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NeoGAF Games of the Year 2014 Awards
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Psycho_Mantis
Banned
This graph is interesting. Kind of refelcts my opinion of 2012 and 2014 as weak gaming years.
I'm willing to bet that 2015 will have the biggest ballot count looking at that lineup.
Hold on, GAF voted Journey GOTY? Really?
It was a pretty weak year.
No 'true' scotsman.
The PS4 audience is larger than the X1 audience on GAF going by the charts above, so of course the PS4 racer of high quality (in this case Driveclub) is going to beat the X1 racer of high quality (Forza Horizon 2.)
I've played neither and can't speak on their quality but it is what it is.
for sure. also, both COULD make the top 20, doesnt have to be one or the other. in other words, i wasnt comparing fh2 to dc.
Naw, sorry. I posted my reply too fast. I do think it's the best game, but yeah I understand why others disagree. At the same time, I think it deserves the GOTY award the most. I really do. And I'm saying that as a huge Dragon's Dogma fan.
ShockingAlberto
Member
So like two weeks ago there was a wall collapse in Chicago at Elston and Potomac
It was at Morton Salt on North Side.
If you took this huge amount of salt and doubled it
It would still not compare to the salt in this thread
It was at Morton Salt on North Side.
If you took this huge amount of salt and doubled it
It would still not compare to the salt in this thread
kitchenmotors
Banned
Wow at some of the responses to a few games on the list. Literally some drive by nonsense going on.
2014 was one of my favorite years of gaming because not only of the quality of titles I got to play, but because of how much fun I had. As someone who is now 33, I've played a lot of games since the NES. Wii U gave me some of that non-stop gaming fun that I remembered when I was growing up, playing with friends and just having a good time on my own.
Props to Nintendo for a stellar year in terms of software and everyone who got to enjoy them.
2014 was one of my favorite years of gaming because not only of the quality of titles I got to play, but because of how much fun I had. As someone who is now 33, I've played a lot of games since the NES. Wii U gave me some of that non-stop gaming fun that I remembered when I was growing up, playing with friends and just having a good time on my own.
Props to Nintendo for a stellar year in terms of software and everyone who got to enjoy them.
Oh, look who's here! Still waiting for Nintendo to go 3rd party? You're missing on great games, you see?
Still, where's ninjablade? The sea is not full without him.
I guess I'm just a little upset a superb racing game that was broken at launch beat a superb racing game that was working at launch :/
FH2 doesn't get enough praise around here.
Oh well, opinions are opinions, nothing wrong with that. In fact, besides ME1 not winning GOTY of that year, can't say I disagree with any of these lists past few years.
edit: I think DAI would be higher on my personal list if they had more high level stuff to do. The dragons were so fun to do but by level 19 you can kill all of them and then, what do you do after that? Basically Bioware, not enough dragons.
Also I need to play Bayo 2 still. Excited for that in the summer.
FH2 doesn't get enough praise around here.
Oh well, opinions are opinions, nothing wrong with that. In fact, besides ME1 not winning GOTY of that year, can't say I disagree with any of these lists past few years.
edit: I think DAI would be higher on my personal list if they had more high level stuff to do. The dragons were so fun to do but by level 19 you can kill all of them and then, what do you do after that? Basically Bioware, not enough dragons.
Also I need to play Bayo 2 still. Excited for that in the summer.
Yep. Still crazy to me. Then again, I'm still shocked over MGS4.
Anyways, I think the overall list for 2014 is fantastic. No list is ever going to be 100% perfect to an individual's own list. So it's nice to see this from the perspective of an entire community.
theprodigy
Member
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Enjoy good games and stop being warriors. The war ended when Sega got killed, enough already.
i'm not surprised that x1 games got the shaft in the overall voting, but i am absolutely shocked that fh2 didnt even make the x1 only top 5. thats CRAZY.
I put it in my top 5, I honestly thought it would be higher than Driveclub. And I put Driveclub at #1 heh.
Effigenius
Member
It's on 360, so that's why it didn't make it.
It had 169 points, so it would have been second on the list.
Iva Demilcol
Member
I'm quite happy Dark Souls II was #5. It seems that the love for the game was stronger that all that hyperbole I had to read during most of 2014.
kitchenmotors
Banned
Eh, I skipped it and have no regrets. I've been a fan of the Souls series since day 1 and don't feel the mess surrounding Dark Souls II was hyperbole. I wasn't willing to support it. I'm perched for Bloodborne and that is enough for me.
This graph is interesting. Kind of refelcts my opinion of 2012 and 2014 as weak gaming years.
I'm willing to bet that 2015 will have the biggest ballot count looking at that lineup.
Agreed. I also bought 8 games less this year compared to last (Huge considering I buy no more than 25 games usually (Download only included)). Thank god Nintendo saved it a bit.
To be expected, unfortunately. More people played it. The good news is DR2 appeared higher in people's votes, for the people that actually voted for it. Nice set of results though, happy that Bayo 2 did well. Great game.
