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Post by Aphoristic on Dec 31, 2016 17:12:23 GMT -5
My nominees are: Hitman, Overwatch, AM2R, Battlefield 1, and Pokemon Sun/Moon. This only includes games that I've played that came out this year.
Hitman: I only got this game around Black Friday after seeing a few people play it on streams. I hadn't played any of the previous games in the series, so this game really stood out to me. It's fun just sneaking around, pushing what you can get away with, doing different challenges, escalations, and contracts.
Overwatch was the clear favorite coming into the year. Lots of hype and it's still got a long life ahead of it. I don't need to explain this one.
AM2R, Another Metroid 2 Remake, was not something I was anticipating. I hadn't heard about it until Nintendo started DMCAing it. As a big Metroid fan, this game really was everything I wanted from a Nintendo title while all Nintendo wants to give us is some spin off 3DS title.
Battlefield 1 is great. Another game I didn't get until Black Friday like Hitman, this game isn't pulling any surprises, but it's solid. This game feels complete at launch, despite the promised season pass DLC coming next year. I thought there wouldn't be enough stuff to keep me playing due to the setting. I thought WW1 would have had a larger impact on the gameplay. In some ways it does, but not in any overtly negative way.
Pokemon Sun/Moon was definitely hyped up a lot. All the pre-release buzz didn't make me excited though. I thought the Pokemon designs were overall awful (and some still are, Exeggutor), but that didn't stop the game from being far better than X/Y and ORAS. This has to be the first time I've actually completed the dex in a game.
And the winner is...
Hitman
Honestly, I cannot stress how good this game is. I've wanted a solid stealth title for a while now, and this game nails it. Sapienza has to be one of the best stealth levels of all time. There's so much variety in that single level, it's truly impressive. I can't wait for season 2 next year. There's a complete first season coming out at the end of January. Pick it up if you want to get into this game. I love the regular updates with new levels, elusive targets, escalations, and community contracts.
Runners up: 2. Battlefield 1 3. AM2R 4. Overwatch 5. Pokemon Sun/Moon
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Post by blackbarney on Dec 31, 2016 17:15:50 GMT -5
Wtf, how can it not be Overwatch ?? I don't like MOBAs at all and I really liked playing this.
I would give it goty from your list of nominees
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Post by Aphoristic on Dec 31, 2016 17:27:38 GMT -5
I've honestly gotten bored of Overwatch. It was exciting last year when I got into the beta. After the first few weeks of it releasing I haven't played it much. Release had it's issues, and sure they got solved, but it's just not something I've been playing consistently. I haven't even played the Winter content more than logging in for the free boxes. The Halloween stuff was cool though. And it's not a moba.
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Post by blackbarney on Dec 31, 2016 18:13:30 GMT -5
I've stopped playing too but goty shouldn't be based on what you're still playing. It should be based on how good the playing experience was when you were playing. I think Overwatch was that good for those first few months. I mean Limbo had a very limited play time but was clearly Goty for me the year it came out. Segway... I think GOTY this year should be Overwatch or Inside. I can't believe Inside isn't nominated My nominees would be: Overwatch Inside Uncharted IV Forza Horizon 3 Um... Owlboy? With Overwatch winning. It's hard to make shooters feel fresh. I'd be okay if Inside won tho, and it will
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Post by blackbarney on Dec 31, 2016 18:24:49 GMT -5
Overwatch is literally the only game I enjoyed this year. Awful year for games, great year for movies tho, wow
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2016 20:16:45 GMT -5
I slowly descended into religiously playing Magic the Gathering a crap-ton this year, largely because of Shadow Over Innstrad/ Eldritch Moon was released around April.
(Guy from R&D): "Wow, people loved Innistrad. Let's take that Gothic horror setting and make another set like that." (Innistrad fans): "YES." (12-year-old kid): "And then Avacyn the Archangel dies! And the ELDRAZI come in and try to take over the world!" (Guy from R&D): "Well actually, we wanted to build a story where..."
*The 12-year-old takes his Avacyn figurine and rams it down the sink grinder*
(Innistrad fans): *Collective "OHHH"ing as if someone got roasted*
*The same kid smashes his Jace and Emrakul action figures together to accentuate his point*
(All the MTG fans): *Hysterical cheering that would fill a stadium* (Guy from R&D): "Oh god YES- let's do that instead."
