Your games of the year!
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I honestly have no idea what I'd consider my GOTY this year. I haven't played Witcher 3 yet though, so that's something. I've spent way too much time replaying old shit. Path of Exile, Diablo 3, Divinity Original Sin EE, FFXIV. So as such I haven't played all that much new stuff. I played Bloodborne and it was good but I wouldn't put it as a GOTY, tbh I felt it was about Dark Souls 2 level for me, didn't do the Dark Souls 1 or Demon Souls thing, it was alright, some of the changes to combat and stuff were nice, but it didn't feel that inovative or different from the original formula and in some ways I liked it less than just another Dark Souls.
In fact looking at the list of games released this year, I see a lot of shit that could be GOTY, but I haven't played any of it, I'm so far behind at this point it feels like a waste to buy games when they release instead of just waiting for sales. I'm also holding off for DLC in some cases, like with Pillars of Eternity, so I haven't bothered starting/buying them.
Special mention to Senran Kagura 2 though, sure it's ninja schoolgirls losing their clothes as they fight kind of stuff, but the combat is surprisingly good and there's a large amount of replayability with the insanely large cast. Just wish it wasn't on 3DS, fucking small screen and shitty buttons.
In fact looking at the list of games released this year, I see a lot of shit that could be GOTY, but I haven't played any of it, I'm so far behind at this point it feels like a waste to buy games when they release instead of just waiting for sales. I'm also holding off for DLC in some cases, like with Pillars of Eternity, so I haven't bothered starting/buying them.
Special mention to Senran Kagura 2 though, sure it's ninja schoolgirls losing their clothes as they fight kind of stuff, but the combat is surprisingly good and there's a large amount of replayability with the insanely large cast. Just wish it wasn't on 3DS, fucking small screen and shitty buttons.
khalid
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Fallout 4 and Witcher are an interesting comparison.
W3 had the much better roleplaying experience and story. However, the combat system felt super sloppy and I absolutely hated all the fights. I wish I could have just watched a movie or read a book about it.
Fallout 4 on the other hand I really enjoyed the combat and running around the world, but the overall story arc I just wasn't interested in.
My game of the year is the Path of Exile expansion: The Awakening.
W3 had the much better roleplaying experience and story. However, the combat system felt super sloppy and I absolutely hated all the fights. I wish I could have just watched a movie or read a book about it.
Fallout 4 on the other hand I really enjoyed the combat and running around the world, but the overall story arc I just wasn't interested in.
My game of the year is the Path of Exile expansion: The Awakening.
Soygen
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Agreed. Witcher 3 is my game of the year, by a long shot. Well over a 100 hour put into it and it never stopped amazing me with how detailed the game is. Ori and the Blind Forest is my probably my second favorite game this year. It was beautiful and challenging.
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SC2: LotV (may be #1 pending when I get more time to really dig into multi player)
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SC2: LotV (may be #1 pending when I get more time to really dig into multi player)
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Zaphid
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It's good and hits all the right notes, but the story is still on the level of WH40k fanfiction, not to mention that mechanically I have been playing that game for the past 5 years. Multiplayer seems to be improved a lot, but not enough to make me play it as religiously as WoL. Witcher 3 could have control scheme of Gothic and I would still consider it GOTY.
I was considering that and I think we'd need at least a full xpac to count. By that logic DOTA2 patches which rebalance to breathe life into the game would also count.
meStevo
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Rocket League for me. Most of the other contenders I haven't had the time to really dig into.
I'll have to try it. I never got through the original story in SC2 in part because it feels claustrophobic after so much time with games like Supreme Commander, if that makes any sense.
Hatorade
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Phazael
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FO4 hands down. No game has sucked me in this much since EQ1. Story could be better, but damn what a sandbox.
Honorable mention would probably go to Wasteland 2: Directors Cut, which I could not stop playing..... until FO4 arrived.
I know Witcher 3 is a great game, but I just could not get into it, mostly due to the mashy clunky combat. Maybe when I finish my second playthrough of FO4 I will give it another shot.
Honorable mention would probably go to Wasteland 2: Directors Cut, which I could not stop playing..... until FO4 arrived.
I know Witcher 3 is a great game, but I just could not get into it, mostly due to the mashy clunky combat. Maybe when I finish my second playthrough of FO4 I will give it another shot.