5 Reason why Skyrim will be the Game of The Year

[Imbechile]

5 Facts http://www.pagesportal.net/contents/wp/?p=105#comment-77

Highlights for those who dont want to read whole article.

The Side-Quests Are Better
Dual-Wielding
The Graphics Are Amazing
A World Living Around You
A Story Not Etched in Stone
F?king Dragons

Skyrim looks 10 times better than Oblivion can't wait

1. The Side-Quests Are Better - Good
2. Dual-Wielding - Nothing new
3. The Graphics Are Amazing - LAAAAAAAAWL!!! did they seriously add that as a reason????? LOL
4. A World Living Around You - A gimmick Oblivion promised but failed miserably
5. A Story Not Etched in Stone - Another overhyped gimmick. Most likely will suck
6. F?king Dragons - Stupidest reason ever, really.

IMO Skyrim will be a overhyped piece of shit.

 

[Tilted_Logic]

The fact people state it is the game of the year before it's even out makes me hope it crashes and burns.

I have nothing against Skyrim, but I find it hard not to scoff when people claim any game is the best one of month/year/decade before it's even been played.

 

[LikeDustInTheWind]

how many people said duke nukem forever looked to be a great game...

Do you really expect this to be as bad as DNF? It's a Bethesda RPG, and a sequel to one of the best series (imo) in the world. Plus reviewers and other people have been allowed to play demos and say it's amazing.

I must admit I am way too hyped for this game so take my words with a grain of salt.

 

[Davey Woo]

That's not a list of why Skyrim will be game of the year, that's a list of things that make Skyrim better than Oblivion, which is to be expected.

Skyrim may well be the game of the year, but it won't be just because it has good graphics, dual-wielding and a non-linear story.

 

[Aprilgold]

Ditto, it looks like it's gonna be cool.
But what flaws will it have?

Look below for reasons, thanks man.

1. The Side-Quests Are Better - Good
2. Dual-Wielding - Nothing new
3. The Graphics Are Amazing - LAAAAAAAAWL!!! did they seriously add that as a reason????? LOL
4. A World Living Around You - A gimmick Oblivion promised but failed miserably
5. A Story Not Etched in Stone - Another overhyped gimmick. Most likely will suck
6. F?king Dragons - Stupidest reason ever, really.

IMO Skyrim will be a overhyped piece of shit.

No, me no buy, and its not Game of the Year material, get some indies in, look at some indies and theres a shit ton o-interesting stuff in there, but the line up of game of the year will be very much only 3 competors for GOTY, then just a shit ton of filler titles, all Triple A games where no innovation seems to be bred.

how many people said duke nukem forever looked to be a great game...

Do you really expect this to be as bad as DNF? It's a Bethesda RPG, and a sequel to one of the best series (imo) in the world. Plus reviewers and other people have been allowed to play demos and say it's amazing.

I must admit I am way too hyped for this game so take my words with a grain of salt.

Have you ever READ ANYTHING on the downsides to reviewing media? They are basically HAVE to say its good to get review copies, they HAVE to feed fans that its good because they'll LOSE the ability to report / review the game when it comes out, losing readers. Quite simple really, a reviewer / game magazine can't say something is shit, ESPECIALLY Triple A titles unless a ton of OTHER people say so too. You can hype all your way to the moon, but you should know this now.

You know, I liked what the OP said. Just because the game isn't out, doesn't mean we can't get excited about it. So many negative comments, even ones bashing the OP just because the User is looking forward to what Skyrim offers. Give me a break, let us have our hype then prove us wrong when the game comes out to play. Figured everyone would be expressing why they'd think Skyrim would be awesome but instead I see things like-

"Side quests are better...
Wow.
You blew my mind."

*sigh* Sorry to say this, but this is why we can't have nice things. Just because you don't find something to be a big deal doesn't mean it's not to someone else. I, for one think that side quests improvement is a major deal since that's usually what I focused on when I played Oblivion. That's all I got to say.

Question is: How better? When I hear quest I think "INSTANT LEVEL!" Thats all I want, is a level so I can get gear so I can kill this for X thing to give back to Y guy. If by "Better" You mean actually having NPC's do things they SAY they do, then yeah, you are right, but how will they be better.

No ones killing hype, only you kill your own hype. I'm getting Saints Row the Third in Novemember, because I know Skyrim will get direct 10s across the board because reviewers have to put their pants between their ankles and bend over backwards for the hype machine, if they don't give Skyrim 10s, then all the angry fans in the world will send all their bloody hate STRAIGHT to the reviewer, hate mail takes a while to delete, I mind you.

