OK, let's choose our GOTY and our biggest disappointment of 2015

[GundamSentinel]

My favorites:
- Cities Skylines
- Tales of Zestiria
- The Beginner's Guide

Disappointments:
Basically everything else. Iterations of franchises I loved I didn't want to buy and new IPs that interested were very scarce. If I had to pick one, I think I'd go with Total War: Atilla. After Rome II, I sooo wanted the next one to be good and interesting. Alas.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

Game of the year: Life Is Strange

Disappointments: Everything else. I see no point in picking one. They were all about the same.

Yup and yup.

I'm not saying everything else was crap, Anno 2250 and Talos Principle: Road To Gehenna were good and I'm still yet to play Undertale and Anna's Quest.

GOTY:
Witcher 3. A game that made me see how far gaming has gone, and how inferior it still is to literature. A cold but beautiful shower.

Dissapointed:
Fallout 4- Bethesda can not code for shit and their fans still defend the incompetence. Insulting really.

isnt that a bit harsh? far as i can tell fallout 4 has no more bugs than witcher 3 had at launch. hell witcher 3 still has quests i cant complete.

Nope. It is me being nice to Fallout 4.
The game is released in an alpha stage.

This is Bethesda?s fourth time.

Fourth time at what?

 

[Casual Shinji]

I know a ton of people will probably cry foul about me not listing witcher 3 and fallout 4. Well first off, its my list not yours. Second off I played (forced myself to play would be more accurate) all the way through witcher 1 and 2 and I just do not enjoy that world, setting, or Gerald. I dont think that series is for me so it didnt make my list because I never bought and played witcher 3.

You'd be amazed how this third game could surprise you though. It certainly did for me and I HATED The Witcher 2.

OT: I'm a bit split on my game of the year, which is a rarity. On the one hand, The Witcher 3 is definately the best game this year. It's a visual marvel, and blows every other open-world out of the water. It actually makes Geralt a somewhat charming individual, and has some of the best side quests I've ever seen. It's just magnificant.

On the other... Until Dawn was such a fucking riot from beginning to end that, as packages go, this one gave me the most enjoyment out of any game this year, including The Witcher 3.

Biggest disappointment: Metal Gear Solid 5

Mechanically sound, but making it "open-world" was clearly a mistake. Barely, if any, Boss fights. The story is always loony, but now it's not even enjoyable anymore. The characters are bland as fuck -- Remember Ocelot always being the life of the party? The first half is you waiting for the game to finally begin, and the second half is you realizing the first half was the game. *sigh*

 

[pookie101]

my game of the year is life is strange followed closely by fallout 4

my disappointment of the year is also fallout 4 and letting me get 30+ hours in to it without issues and then cracking the shits and giving me CTD's every 2 minutes.

MGS5 would come in as my second disappointment. my first game in the series and i didnt know anything of the history i enjoyed the open world, etc and eventually came to realise the world is static and nothing changes, the same outposts just respawn the same sort of troops, etc and you end up being the minion of your slutty sniper superhero who just mops up the unconscious people at the next base she has cleared

 

[JagermanXcell]

Best:
-Bloodborne. Fromsoft taking the stray away from dark fantasy to victorian horror special guest starring E.T.s manages to be a refreshing take not only aesthetically but mechanically. Combat just feels fluid and fast paced that I can honestly say that it's a PVE experience that I can always revisit much like RE4. Only imagine RE4 with DLC because thats a treat being delivered very soon.

-Undertale. Even with the popularity of this game surpassing the length of the moon, it still managed to be one of the most well written, fun, and unforgettable experiences i've had this year. Plus the concept of simple RPG x Bullet Hell is a match surprisingly made in heaven.

-Splatoon. Upon release it was pretty shallow. A few months later, it's the most competent time killer that CoD only wishes it can be on a casual level. It's just a solid package that deserves a play.

Disappointment:

-MGSV The Phantom Pain: For what it was gameplay wise, it was fun... it controlled well. Then you realize how lifeless it all was. The boss fights lack their bang that Kojima is known for, the story is missing, the game itself is literally missing! Overall it's something that, if I knew Konami neutered it ahead of time, I would have cancelled the damn thing to save the series from ending so... flaccidly. It's a damn shame really.

 

[PurplePonyArcade]

GOTY: Tekken 7. Still only out in arcades but my time with it really left me me happy and impressed about how well its stayed fresh. Crypt of The Necro-Dancer: Fantastic indie rhythm game! Splatoon. This game is just awesome for kids, squids, and everyone.
Biggest Disappointment: Hatred, Mortal Kombat X. Speaking as someone who does not like Mortal Kombat and was not looking forward to this game it still leave me bitter and angry.