My affinity list
1. Ondore (95) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=145144927&postcount=992
2. Andrew J. (94) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=147823346&postcount=1812
3. antibolo (86) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=143894989&postcount=642
4. Earthpainting (82) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=145082713&postcount=988
5. Maragidyne (81) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=143800588&postcount=526
6. Anth0ny (79) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=147715604&postcount=1698
7. Eolz (78) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=147827126&postcount=1821
7. Yoshi (78) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=143578114&postcount=154
9. Gartooth (77) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=147129455&postcount=1460
10. Salih (76) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=145642099&postcount=1175
NumberThree
Member
I didn't vote here but I compiled a list for another site and I have eight of the top ten games in common with the GAF list - and the two games I don't have on my list I haven't even played. So great list, though all that really matters is having the correct number one
Incendiary
Banned
My recommendations:
Have MK8, will likely get Bayonetta 2, Captain Toad, Binding of Isaac, and Wolfenstein for sure. Want to play Sunset Overdrive, but zero interest in an XBox One. The most surprising recommendation is Earth Defense Force 2025...I'll have to look into it and see if it's actually up my alley.
As for users who clearly have good taste in games...
Good taste, my friends. Good taste.
Have MK8, will likely get Bayonetta 2, Captain Toad, Binding of Isaac, and Wolfenstein for sure. Want to play Sunset Overdrive, but zero interest in an XBox One. The most surprising recommendation is Earth Defense Force 2025...I'll have to look into it and see if it's actually up my alley.
As for users who clearly have good taste in games...
Good taste, my friends. Good taste.
I don't even understand what there is to be salty about. This is a list compiled of 1,000 + individuals. It's a collection of data from a large community. Who expects their own personal list to line up with an overall consensus?
I never understood people getting upset abut GOTY lists, simply because they are a collection of votes from a diverse staff of writers. But it's even more baffling here IMO because of the sheer amount of people voting.
Why would anyone expect this list to be 1:1 their list. And why get upset about anything? lol
theprodigy
Member
Uncharted/Bloodborne/MGSV vs Zelda?
My money is on one of the first two, though maybe history will repeat itself and MGSV will create mountains of salt like the previous game.
Riposte
Member
Is less than 200 that significant? Not as strong of an argument for 2014.
This graph is interesting. Kind of refelcts my opinion of 2012 and 2014 as weak gaming years.
I'm willing to bet that 2015 will have the biggest ballot count looking at that lineup.
SuperSonic1305
Member
You mean we were Nintendo GAF all along?
CosmicQueso
Member
Hopefully it'll get a lot of people to adopt a Wii U. At least that box comes with a power cable.
Xenoblade Chronicles X is also a contender.
Effigenius
Member
When was the last time the top 3 GAF games were all exclusive to the same console? Seems like something that could have happened in 2001 but maybe not since then.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
I'd like to know, what content does the 360 version have that the Xbox One version doesn't?
Mass_Pincup
Banned
No way, Uncharted, Bloodborne, Persona 5, The Witcher 3 and MGSV will all be above anything Nintendo related except maybe Zelda U.
Great work on the OP as usual guys, I love the amount of statistics you cram in here. Always fun to look at the trends every year.
Pretty interesting year from my end at least, considering I've played one of the games in the top 10 and that came in at #9. Good on Nintendo for putting out a quality lineup of games this year.
Pretty interesting year from my end at least, considering I've played one of the games in the top 10 and that came in at #9. Good on Nintendo for putting out a quality lineup of games this year.
Forsaken82
Member
The lack of love for Divinity is horrible... didn't even make Top 3 in the RPGs category... worse yet losing out to Dark Souls 2.
Crash Station
Member
Damn, wanted Danganronpa to crack the top 10.
Ah well, at least Bayonetta won.
Ah well, at least Bayonetta won.
KefkaPalazzo
Member
Disappointed but not surprised Second Son is over Sunset. I suppose I could take solace in the fact that it was so close despite the NeoGAF PS4 install base being so large in comparison to the X1, but ehh.
Have no issues with Bayonetta 2 taking the price, terrific game, and was in my top 3, Platinum continues to be on the next level and I can't wait for Scalebound. I don't think Smash is deserving of a top 3 spot, but that is because i'm spoiled with Project M. Dragon Age was my number one, and a 4th place finish is respectable, but I was hoping for top 3.
It was a solid, if unspectacular year for gaming despite the lack of any high profile 90+ games other than Bayonetta 2. This year seems set on having several of those though.
Have no issues with Bayonetta 2 taking the price, terrific game, and was in my top 3, Platinum continues to be on the next level and I can't wait for Scalebound. I don't think Smash is deserving of a top 3 spot, but that is because i'm spoiled with Project M. Dragon Age was my number one, and a 4th place finish is respectable, but I was hoping for top 3.
It was a solid, if unspectacular year for gaming despite the lack of any high profile 90+ games other than Bayonetta 2. This year seems set on having several of those though.
theprodigy
Member
As much as I would like that to happen, I don't think it cracks top 5 (unless Persona 5 is just terrible, then it has a shot, but I'm not counting on that).
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Had to rep Full Boost!