Anyway, here's Zyc's picks for some of the best games of 2015:
Cities: Skylines
Cities: Skylines is what SimCity should've been (or so they say, I've never actually tried the new SimCity). Cities: Skylines is a simple, but very entertaining city-builder game. And best of all; it comes with mod support. The game looks beautiful as well, especially after the patch released along with its first DLC, After Dark, which introduced a day-night cycle.
Once you get into the basics, you'll quickly find that expanding the city and increasing your income is far from the most challenging aspect of the game. It's rather the traffic-management you'll be struggling with, clearly indicating Colossal Order's experience with their Cities in Motion series. While it's not necessarily something you'd expect to be spending a lot of time with in a city-builder (although admittedly an effective road network is very important for a growing city), it's very satisfying when you finally manage to disolve that kilometre long traffic jam that has plagued the city for months.
Life is Strange
This one came as a surprise to me. Life is Strange was the first episodic game I've played and having to wait for each new segment was kind of annoying, but at the same time very rewarding. LiS is an emotional roller coaster and is to date the only piece of narrative that has genuinly made me feel bad after I've finished an episode.
Life is Strange follows high school student Max Caulfield, who recently moved back to her hometown to attend the highly regarded Blackwell Academy. To start with it's just the usual high school drama happening, but shit soon gets serious and Max has to save the day with her newly found ability to rewind time. This game deals with a lot of serious issues and gets really dark a few episodes in.
Fallout 4
Well, duh, it's Fallout. Fallout 4 was my second most wanted game (after S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2) and it was really just a matter of time before it was coming. I didn't expect it this soon though. While there has been a lot of little changes from its prequels, I don't think any of them have been for the worse. The main story is mediocre, as usual in Bethesda games, but the rest is great.
Dirty Bomb
While it's strictly speaking not released as such yet, Dirty Bomb entered open beta this summer. Dirty Bomb is a fast-paced multiplayer shooter, bearing similarities with Team Fortress 2. Each team consists of between five and eight players and you get to pick three mercs for each match. Currently there's 18 mercs to choose from, all with different abilities and weapon loadouts. While the game probably is far from perfect, I've had a lot of fun playing it. And it's free-to-play (for better or worse), so if it sounds like something you'd be interested in, you can just download it.
Honourable Mentions
Of course there's been more good games released this year, but that I haven't gotten around to play enough yet.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: Supposedly one of the best games of the year and four hours in, it looks really solid. Hopefully I'll have time to play this more very soon.
Pillars of Eternity: An old school RPG which looks really cool. I've only just got it, so can't say much yet.
Darkest Dungeon: A 2D dungeon crawler with a dark sense of humour. Members of your group of mercs can not only die indefinitely, but may also go insane and start hurting other group members or themselves.