 

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

So many games haven't come out yet, and we should choose a GOTY just because we're still in week 1 hype mode for Fallout 4? Seems a bit silly to me >_>

Ah fuck it.

GOTY: Witcher 3, hands down. Really fucking good story, stellar writing, balanced gameplay(on higher difficulties) that encounraged a variation of approaches that had you actually hunt monsters, excellent quest design, and a fantastic precedent for future games development from Eastern Europe.

Biggest Disappointment: Metal Gear Solid 5, with some qualifiers. It's quite disappointing if you were expecting a story heavy MGS game, because *this* is not that. A lot of the characters are watered down, especially my favourite across the series, Ocelot. The ending kind of ruins the game for me in how it unravels, but then again, there are some hints that Kojima didn't even get to properly finish this game, as evidenced by the omitted Chapter III.

In which case, it's not entirely his or his team's fault, but Konami's. Though I don't know to what extent it's true since the game practically gave away the story from the initial trailers, and what we saw was pretty much what we got in terms of cutscenes.

 

[mysecondlife]

Game of the Year goes to Witcher 3. Whatever expectation I had (which neutral), this game exceeded it and blew me away. Heck, I'm ready to call this game RPG of the decade once year 2020 comes.

My jaw dropping moment of the game below. Can you hear it hit the floor?


I haven't bought many game that came out in 2015. So my greatest disappointment goes to Witcher 2.
I bought it years ago although I didn't have a suitable PC at the time because I hear it is a good game and I wanted to throw money at CD Projekt Red for being them. Decided to play it before Witcher 3 and I came out disappointed.

 

[Major_Tom]

Kerbal Space Program 1.0 came out this year, right? That's an automatic GOTY.
Biggest disapointment? State of Decay YOSE. $30 for a small update? Fuck you, Microsoft.

 

[Kingjackl]

GOTY: Really hard to choose between this and Undertale, but I have to give it to Bloodborne. An exceptional take on the already fantastic Souls formula, to the point where I actually prefer it's gameplay style and setting more than Dark Souls. I love the environments, the atmosphere, the combat, the bosses, everything about it.

Biggest disappointment: Didn't play enough to have one this year, but I'd probably have to say Dragonball Xenoverse. It started off so well with the cool character creation, customization and neat story mode, but that eventually gives way to grinding, repetitive combat and blatant fake difficulty.

 

[Bat Vader]

I see GOTY as a tie between The Witcher 3 and Batman: Arkham Knight. Played AK on PS4 and I absoutely loved it and played Witcher 3 on PC and absolutely loved it.

Biggest disappointment for me was MGSV: It's a good game but it just doesn't draw me in like the rest did.

 

[SmallHatLogan]

Definitely Life is Strange for GOTY. I did just start playing Fallout 4 and Persona 4 Dancing All Night but I doubt either of them will top it. Life is Strange sucked me in, made me love it, then left me a broken mess. Not many games can do that.

Biggest disappointment? Maybe Dr Mario Miracle Cure. Not because it's a bad game but because it's revealed to me just how bad I am at Dr Mario and that makes me sad. Or Bloodborne, because it's a PS4 exclusive.

 

[stroopwafel]

Bloodborne is my absolute dream game so 'game of the decade' maybe? So yeah Bloodborne closely followed by MGS5, Arkham Knight, Witcher 3 and Fallout 4. All those games were(are) amazingly fun to me. Honorable mention goes to Soma as the story really captivated my imagination.

Biggest let-down is probably The Order 1886. Not expecting anything amazing but atleast a decent third person shooter that looked gorgeous. Well OK the game looked gorgeous but was nothing more than a short, boring slog through mediocre gameplay with 80% cutscenes. Like Until Yawn but probably even worse.

 

[Barbas]

isnt that a bit harsh? far as i can tell fallout 4 has no more bugs than witcher 3 had at launch. hell witcher 3 still has quests i cant complete.

No, for someone who holds the company in contempt, it seems just about right. He's already posted his fury over the game in several Fallout 4 threads, so now you're probably in for an earful as well. Maybe he pre-ordered the Pip-Boy Edition at GAME...?

Most of the complaints I've heard about the game contradicted themselves and/or were little more than angry rants, some of them based on zero first-hand playtime. The series has changed too much from Fallout, yet at the same time it hasn't changed enough. Somebody even claimed the game was raped and called me an enabler for enjoying it. That is just a sad lack of perspective.

