Game of the Year 2015

[Neon Ignition]

Game of the Year 2015

2015 is drawing to a close and it has been a notable year in gaming for a number of reasons. One of the key things it is likely to be remembered for is the number of long dreamed about revivals that have taken place, the end products of which will hit us over the coming years such as Shenmue 3, Star Fox Zero, Psychonauts 2, Final Fantasy VII and even as a homage such as Yooka Laylee. It is also the year where we started to see the horizon start to fill up with the image of a new Nintendo home console as they seek to rebuild the customer base they once held.

For me, 2015 has delivered a steady stream of games I’ve enjoyed playing but for the flip side of the coin it is the year which I will remember for having a steady string of AAA disappointments. Titles like Witcher 3, MetalGear Solid V and Battlefield Hardline, whilst technically solid, left me feeling empty inside. Not a banner year for me but not as weak as 2014 felt.

However, the year is drawing to a close and with a crammed 2016 lying ahead of us it is time to thin the ranks to come up with our game of the year voting selections.

I took the opportunity to look through some of the previous years voting threads to put together a bit of a structure for this one so we can clearly identify winners in each category. Below you will find the 2015 voting brackets.

The 2015 Game of the Year Voting Brackets are:
(Note: Voting is on a ranked/points system. Place your selections in the order you would rank them, brackets are scaled, i.e your number 1 choice receives 5 points, 2^nd choice 4 points etc. Selected games must have been released in at least one territory during 2015)

Bordersdown Game of the Year 2015
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Worst Game of the Year 2015
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Online Multiplayer Game of the Year 2015
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Most Anticipated Game of 2016
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Gaming Platform of the Year 2015
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The Biggest Gaming Company Victory Moment Award
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The Biggest Gaming Company Fail Moment Award
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The Best Game You Played This Year That Wasn’t Actually Released This Year Award
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Voting will close on: 05 January 2016

[dataDave]

Bordersdown Game of the Year 2015
1- Splatoon
2- Transformers: Devastation
3- Dariusburst CS
4- Bloodborne
5- Super Mario Maker

Worst Game of the Year 2015
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4-
5-

Online Multiplayer Game of the Year 2015
1- Splatoon
2- Super Mario Maker
3-

Most Anticipated Game of 2016
1- Fire Emblem: Fates
2- Zelda WiiU
3-

Gaming Platform of the Year 2015
1- WiiU
2- PC
3- PS4

The Biggest Gaming Company Victory Moment Award
1- Sony: E3
2- Sony: Kojima Productions
3-

The Biggest Gaming Company Fail Moment Award
1- Konami: Konami
2- Nintendo: Metroid Prime: Federation Force
3- Yu Suzuki: Cap in hand

The Best Game You Played This Year That Wasn’t Actually Released This Year Award
1- Bayonetta (Xbox360)
2- Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS)
3- Super Smash Bros 4 (WiiU)

[PaTaito]

Bordersdown Game of the Year 2015
1-Bloodborne
2-Metal Gear Solid V
3-Super Mario Maker
4-Xenoblade Chronicles X
5-Uncharted Collection - Funny how a HD collection makes my top 5, maybe not such a great year but this was a sublime technical job.

Worst Game of the Year 20159(i don't really buy crap games anymore in the age of the internet but...)
1-FIFA 16
2-Battlefield Hardline
3-COD BO3
4-Star Wars Battlefront
5-Arkham Knight PC
Online Multiplayer Game of the Year 2015
1-Rainbow Six Seige
2-Splatoon
3-Mario Maker

Most Anticipated Game of 2016
1-Dark Souls 3
2-Uncharted 4
3-Final Fantasy VII

Gaming Platform of the Year 2015
1-PS4
2-WiiU
3-PC

The Biggest Gaming Company Victory Moment Award
1-Shenmue Kickstarter
2-
3-

The Biggest Gaming Company Fail Moment Award
1-****ONAMI - HideoKojimagate.
2-
3-

The Best Game You Played This Year That Wasn’t Actually Released This Year Award
1-Counter Strike Global Offensive
2-Dark Souls 2
3-Shovel Knight

[Wools]

I hope this is allowable by the rules but I've deleted sections of the list that I can't answer such as worst games and just answered the one's that I can.

