Well, it is nearly Christmas...  

Still to come... FC4, Dragons Age, GTA V redux [which may be banned anyway].  Any chance of them pinching Top Spot, or is Driveclub already your firm favourite?  Voting won't be for a little while yet, but we might as well get some lists going, and we can even use it as an excuse to entice Reg back.

You unleash the controversy, I'll unleash the contrived ruleset and Excel formulae...

Eligibility Criteria

Must be a game. Must be released in 2014. May or may not be art.

Re-releases legit if they're vaguely different to previous versions (GTA probably, Halo just about, TLoU not really).

Voting Rules

 1 - Voting closes midnight on 7:14am, 2 February 2015 (at which point I'll be exactly 35 years old)
 2 - You can vote for at most 5 games
 3 - You may assign each game an integer points value of between -2 and +5
 4 - The total POSITIVE points assigned mustn't exceed 12
 5 - Examples are therefore (5, 3, 2, 1, 1) or (5, 5, 5, -2, -2)
 6 - The winner is the one with the most points.
 7 - Please @acemuzzy me if you're voting for a game that isn't in the longlist in the OP, so I can add it!
 8 - There will be two lists, one including negatives, one excluding.  Top of the former list will be declared GotY.

The Standings

EXCITING NEWS - MY ONLINE SPREADSHEET IS UP AND RUNNING!!!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k1iGgiqd5q7NkxaFvae75zaB00Aa4FtByZxD7STkYWE/edit?usp=sharing

Hopefully read-only.  I've put three people's votes in so far, I'll do more when I get a chance.  Please @acemuzzy me or PM me if you're missing, or you think there's an error in what I have for you (e.g. I've guessed at your point allocation cos you didn't give one, and you'd like it to be different).

From the random three I chose to check my spreadsheet worked: Destiny is winning both lists!


The Very-Longlist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_in_video_gaming

The Results 

Including negatives

1 Destiny 73
2 Mario Kart 8 56
3 Bayonetta 2 37
4 Dark Souls 2 28
5 Alien: Isolation 20
6 Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor 20
7 Forza Horizon 2 17
8 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 14
9 Titanfall 13
10 Driveclub 12
11 Shovel Knight 11
12 Threes! 11
13 GTA V 10
14 Peggle 2 8
15 Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft 7
16 South Park: The Stick of Truth 6
17 Call of Duty: Advance Warfare 5
18 Football Manager 2015 5
19 Super Smash Bros. 3DS / WiiU 5
20 TowerFall: Ascension 5
21 Wolfenstein: New Order 5
22 Pokemon ORAS 4
23 Valiant hearts 4
24 Velvet Sundown 4
25 Ys: Memories of Celcetta 4
26 80 Days 3
27 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 3
28 CounterSpy 3
29 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc 3
30 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair 3
31 Geometry Wars 3 3
32 Guacamalee 3
33 Mario Golf 3
34 Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes 3
35 Nba2k15 3
36 Nintendo Pocket Football Club 3
37 OlliOlli 3
38 Sleeping Dogs 3
39 The Wolf Among Us 3
40 TxK 3
41 Divinity: Original Sin 2
42 Endless Legend 2
43 Far Cry 4 2
44 Lone Survivor 2
45 NES Remix 2 2
46 Shadowrun: Dragonfall 2
47 The Last of Us: Remastered 2
48 TWD S2 2
49 Ultra Street Fighter 4 2
50 Dragons Age: Inquisition 1
51 FTL 1
52 Toybox Turbos 1


Excluding negatives

1 Destiny 77
2 Mario Kart 8 60
3 Bayonetta 2 37
4 Dark Souls 2 28
5 Alien: Isolation 20
6 Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor 20
7 Forza Horizon 2 17
8 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 14
9 Titanfall 13
10 Driveclub 12
11 Shovel Knight 11
12 Threes! 11
13 GTA V 10
14 Peggle 2 8
15 Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft 7
16 South Park: The Stick of Truth 6
17 Call of Duty: Advance Warfare 5
18 Football Manager 2015 5
19 Super Smash Bros. 3DS / WiiU 5
20 TowerFall: Ascension 5
21 Wolfenstein: New Order 5
22 Far Cry 4 4
23 Pokemon ORAS 4
24 Valiant hearts 4
25 Velvet Sundown 4
26 Ys: Memories of Celcetta 4
27 80 Days 3
28 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 3
29 CounterSpy 3
30 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc 3
31 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair 3
32 Geometry Wars 3 3
33 Guacamalee 3
34 Mario Golf 3
35 Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes 3
36 Nba2k15 3
37 Nintendo Pocket Football Club 3
38 OlliOlli 3
39 Sleeping Dogs 3
40 The Wolf Among Us 3
41 TxK 3
42 Divinity: Original Sin 2
43 Endless Legend 2
44 Lone Survivor 2
45 NES Remix 2 2
46 Shadowrun: Dragonfall 2
47 The Last of Us: Remastered 2
48 TWD S2 2
49 Ultra Street Fighter 4 2
50 Dragons Age: Inquisition 1
51 FTL 1
52 Toybox Turbos 1