I would argue that “the best year in gaming” highly depends on taste and generation.

To me that year doesn’t seem that good.

I personally think it’s pretty useless to even compare years in this way.

But 2011 was neat, because Portal 2 is the best game. Minecraft was pretty good too.

All right, that is indeed a hell of a list. You’ve got good story, good gameplay, genre innovation, it’s all there