[Question] The Gamingforce Game of the Year 2014: All aboard the hype train - voting edition

All right, after sufficient nagging here is my list of games I played this year that are good and are actually from this year, which is generally a minority in the set of games that I play. Some of these didn't originally debut this year, but those that didn't were all ported to something else so they technically still count. Look it up.

Q's "awards" made me laugh a lot, so I will shamelessly attempt to emulate them. Perhaps not as shamelessly as Skills, because it's Skills and how could any man possibly be any less shameless than he? So, then, without further delay:

Best WiFi Evaluation Software
Most Princesses
Best Skills Aneurysm Simulator
Most Musical Park

Mario Kart 8 - 5 points
This isn't topping my list like it is for most of you because I'm normally out when Kart Krew rolls out, and Mario Kart single player has always been a shitty, boring experience. However! The couple of times I have been able to participate (after sorting out my Wii U connection) have been mega fun and I hope to, some day, have a Saturday where I don't have shit to do so I can join in again.

Best Recent Mega Man
Most Creative Enemy Nomenclature
Fuck Save Points; Get Money Diamond Jubilee Medal
Most Usurping

Shovel Knight - 10 points
Holy damn another game that legitimately came out this year! This game has fantastic tunes (music is a big part of the appeal in my games, apparently) great retro graphics, and is mad fun. You can never go wrong with a tight platformer.

Most Creative Interpretation of Momentum
Best Disguise
The 'Mash X to Punch a Dude One Thousand Times' QTE Supremacy Award
Best Robodog
The 'Wow This Sword Is Large' Excelsus Memorial Award

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - 15 points
I didn't play this when it originally came out, but I scooped up the Steam port this year and oh god, laughing forever. Everything about this game is hilarious, as most of you are well aware, and it takes action games to their absurd extreme. Every time I finished some ludicrous boss fight with enormous set pieces, questionable interpretation of the laws of physics, and side-splittingly corny dialogue I swore that they would never be able to top it. And then, one chapter later, they would. OVER AND OVER. I laughed harder playing this game than I have any game in a long time. It's also challenging enough to feel rewarding as well, provided you aren't a fuckin mega-chump who plays on easy and uses auto-parry. You embarrassment.

Best Music
Best Snakes Getting Whipped Right In the Face
Best Sighs of Resignation
Best :whump:
Best Castlevania Jumping Retrospective
The Acer 'Top Salt Production' Bandit Award in recognition of the angriest breathing of the year

La-Mulana - 30 points
I didn't play this this year, technically, but it was ported to something this year so it's in there. I also don't even remember if I participated in this last year when I did play it (probably not) so fuck you! One of the most satisfying games I've ever played, even when I wanted to stab CHz in the neck for introducing it to me. Wonderful visuals, phenomenal music, gameplay that's difficult enough to feel rewarding, and the most challenging puzzles, as a whole, that I have ever encountered in a game. This game ignores bullshit like "lol this door's lock is blue, better find that blue key", which is only puzzling if you're colour-blind, and instead makes you pay attention to every god damn detail you come across and remember (or, more likely, write down) every word you read. Beating this with minimal help (thanks CHz) is one of the things I've felt best about out of my entire video game playing career.

The 'Fuck Skills' Memorial Best Punching Award
Best Juggling Simulator
Burger Normalization Award
Best Single Player Multiplayer Experience

Ultra Street Fighter 4 - 40 points
Surprising no one that I have repeatedly nagged to buy Street Fighter, this is the game I played the most this year, and probably enjoyed the most. Punching people you know in the face is always a rewarding experience, and this game's deep mechanics and meta game make it really fun to improve at, one Pangrage-inducing, axe-kicking, 1-frame link-having, needlessly flashy Evil Ryu combo at a time.

Jam it back in, in the dark.