So, what's your game of the year?

[Empire*Of*Media]

Mario game of Comodor/Sega/ & other old consoles were totally great and nostalogic never happenenig again. of course was great. but not now. not because better games exist no because everything was fun and nostalogic BEFORE and not now not since 2000s. including Mario.

[Fragony]

Got a wiiU, things have never been better. The wiiU is a marvel. Sony and Microsoft aren't a competer right now as they are competing with the pc, good luck with that.

[easytarget]

No, no thanks, I've no intention of ever playing any game released on a console. Next you'll be asking me to take playing a game on a phone seriously.

I've never looked to MS or Sony for anything, other than a bloated O/S I'm forced to use because the Linux community is all talk and no delivery when it comes to creating an O/S worthy of being used to game, and as for Sony, at this point does anything further need be said about them? Poor guys can't stay out of the news.

[Xiahou]

No, no thanks, I've no intention of ever playing any game released on a console. Next you'll be asking me to take playing a game on a phone seriously.

I've never looked to MS or Sony for anything, other than a bloated O/S I'm forced to use because the Linux community is all talk and no delivery when it comes to creating an O/S worthy of being used to game, and as for Sony, at this point does anything further need be said about them? Poor guys can't stay out of the news.

Honestly, between Steam and Wine, there's a large number of games that play just fine on Linux. Not as many as on Windows, of course, but if I ever had to give up Windows on my main desktop, I don't think I'd have any trouble staying entertained.

On topic, 2 of my favorites would 'The Last of Us' on consoles and 'Endless Legend' on PC. Both are fantastic games in different ways. Also, I'm with Frags in singing Mario Kart 8's praises- it's an excellent game by pretty much any metric.

[naut]

Mario Kart 8 is a good call. Transcends all levels of the gamer population, appeal to kids, 'casuals' and neckbeards alike. And is a fun game to boot: SP, MP or with friends.

I'd put forward Alien: Isolation, finally an Alien game that doesn't suck! And The Talos Principle, at times it over-stretches itself and the soundscape is a little bland, but it's a well-crafted and quite beautiful puzzle game

[Veho Nex]

I think my game of 2014 has to be Arma 3. For me it really came into its own this year and has dominated the majority of my game time.