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What's your 2016 GOTY?

  • -HP-
  • December 14, 2016 at 6:37 PM
  • -HP-
    • December 14, 2016 at 6:37 PM
    • #1

    2016 was a really good year for games, what was your favs? I wonder if I missed a hidden gem.

    There's no way on earth I can pick one so for me, the highlights of my year was Dishonored 2, The Last Guardian and Doom.

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    I haven't got around to play Firewatch, Inside and Dark Sould 3 yet, but something tells me those are amazing games too and I'm still too early on FF15 to make any kind of judgement yet and huge honorable mention to Owl Boy!

    Also, I spent a lot of my gaming time on my WiiU this year. I played Mario Galaxy 2 for the first time, that game is so amazingly well done it made my head spin, and finally hundreds of hours in Overwatch comp xD

    Post your picks of the year too.

  • Radu
    • December 14, 2016 at 6:59 PM
    • #2

    These are the ones I got to play from this year:

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  • Sentura
    • December 14, 2016 at 7:47 PM
    • #3

    I dunno, I felt there were only 3-4 releases that got something out of me this year, but then I haven't played CIV 6 or Planet Coaster

    Anyway, my choices are Street Fighter 5, the new Hitman and Dark Souls 3... and DS3 really only because it felt like there weren't better contenders.

  • Guest
    • December 14, 2016 at 8:36 PM
    • #4

    These were my favorites from the year.

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    Still haven't gotten to Dishonored 2, but I have a feeling that's a gonna be a great one. So it could be up here.

    If I'm forced to pick, I probably have to say my "game of the year" is WoW: Legion. I ended up not really buying that many new games because of Legion. I haven't played live in 2 years or so and I've basically been only playing Legion since August. I started playing 10 years ago and I still enjoy playing everyday. They did a great job with the leveling experience with all of the VO they added, and the quest-lines are structured to tell stories better this time around. All the new zones look beautiful (but Val'Sharah is my favorite) and artifact weapons keep the game fresh after gearing up. The pacing of PvP is the best it's been in a very long time, Mythic+ dungeons are a breath of fresh air for people like me who don't really like to raid. I guess it's hard to get excited about it if you have no attachment to WoW, but it's been an amazing experience so far for me.

    The environment art and the level of detail of Uncharted 4 is unrivaled in my opinion. Okay, BF1 looks amazing too. And so does Dishonored 2. I think it was just the scope of Uncharted 4 that blew me away. "Marooned" is a damn good level for an action game.

    DOOM reminds of why I got into making levels in the first place. The campaign is one of the best in years for me. That opening level is one worth studying. Definitely one I'll be replaying many many times.

    Inside has some of the most efficient puzzle/level design and storytelling that I've ever seen in a game. This game does so much with so little, it really made me rethink how I look at level/game design.

  • Minos
    • December 14, 2016 at 8:47 PM
    • #5

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    and of course I'm still playing these but I'm pretty sure they will enter the list :)

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    and why the hell not? Not a great game but a really bold concept that will leave me some good memories :)

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  • Minos
    • December 14, 2016 at 10:48 PM
    • #6

    Fuck yeah, devil daggers!

  • 2d-chris
    • December 15, 2016 at 12:27 AM
    • #7

    Overwatch and planetcoaster for me

  • FMPONE
    • December 15, 2016 at 1:47 AM
    • #8

    Didn't get a chance to play many games, too busy. But it's Overwatch.

  • OrnateBaboon
    • December 15, 2016 at 3:09 AM
    • #9

    Easy one for me. Enter The Gungeon. Ridiculously hard bullet hell rougelike action. Has that "just one more go" appeal.

  • KoKo5oVaR
    • December 15, 2016 at 9:15 AM
    • #10

    Well appart from the AAA the others already quoted, i enjoyed quite a lot this resurrection of commando in feodal japan ( shadow tactics blades of the shogun )

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    Also Deadbolt :

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  • Vaya
    • December 15, 2016 at 9:18 AM
    • #11

    I'd probably say overwatch. Doom was awesome too

    P.s @Minos any chance of an overwatch SDK?... :)

  • PaulH
    • December 15, 2016 at 9:28 AM
    • #12

    For me it's probably either Battlefield or Dishonored, though I did enjoy Uncharted too

  • General Vivi
    • December 15, 2016 at 9:40 AM
    • #13

    lots of the above mentioned, also Thumper - The Witness - Abzu - Superhot

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  • Puddy
    • December 15, 2016 at 10:50 AM
    • #14

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  • GRiNET
    • December 15, 2016 at 10:52 AM
    • #15

    Yeah, Doom hands down. The ending was really great too!

  • catfood
    • December 15, 2016 at 10:56 AM
    • #16

    :) my top 3 of this year

  • dux
    • December 15, 2016 at 3:57 PM
    • #17

    DooM 4 as my unexpected GOTY and Space Hulk Deathwing as my biggest disappointment.

  • Beck
    • December 15, 2016 at 4:03 PM
    • #18

    Overwatch for me, too.

    Civilization VI gets a mention too!

  • Jetsetlemming
    • December 15, 2016 at 4:09 PM
    • #19

    Overwatch, no contest. Put tons of time into it, had a lot of fun. Haven't played CSGO since it came out, which is a good thing. :P

    Second place: Picross 3D: Round 2 on 3DS.

    Dark Souls 3 actually really disappointed me. It's hard to articulate, but it just wasn't nearly as satisfying to explore and learn the world as Dark Souls 1 was, and to a much lesser extent Dark Souls 2. I don't know why they abandoned the interlocking "puzzle box" level design of DS1, but I sorely missed it. The game was alright for what it was, but it was missing that spark.

  • Sigma
    • December 15, 2016 at 6:42 PM
    • #20

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    Titanfall 2: The single player campaign was rife with comedy (BT) and had one of the best seamless transitions ever in video games between timelines (if you have played this level, you know what I mean). Furthermore, the variety of encounters, ranging from titans to a soldier with a completely disabled titan, and near death experience were awesome. Add onto this a compelling multiplayer that can be both fast paced and slow - with weapons relatively well balanced (hello silenced automatic pistol and grappling hook of doom!) and high-flying navigation that addresses both horizontal and vertical level design types. This was my personal favorite game of the year.

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