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Post by prioc on Dec 31, 2016 23:43:34 GMT -5
I like Pokemon Sun/Moon a lot, I haven't beaten Sun yet but I've really enjoyed it, I was expecting a lot less from it after X/Y. Otherwise I've just played BF1, Titanfall 2, and Doom a little bit. I think those are all great, but I think I've enjoyed Pokemon Sun the most out of those 4 so far.
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Post by pachiderm on Jan 1, 2017 3:47:08 GMT -5
Everything that wasn't Dark Souls 3 was shit.
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Post by Dumien on Jan 1, 2017 10:02:54 GMT -5
Let's see... My nominees from games and DLCs that I've played: Titanfall 2This was what I wanted. More titans. Same wallrunning ninja experience. The maps could be better, but man oh man was LTS fun. I was going to put this as my game of the year for the longest time but reently they patched LTS and kinda ruined it by making it best of 5 rather than best of 7. SHAME. The titans are really balanced even if tone looks a bit powerful right now. Rainbow Six Siege (December 1, 2015 launch but it sucked until they made good updates) I have an abusive relationship with this game. It is both a humbling and inspiring experience to play with friends. I suck at this game but it makes me want to get better at it. Winning feels soooo good. Losing feels sooo bad. The reasons it doesn't get GotY for me are the toxic community and the horrible gamebreaking glitches that they haven't fixed (blue screens of death on console and constant game crashes). Even with those problems I have stuck with it. For full enjoyment you need a full team and a plan. Dark Souls 3A complete joy of a game. This has everything I love in a game. Exploration, challenge, and the feeling of mastery if you put enough time into it. It has some really memorable and punishing bosses. Everything feels viable (I even did a fists only playthrough). Lots of PvE replay value and a decent PvP experience to boot. Final Fantasy XV
This game was a really awesome experience beginning to end. I was really skeptical of the Bro-dude road trip story. For reference...since everyone has their favorite FF.... my favorite is X. XV has a good villain, excellent character beats, a powerful emotional climax, amazing prerendeder cutscenes, a solid ending, and excellent gameplay. I'm fairly certain that I will be returning to the game to play it on max difficulty because my only issue with the game is how easy it is even if you do everything at your level. Maybe it is because they were trying to make it accessable or more beginner friendly, but I didn't have a single game over or come anywhere close. Witcher 3: Blood and WineThe perfect ending for a perfect game. Blood and wine made me play Witcher 3 again from the beginning since I watched to play through with the sweet new powers you get. They designed so much for this DLC from scratch. The setting is probably the best on this list and it honestly competes with the main game in terms of storytelling. I love how out-of-place Geralt is. I love how the choice you make really matter. I love the added gwent deck and the tournament you get to compete in. This is the best DLC I have ever played and it came so close to being my game of the year. THIS IS HOW YOU DO DLC PEOPLE. PUT IN MORE EFFORT YOU LAZY BUMS. Pokemon Sun/Moon
Of course I had to play this. The Pokemon Company has me for life, after all. Z Moves are...interesting and are better thought out that I initially expected. Exegutor is stupid Aphoristic but I think that is the point...lol. The story was good and I am glad they finally did away with the plot restricting element of gym battles. The game was ...easy... but it is a game that targets children...so I am fine with that. I beat the game with Araquanid, the grass starter, Snorlax, Muk (lol), Kumo-o, and mangezone. I have yet to do the end game content but I'm saving that for a later date. Games that didn't make the cut that I played.Overwatch: Overhyped. I didn't like it and I enjoyed my brief stint with TF2 back in the day. I think my younger self might have bought into it since Overwatch is basically "Marketing: The Game" and I was really into twitch shooters. I played the beta and a little bit of it at a friends house. I'll pass. Dishonored 2: A great game, but it is more of the same. Emily's powers were pretty neat and I am still working on a powerless/mercy/full stealth playthrough. Hearthstone: Mean Streets of Gadgetzan: An excellent expansion that has led to one of the most stable metas in recent memory. 8 classes have tournament viable decks. Control, midrange, and aggro are all represented. The only issue is that the current hot button issue of the pisspoor ladder system is completely correct. This leads to a horrible ladder meta but a wonderful tournament meta. I have been enjoying hearthstone more as a spectator sport than as daily gaming experience. Dark Souls 3: Painted World of Ariendel: Probably the best 8 hours I've spent in any of the games above. That was it though. I defended the DLC because it was supposed to give us a really awesome team dueling system (which my friends and I were hyped beyond belief for), but you could never lock in your teammates. A shame. The PvE stuff was awesome. The main boss is one of the best in Souls History and the atmosphere is on point. You get some fun weapons