If this truly is the last Metal Gear game Kojima ever makes, he sure went out on a high note.Ħ.
TOP VIDEO GAMES OF 2015 SERIES
Somehow, Metal Gear Solid V is the most accessible and yet, deepest experience in the series so far. Admittedly, the story elements feel a bit lacking this time out, taking a backseat to the Mother Base building elements, but it’s not a deal-breaker by any means. By merging the espionage series with open world design for the first time, Kojima and his team at Kojima Productions took Metal Gear to the next level, delivering arguably the deepest, most engaging entry in the series to date, at least from a pure gameplay level. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS3, Xbox 360)Īlthough the publicity surrounding the game’s troubled production and the falling out between its publisher Konami and lead designer Hideo Kojima arguably made more of an impact than the game itself, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is still a heck of an accomplishment. Hopefully its success and Nintendo’s dedicated post-release support lead to this being a new franchise in the company’s already impressive catalog.ħ. And while the third-person shooting mechanics are solid enough, it’s Splatoon‘s clever use of traversal and original character designs (“I’m a kid now! I’m a squid now!”) that make Splatoon truly memorable. Splatoon is the rare shooter that de-emphasizes killing in favor of scoring points for objectives. For that reason, we have to give the nod to Splatoon as Nintendo’s best game this year, as it brought some fantastic new ideas to the arena shooter genre with its all-ages aesthetic and novel use of ink-based gameplay. While Mario Maker is an important achievement, enjoyment of what it has to offer really depends on having an affinity for sharing and designing user created content. The Wii U may have had a pretty dismal year overall, but it did get the rare gem here and there, with Super Mario Maker and Splatoon leading the charge. Leave it to Nintendo to put a totally new spin on shooters. Throw in one of the most emotionally-intense and affecting openings in recent memory and you have not only the best platformer of the year, but one of the very best games of 2015. Ori and the Blind Forest is easily one of the most beautiful games of the year, but its challenging 2D platforming remains fluid and rewarding long after the novelty of the visuals wears off (but lets be honest, they never really do).
TOP VIDEO GAMES OF 2015 PC
One of the best in this category is Ori and the Blind Forest, AKA the game that made PlayStation players jealous thanks to its Xbox and Windows PC exclusivity. Ori and the Blind Forest (Xbox One, PC)ĪAA games took most of the spotlight in 2015, but as mentioned before, this year also saw a fair number of excellent indie titles that could easily stand beside their big budget brethren. And really, the Batmobile wasn’t as bad as everyone made out it was actually kind of, dare we say it, fun…for the most part.ĩ. Featuring the most well-realized Gotham City environment yet, the same winning mix of stealth and combat gameplay, and killer production values, Arkham Knight may have had some platform-specific troubles, but overall, it was a fine addition to the critically-acclaimed Arkham series and the best superhero game of the year (not that there was much competition). The thing about Arkham Knight is that underneath all the negative publicity surrounding the wretched PC version and the mediocrity of its Batmobile segments, there’s still an awesome Batman game to be had that features a storyline that’s arguably the strongest in the series. 10. Batman Arkham Knight (PS4, Xbox One, PC – Sort of)Īlthough it had its fair share of technical issues on the PC, Batman Arkham Knight was still largely a knockout title and a fitting end to Rocksteady’s time with the series (if this indeed their last). When taking the whole year into account though, it’s hard to think of ten other games that highlight this year in gaming as well as these and for that reason, we had to go with the following picks as the best games of 2015. Trying to condense a year that saw dozens upon dozens of excellent games down to only ten is a difficult task to say the least, which is basically our way of saying that if you don’t see one of your favorite 2015 games on this list, just know that it could have easily included 25 entries and still missed some contenders. This was a year that not only saw a number of long anticipated sequels to huge franchises finally see the light of day, but also a surprising number of brand new intellectual properties that went toe-to-toe with the more established brands in terms of quality. December is just about at an end, which means that it’s time to take stock of the year that was or in this case, the sheer bounty of great games we received in 2015.
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