What was your Game of the Year for 2013?

[kingthrall]

2013 was my best year in gaming since 2005. I absolutely fell in love with so many games this year. Above all, The Last of Us would be my easy pick for game of the year though. I don't think I can really say anything original about what makes it so good, so I won't even try. It's just a phenomenal experience in every regard and easily my favorite game of the entire generation.

My runner up would be Bioshock Infinite, followed very closely by Rayman Legends and A Link Between Worlds. I also loved the first episode of The Wolf Among Us and if the rest of the episodes continue with that same level of quality, it will easily be in consideration for my GOTY for 2014...

hehe Ive yet to have anything top 1998-1999 for having provided some of the best games ever.

 

[Exius Xavarus]

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. It's just that goddamn good. Any Zelda fan(specifically fans of A Link to the Past) would be remiss not to play this game.


Easily one of my favorite things to come out of that game. I went to Death Mountain, ready to kick some icy ass and BAM I'm hit with this epic theme. It was glorious.

Honorable mentions go to:

Diablo III
Dragon's Crown
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies
Shin Megamin Tensei IV
Tales of Xillia

 

[Chaos Isaac]

The Last of Us was pretty good. Really, some parts are drawn on too long. Way too many human enemies, and the ending chapter is kinda weak, but the actual ending and the characters make it up.

Xillia is a high contender too, while I think the combat isn't as good as previous titles, and the voice acting weak at first with questionable character choices. It did good.

I found it better then Infinite, which I feel is overrated. It had a more lasting impact on me then GTA V, as well as far less complaints. (Because Trevor kinda... ruined that game in some aspects.)

Of course, this is my private choices.

 

[Casual Shinji]

This is why it's a good thing they made those upgrades so fucking expessive. As long as you have something to pine for, you'll keep wanting to ransack other ships.

Hitting dudes right in the face with the swivel cannon was pure slapstick gold.

It was a damn good upgrade system, I just wish it didn't make the combat so easy when you are fully upgraded. And hitting the captain right in the face with the swivel gun never got old lol.

It was also a bit too easy to take advantage of ship boarding to stop multiple ships from attacking you, and to then repair the Jackdaw. Giving you a steady supply of armour the more ships you're facing. I think it would've been nice to have a timer on ship boarding depended on your ship's armour status. The longer you would take with boarding the more risk you would take that the enemy would ultimately blow you out of the water.

 

[Guffe]

Released in...

damn I have played a lot of games this year but very few actually realeased in 2013
I did enjoy Pikmin 3 a lot, games I'd love to play but haven't that have been released in 2013 were Pokemon X/Y, Mario and Fire Emblem (yeah I think it'd be about time to get a 3DS soon :/)

BUT:
The older games I have played have been new releases on the WiiU, does that count?
no?
OK

I'm playing Splinter Cell Blacklist at the moment so maybe that when I'm done, sometimes next summer...

But for now I guess it has to be Pikmin3