I'm hoping for Deus Ex: HR, Portal 2 or Infamous 2 to win, but lets face it, GOTY is going to come down to Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3, Skyrim, and Uncharted 3 (and maybe Gears or Arkham City.)
The Top Three Contenders for GOTY
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Dues Ex, Portal 2, Arkym City.
The shooters are rehashes, the three above are damned near masterpieces in my eyes.
The shooters are rehashes, the three above are damned near masterpieces in my eyes.
Even though it's not out yet Skyrim is definitely in there.
Arkham city and gears of war 3 perhaps...
Even though you only said 3 I must say dark souls should have a chance
Assassins creed: revelations also may have a chance.
Arkham city and gears of war 3 perhaps...
Even though you only said 3 I must say dark souls should have a chance
Assassins creed: revelations also may have a chance.
I think Zelda has a good chance. The first review of it is out, 10/10 by edge magazine.
Also, ONM gave it 98/100 (their highest score ever) and called it the best Zelda game ever, take what you will from that.
Also, ONM gave it 98/100 (their highest score ever) and called it the best Zelda game ever, take what you will from that.
Top 3 games for GOTY?
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There is no contender.
I agree with the OP, when I first looked at the year in review, I knew that Portal 2, Mortal Kombat, Skyrim, Uncharted, Batman: Arkham City, and Skyward Sword were going to be awesome, but the true GOTY contenders were yet to be determined.
Upon further thought, I acknowledged Skyrim as the probable GOTY. Further ponderings later, I admitted that Uncharted 3 has a pretty solid shot at taking down The Elder Scrolls. The 10/10 review GameInformer gave Arkham City drove me to buy it at the midnight launch and play it nonstop in all my freetime when I'm not at school, lifting, acting, or posting on The Escapist Forums.
As such, I believe the OP is correct, Arkham City, Skyrim, and Uncharted 3 are in the running for GOTY, not much else as far as I can see it can unseat them. An FPS hasn't won GOTY since Halo 2/ Half-Life 2 in '04, so no Battlefield 3/Rage/Hard Reset/Modern Warfare 3/Bulletstorm, so none of the huge amount of FPS' released this year will get any recognition save Battlefield 3's probable "Best Shooter" and "Best Multiplayer" awards.
While Skyrim has the most chance to take GOTY, there is one other foe that could unseat this ages-old RPG franchise's most recent release. I'm talking of course, about the last cry from the Wii before it dies, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. TLoZ has always been a fantastic series, and while some entries get hate for various reasons, they're usually minor when compared to the overall genius of the franchise. Twilight Princess was also the only game to be a legitimate competitor against Oblivion back in '06's GOTY.
This year has some great games lined up for GOTY, but nothing beats last year's "Represent Fest". You know what I'm talking about.
Mass Effect 2 for the 360, God of War 3 for the PS3, Starcraft 2 for the PC, Mario Galaxy 2 for the Wii, but they all fell under the dusty boot of the multi-platform Red Dead Redemption... that was awesome.
-Chillz
Upon further thought, I acknowledged Skyrim as the probable GOTY. Further ponderings later, I admitted that Uncharted 3 has a pretty solid shot at taking down The Elder Scrolls. The 10/10 review GameInformer gave Arkham City drove me to buy it at the midnight launch and play it nonstop in all my freetime when I'm not at school, lifting, acting, or posting on The Escapist Forums.
As such, I believe the OP is correct, Arkham City, Skyrim, and Uncharted 3 are in the running for GOTY, not much else as far as I can see it can unseat them. An FPS hasn't won GOTY since Halo 2/ Half-Life 2 in '04, so no Battlefield 3/Rage/Hard Reset/Modern Warfare 3/Bulletstorm, so none of the huge amount of FPS' released this year will get any recognition save Battlefield 3's probable "Best Shooter" and "Best Multiplayer" awards.
While Skyrim has the most chance to take GOTY, there is one other foe that could unseat this ages-old RPG franchise's most recent release. I'm talking of course, about the last cry from the Wii before it dies, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. TLoZ has always been a fantastic series, and while some entries get hate for various reasons, they're usually minor when compared to the overall genius of the franchise. Twilight Princess was also the only game to be a legitimate competitor against Oblivion back in '06's GOTY.
This year has some great games lined up for GOTY, but nothing beats last year's "Represent Fest". You know what I'm talking about.
Mass Effect 2 for the 360, God of War 3 for the PS3, Starcraft 2 for the PC, Mario Galaxy 2 for the Wii, but they all fell under the dusty boot of the multi-platform Red Dead Redemption... that was awesome.
-Chillz
I am not going to put in titles that hasn't been released (like Skyrim), because hype doesn't make a good game and if I would, I would have to list out every un-released game. Because the fact of the matter is that I cannot know whether these games are good or not. Regardless here's my top 3 so far:
1. Portal 2
2. Batman: Arkham City
3. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
1. Portal 2
2. Batman: Arkham City
3. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
To me, it's a toss up between Portal 2, Dead Space 2 and Call of Juarez: The Cartel. Ok, the Cartel's only good in hindsight. It's like the "Sucker Punch principle" I hate it until I see/play something worse (Super 8 and Duke Nukem Forever and/or Homefront, respectivly.) and then I love it.
Finally someone who agrees with me.Your Local DJ said:
Im suprised to see that little people are saying Saints Row the Third, well because Saints Row 2 was awesome and the sequel is sticking close to that except making the fun 10X more.
This will be mine.
Overall Winner of the Universe: Saints Row the Third. (We all know its gonna be awesome)
Second place favorites: The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. (If its good that is, even isn't released yet!)
Third place but still awesome: Batman: Arkem City
If Skyrim fails (god help us all if that happens), then my old school Pc buddy shall come in Second, Battlefield 3.
for me its got to be these three, in this order.
Crysis 2
Portal 2
Battlefield 3
I just don't understand why people don't seem to remember crysis 2, I thought that game was awesome, the gameplay was just so varied and deep. sure, the multiplayer was a little glitches and the campaign wasn't perfect but so what, its still an order of magnitude better than any COD or recent Halo game.
Crysis 2
Portal 2
Battlefield 3
I just don't understand why people don't seem to remember crysis 2, I thought that game was awesome, the gameplay was just so varied and deep. sure, the multiplayer was a little glitches and the campaign wasn't perfect but so what, its still an order of magnitude better than any COD or recent Halo game.
I accept the inherant foolishness in saying "Skyrim should get it" since the game hasn't even been released yet and therefore can have no unbiased reason for its recommendation BUT- I am biased, and I still want it to win.
skyrim is gonna win, dark souls uncharted 3, batman and some others will be close contenders
MW3 doesnt deserve GOTY because its basically a black ops patch(slightly updated graphics, bug fixes, ONE LESS MODE(zombie),messes around with some perks) for $60, and if you dont buy it be prepared for all your friends to leave you, and have every game of black ops full of people flying around and walking through walls, it'll be black ops:ghost edition all up in there
MW3 doesnt deserve GOTY because its basically a black ops patch(slightly updated graphics, bug fixes, ONE LESS MODE(zombie),messes around with some perks) for $60, and if you dont buy it be prepared for all your friends to leave you, and have every game of black ops full of people flying around and walking through walls, it'll be black ops:ghost edition all up in there