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Game of the Year with your pals at Giant Bomb

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  • SomestickguySomestickguy Registered User regular


    Ace Attorney was actually my favourite game this year

    Well, how about that

    It's worth noting that if I had more time/money this list would likely be radically different, I imagine TitanFall and Uncharted would have figured heavily and FFXV would probably have ranked

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  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    I spent this whole year going "I don't think I have a standout #1"

    It was gonna end up being Uncharted 4 or Firewatch more or less by default

    And then when I went to actually make the list it was "oh, duh

    It's Hitman

    It's always been Hitman"

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  • MaximumMaximum Registered User regular
    Number one is Stardew Valley.

    Beyond that, I don't really know. It was a crap year for video games.

  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    Knight_ wrote: »
    Titanfall 2 is great though, I'm excited to try the multiplayer after that great SP campaign. I need to get a PS+ sub again but someone was asking for a cheap gift for christmas so I told em to get me a month mostly so I can play Titanfall.

    Titanfall 2's SP is super fun. I think they could've done better with some of the narrative aspects, especially its rogue's gallery. (Like what the hell is Ash's deal with that face? Is she some sort of robot? Oops, who cares, smack her up go to the next boss in line, ho-hum.) But that's probably expecting too much from the game and bro-bot makes up for all of that anyway.

    After finishing the campaign, I played exactly one round of domination online, made exactly zero kills, and then uninstalled the game, contrasting to TF1, which I've put dozens of hours in online. Didn't feel it all for some reason.

  • ElaroElaro Apologetic Registered User regular
    I liked Eternal Crusade. It's a much better war-themed hats pants simulator than TF2. For the single reason that ALL BULLETS KILL YOU, EVEN THE FRIENDLY ONES.

    I mean, it only got really fun in the last week or so, or maybe my brain's improved enough that I can handle all that fun, but I would easily call EC my GOTY, if only because it's the only game I played that came out this year.

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  • OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    It's always weird cause this was a really good year for games but I didn't actually play a shit ton so...

    Games I played/finished and can say are definitely fantastic: The Witness, Inside, Civ 6, Witcher 3 Blood and Wine, Dark Souls 3, Doom (even though I've barely played it), Furi

  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    I think the only single player games I actually completed this year were Dark Souls 3 and the new Pokemon?

    DOOM was great from what I played of it; I should probably go back and finish that.

  • T4CTT4CT BAFTA-NOMINATED NAFTA-APPROVEDRegistered User regular
    Overwatch is GOTY

    Civ 6 was good too

    Let It Die is hilarious

  • turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    I feel like I quit paying attention to Dark Souls news and stuff a couple months ago and now all of a sudden everyone hates 3.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    god there's so many fucking games I didn't play this year

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    turtleant wrote: »
    I feel like I quit paying attention to Dark Souls news and stuff a couple months ago and now all of a sudden everyone hates 3.

    I think with most games once people stop playing it the only people still talking about it are the ones who are really passionate about it. And on the internet that mostly means people who hate it. The people who thought it was fine to pretty good aren't going to have much to say that they haven't already said.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    hey I thought dark souls 3 was disappointing on day 1

    I mean it's still a solid ass action rpg though

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    hey I thought dark souls 3 was disappointing on day 1

    I mean it's still a solid ass action rpg though

    But is it a solid ass-action RPG? How are DS3's butts?

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    step down from bloodborne imo

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  • rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits HoustonRegistered User regular
    DS3 was real good.

    My top 5 in no particular order: DS3, Overwatch, Uncharted 4, The Witness, FFXV

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    uncharted 4 is the best uncharted game and I quite enjoyed playing through it at the time but I can't seem to muster up much feeling for it now in december

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  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    uncharted 4 is the best uncharted game and I quite enjoyed playing through it at the time but I can't seem to muster up much feeling for it now in december

    This is the exact same feeling I had for most of the year

    It took me diving in on Chip Cheezum's LP of it recently to go "oh yeah Uncharted 4 was incredibly good"

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited December 2016
    I was out of work for 7 months this year, so I found myself relying heavily on mobile games and replaying older titles to help keep my mental state steady. As such, not a lot of "new" games on my list. I'll probably do a deeper dive later on the mobile games themselves, but Granblue Fantasy is my overall game of the year, despite not being a 2016 release.
    Note: Amplitude was technically a 2016 release, but I played it first in 2015 so I'm excluding it.
    7. Final Fantasy Explorers
    6. Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
    5. The Division
    4. Final Fantasy XV
    3. Overwatch
    2. Stardew Valley
    1. NHL 17

    NHL 17 is really good, you guys

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    The best game of the year was Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth, sorry

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    The best game of the year was Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth, sorry

    if the localisation had remained this consistent throughout I would 10000% agree with you but it was outright Trash about 40% of the time

