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Now...that is an interesting list. I only played half of those, Spec Ops, Walking Dead, Mass Effect 3 and Max Payne 3. Spec Ops and The Walking Dead would probably make it on my best of 2012, even though I very enjoyed Max Payne 3 and most of Mass Effect 3. And I do wish to play DayZ but that mod installation was a nightmare for me, so I'll just wait for the standalone release.
My GOTY which I'll probably get weird looks from most (read: normal) people because of is Crusader Kings II. I'm a sucker (whore) for strategy games and, while it's not everyone, CK2 has an interesting and fun feature where you play as a landed member of a medieval feudal dynasty. You can start as a lowly count and rise to the rank of emperor. You can plot assassinations of family members so you can be next in line to inheriting land. You have to fend off foreign invaders, pissed off unpaid mercenaries, the ambitions of fellow counts or dukes, or, if that's not enough, the Mongol hordes. The pope keeps on excommunicating you? Promote a bishop to anti-pope! Also it's amusing how event can turn out for you in CK 2. For example, your handsome and intelligent son and heir develops pneumonia and dies while your inept and gay illegitimate child that you tried to get sent away to some bishopric becomes next in line to inherit your land and wealth. It's best described as a feudal sandbox because you can set your own goals and accomplish them whatever way you like. You can be a force of justice and honor in the world, or you can be a gigantic dick and imprison your bitchy wife or husband because teh lulz.DeadpanLunatic said:
To that list I'd add Far Cry 3, XCOM, FTL, Katawa Shoujo, Dragons Dogma and Chivalry. It was a really great year for gaming I reckon.
Now my choice on this list is Max Payne 3 and I'll stick to that but I do have a new challenger from last year breathing down my neck which I got for Christmas and have had severe trouble putting down. Dragon's Dogma.
To me this game feels like a more hardcore Skyrim if everything in Skyrim wasn't mediocre. Combat is complex, fast and exciting with a world that's totally non-level scaled filled with monsters ranging from simple wolves to armoured giant Cyclopses, quests are varied and unique as well as very compelling and the exploration and dungeon spelunking aspects feel much more rewarding. It is a shame however that the world is not as vast as Skyrim's, but considering the lack of fast travel, instead only giving you a one-use stone to return to the capital that you must buy, that's probably for the best. The pawn system is also very useful and rewarding, giving you an incentive to have the best pawn available so other players will choose and use your pawn so you can get rewarded from their travels. Add this into a CRAZY character creation tool which allows players to make anyone from colossal man-hulks to petite 12 year olds to play as.
If the game maintains this quality throughout, then I'll have a new game of the year. Sorry Max, know you've been through a lot, but dragons, y'know?
Calumon: Maybe if he wasn't so miserable we'd all be having more fun. >: (
To me this game feels like a more hardcore Skyrim if everything in Skyrim wasn't mediocre. Combat is complex, fast and exciting with a world that's totally non-level scaled filled with monsters ranging from simple wolves to armoured giant Cyclopses, quests are varied and unique as well as very compelling and the exploration and dungeon spelunking aspects feel much more rewarding. It is a shame however that the world is not as vast as Skyrim's, but considering the lack of fast travel, instead only giving you a one-use stone to return to the capital that you must buy, that's probably for the best. The pawn system is also very useful and rewarding, giving you an incentive to have the best pawn available so other players will choose and use your pawn so you can get rewarded from their travels. Add this into a CRAZY character creation tool which allows players to make anyone from colossal man-hulks to petite 12 year olds to play as.
If the game maintains this quality throughout, then I'll have a new game of the year. Sorry Max, know you've been through a lot, but dragons, y'know?
Calumon: Maybe if he wasn't so miserable we'd all be having more fun. >: (
I only played ME3, FC3 and BO2 and enjoyed them in that order. Well, 'enjoyed' is a stretch for BO2.