Looking at the game of the year nominees, made me think was 2014 a bad year for gaming?

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It was a pretty mediocre year, for me at least.

There just wasn't much that felt fresh or unique. I liked Bayonetta 2, I liked Smash 4, Mario Kart 8, and so on, but none of them offered anything truly revolutionary. I don't own a PS4 or XBone, but nothing on the 360 or PS3 (which is mostly the same stuff) seemed interesting to me.

The only game that really stuck out to me was Bravely Default. It's not so much that it was really new and exciting, but it was a style of game that isn't really made anymore.