What will be GOTY for 2011?

[Flac00]

Hard to say. Best Shooter Catagory would be a competition between Uncharted 3, Battlefield 3, Crysis 2, Duke Nukem (ha!), and Mass Effect 2. Hard to say at this point, but I do believe it will be tightly contested.

Mass Effect 2 came out last year, not this year. and Mass Effect 3 is coming out next year.

imo, Battlefield is already the obvious choice for Best Shooter... but if were talking about the Spike VGAs, then they will probably choose Modern Warfare 3, since it will be more popular.

GOTY will probably be between Portal 2, LA Noire, Skyrim, and RAGE. Deus Ex could also be a contender. its hard at this point.

Wow so then that was a triple fail in my court, I not only said, mass effect 2, the game I meant to say wasn't even coming out yet, AND I forgot RAGE! *sigh*

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Skyrim. Sorry if your opinion is different but you're just wrong. No I don't want to hear it. You're just wrong.
Normally I'm not this blunt about things but seriously, Skyrim will most likely be game of my life (at least until the next The Elder Scrolls VI).

SKYRIM!

How can you say that if you haven't actually played it yet? I voted for Portal 2, and you can't say that Skyrim is better unless you have sat down and played it.

How can people believe in God if they actually haven't seen him? My religion is that God Howard (see what I did there?) creates games that are pure gold.

Few examples of games people said were going to be amazing but failed:
BioShock 2
Dragon Age 2
Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy XIII
Homefront
Brink
Crysis 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Fallout: New Vegas
Left 4 Dead 2

And I could go on for a while...

Well it's an opinion on whether or not some of those failed I will say that the only one on this list I expected to be amazing was Dragon Age 2 and yes I agree that it was pretty bad.
However, Bethesda's tack record is absolutely stellar. I really can't think of a developer that is as consistently amazing as them.
Probably on Blizzard and Valve create pure gold games as consistently as Bethesda.
So in all seriousness, when the last three games a developer has made have all various GOTY awards, I really wouldn't expect anything different.

Ok, not to try and argue, but I can't say Blizzard belongs on the list of "consistently amazing" games. I don't care for any of their games, but they've only released one in the past... erm... 7 years? Unless you count expansion packs. Half those games I listed I liked, but still, there was a ton of hate for them not living up to the hype, and I'll be surprised if Skyrim actually does live up to the hype (which it won't).

 

[Bad Cluster]

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Skyrim second! Deal with it

 

[RedDeadFred]

Skyrim. Sorry if your opinion is different but you're just wrong. No I don't want to hear it. You're just wrong.
Normally I'm not this blunt about things but seriously, Skyrim will most likely be game of my life (at least until the next The Elder Scrolls VI).

SKYRIM!

How can you say that if you haven't actually played it yet? I voted for Portal 2, and you can't say that Skyrim is better unless you have sat down and played it.

How can people believe in God if they actually haven't seen him? My religion is that God Howard (see what I did there?) creates games that are pure gold.

Few examples of games people said were going to be amazing but failed:
BioShock 2
Dragon Age 2
Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy XIII
Homefront
Brink
Crysis 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Fallout: New Vegas
Left 4 Dead 2

And I could go on for a while...

Well it's an opinion on whether or not some of those failed I will say that the only one on this list I expected to be amazing was Dragon Age 2 and yes I agree that it was pretty bad.
However, Bethesda's tack record is absolutely stellar. I really can't think of a developer that is as consistently amazing as them.
Probably on Blizzard and Valve create pure gold games as consistently as Bethesda.
So in all seriousness, when the last three games a developer has made have all various GOTY awards, I really wouldn't expect anything different.

Ok, not to try and argue, but I can't say Blizzard belongs on the list of "consistently amazing" games. I don't care for any of their games, but they've only released one in the past... erm... 7 years? Unless you count expansion packs. Half those games I listed I liked, but still, there was a ton of hate for them not living up to the hype, and I'll be surprised if Skyrim actually does live up to the hype (which it won't).

Fair enough I actually agree with you on this. I just put them down because I thought I would get flamed by someone if I didn't.

 

[Master Kuja]

Come on now, realistically we all know Modern Warfare 3 will probably take it.

Personally though, I think Deus Ex: Human Revolution deserves it infinitely more, probably even more so than Skyrim.

 

[Jim Tungsten]

well... probably skyrim because oblivion won some time ago and bugger all appears to have changed so it will probably win.

 

[SeriousSquirrel]

Skyrim. Just so much Skyrim.
If there's a public vote, MW3 will win. But that's because they're more idiots in this world than we will ever need.

"But that's just because they are more idiots in this world..." Is what you just said. You were looking for "there".

OT: Not sure, haven't played enough of this years games to judge. Though, I bet that Uncharted 3 will at least be mentioned.

 

[Javarock]

Skyrim, Honestly there isn't any competition.

 

[Dalek Caan]

Best game for me will be Skyrim. Second best will be Minecraft, if I can get it too work.

 

[The Hero Killer]

Everybody has been saying Skyrim but there are people out there who dont like Bethesda's games or dont want to play a medieval styled game (most of them casuals). But there is one game which has universal love from everybody and has a main character that is known and loved throughout the world....of course I'm talking about Batman. Arkham City has my vote.

 

[Revolutionary]

For me I'd say tie between Minecraft (Full Version) and Skyrim. Having said that when I actually get around to playing Deus Ex:HR or Dead Island it could change my mind.

 

[Epic_Mushroom]

Batman: Arkham City should stand a fair chance if it even reaches its predecessor to the shoulders. My guess would be either that or, slightly less likely, Skyrim, unless they've improved massively on it since its predecessor. We can only hope.

 

[Kahunaburger]

Well, I tend to think of Minecraft as a 2010 game because I started playing it in 2010, so it's probably a toss-up between Witcher 2 and (if it lives up to the hype) Deus Ex 3. The actual awards I have no idea haha. I expect to see a lot of Minecraft and Portal 2*.

*Incidentally, I loved the crap out of Portal 2...for about 6 hours haha.

 

[Redratson]

BF3 for sure! If it doesn't make it to the finals,I'll vote skyrim.

 

[chach_face]

This topic is dense squared

 

[Javarock]

To all the people saying Skyrim - there's been a bit of a miscommunication. This thread is about the BEST game of the 2011, not the BUGGIEST. Common mistake.

It will have bugs, But it will be better then games without bugs.

Hell, If it was only on-par with oblivion I would still love it.

Infact I have never played so open of a game, And one I loved so much as a game made by bethsda.

 

[aarontg]

For best psp game I would have to go with patapon 3. It continues with the very refreshing and original gameplay that made the series popular. I also like it because the series is actually tailored to fit the psp.

I can't say anything else for any other platform due to the fact that the year is still young and I haven't played sykrim, witcher 2, mw3, battlefield 3, lost in shadows, or diablo 3 (hopefully this year).

 

[StrappingYoungLad]

Dark Souls

 

[Zeraki]

So far my game of the year is Portal 2. I'm not going to be buying many games this year sadly, because I want just about everything coming out or has come out.

I'm pretty confidant that these games will be contenders from what I know of them, and from people's reactions.

Portal 2
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Arkham City
The Witcher 2
Uncharted 3

Sadly as someone has already mentioned, Modern Warfare 3 will probably ending up running away with game of the year. -sigh-

 

[Ilyak1986]

If Starcraft 2 HotS or Diablo 3 comes out this year, they're taking it.