by ghosthouse
Games that I completed or played enough of to get a feel of and were released in 2015. For GOTY purposes.
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The best city creator and simulator ever made.
Fantastic PC port.
A truly impressive and ambitious game. Some of the best and most engaging writing I have ever seen in a game. A staggeringly beautiful and dense fantasy world. But the relentlessly dour atmosphere weighs on the player after a while. There is rarely any emotional variation to keep people engaged. It has glimpses of greatness but is unfortunately held back by those issues, along with some nasty bugs, ugly animation and occasionally clumsy gameplay.
Xbox One
Batman: Arkham Knight has gotten a pretty bad rap this past year, due to a disasterous PC release. It's unfortunate too, because buried underneath the drama is a great game. I played this on Xbox One and loved it. The gameplay is better than ever, but still feels like Batman. The open world feels large and varied, and the side objectives and collectibles are far better than Arkham City's filler. The story is engaging and loyal to the franchise but tapers off slightly by the end.
Quite literally a masterpiece. Kojima's best work so far. Something as ambitious and polished as this rarely ever finds its way out of someone's brain and onto shelves.
Avalanche managed to create a beautiful and dense open world out of a barren apocalyptic wasteland. I didn't care much for the story but the fun combat, driving and collecting kept me interested for hours on end.
Despite having a laughably terrible story mode (thanks to Spike Lee), this game once again proves that 2K are the masters of the genre. The amount of modes, features and options, combined with its impeccable gameplay, graphics and animation make this a masterful step forward for not just basketball games but sports games as a whole.
