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The best games of 2014 are actually from 2013 - and that's okay

If there was one key message to take from last month's E3, it was that 2015 is going to be a proper treat. The roll call of games coming out next year is just dizzying - Halo 5: Guardians! Bloodborne! Xenoblade Chronicles X! - and it's all so exciting that even some of what were set to be this year's biggest games didn't want to be left out, with the likes of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Batman: Arkham Knight slipping back to get involved in the throng.

2014, though? Well, that's a slightly different story. It's not exactly going to be short on spectacle - I've found myself pining for Destiny's space-scapes so much they've begun to enter my dreams; Far Cry 4 is everything I'd wish for from the increasingly absurd series and Alien: Isolation looks set to be a nightmarish delight - but it's lacking a little in sparkle, and in drama.

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ritsuka6663575d ago

Nope. Not even close of this...

ArchangelMike3575d ago

Well one of the GOTY contenders this year is a game from last year, so...

FlameHawk3574d ago

The Last of Us is an amazing game and it was my 2013 game of the year but it's not going to be my 2014 game, not even in the list.

ArchangelMike3574d ago (Edited 3574d ago )

@FlameHawk

I did not mention which game was released last year and was deserving of GOTY this year!

The fact that you immediately thought of The Last of Us is your assumption, and is very telling about how well you rate the game. :)

BillmadeAGate3575d ago

Agreed, Shodow of Mordor an The Crew are my vote for GOTY

Outlaw19863574d ago

How can those be your choices if they aren't even out yet?

BillmadeAGate3574d ago

@Outlaw

Because dude I played both floor demos for these games at e3.. I was also really impressed with Alien an Sunset Overdrive but wouldn't consider them GOTY material.

fermcr3574d ago (Edited 3574d ago )

So many articles trying to justify all these remastered games editions. Unbelievable!

Most gaming journalists are corrupt. With money you can buy reviews and stupid articles like this. Everything's allowed just to sell more copies of games and consoles. Eurogamer... shame on you.

showtimefolks3574d ago

in no particular order i will enjoy these games as they come

TLOU HD
Destiny
Middle Earth
Drice club
Farcry 4
GTA5 HD
Dragon age

HD remakes have their place in gaming so instead of complaining just don't buy those games. NO one is forcing people to rebuy TLOU or GTA5

also to people who say no new games in 2014 besides my list:

Halo collection
forza horizon 2
LBP3
Sunset overdrive
BF:Hardline
COD
AC:Unity

so how is it that we have no new games when we will be jammed pack for fall 2014?

ArchangelMike3574d ago (Edited 3574d ago )

Destiny is the only real GOTY contender for me this year, all the other may be great games, but c'mon the best game releasing theis year is Destiny hands down. In my humble 'NG4' opinion ofcourse :)

DoomeDx3571d ago

LittleBigPlanet 3 for me! Cant wait to play that game. The amount of hours I put into LittleBigPlanet 2 are just..embarrassing lol. Over 900 hours.

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Xof3574d ago

Silly console gamers. Divinity: Original Sin is one of the best RPGs in decades, and even it looks to face some decent (maybe?) competition later this year in the form of Pillars of Eternity.

edqe3574d ago

Not only Pillars of Eternity but Wasteland 2, Civilization: Beyond Earth, Xenonauts and many others.

I very much agree that D:OS is one the best RPGs for a long long time. It doesn't help - big titles like DA3 will score better and get more attention no matter of what. Big publishers, AAA-titles and console games gets most attention and highest scores by default.

Articles like these are quite funny at best. They shows me quite nicely how far mainstream gaming is from my preferences of gaming; 4X, simulation, complex RPGs, grand strategy, etc.

Bigpappy3574d ago (Edited 3574d ago )

Divinity has been around for a very long time. I hope you are right about it a great RPG. Those before this release were simple and boring to play. Hopefully the series has a new lead game designer.

But yeah. People are getting way too excited at play old games on their new console. I want new experiences. I have plenty of old games on my old system. I want to play old games there is no need for me to rebuy them with a new coat of paint. Remakes should be very cheap, but these money grabbers want almost the same, or the same price of new games. Some gamers seem to think they are worth it, but I am yet to buy a remake. Lets see in the Master Chief collection changes that.

