At the tail end of the Christmas holidays, we asked you to vote on your favourite PlayStation game of 2015 – then your humble host went to the dentist, had his gob eviscerated, and… Well, forgot. But fortunately we've been reminded by one outspoken The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt fan to inform you that CD Projekt Red's excellent open world outing topped our poll. Surprise!
Geralt saddled up and raced away with an early lead, but Bloodborne did start to mount a small comeback. From Software's lavish Lovecraftian adventure finished in second place, with Fallout 4 taking the third spot. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain came fourth, while Rocket League – which came second in our countdown – tied with Until Dawn in fifth. Six per cent of you voted for a game not in our poll, however.
So, that's it – Game of the Year is done and dusted. It's worth noting that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt also won our forum poll, so we're sure that you're all gagging for us to describe it as the people's choice or something like that. All in all, it was clearly a strong year for games – especially when you consider that Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor somehow won last time.
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well it wasn't my game of the year but i can see why it won
I think fallout would have struggled to get in the top 5 if it released earlier in the year. Timing is everything.
@themcnoisy I tend to agree. I certainly don't think it would have got such a strong share of the votes.
@get2sammyb
You're the best!
Nice to see that you lot have taste.
Just got he PS4 and this was the first title I bought. Great game- smooth layout, and TONS of depth in character customization. A true RPG. My only gripe is the controls are a bit funky in battle and when moving around- it always feels lm moving father than I intend.
I'm glad until dawn turned out to be decent, the therapist sections reminded me of silent hill shattered memories.
Meh...fallout 4 or bust IMO. I can agree that Witcher is a showcase of master class development, but the whole fantasy setting is a little burned out for me personally. Either way I can understand why it was voted GOTY but I have more fun playing fallout.
Congrats. Wasn't mine. Bloodborne, baby.
As much as I loved bloodborne I have to say witcher gets my vote. The crazy part is that i didn't really like it at first but after second try I got hooked. Story is great, combat/gameplay is really fun, graphics are superb; Sometimes a game gets it right with 2 or 1 out of those three but the witcher got it all. Not only is this game of the year for me but it's shaping up to be one of my fav game of all time... And this is coming from a souls/bloodborne fanboy
That's a good list, fallout is slightly better than the rest put together though. Dragon Age Inquisition should have won last year, disgrace.
Due to work/family commitments I certainly don't have time to finish the witcher so had to part ex it unfortunately. Currently playing uncharted collection and its so refreshing to play a game that is not open world
The Witcher 3 is by far my game of this generation so far and set the standard for RPG's. Fallout 4 in my eyes didn't come close. Although good, its not that much of a progression from 3 and New Vegas. Whilst those games were good too, I had hoped 4 would take it to the next level. It feels like '3' but with a few extras 'bolted' on (construction - which feels clunky and the crafting which is OK) but hardly the leap forward. I know there is a case of 'if it ain't broke' but for me it doesn't live up to the standards set in the Witcher 3.
The amount of detail and sheer beauty of the world created is incredible. Some of the vistas are simply breathtaking particularly as the sun sets. The buildings look as though each one was built individually and by different builders - not one looks like it has been cut and pasted. Novigrad looks like its a city that has been built up and expanding out over centuries and feels like its an active and lived in place. The whole world feels like its a dynamic, living breathing world, that life continues going about its daily business whether you are there to see it or not. It feels like things evolve over the course of your game-play and even based on some of the decisions and actions you make. Decisions you make often have consequences - not always apparent at the time and certainly not 'good/bad' - some may good for a certain group but bad for another but generally there is no right/wrong. The vast supporting cast are equally well fleshed out with their own personality and stories and all seem to be - I want to say Human although not all are technically but I hope you know what I mean. The combat is excellent - maybe not quite as good as a game whose primary focus is on Combat but excellent none the less. You certainly don't buy a Witcher game primarily for its Combat but its Story! Its no wonder that its many peoples Game of the Year and totally deserved.
@BAMozzy - The Witcher 3 is the best looking RPG I have ever played. I'll take long breaks from it and come back and still have WOW look at that moments.
The next expansion is supposed to be a whole new area and I can't wait to explore it...
