I guess there has to be a game of the year, as in the best game that came out opposed to a memorable game that came out. If it was the latter, then I would have no votes for PC games because there is absolutly no game that came out this year that I will think back on as a game that I had a lot of fun with.
However, to rate the best of the ones I played:
PC Games:
PC:
I’d mostly given up on really getting into RTSs, let alone games set in World War 2, but CoH showed me that I could love again. I didn’t play many games that came out this year. Of those that I did, I played DEFCON and enjoyed it, but I don’t think it was good enough to be second behind CoH. I also played a fair amount of Oblivion, but by the end I was disgusted with it. Oh, and GalCiv2, which I had some fun with, but in the end the weird economics prevented me from enjoying it.
Edit: Oh, I forgot about Dwarf Fortress! That was pretty fun.
CONSOLE
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Wii Sports
Winning Eleven 9 (though not as good as 8)
Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime (will be moved to handheld if that opens up)
Excite Truck
PC
Company of Heroes
Railroads (shocker!!)
Defcon
This post will be edited as I ponder!
PC:
LoTR: BfME 2, HL2: Ep1, DMoMM, and Call of Cthulhu all had their moments, but not GoTY material.
Console:
My 360 is gathering dust. Maybe Gears of War, or Dead Rising but the analog controls and save-game schemes make me want to put my hands in a blender.
CONSOLE
Final Fantasy XII
Disgaea II
…
…
…
(no Xbox 360 for me yet, so my list is kinda wanting there)
PC
Company of Heroes
Oblivion
Defcon
Dark Crusade
Dominions 3
I kind of think GOTY should be something special, so a lot of games are eliminated.
CONSOLE:
Dead Rising
Gears of War
PC:
Oblivion
Company of Heroes
HL2E1
Games that didn’t make the cut:
Saints Row: Good, but it really is just a GTA clone.
R6: Vegas: Really fun, but the bugs just disqualify it
NWN2: Same as Vegas - really fun but so very very buggy.
PC
Console
PC
WOW (I know it was released in 2004)
Dominions 3
NWN 2
Oblivion
COH
Console
I didnt play anything great on one this year
Console
1.) Dead Rising (360)
2.) Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
3.) Saint’s Row (360)
4.) Gears of War (360)
5.) Rainbow Six: Vegas (360)
PC
1.) Dominions 3
2.) Dwarf Fortress (would be #1 if it was more than an alpha/pre-beta)
3.) Battlefield 2142
4.) Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
5.) (no more worthy entries)
WoW is my GotY as well. The 1.12 and 2.0 patches specifically were when the PvP game really came into its own.
Console
1.) Oblivion (360)
2.) Gears of War (360)
3.) Lego Star Wars II (360)
4.) Dead Rising (360)
5.) Tomb Raider: Legend (360)
PC
1.) Oblivion
2.) Rise of Legends
3.) -
4.) -
5.) -
Really slim pickins on the PC this year. There’s a few great titles, but not much else.
PC (I only play older console games, when they get cheap)
CONSOLE
PC
Console*:
Console:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
PC:
Console
[ol]
[li]Gears of War (360)
[/li][li]Rainbow Six: Vegas (360)
[/li][li]Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2)
[/li][li]GRAW (360)
[/li][li]Black (Xbox)
[/li][/ol]
CONSOLE
1 - Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
I’m not going to mention the only other game I played that qualified for this because it just doesn’t deserve to be considered.
Console
PC
PC:
1)Command and Conquer: the first decade. (Depressing I know, but it’s either this or WoW.)
2) Probably NWN2 if I ever play it.
Console:
1)FFXII - GotY
2)Dead Rising
3)MGS3:Subsistence
4)Tales of the Abyss
5)Zelda:TP