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[Archie]

http://www.vice.com/read/the-top-20-video-games-of-2015-according-to-vice-999

20. Destiny: The Taken King
19. Invisible, Inc
18. Guitar Hero Live
17. Rise of the Tomb Raider
16. Tales from the Borderlands
15. Batman: Arkham Knight
14. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
13. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
12. Until Dawn
11. Her Story
10. SOMA
9. Super Mario Maker
8. Undertale
7. Splatoon
6. Fallout 4
5. Rocket League
4. Life Is Strange
3. Bloodborne
2. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

 

[Robot Pants]

Just can't agree with #1.
In fact it makes me upset

 

[Santiako]

It's been a pretty good year.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

Bloodborne robbed again.

 

[bobawesome]

Good choice for #1. I think Fallout 4 is way too high.

 

[DNAbro]

Undertale in top 10. Good enough.

 

[7DollarHagane]

Just can't agree with #1.
In fact it makes me upset

Quit hating a game because of the circumstances or company. The game itself is excellent.

 

[antitrop]

1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

That's a bold strategy, Cotton.

 

[Robot Pants]

Quit hating a game because of the circumstances or company. The game itself is excellent.

No it's not

 

[TheSpecialOne]

Just can't agree with #1.
In fact it makes me upset

Well number 2 is even worse.

 

[valkillmore]

Pretty good placement for rocket league but I'd still put it higher. Didn't play mgs

 

[Nameless]

Top 3 is correct, just in the wrong order.

 

[Akara]

Good list because Until Dawn is in it

 

[Kerned]

Just can't agree with #1.
In fact it makes me upset

It was the best game of the year for the first several weeks it was out, which is thankfully when I played it.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Mgsv as #1 is gross.

Good list because Until Dawn is in it

Yeah, happy to see this get any love.

Edit: and tales from the borderlands too

 

[LowParry]

Quit hating a game because of the circumstances or company. The game itself is excellent.

It has nothing to do with the company.

 

[Hyun Sai]

Aaaaand The Witcher 3 beats Bloodborne again.

Good for Kojima though.

 

[cackhyena]

They chose wisely.

 

[zsynqx]

Nice to see LiS and Until Dawn up there.

 

[Tecnniqe]

Until Dawn should been higher. Its a great game.
MGSV for first is fine, love it.
BB is better than Witcher in my eyes.
Fallout is great, but perhaps i bit too high.


20. Batman: Arkham Knight
19. Guitar Hero Live
18. Rise of the Tomb Raider
17. Tales from the Borderlands
16. Invisible, Inc
15. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
14. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
13. Life is Strange
12. Her Story
11. SOMA
10. Super Mario Maker
9. Undertale
8. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
7. Splatoon
6. Fallout 4
5. Rocket League
4. Destiny: The Taken King
3. Until Dawn
2. Bloodborne
1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

 

[higemaru]

Pretty good list. Maybe it's because I haven't played anything this year aside from Bloodborne but this seems like a good spread and accurately reflects the acclaim these games have received. Based on what I heard, I might switch the placement around on a few (MGS5 namely) but I've got no real problems with the list.

 

[Catvoca]

Very happy to see Life is Strange at number 4

 

[foxtrot3d]

Switch #2 with #1 and I'd agree. As an massive MGS fan, MGSV disappointed me.

 

[AgentP]

Swap 3 & 1, 20 and 2.

Where is Halo 5?

 

[Ocarina_117]

I really really wanted to check out phantom pain.

But comments such as poor second half, poor story etc are really holding me back.

Between that and bloodborne for me to play during my semester break

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Hey, Tales from the Borderlands made it. Hallelujah! My gut says it should be higher, but at least it's on there!

Quit hating a game because of the circumstances or company. The game itself is excellent.

There are reasons to dislike that game besides circumstances or parent company.

 

[luckygodzilla]

Would have put halo 5 instead of rapture, and bloodborne is goat, but besides that it's a decent list.

 

[Coriolanus]

Undertale is far too low.

 

[Occam]

No Axiom Verge. Failure.

 

[gai_shain]

Hell yeah undertale

 

[Lumpy Onion]

Hey, that's my top 3 too! No issues here.

 

[NIGHT-]

Bloodborne robbed again.

Get used to it. It's not the best game that was released this year.


Glad to see Splatoon and Mario Maker in the top 10

 

[His Majesty]

Did no one play Dying Light this year?

 

[ginger ninja]

1)MGS V

 

[mjp2417]

Invisible, Inc. should be much, much higher. Pretty safe, boring list overall. That top 3 is going to be pretty much every publication's top 3, just with slightly different ordering.

 

[LARDSHOCKER]

Where's Contradiction??

 

[higgsboson1997]

Eh, I feel 10-6 would have been the perfect top 5 instead of their choices for 5-1. It almost exactly matches my top 5, which are:

1. Splatoon
2. Fallout 4
3. Super Mario Maker
4. SOMA
5. Undertale

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

Witcher 3 or Bloodborne deserved it. MGSV can go climb a tree.

 

[SchrodingerC]

Yay SOMA is getting more recognition

 

[bobawesome]

Did no one play Dying Light this year?

I honestly thought it came out in 2014. I was surprised to learn otherwise in a different thread.

 

[Son Of Sparda]

MGS V as #1..... Ehhhh.

Personally would put Bloodborne and Witcher 3 over it, but, nonetheless it's a good list. Especially for having LiS at the top 5.

 

[kavanf1]

Thinking of all the games that didn't make that list, it's been a hell of a good year for games. Probably the best year for me since 2007.

 

[Conkerkid11]

Great looking list. Why's Guitar Hero Live on there though?

I haven't heard anything good about the attempts to revive Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Was Guitar Hero actually good and I'm just mistaken?

Edit: Yuck. Read the actually content of the list. The author gave the number one spot to MGSV solely based on the controversy? What the hell?

 

[Dmented]

Aaaaand The Witcher 3 beats Bloodborne again.

Good for Kojima though.

Rightfully so, IMO.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Why is The Taken King considered a separate game? Isn't it just an expansion pack?

 

[DriftingSpirit]

Get used to it. It's not the best game that was released this year.


Glad to see Splatoon and Mario Maker in the top 10

It was a joke given all the robbed comments yesterday.

Bloodborne was my best game for the year but I am good so long as it is at least in the conversation. It deserves at least that much.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Looks like it's going to be MGSV vs. The Witcher 3 for the most GotY picks. Surprising since Bethesda RPG's dominated in the years that they were released last gen.

 

[Tecnniqe]

Why is The Taken King considered a separate game? Isn't it just an expansion pack?

Taken King is the game.
The other thing we paid $60 for was just a trial.

Looks like it's going to be MGSV vs. The Witcher 3 for the most GotY picks. Surprising since Bethesda RPG's dominated in the years that they were released last gen.

personally id rather see MGSV vs BB as i loved both of those.
I don't get the Witcher hype.

 

[Kerned]

Great looking list. Why's Guitar Hero Live on there though?

I haven't heard anything good about the attempts to revive Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Was Guitar Hero actually good and I'm just mistaken?

It would seem that this author found it better than all but 17 games he played this year. To be fair, I've heard a fair amount of positive things said about it since it was released.

 

[entremet]

Wow. Guitar Hero Live is better than Rock Band?