2016 Game of the Year
Most disappointing: Mafia III
The promise of a great story and setting was ruined by the most boring, repetitive and formulaic open world gameplay yet. It didn't help that the PC version was an unoptimized mess at launch. I really wanted to see how Lincoln Clay's revenge tale would play out, but just could not force myself to grind through that buggy open world.
Best PC port: Gears of War 4
In a year with an alarmingly large amount of poorly optimized PC games, The Coalition took a mostly console based series and managed a near perfect PC port released day and date with the console version. The game itself was pretty damn good too.
Most improved sequel: Watch Dogs 2
Completely changing the tone and style from the original game, Watch Dogs 2 was a blast to play and got me interested in the future of that series again.
The sequel I'm glad got made: Mirror's Edge Catalyst
The story and characters are forgettable, but the thrill of high speed first person movement across the rooftops of that bright white dystopian city is still as fun as I remember from the original. I'm glad this game finally got made.