Every year the Push Square Team gets together to vote for the site's PlayStation Game of the Year. While we usually keep these polls secret, we're putting the spotlight on some of our authors this holiday so that they can highlight some of their personal favourites from 2015. Today it's the turn of Alex Stinton, as role-playing games rule supreme.
Fifth Choice: Life Is Strange
With strong competition in the form of Tales from the Borderlands and Game of Thrones, I still can't believe Life Is Strange ended up being the best adventure game I played this year. I'll admit it certainly wasn't perfect, especially since some of the twists in its time bending story turned out a little less satisfying than I hoped. In the end, though, it was its down-to-earth setting, believable relationships, and heart wrenching moments that sealed the deal for me.
Fourth Choice: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
I can't remember the last time I was immersed in a game world as detailed and as full of life as that found in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. My only problem has been finding the time to see everything this all-you-can-eat RPG buffet has to offer. In fact, It's been such a regular fixture on my gaming calendar, that even as 2015 draws to a close, I'm still hopping into the boots of Geralt of Rivia on a regular basis for a fix of dark fantasy and monster slaying.
Third Choice: Fallout 4
While its open world isn't as lively as that in my previous Game of the Year choice – it is the post-apocalypse after all – I've always found the setting of the Fallout games particularly absorbing, and this fourth entry in the series has proven to be no exception. I can quite happily poke around the Boston wasteland for hours, never actually going anywhere near its many quests. All I need is V.A.T.S, a gun, and a super mutant to shoot the head off, and I'm having more than enough fun to make this one of my games of the year.
Second Choice: Destiny: The Taken King
I started the year absolutely hating Destiny. It felt like a shell of a game, sold to me with Bungie's hollow promises, making it one of my biggest gaming disappointments ever. Jump forward to The Taken King's release, and somehow I managed to fall for the sales pitch yet again. Thankfully, this time around – with the help of the fantastic Push Square community – I found that due to some really smart changes, and the injection of a little character, Destiny had actually become a surprisingly addictive, and enjoyable game.
First Choice: Bloodborne
Having immersed myself in the fantastic combat and macabre world of Bloodborne for a not insignificant amount of time this year, I still have no idea what the hell was going on in Yarnham. It doesn't matter, though, as enjoying the highs and lows of both killing and being killed by its creepy collection of beasts was more than enough to not only make it an early contender for my Game of the Year, but to keep it in the number one slot right to the end.
Has Alex's list left your blood pumping? Which titles would you cull from his selection? Turn in your quests in the comments section below.
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Although the Taken king makes my top 5 (just) I do ultimately consider it to be DLC rather than a game in its own right. If you buy the disc - what you actually get is just Destiny on hat disc and download codes for both yr1 expansions and 'the Taken King'. It is not playable as a standalone either and requires both Destiny and the previous DLC to play.
That being said, the main reason it made my top 5 was purely on the amount of hours it provided. Just the Taken King part has provided me with more game-time than any 'game' released in 2015
Good list. We could never of finished the raids on Destiny without you.
Hopefully a different game allows us some more online gaming time next year!
Great top 5th, I agree with you, only my 5th goes to Borderlands handsome collection.... boooombawstic game
@themcnoisy A different game? Just get Destiny again mate, you know you it should always be on your shelf
While I really enjoyed Destiny, by the time Taken King dropped I was all but through with it. After having maxed out gear and then being told to grind all over again because my ultra rare gear was no longer good was a HUGE letdown and one I eventually could not get over. I LOVE the shooting mechanics in Destiny, probably the best I have ever experienced, but it is lacking everywhere else. Loved Witcher and bloodborne and fallout of course. Also enjoyed Dying light much more than I thought I would.
@SonyInfinity Yeah that is a bit of an issue, in that a lot of your gear is basically made redundant. But that's how it goes in many online RPG's. The way I see it, if you're not playing it for the enjoyment, but playing it just to grind out the best stuff, you're setting yourself up for a fall, because you know what's gunna happen when the next expansion drops, and you'll just feel like you wasted your time. That's why I tend to just play until I've reached a point where I'm satisfied with what I have and I'm not exhausted with trying to get all the best stuff. I appreciate that tactic may not suit the completionists out there.
As an aside, they have tried to soften that blow by letting you pull your exotics through to year 2 at higher stats.
When I settled on my top five PlayStation games it felt like I'd come up with the least contraversial list ever.
Damn, were these good games though. Hopefully 2016 will be just as enjoyable.
@themcnoisy Thanks! Someone had to draw the enemy fire. I think I was pretty good at dying over and over again.
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