What is your GOTY so far?

[Dawns Gate]

Seeing as I got a nice form letter from the mods, I'd like to take my time to tell the tale of what I think what my game of the year in my own personal opinion was.

Dishonoured or Mass Effect 3.

I personally liked everything in mass effect 3 - or me3 as the kids call it - even the ending. I just loved following Nutgobler Shepard and her galactic exploits all across the galaxy. The idea of having the same character grow and effect (massively) everything in the universe. I felt like a king by the time Mass Effect 2 and especially 3 rolled around and everyone was all "Oh, Shepard! You're so awesome and stuff!" and I'd be all "Damn right I am!" I'm a little sad to see it all end but it was well worth it.

Dishonoured was just a great experience for me. Something very new in my opinion with a very interesting story. There's not much to tell because it's an experience in it's own, you have to play it to feel it. Yes it did feel like Thief mixed with Bioshock but those were great games and smushing them together creates this awesome game, I've already played through it a couple times and still haven't had close to the same experience. Now the same argument could be made for the new XCOM but I feel that it was just the same XCOM as before but with better graphics and whatnot.

That is why Dishonoured and Mass Effect 3 should both receive game of the year.

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

FFXIII-2 which I feel is the best one since FFX.

You are wrong. The best since X was XII, since XI is an MMO, XIII and its sequels suck in every way, and XIV apparently is/was an unplayable MMO. You could argue it's the best since XII, since I'm perfectly willing to believe XIII-2 is better than XIII (as it would almost have to be).

For my money, it's got to be Dishonored.
It's the only game this year that hasn't let me down in some way.

Soul Calibur V said fuck you to everyone who cares about the story and characters. SSX was good but also lost points for personality, and the lack of freeride (and the lame death mechanics) really make the game less fun. I Am Alive and Journey are awesome, but only barely games. Prototype 2 managed to take a great premise with a flawed execution and turn it into a steaming pile of garbage. Lollipop Chainsaw just managed to finally prove Suda51 is a shitty game designer. Kingdom Hearts 3DS met my expectations, but not in a good way. Fable found a way to get worse, somehow. Assassin's Creed 3 only functions half the time.

and that's just the games I was actually interested in. The rest of the market I just don't even care about. This year made me seriously consider giving up the hobby.

 

[Xman490]

If by my GOTY, then, uhh... I haven't played many games from this year.

Prototype 2, I guess? If you consider money-for-value, Edmund McMillen's Basement Collection is my #1.

 

[mattttherman3]

That would be Deus Ex Human Revolution

And why? Because it had a rich atmosphere, great gameplay and a gorgeous world.
It was the game that actually gave Square Enix some cred in my eyes.

that came out in 2011 sir...

Mine is Mass Effect 3, the changed ending was awesome and just topd off a great game. A close second is Assassins Creed 3, this game rocks, have not beaten it yet but it's pretty awesome.

For Arcade games, The Walking Dead, absolutely superb, every episode, every moment, gold.

Honourable mention to Spec Ops: The Line, best modern shooter.


And there is a random ad of a woman getting her hair done on the bottom of the site, really?

 

[klown]

A few days ago I would have said Dishonored with very little doubt in my mind. That game was amazingly fun, the world they built was great, and the storyline was very engaging. Now though it's tied currently with Assassins Creed III. I'm not far enough yet in ACIII to really be able to say it'll topple Dishonored, but it's defiantly in third/second place along side X-Com. Time will tell what the final order is, but those are my top three for the year.

 

[Reveras]

Strangely enough I'm torn between several titles. Black Mesa for the fact that the game on hard difficulty is brutal at times and I enjoyed that, Borderlands 2 for the writing and some of the characters like the guy who was almost content on calling a mob type "Bonerfarts". I excluded large f2p titles despite pouring many hours into 2 big ones: World of Tanks + Dota 2. Gotta say what they've done with WoT and Dota 2 respectively is amazing.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

I've been constantly underwhelmed by the new Final Fantasy offerings, and all they did was to make me miserable and go back and play the original (SNES) titles.

Borderlands 2, while plenty of co-op fun, some good writing and a genuine 'shooting range' feeling, just doesn't qualify. It's a good game, but the things that are (still) broken are just not GOTY material. The driving sucks hairy donkey bottom, shooting at flying things will turn your hair grey from frustration, some bigger/badass enemies charging at you will kill you just about no matter what, with your player character uselessly 'running' (hobbling) about... no, it deserves respect and first place in several categories, it's pretty good showcase material of what you can (and can't) do with the engine, but that's definitely not GOTY material!

My current favourite still is

Dishonoured

Why? Well, it's a new IP, which already deserves buckets of kudos and hat tips these days. The art style is... daring, but I think it's really, really well done and a lot of the stuff that could have just been rehashed was all pretty fresh. The 'special powers' certainly reminded me of, say, Bioshock, and I plain wouldn't mind if Dishonoured was the Bioshock 3 we've been promised for quite a while now. The story, albeit quite short, is also not too shabby and I really, really liked the freedom of finding out other ways to complete the missions.