  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    1. Hitman
    2. Titanfall 2
    3. Doom
    4. The Witness
    5. Dishonored 2
    6. King's Quest
    7. The Division
    8. Xcom 2
    9. Civ VI
    10. Job Simulator

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    dunno how I feel about a potential bloodborne 2

    bloodborne was such a perfectly encapsulated thing, it felt like it touched on everything that needed to be touched in that universe

    I much rather hope that the next game they develop is actually armored souls

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  • SanderJKSanderJK Crocodylus Pontifex Sinterklasicus Madrid, 3000 ADRegistered User regular
    DS3 probably rates a bit higher for me because I bought it on release, after being years late on 1&2.
    Those games are more fun when the netcode works properly, there's tons of players.
    It's a very good game that lacks the great sense of exploration I had in 1 or the struggles I had in 2. Just a bit friendlier enemy and bonfire placement, fewer tougher bosses and easier coop. I finished in 36h or so which is way faster than my first clears of 1 or 2.

    I placed it like #8 in my GB GOTY predictions a few months back because a few of the GB folk did seem to enjoy it at the time, and even if it is not the best Souls game ever after like 6 years so many other games have tried, and none have been able to come close to the experience.

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  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    Maximum wrote: »
    Number one is Stardew Valley.

    Beyond that, I don't really know. It was a crap year for video games.

    Wait what

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    god, I don't know what I've even played this year, but Pokemon Sun/Moon might have snuck into the top spot? it's super goddamned charming

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    The best game of the year was Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth, sorry

    if the localisation had remained this consistent throughout I would 10000% agree with you but it was outright Trash about 40% of the time

    Oh I never beat it so I was free from the failures

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    it really falls apart in the last third, i've literally never seen a localisation feel rushed but there you have it

  • AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    Hm...my top 10 in alphabetical order:

    Civilization VI
    Doom
    Firewatch
    Forza Horizon 3
    Jackbox Party Pack 3
    Overwatch
    The Two Hours I Played Of An Import Copy Of Persona 5 Without Understanding Anything
    Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
    Uncharted 4
    XCOM 2

  • DaypigeonDaypigeon Registered User regular
    hmm

    i played uh. overwatch and fire emblems this year and that was it for new games. Beat dark souls one, and i guess i'll probably play a few hours of pokemon before the year rolls over? Assuming i get some time to myself, at least

    so overall, pretty happy with it! and also in keeping with my general trend of playing less than five games a year, haaaaaa

  • XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    Top 10

    World of Warcraft: Legion
    Doom
    Titanfall 2
    NBA 2k17
    Overwatch
    Dark Souls 3
    Inside
    No Man's Sky
    Street Figher V
    The Division

    as usual my list is close to the amount of games I actually played this year

    the bottom 3 failed to completely deliver on gameplay but damn if they weren't fun to look at for awhile

  • DiarmuidDiarmuid Amazing Meatball Registered User regular
    Yakuza 5 is the best game I've played this year.

    I am very sure it didn't come out this year though.

  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    1. Dark Souls III
    2. Hitman
    3. Doom
    4. Street Fighter V
    5. Final Fantasy XV
    6. Overwatch
    7. Titanfall 2
    8. Dishonored 2
    9. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
    10. Forza Horizon 3

    At the top it's basically in order of "Most time played", probably not coincidentally.

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited December 2016
    Games That I Would Consider Putting On A List In 2016:

    Fire Emblem Fates
    Pokemon Sun/Moon
    DOOM
    Dark Souls 3
    Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel
    Overwatch
    Tokyo Mirage Sessions
    Chambara
    Furi
    And uh, new guilty gear + new Blazblue though it feels strange including these.

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  • AshcroftAshcroft LOL The PayloadRegistered User regular
    I bought Hitman in the steam sale, and while it's good, the unlock system is such a boring grind that I don't see myself playing it much.

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    Nice to see Furi getting some love from folks. Such a cool little game

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    what the hey nonny did I even play from this year

    Fire Emblem, Dark Souls the third one, Pokemon, Blood and Wine, a lot of Wonderful 101... some Bayonetta....

    I should get around to that copy of Stardew Valley, and I wanna play some Doom too...

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    the actual decisions i will have to make when i make a list are how hot am i gonna be on furi, and how hard am i gonna go on dark souls

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    not too hot on the 3ds this year, since fire emblem was bad and pokemon was okay

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    1) Stardew Valley
    2) Overcooked
    3) DOOM
    4) Hitman
    5) Hyper Light Drifter
    6) Jackbox Party Pack 3
    7) Tyranny
    8) Superhot
    9) Shadow Warrior 2
    10) XCOM 2

  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    Fuck I forgot about Pokemon. Shit. That would probably kick off XCom 2.

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