As much as im enjoying the witcher i think sometimes the effects are little bit ott, like the sunsets, at times they are just too much and look kind of ugly so it detracts from other areas like the buildings for example, there's a few other things that make me think the effects are just too much at times...dragon inquisition maybe just edges it for me in the looks department
@get2sammyb
Ouch! Somebody's regretting his 2014 GOTY pick.
Hahah, I know how you feel. I literally forced people to buy SoM last year, the nemesis system just struck the right cord, but after this year I feel silly. I actually did a bit earlier when a friend of mine who is a mathematician (which might as well be called magician) explained to me that the way they do it isn't as impressive as I believed it was. I pretended to listen to the story he told about why afterwards, but in my mind I was slaughtering orcs before he could say "algorithm".
@Boerewors
Totally agree that if Middle Earth has been released in 2015, it would have a hard fight against Batman: Arkham City, Super Mario Maker, and Until Dawn....
..let's not even mention MGS V, Bloodborne, Fallout 4, and Witcher 3.
@Boerewors I don't think Sammy put any of his personal votes towards Mordor in 2014, mind - it just ended up in a lot of people's top three games (mine included).
@ShogunRok
I know, but I pictured a scenario more like this:
You all hand in your top 3 on paper and stand before Sammy's huge brown hard wooden desk, while he gently pets his iguana. He puts his pet on the ground, looks at the pieces of paper and suddenly swipes them all of the table while screaming "NOOOO". He then picks up the Iguana, bites off his head, spits it on the desk before you and then says: "Shadow of Mordor...anyone got a problem with that?".
I wonk uoy t'nac tnemmoc ereh, liam em fi er'uoy ni elbuort...
Most immersive experience ever!
My name is Lola and I hear you have a monster problem.
Looking back at 2014, I really don't see how it's surprising that Shadow of Mordor won, @get2sammyb (I noticed you've been mentioning it after several articles). It certainly had its problems, but it was arguably among the top five best games that year without question, especially considering we were hardly alone in that opinion.
Like, you got Inquisition, Dark Souls II, Transistor, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Alien: Isolation...not much else I can think of. :/ Now, it IS a TRAVESTY that The New Order didn't even make our list.
Anyway, I say I like this lineup a bit better than our own Top 10 list. Nice choices, readers!
@get2sammyb Yeah, having only just played it recently, 2014 must have been horrendous if Shadow of Mordor was all anyone could come up with for GotY last year.
@DrJoeystein I just think it shows how weak last year was in general really. I doubt Mordor would have got in our Top Five this year, and it would have struggled to break the Top Ten in my opinion.
No slight against Mordor.
@get2sammyb Oh, totally agree with that. Like I insinuated, 2014 was kind of weak for PlayStation. If it had come out this year, it would've definitely been around 4-7 on this year's list I'd reckon, but I get why SoM was praised so much in 2014. Looking back at it, I probably would've given it an 8. But I'd personally give it an 8.5. Not quite a 9. I was willing to forgive some of its shortcomings, but I get why some weren't so willing to do that!
@DrJoeystein
Agree with the 8.5 for Middle Earth, great combat and light RPG mechanics........but the actual game world was rather mediocre and samey, especially when its held up against the big 2015 titles.
Couldn't agree more on any list that has Witcher 3 on the top of it. For me it came at a time when I was disillusioned with open world games and western RPGs, Dragon Age didn't hit the spots I wanted it to yet this game utterly smashed it. I'd previously played both Witcher 1 and 2 before and went into this the same way as I did them, no knowledge & no prior hype. It's now January and i'm still exploring it, got Heart of Stone still to play through and I'v actually tracked down some of the novels to further my enjoyment.
After Witcher 2 I always felt this was the western RPG series for me, 3 just confirmed it and i'll sing it's praises to anyone who'll listen! Bring on Blood & Wine!.
Like finding out who Revan was in KoTOR, CJ waking up in Whetstone in San Andreas or first arriving at the Citadel in Mass Effect, Geralt waking on the shores of Skellige was one of those gaming moments I'll never forget.
@ApostateMage totally agree, I really wasn't ready for Skellige especially when you zoom out on the map and realize just how vast the area is!
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