 

[Project_Omega]

5 reasons. The five things all possible GOTY candidates must have, and of course, this year, all possess. Does your favourite game pass?

1. It's
2. Not
3. Call
4. of
5. Duty

It's not out yet, nobody has even played it and it's already being rated game of the year.

FUCKING HYPE, how does it work??

Yeah, I agree with you there. At least its not Call of Duty (Black Zombie Warfare Ops 9).

 

[TheDrunkNinja]

I'm tired of English countryside (this time should be Scandinavia countryside) fantasy medieval games injected with magic.

Um... It is. Skyrim's lore and geography is inspired more on Norse history and mythology than anything Anglo-saxon. Whether the characters speak English or not shouldn't matter.

 

[TheIronRuler]

I'm tired of English countryside (this time should be Scandinavia countryside) fantasy medieval games injected with magic.

Um... It is. Skyrim's lore and geography is inspired more on Norse history and mythology than anything Anglo-saxon. Whether the characters speak English or not shouldn't matter.

If it treats itself like Morrowind in the appropriate manner, then I can withdraw my complaints in this section, but I don't see them pulling it off successfully.
We can wait and not crown it the king of all video games right now.

 

[WonderWillard]

I don't care what Game of the Year Awards it does or doesn't win, all I know is that this game is going to be awesome, and I am going to thoroughly enjoy spending dozens of hours playing it instead of going to classes and studying.

 

[sniddy_v1legacy]

A World Living Around You

so many games claim this but i am yet to see it play out in the game.

i just hope that skyrim doesnt have the retarded leveling/enemies scale with you system like in oblivion.

i like to feel powerful but i cant do that if every highway man end up in the best armour.

God this annoyed me more then anything....and as I started the main quest at end game levels....holly mollie

 

[Continuity]

I dont know about the gameplay being pretentious but its a plausible charge at least on the delivery of the story elements and the characters plus maybe the aesthetic. Still, a little pretension is better than just not trying at all. Far better.

When I asked him to explain yourself, I was asking him to point things out that made it seem pretentious. The story presentation is, well, typical for games today. I don't see how it is pretentious in the least.

Would you like to explain it, and by that I mean point some specific things out?

Well first off when he said "The interaction between the player and the game felt too ..pretentious!" I think you made a mistake by interpreting this to mean the HuD or user interface. He didnt use the word "interface" after all he said interaction, and the interaction between the player and the game is pretty much just a poor way of saying gameplay.

As for in what way Deus ex HR is pretentious, and bear in mind that i'm not the one objecting to the game on this basis but rather just agreeing that It could be fairly be called such to some degree.
... Well I have a couple of friends waiting for me in borderlands so I'll just take one example:

This:

and the voice acting of the same, are two of the more prominent examples of pretension, without delving into the wider aesthetic or the qualities of the story or gameplay. They're trying to pull off a level of sophistication and gritty style that seems just step too far for complete credibility.

 

[TheIronRuler]

You know, I liked what the OP said. Just because the game isn't out, doesn't mean we can't get excited about it. So many negative comments, even ones bashing the OP just because the User is looking forward to what Skyrim offers. Give me a break, let us have our hype then prove us wrong when the game comes out to play. Figured everyone would be expressing why they'd think Skyrim would be awesome but instead I see things like-

"Side quests are better...
Wow.
You blew my mind."

*sigh* Sorry to say this, but this is why we can't have nice things. Just because you don't find something to be a big deal doesn't mean it's not to someone else. I, for one think that side quests improvement is a major deal since that's usually what I focused on when I played Oblivion. That's all I got to say.

Would you kindly quote me the next time you refer to something I said?
They had a handful of quests that were funny and engaging. The rest were just... the formula in a dress. So when I heard that the giver of a certain quest can change and the target can change depending on your actions, the word "factions" popped into my head and I said 'F*ck it'.
Do you understand my train of thought now?

 

[TheIronRuler]

A World Living Around You

so many games claim this but i am yet to see it play out in the game.

i just hope that skyrim doesnt have the retarded leveling/enemies scale with you system like in oblivion.

i like to feel powerful but i cant do that if every highway man end up in the best armour.

God this annoyed me more then anything....and as I started the main quest at end game levels....holly mollie

I always wondered how could robbers afford glass and orchis armor...

 

[lumenadducere]

I'm growing even more and more dissatisfied with professional games journalism. Everyone buys into the hype and just assumes that something is going to be amazing. People were saying the same with about Oblivion, but the moment the shine wore off it became very apparent how hollow its "living world" actually was, and how repetitive and similar its dungeons were. But reviewers were so caught up in the hype that they rated it as being perfect.

