Game of The Year 2014 Users Choice
First, a few caveats about this list. I avoided any games that I have not had time to finish. That means Far Cry 4 and Captain Toad: Treasure tracker have been left off the list.
I also have not included games that released on new platforms this year if they were previously released on PC/another console. This is a personal rule to prevent me from making Spelunky my Game of the Year every time it gets re-released. Unfortunately that prevents Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn from being included on this year’s list. Square Enix deserves a lot of credit for looking at the disastrous launch of FFXIV and having the integrity to admit they messed up and try again. A Realm Reborn is a wonderful timesink of an MMO and one of the few that has an engaging, well produced storyline.
Finally, I can’t include games that I wanted to get to but haven’t yet played. Games like JazzPunk, Divinity: Original Sin, and Hearthstone are all worthy of discussion but until I actually play them I can’t engage in that discussion.