX is still pending.
And 10 out of our original Top 15 managed to deliver on a 2015 release window.

Out of our five delayed titles... Uncharted 4, Zelda Wii U, Persona 5, No Man's Sky and Rime... only two of those were also delayed from an anticipated 2014 release.

Let's see how this compares with our track record from last year...

2014

The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
1. Dark Souls II (Metacritic = 91)
2. Destiny (Metacritic = 76)
3. inFamous: Second Son (Metacritic = 80)
4. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Metacritic = 92)
Xenoblade Chronicles X
The Order: 1886
Persona 5
5. Titanfall (Metacritic = 86)
6. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Metacritic = 75)
7. Bayonetta 2 (Metacritic = 91)
8. Watch Dogs (Metacritic = 80)
9. Mario Kart 8 (Metacritic = 88)
Tom Clancy's The Division
10. South Park: The Stick of Truth (Metacritic = 85)

2014 ORIGINAL

1. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
2. Dark Souls II
3. Destiny
4. inFamous: Second Son
5. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
6. Xenoblade Chronicles X
7. The Order: 1886
8. Persona 5
9. Titanfall
10. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

You'll notice that the exact same pattern emerged the previous year.
4 out of our Top 10 failed to release in 2014. As did 5 out of our Top 15.
No reason to think a similar trend won't persist into our 2016 list when it's compiled by shinobi602 two months from now.

 

[PooBone]

Amazing how many games from this list didn't come out. But other than The Order, Neogaf wasn't too far off.