Influential gaming super-forum NeoGaf has (like the rest of us) been keeping a close eye on E3 2015. Naturally, then, thousands of forum users have taken to the digital polls to give their verdict on what impressed the most over the course of E3 week. As always, it’s interesting and fun to see what the number one gaming forum thinks of the upcoming games we’ll all be playing in the not-so-distant future.
It may come as a surprise to many, but Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 4 didn’t take the top spot. No, that honor was given to Guerrilla Games’ Horizon: Zero Dawn after an impressive display during Sony’s stage show.
Uncharted 4 took second place after a formidable showing during Sony’s E3 press conference, though it didn’t go completely to plan: the live demo actually hit a snag at the beginning which caused Nathan Drake to stand around like a wet lemon before the demo was finally reset.
Third place? The Last Guardian, of course! Team ICO’s mystical game finally reared its elusive head at this year’s E3 to a round of rapturous applause and genuine disbelief.
Fallout 4, quite fittingly, took fourth place while Star Wars Battlefront, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, No Man’s Sky, Super Mario Maker and Shenmue 3 all rounded off the top ten games in the list of over 100 titles.
If you’re interested to see just how the votes were cast by the forum members then you can check out the handy table down below. (Excuse the poor presentation of the table, but it’s still easy enough to follow.)
Game rank mention points top spot Horizon: Zero Dawn 1 943 2885 413 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End 2 777 1975 91 The Last Guardian 3 717 1702 76 Fallout 4 4 575 1322 90 Final Fantasy VII Remake 5 499 1211 97 Star Wars Battlefront 6 528 1022 17 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 7 354 776 52 No Man's Sky 8 371 609 2 Super Mario Maker 9 252 576 37 Shenmue 3 10 269 554 37 Kingdom Hearts III 11 285 537 10 Cuphead 12 293 518 11 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 13 277 515 10 Dark Souls 3 14 247 469 10 Project NieR 15 204 416 26 Street Fighter V 16 181 324 9 Mirror's Edge: Catalyst 17 180 299 6 Unravel 18 192 296 3 DOOM 19 144 233 4 For Honor 20 133 228 4 Just Cause 3 21 127 226 6 Star Fox Zero 22 122 222 4 Ratchet & Clank 23 113 181 1 Firewatch 24 118 175 2 Dreams 25 112 172 5 Mass Effect: Andromeda 26 96 170 4 Rise Of The Tomb Raider 27 115 165 0 Dishonored 2 28 101 163 3 Halo 5: Guardians 29 79 160 9 South Park: Fractured But Whole 30 99 159 2 Hitman 31 101 155 1 Ghost Recon: Wildlands 32 97 155 5 Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem 33 78 148 4 Fire Emblem: Fates 34 73 125 3 Recore 35 70 106 2 Sea of Thieves 36 63 96 1 Star Ocean 37 58 87 1 The Division 38 56 82 0 Xenoblade Chronicles X 39 43 80 3 Gears of War 4 40 45 75 2 XCOM 2 41 35 74 3 Yoshi's Woolly World 42 41 64 0 Rare Replay 43 32 62 1 Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam 44 27 48 2 Abzû 45 31 48 0 Forza Motorsport 6 46 22 46 4 World Of Final Fantasy 47 25 39 1 Destiny: The Taken King 48 22 39 1 Persona 5 49 19 33 0 Transformers: Devastation 50 20 33 1 Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water 51 22 31 0 Need For