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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. Last year she decided to bow out for various understandable reasons but kindly provided the scripts for us to run it ourselves, which we did thanks to @infidel. Much fun was had and a few people have asked if it's going to happen again. Thankfully Infidel has kindly agreed to host it which just leaves getting the nomination list together.
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 18th. Date is flexible, I can't remember how much time we've given in previous years.
We'll then run the poll for one week, until the evening of January 25th. 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 2015
* 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 ripped off of wikipedia to get use going. This will very likely contain titles that shouldn't be on there, I'll be making attempts myself to remove these over the next few days but please feel free to inform me of any you spot. I'll be honest, I've mostly stuck to WiiU and PS4 this year so PC titles will elude me.
Working nominations list in next post. Also last year we had some discussions about episodic content, when should something be added to the list. I THINK the consensus was that it should go in the year where the final episode is released. Again, rules are flexible, this is meant to be fun not something to fight over.
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 18th. Date is flexible, I can't remember how much time we've given in previous years.
We'll then run the poll for one week, until the evening of January 25th. 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 2015
* 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 ripped off of wikipedia to get use going. This will very likely contain titles that shouldn't be on there, I'll be making attempts myself to remove these over the next few days but please feel free to inform me of any you spot. I'll be honest, I've mostly stuck to WiiU and PS4 this year so PC titles will elude me.
Working nominations list in next post. Also last year we had some discussions about episodic content, when should something be added to the list. I THINK the consensus was that it should go in the year where the final episode is released. Again, rules are flexible, this is meant to be fun not something to fight over.
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PC (includes Mac, Win, Linux, etc)
PS4
XBO
WiiU
PS3
XB360
3DS
N3DS (Can this and 3DS be rolled in to one for purposes of results?)
PSVita
Mobile (Includes IOS, Android, Amazon Fire)
Ouya
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Yeah. There was only one New 3DS-exclusive game released this year (Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, which was just a port).
Some stuff from the games list:
Remove: Fire Emblem if (3DS) - this was only released in Japan in 2015; a worldwide released is planned for 2016
Add: Final Fantasy Record Keeper (Mobile) - this was released in Japan in 2014 but got a worldwide release in 2015
80 Days
Alien: Isolation – The Collection
Among the Sleep
Assassin's Creed Rogue
Back to the Future: The Game
Bastion
Beyond: Two Souls
BioShock
BioShock Infinite
Broken Age: The Complete Adventure [just keep Act 2]
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Castle Crashers Remastered
D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die
Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Bōken
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition
Dishonored: Definitive Edition
Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes
Don't Starve: Giant Edition
Dr. Mario 3DS [two entries]
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Dreamfall Chapters Book 2 / 3 / 4
DuckTales Remastered
Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires (PC) [two entries]
Ether One
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Final Fantasy Legends: Toki no Suishō
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VII
Freedom Planet
Game of Thrones Episode 2-6 [merge into one]
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions
Giana Sisters 2D
Goat Simulator
God Eater 2: Rage Burst
God Eater Resurrection
God of War III Remastered
Godzilla: The Game
Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Grim Fandango: Remastered
Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns
Hatoful Boyfriend
Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star
Heroes of Might and Magic III: HD Edition
Homeworld Remastered Collection
Hotline Miami
La-Mulana EX
Legend of Kay HD
Life Is Strange: Episode 1-5 [merge into one]
Lifeless Planet
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Limbo
Mega Man Legacy Collection
Metal Slug 3
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Might & Magic Heroes VII
Minecraft
Minecraft: Story Mode: Episode 1-4 [merge into one]
Monument Valley
Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
OlliOlli
OlliOlli 2: Welcome to Olliwood [two entries]
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds / Overdrive [merge into one, possibly remove?]
