Simple list of games I have played...in order of personal preference.

1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Most enjoyable gaming experience this year. Progression system kept me going, and the base building/deployments were surprisingly fun. I would have liked a bigger narrative but for the most part it was interesting. The only downside was replaying the first mission in its entirety for the final mission.

2. Bloodborne - This was my first From Software game that I finished (I played most of Dark Souls, and later will finish Dark Souls 2. I actually went to the trouble of Platinum'ing this game because I didn't want to put it down. Chalice Dungeons were pretty boring, I wouldn't have played them much if I wasn't going for the Plat'. I think this would have been my game of the year if it had more build options similar to Dark Souls, replaying as a different character/build was not tempting and different armor was more a Fashion-Souls thing over play style.

3. Destiny - The Taken King ** - I started playing Destiny with the public beta last year, had a ball and purchased it soon after its initial release. Once I started to learn more about the progression system and light levels I instantly lost interest. With The Taken King I decided to give it another try since the game has overhauled its progression and leveling system. I am officially hooked, I am enjoying the hunt for daily Legendary Marks and better gear.

4. Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin - Standard Dark Souls stuff...I did miss the tight compact interconnecting levels of Dark Souls 1 though.

5. Axiom Verge * - I dug the retro styles and was very pleased that it had more of a modern game hidden inside.

6. Shovel Knight * (non-Nintendo release) - Again another great retro style with modern ideas. The checkpoint systems is very inventive.

7. Rocket League ** - I did not play a ton of Rocket League, but for someone who doesn't play a lot of online competitive games and hates sports in general this was a blast to play.

8. Fallout 4 * - This is my first Fallout and first Bethesda game. I stuck to the main story missions (for the most part) because I found the side missions to be boring. I know Fallout fans would tell me they enjoy the world more than the main mission, but I found the world to be too boring. Gameplay was not interesting and leveling felt useless for the most part. Even armor/weapon choices seemed trivial in the early/mid game. I am sure that late game is totally different but I am not willing to sit through the needed progression to experience it. Plus this is the 'jankiest' game I have played all year.

9. Titan Souls * - Super cool game, I had a great time with it but found it sort of repetitive and never picked it back up after the 4th or 5th boss fight.

10. Hotline Miami 2 * - Hotline Miami 1 is one of my favorite games of all time. This one didn't click with me. Not sure why..it still seems like a solid game but I did not have a drive to finish it.

11. The Order 1886 - Not the worst game that came out this year, but looking back it is the worst game I played this year. I finished it, not that difficult or time consuming obviously. I found the story to be very interesting but there is not much there. I hope there is a sequel...that is longer with a story that goes somewhere interesting.

* Did not finish, either from boredom or no good reason

** Cannot finish by nature of the game