Ah, 2015. What a year, full of amazing games, brilliant headlines… and of course, total and utter flops. Enter the Wooden Spoon.
A wonderful Aussie tradition, it basically mocks the worst of the worst. Fittingly, Stevivor’s picked out two very deserving recipients for 2015: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 and Konami as a whole.
Tony Hawk’s is actually good — now — but a woeful launch simply cannot be forgiven. Activision Blizzard should have simply delayed release rather than offering up the bulk of the game as a (still broken) day one patch. It’s as easy as that.
While we mostly love the open world craziness that is Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, we’re not about to forgive Konami for all the weirdness around it. Simply put, Hideo Kojima‘s treatment by the publisher over the past year is inexcusable.
We start 2016 with a bang tomorrow, awarding Stevivor’s overall Game of the Year 2015.
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: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- The Wooden Spoon: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 and Konami (tie)
- Overall GOTY 2015: Up next!
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