Who gee! What did I play this year. So many games! I'll stick to what just came out this year and split this up into three parts: Regrets, Bought but Forgot, and Played. It'll all wind up with the last entry being my Game of the Year, or Goaty as I like to say it (yes I know it's actually GOTY).
Regrets (didn't play but wanted to):
Banner Saga: Lucky me it's coming to Vita in 2015 when and where I'll likely play it.
Broken Age, Chapter 1: Maybe it'll come to some console. I may break my rule and go PC in 2015 though.
Halo: Spartan Assault: Finally it came out on Xbox 360, but since reviews weren't great I've been waiting for a $5 or free price point. I did secure it for free on Xbox One with Games With Gold, whenever I pick up the console.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze: I really wanted a Wii-U this year, but there are still not enough reasons for me to get one. This game was one of them.
South Park Stick of Truth: Heard many good things about this and played the demo. It seems like it should be a downloadable game at a downloadable price but it was a full price game, and that kept me away. I will pick it up on a sale for sure in the future though.
Dark Souls II: As a glutton for punishment, I wanted to drive myself into a deep dispair playing this. I guess my better sense is beginning to win out and I didn't get to it.
Luftrausers: Love the art style, though it resembles that used by Nazi infected Germany. Battles at sea intrigue me as well. I think I'll play this on Vita someday.
Heathstone: Heroes of Warcraft: I love card battle games, but have a policy of keeping games off my PC so I can get things done. That may change in 2015.
Civilization Revolution 2: I almost bought an iPad just to play this game, and I might still, but the expense made me go cry in a corner and wish I could play this. Maybe it'll get ported to console in 2015.
Sacred 3: This series turned more towards an action RPG like Diablo and that hits my sexy sensitive spot. I'm on this like a dog on a leg when it goes on sale.
Risen 3: Titan Lords: I was almost ready to buy this day-one, but I've had such bad luck with the difficulty of the previous two games, that I resisted. I love me some pirates! Will grab this on sale too sometime.
Defense Grid 2: Love the tower defense games and this is one of the best. Too bad it's only on next gen systems and I don't have one yet. May be my first purchase when I get there.
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor: I can't wait to be some orc's bitch and then get sweet, sweet revenge, and lop that sucker's head clean off.
Pier Solar HD: Love the old school RPGs of SNES days. Need to play this badly.
Bayonetta 2: My third reason to have a Wii-U. Not quite enough to make me pull the trigger, but getting closer. I was surprised to see critics praise this so much with a 91 on Metacritic right now.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection: When I heard you could create playlists of all the levels of all four Halo games, I really got excited. I'd love to do that co-op. I just need a Xbox One for myself and one for my out of work friend. $800 is a bit much for that experience right now.
Dragon Age: Inquisition: I still haven't played this series other than demos yet, but I know I'd love it. I hope there's time to get to this soon.
Far Cry 4: I guess it's too much to hope a family member will get this for me at Christmas. Almost nobody in my family has ever heard me even say the words "video game". Shhhh, it's a secret.
Rollers of the Realm: Really want to play this RPG/Pinball hybrid. I just played the NES game Pinball Quest earlier this year. I love the RPG/Puzzle hybrid series Puzzle Quest, so why not this too?
Tales From the Borderlands: I may yet get to this before Jan 1. I'm not a huge fan of the gameplay in these TellTale games, but I have to see more Borderlands story telling. I've heard this links in interesting ways to the DLC for The Pre-Seqeul as well.
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris: I loved the previous isometric view puzzle adventure game in this series (name I forget). So I want to play this for sure.
Suikoden II: Can't wait to download this. Probably get to it early in 2015.
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse: I love the graphics of this series and you can't go wrong with Wayforward. Another reason to have a Wii-U. I'm feeling the pull quite hard now.
AND NOW FOR THE BIGGEST REGRET OF 2014!
Diablo III Ultimate Evil Edition. I am a horse in front of a basket of apples just chomping at the bit in anticipation. MUST HAVE GAME!!!
That's a lot of regrets. A lot of these games are really great and they will still be great no matter when you play them next year or the year after.
I think my game plan for 2015 is going to focus on current games and the most recent ones from the previous year. I don't want to have this many regrets at the end of 2015.
Sounds like you need a Wii U and $800. I'd break both your legs. I hear Santa has some pretty good insurance policies.
Think maybe Santa Insurance Inc. would give me a thousand bucks for a toe sprain?
It could, but you'd need a good elf lawyer.
Darn, those are so hard to find!
Diablo 3, Luftrasers and Shadow of Mordor are three of my favorite games of the year. Seek 'em out with confidence.
Yes I will. I hope there is nothing new of note for the first few months of 2015. . . oh my, Grim Fandango is out Jan 27. sigh.
I have a lot of regrets for gaming too this year, but am too weak-willed to tabulate them. 
Just kick them under the bed. Sometime soon you'll have a "brave day" and go under there to get one of them.
I'm feeling the pull to get a Wii U pretty badly as well. Really surprised at myself for not jumping at the chance to get one.
The very next thing that I want on it, I swear, will make me pick one up.
No Dark Souls II? Its not nearly as difficult as the first one. Trust me.
I've heard that and good. I litterally started getting morbidly depressed playing Demon's Souls.
DKC: Tropical Freeze has some really cool level designs, but the game itself is way too hard.
I'd like to play that Pier Solar game but I don't have time for RPGs anymore.
The only thing I'd do in Bayonetta 2 is dress her up in Nintendo outfits.
The first Lara Croft and the Something of Whatever was a neat co-op puzzler. Only Tomb Raider game I was mildly interested in.
I downloaded Shantae and the Pirates' Curse but haven't played it yet. I'm mad because i just found out there's going to be a Wii U version, too.
I want to highlight all the game titles in your reply with some kind of glittering sparkles. That's how much I want to play them.
Hope your computer can run PC games if you decide to welcome it again and join the master race.
I'm going to try it. I had trouble getting the latest version of iTunes to work this year. Never did fix it. I just stayed with the older version. Possibly not a good sign.
You mean to tell me you could've played Halo: Spartan Assault...
AND YOU DIDN'T BUY IT ON SALE OR EVEN PLAYED IT?!?!?!?!?!
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get out.....
I bought it for free for Xbox One but I don't have the console yet. Then I bought it on Xbox 360 on sale for like $3 and still didn't play it. I know. I'm out of the inner circle of the Halo secret society. Don't worry. What I've seen in Halo Fight Club, will stay in Halo Fight Club.
Haha I do like the Bought and Forgot category. That fits what I do. As for this list Spartan Assault was ok. I should finish it but I got bored of it being almost the same thing every level.
I got it on a Xbox Live sale recently and my friend almost bought it before I went out and got Diablo III for both of us. So, it's on the backlog again.
