ThisGenGaming’s Writers Game Of The Year Award Goes To Battlefield 1, Complete Voting Breakdown Inside

2016 was a great year for video games, so good actually that the Game Of The Year votes were all over the place for this years writer’s GOTY award. If you are unfamiliar with how our voting system works, here is a quick explanation.

We asked our writers to give their top 5 games of 2016 in order with #1 being the highest and #5 being the lowest. Each ranking in the top 5 gets a certain amount of points which are

#1 = 5 points

#2 = 4 points

#3 = 3 points

#4 = 2 points

#5 = 1 point

Here are the top 5’s from all our writers

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Albert 

#1 – Overwatch – 5 points

#2 – Uncharted 4 – 4 points

#3 – Dishonored II – 3 points

#4 – Final Fantasy XV – 2 points

#5 – Stardew Valley – 1 point

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Justin

#1 – Uncharted 4 – 5 points

#2 – The Last Guardian – 4 points

#3 – Inside – 3 points

#4 – Forza Horizon 3 – 2 points

#5 – DOOM – 1 point

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Dakota

#1 – Battlefield 1 – 5 points

#2 – The Witness – 4 points

#3 – Overwatch – 3 points

#4 – Final Fantasy XV – 2 points

#5 – Forza Horizon 3 – 1 point

 

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Josh 

#1 – Gears Of War 4 – 5 points

#2 – Battlefield 1 – 4 points

#3 – Dark Souls III – 3 points

#4 – Uncharted 4 – 2 points

#5 – The Division – 1 point

 

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Jacob 

#1 – Stardew Valley – 5 points

#2 – Overwatch – 4 points

#3 – Overcooked – 3 points

#4 – Forza Horizon 3 – 2 points

#5 – No Man’s Sky – 1 point

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Adarian

#1 – Final Fantasy XV – 5 points

#2 – Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE – 4 points

#3 – Pokemon Sun/Moon – 3 points

#4 – Fire Emblem Fates – 2 points

#5 – Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare – 1 point

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Joel 

#1 – Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare – 5 points

#2 – Forza Horizon 3 – 4 points

#3 – Dead Rising 4 – 3 points

#4 – Gears Of War 4 – 2 points

#5 – Steep – 1 point

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Paul 

#1 – Titanfall 2 – 5 points

#2 – The Last Guardian – 4 points

#3 – Battlefield 1 – 3 points

#4 – Watch Dogs 2 – 2 points

#5 – The Division – 1 point

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ThisGenGaming 

#1 – Battlefield 1 – 5 points

#2 – DOOM – 4 Points

#3 – Uncharted 4 – 3 points

#4 – Forza Horizon 3 – 2 points

#5 – Dishonored II – 1 point

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Final results

#1 – Battlefield 1 – 17 points

#2 – Uncharted 4 – 14 points

#3 – Overwatch – 12 points

#4 – Forza Horizon 3 – 11 points

#5 – Final Fantasy XV – 9 points

#6 – The Last Guardian – 8 points

#7 – Gears Of War 4 – 7 points

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Games with 6 points 

• Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare
• Stardew Valley

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Games with 5 points 

• Titanfall 2
• DOOM

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Games with 4 points 

• Dishonored 2
• The Witness
• Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE

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Games with 3 points 

• Pokemon Sun/Moon
• Dead Rising 4
• Inside
• Dark Souls III
• Overcooked

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Games with 2 points 

• Fire Emblem Fates
• The Division

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Games with 1 point 

• Steep
• No Man’s Sky

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Congratulations to Battlefield 1 for winning the first ever ThisGenGaming writer’s GOTY award. Let us know what you thought of the voting in the comments section below.