Filtering by Category: Year of

The Best of 2016

My Top Four Games of 2016

#1 - Final Fantasy XV

#1 - Final Fantasy XV

#2 - Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

#2 - Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

#3 - The Brookhaven Experiment

#3 - The Brookhaven Experiment

#4 - The Lab

#4 - The Lab

The only other 2016 release I beat was TrumPiñata, but there's no way I'm putting that atrocious cash grab in a "Top Games of 2016" list.


Criteria: 

1. It had to come out in 2016.
2. I had to beat it. 




The Best of 2015

My Top Ten Games of 2015

#1 - Batman: Arkham Knight

#1 - Batman: Arkham Knight

#2 - Life is Strange

#2 - Life is Strange

#3 - Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae

#3 - Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae

#4 - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

#4 - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

#5 - Undertale

#5 - Undertale

#6 - Halo 5: Guardians

#6 - Halo 5: Guardians

#7 - Until Dawn

#7 - Until Dawn

#8 - Star Wars Battlefront

#8 - Star Wars Battlefront

#9 - Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games

#9 - Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games

#10 - Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection

#10 - Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection

The other three 2015 releases I beat were Mortal Kombat X Mobile, Devil's Third, and Oh...Sir!. Even though The Nathan Drake Collection contains the first three Uncharted games remastered for the PlayStation 4, I didn't feel right putting any of those other three above it. I also had a great time replaying all those games right before playing Uncharted 4.


Criteria: 

1. It had to come out in 2015.
2. I had to beat it. 




The Best of 2014

My Top Four Games of 2014

#1 - Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

#1 - Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

#2 - Nidhogg

#2 - Nidhogg

#3 - Mount Your Friends

#3 - Mount Your Friends

#4 - Destiny

#4 - Destiny

I only beat four games that came out in 2014, so this is my list by default. I doubt Destiny would make any "Top" list of mine otherwise.


Criteria: 

1. It had to come out in 2014.
2. I had to beat it. 


2014 was another year where I intended to do "Best of" categories like I did in 2012, but I never actually did any. I did take some notes for potential awards and nominees a couple of years ago, however:

Best DLC: The Last of Us: Left Behind

Best Gameplay Sequence: Exploring the mall with Riley, The Last of Us: Left Behind

Best Re-Release: The Last of Us Remastered

Best Music Video: Turn Down for What by DJ Snake & Lil Jon

Man Crush: Troy Baker



The Best of 2013

My Top Ten Games of 2013

#1 - The Last of Us

#1 - The Last of Us

#2 - Grand Theft Auto V

#2 - Grand Theft Auto V

#3 - BioShock Infinite

#3 - BioShock Infinite

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Saints Row IV

Saints Row IV

Gone Home

Gone Home

Dead Rising 3

Dead Rising 3

Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Splinter Cell: Blacklist

The Stanley Parable

The Stanley Parable

Beyond: Two Souls

Beyond: Two Souls

Everything after BioShock Infinite above isn't officially ordered. Below are the rest of the 2013 releases I beat until February 2016. They are also not officially ordered:

Call of Duty: Ghosts
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Gunpoint
Papers, Please
Ryse: Son of Rome
DmC Devil May Cry
Knack
Killzone: Shadow Fall
Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death


Criteria: 

1. It had to come out in 2013.
2. I had to beat it. 


 

2013: In Memoriam

Back in 2013, I had intended to do a full "Best of" blowout like I did in 2012, but I never got around to it except for a few:

Best Unlockable Achievement
Best 2012 Game
Fluffiest Booty
Favorite Concept Art


Below are the notes I took as I was planning them. I haven't edited this since, so some stuff may be missing, and some stuff maybe shouldn't be there. These are just ideas I was working on along with some nominees for the rest of the categories:

Best Ending: The Last of Us; BioShock Infinite; Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Best Ending Credits: Saints Row IV; Knack

Best Writing: The Last of Us; BioShock Infinite; Grand Theft Auto V; The Stanley Parable; Gone Home

Best Music: BioShock Infinite; The Last of Us; Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons; Gone Home

Best Graphics: The Last of Us; Grand Theft Auto V; Super Mario 3D World; Beyond: Two Souls; Dead Rising 3; Ryse: Son of Rome

Best Use of Cussing/Foul Language: The Last of Us; Grand Theft Auto V; Saints Row IV

Worst Ending: Killzone: Shadow Fall; Call of Duty: Ghosts

Best Narration: The Stanley Parable; Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

Best Male Performance: Troy Baker as Joel (The Last of Us); Nolan North as David (The Last of Us); Gerald "Slink" Johnson as Lamar Davis (Grand Theft Auto V); Steven Ogg as Trevor (Grand Theft Auto V); Ned Luke as Michael (Grand Theft Auto V)

Best Female Performance: Ashley Johnson as Ellie (The Last of Us); Courtnee Draper as Elizabeth (BioShock Infinite); Annie Wersching as Tess (The Last of Us); Sarah Grayson as Sam (Gone Home)

Best Art Direction: BioShock Infinite; Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons; The Last of Us; Papers, Please

Best Gameplay Sequence: Burying your brother in Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Best Theme Song: Papers, Please

Best Non-Playable Character: Jorji (Papers, Please); Lamar Davis (Grand Theft Auto V)

Best Game of Glory to Arstotzka: Papers, Please

Best Textures: Gone Home; Killzone: Shadow Fall

Best Achievements: The Stanley Parable

Best Love Story: Gone Home

Best Use of Nudity: Papers, Please; Saints Row IV

Best Boss Battle of 2013: Bob Bargas, DmC Devil May Cry; David, The Last of Us

Best Pores: Dead Rising 3; Ryse: Son of Rome

Best Twist: Rapture, BioShock Infinite; Annie being Chuck Greene's daughter, Dead Rising 3

Best Co-op: Dead Rising 3; Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Best Late Title Card: Call of Duty: Ghosts

Game I died the most in: Knack

Best Use of Physics: Knack

Best Reflections: Knack

Man Crush - Troy Baker

Best DLC - Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep (Borderlands 2)



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