Jabbawocky

I love see how varied everyone's lists are. I look forward to the end results.

BTW, I'm already betting that Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect will top my 2014 list. :D

Here's mine.

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/jabbawocky/lists/goty-2013/83950

Although there's a couple of games that might make it in depending on how it goes in the next couple of weeks.

Donkey Kong Country 2 on SNES. I was on one of the last worlds (hard to remember which one) and in a moment of rage, threw the control, which landed squarely on the reset button. Upon getting to the game select menu the save was no more.

Then there was the time I got to the third disc of Final Fantasy VII and kept getting errors when I loaded my save.

Failed the first time because I had a brain fart and almost pulled out in front of another car on a roundabout. Failed the second time too, because I hit the curb when doing a three point turn.

I was sentenced to a labour camp because I ended up detaining the Inspector's friend. Although my family was sent back to the village and never went hungry or cold during the events of the game... although that was slightly stained by the fact that my sister got arrested and my niece disappeared because I couldn't afford the adoption.

So... just throwing it out there... what happens if not enough people buy this first half of the game? No money = no second half of game I assume?

I seriously can't see how anyone can think that the X1 is going to be worth it for the games. I mean if you look back at the 360 every exclusive that made the 360 worth playing ended up on PS3 and PC while the few they did manage to hold onto have just stagnated. I'm not going to say you shouldn't buy the console because that's your own decision but I find your choice of games for getting X1 a little off.

MGS5 - Multi-plat release.

Sunset Overdrive - Exclusive for the time being but I doubt it will stay that way because I seem to recall Insominac wanting to release multi-plats more often.

AC4 - Multi-plat and on the current generation of consoles (so pretty much shiny edition).

Titanfall - According to it wiki here, is a timed exclusive.

What is this? Final Fantasy has managed to regain my interest after the 40-hour corridor that was 13. Well at least from the combat point of view it doesn't look like it plays itself this time. I look forward to seeing how the "open world" aspect of this game comes along.

Too many people really believe what companies such as EA, Ubisoft and Activision are saying at face value without thinking... Hmmm is there an alternate motive behind this statement?

Used games have been common place in the game industry since the cartridge days and they've only just discovered that they are hurting the industry during this generation? Do you not possibly think that since this is the first widely online generation, the first generation where it has been possible to lock out content depending on whether you enter a code. Do you think companies might not be burning the straw man of used gaming, not because it's a legitimate threat, but because they can?

Publishers have spied a way of squeezing extra pennies out of players (or so they think) by blocking and they have to make reasonable excuses as to why they are taking away a consumer right. The right to sell your own property. Yes, the publisher may own the IP and thats not what I'm selling, I'm selling access to it, which, at this time, is physical.

If the used game industry was such a blight on the entire thing, companies such as EA, wouldn't be going to store such as Gamestop, and making deals for content which can only be bought from Gamestop. Also when I do delve into the used game market at certain points, the cashier will try and sell me on an upcoming product.

"Hey here's a list of games coming out in the next few months. Any of them interest you?"

And I ended up pre-ordering a copy of Deadpool.

Also destroying the used game market will not improve anything. If a person can't afford to buy a game new, then they still can't when the cheaper alternative is gone. They will wait for sales, and as far as I know when games go on sale, most major retailers have money back clauses in the event they have to drop the price to shift some units.

I don't quite understand how people think people passing on games is a continuous process either. It's not like there is going to be this endless chain of people waiting to get this one single copy. Besides if after ten people have completed the game, ten people pass it on, it's probably not worth the money is it?

Which brings me to my final point for the time being. Worth my money. In the end game companies are out to make money. This is not a free pass to getting my money. They have to earn it from me. If they haven't done enough to make me part from my hard earned cash then that is their failing, not mine.

It's becoming harder and harder to decipher what games are worth it anymore. The lack of demos, misleading footage and overall poor PR from these companies don't fill me with the confidence and optimism I used to have when buying new games.

Right I'm getting off my soapbox..... now.

@pandorasbox: Yes the used game market is such a blight that companies such as EA go to Gamestop\GAME\HMV to GIVE them exclusive content deals.