to toy around with. My personal favorite is the pyromancy flame that gives you estus and grants double hits on certain spells. Destiny: Rise of Iron: I played alot of this. I played probably more of this than anything else on this list. Man it was fun. The raid was a solid mid tier ordeal and the grind wasn't all that bad. Solving the raid was a blast and being of first people to get their hands on the secret exotic was an awesome honor (even if it did turn out to be garbage light level fodder). Trials of Osiris was pretty fun and using the Gally again was pretty neat. The main issue for me is that the challenge mode didnt really offer the longevity that I was looking for. As soon as I got one of my characters to max level I dipped out. We had solved the raid. We figured it out. Time to move on. I actually saw it coming a mile away and I preemptively started playing other games to break it to some of my hardercore Destiny buddies. I am looking forward to Destiny 2, but they need to solve this problem of rollercoaster content. Rise of Iron certainly didn't. Fallout 4: Far Harbor/NukaWorld Far harbor was good character development for Nick but the rest was really lackluster. I started a new character for Nukaworld and I am very glad I did. I only bought it after reading some reviews. Many of the reviewers complained thati t was too easy and they rolled through it...of course it was too easy. If you have OP characters you are going to wreck everything because the game doesn't scale hard enough against all the OP perks/weapons you get later on. Nuka World was EXCELLENT DLC but only if you were at a level that it could challenge you. The DLC also gave you the ability to be a bad guy...an option sorely lacking from the main game. It was more of a retroactive patch than anything else... I just wish more people did what I did before trashing the content. Pokemon Go: Lol. I am such a nerd. I had two roadtrips with some buddies. We went on an adventure. There was lots of pokemon catching. I embraced the fad. And then it died. Set a good precedent though. I want a game that takes advantage of the GPS that is actually good...with...ya know... good game design. Maybe a dungeon RPG. IDK. Maybe a rogue-like. Oooh. That sounds fun. My Game of the Year: Dark Souls 3Just barely beating out the amazing downloadable content precedent that Blood and Wine set and outperforming FFXV in terms of challenge, Dark Souls 3 is my GotY. I've beaten this game 15ish times now and I sometimes think about starting a new playthrough with a different build. DS3 is the soulsborne franchise "perfected" in my book. It is the perfect blend of challenge and reward. The lore is ever-fascinating and I love watching videos about the stuff that people keep figuring out. The bosses are some of the best in souls history: My favorite being the Abyss Watchers fight: perfect music and the first fight that tells you that you are playing a souls game and not some game where you can approach every fight in the same way and expect to win eventually. One of my favorite things about DS3 was feeling myself getting better and better at the Nameless King battle until I was able to do first try without summons. I love that you can practice bosses to your heart's content by getting summoned. I really hope that this isn't the end of the souls franchise. I'm just beginning to fall in love all over again. 2016 may have been a mediocre year for games, but it was certainly the year of excellent precedents in gaming. Pokemon Go proved GPS stuff can be a thing. Blood and Wine is the new standard for DLC. Overwatch proved that people are suckers. Oh wait...cod has been doing that for a while. My bad.
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Post by ChloeB42 (Alexcalibur42) on Jan 1, 2017 12:36:25 GMT -5
DOOM Also Overwatch, finally just got it, and I love it.
Honorable mention to Skyrim Remastered.
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Post by qupie on Jan 4, 2017 5:34:33 GMT -5
1. Titanfall 2 2. Overwatch 3. Destiny DLC 4. I have only played 3 games this year and that is my top 3. Real life sucks.
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Post by qupie on Jan 4, 2017 10:10:17 GMT -5
That being said, I am looking to buy a game to play together with SO. What is a better buy than a cheap top game from last year, as it is kind of a gamble if she will like it.
She liked saints row, because it is easy as hell and she liked collecting the stuff and doing the (side) missions.
That is the only game she ever really played though, appart from some mobile games.
Any tips? I am leaning towards the witcher 3 or Rise of tombraider, as they both have a sale going on, on the PS store they are both 30 bucks including all DLC.
I hope they are not too hard though... Dishounored seems cool, but I think it will be too hard for her.
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Post by blackbarney on Jan 4, 2017 11:00:54 GMT -5
You want a 2016 game? Do you need something co-op to play with her or do you take turns playing? Do you have two systems?
Uncharted IV could be really fun, no? Witcher III makes a ton of sense too. I bet she'd like Rez Infinite or Rise of the Tomb RaideR: 20 Year Celebration Ratchet & Clank would be a solid, solid pick too
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Post by Dumien on Jan 4, 2017 17:21:45 GMT -5
Have you played Last of Us yet?
