What is the weakest year in Gaming post 2010?

Hierophant · Oct 30, 2017

I've been thinking about this over the day after playing Wolfenstein: The New Colossus (amazing game btw) and I'm looking back at how good this year has been for videogames, legitimately so many GOTY contenders putting up a real fight. Let's contrast this to bad years in gaming of recent past, I nominate 2014, a year so weak that Shadow of Mordor won game of the year from numerous outlets, though some solid titles did come out, it pales in comparison to this year.
Let's discuss!

Kyoufu · Oct 30, 2017

2014 was pretty bad IMO. Even Destiny didn't really get good until 2015 so I have no fond memories of that year.

KentBlake · Oct 30, 2017

2014, no doubt.

nbnt · Oct 30, 2017

Yep, it's 2014. Bayonetta 2 was the only standout that year.

2012 was also kinda meh overall, but not as bad.

NinjaCoachZ · Oct 30, 2017

Just personally I wasn't really a big fan of 2013. Not interested in most of the AAA western games (TLOU is good though), slow start for the new consoles, Wii U was just 3D World, Wonderful 101, Rayman, Lego Undercover and Pikmin 3 amid a sea of nothing. 3DS was okay but two of the best games (FE Awakening, Animal Crossing) were late 2012 localizations. At least there was Ibb and Obb and Puppeteer though.

On the flipside 2014 wasn't great if you mainly play AAA western games but amazing if you loved Nintendo, Japanese games and indies.

Captain Nezzko · Oct 30, 2017

Cant disagree here, 2014 was definitely the weakest.

Alien Isolation was a personal highlight, and Shadow of Mordor was pretty decent, but in terms of big games, there wasn't much to shout about.

Good haul of indies though!

NoblesseOblige · Oct 30, 2017

Bayonetta 2 game out in 2014 so it can't be the weakest.

2013 was probably my personal weakest. Can't think of anything I really care about released that year.

Azzanadra · Oct 30, 2017

2014, I must've bought two games day one that year- Dark Souls 2 and Dragon Age: Inquisition, After having played more 2014 games after, my GOTY ended up being The Evil Within which.... yeah. I mean don't get me wrong, I really do love TEW but having it be GOTY says something about that year.

Azoor · Oct 30, 2017

2014 was a weak year despite having Bayonetta 2, Dark Souls 2, Rayman Legends, Shovel Knight.

Years from 2015 until now have been crazy though.

kimbaka · Oct 30, 2017

I'd say 2012 even though I loved Dishonored.

AgainstTheCurrent · Oct 30, 2017

2014 was awful.

tusharngf · Oct 30, 2017

2016 was bad

New cod failed
No mans sky
Far cry primal
SF5

Matush · Oct 30, 2017

2014, without a doubt, what a lackluster year.

KillstealWolf · Oct 30, 2017

You all saying 2014 when that year had Smash Bros. 4, Bayonetta 2, Guilty Gear Xrd and Wolfenstien The New Order? Man, you all are weird.

Now 2012, that's a year that's pretty bad in the long of it. It still had some good games (Xenoblade, Journey and Persona 4 Golden). But it was pretty weak on the whole.

VegaBond · Oct 30, 2017

Yeah 2014 was pretty weak

NinjaCoachZ · Oct 30, 2017

KillstealWolf said:
You all saying 2014 when that year had Smash Bros. 4, Bayonetta 2, Guilty Gear Xrd and Wolfenstien The New Order? Man, you all are weird.

All the best games in 2014 were the ones no one played and that is what confirms that humanity brings suffering upon itself.

Bayonetta 2 being the first game of the gen to get perfect 10/10 awards and then losing GOTY to Shadow of Mordor is still goddamn bananas.

ZeroXZee · Oct 30, 2017

2014. An year where Shadows of War and Dragon Age Inquisition took most of the GOTY awards can't be considered good...

Jimnymebob · Oct 30, 2017

I'd have to go with 2012, although 2014 probably sucked if you weren't a Nintendo fan.

hotcyder · Oct 30, 2017

Apart from Wolfenstien TNO, Alien: Isolation, Mario Kart 8, Smash 4 WiiU, DKC Tropical Freeze, Monument Valley, Threes and Geometry Wars 3 - 2014 I suppose qualifies.

