What are your 2016 GOTY contenders?

[Sarge]

Dragon Quest VII definitely deserves consideration. I just haven't finished it yet! Might be a while.

[Exhuminator]

I checked my 2016 games beat Excel file (why yes, I am insane, thank you) and this year so far I've beaten 123 games ranging from 1978-2016. Of that list, these were the ones I rated a 9/10:

Soul Blade
Soul Calibur IV
Iridion II
King's Field III
Mario Kart 7
Beneath Apple Manor
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Sorcery! 3
Aquales
Shadow Tower Abyss
Dead or Alive 3

Of all those, I'd probably choose King Field's III as my favorite for any year. Favorite for this year? Well the best 2016 release I've beaten so far was:

Don't hate.

[Sarge]

That just means the stuff you've beaten from this year is terrible.

Before I forget, shout out to Song of the Deep. It's firmly in 8/10 territory, but it's just so uniformly pleasant and atmospheric that it's worth mentioning here.

[fastbilly1]

Pokemon Go.

Every game I really enjoyed that came out this year, was only officially launched this year - Grim Dawn, Killing Floor 2, Starbound, Duelyst. But I had been playing the closed betas for months (if not years in Starbounds case) before.

That said, Overwatch will dominate the GOTY charts. Though I enjoyed my time in Battleborn more.

[Xeogred]

This year was pretty insane for both new and old for me. Let's go down my list...

7. TRAG / Hard Edge: Mission of Mercy (PSX)
10. The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess* HD (WiiU)
13. Dark Souls 3 (NG++) [PLATINUM] (PS4)
20. Doom [PLATINUM] (PS4)
21. Quake (PC)
22. Quake 2* (PC)
24. Quake Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon (PC)
25. Quake 2 Mission Pack 1: The Reckoning (PC)
26. Quake Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity (PC)
27. Quake 2 Mission Pack 2: Ground Zero (PC)
28. Quake: Dimensions of the Past (PC)
31. Dishonored DLC The Knife of Dunwall (PC)
32. Dishonored DLC The Brigmore Witches (PC)
41. SOMA (PC)
46. AM2R: Return of Samus (PC)
50. Odallus: The Dark Call (PC)
51. Deus Ex Mankind Divided (PC)
52. Resident Evil HD* [Chris & Jill] (PS3)
58. Titanfall 2 (PS4)

Some of my favorite standouts from a glance. Can obviously bundle up all that Quake and I guess that was perhaps my biggest gaming goal of the year that I accomplished. Failed my others, which was beating System Shock 1 and getting to King's Field or Shadow Tower.

Replays maybe aren't fair I guess so I could probably rip those out.

Axiom Verge which I'm playing now will probably be a high contender, as it feels like Shovel Knight's caliber. Which is S rank and among my top favorites last year.

I don't kid when I say... AM2R is seriously extremely high on the list. I replayed Zero Mission right after and I can't believe I'm saying this, but AM2R is probably at least just as good... if not better.

Dishonored 2 probably would make the cut, except the PC port is garbage and I got a refund. Easily the biggest disappointment of the year for me from a technical and publisher standpoint. Unacceptable since I bought a new GTX 1060 this year basically for this and Mankind Divided alone, so I'm pissed.

For new releases I guess so far I'd say...

Dark Souls 3
Doom 4
Titanfall 2
Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Guess I could almost whip up four categories:

1. Best of the Old
2. Best of the New
3. Biggest Surprises
4. Best Replays

[noiseredux]

I will make a Top 10 when the year is over. Spoiler: XCOM 2 and nine other games.

[ElkinFencer10]

noiseredux's 2016 Top 10 Games

10. XCOM 2
9. Also XCOM 2
8. Still XCOM 2
7. Don't forget XCOM 2
6. Definitely XCOM 2
5. The long-awaited XCOM 2
4. Bigly XCOM 2
3. Firaxis's XCOM 2
2. Gotta include XCOM 2
and finally
1. XCOM 2

[samsonlonghair]

I have to say that Pokemon go is game of the year. I'm not even a fan of Pokemon generally speaking. That's how much Pokemon go impressed me. This game has proven augmented reality to me, and I think it's only the beginning of augmented reality as a new genre of gaming.

No other game this year even compares.

[laurenhiya21]

There's still plenty of time left in the year to play and beat games (especially since I go on winter break next week), but out of the games I've beaten this year (41 so far), these were the ones I think I enjoyed the most:

Stardew Valley
Steins;Gate
Muramasa Rebith
Criminal Girls: Invite Only
Gal*Gun: Double Peace
Dragon Quest Builders

Stardew Valley was definitely my favourite game from this year (even if I didn't realize it came out this year until I checked ). Overall? I'm really torn between Steins;Gate and Stardew Valley. It's just really hard to compare the two since they're both pretty different games. I'll have to think about that some more ha...

[noiseredux]

noiseredux's 2016 Top 10 Games

10. XCOM 2
9. Also XCOM 2
8. Still XCOM 2
7. Don't forget XCOM 2
6. Definitely XCOM 2
5. The long-awaited XCOM 2
4. Bigly XCOM 2
3. Firaxis's XCOM 2
2. Gotta include XCOM 2
and finally
1. XCOM 2

haha, no. Believe it or not, I'll need to really condense my other nine. I played a lot of good stuff this year.