Okay, this is the big one. Time to drop your nominations for your overall favourite game of the year.
You know the drill: this week we’ll take your nominations, next week we’ll do a big vote, then the following week we’ll announce the winners.
Overall game of the year is hard. Yesterday we did console games of the year and I actually forgot a few of my favourites.
Here are some of my nominations for Game of the Year…
— Bloodborne
— Metal Gear Solid V
— Rocket League
— Splatoon
— Fallout 4
— Her Story
— Grow Home
— Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture
— Expand
Yeah, it’s been a good year for video games. Going to find it pretty difficult to choose my overall favourite
Drop your own nominations below.
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113 responses to “Nominate Your Overall Game Of The Year”
Whilst it feels a little wrong to do so,fallout has provided me with the most addictive gaming experience of the year so it has to be
Fallout 4
F4.
It might not have the story or nuances of f3 or NV but i just just can’t stop playing it which is basically my one and only criteria for GOTY.
Man I’d be voting for Fallout Shelter if “I kept playing it” was the only criteria.
I can’t shake the feeling that Fallout 4 is a little bit cookie-cutter, even as I’m playing and enjoying it.
That’s probably ridiculous and unfair, and I think maybe NV being .5 sequel might have made the problem worse, but it just doesn’t feel like a huge new-gen leap from Fallout 3.
When I was playing through The Witcher 3 (my pick) I constantly felt like the game was surprising me with layers of depth, storytelling and choice that weren’t easily apparent and which I hadn’t experienced in any game before.
Fallout is kinda the opposite: the missions are basic in structure, the dialogue is terrible, the choices are branching but the nuance is missing…. If you compare it to the Witcher as an RPG then Fallout looks positively retro in comparison, if you consider it as a game about exploring and collecting (Minecraft style) then it seems like an underwhelming leap from Fallout 3….
Don’t get me wrong, I still love it. Maybe I’m just a bit unnerved by the idea that Fallout will win all the GOTY awards because it came out in November and it’s kept close to a winning formula.
Completely understand where you’re coming from and i thought about the exact same thing. There are games that are technically and constructively better than F4 but none have held my interest as much.
It it’s possible that I’m leaning towards the post apocalyptic theme because i might be over fantasy settings like Witcher, Dark Souls and Skyrim that have dominated my last few years of gaming.
I want to say Fallout 4 but I won’t because it isn’t great. My award goes to Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious.
Splatoon,
Xenoblade Chronicles X (Just assuming based on previews)
Until Dawn,
Rocket League
Ori and the blind forrest
Witcher 3 and
Bloodbourne
SPLATOON! I’m still playing it daily.
I also nominate the film Creed as Best Action Game.
CS:GO for me.
While Fallout 4 is amazing, ive not had the time to sink some real hours into it, and CS:Go is just the perfect time sink for me this year.
CS:Go didn’t come out this year though…
Article never specifies this year as a required release date parameter…. so CS:Go it is for me.
Game of the Year Awards are about games that came out this year though, when have they ever not been?
Why does it get your panties in a wad that my game of the year (Given that the article doesn’t specify 2015 GOTY) isn’t a game that was released this year? how does it affect you in any way?
What? Hahah you’re tripping. CS isn’t in the contest, no comprehend?
‘Nominate YOUR game of the Year’ would presumably mean your personal opinion. dnr is entitled to say CS:GO just as I can say DOTA 2. I was disappointed by Fallout 4, didn’t see much of The Witcher 3 and I’m kinda sad about the delay of many games. This year I spent FAR too many hours on DOTA and found a new love for esports so that’s my game of the year.
Life is Strange. Far from flawless, I know, but it captivated me from start to finish. Was the type of game I thought about long after playing. Something special. 🙂
fallout 4
Life is Strange!
Fallout 4 by default. It’s the only new game I played this year. And I have thoroughly enjoyed it, even with it’s deep flaws.
Tales of the Borderlands. Best gaming experience I’ve had in a while.
Fallout 4 — I’m impressed with how much I have done, but even better, what remains to be done — then there’s the mods…
Rocket League
Fallout 4
Also, I’m still playing Don Bradman Cricket 14 (released late 2014) which is the best cricket simulation I’ve ever played.
Witcher 3. No other answer.
Not difficult at all, really. Witcher 3. Pretty simple choice.
I didn’t play, but just because it seems to have evolved the most without abandoning what makes it what it is (a little passive-aggressive vomit for MGS V there).
I think you’re right.
But, since I haven’t actually played at all, Fallout 4.
You were so close to having me love you again, Jimu. So close.
Edit: No, I’ve reconsidered. You said the magic words: “I think you’re right.”
Gets me every time.
Rawrrr
Witcher 3; hands down.
This.
While the other games are great, the Witcher 3 sets a new standard for what games can be.
Without getting too ridiculous, it almost reminds me of Ocarina of Time in the way it distances itself from the other games of its type through pure scope and polish.
Fallout 4. Sure, it’s not perfect, but I love it. So many very late nights not caring that I need to get up early in the morning. Can’t remember another game that had it’s hooks so deep.
Bloodborne.
