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GOTY 2014 Poll: Nominations needed
Mr_Grinch
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Every year since 2004 @mcc has done a fantastic Game of the Year poll on this forum. People seem to enjoy it when it happens so she's tried to keep doing it. This year she's decided to bow out for various understandable reasons but has kindly provided the software for us to run it ourselves anyway.
I have shamelessly stolen this op from last years nomination thread so forgive anything that still refers to 2013, or MCC running it :biggrin:
There are a lot of Game of the Year polls out there, but this one is special. Where most GOTY polls just give you a list of maybe five of the best-selling games from the last year, and ask you to choose your favorite, THIS poll gives you a list of EVERY game that came out in the last year (more or less) and asks you to vote for [up to] your top 20-- ranked by how much you liked them. Here's last year's poll if you want to see how this works. We actually wind up with a serviceable ranking of the top hundred or so games from the last year, with blockbusters, obscurities and cult hits mixed in side by side, and a pretty color-coded graph.
Here's the plan: We're taking nominations in this thread until the evening of January 7th (is that enough time? Too long? In the previous thread we already did a fair bit of work on it).
We'll then run the poll for one week, until the evening of January 14th. I'll post a thread back here (watch for it!) with the voting link.
So, let's get some nominations. Remember, the point of this is to have the most comprehensive list of games possible! So any game that anyone might POSSIBLY put in their top 20 deserves to go on the list.
The rules for nomination are:
* It must have been legally released IN AMERICA for the first time in 2014
* It must be a new game-- no ports, no expansion packs.
We can try to be flexible about these rules. But here's the underlying point of the rules: Every game gets one shot. Think about it, if this game you like got on one year, and then we snuck its expansion pack on the next year… half the people who liked it will vote one year and half the other and it will get really low scores. You like this game, but it's gonna get stiffed in the poll. Avoid that.
I made a starting list with massive, MASSIVE help from others, specifically @Undead Scottsman who has spent a crazy amount of time pruning the list that I ripped off of wikipedia to make sure it only contains stuff it should. Still though collectively we may have removed something that should be on there, or we may have included something that shouldn't be.
PS: If you want to make things REALLY easy for me, look over your nominations, punch their names into Wikipedia, and make *certain* that (1) you spelled them right (2) you list *exactly* the platforms it was released on this year in alphabetical order, like:
Bioshock Infinite (Android, 360, 3DS, DS, iOS, Ouya, PC, PS3, PS4, PSP, Vita, Wii, WiiU, XBO)
This year I've forgone marking if a game is download only. Mostly because I'm lazy.
Working nominations list:
I have shamelessly stolen this op from last years nomination thread so forgive anything that still refers to 2013, or MCC running it :biggrin:
There are a lot of Game of the Year polls out there, but this one is special. Where most GOTY polls just give you a list of maybe five of the best-selling games from the last year, and ask you to choose your favorite, THIS poll gives you a list of EVERY game that came out in the last year (more or less) and asks you to vote for [up to] your top 20-- ranked by how much you liked them. Here's last year's poll if you want to see how this works. We actually wind up with a serviceable ranking of the top hundred or so games from the last year, with blockbusters, obscurities and cult hits mixed in side by side, and a pretty color-coded graph.
Here's the plan: We're taking nominations in this thread until the evening of January 7th (is that enough time? Too long? In the previous thread we already did a fair bit of work on it).
We'll then run the poll for one week, until the evening of January 14th. I'll post a thread back here (watch for it!) with the voting link.
So, let's get some nominations. Remember, the point of this is to have the most comprehensive list of games possible! So any game that anyone might POSSIBLY put in their top 20 deserves to go on the list.
The rules for nomination are:
* It must have been legally released IN AMERICA for the first time in 2014
* It must be a new game-- no ports, no expansion packs.
We can try to be flexible about these rules. But here's the underlying point of the rules: Every game gets one shot. Think about it, if this game you like got on one year, and then we snuck its expansion pack on the next year… half the people who liked it will vote one year and half the other and it will get really low scores. You like this game, but it's gonna get stiffed in the poll. Avoid that.
