GOTY 2014--Retrospective
For the past couple of years, I started to write down two Game of the Year lists in December: one for the current year, and another for the previous year. I don't play every single video game that comes out, but sometimes I do eventually catch up and play games I couldn't fit into that calendar year. Sometimes it just takes longer to get into a game or to get around to finishing it. Whatever the reason is, it felt like my GOTY list I write up quickly becomes outdated somehow and it needs a second look.
Overall, my list hasn't changed dramatically from my previous 2014 GOTY list on Giant Bomb. The top three games from my original list are still my top three games in this revised list. I moved a couple of games down and swapped two games around. The main change is two new games were added, which bumped off two smaller games I enjoyed quite a bit last year: Velocity 2X and 1001 Spikes. As it turns out, the more I played of both Velocity 2X and 1001 Spikes, the more challenging those games got for me. Eventually I hit a skill ceiling which either prevented me to proceed or felt less encouraged to see the later content the games had to offer, since they were getting more complicated.
I still haven't played everything. I never touched Shovel Knight or Persona 4: Arena Ultimax. I still only got past the first two hours of South Park: The Stick of Truth and Episode 1 of The Walking Dead: Season Two. I now know Nidhogg is indeed a lot more fun when you play it against actual people, but I still don't think it breaks through my current Top 10. Despite those few omissions (for me anyway) and a couple lingering questions, I am overall pretty confident and satisfied with this revised list.
Without further ado, here is my GOTY 2014 Retrospective list:
