Poll: How Many of the Game of the Year Candidates Did You Play?

[Savagezion]

Wow, only 3. Most of them I wasn't interested in although there are a couple like SHadows of Mordor where I was interested but detered through more information about the game. I will eventually have checked out 5-6 at my own pace. But I need some price drops first.

I have played:

Wolf Among Us
South Park
Titanfall

I will eventually play/own:

Shadows of Mordor
Dragon Age Inquisition

Maybe Transistor, it doesnt really entice me though.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

Let's see:
Dragon Age
Shadow of Mordor
South Park
Alien: Isolation
Hearthstone
and a wee bit of Smash Bros and TitanFall on someone else's console.

So basically, yeah. It was a shit year for Gamers and gaming as a whole.

It's funny - I hear that from people every now and again, and am confused, because I don't think that. And then it occurred to me, "Oh, I have a Wii U."
A lot of those other games looked really great in the hype, though. Were they disappointing?

It just wasn't a very good year. There were no universally praised games, like Resident Evil 4 or Batman Arkham Asylum. No games anyone/everyone could get behind and praise and go 'whoo!'. That, coupled with the down right bitter political atmosphere surrounding gaming helped polarize an already fragmented community. So instead of just shrugging and saying que sera sera to Top lists, gamers are foaming at the mouth over perceived slights. A lot of games aren't just games anymore, they're statements you make about youself, so to hear a game you like bad-mouthed in a Bottom list makes you angry and to see a game you don't like in a Top list makes you feel stupid.

For example, Alien: Isolation made huge waves and was in all the Top lists. I absolutely hated the game to no end. Others, like Divinity: Original Sin I liked, for all its bugs. But that game is considered unworthy, and its hard to not take that personally, like I have bad taste in games. To be fair, this whole like/dislike thing isn't new to 2014, but its certainly become more underlined and obvious.

And the overwhelming majority of big budget AAA games this year were so infested with bugs and glitches, you could be forgiven for thinking the game was released as an Alpha Build. Which, if you're cynical, you would think and further imply that the developers were already so over-budget, they had to release whatever they had in the hopes that the sales will provide enough capital to finish the game as DLC and updates later on. But you'd have to be pretty cynical to even think that....sigh...

 

[Pyrian]

I didn't play any of them. Didn't stop me from voting on every round, though. XD

 

[JohnnyDelRay]

Played two only....
Mario Kart 8 and Watchdogs.
I intend to play 6 more, but the backlog got the better of me, and the best portion of these games only came out so late in the year anyway. So this list will personally fall into the best of 2015.

Watchdogs was fun and had it's own style going on but definitely won't be a top contender. First on the list is probably going to be Shadow of Mordor, as soon as that goes on sale again.

 

[Roxas1359]

Fun fact: that game is installed on my 3DS, but my gaming backlog is so long that I have yet to play it. The same is true with Bravely Default. And a few (many) other games.

*can't find one of just shaking*
Play it! Play it now! If you loved Return to Dreamland then you'll absolutely adore Triple Deluxe. I say it is a bit more difficult than RtD, but it's a Kirby game still so it's not too bad. The music is amazing as always, and the new Hypernova ability is a lot of fun to use. It is the only game in a long time that I played not once, but three times again once I beat it. There are few games I ever play that do just that. So play it! Or else you may meet with a terrible fate~ XD
*unless Majora's Mask 3D comes out before then, that takes precedence over all else*

 

[Dalisclock]

I usually don't get to games until at least a year after they've been released, so I only played two. Ask me in a year or so and that number will probably double, but then I'll be behind for next year.

I've really stopped caring, because most good games aren't reliant on novelty or freshness. A good game will still be as good in a couple years as it is on the day of release.

That and my backlog is something like 200 games right now so I play the ones I'm interested in at the moment.

 

[SmallHatLogan]

Only two. Dark Souls II and Smash Bros. Incidentally they were the only two games I was looking forward to at the beginning of the year and were the only games I bought day one in a really long time.

I do own Transistor and The Wolf Among Us and will probably play them in the not too distant future.

I voted in every round except the final.

 

[joest01]

2 in a serious way. DS2 and Bayo2.
MarioKart 8 and Destiny casually.