Speed 52 19 30 0 The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes 53 16 29 0 Batman: Arkham Knight 54 19 29 0 RIGS: Mechanized Combat League 55 19 29 0 Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 56 18 27 0 Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 57 16 27 1 FAST Racing Neo 58 14 26 0 Wattam 59 15 24 1 Shadow Warrior 2 60 10 23 1 Trackmania Turbo 61 11 22 1 Rainbow Six Siege 62 14 22 0 Anno 2205 63 12 18 0 Tearaway Unfolded 64 10 16 0 Yo-kai Watch 65 10 16 1 Trails of Cold Steel 66 9 14 0 Beyond Eyes 67 10 14 0 Rime 68 8 13 1 Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced 69 5 13 1 Mad Max 70 10 13 0 Eitr 71 9 12 1 The Tomorrow Children 72 8 11 0 EarthBound 73 5 11 0 Rocket League 74 6 10 1 Rock Band 4 75 4 10 0 Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 76 5 10 0 Yooka-Laylee 77 8 10 0 Persona 4: Dancing All Night 78 7 9 0 Kingdom Come: Deliverance 79 4 9 0 Mother Russia Bleeds 80 6 9 0 Pillar's of Eternity: The White March 81 4 9 1 Summer Lesson 82 5 8 0 Below 83 6 7 0 Gears of War: Ultimate Edition 84 5 6 0 Galak-Z 85 5 6 0 Until Dawn 86 5 6 0 Ashen 87 5 6 0 Tacoma 88 4 6 0 Assassin's Creed Syndicate 89 4 6 0 Hellblade 90 3 6 1 What Remains of Edith Finch 91 5 6 0 SOMA 92 4 6 0 Mega Man Legacy Collection 93 2 5 1 Drawn To Death 94 3 4 0 Everybody's Gone to the Rapture 95 3 4 0 Keep Talking & Nobody Explodes 96 2 4 0 Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash 97 4 4 0 Armikrog 98 1 4 1 Super Smash Bros DLC (Roy/Ryu) 99 3 3 0 FIFA 16 100 2 3 0 Enter the Gungeon 101 2 3 0 Elder Scrolls Online (Dark Brotherhood) 102 1 3 0 Final Fantasy XV 103 1 3 0 Mighty No. 9 104 1 3 0 Legend of Legacy 105 1 3 0 Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival 106 3 3 0 Xbox One backwards compatibility 107 2 3 0 SWTOR Knights of the Fallen 108 2 3 0 Rising Storm 2: Vietnam 109 1 3 0 Rain World 110 1 3 0 Planet Coaster 111 2 2 0 Minecraft for HoloLens 112 2 2 0 Bravely Second 113 2 2 0 Typoman 114 2 2 0 Project Setsuna 115 2 2 0 Farming Simulator 15 116 1 2 0 Oneechanbara Z2 Chaos 117 1 2 0 Corpse Party: Blood Drive 118 1 2 0 Killer Instinct PC 119 1 2 0 King's Quest 120 1 2 0 Disney Infinity 3.0 121 1 2 0 Runbow 122 1 2 0 American Truck Driver 123 1 2 0 Gang Beasts 124 1 1 0 SUPERHOT 125 1 1 0 The Flame in the Flood 126 1 1 0 Strafe 127 1 1 0 Return to PoPoLoCrois: A Story of Seasons F128 1 1 0 Senran Kagura Estival Versus 129 1 1 0 Crossing Souls 130 1 1 0 Elite: Dangerous 131 1 1 0 London Heist 132 1 1 0 Headmaster 133 1 1 0 EVE: Valkyrie 134 1 1 0 Skylanders: Super Chargers 135 1 1 0 Edge of Nowhere 136 1 1 0 Alienation 137 1 1 0 Life is Strange 138 1 1 0 Mutant Mudds Super Challenge 139 1 1 0 Banner Saga 2 140 1 1 0 Superhypercube 141 1 1 0 Devil's Third 142 1 1 0 Project X Zone 2 143 1 1 0 Relativity 144 1 1 0 Dragon Quest Heroes 145 1 1 0 Pirates 146 1 1 0 Playstation Vue A la Carte 147 1 1 0 Adr1ft 148 1 1 0 Harmonix Music VR 149 1 1 0 Thumper 150 1 1 0
To be honest, it’s a little disappointing to see the likes of Gears of War and Halo 5 not even make the top ten of the list, but that’s NeoGaf for you, folks.
Agree with the NeoGaf verdict, or do you think the list is a pile of bull-poop? Name your E3 2015 winners down in the comments below.