Game play its sort of obvious, but what I don't get is why can't we have both. Take The Witcher 3 for example. The game is gorgeous (on PC didn't play it on console) and has really good game play. Uncharted 4 is gorgeous with good game play. Sunset Overdrive was a ton of fun and had a great art style as well. This question then kind of becomes stupid when you think of it like that. Yes there are nice looking games with great game play and there are also ugly games with game play. That said people who say game play I bet wouldn't touch a game like Undertale because its ugly but it has really good game play. People complain about indies that have good game play and subpar graphics.

2015 hasn't been that great. 1996, 1998, 2004, 2008, 2010, and 2012 were all better years.