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#1  Edited By deactivated-66e3137ab3ad5
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GameSpot have completed their annual countdown toward their Game of the Year for 2015.

Here they are:

25. Assassin's Creed: Syndicate

24. Evolve

23. Halo 5: Guardians

22. Heroes of the Storm

21. Project CARS

20. SOMA

19. Undertale

18. Her Story

17. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

16. Just Cause 3

15. Xenoblade Chronicles X

14. Dying Light

13. Cities: Skylines

12. Splatoon

11. Until Dawn

10. Kerbal Space Program

9. Tales From the Borderlands

8. Rise of the Tomb Raider

7. Ori and the Blind Forest

6. Fallout 4

5. Super Mario Maker

4. Bloodborne

3. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

2. Rocket League

1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Thoughts?

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#2 with_teeth26
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Evolve shouldn't be on this list at all

no comment as to the others

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Syndicate should not have been anywhere near the Top 25, imo. It was a disappointing, dull game that was way too rough around the edges, and I think GS only made it worse by comparing it to the god-tier AssCreed 2.

Also I'm kind of surprised at Halo 5 being so low on the list. I haven't played it, but everything I've seen and read suggested that it would be around the Top 15 spots maybe. Oh well.

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Halo at 23? Daaamn. Gamespot really didn't like it much, did they?

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Halo 5 at 23? Wow, I thought the FLOP couldn't reach any further.

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Evolve at 24 and Halo 5 at 23? This should be interesting.

There had to be 25 games better than Evolve that launched this year, there had to be.

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Wow....Halo getting no respect.

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#8 Cloud_imperium
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Evolve? Assassin's Creed? Lol.

#JokeSpot

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Play more multiplayer GameSpot, review less movies.

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@Cloud_imperium said:

Evolve? Assassin's Creed? Lol.

#JokeSpot

At 25 and 24? I mean, there's nothing wrong with that.

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#11  Edited By deactivated-66e3137ab3ad5
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@charizard1605 said:
@Cloud_imperium said:

Evolve? Assassin's Creed? Lol.

#JokeSpot

At 25 and 24? I mean, there's nothing wrong with that.

Can't say anythin about Evolve, having not played a single minute of it, but Syndicate isn't good enough to even by in #25-#21. So yeah, JokeSpot seems pretty accurate right about now. Let's hope the Top 20 is better thought out.

The only reason it made it into the list is because of the series name it carries.

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@charizard1605 said:
@Cloud_imperium said:

Evolve? Assassin's Creed? Lol.

#JokeSpot

At 25 and 24? I mean, there's nothing wrong with that.

If Attila or Dirt: Rally aren't on the list at all then there is definitely something wrong with that. If they are higher on the list then yeah sure, but I doubt that.

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#13  Edited By NyaDC
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This place really has become clickbait oriented lol

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Evolve>Halo 5

as per GS and shall no and forever be known.

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@Heil68 said:

Evolve>Halo 5

as per GS and shall no and forever be known.

Huh? No, Evolve is #24, Halo is #23.

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Ouch. Beaten by heroes of the storm

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@charizard1605 said:
@Heil68 said:

Evolve>Halo 5

as per GS and shall no and forever be known.

Huh? No, Evolve is #24, Halo is #23.

awwwww, oh well :P

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At least Syndicate is getting some love.

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Glad to see Evolve there, one of my favorites this Gen. As for H5, they have almost nothing but praise in their description so who really cares what number it is, I think they do a better job describing the game here than in the review actually:

Halo 5: Guardians is undoubtedly one of the best shooters of 2015. You might have been miffed at its lack of split-screen co-op, but the strides forward this game makes cement it as the best core Halo in years. The frenetic but strategic 24-player Warzone mode is the most interesting and distinctive thing to happen to Halo since Halo 3: ODST’s Firefight. It's a brand new take on the classic Halo formula, and it proves itself to be a worthwhile and meaningful addition to the combination of single- and multiplayer modes that Halo 5 offers.

Meanwhile, the campaign goes in a new, exciting direction with its Chief vs. Locke theme. Even though it doesn’t totally provide a satisfactory conclusion (Halo 6 is coming, and will presumably continue the story), it crafts a compelling narrative with many great hooks to keep you interested throughout

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1-20 list packed with hippie indie titles confirmed :p. I love hippie indie-titles though so I'm looking forward to it!

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@Cloud_imperium said:
@charizard1605 said:
@Cloud_imperium said:

Evolve? Assassin's Creed? Lol.

#JokeSpot

At 25 and 24? I mean, there's nothing wrong with that.

If Attila or Dirt: Rally aren't on the list at all then there is definitely something wrong with that. If they are higher on the list then yeah sure, but I doubt that.

I doubt Dirt Rally was considered for this list given how late it came out.

but yea Attila deserves love, one of my top 5 for the year

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@Sushiglutton said:

1-20 list packed with hippie indie titles confirmed :p. I love hippie indie-titles though so I'm looking forward to it!

Pretty sure the likes of Witcher, Fallout, Bloodborne, Xenoblade, MGS, Splatoon, Mario Maker, Arkham Knight and MH4U (to name a few) are going to be in the Top 20, meaning there won't be too much room for indie titles. But you never know with GS.