The only other games would consider playing are Mordor, just to give it a fair shake, I don't think it'll stick. And speaking of sticks, stick of truth of course But I would really prefer it on a handheld

I surprise myself here because I have a hot and messy love affair with the great city of Chicago. And I was looking more forward to that game (Watchdogs) than any other. But then I saw it. And I just can't bring myself to play it...

 

[DarkhoIlow]

I played and finished all of them that were available on PC with the exception Alien Isolation (I don't like those types of horror games) So it came down to:

Dark Souls II
Farcry 4
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Hearthstone
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Titanfall
The Wolf Among Us
Watch Dogs
South Park: the Stick of Truth
Transistor

 

[necromanzer52]

None of them. This would normally be because I rarely play games within a year of their release (I think the newest game I've played is Spec-ops: the line), but looking through that list, there isn't anything I have more than a vague interest in playing. Most newer games just don't seem to do it for me anymore, and I find myself constantly going backwards to play older games I missed at the time.

 

[crazygameguy4ever]

i played a little of Watch Dogs and didn't like it.. I was more interested in playing Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax last year then any of those titles on the list

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

I only played Dark Souls II and Far Cry 4, though I don't actually own the latter. I played it at a friends house. I did watch a let's play of Alien: Isolation, though that surely doesn't count.

 

[Mikeyfell]

eleven, and ironically 3 of the ones I played are on my worst of the year list. So it's pretty safe to say that the Escapist isn't really a GOTY voting pool worth taking too seriously, even though.
Surprisingly...
They managed to not put The Walking Dead season 2 on the list, and that's a choice I wholeheartedly agree with.
But I'm can't help but think it was just an oversight because Far Cry 4 and Dark Souls 2... and Bayonetta 2 all ended up on the list, even though the exact same logic that kept TWD 2 off the list would have elliminated those 3 games as well... so..... I dunno

 

[wooty]

Out of that list, I played:
Alien: Isolation
Dark Souls II
Farcry 4
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Destiny
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Titanfall
Watch Dogs
Mario Kart 8
South Park: the Stick of Truth
Transistor

And South Park and Far Cry are the only ones I truly enjoyed playing. You gotta love Pagan Min!

 

[RedDeadFred]

Far Cry 4
Shadow of Mordor (my personal favourite)
Hearthstone
Wolf Among Us

I'm playing Inquisition now.

 

[Silvanus]

Only played Alien: Isolation.

Was the first time in ages I'd bought a game near to release.

 

[laggyteabag]

Alien: Isolation - Started to play it, but once the Alien went away and I started to deal with the Working Joes, I started to have the "This isn't what I paid for" feeling, so I just stopped. I spent more time dealing with other survivors and the Working Joes than I did with the actualy Xenomorph. What is the point?

Dragon Age: Inquisition - The best AAA game on this list. A huge fan of BioWare games, and it was nice to see them release a game that didn't have the internet collectively starting a mob.

Hearthstone - One hell of a F2P game it was. Started playing it in beta, and I have been playing it ever since.

Destiny - I don't actually own this one, but my friend has it on his 360. From what I have played, the shooting and the PvP is really fun, but the main story and the PvE content is really bare-bones and not very interesting. I would probably buy it if it got a PC port though.

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor - It was fun for a while, but it soon became way too easy and repetative, and I never really understood the appeal with the nemesis system, and I just don't understand how it is this huge revolutionary mechanic that everybody says it is.

Titanfall - Admittedly, it was a very fun shooter. Sure, you cant really play it for a whole day, but damn is it fun to just run around on walls. Shame that the population has started to collapse though. It seems like there are less than about 5000 players left on PC, and those that do play it are new to the game.

The Wolf Among Us - I don't think that it was as good as The Walking Dead Seasons 1 or 2. It was okay, but I mostly bought into it for the TellTale hype.

Transistor - Great soundtrack, great aesthetic, great gameplay, it was a pretty great game all things considered.

 

[Evonisia]

I played Alien: Isolation after the voting process had ended, and I will soon play Sunset Overdrive, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Middle-earth: Shadows of Mordor and Dark Souls II for more than an hour each.

Before then just Bayonetta 2 and Hearthstone.

 

[MirenBainesUSMC]

Wolfenstien didn't make it or did that count into it?