Games! Games! Games!
Every year you get someone saying: “this year had the absolute best games ever!” And while many times it’s hyperbole, there are times when the year just legitimately had some really amazing games that will be remembered. 2015 started off strong with Dying Light and just kept on going until there were more Game of the Year contenders than the previous years of the decade could have hoped to produce. And the contenders came in all forms.
Action games, sports games, shooters, indies, RPGs, amazing expansions, adventure games, you name it and 2015 had it. Games like Bloodborne, The Witcher 3, Rocket League, Life is Strange, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, and MGS V kept the months rolling with hit after hit. Splatoon reimagined competitive shooters with its fresh take on team-based warfare, and Super Mario Maker let players create their own levels in one of gaming’s most beloved franchises. Every platform had great exclusives, and third parties really kicked it up a notch as new IPs and fantastic sequels hit store shelves.
There was a single month that went by leaving a hole. While some months certainly had more games than others, each one delivered something to keep players invested as they awaited the next highly anticipated release on the horizon. The year was so good in fact that the inevitable delays of the year couldn’t even put a major damper on anything. Sure we lost The Legend of Zelda Wii U and Quantum Break to the void that is 2016, but everything we did get to experience was stellar.