HeWhoWalks3574d ago

If you don't want "old games" to play on your new console, don't buy them. Simple.

Volkama3574d ago (Edited 3574d ago )

Not only that, if a PC gamer wants to play their favourite PC games in a higher resolution and framerate they are not asked to buy that game again.

Or in a more fair example, Metro 2033 Redux is adding more than just better performance. Owners of the first game recently had the opportunity to upgrade that edition to the redux for £8. And that's forgetting the fact that most of them bought that original for about £2.50 in the first place!

Remakes are a rip, perhaps excluding the Halo MCC (because 4 full retail console games is undoubtedly better value than 1).

But as Tedakin said below, people would be less bothered and less vocal about remakes if they were served alongside fresh new games, which there still aren't enough of on either console.

Xof3571d ago

Well, we are occasionally asked for that, but it's a lot easier to pony up the money for Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition or Rise of Nations HD when you can still install the game off the original discs or d/l it from GOG whenever ya' want.

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Tedakin3574d ago (Edited 3574d ago )

It's not okay if you already beat them all last year and have no interest in re-buying and replaying them, and there are hardly any great new games coming this year.

Locknuts3574d ago

The hype around TLOU remastered is making me want to blow the dust off my PS3, but not buy a PS4.

Tedakin3574d ago

Yeah Last of Us is obviously a great game, but I just beat it less than a year ago. And I still have it and my PS3...

bloodybutcher3574d ago

It is ok, because nobody is forcing you to buy them, duh. You always have a choice, don't act like it's a horrible thing.

BattleAxe3574d ago

It's ridiculous to see all these articles trying to justify remastered games not even a full year into the new console cycle. The gaming scene is going down hill fast.

468893373574d ago (Edited 3574d ago )

The irony is, the same people who whine about how last gen is holding next gen back are the main ones hyping up and justifying these remasters of last gen title from barely a year ago.

Agent_hitman3574d ago

Is it not wrong to say that Remastered games ruined the Current generation of consoles??.. Rather than to make entirely new IPs and games, most of the developers and 1st party were just remastering all the games that they had released.

MysticStrummer3574d ago

So many time travelers on N4G, and so little useful information brought back.

: /

OT - It's been a generally slow year all around so far, and the remakes are helping to fill the space. Within a couple of months things will start looking up at least a little, and next year looks bright indeed.

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GTA 5’s cut “James Bond Trevor” DLC was already part-shot, actor says

The GTA 5 Agent Trevor DLC episode could have been a real treat for fans on PlayStation and Xbox, before it was scrubbed sometime before 2017.

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Killer2020UK2d ago

More interested in money than giving fans what they want. Such a shame

CrimsonWing692d ago

With the amount of money they generated, I just don’t understand the scrubbing of this. It would’ve been fantastic for fans.

Profchaos2d ago

I really want to know who drove the decision to focus on multiplayer was it Rockstar or take two.

Because when online started taking off many of the studio leads began having falling outs and leading including a founder

Demetrius1d 17h ago

Ikr mfs that greedy it's ridiculous

andy852d ago

This makes me sad. Trevor was one of my favourite characters in gaming

Demetrius1d 17h ago

One of the reason I believe once gta 6 release, most of us thoroughly play it, enjoy the world they crafted then after that no offline support, no dlc at all

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Grand Theft Auto V PC Optimized: Best Graphics Settings in 2024

Grand Theft Auto V was released on PC on the 14th of April 2015. That means the game will be nine years old in four days, and it’s still among the most-played titles on Steam. With a 24-hour peak of 145K players, it’s as popular as Baldur’s Gate 3, Apex: Legends, and Destiny 2.

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The Best Open World Adventures In Gaming History

The freedom to explore large areas, approach objectives in multiple ways, and stumble across amusing distractions will always be an excellent format for video games, but some do it better than others. To celebrate the formula and parse the best from the best, have a look at the best open-world games of all time so far.

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