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
Resident Evil HD Remaster
Resident Evil: Revelations 2: Episode 1-4
Roundabout
Saints Row IV
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
Shadow Complex Remastered
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut
Shovel Knight
Slender: The Arrival
Splice
Starwhal: Just the Tip
SteamWorld Dig
Super Meat Boy
Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 2-5 [merge into one]
Terraria
Teslagrad
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
The Escapists
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
The Talos Principle
The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
This War of Mine
Transistor
Trine: Enchanted Edition
Ultra Street Fighter 4
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
Unmechanical: Extended
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
World of Tanks
Xeodrifter
Yakuza 0
Year Walk
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
Zombi [port, but maybe let this slide?]
Bonus! Here are some minor issues to fix:
Beyond Eyes has a PC version too.
Bloodborne lists PS4 twice.
Devil's Third lists WiiU twice.
Fallout Shelter lists Mobile twice.
Mario Party 10 lists WiiU twice.
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon lists 3DS twice.
Add: Jotun (PC)
Now Starcraft is tricky... technically standalone, but it's still really more of an expansion.
Assassin's Creed: Rogue, and Hotline Miami are also old ones that jump out at me.
Only addition I'd like to suggest right now is
Hollywood Visionary (PC)
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More removals:
Ar nosurge Plus: Ode to an Unborn Star
Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk
Atelier Sophie
Back to Bed
Badland: Game of the Year Edition
Captain Earth: Mind Labyrinth
Criminal Girls 2
Earth Defense Force 4.1 [rerelease, remove both]
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
Gal*Gun: Double Peace
Gauntlet: Slayer Edition
Hustle Kings
Ironclad Tactics
Jamestown+
Joe Danger 2: The Movie
LA Cops
Makai Shin Trillion
Minna de Spelunker Z
Nihilumbra
PlanetSide 2
Rhythm Tengoku: The Best Plus
Riptide GP2
Risen 3: Titan Lords Enhanced Edition
Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-a-Fide Edition
Soldner-X2: Final Prototype
Sora no Kiseki FC Evolution
Super Stardust Ultra
Super Time Force Ultra
Sword Art Online Re:Hollow Fragment
The Fall
Tropico 5
Yoru no Nai Kuni
Suggestions for expanded platforms on existing entries:
AeternoBlade (3DS, PSVita)
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below (PC, PS3, PS4)
Pillar (PC, PS4, XBO)
Primal Carnage: Extinction (PC, PS4)
Red Goddess: Inner World (PC, PS4)
We Are Doomed (PC, PS4, XBO)
Also, regarding Dream Runners (PS4) - I couldn't find a game with exactly this name, so I'm assuming it should be Giana Sisters: Dream Runners (PC, PS4, XBO)?
The game may have been 26 years old, but 2015 was its first release in the states
Borderlands Handsome Collection (is just BL2 and BL:Pre-Sequel!)
Far Cry 4 (2014)
Skyshine's Bedlam (PC)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (PC, PSP) - First English release was in October. I assume we'll omit the PSP release, because it was a PSP release in 2015, but it did also come to the PC.
Removals:
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros Edition - Outside of Japan, I'm pretty sure this is only available in the bundle with Z. Could be wrong. Either way, I don't think we need two entries for 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.
That said, I'm betting it's missing a ton of indie games released on steam, so if you want to vote for something then please suggest it!
