A copy of my list made for the 2014 community GOTY organized by thatfrood.
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Is it as good as Dark Souls? Not quite, but very little is. Is it better than any other game released this year? Absolutely.
Rebirth adds an unbelievable amount of excellent new content to its rock solid base game. Proper controller support alone is revelatory.
Jazzpunk is hilarious and strange and beautiful. Everyone should play Jazzpunk.
A stylish, strategic take on an action RPG with a soundtrack that was stuck in my head for months. In general Transistors audio is some of the very best in modern games.
I can't think of a more faithful translation of a licensed property to a game. That its light, breezy RPG wrapper was fun would have been enough. That it manages to be regularly, genuinely funny is practically a miracle.
As a person who couldn't care less about WoW and hasn't touched a TCG in around a decade, I didn't expect much from Hearthstone. But what can I say? It's highly accessible, the games are super fast, it looks great, it sounds great, it plays great and hell, it's free.
Here's the thing: I love Pokemon. I have always loved Pokemon. I have played every mainline RPG a dangerous number of hours. This is a Pokemon RPG. It goes on the list.
The story was mediocre and the mission design left a lot to be desired. Every other aspect of Far Cry 4 is top notch. Just cruising and playing around in the world is rad 100% of the time.
I thought this game looked totally bland and boring from the pre-release coverage. I was wrong.
The tenth spot was pretty hard to fill for me. There were 9 GOTY candidates and then there was everything else. Maybe if I had a WiiU things would have been different. I hear that Bayonetta game is pretty good. I dunno. The Wolf Among Us will have to do.
