What is your GOTY so far?
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Dishonored... though that's not saying much... really not much out this year that interested me... just your usual Halo, CoD shtick... with Borderlands 2 in there to remind me just why I didn't like the first one, and ME:3 to remind me just how bullshit moral choice systems are... even though Dishonored is guilty of the same thing, though not to the same extent... plus a bunch of other games I can barley remember, like Dragon's Dogma, or Tribes, or the countless dry RTS and TBS games out... oh yeah and than there was Sleeping Dogs... the first true Grand Theft Auto Clone in years... but any way, they might've been well reviewed, and I might've enjoyed them at the time, but they stick in the mind like a magnet on aluminum, and looking back, they arouse little more than a meh...<.<
So yeah, Dishonored, was the only game, for me to consciously look back at with any amount of fondness, not just a black hole of haziness ... though I was generally a bit disappointed with it... just came up the tiniest bit short in everything that I hoped it'd be... but it was certainly the best game that I've played this year...
Though I still need to get my hands on Spec Ops... especially with all of the good things I've heard about it... but can you really blame me? everything in it's advertising and everything that I've seen about it, made it out to be just another military shooter and god knows we don;t need any more of those...<.<
So yeah, Dishonored, was the only game, for me to consciously look back at with any amount of fondness, not just a black hole of haziness ... though I was generally a bit disappointed with it... just came up the tiniest bit short in everything that I hoped it'd be... but it was certainly the best game that I've played this year...
Though I still need to get my hands on Spec Ops... especially with all of the good things I've heard about it... but can you really blame me? everything in it's advertising and everything that I've seen about it, made it out to be just another military shooter and god knows we don;t need any more of those...<.<
Xcom is pretty good, Dishonored was a little disapointing, Guild Wars 2 is what an MMO should be and Armoured Kill brought the Battlefield back, but once again my GOTY is an unfinished beta...I'll get those Kerbalnauts to another planet one day...
Soooo, Kerbal Space Program: GOTY.
Soooo, Kerbal Space Program: GOTY.
Not everybody! Max Payne 3 is my pick too. Solid gameplay, interesting characters, fine voice acting, cool setting, a well-deserved revival for a franchise that had been thought dead and buried with the last gen.Shocksplicer said:
Honorable mentions this year also go to Sleeping Dogs and X-COM: Enemy Unknown.
I have a feeling that I would probably add Spec Ops: The Line to that list, but I haven't picked it up yet.
Spec Ops:The Line. The first game where my jaw actually dropped in shock. It was also the first game to compel me to finish it in one sitting which just goes to show how powerful the game is. I usually take months to finish even short games but I made an exception for Spec Ops. I had the option to stop, but I chose to keep going.
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It has Yahtzee's endorsement, you have no excuseSacman said:
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1. Spec Ops The Line
2. XCOM Enemy Unknown
3. Borderlands 2(and I actually hated Borderlands 1)
I expect Far Cry 3 or Assassin's Creed 3 to replace the second and third ones when they get released.
2. XCOM Enemy Unknown
3. Borderlands 2(and I actually hated Borderlands 1)
I expect Far Cry 3 or Assassin's Creed 3 to replace the second and third ones when they get released.
Err, Diablo III. This is a tough one because I've played so few good games. Mass Effect 3 was complete trash start to end, Xcom messed up badly in all areas, Guild Wars 2 has some incredible potential but just isn't there yet. I've yet to play Dishonoured or Borderlands 2 but I have a strong suspicion Dishonoured may be the one to take it.
So yeah Diablo III. It lacks longevity in that after 300 or so hours you've seen everything and it doesn't really incentivise further play, but those 300 hours are pretty good, and the recent patches would seem to clear up the major frustrations. If I didn't have alt-itis the ridiculously weak itemisation would have killed it stone dead, but as is it's a constant feast of new abilities and new possibilities. Still without that itemisation I doubt it would even make top 5 in 2011s game of the year list.
So yeah Diablo III. It lacks longevity in that after 300 or so hours you've seen everything and it doesn't really incentivise further play, but those 300 hours are pretty good, and the recent patches would seem to clear up the major frustrations. If I didn't have alt-itis the ridiculously weak itemisation would have killed it stone dead, but as is it's a constant feast of new abilities and new possibilities. Still without that itemisation I doubt it would even make top 5 in 2011s game of the year list.
