Action-adventure games provided hours of pulse-pounding action this year.
While we respected Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, our votes were primarily divided between Rise of the Tomb Raider, a timed Xbox One exclusive, and another exclusive: the PS4’s Bloodborne.
“Forget Master Chief. Forget Marcus Fenix. Lara Croft is the ultimate reason to own an Xbox One. Surpassing Crystal Dynamics’ franchise reboot in 2013 in almost every way,Rise is a stunning example of adventure gaming in 2015. Not only that, but it’s a very strong contender for my personal Game of the Year,” Leo wrote in his review. Foreshadowing for our final GOTY award, perhaps?
As for Bloodborne, I’m awful at it, but I appreciated it nonetheless. Not as much as you all seemed to, of course, and certainly not as much as Leo. Still, it’s deserving.
Stay tuned for more GOTY tomorrow.
Stevivor’s Game of the Year 2015
- Best re-release or remaster: Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (tie)
- Best sports title: Rocket League
- Best side-scroller: Ori and the Blind Forest
- Best shooter: Destiny “The Taken King”, Halo 5: Guardians and Rainbow Six: Siege (tie)
- Best toys-to-life or peripheral: Guitar Hero Live
- Best primarily online title: Destiny “The Taken King”
- Best handheld: Fallout Shelter
- Best racer: Forza Motorsport 6
- Best action-adventure: Rise of the Tomb Raider and Bloodborne (tie)
- Best RPG: Up next!
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