What is your GOTY so far?

[taciturnCandid]

Tie between Borderlands 2 and Dust: An elysian Tail.

I would really say ME3 co-op, but recently with the changes I get more frustrated. They really balanced the game around the new classes they made, leaving the classes I loved to be neglected. That and they made the game way harder and I just don't enjoy it as much.

The snipers I loved are just no longer as effective since the tac cloak nerf. Enemies have more health. I used to run silver and be able to carry the team, but now I have a hard time keeping up with others.

 

[Dfskelleton]

Spec Ops: The Line. A game has never moved me as much since the first time I played Silent Hill 2. It's hard to understand what makes it so amazing unless you've played it, but when you do play it...
I hope that Spec Ops gets all of the praise it deserves, and I can easily see it going down as one of those instant classics that will be remembered for generations to come.

 

[Teshi]

Spec Ops: The Line no doubt. Wasn't necessarily the game I enjoyed the most this year, but when you combine the fact that it had a plot that would shine in any medium, with being a tight video game, with the way it took advantage of the videogame medium to make the player complicit in the action, with the relevance of the story and setting...Then there was also the way it toyed with the expectations set up by the familiar shooter mechanics, and the expectations set up by the "Heart of Darkness" parallels - plenty of games have a "gotcha!" twist, but IMO this game genuinely subverted expectations. Well, all this kind of puts it on a different level than most other games, even most other well-made games.

 

[Shadows Risen]

Mass Effect 3 for me. I may put Dishonoured up there if I get around to playing it, as well as Halo 4 and Assassin's Creed 3 once they're released.

 

[Get_A_Grip_]

So far it is SSX.
I've been enjoying Torchlight 2 and Dishonoured so far but I haven't finished them yet so I can't judge them yet.
The only other 2012 releases I've played have been Diablo 3, which was an alright game, not as bad as many said it was and They Bleed Pixels which I find too hard. (I'm rubbish at platormers anyway.)

 

[Nero18]

Mass Effect 3 or Max Payne 3 probably, but honestly i wouldnt call any of the games this year GOTY quality. Any other year and i probably wouldnt consider them to be honest. Im hoping either Halo och AC will fill that void.

 

[C F]

Looking forward to Halo 4, however I seriously doubt it will be good enough to my me consider it GOTY.

Yep. Year's not over yet. That, and Assassin's Creed 3 (Pfft... Ahahaha!) are still viable contenders for my GOTY.
Those two are the major games in the imminent future I'm at all psyched for.

So far, I'll have to give my Game of the Year for 2012 to...
Minecraft 360!
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Mass Effect 3 was good, but when you consider the massive hours of fun I've sunk into gaming, Minecraft 360 takes the cake.

 

[Raggedstar]

Journey for sure is my #1. I would say Xenoblade Chronicles is a close 2nd, but technically that came out before 2012

Though Tokyo Jungle was great too. I mean, my tiger wore a green bikini, a bowler hat, a scarf, and kitty paws. Stole territory from asshole lions. If Journey didn't come out this year, any game that allows me to do that with success should be game of the year...EVERY YEAR!

The Last Story was alright too, though I prefer Xenoblade.

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Orcs Must Die 2. For being the least flawed and most fun.

Although ME3 was only flawed right at the very end and was otherwise a great game.

I might also say Planetside 2, but I have no way of knowing because they won't let me into the beta.

 

[EvilMaggot]

Dishonored fresh new IP with mindblowing gameplay

 

[The Hero Killer]

I was about to say Borderlands 2 but then I forgot Mass Effect 3 came out this year so its that.

 

[Upbeat Zombie]

For me definitely either Borderlands 2, or Mass Effect 3. Waiting on Assassins Creed 3 to see if that will take a spot near GOTY for me.

 

[pilouuuu]

Dishonored. It's such a great game, with really interactive gameplay and different paths. Something we don't see very often in games nowadays.

XCOM - Enemy Unknown. Having never played an XCOM game, it's great to enjoy this turn-based game. It's like chess with aliens!

I'd say Mass Effect 3, but it left a bittersweet taste for me, ending in trilogy in such an underwhelming way.

This have been an amazing year so far, though and it's great to see developers focusing on gameplay again.

 

[octafish]

Xcom is pretty good, Dishonored was a little disapointing, Guild Wars 2 is what an MMO should be and Armoured Kill brought the Battlefield back, but once again my GOTY is an unfinished beta...I'll get those Kerbalnauts to another planet one day...
Soooo, Kerbal Space Program: GOTY.

The sites actually saying it's still in Alpha, seriously no game but an alpha of an unreleased game tickled your fancy this year?

I would actually try the free demo but I find alcohol and assessing games at the same time to be kind of unfair to the game.

Well I have those other games installed on my PC yet everytime I turn my computer on I play KSP. If I can't drag myself away from it to play anything else I have to give it GOTY so far. The bought game is better than the Demo, there are EVAs, spaceplanes, and extra orbital bodies as well as more ship components. Plus you get the same development deal as Minecraft.

 

[Jason Rayes]

Well I have those other games installed on my PC yet everytime I turn my computer on I play KSP. If I can't drag myself away from it to play anything else I have to give it GOTY so far. The bought game is better than the Demo, there are EVAs, spaceplanes, and extra orbital bodies as well as more ship components. Plus you get the same development deal as Minecraft.

Hmm, this is enough to make me try it. At least it doesn't seem like a waste of time nonsense like Frog Fractions, an in joke a still don't get. This seems like an actual game.

Edit: I understand the vibe, I played Dungeons of Dredmor or FTL when the price I'd payed logically dictated I should play something else. If price = logic. Does it?

 

[ShinyCharizard]

I have it narrowed to 5 titles;
Mass Effect 3 for everything other than the last 10 minutes
The Walking Dead for the great story
Transformers Fall of Cybertron for the great set pieces and the last mission was just epic
Borderlands 2 for an amazing story and hilarious writing
and Dishonored for great stealthing.

Yep, Transformers had the best final mission of any game I've played for quite awhile. The way it seamlessly changes perspectives between characters is fantastic.

 

[Sethzard]

I really love dishonoured, so probably that. I don't think anything else that's coming out has much of a chance.

 

[Shadow-Phoenix]

Really loved Transformers Fall of Cybertron since there wasn't much if anything I could find wrong with it and I'm really hoping it grabs at least one award since I already know Skyrim is somehow going to make a 2nd show to grab a few since it already got some itself last year.

 

[F-I-D-O]

Xcom EU or Borderlands 2
I beat XCOM in less than a week. I rarely power through games that fast, but something about it made me focus solely on it. Also one of the few games I immediately thought of replaying.
Borderlands 2 has some of the best co-op I've played in a long time. It's just more, better Borderlands, and that's fine by me.
Granted I haven't gotten a chance to play Dishonered, AC III, or other big names coming out / smaller titles (like Mark of the Ninja, FTL, or even Spec Ops) that were earlier.