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hard to have an informed opinion about it when we don't know what the 20 other spots go to

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Halo 5 is near Evolve hahahahahahahah. Do you see what 343i has done your only exclusive, lems? DO YOU SEE IT!? It is painful to watch.

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@with_teeth26 said:
@Cloud_imperium said:
@charizard1605 said:
@Cloud_imperium said:

Evolve? Assassin's Creed? Lol.

#JokeSpot

At 25 and 24? I mean, there's nothing wrong with that.

If Attila or Dirt: Rally aren't on the list at all then there is definitely something wrong with that. If they are higher on the list then yeah sure, but I doubt that.

I doubt Dirt Rally was considered for this list given how late it came out.

but yea Attila deserves love, one of my top 5 for the year

OK then forget Dirt: Rally but Attila should be on the list. The game was surprisingly good.

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Must have been a great year in gaming if Halo 5 was that low.

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Lems should be thankful Halo 5 is even on the list.

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@khoofia_pika: So let's see the list of 25 games you've played this year that are better than AC:S.

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I'm going to go to church and pray that Captain Toad cracks the top 20.

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#30  Edited By Zero_epyon
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What was #1?

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Nice list, except Evolve.

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Not a good list so far. Halo 5 being 23rd is a joke. If they're going to put it that low there should be at least better games for 22 and 21.

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Not surprised at all. I don't believe many on GS are readers of the novels and the campaign story is very geared towards having knowledge of them. I know the reviewer of the game is said to be. And he gave it an 8, which is a great score. I loved it and nerd out with other halo fans as to where the journey is going. Making the top 25 in this industry for a 12 month period is pretty lofty imo. Ill be online now that finals are done to those I play with

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Evolve?? Wow.

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@Alucard_Prime: what happened to Halo?? LOL that is a nice write up. I love the game, and I remember similar things about halo2 not offering a suitable conclusion. I don't expect a conclusion in the middle of a trilogy. We should play with Heil sometime.

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#36  Edited By cainetao11
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@silversix_: but all you CAN do is watch HAHAHAHAHA

JUMP in a game with some of us sometime

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@GoldenElementXL said:

@khoofia_pika: So let's see the list of 25 games you've played this year that are better than AC:S.

There's a huge difference. I'm one guy who probably hasn't played that many good games in a single year. GameSpot is a professional website with a bunch of editors sitting down together and deciding on the best games of 2015. Of all the games I've played in 2015, personally, Syndicate would definitely fall in the last third of my overall list. GameSpot HAS indeed played almost every single major (or otherwise) release, good game or not, and there's no doubt that there have been loads of games that are much better than Syndicate.

I will say this though, maybe I'm being a bit premature in my criticism of this list. We've only seen 25-21. I guess I'll make up my mind for sure when I see the rest of the games.

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Someone explain, there were over 150 games released this year. What so bad about being 23?

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@Berserker1_5 said:

Someone explain, there were over 150 games released this year. What so bad about being 23?

It's Halo, people don't expect something as big as Halo to be at 23. Plus, when you see something like Evolve ranking more or less around the same spot, you've gotta wonder why that is. It's a definite drop in standards from the Bungie days, there's no denying that.

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@Berserker1_5 said:

Someone explain, there were over 150 games released this year. What so bad about being 23?

There aren't 22 games released this year better than Halo 5.

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#41  Edited By deactivated-66e3137ab3ad5
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@Zero_epyon said:

What was #1?

GS have only revealed #25-#21 so far. They're gonna be revealing five more every day, so it'll be #20-#16 tomorrow.

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@khoofia_pika said:
@Zero_epyon said:

What was #1?

GS have only revealed #25-#21 so far. They're gonna be revealing five more every day, so it'll be #20-#16 tomorrow.

Oh. Thanks!

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@iambatman7986 said:

Evolve at 24 and Halo 5 at 23? This should be interesting.

There had to be 25 games better than Evolve that launched this year, there had to be.

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Knowing biasspot it will go 1) bloodborne 2) until dawn 3)rocket league 4) the order 1888

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#45  Edited By Ross_the_Boss6
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Damn that is low. Don't get it, the MP is very good.

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@Ross_the_Boss6 said:

Damn that is low. Don't get it, the MP is very good.

Don't some say the same for Destiny?

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@Ant_17 said:
@Ross_the_Boss6 said:

Damn that is low. Don't get it, the MP is very good.

Don't some say the same for Destiny?

No, Destiny is shit through and through

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Pillars of Eternity better make it into top 5 at least

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@khoofia_pika said:
@Ant_17 said:
@Ross_the_Boss6 said:

Damn that is low. Don't get it, the MP is very good.

Don't some say the same for Destiny?

No, Destiny is shit through and through

Just asking, don't bite my head off.

Can we find last years top 25?

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@charizard1605 said:

Halo at 23? Daaamn. Gamespot really didn't like it much, did they?

It's an indictment of 2015 games not being that great. The pinnacle of the "Greatest Lineup In Gaming History" is #23.