Inspired by @mento's reworking of his GOTY lists with games he's played since then, this list is going to be an amalgation of all the games listed within my GOTY lists, and then reordered from best to worst. As history has changed my opinions on some of these games, their rankings in comparison to my GOTY lists might change.
This one might take me a while, so consider it a work in progress. After taking a look at some of my earliest GOTY lists, I'm also going to open this up to "games played thoroughly" lists I've created through the years. For some reason, some of the top games from those years were absent from my GOTY lists, probably because I didn't put games that came out that year on the list.
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2012 - #1 I think by now there's little doubt in my mind Borderlands 2 is my most-played game ever. I think I've probably sunk at least 300 hours into it across the Xbox 360, PS4, and PC. It's so damn close to being my perfect game - if there had been more weapon variety released as downloadable DLC and/or general updates, and if individual body parts could be swapped out like the heads, it would be. And that's it - that's all I want from Borderlands is just more. More guns I want to actually use (give me a reason to use rocket launchers, Gearbox!). More characters with more skill trees. More places to explore than Pandora. The Pre-Sequel was a nice aside, but let's see waht Gearbox can really do.
2013 - #1 It breaks my heart to put this anywhere but #1 on this list, because Ni no Kuni just oozes with love, both for the genre and for its characters. Drippy and the mom... just... maaaan. The grind got to a lot of players, but I kinda liked it. Then again, this was a world I found myself wanting to get lost in. I can't wait for Ni no Kuni 2, and I hope this one sees a re-release on modern consoles someday.
2012 - #2 Still one of the best stories told in interactive fiction, I think it was slightly outdone by Tales from the Bordlerlands, but that's really splitting hairs. The lackluster seasons following it have dampened my enthusiasm for the series as a whole, but the first season is a must-play.
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