Best (and Worst) Games of 2014, Part Deux

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With the bulk of the boring awards out of the way, we get to some more interesting ones as well as the first inductees to the Arbitrary Hall of Fame.

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME OF 2014

NOMINEES

Legend of Zelda (Wii-U)

Final Fantasy XV

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Kingdom Hearts III

Splatoon

Star Fox (Wii-U)

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Silent Hills

AND THE WINNER IS...

There are many great games on the horizon (most of which just for this upcoming year) but the one that was most on our minds during the voting was The Legend of Zelda. Though take in mind, the voting took place on a few hours after the initial LoZ gameplay footage was shown at TGAs so we may be bias. I'd just like everyone to know I voted for Silent Hills.

BEST ONLINE OF 2014

NOMINEES

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

Super Smash Bros. Wii-U

AND THE WINNER IS...

After Nintendo's failed attempts at online on the Wii, people became cautious when it came to online play on the new console. Nintendo proved first and foremost that this wasn't true with the new Super Smash Bros, whose online seems to work just as well as any other game out there, without the need to exchange any lengthy codes.

It's time to take some time out of our awards themselves to describe another feature we'd like to add. As we've said before, this is the prime opportunity to act like we know a lot in an industry that we don't have any experience in, so why not each year pick an outstanding member of this industry to put in our arbitrary Hall of Fame?

And so it was done, but not exactly since if we just put in one this year it would be kind of dumb since that would mean there is only one real member. So instead, here are your starting, original Hall of Famers:

Shigeru Miyamoto

Hideo Kojima

Shinji Mikami

Ken and Roberta Williams

Todd Howard

Yasumi Matsuno

Hideki Kamiya

Sam and Dan Houser

Eiji Aonuma

Hironobu Sakaguchi

Tetsuya Nomura

Yoko Shimomura

Nobuo Uematsu

Jake Kaufman

Koji Kondo

Tommy Tallarico

What, we're missing someone? Good -- it means we'll have someone to put for next year. Anyway, time to continue the awards.

BEST SHOOTER OF 2014

NOMINEES

Far Cry 4

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Wolfenstein: The New Order

AND THE WINNER IS...

2014 was a year where a lot of shooters came out, promising something big and ended up nothing. In addition to the games nominated, we also had Destiny, Borderlands, and Titanfall, all of which in one way or another failed to deliver. In case you were wondering why they weren't nominated, there you go.

Wolfenstein, admittedly, didn't promise a lot. It was a sequel to a game whose only real good entry was back in 1992. However, The New Order did something no other Wolfenstein game did: create a perfect atmosphere with gameplay that was highly enjoyable.

BEST RPG OF 2014

NOMINEES

Dark Souls II

Bravely Default

Child of Light

AND THE WINNER IS...

Regardless of how good Dark Souls II was in relation to the first, it was still a very strong RPG in a year where not many RPGs were released. The game triumphs in at least this.

And so that's all for now. Wait until later for our final post, revealing the true best and worst of the year. Or don't if your reading this later on when they've already been posted. Whatever.

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