Bordersdown Game of the Year 2015
1- Forza Motorsport 6
2- Super Mario Maker
3- Yoshi's Wooly World

Online Multiplayer Game of the Year 2015
1- Forza Motorsport 6
2- Super Mario Maker
3- Bloodborne

Gaming Platform of the Year 2015
1- Xbox One
2- Wii U
3- Playstation 4

The Biggest Gaming Company Victory Moment Award
1- Shenmue III

The Biggest Gaming Company Fail Moment Award
1- Konami

The Best Game You Played This Year That Wasn?t Actually Released This Year Award
1- Super Mario 3D World
2- Titanfall
3- Halo: Master Chief Collection

[Goemon]

Could we change "worst game of the year" to "biggest disappointment"?
I've played games this year that I haven't been happy with but wouldn't consider them bad or worst

[MartyG]

Bordersdown Game of the Year 2015
1 - The Witcher III
2 - Forza Motorsport 6
3 - Fallout 4
4 - Disgaea 5
5 - Until Dawn

Worst Game of the Year 2015
1 - Elite Dangerous
2 - Motorcycle Club (not to be confused with the Drive Club DLC, still it was only a fiver, unlike Elite)
3 - Battlefront - this is not the game you're looking for, move along.
4 -
5 -

Online Multiplayer Game of the Year 2015
1 -
2 -
3 -

Most Anticipated Game of 2016
1 - No Man's Sky
2 - Mass Effect: Andromeda
3 - XCOM2

Gaming Platform of the Year 2015
1 - PC
2 - PS4
3 - Xbox One

The Biggest Gaming Company Victory Moment Award
1 -
2 -
3 -

The Biggest Gaming Company Fail Moment Award
1 - Konami. ****onami.
2 - Overkill Software - the microtransactions they said Pay Day 2 would never have
3 - Everyone who's put "fee to pay" microtransactions in AAA games.

The Best Game You Played This Year That Wasn’t Actually Released This Year Award
1 - Skyrim, I still play this game.
2 -
3 -

[QualityChimp]

Yet again, I've only bought one game that was released this year.
One game!

This means I can't really vote on:
Worst Game of the Year 2015
Online Multiplayer Game of the Year 2015

However, IMHO...

Bordersdown Game of the Year 2015
1- Transformers: Devastation (Nostalgia, great gameplay and deep fighting mechanics)

Most Anticipated Game of 2016
1- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Enjoyed Human Revolution and this looks real purdy
2- Cuphead - Such a unique aesthetic and it totally looks like an old cartoon. An old trippy cartoon
3- No Man's Sky - I need to know if this is just the gaming equivalent of staring at a Win95 "Starfield" screensaver

Gaming Platform of the Year 2015
1- 360 - 2nd-hand games are cheap and the Games With Gold have been excellent
2- PS3 - Caned Amazon Video, BluRays and YouTube, but LOVED playing LEGO Marvel with my son
3- Android - Primarily for Marvel Puzzle Quest which I've played almost daily

The Biggest Gaming Company Victory Moment Award
1- Microsoft - Backwards-compatibility and actually listening to consumers means I'm finally tempted by a One
2- Sony - That E3 showing was pretty good with FFVII remake and Shenmue III announcements plus Morpheus info
3- XSEED - localising a bunch of Japanese games including Earth Defense Force 4.1!

