I don't play a lot of games, but when I do they're old. These are the games I played, completed, and adored in 2014.
Submitted for GOTY user voting but not "What did we miss?"
Notes:
Broken Age is not on this list because it's not complete.
I love puzzle games and The Swapper managed to be difficult but not contrived. The atmosphere and visual design are spectacular. Easily #1.
Amazing. Brothers' control scheme, varied worlds with implied backstory, and story make it stand out from the crowd.
Played most of it in 2013, but completed it in early 2014. Amazing. Hotline Miami and the other top three stand far above the other games.
Some parts of the game didn't sell me but it had me with the ending.
I liked this game far more than I expected. I hit something like 93% completion and I hate filler content in open world games. Grabbing shards and territory really felt like I was gaining power and then I powered through the plot once I had cleared most of the first island.
Fantastic stealth game that lets you be deadly or focus hard on silence. First time I've played much New Game+ on a game.
I love playing games with an interesting and useful AI partner. While this game's atmosphere is a letdown relative to the original Bioshock, I still enjoyed the story.
Great story and gameplay even if the camera couldn't stop shaking.
Lots of great and dumb humour.
Secrets of Raetikon isn't a fantastic game, but it's a pretty game with an interesting no-hand-holding free-form aesthetic.