I made a starting list with massive, MASSIVE help from others, specifically @Undead Scottsman who has spent a crazy amount of time pruning the list that I ripped off of wikipedia to make sure it only contains stuff it should. Still though collectively we may have removed something that should be on there, or we may have included something that shouldn't be.
PS: If you want to make things REALLY easy for me, look over your nominations, punch their names into Wikipedia, and make *certain* that (1) you spelled them right (2) you list *exactly* the platforms it was released on this year in alphabetical order, like:
Bioshock Infinite (Android, 360, 3DS, DS, iOS, Ouya, PC, PS3, PS4, PSP, Vita, Wii, WiiU, XBO)
This year I've forgone marking if a game is download only. Mostly because I'm lazy.
Working nominations list:
1001 Spikes (PC, PSVita, PS4, X360, XBO, 3DS, WiiU) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (PS3, X360) 80 Days (iOS, Android) A Bird Story (PC) A Story About My Uncle (PC) Abyss Odyssey (PS3, X360, PC) Ace Combat Infinity (PS3) Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom (3DS, PS3, PSVita, PC, X360) Age of Empires: Castle Siege (PC) Age of Wonders III (PC) Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed (PSVita, PS3, PS4) Alien: Isolation (PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO) Among the Sleep (PC) Angry Birds Stella (iOS, Droid) Angry Birds Transformers (iOS, Droid) Another World-20th Anniversary Edition (PS3, PS4, PSVita, XBO, WiiU, PC, 3DS) Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star (PS3) ArcheAge (PC) Assassin's Creed Rogue (PS3, X360) Assassin's Creed Unity (PC, PS4, XBO) Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry (PS4, PC, XBO, PS3, X360) Astebreed (PC) Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (PS3) Azure Striker Gunvolt (3DS) Backgammon Blitz (PS3, PS4, PSVita) Banished (PC) Basement Crawl (PS4) Battle Princess of Arcadias (PS3) Bayonetta 2 (WiiU) Bernband (PC) Bicolor (iOS) Big Hero 6 (3DS) Blackwell Epiphany (PC) Blade Symphony (PC) BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (PS3, PSVita) BlazBlue: Clone Phantasma (3DS) Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (PC, PS3, X360) Bound by Flame (PC, PS4, PS3, X360) Bravely Default (3DS) Broken Age Act 1 (PC, Ouya, iOS) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO) Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (WiiU) Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (PC, PS3, X360) Chariot (PC, PS4, XBO, WiiU) Child of Light (PC, PS3, PS4, WiiU, X360, XBO, PSVita) CHIP (PC) Civilization Revolution 2 (iOS) Civilization: Beyond Earth (PC) Cloudbuilt (PC) Company of Heroes 2 - Ardennes Assault (PC) Company of Heroes 2 - The Western Front Armies (PC) Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars (PSVita, 3DS) CONSORTIUM (PC) Cooking Mama 5: Bon Appetit! (3DS) Costume Quest 2 (PC, PS3, PS4, WiiU, X360, XBO) Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies (PC) CounterSpy (PS3, PS4, PSVita, iOS) Crazy Taxi: City Rush (iOS, Droid) Crimsonland (PSVita, PS4) D4 (XBO) Dance Central Spotlight (XBO) Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (PSVita) Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (PSVita) Dark Souls II (PS3, X360, PC) Daylight (PC, PS4) Deception IV: Blood Ties (PS3, PSVita) Defense Grid 2 (PC, XBO, PS4) Demon Gaze (PSVita) Destiny (PS3, PS4, X360, XBO) Destiny of Spirits (PSVita) Digimon All-Star Rumble (PS3, X360) Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes (PS3, PS4. PC, WiiU, X360. XBO, iOS) Disney Magical World (3DS) Divinity: Original Sin (PC) Don Bradman Cricket 14 (PS3, X360, PC) Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (WiiU) Dragon Age: Inquisition (PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO) Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z (PS3, PSVita, X360) Drakengard 3 (PS3) Drawful (PC, PS4, PS3) Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey (PC, PS4) Driveclub (PS4) Dungeon of the Endless (PC) Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn (PS3, PSVita) EA Sports UFC (PS4, XBO) Earth Defense Force 2025 (PS3, X360) Eidolon (PC) Electronic Super Joy: Groove City (PC) Elite: Dangerous (PC) Elminage Gothic (PC) Endless Legend (PC) Enemy Front (PC, PS3, X360) Entwined (PS4, PS3, PSVita) Escape Dead Island (PC, PS3, X360) Escape Goat 2 (PC, PS4) F.E.A.R. 