The Biggest Gaming Company Fail Moment Award
1- SXSW - Cancelling a Gamergate discussion panel after threats of violence.
2- Konami - Cancelling all AAA titles except Pro Evo, terrible work practices and the treatment of Kojima
3- Destiny - Without The Taken King, players were locked out of previously accessible modes and weapons borked
4- Sony - The high prices of PS2 games on PS4, even if you paid for them on PS3

The Best Game You Played This Year That Wasn?t Actually Released This Year Award
1- Fallout New Vegas (360)
2- Marvel Puzzle Quest (Android)
3- LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (PS3)
4- Deus Ex (360)

[Zen Monkey]

Bordersdown Game of the Year 2015

1 - Super Mario Maker
2 - Bloodborne
3 - Splatoon
4 - Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 2
5 - Yoshi's Woolly World

Worst Game of the Year 2015
1 - Metal Gear Solid V (PS4)
2 - F1 2015 (PS4)
3 -
4 -
5 -

Online Multiplayer Game of the Year 2015
1 - Super Mario Maker
2 - Splatoon
3 - Mario Kart DLC Pack 2

Most Anticipated Game of 2016
1 - Zelda Wii U
2 - Dark Souls III
3 - Zelda Twilight Princess HD Remaster

Gaming Platform of the Year 2015
1 - Wii U
2 -
3 -

The Biggest Gaming Company Victory Moment Award
1 -
2 -
3 -

The Biggest Gaming Company Fail Moment Award
1 - Sony: PS4 now two years old, still so few fun games
2 - Nintendo: very little on the horizon for Wii U

The Best Game You Played This Year That Wasn?t Actually Released This Year Award
1 - Bayonetta (Wii U)
2 - Mario Kart 8
3 - Team Fortress 2 (XB360)

[Anpanman]

Yet again, I've only bought one game that was released this year.
One game!

Me too young man.

Mine then is;
Bordersdown Game of the Year 2015
1- Earth Defence Force 4.1 (PS4)

[Neon Ignition]

Bordersdown Game of the Year 2015
1-Rise of the Tomb Raider
2-Life is Strange
3-Fallout 4
4-Batman: Arkham Knight
5-Until Dawn

Worst Game of the Year 2015
1-Afterfall: Reconquest
2-Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed
3-Saints Row: Gat out of Hell
4-Sunset
5-Homesick

Online Multiplayer Game of the Year 2015
1-Rainbow Six: Siege
2-Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
3-Star Wars: Battlefront

Most Anticipated Game of 2016
1-Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
2-Forza Horizon 3
3-Cuphead

Gaming Platform of the Year 2015
1-Xbox One
2-PC
3-Playstation 4

The Biggest Gaming Company Victory Moment Award
1-Sony at E3
2-Rare Replay and its cheap price point/success
3-Sony and the sales success of Playstation 4

The Biggest Gaming Company Fail Moment Award
1-Konami's entire year
2-Nintendo's poor handling of WiiU
3-Tecmo's poor handling of the PC market

The Best Game You Played This Year That Wasn’t Actually Released This Year Award
1-Outrun 2006
2-Sunset Overdrive
3-Mario Kart 8

Special Mention: Splatoon
Answered my concerns and was good fun. Still not a fan of the way Nintendo handled the content roll out but it was a single gem amongst a wall to wall weak year for the Big N

[ETC]

Bordersdown Game of the Year 2015
1-Rise of the tomb raider
2-Yakuza 5
3-Fallout 4
4-Until Dawn
5-Witcher 3

Worst Game of the Year 2015
1-Metal Gear Solid 5
2-FIFA 16
3-Halo 5
4-Bloodborne
5-
Online Multiplayer Game of the Year 2015
1-Destiny Taken King
2-
3-

Most Anticipated Game of 2016
1-No mans sky
2-Quantum Break
3-Uncharted 4

Gaming Platform of the Year 2015
1-Xbox one
2-PS4
3-

The Biggest Gaming Company Victory Moment Award
1-Sony @ E3
2-Me buying an Xbox one
3-

