5 Reason why Skyrim will be the Game of The Year

[godofwarishere]

5 Facts http://www.pagesportal.net/contents/wp/?p=105

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

 

[Cridhe]

It's not out yet, nobody has even played it and it's already being rated game of the year. It's the top rated game when I turn on my 360.

Damnit people, seriously. Wait until the game is out to make that call.

Edit: This is not a hate post, I will be picking up a copy of the game myself. But come on people calm down, it's not out yet.

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

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??

 

[kickassfrog]

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

 

[TheIronRuler]

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

I'm tired of English countryside (this time should be Scandinavia countryside) fantasy medieval games injected with magic. There's just no end to them, somehow it pushed aside most of the other fantasy themes out of the way.
These are six reasons. Plus, Dragons don't improve a game, nor does dual wielding. A world living around you have been promised every time a RPG centered game came out of the market, especially Fable....
Story not etched in stone - branching plot anyone? NOT a new thing?
Graphics... WooHoo... I'm so happy that I can look at it... Yay. I don't care about the graphics, the problem here is that while the Empire had its central province and others affected by their neighbors, Skyrim has Nords. That's it. What kind of variety you'll find when you visit cities and villages? They pulled it off nicely in Oblivion but I'm wary of what they'll design in Skyrim.
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Side quests are better.
Wow.
You blew my mind.
Side quests are here to further the plot or the world around you, and sometimes as a joke (with some references). See the quest when you track down the missing painter or when you need to kill every inhabitant in a locked household, a mission given by the dark brotherhood.
It's usually a fetch or kill A creature B times disguised in some other manner, like saving the pet rats of some insane lady.

 

[Stall]

I really hate the whole "game of the year" crap. It's utterly and absolutely meaningless. There's no central game of the year. Every game blog, game publication, gamer, and their mom give out a game of the year. It's not like the fucking Academy Awards where there's only ONE best picture so it really, really means something when a movie wins it. No. There's a billion games of the year from every site and publication out there. It's totally meaningless because there isn't just ONE really prestigious and well known "game of the year" award. The closest there is to a reputable award for games is GDC, but no one cares about that.

It's pointless. Can we please just move on past the "game of the year" crap?

I'm tired of English countryside (this time should be Scandinavia countryside) fantasy medieval games injected with magic. There's just no end to them, somehow it pushed aside most of the other fantasy themes out of the way.
These are six reasons. Plus, Dragons don't improve a game, nor does dual wielding. A world living around you have been promised every time a RPG centered game came out of the market, especially Fable....
Story not etched in stone - branching plot anyone? NOT a new thing?
Graphics... WooHoo... I'm so happy that I can look at it... Yay. I don't care about the graphics, the problem here is that while the Empire had its central province and others affected by their neighbors, Skyrim has Nords. That's it. What kind of variety you'll find when you visit cities and villages? They pulled it off nicely in Oblivion but I'm wary of what they'll design in Skyrim.
.
Side quests are better.
Wow.
You blew my mind.
Side quests are here to further the plot or the world around you, and sometimes as a joke (with some references). See the quest when you track down the missing painter or when you need to kill every inhabitant in a locked household, a mission given by the dark brotherhood.
It's usually a fetch or kill A creature B times disguised in some other manner, like saving the pet rats of some insane lady.

Oh, and this more or less sums up my general sentiment. I'll just quote you and be done with it. Skyrim is overhyped. I am more than willing to bet that it is going to be a colossal disappointment. It's what happened with Oblivion, it's what happened with FO3, and it's going to be what happens with Skyrim. Pattern recognition people, use it. It's one the biggest reasons why humans didn't get nommed so hard off the food like something that got nommed off the food chain (is the past tense of "nom" with one 'm' or two?).

 

[Zeema]

i dont judge a game in till i played it

Alpha protcol got a lot of bad rep but i found the game to be quite awesome

 

[spartan231490]

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

I'm pretty sure that there is one reason, the biggest reason, that you overlooked. The Elder Scrolls Five. It's been a long time coming and with a series like this, I just don't see anything being even close.

Also, on a more serious note, i think radiant story needs a very big mention as one of the coolest aspects of this game.

 

[harvz]

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

 

[Togs]

It maybe, it maybe not- jumping to conclusions because you've fallen victim to hype means little.

And it wouldnt be hard for it to beat Oblivion- game was heinously flawed, thank god for its modding community.

 

[Insanity72]

It's not out yet, nobody has even played it and it's already being rated game of the year. It's the top rated game when I turn on my 360.

Damnit people, seriously. Wait until the game is out to make that call.

Edit: This is not a hate post, I will be picking up a copy of the game myself. But come on people calm down, it's not out yet.

Actually people have played it.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-9529-The-Elder-Scrolls-V--Skyrim-In-Depth-Hands-On-Preview-%E2%80%93-The-Long-Road-to-Falkreath.html

 

[Alon Shechter]

I'm pretty sure this is one of many ridiculously hyped "Game of the year" titles.
Who knows, it might be awesome.
Might not be as well.
Crazy, right?

 

[Cridhe]

It's not out yet, nobody has even played it and it's already being rated game of the year. It's the top rated game when I turn on my 360.

Damnit people, seriously. Wait until the game is out to make that call.

Edit: This is not a hate post, I will be picking up a copy of the game myself. But come on people calm down, it's not out yet.

Actually people have played it.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-9529-The-Elder-Scrolls-V--Skyrim-In-Depth-Hands-On-Preview-%E2%80%93-The-Long-Road-to-Falkreath.html

Not sure but I think you may have missed the point.

 

[Ubermetalhed]

One reason why it won't.

DEUS EX HUMAN REVOLUTION.

Seriously the effort and care that has gone into the new Deus Ex needs to be acknowledged.

 

[Tanakh]

Skyrim looks 10 times better than Oblivion can't wait

TRUE!

Sadly, if my enthusiasm for GW2 is 10, the one for Oblivion is around 0.5... so even 10 times that doesn't amount to much.

 

[Atmos Duality]

The Side-Quests Are Better

"Go there. Kill those. Fetch that."
CHARACTERS can make menial tasks more interesting if you can make the task any more interesting on its own. And Bethesda just doesn't do characters very well at all.

Dual-Wielding

Oh truly, that's never been done before...GOTY!!!

The Graphics Are Amazing

So was Too Human's.

A World Living Around You

Can't wait for the AI to futz around wandering into walls and glitch-break-dancing up stairs again.

A Story Not Etched in Stone

I'll wait and see, but my hopes are not all that high.

F?king Dragons

Well, you have me there. Dragons are fucking awesome. Even if they are going to act a bit retarded for the sake of difficulty.

Skyrim looks 10 times better than Oblivion can't wait

Good for you.
However, Bethesda's hype-machine bit me on the ass twice, and I will not be made a fool again.

One reason why it won't.

DEUS EX HUMAN REVOLUTION.

Seriously the effort and care that has gone into the new Deus Ex needs to be acknowledged.

It won't be. Deus Ex: Human Revolution doesn't have even half the hype-power behind it that Skyrim does (which has been hyped since the beginning of this year). And if history has shown me anything, GOTY is just a popularity-driven marketing label.

 

[ecophobia]

Hopefully it will be as epic as it has portrayed.

But even if it isn't as good for everyone else, it'll most likely be game of the year for me <3
Because I love western RPG's and TES in particular and Partially because the whole Flame-war between battlefield 3 and MW3 has just put me off both games until I can confirm neither wont suck. That and GOW3 has as much hype as MW3.