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If there was one key message to take from last month's E3, it was that 2015 is going to be a proper treat. The roll call of games coming out next year is just dizzying - Halo 5: Guardians! Bloodborne! Xenoblade Chronicles X! - and it's all so exciting that even some of what were set to be this year's biggest games didn't want to be left out, with the likes of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Batman: Arkham Knight slipping back to get involved in the throng.2014, though? Well, that's a slightly different story. It's not exactly going to be short on spectacle - I've found myself pining for Destiny's space-scapes so much they've begun to enter my dreams; Far Cry 4 is everything I'd wish for from the increasingly absurd series and Alien: Isolation looks set to be a nightmarish delight - but it's lacking a little in sparkle, and in drama.
Where are the big, tub-thumping platform exclusives? As much as it pains my petrol-pumped heart to admit it, racing games like DriveClub and Forza Horizon 2 aren't the big ticket draw they once were. Sunset Overdrive, meanwhile, feels like it's trying a little too hard to atone for developer Insomniac's recent wayward past. When it comes to the current generation of consoles this Christmas, it's Nintendo that once again is quietly offering the best proposition, though beyond the brawling of Smash Bros. the likes of Bayonetta 2, Hyrule Warriors and Captain Toad make for an excessively esoteric selection.
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