May Vicar Amelia trample the unbelievers!
Fallout 4 definitely. I’m 67 hours in and I still feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface.
Witcher 3.
This has been a strong year
Witcher 3 will win the most gotys including gamespot.
BLOODBORNE
Winner: Metal Gear Solid V
Runner Up: Witcher 3
Bloodborne
Fallout 4
MGSV
Witcher 3
Divinity Original Sin (console)
Witcher 3, this competition is over.
The Witcher 3 is a masterpiece and an easy pick for me in a top-quality field.
To me it takes the bar for fantasy games and puts in above the pack in a way that only Ocarina of Time has done before. I love it that much.
The Witcher 3
Disgaea 5 as a personal choice although really I think I should say Splatoon as an overall game of the year. Although I lost interest in it after a few months, it represented a brave step forward for Nintendo and introduced a fresh (Hah!) new concept to the shooter space.
Splatoon and rocket league have eaten too much of my year, they’re both truly exceptional multiplayer games that came out of nowhere.
In terms of single player experiences, I really liked witcher 3, but I’m hoping xenoblade knocks it off the top spot. I’ve been hyped for that game for years, and nothing I’ve read has turned me off it. It’s all of my anime mecha game fantasies come true.
Adding my voice to the chorus for Witcher 3
Bloodborne
The Witcher 3
Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture
I want to put MGS5 on there but it is still sitting untouched on my pile of shame 🙁
Space Marine
But ‘loops, Space Marine came out in 2011…
*Grabs @transientmind violently and stares deep into his eyes, frothing from the mouth*
GAME.
OF.
THE.
YEAH.
EVERY YEAR.
Er, uh…
SPAYSH MAUREEN!
ohgodihopethatworks…
Out of that list, the only two I’ve played are Rocket League and MGSV…but in saying that, the only reason they are the only two games I’ve played from that list is because they’ve kept me going for so long. I’ve had a decent break from RL while I’ve been playing MGSV but have now come back to RL and am loving it once again.
For me, MGSV would take Game of the Year, it’s huge, has plenty of missions to undertake, has plenty of weapons and gadgets to research and upgrade, looks beautiful and for the most part, allows you to play at your own pace…not to mention, play any way you want.
Witcher 3 will haft to be my pick followed after fallout 4 also while it has not been mentioned by anyone undertale would have to be the game that has interested me so far. The amount of effort toby put into it to create a rather deep an emotional peace of art just blew me away. If there is some sort of award for indie developers He deserves it in my opinion.
Bloodborne. Sorry mgs5, your beautiful eyes lost their glint of life well before release
The Witcher 3 hands down, not even a competition.
My runner up would be Bloodborne.
Fallout 4
The Witcher 3.
It came out early in the year so it seems some have already forgotten it.
Witcher 3 followed closely by Bloodborne.
After playing 80 hours of Fallout4, my vote goes to ….. The Witcher3. Easily the best game i’ve played this year, perhaps ever.
Mario Maker, it takes a basic game and gives basic straight back to you…or complex…or frustrating….or ingenious….or amusing. It puts the imagination of some very talented people in the world and gives them an outlet for me to experience what they have made.
Sure, sorting through the chaff is tiresome, but when that gold level comes up, you simply just appreciate just how wonderful some peoples minds really are.
I’m going to go against the norm and day batman arkham knight. I’d like to have put just cause 3 on here by the Xbox one version is a steaming hot mess and Can die in a fire
1. Rocket League
2. Fallout 4
3. Witcher 3
4. Just Cause 3
Witcher 3 for me as well. I am really enjoying Fallout 4 but I just think that W3 overall is the better game.
Runner up for me is Rocket League.
Bloodborne
Gotta say Bloodborne.
I’m going to put stupid time into Fallout 4, but Bloodborne was the Dark Souls 2 I was waiting for. It’s just really bloody good in all the right ways. Every month or two I sit down to start playing it again and I’m immediately amazed at the controls and the combat system. It’s a masterpiece.
Metal Gear Solid V is my pick, no other games from this year have been able to keep me coming back, and despite the flaws I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The only other game that came out this year that I regularly play and enjoy is Heavensward, but that’s an expansion, I don’t think it counts.
My GOTY is Bloodborne.
GOTY: Bloodborne
Runner-Up: Metal Gear Solid V
Witcher 3!
Rocket Leagueeeeee
Metal Gear Solid V
I consulted with the family and this is our list of nominees:
Splatoon
Fallout 4
Lego Dimensions
Just Cause 3
Dragonball Xenoverse
Fallout Shelter
Rocket League
Transformers Devastation
Broforce
Dragonquest Heroes
One Piece Pirate Warriors 3
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes
No witcher 3 for shame! It’s definitely the GOY – nothing comes remotely close.
Ain’t nothin’ else but Splatoon.
It has been an incredible year for games but my clear favourite is Bloodborne. It would be followed by Fallout 4 and Ori and the Blind Forest.
