GamesBeat, which is part of VentureBeat, has listed the games they feel were the cream of the crop this year. What is a surprise is that they have placed the ultra-creative Super Mario Maker at the very top of the list, beating the likes of the Witcher 3 and Fallout 4. Here’s what they had to say about their decision.
Super Mario Maker shouldn’t work. It’s a game that asks you to make your own fun, but Nintendo used all of its expertise and polish to build an experience where almost anyone can make something fun. Mario Maker, however, ascends to another level in all the ways players can interact with it and each other through these community levels. You and a friend could establish a rivalry where one tries to build something to stump the other. Or a parent could show a child the fundamentals of gameplay in something that they make together. It’s special in a way that maybe only Nintendo knows how to capture, and that’s why it is our game of the year.
Very good game, but not my GOTY. That title goes to either Splatoon or Xenoblade Chronicles X.
Don’t forget Yoshi’s Wooly World. Everyone seems to forget that amazing game.
I didn’t forget it. I have that game, I really enjoy it. Haven’t beaten it yet due to time restraints and having other games to play (AKA playing Xeno X all day.) Its a great game, but it’s not my GOTY.
Good to hear
SMM is a blast but better than The Witcher 3, Bloodborn or Splatoon… mmmhhh… I don’t know :P
Haha ikr.
Odd choice, but considering this is the first time I’ve even heard of Gamesbeat, it doesn’t surprise me that they listed something not necessarily considered GOTY material by most other, bigger standards.
I don’t even consider Super Mario Maker a game. It’s more like a production suite or something (I’m lousy with words). SO many people are getting SO much more out of SMM than I did. Which is the case for nearly every game.
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I haven’t had the pleasure of playing Super Mario Maker, yet, but as of right now my GOTY is a toss up between Xenoblade Chronicles X, Fallout 4, and Yoshi’s Woolly World.
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