World of Tanks Named Best MMO at Golden Joystick Awards

[2xDouble]

Wait...

Isn't World of Tanks a lobby-based arena game?

Is 30 players now considered massive?

In WOW unless you're considerably lucky or in a dedicated PVP zone you're playing with what, the five people you're grouped with most of the time while talking to whoever else is around (Usually 10 or so people unless you're in a city).

I'd saw WOT is roughly the same thing

You're nonetheless in a persistent world with thousands of other players.

Every time you visit a market hub there will be hundreds of players there.

No clue how WoW is doing these days but used to be that there'd be occasional world PvP involving 100+ players easily.

And WoW is by all means a light and more casual MMO.

Take EvE online with battles featuring over 3000 players at times, that's a much more serious MMO.

If WoT is a MMO then so is battlefield. So is Call of Duty. So is any game featuring more than a dozen simultaneous players. Which makes the MMO tag utterly meaningless.

If you're going to get pedantic: you're currently in a persistent world with billions of other players, most of whom aren't even playing the same game as you at the same time. Any game you or anyone else happen to be playing at any given time should be classified as "best MMO", since "billions" blows "thousands" completely out of the water.

...for that matter, if you're going purely by concurrent players, or even active subscriptions, have a look at Farmville's numbers: roughly half a billion (that's right, billion, with a B) concurrent players, EACH playing for over 8 hours a day, every day. Clearly, the numbers say Farmville is for the hardest of the hardcore gamers, and EVE is a simple casual game.

 

[Hagi]

If you're going to get pedantic: you're currently in a persistent world with billions of other players, most of whom aren't even playing the same game as you at the same time. Any game you or anyone else happen to be playing at any given time should be classified as "best MMO", since "billions" blows "thousands" completely out of the water.

...for that matter, if you're going purely by concurrent players, or even active subscriptions, have a look at Farmville's numbers: roughly half a billion (that's right, billion, with a B) concurrent players, EACH playing for over 8 hours a day, every day. Clearly, the numbers say Farmville is for the hardest of the hardcore gamers, and EVE is a simple casual game.

Except you know... real life is not a game... obviously...

And you don't know what a shared persistent world is do you?

Hint: Farmville does not have one.

 

[Strazdas]

Ultimate Game of the Year: Skyrim
well, i can see that coming
Best Action Game: Batman: Arkham City
people liked it so i guess thats fair.
Best Strategy Game: Civilization V: Gods and Kings
nice to see civilization get the recognition, just hope paradox would have been here, they definitely deserved it.
Best Downloadable Game: Minecraft XBLA
arent all games downloadable nowadays? or does that mean free download? but minecraft isnt free.
Best Shooter: Battlefield 3
well, at least its not COD
Best MMO: World of Tanks
This came unexpected. As a World of tank gamer i am pleased, but it being the best MMO? was MMO this year so shitty? i mean i like it and all but its far from perfect.
Best DLC: Portal 2
DLC gets thier own category. I am sad now.
The One to Watch: Grand Theft Auto V
Because in gta 5 all you can do is watch.

If WoT is a MMO then so is battlefield. So is Call of Duty. So is any game featuring more than a dozen simultaneous players. Which makes the MMO tag utterly meaningless.

well MMO stands for "Massive Multiplayer Online" and you cant deny that World of Tanks, game that is dedicated for online gamining only and has a massive userbase is massive, multiplayer and online. What makes it different from COD or BF sries is that those are server-based where single server holds up to what 64 players? WOT runs 100.000 players on one server with persistent overwhelming experience system (im nto sure if its global or server-based for COD now, when i palyed it it was you had to start over for each server).
But yes, MMO tag is pretty meaningless nowadays.

 

[IndianaJonny]

http://mmogrinder.net/2012/03/04/world-of-tanks-episode-16/

I don't play tank games, but ChaosD1 made World of Tanks sound good.

Darqueling's [//www.youtube.com/user/Darqueling/videos?sort=da&flow=grid&view=0] videos on YouTube are good if you want to get a good feel for the game at most tiers. You might also what to try BohemianEagle and Highflyer15 ("The Riising Sun" - with double 'i'), but they're probably more use to people playing already. Hope that helps.

 

[Therumancer]

To throw in my hat on the whole "World Of Tanks" thing, I think they key is that they are using "Massively Multiplayer Online Game" as opposed to "Persistant World Game". By their terminology, most online games would count, including Farmville. If they limited things to persistant world games, you might run into a problem given that the same, enduring, games would probably win year after year. Not to mention that fewer, and fewer, companies are really working on developing those kind of games, aiming at the much cheaper to develop "arena" type games that tend to work much better with a microtransaction "pay to win" type model.

That's my thoughts at any rate.

In the future they should probably make "MMO" a catagory and further seperate it into sub catagories. I think that "World Of Tanks" should be rated exclusively against other arena-based games like DOTA (2), LoL, and others. Persistant World games should have their own catagory, as should browser based strategy/social click fests like say "Godfather: Five Families" and "Farmville", as those games share a general "wait long enough, then queue something to happen and wait again" type mechanic which may or may not include a competitive metagame (though for the most part it's generally pointless).