To me that would definitely be Guild Wars 2 but only because I haven't played the other games yet (I guess I'm bias).
Just when I had thought that I had 'out-grown' video games, when I honestly had no desire to play them at all... along comes Guild Wars 2, the game that single-handedly brought me back. So far, I love it.
But, seeing as how I've mostly been playing MMORPGs for the last decade, I'm a little biased towards it. Still, I think its a great game, and gets my nom.
But, seeing as how I've mostly been playing MMORPGs for the last decade, I'm a little biased towards it. Still, I think its a great game, and gets my nom.
The sites actually saying it's still in Alpha, seriously no game but an alpha of an unreleased game tickled your fancy this year?octafish said:
I would actually try the free demo but I find alcohol and assessing games at the same time to be kind of unfair to the game.
I'll probably only have bought three games this year.
Mass Effect 3 was mediocre.
Dishonored (which i've still to get) may or may not end up being the "best" game of this year, but that doesn't matter.
Spec Ops: The Line is getting my GOTY.
It is utterly outstanding.
You simply MUST play it.
Mass Effect 3 was mediocre.
Dishonored (which i've still to get) may or may not end up being the "best" game of this year, but that doesn't matter.
Spec Ops: The Line is getting my GOTY.
It is utterly outstanding.
You simply MUST play it.
Depends on what criteria we're judging this by.
New IP that pleasantly surprised and shocked many gamers? In a toss-up between Spec Ops and Dishonored, I'd pick the latter. Both great games that shook up the FPS/TPS formats just a bit (Dishonored being Deus Ex meets Thief helped too).
A total game-changer for its respective genre? Guild Wars 2 has it all. I'd be surprised if the industry doesn't copy its model in the years moving forward. It's that good.
A sequel that refines everything that its predecessor did well? GW2 and Borderlands 2 both did it incredibly well.
Hell, RE6 could be a dark horse contender once people realize how much content the game is stacked with.
I don't consider X-COM, Diablo III or ME3 (or its fanboys) in my list, as they were good, but underwhelming in at least one way, shape or form (X-COM for not bringing back the horror and flexibility of the original games, D3 for its grindfest always-online gameplay, and ME3 for just about everything besides the combat). I don't see them winning anything this year.
I also don't see Halo 4 making much impact this year. Much shorter than previous campaigns, and mainly exists as a set-up for further games. Far Cry 3 could be awesome, but I haven't seen much gameplay to make an informed opinion.
New IP that pleasantly surprised and shocked many gamers? In a toss-up between Spec Ops and Dishonored, I'd pick the latter. Both great games that shook up the FPS/TPS formats just a bit (Dishonored being Deus Ex meets Thief helped too).
A total game-changer for its respective genre? Guild Wars 2 has it all. I'd be surprised if the industry doesn't copy its model in the years moving forward. It's that good.
A sequel that refines everything that its predecessor did well? GW2 and Borderlands 2 both did it incredibly well.
Hell, RE6 could be a dark horse contender once people realize how much content the game is stacked with.
I don't consider X-COM, Diablo III or ME3 (or its fanboys) in my list, as they were good, but underwhelming in at least one way, shape or form (X-COM for not bringing back the horror and flexibility of the original games, D3 for its grindfest always-online gameplay, and ME3 for just about everything besides the combat). I don't see them winning anything this year.
I also don't see Halo 4 making much impact this year. Much shorter than previous campaigns, and mainly exists as a set-up for further games. Far Cry 3 could be awesome, but I haven't seen much gameplay to make an informed opinion.
I'm guessing it's Asura's Wrath for me but then again it's the only game released this year that I have picked up thus far.
But as it stands it is still one of the best multimedia experiences I've ever had with a game, even if the gameplay itself is lacking.
I tend to spend the year picking up games I didn't get from the year before and then picking up the current releases in December. So I'll have experienced Borderlands 2, Assassin's Creed 3 and probably Dishonored by year's end.
But as it stands it is still one of the best multimedia experiences I've ever had with a game, even if the gameplay itself is lacking.
I tend to spend the year picking up games I didn't get from the year before and then picking up the current releases in December. So I'll have experienced Borderlands 2, Assassin's Creed 3 and probably Dishonored by year's end.