Has 2014 been a disappointing year for games?

Maybe a bit, just because there was no real GREAT game that felt like it deserved to win GOTY hands down (Can only speak for PS4)
There were a lot of Good games but no real Great ones.

• Infamous SS: What was there was fun and good, but it needed more.
• Thief: A bit of a let down, but under the right price it's worth it and has some fine moments.
• Wolfenstein TNO: A pleasant surprise, but some of the problems (sound, content, bugs) kept it from taking home the gold.
• Watch_Dogs: I liked it personally, but in a world where GTA V exists...yeah.
• Destiny: Plenty of good elements but also plenty of questionable ones.
• Shadow of Mordor: Nemesis system was Great, rest of the game was alright. Story was flat out disappointing though.
• The Evil Within: The closest thing to a RE4 sequel since, however technical performance and some weird design decisions hold it back
• CoD: AW: Pretty good, liked the single player and multiplayer works fine for me + new movement is cool. (First CoD I own)

I have yet to play Alien Isolation, Dragon Age Inquisition, Far Cry 4. Some of those might have GOTY potential for me.

Considering this was the first year It was not bad at all, probably was a better first year then PS3 had. Also XBO and Wii U had some nice exclusives that I missed out on.

Here's to 2015, the year to really kickstart this generation.

Dragon Age has been pretty good so far, but I've had a lot of disappointments this year. Watch Dogs, Unity and Destiny were all well below the bar of quality set by expectation. For awhile now big releases just haven't been able to justify their bloated budgets, being over-stuffed with bland features and recycled content.

I had more fun with The Binding of Isaac than I did any AAA release this year.

I played and enjoyed more games this year than I did last so I don't really think so.

Play Inquisition before I find you, and force you to play it at gunpoint. If you like the other Bioware games, you'll love it.

It's a step forward in mostly every way compared to the ME series.

@viking_funeral

Yeah, the more I think about it, I think you're right this year does feel more this feels like a 3/5.

I'd actually so far as to say for AAA games it's been downhill since 2011. I remember people thinking 2012 was a little soft too, but to be fair 2011 had some incredible all time great games (Dark Souls, Witcher 2, Saints Row The Third, Skyrim, Bastion, LA Noire, Arkham City, Gears 3...) All of which I think are better than perhaps anything that came out this year. What are we going to really remember fondly from 2014 three years from now? I can't think of much.

I mean I still had fun, but there wasn't a single title that floored me this year like you'd expect a year into new hardware.

@imsh_pl

You've got a point with Hearthstone, those aren't my kinds of games but I could tell it was a special one.

Mordor I think will be a cult classic but quickly forgotten save for that Nemesis system. I think it lacked the complete package that Batman: Arkham Asylum brought to the table beyond the Nemesis system though.