A rushed thinking:
Biggest surprises - TMS #FE, Nintendo Switch, Zelda BOTW, Pokemon GO

Biggest dissapointments - Switch Not coming out in 2016, The power rumors of the Switch, Pokemon Go died quickly

Genre of the year - RPG!!!!!! TMS #FE and FE Fates says Hi!

Game of the year - Tokyo Mirrage Sessions #FE

Avoid at all costs - VR

Most anticipated game 2017/18 - Zelda BOTW!

Favourite game of the 8th gen - Splatoon!

Biggest surprises - Nintendo Switch concept, my most played genre this year!
Biggest dissapointments - First person Resident Evil 7
Genre of the year - First Person Shooter (Never though that would happen but Overwatch + Doom are among the top games of 2016)
Game of the year - Overwatch
Avoid at all costs - VR
Most anticipated game 2017/18 - Horizon: Zero Dawn and Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Favourite game of the 8th gen - The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and Super Mario 3D World and Super Smash 4

Biggest surprises - Nintendo doing decent at E3 despite dedicating almost of all it to Zelda, Pokemon Go

Biggest dissapointments - Fire Emblem Fates being split into separate games, no Wii U games

Genre of the year - RPG

Game of the year - Fire Emblem Fates

Avoid at all costs - Meme Run?

PS VR game - N/A

Most anticipated game 2017/18 - Breath of the Wild

Favourite game of the 8th gen - Fire Emblem Awakening

Biggest surprises - Ratchet and Clank. 

Biggest dissapointments -The lack of a new Suikoden game announcement. And Star Fox Zero. Not even No Man Sky was as dissapointing as SFZ. 

Genre of the year - Action - Adventure. 

Game of the year -  Uncharted 4

Avoid at all costs - Star Fox Zero and No Man Sky. 

PS VR game - n/a

Most anticipated game 2017/18/19/20 - Ni No Kuni 2, Dragon Quest XI, FFXII Zodiac age. 

Favourite game of the 8th gen so far - The Witcher 3, Uncharted 4 and Bloodborne. MK8 and XBX come as a solid second place. 

Biggest Surprises - Assault Android Cactus; Dragon Quest Builders

Biggest Disappointment - Lack of single-player modes in Street Fighter V

Game of the year - Uncharted 4

Avoid at all costs - Rollercoaster Dreams, good God - not only is it awful, but the character models are creepy to the point of terrifying.

PS VR game - don't have one, but I would definitely play Batman and the X-wing mission

Most Anticipated 2017 - Horizon: Zero Dawn

Favorite Game of the 8th Gen - Bloodborne

Surprise: Watchdogs 2 beind announced and being quite a good game
Ratchet and Clank was better than I expected, especially for it's price point.
Dissapointment: No mans sky. Nuff said
Genre of the year: tie Indies (firewatch, inside, abzu, stardew valley, owlboy, the witness) and first person shooters (titanfall2, Battlefield1, Doom, Overwatch)
GOTY: Forza Horizon 3
Avoid at all costs: VR
Most anticipated game:tie (Horizon, Yooka laylee, RDR2
FAVOURITE game of 8th gen NA