This week! We look back at 2015 and talk about our favorite games of the year with guests Kevin Larrabee and Rich Grisham. Join us, won’t you?
Favorite portable game of 2015:
- Boxboy
- Nintendo Badge Arcade
- Pokemon Picross
- Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D
- 3D Outrun
Favorite mobile game of 2015:
- Her Story (available on multiple platforms)
- Framed (iOS and Android)
- Pac-Man 256 (iOS and Android)
- Lara Croft Go (iOS and Android)
- Horizon Chase (iOS and Android)
Favorite digital game of 2015:
- Forza Horizon 2 Presents: Fast & Furious
- Hotline Miami 2 (runner up Ori & The Blind Forest)
- Roundabout
- King’s Quest
Biggest Disappointment of 2015:
- LEGO Dimensions - Expensive, boring game
- The Legend of Zelda Triforce Heroes - Unfinished, bad online experience
- Rise of the Tomb Raider being Xbox exclusive
- Chibi-Robo: Zip Lash - the last Chibi-Robo game
- Project CARS
Best Game Played This Year Not Released This Year
- Fire Emblem Awakening
- Persona 4 Golden (and Metal Gear Rising Revengeance)
- Rogue Legacy
- The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D
- Xeodrifter
Games of the Year!
Rich
- Star Wars Battlefront
- MLB 15: The Show
- Forza Motorsport 6
- Super Mario Maker
- Need For Speed
Kevin
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D
- Dragon Quest Theatrhythm / Rhythm Tengoku Plus
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Just Cause 3
- Persona 4 Dancing All Night
Mike
- Life is Strange
- Uncharted 4 Multiplayer Beta
- Her Story
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Star Wars Battlefront
Phil
- Super Mario Maker
- Transformers Devastation
- Godzilla
- Splatoon
- 3D Outrun
CJ
- Splatoon
- Super Mario Maker
- Fallout 4
- Until Dawn
- Rock Band 4
Greg
- Forza Motorsport 6
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- F1 2015
Links of interest:
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Check out Back In My Play at backinmyplay.com, The Fitcast at thefitcast.com, and follow Kevin Larrabee on Twitter @kevinlarrabee.
Be sure to check out the other shows Rich is on - the Press Row Podcast and the Doddcast. And visit Hit The Pass for your coverage of sports gaming past, present and future.
Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 (Episode 16 now available) - click here. And take a trip over to Phil's YouTube Channel to see some awesome retro game vids.
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Running time: 2:58:07