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A Box Full of Joy (PC)
A Druid's Duel (PC)
A Good Gardener (PC)
A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build (Mobile, PC)
A Mini Falafel Adventure (PC)
A Wolf in Autumn (PC)
Actias (PC)
Astaeria (PC)
Agar.io (Mobile, PC)
Ananke (PC)
Anatomically Incorrect Dinosaurs (PC)
Animal Inspector (PC)
Anna's Quest (PC)
Aviary Attorney (PC)
BADBLOOD (PC)
Bedrooms (by increpare) (PC)
Bellular Hexatosis (PC)
Beneath The Lighthouse (Mobile)
Beyond Sol (PC)
Bezier (PC)
Birdland (PC)
BLOODSPORT (PC)
Borb the Birb (PC)
Burger – The Game (Mobile)
Call of Dudley (PC)
Carrots and Cream (PC)
CHESTO - At the Checkout (PC)
Cibele (PC)
Clandestine (PC)
Cobra Club (PC)
Contradiction (Mobile, PC)
Cradle (by Flying Cafe for Semianimals) (PC)
Cradle (by Zenuel) (PC)
Crowtel (PC)
Dark Fear (Mobile)
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart (PC)
Death Ray Manta SE (PC)
Direction (by Kristian Kronstrand) (PC)
DOG GONE BIG! (PC)
Don't Go In The Old Greene House (PC)
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald A Whirlwind Heist (PC)
Dropsy (Mobile, PC)
Duchess (PC)
Duck Game (PC)
Dustbowl (PC)
Dyscourse (PC)
Earthtongue (PC)
Electric Highways (PC)
Electric Moon (PC)
else Heart.Break() (PC)
Emily is Away (PC)
Enough (by Cabbibo) (PC)
Entomo (PC)
Environmental Station Alpha (PC)
Expand (PC)
Four Letters (Mobile)
Fran Bow (PC)
Freaking Meatbags (PC)
From the Sea, Freedom (PC)
Gardenarium (PC)
Get Hi (Mobile)
Go Home Dizzy (Mobile)
Guild Of Dungeoneering (PC)
GUPPERS (PC)
Halloween Forever (PC)
Hard Office (PC)
Heart Pounding TrainWreck Marathon (PC)
Heroes of Loot (Mobile, PC)
Homesick (PC)
Homesickened (PC)
Hornets (by Kitty Horrorshow) (PC)
Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora (PC)
Hotel Paradise (PC)
Hylics (PC)
I Can Feel It Coming In the Air Tonight (PC)
Ironcast (PC)
Interest 98F (Mobile)
January 2015 (by everythingstaken) (PC)
Joy Exhibition (PC)
Kholat (PC)
Knossu (PC)
Last Horizon (Mobile, PC)
Last Word (PC)
Layers of Fear (PC, XBO)
Learn 100 Words: One At A Time! (PC)
Libretta (PC)
Little Party (PC)
Lovely Weather We're Having (PC)
LUXURY $IMULATOR (PC)
Metamorphabet (Mobile, PC)
Mini Metro (PC)
Minkomora (PC)
Morning Rituals (PC)
Mystery Case Files: Key to Ravenhearst (PC)
Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst Unlocked (PC)
Mystery Tapes (PC)
Mystik Belle (PC)
Neko Atsume: Cat Collector (Mobile)
Ninja Pizza Girl (PC)
Notice Me Detective (PC)
OASES (PC)
Obéissance (PC)
Odallus: The Dark Call (PC)
Off-Peak (PC)
Ohmygod Are You Alright? (PC)
Okay? (Mobile)
Orchids to Dusk (PC)
Pancake – The Game (Mobile)
Paradigm (PC)
Payroll (PC)
Penarium (PC)
Pink Heaven (Mobile, PC)
Planet Quest (Mobile)
Planetarium (PC)
Planetbase (PC)
plingpling (PC)
Plug & Play (Mobile, PC)
Pool Dominator (PC)
Progress to 100 (Mobile)
Prominence (PC)
Providence (PC)
Prune (Mobile)
Rain, House, Eternity (PC)
Reap (PC)
Red Amazon (PC)
Redshift & Portalmetal (PC)
Regency Solitaire (PC)
Renowned Explorers: International Society (PC)
Rinse and Repeat (PC)
Rooftop Cop (PC)
Sandstorm (PC)
Shower Game (by increpare) (PC)
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015 (PC)
Siren For Hire (PC)
Skelemania (PC)
skeleton flower (PC)
Skipping Stones To Lonely Homes (PC)
Snakebird (PC)
Snow Cones (PC)
Softelevision (PC)
Sonic Dreams Collection (PC)
SpillTender (PC)
SPL-T (Mobile)
Spooky's House of Jump Scares (PC)
SquareCells (PC)
Stasis (PC)
Stick Shift (PC)
Strawberry Cubes (PC)
Sunless Sea (PC)
Subway Adventure (PC)
Succulent (PC)
Summit (by Phantom Williams) (PC)
Sun Dogs (PC)
SURREALISTa (PC)
Sylvio (PC)
Technobabylon (PC)
ten moons (PC)
Tentacles Growing Everywhere (PC)
The Coma: Cutting Class (PC)
The Consuming Shadow (PC)
The Curse of Issyos (PC)
The Magic Circle (PC)
The Midas Project (PC)
the static speaks my name (PC)
The Stranger (PC)
The Writer Will Do Something (PC)
This World Is Not My Home (PC)
Tick Tock Isle (PC)
Tormentum - Dark Sorrow (PC)
Towerclimb (PC)
Trawl (PC)
Treasure Hunter Man 2 (PC)
