My personal Games of the Years I've been alive for:
1997 GOTY: Final Fantasy VII
1998 GOTY: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
1999 GOTY: Final Fantasy VIII
2000 GOTY: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
2001 GOTY: Final Fantasy X
2002 GOTY: James Bond 007: Nightfire
2003 GOTY: Brute Force
2004 GOTY: Jak 3
2005 GOTY: Star Wars: Republic Commando
2006 GOTY: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2007 GOTY: Halo 3
2008 GOTY: Gears of War 2
2009 GOTY: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2010 GOTY: Bioshock 2
2011 GOTY: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2012 GOTY: TellTale's The Walking Dead
2013 GOTY: Bioshock: Infinite
2014 GOTY: Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns
2015 GOTY: Halo 5
2016 GOTY: Final Fantasy XV
2017 GOTY: A Hat in Time
2018 GOTY: Dragonball Fighterz
2019 GOTY: Devil May Cry 5
2020 GOTY: Final Fantasy VII Remake
2021 GOTY: It Takes Two
2022 GOTY: Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins
2023 GOTY: Final Fantasy XVI
2024 GOTY: Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth