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Best of 2015

by syphonblue

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Life Is Strange

1. Life Is Strange

This game started a bit weird for me, and it took me a long while to go back to it after Episode 1. But man, I'm really glad I did, cause I came away loving pretty much everything about it.

Bloodborne

2. Bloodborne

I hated Dark Souls 2, so I was a little concerned the luster may have been coming off the series for me. Luckily, Bloodborne was fantastic and restored my faith.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

3. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

This is the quintessential Metal Gear Solid game to play. It's unfortunate that the story was completely inconsequential (and let's face it, pretty much non-existent), and the microtransactions and general post-launch bullshittery exist, which helps keeps this off the #1.

4. Assassin's Creed Syndicate

What a turn-around for this series. I absolutely loathed Unity. This game, though, was fantastic. I did nearly everything you possibly can do in this game (outside of collecting every collectible cause fuck that.)

Kerbal Space Program

5. Kerbal Space Program

I probably played this game more than any other game this year. Many a Kerbal lost their life on the way to the Mun.

Super Mario Maker

6. Super Mario Maker

I've always wanted to make Mario levels! Really glad this game turned out as great as it did. Would've been a huge bummer had it not.

Destiny

7. Destiny

Listen. Shut up. This is actually for The Taken King. I enjoyed Destiny when it came out, but the lack of content was a real problem, and the amount of grinding put me right off of doing absolutely anything post-story. Thank god for The Taken King, then. Now Destiny is a fantastic shooter that I actually enjoy playing beyond the story, and can 100% recommend to other people.

Cities: Skylines

8. Cities: Skylines

I always loved SimCity, but with EA dropping the ball with the latest one, this one really picked up that slack. It's just a really fun city-builder, with a great mod community to iron out any shortcomings.

Crypt of the NecroDancer

9. Crypt of the NecroDancer

I love this game, but I am terrible at it with the keyboard controls. I eagerly await its PS4 release.

Dying Light

10. Dying Light

Never finished this, but I really enjoyed just running around the environment and slicing up zombies.

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