Today we all take this opportunity to look back at the games we played and enjoyed the most as well as puking on the worst and asking ourselves why were they made in the first place. My gaming this year was a mixed bag and while there were many good ones around I stuck with a chosen few to call the best and they will be regarded as the 'Jayson Best Selection' Award alongside what I deemed as the Game of the Year

Okay time to get the ball rolling!

Game of the Year - THE LAST GUARDIAN

Donkey years in the making and rumoured to be plagued with production issues the long awaited game from the studio who brought 'Shadow of the Colossus' finally released their long awaited title to the masses. First re-introduced in E3 2015 followed by a release date announcement in 2016 (delayed later), The Last Guardian is an epic adventure story of trust and bonding between a boy and a griffin as they work together to escape from enemies in a gigantic castle. With some of the best direction in art, story and music seen and heard in any game ever since the Uncharted series, The Last Guardian stands its ground on its own as the Game of the Year in my books!

Here's to producer Fumito Ueda and Sony for never giving up on making this game!

Best Action Game - Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

It's not every time I will enjoy a COD game but if there's a reason to enjoy them it's for their well written stories and action moments that can have you taking for a long time to come and Infinite Warfare delivers. Also to go along with the action are its weapons variety and their supporting cast, especially Ethan, a wise-cracking humanoid who brings life to the game even in intense moments! Give it a run and I can assure you it'll be a hell of a ride!

Best Fighting Game - Street Fighter V

This was a tough choice. KOFXIV, Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator and even Blazblue Centralfiction were in the running for the win but SF takes the cake for this one. Being very accessible to the casual gamer from the ground up compared to the strictly-hardcore-only failure that was SFIV, SFV shifts down wisely towards a wider audience and brought out the best on anyone who has problems with the last one. Sure there were issues in the beginning of the game's release but surely all games will go through such problems upon release won't they (like Division).

Best (Co-Op/Competitive) Multiplayer - Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps

HATERS BE DAMNED!!!!! Compared to most multiplayer shooters, Umbrella Corps takes the cake in my books as the BEST OVERALL COMPETITIVE SHOOTER OF ALL TIME!!!!! The brainless haters will rant on at how it ruins the Resident Evil image but they're just hating for the fact that this game lacks any for of advantage for snipers since all firearms while ranged are mostly based for close combat gunfights forcing them to go up close and personal. The haters are also annoyed by the presence of zombies and various B.O.W. threats in the game while engaging with other opposing players making this somewhat of a three-way fight at times but what is a Resident Evil-based game without the zombies eh!? It also doesn't help them the fact that Umbrella Cops is also the second most played game; fighting against Destiny and Divison for the spot and beating Overwatch in terms of player count.

Best RPG - Final Fantasy XV

If the haters again can say Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps is not Resident Evil, the same can be said for FFXV for being completely action-based with RPG elements (like CastleVania Symphony of the Night). Rather to focus on a big band of heroes the game shifts to a prince and his three companions on a road trip in their Audi. The game like The Last Guardian went through a long production process being originally titled as FF Versus XIII but eventually re-branded to FFXV when announced in E3 2013. The game is said to be more enjoyable now with a New Game+ recently added in a patch. If the bug hits me I might consider getting it.

Best Sports/Racing Game - STEEP

It is sometimes very unusual of me to venture outside my comfort zones but STEEP has my nod on this one. An open-world extreme sports game played on a snowy mountain, the evens allow you to live your GoPro fantasies to the max pulling off tricks off a cliff while dropping down a hundred feet or flying close to the ground in your wingsuit! I thought it'll just be a waste but eventually I was wrong and it was one of my later struggles to juggle between this and Umbrella Corps.

Best Remastered Game - Resident Evil (Orgins, 4, 5 and 6)

No doubt the Resident Evil series ran my life this year A LOT. Regardless what is said about RE6, all are equally enjoyable in their own way. And even though I've played them before in the last gen years, it doesn't hurt to give it another re-run except for RE Zero in Origins who is my first run this year. Here's to RE7 coming in January!

Best Mobile Game - Fallout Shelter

Stubborn games stood the test of time and Fallout Shelter proves on this. Now backed with a huge update and with additional ways to get those hard to find loot, running as an Overseer has never been so enjoyable. I'm glad I never gave up on this game and it looks like I never will.

Now I hereby reveal my overall winner:

Jayson's Best Selection - Best Game of the Year - RESIDENT EVIL: UMBRELLA CORPS

The game I played the most is my GOTY overall! Indeed a man's meat is another's poison. Umbrella Corps held its own with its own brand of competitive multiplayer like no other with battlegrounds based on the Resident Evil worlds. The action is fast and furious. Gone are they annoying need for camping bcos the zombies there may go after you or be used by another player as a shield when engaging you! And believe it or not there are players playing it DAILY like a virus! And no battle will be the same like the next and you'll be fighting and dying for more to come! It was also a competitive shooter that I took seriously compared to the likes of COD and even Battlefield. And that's why it's my Best Selection - Best Game of the Year 2016!