 

[Smooth Operator]

Odd I wouldn't even call it MMO, it's more like advanced multiplayer... but alright.
And considering they have some pay to win aspects (only money buys top items) I would mark them down on that front, but it is without a doubt the best multiplayer tank battle game out there at the moment.

 

[el derpenburgo]

If World of Tanks got rid of its absurd grinding and tested its maps a bit more, it would probably be game of the year. The gameplay itself is fun and unique, and with the exception of some balance issues and lame artillery mechanics, one of the best you'll find in the multiplayer shooter genre. But I'm never going to play it again. The grinding was just such a monumental effort and really really burns you out.

Source: I played around 6000 games and got to most of the Tier 9 heavies and TDs.

 

[MikeWehner]

Except you know... real life is not a game... obviously...

Oh but it IS a game, Dude!

 

[DanteLives]

Ultimate Game of the Year: Skyrim
Kinda expected this to happen, but Arkham City could have got it.

Best Action Game: Batman: Arkham City
A fine choice, i enjoyed every second of the main story.


Best Fighting Game: Mortal Kombat
Decent choice, would have had competition if Tekken Tag 2 got released earlier.

Best Shooter: Battlefield 3
At least COD wasn't the winner.

Best Racing Game: Forza 4
What the? GT5 and the F1 games are much better than this pile of rubbish.

*flame shield on*

 

[Evil Smurf]

FINE, I'll get skyrim soon escapist. Stop telling me I am missing out!

 

[Nazulu]

They should call it most popular instead of best. Most of this list is a wank. Where the hell is best puzzle game or horror game? Why not do something interesting like most innovative?

Visiting Skyrim's Throat of the World was...dull. Top gaming moment my arse...or maybe I'm just spoiled.

That was the only part of the game worth going too after you became over-powered, which is pretty quick.

Edit: Whoops. I was thinking of that crystal cave under the mountain, I meant that place. Throat of the World was pretty average.

 

[el derpenburgo]

well they need the grinding to encourage people to get gold for premium accounts and to convert xp.

after playing alot of games wargaming have a lot of restraint when it comes to the cash side

True, it is basically the whole driving force behind their F2P model, I can understand why they'd want to make getting to higher tiers a living hell without premium. But I did have premium for most of the time, and it was still a pain... I think they could tone it down just a little tiny bit without hurting the tier balance too much. The endgame tanks are the coolest ones to use anyway.

 

[Squilookle]

Best DLC? Best DLC?

Why is there even a category for that shit?

 

[Ringo_Plumen]

It's hard to forget how broken and disappointing Skyrim was when stuff like this keeps popping up, almost as if to remind me of the all the things that was wrong with that game, and on top of that people are crazy about it, each to their own I guess.

Even though I disagree with pretty much all of the winners, I'm not suprised by them... Except World of Tanks, didn't see that coming.

 

[snekadid]

If you're going to get pedantic: you're currently in a persistent world with billions of other players, most of whom aren't even playing the same game as you at the same time. Any game you or anyone else happen to be playing at any given time should be classified as "best MMO", since "billions" blows "thousands" completely out of the water.

...for that matter, if you're going purely by concurrent players, or even active subscriptions, have a look at Farmville's numbers: roughly half a billion (that's right, billion, with a B) concurrent players, EACH playing for over 8 hours a day, every day. Clearly, the numbers say Farmville is for the hardest of the hardcore gamers, and EVE is a simple casual game.

Except you know... real life is not a game... obviously...

And you don't know what a shared persistent world is do you?

Hint: Farmville does not have one.

Shhh! he just declared real life is a game! Now we can hunt him with crossbows!

I think the name tag is bugged on certain pages, it read "World of tanks best named mmo at golden joysticks" and I thought.... must be one of those funny awards, i guess WoTs is the most accurately named mmo that I know of....

 

[Easton Dark]

I don't know how Portal 2 won best DLC, but I agree with the rest of the list that I actually care about (not racing or sports).

 

[C F]

I don't know how Portal 2 won best DLC, but I agree with the rest of the list that I actually care about (not racing or sports).

Because it's Valve's Perpetual Testing Initiative. It's an honest to God official test designing tool for Portal 2. And it's free.
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Really, what more do you need?

Most of the other winners line up, with a couple odd exceptions like World of Tanks for Best MMO (I've never heard of it, but good for them) and Throat of the World for best gaming moment.

Spoiler: Skyrim Spoilers

You've got moments like Skuldafn, Sovngarde, the Twilight Sepulcher, killing the Emperor, reforging the Gauldur Amulet and facing the ghosts of the Gauldur Brothers three, the battle for Whiterun, and conquering Solitude/Windhelm, and you went with visiting the Throat of the World?

And that's just sampling Skyrim, not to mention all the other games.
Time out. Go to the corner.