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Post by qupie on Jan 5, 2017 5:19:58 GMT -5
Yeah I tried solo, but gave up after about an hour and a half. I hated the controls in that game personally.
Still though, I might have to revisit it. Hearing only good stuff about it, especially the story and immersion. How would you value to difficulty of it?
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Post by blackbarney on Jan 5, 2017 8:26:32 GMT -5
I don't think a girl would like it
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Post by qupie on Jan 5, 2017 8:28:44 GMT -5
Yeah she is not too big into the zombie stuff. She is more of a lord of the rings kind of fantasy fan.
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Post by blackbarney on Jan 5, 2017 8:47:01 GMT -5
Should would love Mass Effect. You should get the trilogy.
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Post by eLantern on Jan 6, 2017 14:21:21 GMT -5
Didn't play many newer games and when I did I didn't play them much.
These are the 2016 titles I played:
Unravel The Banner Saga 2 Rainbow 6: Siege The Division DOOM Battlefield 1 COD:MW Remastered Star Wars Battlefront (2016 Ultimate Edition)
I've played these 2016 DLCs:
Star Wars Battlefront: Outer Rim Star Wars Battlefront: Bespin Star Wars Battlefront: Death Star Star Wars Battlefront: Rogue One - Scarif DOOM: Unto The Evil DOOM: Hell Followed DOOM: Bloodfall Battlefield 1: Giant's Shadow
For the most part I enjoyed each of these even if it hasn't involved much playing time; although, Unravel was quite a bit less fun than I thought it would be. On the flip side I think DOOM might have been the most pleasant surprise of the group - I found it quite enjoyable. I really don't think I can make a fair assessment in picking a personal GOTY for 2016 given such limited play -- I only own The Banner Saga 2, Unravel, and Battlefront Ultimate Edition at this point from those above while I've played the others at various times when visiting family and friends.
The games I remain most interested in acquiring from 2016 would be these:
Forza Horizon 3 - once the ultimate edition drops significantly in price I'll be all over this as a "must buy".
COD:MW Remastered - once solid separately from Infinite Warfare it'll probably become a "must buy".
Inside - It's been hard not buying this already, but I know I should wait for a price drop so I will.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition - I don't know why I've been waiting as long as I have to get this game; especially, now that there's a Definitive Edition, but no harm in waiting for this edition to become more affordable.
Battlefield 1 - once the ultimate edition drops significantly in price I'll probably pick this up.
Titanfall 2 - waiting for the price to drop before seriously considering it as a purchase. I've heard really good things about the campaign which has me fairly excited to get it.
Overwatch - with many of my online friends playing this and telling me to get it I might pick it up... maybe.
DiRT Rally - it's on sale now, but I'm not in any major rush to get it despite being a pretty big Rally racing fan because if I end up buying a nice PC I probably would get this for that instead.
Rainbow 6: Siege - while there's some interest because I like certain elements about it; ultimately, I don't see myself putting much time into playing it, so... not sure if I'll get it.
Tom Clancy's The Division Gold Edition - I've really liked it for the atmosphere, theme, and campaign, but dislike it for the grinding and bullet-sponginess. it's on sale right now, but I really don't want to spend much on this game so I'll probably end up waiting a while before I consider picking it up.
DOOM - it's on sale right now, but I'll just pick this up when it's cheaper as I'm mostly interested in it for the campaign.
Fallout 4 Deluxe Edition or VR edition - since there's no multiplayer aspect I can afford to wait till it's super cheap before enjoying it or to wait for the VR edition that's expected to come after Project Scorpio gets released.
Gears of War 4 - I might pick this up super cheap someday as I have a little interest in the campaign.
I put off buying Destiny: The Taken King at the end of 2015 because I didn't want to spend what they were charging for a package that included the original game and first two expansions which I already owned, but when it became clear that they weren't going to sell just The Taken King as a separate expansion entity I pretty much lost interest in the game; however, I wouldn't mind eventually picking up the complete collection (once it really cheap) that would include both The Taken King and the newest expansion Rise of Iron even though most people will have moved on from it. nevertheless, there's probably a better chance that I'll just end up waiting for Destiny 2 down the road before getting back into Destiny again.
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Post by qupie on Jan 9, 2017 4:10:26 GMT -5
Some of those games are on sale right now, or is 50% off not enough? Often depends on platform though. TF2 is for 30 bucks on playstation store, and it is on sale on a lot of other places very often as well.
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