Witcher 3 for overall game of the year, Dying Light for Sleeper hit of the year. fallout 4 while a very big upgrade over fallout 3 and Skyrim does not get Game of the year from me as its only just come out, however its my current game of the year for 2016
Bloodborne, followed closely by fallout 4
Feels odd to say its the GOTY but I’ll have to say Rocket League. It’s one of those special games that I can see myself still playing in another years time. In close second place is Bloodborne.
GOTY : Rocket League
2nd : Bloodborne
3rd : Witcher 3
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to connect to Fallout 4 as much as I did with the other games in my list. Still a good game but not GOTY material imo.
MGSV.
Rise of the Tomb Raider 🙂
It’s obviously The Witcher 3.
Fallout 4 isn’t even a Fallout game. The side quests suck. Conversations suck. There are no other options to solve situations other than killing EVERYTHING.
Witcher 3….how is that not near the top of your list Mr Serrels??!!!
@markserrels didn’t like it.
He’s clearly a synth.
He’s clearly…CRAZY. 😉
Witcher 3. No questions – it’s actually overtaken Chrono Trigger as my favorite game of all time.
Definitely Fallout 4. The world is just so interesting! I’m only 30 hours in but I’very only done about 4 quests into the main story. Just love walking around and finding new places and some of the quests are very unique and not just the run of the mill ‘go to location x to find item and return’.
I’m surprised at the lack of love for Mario maker and batman. Excelent games.
Witcher 3, no contest.
Only put 30 hours into Witcher 3 so far, but yeah GOTY absolutely.
Fallout 4
Hi there counting person! *waves*
I’ve loved a lot of stuff this year.
I think overall though, it has to be The Witcher 3
Pillars of Eternity
Im in love with fallout 4 100+ hours and counting…but rocket league has my vote, innovative and creative while being addictive and fun.
Witcher 3
Tales From The Borderlands
Fallout 4
Again, in that order.
Falllout 4….just good fun gets it over the line
Witcher 3…truly amazing game in every aspect
Rocket League…the little game that could
Everyone is going to pick MGSV and Fallout 4.
But, really, it should be Rocket League. It was an impressive and surprise hit!.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Runners up
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
Batman Arkham Knight
Star Wars Battlefront
Splatoon.
Witcher 3. Honorable mention to Fallout 4 but if I’m honest after 50 hours it’s become a little tedious.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Can’t decide between Fallout 4 and Witcher 3.
Hundreds of hours in both games so far and loved them both. So I’ll choose Metal Gear Solid V as I stopped playing after about 30 very enjoyable hours because Fallout came out and now I feel bad for ditching it.
Honourable mention to Rocket League.
Super Mario Maker
Undertale
Bloodborne
Pillars of Eternity
Ori and the Blind Forest
Splatoon
Super Mario Maker
Dead State Reanimated.
Wasteland 2 Director’s Cut.
Only Games I put several hundred hours into this year, can’t really think of anything else that stood out or screams ‘GOTY’ to me.
Special mention to Tales of the Borderlands (First legitimately ‘funny’ game Telltale has done in a long while, and the best game they’ve done overall since the days of Sam’n’Max and Monkey Island).
Also Life is Strange is certainly up there.
Fallout 4
GTAV PC is a close second
Cities: Skylines
Neko Atsume.
It is perfect for me at the moment. Requires very little time investment, lets me share with others who also play, and *always* makes me happy.
The perfect game.
Why is there even a vote? Pretty clear by the amount of articles, game clips and comments it’s going to Fallout 4. Not going to lie, I have zero interest in Fallout…but it deserves the title. Nothing else this year has caused the same amount of stir among gamers. Tbh, no other game has actually lived up to advertisement and hype in the past two years. Even then, Fallout fell ever so slightly behind the hype train…well, at least my girlfriend says so. Speaking of which, I should probably go see if she’s still alive, I haven’t seen her for about three weeks now :/
Edit: Forgot to nominate. Dying Light.
I think overall I had the most fun with Metal Gear. It was more fun to have to plan my attack.. it felt more like I deserved it when I took out 30 guys with one guy. Fallout 4’s world was more entertaining, and I don’t really enjoy the low fantasy setting of the Witcher, but Metal Gear had the best enemy AI and I think that in order to push games forward, we are going to need to start creating more intelligent enemies.
The Jackbox Party Pack.
I still haven’t played Witcher 3 (only just having picked it up in a sale), but I had four big titles to look forward to this year – Fallout 4 (not bad, but not great and not Fallout), Rock Band 4 (hugely gappy, and I can’t use my drums), the expansion to Civ in Space (didn’t do enough to make the base game worth the time invested) and X-Com 2 (pushed back into 2016).
On the other hand, this underrated little party game kicks arse. Most fun I’ve had with a video game released this year, which is pretty much the only determining factor for GotY.
For me it’s a clear toss-up between Bloodborne and Undertale. Maybe Life is Strange as well.
Rocket League 😀
GTA V PC a close second though.
I think the hype for Fallout 4 has made clouded everyone’s judgment on the actual game. My nomination is Metal Gear Solid V. The gameplay was perfect, the story was interesting, and the overall production quality was some of the best we’ve seen in recent years. I hope the fallout hype train doesn’t run over Metal Gear this year when it comes to recognition