Your GOTY

[Dansen]

Dark Souls is the best game I have played in a long time.

 

[Megawat22]

So far it's Dark Souls.
But Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Portal 2 have been great games as well.
Dead Island was a disappointment though...

 

[shado_temple]

Bastion, though I seem to be the minority on that one...

Otherwise, Portal 2.

 

[Gmans uncle]

No contest

One of the best games I've ever played.

 

[Reshkar]

Dark Souls. No contest.

Maybe Skyrim, but I'll only know that on a future date.

Portal 2. It gets overlooked because it was early in the year, but in terms of the design quality from start to finish, it is the most concentrated dose of genius you can find.

Outside of Dark Souls that is.

Yup, Dark Souls or Skyrim(we'll see)

 

[TheSaw]

Waiting for Skyrim to make a decision.

But so far it'd probably be Batman: Arkham City.
Portal 2 and Dungeon Defender's are close ones too.

 

[EHKOS]

Skyrim for sure. Runner up was Crysis 2. I played it in one sitting so it felt better.

 

[Denariax]

The only games that held my interest this entire year were Bulletstorm (Did that come out this year or last year?), Dead Rising 2 Off the Record, and Alice Madness Returns. As the sole person at my GameStop who walked into the Duke Nukem Forever and Alice Madness Returns launch party who yelled "TWELVE MORE YEARS" when I walked in, I kinda owe it to Alice.

The only competition Alice really has is the Saints.

 

[SnakeoilSage]

You know no one's said it but 2011 has actually been a great year so far for games. I'm kind of reminded of 1982, which released a ton of great films.

My personal pick is gonna be Skyrim. Because I'm a fanboy.

 

[Bran1470]

I would like to nominate the GTA 5 trailer as GOTY

 

[RipRoaringWaterfowl]

I preemptively award GOTY to Saint's Row: The Third, for reasons that would be painfully obvious if it wasn't awesome.

I know it's not out yet, but I feel like doing that.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Portal 2, Shogun: Total War 2, Civilization V, Skyrim, and Uncharted 3 are the extremely honourable mentions, legitimate pretenders to Saint's Row's throne, even though two are not out yet. I bow before them all.

 

[Darkwhite]

Skyrim, it could be truly awful but I've been looking forward to it for years so i WILL like it.

 

[FreakSheet]

Portal 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, or possibly Skyward Sword.

 

[Crazy]

None of them, none deserve the title Game of the Year.

 

[CupboardNinja]

I haven't played Skyrim or Uncharted 3 yet, and they could definitely change my mind, but so far it would definitely have to be Portal 2. That game was almost completely flawless.

 

[w9496]

Gears of war 3, simply because it's a fun and rewarding experience. Most of the time anyway.

Bulletsorm was also very fun, but suffered in longevity.

God I wish that Mass Effect 3 came out this year, because then I would give it to that.