Trigger (by Patchwork Doll Games) (PC)
Trip (by increpare) (PC)
UPSQUID (PC)
Vertex Meadow (PC)
Viridi (PC)
Viscera Cleanup Detail (PC)
Wanderlust Adventures (PC)
Way to Go (PC)
We Know the Devil (Mobile, PC)
Weave (PC)
Westerado: Double Barreled (PC)
Where is cat? (PC)
Why Am I Dead At Sea (PC)
Wilbler Park (PC)
Wonderland (Mobile)
You Must Build A Boat (Mobile, PC)
I really hope none are on there already. I did my best to check for every addition, but sometimes I thought if the odds were low enough I didn't bother.
Here are a few potential additions that I think need a second opinion before going on the list:
ECZEMA ANGEL ORIFICE (PC) - an anthology collection, some of the games within have featured on previous polls. Inclination: no
PICO-8 (PC) - this is an entire fantasy console with a library of games by numerous different authors, and it's difficult to decide whether to break them up, and if so, which games to include (besides Ennuigi). It's a little similar to Super Mario Maker, which should definitely just be listed as one game, or flickgame and plingpling which I have decided to count as one game in my list above. Anyone familiar with PICO-8 should chime in.
Princess Remedy In a World of Hurt (PC) - technically released in 2014, but missed out on last year's list. Inclination: yes
The Jackbox Party Pack 2 (PC, PS3, PS4, XBO) - another compilation that's probably not worth breaking up. Inclination: yes
Also, maybe King's Quest Episodes 1 & 2 should be taken off the list. It can go on next time as a single entry when all the episodes are out?
EDIT: added a few more entries, removed flickgame while I attempt to prepare a list just for notable flickgames.
And even if it were, it's not a new game.
I've got plenty that can be removed:
Adventures of Pip (WiiU) - Duplicate
AeternoBlade (PSVita) - Duplicate
Agarest: Generations of War 2 - Port
Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed - Port
Chariot (WiiU) - Port
Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition (PC, PS4, XBO) - Re-release
DmC: Definitive Edition (PS4, XBO) - Re-release
Don Bradman Cricket 14 (PS4, XBO) - Re-release
Dragon Ball: Xenoverse (PS4, PS3, X360, XBO, PC) - Duplicate
Dragon Quest Heroes: Darkness Dragon and Castle of the World Tree (PS3, PS4) - Duplicate
Dragon Quest Heroes: Digital Slime Edition (PC) - Duplicate
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below (PS4) - Duplicate
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation (Mobile) - Port
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (3DS) - Port
DuckTales Remastered (Mobile) - Port
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires (PC) - Duplicate
Fairy Fencer F (PC) - Port
Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious (XBO, X360) - Expansion? Not sure it counts
Halo: Spartan Assault (Mobile) - Port
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation (PSVita, PC) - Port
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation (PSVita, PC) - Port
Magicka: Wizard Wars (PC) - Old
Neverwinter (XBO) - Old
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty (PC, XBO) - Port
Pillar (PS4) - Duplicate
Pix the Cat (PC) - Port
PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate (PC) - Port
Primal Carnage: Extinction (PS4) - Duplicate
Prototype Biohazard Bundle (XBO, PS4) - Bundle of ports
Rare Replay (XBO) - Collection of old games
Red Goddess: Inner World (PS4) - Duplicate
Rugby 15 (PS3, PS4, PSVita, PC, X360, XBO) - Old
Secret Ponchos (PC) - Old
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (PC) - Ancient
We Are Doomed (PS4) - Duplicate
WWE 2K15 (PC) - Port
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (N3DS, NN3DS) - Port
Zombi (PC, PS4, XBO) - Port
But only one to be added:
Submerged (PS4, XBO, PC)
I just realised I'm not going to have 20 games to vote for, since the PS4 versions of The Fall and Vanishing of Ethan Carter are ineligible. Annoying. I guess I could add Game of Thrones as a 19th but my list has standards so that's not an option.