The Biggest Gaming Company Fail Moment Award
1-Nintendo in general
2-
3-

The Best Game You Played This Year That Wasn’t Actually Released This Year Award
1-Yakuza 5
2-Destiny Taken King
3-The Last Of Us

[Yakumo]

Bordersdown Game of the Year 2015
1-The Witcher III
2-Forza 6
3-Metal Gear Solid 5
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5-

Worst Game of the Year 2015
1-Transformers Devastation - (needed twice the content it had)
2-All sports games bar racing
3-
4-
5-

Online Multiplayer Game of the Year 2015
1-Star Wars Battle Front
2-Forza 6
3-

Most Anticipated Game of 2016
1-Quantum Break
2-
3-

Gaming Platform of the Year 2015
1-Xbox one
2-
3-

The Biggest Gaming Company Victory Moment Award
1-Xbox One finally dropping the stupid Kinect
2-Xbox One backwards compatability
3-

The Biggest Gaming Company Fail Moment Award
1-Nintendo in general
2-Konami for beeing total arse heads about everything this year.
3-

The Best Game You Played This Year That Wasn’t Actually Released This Year Award
1-EDF 4
2-Daytona USA (360)
3-Marvel Vs Capcom 3 (play that a lot with my son)

[Darwock]

I am also in the one game this year camp. Technically two, because of Lego Dimensions, but I have partially shelved that until the latter few packs I want are released next year, so it hasn't been thoroughly played enough to comment.

Bordersdown Game of the Year 2015
1-Transformers Devastation


Most Anticipated Game of 2016
1-Ace Combat 7

Gaming Platform of the Year 2015
1-PS2
2-PS3

The Biggest Gaming Company Victory Moment Award
1-Sony's triple whammy at E3

The Biggest Gaming Company Fail Moment Award
1-Namco/Konami/Capcom's continued suckage

The Best Game You Played This Year That Wasn?t Actually Released This Year Award
1-Guitar Freaks and Drummania Masterpiece Silver
2-Gradius V
3-Tearaway

[charlesr]

Bordersdown Game of the Year 2015
1- Dirt Rally - 10/10. After driving games lost their way, this is a return to form. It's special.
2- Rare Replay - So much coolness for so little price
3-


Online Multiplayer Game of the Year 2015
1- Battlefield 4 - The continued support with new levels and fixes has made up for the initial train crash
2-
3-

Most Anticipated Game of 2016
1- Dirt Rally Xbox One
2-
3-

Gaming Platform of the Year 2015
1- Xbox One
2-
3-

The Best Game You Played This Year That Wasn?t Actually Released This Year Award
1- Battlefield 4. Hard to believe how long this has been out. The latest map (Legacy Operations Dragon Valley) is amazing. So many flags, destructible bits and fun bits.

[Adam]

Bordersdown Game of the Year 2015
1- Bloodborne
2- Dying Light
3- Metal Gear Solid V
4- Mario Maker
5- Rocket League

Worst Game of the Year 2015
1- Resident Evil Revelations 2
2- Assassin's Creed Syndicate
3- Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
4- FIFA 16

Online Multiplayer Game of the Year 2015
1- Divinity Original Sin: EE

Most Anticipated Game of 2016
1- Street Fighter V
2- Dark Souls III
3- Uncharted 4

Gaming Platform of the Year 2015
1- PlayStation 4
2- PC
3- Wii U

The Biggest Gaming Company Victory Moment Award
1- Final Fantasy VII announcement
2- Shenmue 3 announcement
3- Tekken 7 - Akuma announcement

The Biggest Gaming Company Fail Moment Award
1- Konami + Kojima
2- WB Games - Batman Arkham Knight on PC
3- Censorship - Street Fighter V, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Fatal Frame

The Best Game You Played This Year That Wasn?t Actually Released This Year Award
1- Minecraft Xbox One
2- Uncharted Nathan Drake Collection
3- Final Fantasy X HD