What is your GOTY so far?
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I haven't played Dishonored yet, but based on the reviews I'm betting that will end up being the one...
However, at the moment I'd say Guild Wars 2. I have never been that big of a fan of MMOs, I love the concept but usually can't stand the very unfriendly mechanics (in that helping people is stealing their kills) and I love how this game fixes that and then makes them less games about ticking off quest lists and more about adventuring and exploring.
I also haven't played Way of the Samurai 4 for yet for some reason, that might be on there as well.
However, at the moment I'd say Guild Wars 2. I have never been that big of a fan of MMOs, I love the concept but usually can't stand the very unfriendly mechanics (in that helping people is stealing their kills) and I love how this game fixes that and then makes them less games about ticking off quest lists and more about adventuring and exploring.
I also haven't played Way of the Samurai 4 for yet for some reason, that might be on there as well.
Tales of Graces F. The story and characters were far from groundbreaking, but that fighting system was a blast. Even compared to the other Tales games, it's the one where I found myself fighting random battles for the fun of it by far the most often.
Second goes to Borderlands 2. Not the quantum leap over the first that it was suggested to be, but the first was very good, and this had improvements in all the right areas.
Second goes to Borderlands 2. Not the quantum leap over the first that it was suggested to be, but the first was very good, and this had improvements in all the right areas.
Forza: Horizon.
I'm not kidding. It's just...the best racer of all time.
And honestly, it hasn't been much of a year for games.
I'm not kidding. It's just...the best racer of all time.
And honestly, it hasn't been much of a year for games.
Same here. I couldn't finish the Demo it was so boring.ka_saa said:
Diablo 3
I love this game so much it's competing with Rock Band as my game of this entire console generation. Nothing released this year even comes close.
I'd still only rank it an 8/10 (up from 7/10 at launch due to the patches since then).
Similar to Skyrim, Diablo 3 is the kind of game that has a pile of faults and yet you can still love the game.
I love this game so much it's competing with Rock Band as my game of this entire console generation. Nothing released this year even comes close.
I'd still only rank it an 8/10 (up from 7/10 at launch due to the patches since then).
Similar to Skyrim, Diablo 3 is the kind of game that has a pile of faults and yet you can still love the game.
What did I get that came out in 2012?
*scroll scroll*
Uh... Black Mesa? If it counts. Otherwise I didn't get anything released in 2012.
*scroll scroll*
Uh... Black Mesa? If it counts. Otherwise I didn't get anything released in 2012.
I love FTL. Can't get anywhere on normal, but as long as I get to the boss ship, I can consistently down it. If you want, I can give you a strategy, it's kinda cheap once you realize it though.Trippy Turtle said:
On topic: once I get Dishonored, I'll probably take my pick. I still play Dark Souls alot, plus Killing Floor has its Hillbilly Horror going on right now.
Diablo 3 and The Walking Dead, as they're the only games I've bothered with this year, unfortunately. I wish I could return to the year 2005, a time when gaming was my entire life.
Spec Ops: The Line or Dragon's Dogma. Both underrated, both amazing (although for completely different reasons). I'm still holding out for Playstation All-Stars though 
that's probably my most anticipated game of all time.
that's probably my most anticipated game of all time.
I actually haven't played anything yet this year that I would give a GOTY to. Borderlands 2 is fun, I suppose, but I don't really think it's a GOTY candidate. Likewise, Dishonored brings some great things to the table, but it's still not my GOTY. Having just finished it recently, I can say that it lacks... something, which would have put it on the top. It'll probably make my top 5 of the year, though. XCOM is another good game, but I think it's a little buggy to take home GOTY. Again, a top fiver for sure, but it doesn't take the top spot.
I'm waiting on AC3, Persona 4, the new Need for Speed, (fingers crossed that it's more like Hot Pursuit than The Run. Don't tell me, I want to find out for myself), Hitman: Absolution and Far Cry 3 before I even think about GOTY. And yes, since you're wondering, there's a good chance I'll get most, if not all of those by Christmas. No one in my family can think of anything other than video games to get me as a gift. I'm not complaining, but it does make me wonder about myself...
But if you're going to FORCE me to pick a GOTY based on the games I've played so far this year, then I guess I'd say Dragon's Dogma? I mean, it wasn't perfect, but it was a good enough RPG in a year that has been lacking good RPGs. I can't really think of anything else that has endeared itself to me like Dragon's Dogma did by the time I finished it.
I'm waiting on AC3, Persona 4, the new Need for Speed, (fingers crossed that it's more like Hot Pursuit than The Run. Don't tell me, I want to find out for myself), Hitman: Absolution and Far Cry 3 before I even think about GOTY. And yes, since you're wondering, there's a good chance I'll get most, if not all of those by Christmas. No one in my family can think of anything other than video games to get me as a gift. I'm not complaining, but it does make me wonder about myself...
But if you're going to FORCE me to pick a GOTY based on the games I've played so far this year, then I guess I'd say Dragon's Dogma? I mean, it wasn't perfect, but it was a good enough RPG in a year that has been lacking good RPGs. I can't really think of anything else that has endeared itself to me like Dragon's Dogma did by the time I finished it.
Demon's Crest. Sure, it's from 1994, but seeing as how I just played it this year, this month even, and had a blast with it, I say it counts!