BGE Off-Season: Game of the Year: 2016

[This Old Neon]

The "BEST GAME EVER!!!" Project's Off-Season: Game of the Year series will be a simple exploration of the best games from recent years. It can often be difficult to remember which games came out in which years, so reflecting on what we've played and then compiling lists here can help hone our collective memories.

These threads will be organized in three sections:

1. long lists (a list of all the great games that came out in a given year),
2. short lists (narrowing it down to the ones you genuinely think are the best), and
3. the overall Game of the Year.

The administration will make an effort to compile everyone's picks for these three sections into the main post, so we can see which games float to the top, which games make the cut, and the kinds of difficult decisions people had to make in selecting an overall favourite.

2016

Long List



Short List



Game of the Year

[Kong Wen]

Reserved for Kong.

[MerlinDrazziw]

Long List:

• Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee – New 'n' Tasty! (Wii U)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Wii U)
• Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut (Wii U)
• FreezeME (Wii U)
• Lost Reavers (Wii U)
• Mini Mario & Friends: Amiibo Challenge (Wii U)
• Dracula's Legacy (Wii U)
• Axiom Verge (Wii U)
• Soul Axiom (Wii U)
• Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (Wii U)
• Kirby: Planet Robobot (3DS)
• BoxBoxBoy! (3DS)
• Chase: Cold Case Investigations - Distant Memories (3DS)
• Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (3DS)
• ...

Short List:

• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Wii U)
• Axiom Verge (Wii U)
• ...

GotY: Axiom Verge (Wii U)

[SkyPikachu]

Short List
Gone Home: Console Edition - PS4
A Boy and His Blob - PS4
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - PS4
Unravel - PS4
Ratchet & Clank - PS4
Pokemon Go - Mobile
Pokemon Sun/Moon - 3DS (Is this fine to mention both?)
The Last Guardian - PS4

GOTY
None (No stand outs)

[Sharecrow]

Notable releases:
Far Cry Primal
Tales of Berseria
Dark Souls III
Kholat
No Man's Sky
Ninja Senki DX
Superhot
Shadow of the Beast
Mighty No 9
Persona 5
Batman: The Telltale Series
The Last Guardian

Sharecrow's honorable mentions:
Far Cry Primal
Tales of Berseria
Batman: The Telltale Series

BGFTWFY of 2016:
Far Cry Primal