XCom 2 is an improvement over XCom 2012 in almost every way and it's smurfing glorious. Very probably GOTY; only Stellaris seems to maybehave a chance of beating it.

Pillars of Eternity was hailed as an instant classic upon release and yep, it is.

Skyrim is just so huge and there are so many ways to dick around with bandits and it may not be Morrowind but damnit, I still have fun!

Distant Worlds is a ridiculously vast 4X game and probably the best space 4X in a decade or more. Stellaris will almost certainly take this crown but for now, I'm in deep.