Has this never before seen feature where every citizen has their own lives, and the world is presented real time not simulated via mathematics, causing you to think about building and road placement...

A fun, well presented city builder. Anno 2070 is set in the near future and tasks you with building a city and surviving in remains of Earth, nearly destroyed by rising sea-levels and climate change.
The game has a lengthy first start due to the registration process and uses Ubisofts Uplay system. Several gamemodes exist and the social metagame is cleverly hidden behind the universes global politics system.
The options menu is well presented and contains a lot to modify, as expected of a PC only title. The game is pretty and runs at a respectable 25-30 FPS on my PC on High.
The game has a fair bit of DLC, but at time of writing I only own the core game.

Buggiest game this year, but also my favourite. The land of Skyrim is a wonderful place to visit, as long as you don't look to closely :P