Didn't play enough games released this year! I only have 6 that I'd consider for a GOTY list.
I have also actually only finished one of these game which is Journey - twice. This list just reflects my impression from the 5 odd hours I've played of each of these games.
This is my third GOTY list on this site and I'm finally writing something about the games. Ugh.
I'm up to the final episode of the Walking Dead and I can safely say that this is my favourite game this year. The way choices are handled and given meaningful consequences as opposed to the good/evil karma system prevalent in many other games is something that should be celebrated and a mechanic I'd love to see in other games.
Dishonored is just fun to play around with. The blink power makes traversing the environment hugely enjoyable and forms the backbone of the free-flowing combat system; offering the player different approaches when tackling a room full of enemies.
This game is charming. I love the aesthetic - how everything is made out of paper. I love how imaginative the puzzles are and how it uses the paper environment in clever ways. I like this game, it's fun to play and doesn't take itself seriously.
You can drive cars and fight. The world looks really nice. Also, motorbikes handle really well.
I enjoyed Journey. I mentioned above that I played it twice. Both times I had a great time. This game is nice.
More Borderlands was too much Borderlands for me. It refined many of the systems from the first game but without looking too closely I could easily mistake this for the first game. I found it too easy playing solo and often too frustrating playing with other players - I would have liked to see some difficulty options other than the game becoming more difficult in Co-Op.
Borderlands 2 is still a great game though.