Please Don't Touch Anything (PC, Mobile)
Evoland 2 (PC)
Some games to be removed:
Chivalry (port)
Dead or Alive 5 (port)
Elite: Dangerous (port)
Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- (port)
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R (port)
Hitman Go (port)
Hitman: Sniper (released in 2014 as far as I can tell)
Lego Batman 3 (port)
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas (port)
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition (port)
PixelJunk Shooter (port)
Risk (port)
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (port)
Smite (port)
Sonic Lost World (port)
State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition (re-release)
The Elder Scrolls Online (port)
Warhammer Quest (port)
Way of the Samurai 4 (port)
And one I'm not sure about:
Proun+ (Proun was released a few years ago on PC, but I'm not sure if this is an oddly named sequel or a re-release)
Steam: MightyPotatoKing
Umihara Kawase (PC, Vita)
Umihara Kawase Shun (PC)
Mobile stuff:
Rust Bucket (iOS, Android)
Attack the Light: Steven Universe (iOS, Android)
Soda Dungeon (iOS, Android)
I'm pretty familiar with PICO-8; it's definitely not a game. It's a retro-styled platform for building games; Mario Maker is basically a (really nice) level editor; PICO-8 is coding and graphics and level editing and music composition, etc. Think SmileBASIC. Platform limitations mean that PICO-8 games have a familiar style, but the amount of work it takes to build stuff on the thing can be non-trivial (I have a cart I've worked on for over a month). Also, as a platform, we're going to see neat games built on this thing for years to come, and I'd like to be able to vote for them individually in future ballots.
The most notable PICO-8 titles so far (IMHO) have been Celeste, Ennuigi, and Dusk Child. There's a lot of other carts that are impressive as things that run on PICO-8, but these three games are things that I'd play even if I didn't care about the PICO-8 community.
Yeah, I wanted PICO-8 to be one game so I could think of all the cool things made with it but have it only take up one spot on my list, but I realise now that's not very fair. Break it up! I'm now thinking I probably ought to break up flickgame as well, but there are a lot of amazing flickgames so this will be tough for me. plingpling should probably still just be one, though.
Anyway, I'd definitely agree the three games you mentioned should be included on the list. They match exactly with the three I would have chosen. But I'm still interested if you personally think any of the following might also be notable enough for inclusion: Across The River, Endless Train, Frog Home, PAT Shooter, Rainmaker, Shodo (is it even a game), Tea, The Stroll, or The Tower of Archeos?
Same thing goes with King's Quest and Minecraft: Story Mode.
Dreamfall Chapters was on the 2014 list, but maybe shouldn't have been? Sometimes when the release of an episodic game stretches over 3+ years (such as Kentucky Route Zero) there's merit in listing its individual parts. But in this case I agree that maybe it should be skipped this time, then get relisted when it's complete.