Bishop89 · Oct 30, 2017

2012 + 2014 probably.

Rosur · Oct 30, 2017

I would go with 2013 myself.

2014 wasn't great either but we did get a few good games like Hearthstone, Mario Kart 8, South Park, Alien: Isolation, Tales from the Borderlands and Forza Horizon 2.

RossoneR · Oct 30, 2017

2012 or 2014. Probably worst 2 years in last 20 years for me at least.

BrunOz · Oct 30, 2017

2014 was so disappointing

unless you had an Wii U :)

Triggerhappytel · Oct 30, 2017

On the one hand 2014 did have Mario Kart 8, but on the other we had slightly-above-mediocre big budget games like Shadow of Mordor and Dragon Age: Inquisition winning GotY awards. It was also a pretty slow first full year for current-gen consoles.

2012 was also pretty weak, I think? I can only think of Dragon's Dogma and Journey as the real stand-outs from that year.

tusharngf said:
2016 was bad

New cod failed
No mans sky
Far cry primal
SF5

Can't agree with this. Uncharted 4, Titanfall 2, Witcher 3 DLC, Overwatch, Hitman, Inside, Doom, Dishonored 2, and so on. I think you should judge a year on its best games - or lack thereof - as opposed to the biggest slip-ups. Even so, I think suggesting COD: Infinite Warfare was 'bad' is complete hyperbole.

Wayfaerer · Oct 30, 2017

2014.

Deleted member 12186 · Oct 30, 2017

The year of trash_dogs

Will give number two a try someday but still...that game did not turn out how I though.

Horrible driving for cars, I drove motorcycles whenever I could.

Hops · Oct 30, 2017

As many have said, 2014 was pretty terrible.

Jimnymebob · Oct 30, 2017

Triggerhappytel said:
2012 was also pretty weak, I think? I can only think of Dragon's Dogma and Journey as the real stand-outs from that year.

Telltale's The Walking Dead was probably the other big game of that year.

Joeyro · Oct 30, 2017

When a game like Shadow of mordor wins GOTY you know that year was terrible for gaming.

Magic Mushroom · Oct 30, 2017

2014 was great if you had a Wii U. Tropical Freeze in particular is a masterpiece.

tusharngf said:
2016 was bad

New cod failed
No mans sky
Far cry primal
SF5

The best Hitman game ever, the fantastic The Last Guardian, the superb FPS campaigns of Doom and Titanfall 2, acclaimed sequels like Dishonored 2, Dark Souls 3, Forza Horizon 3 and Uncharted 4, REZ Infinite, fantastic indies like Inside and The Witness... nah, 2016 was great.

2015 and 2017 are the best though.

PhantomKakarot · Oct 30, 2017

not sure, perhaps 2014, at that point next gen was STILL trying to get the training wheels off.

Symphony · Oct 30, 2017

2015 was extremely boring for me, mostly bad spinoffs for series that I actually like (Danganronpa, Animal Crossing, Neptunia) with Mario Maker being the only real standout. I didn't mind 2014 as much as some people, but for big name releases it was definitely a poor year.

Kyoufu said:
Bloodborne, son.

Never liked the Souls games, probably never will.

Kyoufu · Oct 30, 2017

Symphony said:
2015 was extremely boring, mostly bad spinoffs for series that I actually like (Danganronpa, Animal Crossing, Neptunia) with Mario Maker being the only real standout. I didn't mind 2014 as much as some people, but for big name releases it was definitely a poor year.

Bloodborne, son.

Acquiescence · Oct 30, 2017

2017. Can't really think of anything good that's come out so far this year.

His Majesty · Oct 30, 2017

Ah yes 2014, the year that started the cRPG renaissance with games such as Divinity: Original Sin, Shadowrun: Dragonfall, Wasteland 2 and Lords of Xulima. And that's without mentioning Alien: Isolation, one of the best games of the generation.

lazygecko · Oct 30, 2017

I kind of view the whole period of the end of the 00's throughout the early 10's as a pretty dull period. That's when AAA hubris was at its peak (in terms of game design at least, not counting the dark ages of monetization we're heading into now) and alternative markets/scenes hadn't quite grown into the vibrant scale we see today. That was definitely the period where my purchasing habits took a huge slump.

