Fun: Best Game Design

Mr E

Rules
- No more than 3 Nominations per person, please.
- This is for the Best Game Design in 2015 (a cool gameplay mechanic, game world or something distinct that made a game stand out from the crowd).
- Must apply to a game that was released on or after January 1st 2015 (search for the game on http://www.gamefaqs.com and look at the data tab for a release date).
- Top 6-8 will go forward for the Vote (exact number dependent on number of nominations received).
- This is the third group of nominations. Final group at the weekend.

Josey Wales

I think the UI design of Super Mario Maker deserves praise for how simple they make it to create a level. Just compare it to the experience of creating a level in Little Big Planet for instance. It feels like you could give Mario Maker to anyone with a rudimentary understanding of 2D platformers and they would be able to create a level with very little help.

iggyigauna89

Splatoon, a near reinvention of the multiplayer shooter (can you even call it that? Multiplayer painter??)

MGSV, open world Metal Gear. Granted alot of the missions repeat themselves but for those 1st 20 hours it was unbelievably enjoyable!

cherryghost

Super Mario Maker
Splatoon
Dirt Rally

johnny_ultimate

Bloodborne - an immaculately crafted blend of level design, razor sharp mechanics and nuanced environmental storytelling.

Crypt of the Necrodancer - a near miracle of genre-melding. A joy to play: thrilling, challenging, fair and nuanced.

Sunless Sea - repurposing familiar RPG and rogue-like gameplay mechanics into storytelling mechanics is an incredible trick.

Retr0gamer

Bloodborne

Bloodbourne

tok9

Bloodborne
MGSV

Zero-Cool

Bloodborne
MGS V

Deano7788

Super Mario Maker
Splatoon
Bloodborne