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(PS4) OlliOlli (PSVita, PC, PS3, PS4) One Piece: Romance Dawn (3DS) One Piece: Unlimited World RED (3DS, WiiU, PS3, PSVita) One Way Heroics (PC) Only If (PC) Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2 (PC, 3DS, PS3, WiiU, X360) Penguins of Madagascar (3DS, WiiU) Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (PS3, X360) Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (3DS) Petz Beach (3DS) Petz Countryside (3DS) Planes: Fire & Rescue (Wii, WiiU, 3DS) Planetary Annihilation (PC) Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (XBO, X360, PC, PS3, PS4) Pokémon Art Academy (3DS) Pokémon Battle Trozei (3DS) Power Rangers Super Megaforce (3DS) Pro Cycling Manager Season 2014: Le Tour de France (PC) Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 (PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO) Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy (3DS) Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (3DS) Project Spark (XBO, X360, PC) PT (PS4) Pushmo World (WiiU) Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube (PC) Quest for Infamy (PC) Rabbids Invasion: The Interactive TV Show (X360, XBO, PS4) Rambo: The Video Game (PS3, X360, PC) Raven's Cry (PC, SteamOS) Rekoil (PC, X360) Risen 3: Titan Lords (PC, PS3, X360) Road Not Taken (PC, PS4) Rock Zombie (PC, iOS, WiiU) Rogue Shooter: The FPS Roguelike (PC) RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile (iOS) Rollers Of The Realm (PS4, PSVita, PC) Roundabout (PC) Run Sackboy! Run! (iOS, Droid) Sacred 3 (PC, PS3, X360) Samurai Warriors 4 (PS3, PS4, PSVita) Second Chance Heroes (iOS, PC, PS4) Secret Ponchos (PC, PS4) Secrets of Rætikon (PC) Senran Kagura: Bon Appétit! (PSVita) Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus (PSVita) Shadowgate (PC) Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut (PC) Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms (PC) Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (3DS, WiiU) Shape Up (XBO) Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments (PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO) Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day (PS3) Shovel Knight (WiiU, 3DS, PC) Sigils of Elohim (PC, iOS) Sir, You Are Being Hunted (PC) Skylanders: Trap Team (3DS, iOS, PS3, PS4, Wii, WiiU, X360, XBO) Smite (PC) Sniper Elite III (PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO) Sokobond (PC) Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (WiiU) Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (3DS) Sonic Jump Fever (iOS, Droid) Soulcalibur: Lost Swords (PS3) South Park: The Stick of Truth (PC, PS3, X360) Space Base DF-9 (PC) Space Run (PC) Spoiler Alert (iOS, PC) Starwhal: Just the Tip (PC) Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones (WiiU) Steel Diver: Sub Wars (3DS) Strider (PS3, PS4, X360, XBO, PC) Stronghold Crusader II (PC) Styx: Master of Shadows (PC, PS4, XBO) Sunset Overdrive (XBO) Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (3DS) Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (WiiU) Super Time Force (PC, X360, XBO) Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (PSVita) Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment (PSVita) Tales of Hearts R (PSVita) Tales of Symphonia Chronicles (PS3) Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3) Tappingo 2 (3DS) Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overlord (PS3) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze (PS3, X360, 3DS) Tengami (iOS, WiiU) Tenkai Knights: Brave Battle (3DS) Terra Battle (iOS, Droid) Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure (PC) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (PC, PS3, PS4, WiiU, X360, 3DS, iOS, Droid) The Banner Saga (PC, iOS) The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (PC, PS4, Vita) The Elder Scrolls Online (PC) The Evil Within (PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO) The Fall (PC) The Golf Club (PC, XBO, PS4) The Hungry Horde (PS Vita) The Joylancer: Legendary Motor Knight (PC) The Keep (3DS) The Last Tinker: City of Colors (PC, PS4) The Legend of Korra (PS3, PS4, PC, X360, XBO) The Lego Movie Videogame (3DS, PC, PS3, X360, PS4, XBO, WiiU) The Sims 4 (PC) The Talos Principle (PC) The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (PC) The Voice: I Want You (PS3, Wii, X360, WiiU) The Walking Dead: Season Two (PC, PS3, X360, iOS, PS4, XBO, PSVita) The Witch and the Hundred Knight (PS3) The Wolf Among Us (PS4, PSVita, XBO, PC, PS3, X360) Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (3DS) They Breathe (PC) Thief (PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO) This War of Mine (PC) Threes (iOS, Droid, XBO) Titanfall (PC, XBO, X360) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms (PC) Tomodachi Life (3DS) Toukiden: The Age of Demons (PSVita, PSP) Toybox Turbos (PC, PS3, X360) Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (PC, X360, XBO, PS4, PS3, WiiU, 3DS) Transistor (PC, PS4) Trials Frontier (iOS, Droid) Trials Fusion (X360, XBO, PS4, PC) Tropico 5 (PC) Unrest (PC) Valiant Hearts: The Great War (iOS, PS3, PS4, PC, X360, XBO) Velocity 2X (PS4, PSVita) Velvet Sundown (PC) Vib-Ribbon (PS3, PSVita) War of the Vikings (PC) Wargame: Red Dragon (PC) Wasteland 2 (PC) Watch Dogs (PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO, WiiU) Weapon Shop De Omasse (3DS) With Those We Love Alive (PC) Wolfenstein: The New Order (PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO) Word Spud (PC, PS4, PS3) Worms Battlegrounds (PS4, XBO) WWE 2K15 (PS3, X360, PS4, XBO) Xblaze Code: Embryo (PS3, PSVita) Xenonauts (PC) Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z (PS3, X360, PC) Yoshi's New Island (3DS) You Dont Know Jack 2015 (PC, PS4, PS3) Yu-Gi-Oh! 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And I can't go taking all (or even a large portion) of the credit here:
- @Undead Scottsman did far more of the grunt work on working out what should and shouldn't be on this list I just compiled it initially.
- @Infidel is doing all the techy stuff to actually make it work when it comes to voting.
- And of course @Mcc for all the previous years
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Jazzpunk (PC)
The Fall (PC)
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PC, PS4, XBO)
Also, I've come to discover that Mount Your Friends originally came out in 2013 on Xbox Live Indie Arcade
Gonna take a break and do the next quarter.
The list is missing Five Nights at Freddy's 2.
Also, I just noticed the source I was using doesn't list Droid and original Wii versions, so my info may not be entirely complete :razz:
Super Time Force also got a (late) PC release.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
Threes (iOS, Droid, XBO)
Hexcells Infinite (PC)
One Way Heroics (PC)
Terra Battle (iOS, Droid)
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (PC, PS4, Vita)
Sokobond (PC)
Space Run (PC)
Electronic Super Joy: Groove City (PC)
They Breathe (PC)
CHIP (PC)
Half-Minute Hero: The Second Coming (PC)
Cloudbuilt (PC)
Velvet Sundown (PC)
It's a collection of games, but I dont think you can get them individually anyway else (except Fibbage, although technically the pack is Fibbage XL, a new version...)
The games included are:
You Dont Know Jack 2015
Fibbage XL
Word Spud
Drawful
Lie Swatter
But again - since they're not for sale individually, you'd have to buy the "Jackbox" game to run them. Much like you'd never really single out the games in Mario Party.
Either way - I vote they get included somehow, so I can cast a vote for Drawful.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
Kentucky Route Zero Act III (PC)
Eidolon (PC)
With Those We Love Alive (PC)
Elite: Dangerous (PC)
Bernband (PC)
Hernhand (PC)
CONSORTIUM (PC)
Modification: "Neoscavenger" should be called "NEO Scavenger.'