To be completely honest, I wouldn't have minded if some Skyrim DLC would have made it to top candidate position, but the vampires weren't enough to qualify and the Castle Grayskull construction set really isn't much of a proper expansion, so, there, it's got to be Dishonoured.

 

[havoc33]

Mass Effect 3 for me. I've played Borderlands 2 and Resident Evil 6 and all that, but Mass Effect was just better all around. I liked the story(even the ending), the gameplay was a lot more smooth than the previous 2, and the multiplayer contributed rather than detract from the game.

As for runner-up, I'm having a hell of a lot of fun with Binary Domain right now. Reminds me a lot of Gears of War in some ways.

Finally, someone who recognizes Binary Domain! Picked it up dirt cheap, and I loved every minute of it. It's not the GOTY, but highly underrated IMO.

Also, with all the talk about that BioWare has "lost it", and that ME3 was shit, there are remarkably high number of people that still picked it for game of the year.

I know. It's a shame that it probably wont sell enough copies to warrant a sequel.

ME3 was actually my favorite of the trilogy. Sure the ending wasn't the greatest, but it doesn't negate how extremely awesome the other 99% of the game is.

Yeah, I always felt the issues people had with the ending was greatly exaggerated. And in the end it's up to the developer as well how they want to end their story. With all the negative feedback BioWare got, it would seem they produced a real turd, but actually most people loved it. Fans need to realise that they gotta tone back on this sort of stuff, because ultimately it can put such strain on a company that it affects future releases, and NOT in the way you want it.

 

[viranimus]

Most likely something that came out in 2011 that I still hadnt yet worked out of backlog.

Ok foine... something made this year.

Mass effect 3. By far and away the single best game4 I encountered this year despite its horrendous glaring flaw...of basically being forced to play multiplayer matches to finish the single player campaign. Makes perfect sense why there was so much outrage when it came out now. Having to pay money to finish the game pissed me off too. Fuck Pay to win.

None the less, that outlandish flaw was still not enough to undo the awesome 40 or so hours that kept me fully engaged from the first splash screen to the end of the credits. every bit of it was phenomenal, and if it ISNT game of the year, No game would qualify.

Im being dead serious here. And No I am talking pre "fixed/caved" ending, I m talking the RGB endings that everyone was bitching and moaning about from basically march till may.

 

[Metal_Head]

Medal of Honour: Warfigh................. pfft HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously though, I would have to say Hidden:Source Beta. I only recently downloaded it but it is so fun.

If I had to pick a game from this year, Borderlands 2.

 

[BaronIveagh]

It's still a few days till it's been a year, so I say: Skyrim.

 

[eevangoh]

Max Payne 3, I guess. I'm a die-hard fan of the series, and Rockstar got the gameplay exactly right, and the story and Max's character almost right. Plus, it had really good writing and voice acting.

Either that or the Walking Dead series as a whole (again, story and writing). All of the other contenders kind of fell flat, especially Dishonored and XCOM.

 

[Athinira]

I'll go ahead and say Mass Effect 3. Yes, the ending was shit, but the content leading up to that point was beyond great, and the game and combat design was absolutely awesome, and the storytelling aspect and length was more than adequate. I don't think I've ever been that immersed since playing Baldur's Gate 2.

 

[Devil_Worshipper]

MAX PAYNE 3
*EXTENDED GUITAR SOLO*
AWESOME GAME
ALL THE POINTS
Dishonored is a close second.

 

[Randomperson9999999]

assassins creed 3 but hitman is coming soon so my opinion might change.

 

[Someone Depressing]

I haven't been playing much new games, but Dishononored was good.

I'm looking forward to P4: The Golden. That's pretty much it.

 

[Korolev]

An interesting question - nothing has stood out for me this year in a very big way. Oh, certainly, we've had good games which I would unhesitatingly put in my Top 10 list of 2012, but so far, I haven't found a good candidate for Game of the Year, and I'll be very interested to see what major publications pick.

If, at gunpoint, I was forced to pick one, I'd say....XCOM. Second place I'd give to Mass Effect 3 - don't get me wrong, disliked the ending immensely, but the game as a whole is pretty good. It's just... we haven't had many "stand-out" stellar games this year.

Maybe when I play Dishonored, I'll change my mind, but so far, probably XCOM, simply because it's difficult, well-made (except for some bugs) and it's really really, really fun.

My Top 5 are:

1) XCOM
2) Mass Effect 3
3) Journey
4) Fez
5) Borderlands 2

 

[Jimmy T. Malice]

Probably Dishonored in terms of gameplay. It's innovative in an endless sea of sequels, but it is way too short and the story never really goes anywhere interesting.