Was there a worse year?

Because I think this was the worst year.

Quote from: Sαndtrap on October 23, 2016, 11:46:34 PM

Beside the obvious point that I'm limited to playing games at the moment?

I can't really say. Not any worse than last year. Or the year before. Or the year before that. It's been one long haul from one little gem to the next.

2015 was a decent year. Lots of well-received games--Witcher 3, Bloodborne, Undertale, Life is Strange, Splatoon, Mario Maker.
2014 was okay. Smash, Bayonetta 2, Shovel Knight--lots of mediocre stuff, but few major disappointment.
2013 was good. The Last of Us, Grand Theft Auto V, Metro, Battlefield 4, Pokémon, Zelda, Dota 2.

2016 has... uh, Dark Souls 3?... In general, it was a year of mass disappointment, delays, and stagnation.

I don't rate years based off what other folks like. I rate them based off what I've managed to play.

Take a guess on how big my game library is.

2014

Both praised and games I enjoy a lot.

And yeah fair enough on the re-releases

Also, keep in mind the ratio of good games to major disappointments, as well. Homefront, Mirror's Edge, Quantum Break, The Division, Star Fox Zero, Deus Ex, Street Fighter V (launch), and (of course) No Man's Sky.

Every year has its good games, but 2016 appears to have had the highest concentration of disappointing or straight-up bad games in a long time. It may just pile up, too, depending on how well games like Pokémon, Persona 5, and the Last Guadian fare, among others.

Quote from: THE ULTIMATE LIFEFORM on October 24, 2016, 01:20:07 AM

The Video Game Crash of 1983.

To be fair, Nintendo saved video games in the exact same year that the market crashed.

The crash lasted from 1983 to 1985.

Quote from: THE ULTIMATE LIFEFORM on October 24, 2016, 01:20:07 AM

The Video Game Crash of 1983.

To be fair, Nintendo saved video games in the exact same year that the market crashed.

edit:
Never mind, it wasn't out in America until 1985.

Still, the crash was strictly an American thing--video games were still thriving in Nipple Land.

"Nipple Land"

Verb, that's by far the best thing you've ever said. I salute you.

It's been a decent year for RTS so a decent year for me.

The year in which Owlboy is released couldn't possibly be the worst.

Quote from: Luciana on October 24, 2016, 12:58:32 AM

Both praised and games I enjoy a lot.

And yeah fair enough on the re-releases

Also, keep in mind the ratio of good games to major disappointments, as well. Homefront, Mirror's Edge, Quantum Break, The Division, Star Fox Zero, Deus Ex, Street Fighter V (launch), and (of course) No Man's Sky.

Every year has its good games, but 2016 appears to have had the highest concentration of disappointing or straight-up bad games in a long time. It may just pile up, too, depending on how well games like Pokémon, Persona 5, and the Last Guadian fare, among others.

While it could be too early to tell, I've not seen much positivity regarding the new Call of Duty's beta. And Titanfall 2's Technical Test only got a lukewarm reception (Though I'm remaining positive as Respawn have gone to great lengths to adjust the game to player feedback on that one).

2002 and 2012, respectively.

2014 was pretty bad, this year at least has DOOM, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and Pokemon Sun and Moon, with any luck Titanfall 2 as well while 2014 only really had Binding of Isaac Rebirth and Alien Isolation

Titanfall was pretty good too.

Quote from: Spartan on October 24, 2016, 09:00:14 AM

2014 was pretty bad, this year at least has DOOM, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and Pokemon Sun and Moon, with any luck Titanfall 2 as well while 2014 only really had Binding of Isaac Rebirth and Alien Isolation

Titanfall was pretty good too.

I can't really speak for its launch quality since I only got it this year so I had the benefit of free DLC and shit

If I recall correctly, Elite also came out then but I didn't get that until Christmas last year, so I don't know of its launch either