It really is depressing how many people don't read the OP.
Rather pathetic really. It's not hard to follow simple instructions. Since he's not using a parser, I hope the OP manually disqualifies everyone not posting comments or using dashes instead of colons to separate game titles from comments
(that said I think he should have enforced semi-colons over colons, since the GotY thread uses those).
My list:
1.
Dark Souls II : too obvious, really. Demon's Souls and Dark Souls are my all-time favourite games, definitely GotG, I stayed up at ridiculous hours just to try the network beta, that's how much I am hyped for this game. I can never have too many Souls games.
2.
Cosmic Star Heroine : A classic-style RPG mixing influences from Phantasy Star, Suikoden and Chrono Trigger all whilst retaining its own personality and charm, made by devs who have proven themselves capable, with a kick-ass female protag? A thousand yes please. This is the next best thing to Phantasy Star V, and since I don't trust Sega these days, it'd probably be better anyway. Go Zeboyd, I have faith in you! [Edit] Bonus: the dev is a fellow
Gaffer!
3.
Ghost Song : The Super Metroid sequel that wasn't? Since the Metroid franchise is all but dead, this is the next best thing. Also, the dev is a fan of Dark Souls, therefore, I like him. [Edit] Bonus: the dev is
also a fellow
Gaffer!
4.
Child of Light : A pretty 2D side-scrolling RPG inspired by classic jRPGs, using the UbiArt engine? I'm already interested. Even though it's not Japanese, much like Cosmic Star Heroine, I feel it could fill the void of Japanese-style RPGs I used to love so much but that have all but died in the last generations.
5.
Castlevania - Lords of Shadow 2 : I'm not really a fan of the first game so far (got the Steam version for Xmas), but the sequel intrigues me. The vampiric abilities remind me of the original Blood Omen, and if it manages to improve the failings of the first game, we could have something solid.
6.
The Witcher 3 : Not a fan of the first two, but if they fix the combat and remove the silly fanservice and make it more controller-friendly, I'd be very interested in this.
7.
Guilty Gear Xrd : I am terribad at fighting games and play them only casually, so I couldn't get into BlazBlue. But GGXX always appealed to me because of its music and art direction, so a fresh new instalment sounds interesting.
I'm cautiously optimistic but rather underhyped about Destiny, I love Borderlands but I just find Destiny to have zero charm, feels soulless to me. Rime and The Order 1886 could be interesting but there's not enough information yet to make me really hyped about them.