Every year, NeoGAF user Shinobi602 polls several hundreds of gamers among those who prowl the popular discussion boards, in order to find out their most anticipated games for the upcoming year. The resulting ranking is actually quite relevant, considering the large pool of users responding to the poll, that this year were 1,749.
The ranking for 2016 has just been posted, and you can check it out below:
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
- Persona 5
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- The Legend of Zelda (Wii U)
- Dark Souls III
- Mass Effect: Andromeda
- The Last Guardian
- Final Fantasy XV
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
- No Man's Sky
- Street Fighter V
- Nier: Automata
- Tom Clancy's The Division
- Mirror's Edge Catalyst
- Quantum Break
- Fire Emblem: Fates
- Zero Time Dilemma
- XCOM 2
- Scalebound (delayed to 2017 after results for the poll were collected)
- Firewatch
- Gravity Rush 2
- Dishonored 2
- Ratchet & Clank
- Ni-Oh
- Overwatch
A few statistics were also provided, giving us an idea on how many people voted, and how much the poll has grown since 2013.
Number of users: 1,749
Number of votes: 1,634
Votes counted: 10,898
Points awarded: 27,995
Approximately 4x as many participants as the initial 2013 voting thread
Games #213-260 had 1 point each
Games #185-212 had 2 points each
Games #156-184 had 3 points each
You can read the results beyond the top 25 below.
26. Gears of War 4
27. Danganronpa V3
28. Star Ocean 5
29. Yooka-Laylee
30. The Witness
31. Star Fox Zero
32. Doom
33. Crackdown 3 (Multiplayer)
34. Yakuza 0
35. Dragon Quest VII
36. Hitman
37. Rise of the Tomb Raider (PC/PS4)
38. Gran Turismo Sport
39. South Park: The Fractured but Whole
40. Torment: Tides of Numenera
41. Genei Ibun Roku #FE
42. Dragon Quest XI
43. Cuphead
44. Recore
45. Halo Wars 2
46. Mafia III
47. Rime
48. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 6
49. Bravely Second
50. Shin Megami Tensei IV Final
51. Hyper Light Drifter
52. Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
53. Far Cry: Primal
54. Sea of Thieves
55. Dragon's Dogma (PC)
56. Dreams
57. The Tomorrow Children
58. Divinity: Original Sin 2
59. Shadow Warrior 2
60. Valkyria: Azure Revolution
61. Alienation
62. Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth
63. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
64. Project Setsuna
65. Unravel
66. Pokken Tournament
67. Total War: Warhammer
68. World of Final Fantasy
69. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8
70. REZ Infinite
71. Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator
72. Day of the Tentacle Remastered
73. Gravity Rush: Remastered
74. Tacoma
75. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X
76. Kingdom Come Deliverance
77. Star Citizen: Squadron 42
78. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
79. Dragon Quest VIII
80. King of Fighters XIV
81. Dead or Alive Xtreme 3
82. Metroid Prime: Federation Force
83. Stellaris
84. Below
85. Abzu
86. Salt & Sanctuary
87. Megadimension Neptunia VII
88. The Banner Saga 2
89. Amplitude
90. Ys 8
91. RIGS
92. Tekken 7
93. Cosmic Star Heroine
94. Darkest Dungeon
95. Dragon Quest Builders
96. Hellblade
97. Nights of Azure
98. ADR1FT
99. Dirt Rally (Consoles)
100. Don't Starve
101. Hatsune Miku: Project Future Tone
102. Pokemon GO
103. Killer Instinct: Season 3
104. Mighty No. 9
105. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
106. Resident Evil 0: HD
107. Senran Kagura Estival Versus
108. Thimbleweed Park
109. Valkyria Chronicles (Remaster)
110. Ace Combat 7
111. Eve Valkyrie
112. Heavy Rain (PS4)
113. Ikenie to Yuki no Setsuna
114. Odin Sphere Leifthrasir
115. Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
116. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
117. Melty Blood
118. Mother Russia Bleeds
119. What Remains of Edith Finch
120. Battleborn
121. Bound
122. Final Fantasy Explorers
123. Hearts of Iron IV
124. Hyrule Warriors: Legends
125. Toukiden 2
126. Attack on Titan
127. Eitr
128. Frog Fractions 2
129. Ghost Song
130. Homefront: The Revolution
131. Hunger
132. New Hot Shots Golf
133. Oxenfree
134. Yokai Watch
135. Allison Road
136. Endless Space 2
137. Full Throttle Remastered
138. Night in the Woods
139. Outlast II
140. Pathologic: Remake
141. Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13
142. Superhot
143. A Hat in Time
144. Atelier Sophie
145. Inside
146. Kathy Rain
147. Manifold Garden
148. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
149. One Piece Burning Blood
150. Raiden V
151. Rocket League (XBO Version)
152. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
153. This War of Mine: The Little Ones
154. Trackmania Turbo
155. Yakuza 6
156. Adrift in a Cobalt Eternity
157. Battlefleet Gothic Armada
158. Cook, Serve, Delicious 2
159. Digimon World: Next Order
160. Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories
161. Exogenesis
162. Fragments of Him
163. Head Lander
164. Hollow Knight
165. Horizon Chase
166. Iconoclasts
167. La-Mulana 2
168. Master of Orion
169. MLB The Show '16
170. Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
171. Monster Hunter X
172. Perception
173. Rain World
174. Resident Evil Origins Collection
175. Robinson: The Journey
176. Root Letter
177. Shadow of the Beast
178. Shardlight
179. Stranger of Sword City
180. Summer Lesson
181. Syberia
182. The Journey Down
183. The Revolution 1979
184. Thumper
185. 100 ft. Robot Golf
186. Assetto Corsa
187. Constructor HD
188. Death's Gambit
189. EA Sports' UCF 2
190. Elysian Shadows
191. Friday the 13th
192. Gigantic
193. Grim Dawn
194. Hearth Forth, Alicia
195. Jenny Leclue
196. Moero Crystal
197. Muv
198. Nitroplus Blasterz
199. Obduction
200. Overkill's The Walking Dead
201. Pavilion
202. Protect Me Knight 2
203. Ray Gigant
204. Root Double
205. Sen no Kiseki
206. Severed
207. Shroud of the Avatar
208. Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3
209. Story of Seasons
210. The Guild 3
211. Tree of Savior
212. Xanadu Next
213. 3D Power Drift
214. Aztez
215. Chasm
216. CrossCode
217. Dead Star
218. Demon Gaze 2
219. Enter the Gungeon
220. Everybody's Golf
221. Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force
222. GNOG
223. Hive Jump
224. Home Improvisation
225. Hot Shots Golf (PS4)
226. Killing Floor 2
227. Ladykiller in a Bind
228. LEGO Marvel's Avengers
229. Let It Die
230. Little Devil Inside
231. Marvel Heroes
232. Matterfall
233. Memory of a Broken Dimension
234. Miitomo
235. Moon Hunters
236. Omori
237. P.A.M.E.L.A
238. Prey for the Gods
239. Quadlitarel Cowboy
240. RIOT
241. Rivals of Aether
242. Roller Coaster Tycoon World
243. SaGa Scarlet Graces
244. Secrets of Grindia
245. Slain!
246. Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice
247. Space Venture
248. Starcrawlers
249. Super Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
250. SuperHyperCube
251. Tales of Berseria
252. That Which Sleeps
253. The Legend of Legacy
254. The London Heist
255. The Universim
256. Vampyr
257. Wanderer
258. Wattam
259. We Happy Few
260. Whiteday