Mass Effect 2 is the winner for me. No other game has made me care that much about characters this year.
Poll: Your game of the year.
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wow, nobody has even mentioned starcraft 2???
amazing story, perfect balance, amazing cgi/ graphics, and awesome voice acting. why hasnt anybody mentioned this yet?
amazing story, perfect balance, amazing cgi/ graphics, and awesome voice acting. why hasnt anybody mentioned this yet?
I'm tempted to say Minecraft (legitimately) because its probably the best example of a good concept executed well, but at the same time I can't really vote for it because the whole "game" part of it doesn't hold too well.
It's a brilliant dicking around activity funset, but it isn't much of a game. There's no missions or objectives or even any sort of goal (besides not dying).
Mass Effect 2 and Red Dead Redemption are undeserving I feel, because even though they were well made, they were really just 2 different flavours of the month.
How many people still play Mass Effect 2? Who still talks about it? Who still cares about it?
The answer to all 3 of those questions is "a fraction of the people who were hyped about the game after launch".
Not a great retention.
Civ 5 gets my vote for being (in my opinion) the best Civ game since Civ 2. It worked very well as a game and even though it will never be as popular as other games, it will be remembered by the fans.
It's a brilliant dicking around activity funset, but it isn't much of a game. There's no missions or objectives or even any sort of goal (besides not dying).
Mass Effect 2 and Red Dead Redemption are undeserving I feel, because even though they were well made, they were really just 2 different flavours of the month.
How many people still play Mass Effect 2? Who still talks about it? Who still cares about it?
The answer to all 3 of those questions is "a fraction of the people who were hyped about the game after launch".
Not a great retention.
Civ 5 gets my vote for being (in my opinion) the best Civ game since Civ 2. It worked very well as a game and even though it will never be as popular as other games, it will be remembered by the fans.
Red Dead Redemption for me, and that is only because pretty much every other game that came out this year are sequels. I suppose that shouldn't matter and I know it is a spiritual sequel but I think it was original and the first really good western I've played and the first to be a big, mainstream game.
You clearly haven't been to the Bioware websites. The game may not be discussed nearly as often on public forums, but damn near everyone I ask (who played Mass Effect 2) still plays it and loves it. And EVERYONE who's played it is going borderline insane waiting for Mass Effect 3.Custard_Angel said:
That said, and unsurprisingly, my vote goes to Mass Effect 2 this year. The gameplay was improved, the focus on the characters rather than the Reapers was a brilliant move, and the presentation is almost second-to-none.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Without a doubt.
I know that there are some people who are too scared to play it, and some that say they'd played it and it wasn't scary to try and sound cool because they have no balls, and some people who played for 5 minutes and freaked. These people don't know what they're missing.
I just finished it, and it has to be my game of the year. Why?
Because it scared me.
[h4]IT SCARED ME.[/h4]
I'm a big horror fan, but all the recent mainstream generic FPSes and Resident Evil 4 clones that think they're scary shrivel at the name of Amnesia. It has pacing that could make the tiniest sound terrifying, horriffic monsters that would make necromorphs shriek, a story that would make H.P. Lovecraft proud, and a setting that is only equal on the horror scale as Silent Hill.
You have no weapons. Yo don't have a BFG. You don't get a gun that shoots sawblades. Yo don't even get a freaking board with a nail in it! Your only options are flee, hide, or be slashed and left on the cold castle floor to die alone. Not only that, but you have to worry about going insane.
I've played almost every highly regarded horror game. F.E.A.R., Condemned, Resident Evil, Bioshock (It had some horror parts), Silent Hill games, Dead Space and Doom 3. NONE OF THEM SCARED ME (except the Silent Hills). Sure, there were a few "ehh!" moments, but none of them matched Amnesia's "OH NO! HE'S COMING OVER HERE! AAAH!"
And I love physics.
Ramble over.
(LIMBO and Minecraft get high regards)
I know that there are some people who are too scared to play it, and some that say they'd played it and it wasn't scary to try and sound cool because they have no balls, and some people who played for 5 minutes and freaked. These people don't know what they're missing.
I just finished it, and it has to be my game of the year. Why?
Because it scared me.
[h4]IT SCARED ME.[/h4]
I'm a big horror fan, but all the recent mainstream generic FPSes and Resident Evil 4 clones that think they're scary shrivel at the name of Amnesia. It has pacing that could make the tiniest sound terrifying, horriffic monsters that would make necromorphs shriek, a story that would make H.P. Lovecraft proud, and a setting that is only equal on the horror scale as Silent Hill.
You have no weapons. Yo don't have a BFG. You don't get a gun that shoots sawblades. Yo don't even get a freaking board with a nail in it! Your only options are flee, hide, or be slashed and left on the cold castle floor to die alone. Not only that, but you have to worry about going insane.
I've played almost every highly regarded horror game. F.E.A.R., Condemned, Resident Evil, Bioshock (It had some horror parts), Silent Hill games, Dead Space and Doom 3. NONE OF THEM SCARED ME (except the Silent Hills). Sure, there were a few "ehh!" moments, but none of them matched Amnesia's "OH NO! HE'S COMING OVER HERE! AAAH!"
And I love physics.
Ramble over.
(LIMBO and Minecraft get high regards)
lol i laugh when i see ppl complaining that i didnt put choices in, only so many options and i kinda blanked on a few obvious ones like GoW3 sc2 etc.
o well, red dead was an amzing one, and after seeong a lot of ppl liking me2, i only watched my rmate play it when it came out and he beat it in a week, so i wasnt interested, now i am after reading your comments.
o well, red dead was an amzing one, and after seeong a lot of ppl liking me2, i only watched my rmate play it when it came out and he beat it in a week, so i wasnt interested, now i am after reading your comments.
Singularity really resonated with me, and I loved its single-player experience. It's my favourite console/PC game of the year. But I think my Game of the Year award goes to Pokemon Heartgold/Soulsilver - from bringing back the soul of the older Pokemon games, with new and improved features.
rly? i thought everyone knew what it is.sanguinator said:
heres a link.
youtube it as well, youll get some better things.
http://www.minecraft.net/