I dunno, maybe my tastes are radically different than theirs are, but I don't think that's the case. I enjoyed Oblivion but it was nowhere near as good as its ratings suggest, and I think the same thing is going to happen about the next title.

Edit: I realize that it's from a blog, my post was directed more at gaming sites in general.

 

[jboking]

Well first off when he said "The interaction between the player and the game felt too ..pretentious!" I think you made a mistake by interpreting this to mean the HuD or user interface. He didnt use the word "interface" after all he said interaction, and the interaction between the player and the game is pretty much just a poor way of saying gameplay.

If that is what he meant the comment feels even more dense.

As for in what way Deus ex HR is pretentious, and bear in mind

This is not an insult, but that misspelling made me just imagine two bears high-fiving in your head. It was glorious.

that i'm not the one objecting to the game on this basis but rather just agreeing that It could be fairly called such to some degree.
... Well I have a couple of friends waiting for me in borderlands so I'll just take one example:

This:

and the voice acting of the same, are two of the more prominent examples of pretension, without delving into the wider aesthetic or the qualities of the story or gameplay. They're trying to pull off a level of sophistication and gritty style that seems just step too far for complete credibility.

More specific, but not really specific enough. I don't feel it was trying to be too gritty, with the exception of some of the qualities of Jensen's apartment. I feel it was being reasonable given the universe and story that had been set up for it in DE1. Fair enough, though.





In all honesty, I just really hate the use of the word pretentious. Especially when the person who uses it doesn't back up the statement.

 

[jboking]

Double post.

Guess I'll just use this space to say that I think Skyrim could easily be the GOTY, but that the reasons op gave are a bit shallow.

 

[42]

5 reasons. The five things all possible GOTY candidates must have, and of course, this year, all possess. Does your favourite game pass?

1. It's
2. Not
3. Call
4. of
5. Duty

It's not out yet, nobody has even played it and it's already being rated game of the year.

FUCKING HYPE, how does it work??

I take it you're a BF3 fan then?

In all seriousness though MW3 is looking way more entertaining then BF3.

OT: Again with the Hype?

Here's the realistic look at those points. well a cynical one at that.

The Side-Quests Are Better - Just because the side quests are Improved does not mean it'll increase the games quality.
Dual-Wielding - Who gives a crap? Everyone jumped through hoops when Halo 2 did dual wielding, it's not something that revolutionises gaming every time.
The Graphics Are Amazing - Absolutely stupid, Graphics are good all in all but just because a game looks pretty, doesn't mean it's going to deliver good fun eg. Final Fantasy XIII
A World Living Around You - and that makes it different from previous Elder Scroll and Fallout games?
A Story Not Etched in Stone - See above
F-king Dragons - one valid point i suppose.

How could better side quests not make a game better?
The world around you is improved from previous games. You're making it sound like this is just another installment in a series that releases it's games every year. Wrong. It's been FIVE years. Your beloved COD comes out every year and yet you jumped to defend it.
Also, looking at Bethesda's track record (past three games have all won many awards) I think it's safe to say that they won't let us down.
Maybe you won't like it, or you'll just convince yourself not to like it, or not even buy it. Maybe these kind of games just don't appeal to you. That's fine. But I can pretty much guarantee that the game is going to gain universal acclaim.
This rant was brought to you by a Bethesda fan-boy.

Just so you know just because it says i prefer one shooter over the other does not make the game beloved to me. and yeah i have played Bethesda's previous games, and always find the same problems, and why shouldn't someone be cynical? means i can either be genuinely surprised by the game, or be right about it. and it may not have a yearly release but let's face it, Skyrim is another instalment in a series. called The elder scrolls.

but lets be adults here, Skyrim will sell like hotcakes no matter what opinion someone on an internet forum gives. Unless of course they decide to sell it on EA's Origin,

 

[Twilight_guy]

Unless you specify which game of the year award (everyone and there mother had one) and one of those reasons is bribing the judges or some absolute way to get votes then... well your this thread is full of stupid.

GOTY is a meaningless award given out by every site magazine and blog about games. It has no significance because there are thousands of them and any game can win one. On top of that, even if there were a ton of them awards are meaningless displays of popularity instead of quality. There is no objective way to judge quality so the award is just a subjective judgement of the judges. GOTY is more of a curse, a devotion to a stupid concept, then it is in any way useful or constructive.

 

[Nico4]

the game isn't out yet. It won't be my game of the year though.