Broken Age Act 2 is a similar example that is currently on the list, but in that case I think it should stay there... mostly because it will be interesting to see how many places it drops.
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As a general rule, I've always felt that we should stick to episodic packages going on the list when the final episode is out, 'package' being a key word. There's a lot of weird cases, though, and we should probably have conversations about anything that isn't completely clear cut.
I don't have any fucking idea what to do about Broken Age. I didn't play it. My gut says that it was funded as a single package and is sold as a single package, and it should've been off last year's list and on this year's. I don't remember what conversation lead to it being included last year, so I could be way off the mark there.
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.
Magnetic: Cage Closed (PC, Xbox One)
And holy crap sergiocornaga, beat me to the punch this year!
Cibele (PC) ~ Released Nov 2, 2015
Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm (PC) ~ Released July 7, 2015, I think it might have been in early access before this?
We Know the Devil (PC) ~ Released September 12, 2015, got approved for Steam Greenlight this week so it might hit a wider audience in 2016
Edit: Forgot Steredenn (PC) ~ Released October 1, 2015, early access before that.
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Cibele (PC)
We Know the Devil (PC):
These should also be removed:
Steins;Gate (PS3, PSVita) - port/rerelease changed my mind about this since it looks like it missed out on the poll last year? Maybe just add PC to the list of platforms.
Steins;Gate 0 (PSVita, PS4) - JP exclusive
Mini Metro (PC)
Sublevel Zero (PC)
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Here's some more games to be removed:
Bladestorm: Nightmare (PS3, PS4, XBO) - Re-release
BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend (PS3, PS4, PSVita, XBO) - Duplicate
BLOODSPORT (PC) - Is this a game? It's that controller thing that had a kickstarter, isn't it? Or are there a bunch of different Bloodsports around?
Bravely Second: End Layer (3DS) - Japan Only
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare (PS4, XBO) - Port
Deadpool (PS4, XBO) - Port
Dragon Quest Heroes: Darkness Dragon and Castle of the World Tree (PS3, PS4) - Duplicate
Dragon Quest Heroes: Digital Slime Edition (PC) - Duplicate
Dragon's Dogma Online (PS3, PS4) - Japan Only
Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky (PSVita, PS4) - Japan Only
Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious (XBO, X360) - Expansion
Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village DX (3DS) - Port and Japan Only
Monster Hunter X (3DS) - Japan Only
Mugen Souls (PC) - Port
Mushihimesama (PC) - Port (of a PS2 game)
Project X Zone 2 Brave New World (3DS) - Japan Only, 2016 everywhere else
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness (XBO) - Japan Only
Ray Gigant (PSVita) - Japan Only
Run Sackboy! Run! (PSVita) - Port
Scram Kitty DX (PS4, PSVita) - Port
Scribblenauts Unlimited (Mobile) - Port
Tower of Guns (PS3, PS4, XBO) - Port
Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen (PSVita, PS4) - Japan Only
Woah Dave! (PS4, WiiU) - Port
Worms World Party Remastered (PC) - Re-release
I mention Forza Horizon 2 F&F again because while I'm fine with standalone expansions counting (no problem with Starcraft being on there), I think they need to add a significant amount of content and by all the accounts I heard, this was basically just a demo that used the Fast & Furious license to spread the word.
I'm sure I missed some stuff (especially Japan only games and PC ports), so it still needs a bit of work to filter these games out.
And today ph blake learned to always open spoilers when using ctrl+f, whoops.
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.
My understanding of Yatagarasu is that the original version came out in Japan in 2011, it was then both licensed by Nicalis to port over to 3DS (which changed to Vita and finally to Vita/PS4/Xbone) and partially localised and sold by a British online store. As that was going on, the devs funded a new version of the game using Indiegogo, Attack on Cataclysm, promising online functionality, new characters and a full localisation. A bit of a mess, really. I'd count it as a new game, even if just because it's the first time it's been properly localised.