- I've added the Jackbox as separate games.
- There seems to be enough people wanting to keep Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry on the list and with valid reasons, so I'm happy to do that unless there's massive opposition.
- "Mount Your Friends" came out on the Xbox Indie Arcade in 2013 but really didn't get any coverage, and I don't think it was included on last year's list so again, happy to keep that included.
- Oddworld: New 'n Tasty. Does this count as a remake? I was under the impression there was considerable new content but I haven't got around to playing it yet (it's on my list though, love the original).
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Is Fibbage and Fibbage XL the same thing or should I add it as a different game?
Also I think for this year we'll leave the "Amazon Fire TV" out as a platform, just because (unless I'm mistaken) this is the only game we've got on the list at the moment. Maybe something to consider next year?
If anyone really wants it in then I'm happy to update the list if someone can let me know what games came out on it.
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The Fire TV is "just another" Android-based set top box, and I suspect almost everything that ever gets released on there will end up somewhere else, possibly eventually barring that weird Amazon Game Studios thing that they created. My guess is that we'll see a game or two like Towerfall that people will really pull for in the year that it is only available on the Fire TV.
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Monument Valley (iOS, Android) (HOW DID WE MISS THIS?)
Highrise Heroes (iOS, Android)
Kingdom Rush Origins (iOS, Android)
Bicolor (iOS)
Monster Dash (iOS, Android)
Secret Ponchos (PC, PS4)
Final Horizon (PS Vita, PS4)
The Hungry Horde (PS Vita)
Off the list:
Peggle 2 (sadly, this was released for XB1 last year...it would be on my list if it were here)
Did we already debate The Binding of Isaac Rebirth? I would err on the side of it being a remaster and not include it, but would not be upset if it made the list.
Also, Wikipedia is saying Frozen Synapse Prime is a sequel? I had in my mind that it was a remake/port.
And what do we about Sportsfriends? It should probably be on this list, as well. Split it out like the Jackbox?
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It is technically a stealth demo for "Silent Hills", but it may or may not actually be representative of Silent Hills at all, and I feel is a full-fledged game in it's own right.
It's not really a "demo" actually, it's more of a short game to tease the release of another game.
I vote that it gets counted, but I totally can see the other side of the argument as well.
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Should I add the games separately on the list like Jackbox? Keep them in one listing (Sportsfriends) or exclude them entirely?
I've enjoyed each of the games personally so they'd be getting a vote from me.
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Freedom Cry was both a 2013 release and a DLC for an existing game, so doesn't that fail both eligibility rules?
I thought the standard for episodic games was to wait until they were done, hence why KRZ wasn't in previous years.
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It CAN be bought as a standalone, and the standalone didn't come out until 2014. The question is whether the fact that it's also a DLC, and was DLC first, would make it ineligible.
It got a standalone release in 2014. Given it was DLC before, and therefore ineligible to be judged last year anyway, I can see a case being made of allowing it this year. I don't feel strongly either way though.
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KRZ actually was on last year's poll, and placed 20th overall. Republique also made it on to the voting list for last year's poll despite having only a single episode (on only one of its two intended platforms) released in the last couple days of December, though doesn't appear in the results because it got zero votes.
However, we probably should wait for episodic games to be either released in full or formally cancelled before putting them on the poll. D4 would be a consideration there. It only has 2 episodes released and it looks unlikely that it's going to get any more, but AFAIK there's no official word on it.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
I feel where this thought is coming from; it's almost like the game got split in half. But each platform's half is pretty distinct. I can't rate the 3DS version on the same level as the WiiU version, and I haven't played the WiiU version nearly as much as I have the 3DS version.
Smash Bros - Happy to roll them in to one, I've only played the WiiU version so couldn't really comment. Any other opinions? Are they different enough to warrant separate entries?
Sportsfriends games - how about they're added as separate items but prefixed with Sportsfriends? Technically they're separate games but, honestly, if I were glancing down the list and saw "Johann Sebastian Joust" I'd probably forget it was a game I'd played. Maybe worth doing the same for Jackbox?
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Another nomination: Here And There Among The Echo (PC)