Jess McDonell's Top Games of 2014

Oh wow, Jess has epic taste in games. Valiant Hearts' ending made me so damn sad.

I bought MMX, and I'm having a great time with it. I didn't play as much MM6-8, but MM3 is one of my favorite games of all time. (Some old-school players may recognize my avatar from MM2!) Thanks for the bold recommendation, Jess!

Oooo, I forgot about M&M 10! I should put that on my wish... oh... Ubisoft? UPlay? Hmm....

Nice list Jess, most origianl and open choice from the editors videos so far. the rest of you seem to be swayed by the opinion of one of the other editors (no names!) or can't pull yourself away from the hype of marketing. Not what I expect from GS which used to be an absolutely awesome site a couple of years ago. Here's to hoping that we can get some of that back in 2015. Merry Christmas everyone! :)

Hey Jess, what was your least favourite game of the year?

Jess you simply rock my world. Your list is almost identical to mine !!!! It's so interesting that you are a few years younger than me, but site all the best games from yesteryear as your favorites when you were 7-8 that I played in the same way when I was 16.

Would love to share notes over a coffee someday ;)

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Might and Magic X and Divinity: Original Sin? Will you marry me?

Holy cow! I have the same gaming taste as Jesse!. I love Might & Magic X and you'd be surprised how stupid you are yourself when you can't solve some riddle or puzzle. I have yet to try Vanishing of Ethan Carter or Valiant Hearts. My backlog of games are just too huge. Jesse could try out Heroes of Might & Magic or King's Bounty. Those are pretty awesome games too and certainly my favorites.

Love how enthusiastic she sounds yet fully informed about the games she's talking about, not to mention the RPG and PC focus. Keep on rocking, Jess.

Its interesting how Shadow of Mordor has not shown up on any of these top fives yet.

Jess you should play MM4&5 on GoG. Best in the series IMO. Holds up better than 6 graphically also. Amazing games. They just don't make games like that anymore. They have to dumb them down for the masses.

As a non-American, I get really curious about Jess' accent. Where is that accent from?

Also, awesome list, very PC-centric and filled with oldschool goodness.

Always happy to see great RPG's in these lists.

You should give Wasteland 2 a try Jess! I'm actually really sad it is getting snubbed a lot, very underrated kickstarted RPG as well.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter you say? Sold! Half price on Steam right now (-40%).

Ugg...Jess's posts are always followed by the saddest, pathetic comments by 40 year old virgins. I don't know what is worse, the people who make disgusting suggestive comments with all the sophistication of a 11 year old or the lame as hell suck ups trying to ingratiate themselves as if they actually might have a chance with her. Yarf.

This woman knows games. Jess, you're one of my favourite editors along with crazy Danny and Chris W.

The list is amazing !! I love every single game in it.

Bullzeye for Jess !!!! Keep it goin' .....

Good taste

@tempertress @carolino But no Assassin's Creed.

Nice shirt Jess, Song of Storms!

Thank you Jess! I'll be checking into Devinity and Dragon Age.

I love this site. Its so stable across every browser and is in no way choppy. I love how the text I type comes up 3 seconds after i type it... very handy feature!

Getting DA Inquisition tomorrow!

Gah I'm so backed up with my games, I want to play all of these (except Might and Magic) but so far I've only started Dragon Age!

Jess , Awesome Top 5 , Loved it. What are you Top 5 Most Anticipated Games coming out in 2015 ?

P.s. Merry Christmas and Wish you a Happy New Year :)

... totally similar to my list !

Gamespot, you DESPERATELY need to either fix your video streaming issues or give us the ability to download them. This is so choppy it's unwatchable.

Haven't played Might & Magic X so I can't say much about it, but shouldn't she at least mention Legends of Grimrock II ? It has way better scores across the board. Divinity was ok, but still nowhere near Baldur's Gate 2 or Planescape: Torment ( maybe Pillars of Eternity will be better but I'm not getting my hopes up ).

And to all the creepers below: Lucy >> Jess. Sorry :)

very nice list but i think dragon age was better than all

Is it me, or do we have a bunch of creepers around here?

I really like how this is like an interview of Jess Mcdonell rather than being another journalistic piece on video games. Most of these articles will be try to be objective and will give us what we can find anywhere else on the internet. Letting gamers know more about gamespot's staff is not only socially satisfying but also provides us with information. I wan't Seb's interview next followed by Lucy's.

Didn't play Might & Magic X yet, but i enjoyed playing Valiant Hearts, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, DA: I, Divinity: OS.....definitely great games. Good list. :)

As soon as I heard of Mass Effect 2 I fell into nostalgia...I need to play it again, like right NOW. Wish I could carry around my PS3 while traveling (for work,) because the huge a$$ TV in my hotel room is sucking thumbs right now.

holy sh...., man, some serious freaks roam the world these days judging by the replies below....

I love the real energy in this. I'm not a fan of the high energy, fake presenting style.
My compliments for keeping it real Jess.

@Jess

Have you played The Legend of Grimrock 2? If not, I have a feeling that you would love it. Oldschool dungeon crawler even better that TLoG1.

That's a nice list. I still have yet to play Dragon Age Inquisition. Valiant Hearts is in my top three, and while not one of my favorites, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a game that I'm happy to have had the chance to play when I originally didn't think I would be able to, as I really had no way to on release. I wasn't really that excited for it, nor did I know much about it, but after getting a decent enough PC for free from my boss' boss as I walked through the entrance of work one day, I had that chance.

@carolino Kevin and I have super similar tastes in games.