Game of the Year is a title awarded by various websites, and shows to a deserving game. Many publications award a single "Game of the Year" to a single title that they feel represents the pinnacle of gaming achievement that year.
Dragon Age: Inquisition, developed by BioWare, is the third installment in the cherished Dragon Age series. It represents a major evolution from its predecessor, Dragon Age II, incorporating elements that were well-loved in the original Dragon Age: Origins but also introducing new features that stand on their own. While Inquisition improves upon Dragon Age II in many respects, it falls short of the exceptional standards set by Origins.
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"And lastly, famous Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling helped to create the action-RPG’s setting. What’s really fascinating, though, is that the game was partially financed by taxpayers from Rhode Island (which allegedly lost the state millions of dollars). Yikes!"
1. Now infamous Schilling
2. No allegedly, it did. And they couldn't pay it back.
3. What really lost the money wasn't the SP release but the MMO they were working on. This was supposed to be an introduction into the MMO world.
I hate counting limited editions for these lists. I mean, they're made to be rare and expensive. It's far more interesting to hear about the NCAAs (even if most people know that one already) and the El Chavos than some massive hit that came with a $200 statue at retail.
Most Xbox games don’t hold as much value compared to other systems. Kameo, Blue Dragon, Last Remnant , and a handful or 2 of other games that I kept.
One of the biggest TV and movie tropes in the last decade has been the multiverse, the idea of exploring multiple dimensions to uncover alternate versions of existing ideas. From both a business and creative perspective, it makes sense why established franchises are shaking things up in this way.
However, there aren't many video games latching on to this trend, as rendering multiple worlds in real-time is a difficult feat and the medium is relatively young in comparison to its contemporaries, making crossover opportunities more difficult. Still, there are a few great titles that manage enough to overcome these challenges, and here are some of the best examples.
While I love someone mentioning Planescape, not really multiverse. Planes and dimensions, yes. But, they are typically their own locations and are very rarely tied to another 'verse' let alone another plane. The only things that are directly tied are the ethereal and material planes. Otherwise, they are dimensions created of their own design and goals by the creator/owner and not comprised of 'their own version of another dimension'.
Dragon Age: Inquisition and Destiny one of the best games this year.
So far Freedom Wars. Every other game this year had some glaring flaw that held it back.
Destiny was hella fun but incomplete. With more mission variety, yeah. Maybe a CTF at the very least.
Unity had too many glitches and the enemy guns are op.
Inquisition feels like I'm doing a lot of nothing and I don't like the Power Point system.
Far Cry 4 needed more Pagan Min and less Badgers.
Freedom Wars is an interesting title with a unique story and I can co-op my way through the campaign. The combat is fun, the grapple is a great tool, I love hanging off of enemies to sever their arms or pulling their feet out from under them.
I haven't played Xrd yet and won't be able to until the new year.
Dragon Age Inquisition
Close second: Wolfenstein/Shadow Of Mordor
My Candidates for GOTY 2014 are:
1st MIddle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2nd Dragon Age: Inquisition
3rd Far Cry 4
4th Alien: Isolation
5th Wolfenstein: The New Order
Honorable mentions:
Dark Souls II
South Park: The stick of Truth
Divinity: Original Sin
Fail of the year:
Assassin's Creed: Unity
1. Mordor
2. Dragon Age
3. Far Cry
Other GREAT Games
Bioshock
SSOD
FH2
HMCC
GTA 5
TLOU
Bayonetta
SSBM
Mario Cart
Titanfall
Wolf
Alien
South Park
Wow, pretty decent year for games!!!
Mordor or Dragon Age are #1. Mordor must be specified as only on PC, Xone or PS4. Mordor had revolutionary gameplay with the Nemesis system, and amazing combat mechanics. But it became very repetitive towards the last half. Dragon Age is EPIC. But it would have been a better game if the cut out about 50 hours of BS, and made it tighter. Collecting herbs and metal becomes really boring.
Halo MCC can't be a contender because of online issues. TLOU remastered just isn't different enough from last year's GOTY. I don't think anything else can come close to making a case.
A driving game can't be GOTY, nor can a fighter. There goes FH2. SSOD and Wolf are fun as hell, but just not deep enough. Far Cry 4 should win best GFX, but I don't think it does enough new stuff to be GOTY. Maybe runner up #3.