Blizz · Oct 30, 2017

2014 was a pretty bad year if I remember right.

tusharngf · Oct 30, 2017

Triggerhappytel said:
On the one hand 2014 did have Mario Kart 8, but on the other we had slightly-above-mediocre big budget games like Shadow of Mordor and Dragon Age: Inquisition winning GotY awards. It was also a pretty slow first full year for current-gen consoles.

2012 was also pretty weak, I think? I can only think of Dragon's Dogma and Journey as the real stand-outs from that year.

Can't agree with this. Uncharted 4, Titanfall 2, Witcher 3 DLC, Overwatch, Hitman, Inside, Doom, Dishonored 2, and so on. I think you should judge a year on its best games - or lack thereof - as opposed to the biggest slip-ups. Even so, I think suggesting COD: Infinite Warfare was 'bad' is complete hyperbole.

You are right but I was looking forward to these games.

ClivePwned · Oct 30, 2017

I'd agree with 2014. Some good games but few standouts. Shadow of Mordor winning GOTY (I was really bored by it) was a symptom of a dullard year.

Magic Mushroom · Oct 30, 2017

His Majesty said:
Ah yes 2014, the year that started the cRPG renaissance with games such as Divinity: Original Sin, Shadowrun: Dragonfall, Wasteland 2 and Lords of Xulima. And that's without mentioning Alien: Isolation, one of the best games of the generation.

Yeah, it's definitely an underrated year. Media giving GotY awards to games like Dragon Age and Mordor instead of more deserving titles didn't help.

Deleted member 2809 · Oct 30, 2017

What did 2013 even have ? PS4/XB1 launches were trash

Deleted member 8196 · Oct 30, 2017

2014 awful? Are you guys kidding me?
Bayonetta 2, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Wasteland 2, Divinity:Original Sin, Alien:Isolation, South-Park, TitanFall, Shovel Knight, Assetto Corsa and This War of Mine.

Deleted member 8196 · Oct 30, 2017

Shugga said:
What did 2013 even have ? PS4/XB1 launches were trash

Bioshock Infinite, GTA V, The Last of Us

Jimnymebob · Oct 30, 2017

Acquiescence said:
2017. Can't really think of anything good that's come out so far this year.

Bubsy's out tomorrow.

BeatNinja · Oct 30, 2017

Smash 4 came out in 2014, so that year was clearly saved.

Sir Guts · Oct 30, 2017

Got to be 2014. Shadow of Mordor was my GOTY and I was disappointed when Dragon Age won it at the end

nbnt said:
Yep, it's 2014. Bayonetta 2 was the only standout that year.

2012 was also kinda meh overall, but not as bad.

Good to see you here buddy!

Deleted member 2809 · Oct 30, 2017

Stygr said:
Bioshock Infinite, GTA V, The Last of Us

Oh right GTA 5 had the garbage versions, I always counted it in 2014

Dr. Mario · Oct 30, 2017

People saying 2014 are craycray. Or single platform gamers who bet on the wrong system.

Stygr said:
2014 awful? Are you guys kidding me?
Bayonetta 2, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Wasteland 2, Divinity:Original Sin, Alien:Isolation, South-Park: The Stick of Truth, TitanFall, Shovel Knight, Assetto Corsa and This War of Mine.

+ Mario Kart 8!! One of the best games ever.

2013 was kind of crap, but I'm going with 2016, an absolute snoozefest. I ended up calling Pokemon Go my game of the year, because it was the only game doing something interesting.

Joffy · Oct 30, 2017

2014 sticks in my mind purely because Shadow of Mordor was scooping up game of the year awards left, right and centre. Not a terrible game by any stretch, but when it's in the conversation for best game you know there's been a weak lineup. Fortunately it saved for me because I held off from buying GTAV until the remaster. It ended up being a great November! Although now I see Wolfenstein, Divinity. Alien and South Park all launched that year, perhaps my memory has been tainted by the games which actually won the awards.

GongagaSOLDIER · Oct 30, 2017

Yeah both 2014 and 2012 were just "meh'. However, both years did allow 'Indies' to shine with games like Journey and The Walking Dead winning GOTY awards. Despite a strong Wii U Output in 2014 a floundering platform hindered the potential of exposure of high-quality content.

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