My guess is that the angry backlash and usual vitriol has been exacerbated by the marketing campaign and hype. I hope Bethesda doesn't listen to it, frankly, because a lot of it is just depressing bile. I did see some interesting comments about the FPS cap on another site, though. Maybe it's time to build an entirely new engine if this is stuff that's a concrete limitation of the current one; it's a lot of money to start over like that but I daresay they can afford the time and money now.

 

[Fimbulvetr3822]

GOTY - Fallout 4 by far. Perk system is an improvement on FO3 and FONV, at least for me. 23 hours of playing the PC version and no frame rate drops, bugs beyond ragdoll errors or broken quests/text.

Not played anything that has been aggressively bad this year, but then I have been playing games less than in other years.

 

[Joccaren]

GOTY: Gotta go to Witcher 3. Was it new, innovative, something never done before?
Absolutely not. Take Skyrim and bash it into Dragon Age Inquisition, and you've got a damn similar game - just the combat needs changing, throw in some Arkham City.
It set a stupidly high bar for the execution of such premises though that could only be exceeded by the Cyberpunk game they've said will be bigger and better, or Star Citizen if it actually delivers on every promise it has made, and delivers well.
Near flawless as a game. Played on PC. Haven't finished it yet as I've been quite busy since it came out, and I am trying to 100% everything - which I normally skip doing because its all just repetitive nonsense normally.
Its set the bar for open world games of any kind. Everywhere is beautiful. Everywhere has content. Almost all of the content is actually interesting [Almost all, there are plenty of just generic smugglers stashes and such that you can swim around and pick up, but they're barely part of the game TBH.
The game, whilst not necessarily the game I've enjoyed playing the most this year, is one of the best made games to come out ever, and its honestly going to be a challenge to top it.

Most Disappointing: None. I've become a lot more stringent with my buying habits, and this year I've bought no games that have disappointed me. Plenty of games that could have been candidates, but I just didn't buy them in the first place so I've actually had a pretty good year for games this year.

 

[Drathnoxis]

Game of the Year: Undertale

... Actually, I don't think I've played any other games from 2015.

Oh, wait! I played Until Dawn with my cousin. So I guess:

Biggest Disappointment: Until Dawn
Even though I never had any hopes for it to begin with.

 

[Drops a Sweet Katana]

How does it feel for you retards to suck the dicks of a developer who thinks you're all easily-bribed morons and gave you a half-assed glitchy broken game that desperately tries to rip off Inquisition?

Have you morons never played Oblivion? Witcher 3 is half-assed compared to Oblivion. You fucking fanboy retards.

Jesus. Calm down there, salty.
EDIT: riffleboard: 12/11/2015 - 13/11/2015. We hardly knew ye. Rip in spaghetti, never forgetti :'''(

OT: Best for me is probably Bloodborne. It really scratched the Dark Souls itch that Dark Souls 2 just couldn't.

Most surprising was definitely Undertale. I wasn't really expecting much from it, but it turned out to be a really charming little game.

Most disappointing? Honestly, I don't know. I didn't play many games from this year and the ones I have been are so far really good.

 

[mizushinzui]

GOTY: So far it's probably a toss up between Fallout 4 and One Piece Pirate Warriors 3. Can't decide because while I am seriously enjoying the hell out of Fallout 4 I've not seen enough to say for sure if it's the best one of the year for me. The thing is that these are just the games that I've played recently, there could be some game from the beginning of the year that I enjoyed the hell out of that the time that's just not sticking with me.

Biggest Disappointment: Probably Mad Max, it's not even that bad of a game it's just suuuper dull. I don't remember playing that many games this year that I didn't enjoy, excluding a few titles from a couple of years back that I only just got my hands on.

 

[leberkaese]

I can't really put my finger on which game exactly is GOTY for me. Undertale has given me the most feels, Cities:Skylines was my most pleasant surprise this year and Witcher 3 had given me the most fun experience overall (though, I didn't even finish that one yet. Who has the time playing through an 80 hours game). One of those probably is my GOTY, but I guess Undertale will end up becoming it.

Biggest disappointment? I'm probably risking some hate with this one, but MGS5. I was so hyped for it to come to PC - finally a Metal Gear Solid for us. But in the end, the open world didn't really work well with the game. Also it had a somewhat weak story and the story of MGS is what I was hyped for to begin with.

Jesus. Calm down there, salty.

I think that one is on a trolling trip, fueled by anger about some bad Fallout 4 reviews.