What will be GOTY for 2011?

[Rabish Bini]

Serious Sam 3. I hope.

More realistically, I'm gonna with the new Deus Ex.

 

[Weslebear]

Skyrim.

Closely followed by Guild Wars 2.

 

[Ian Thompson]

Skyrim. IMO.

 

[Jimmy T. Malice]

I hope it's Uncharted 3 because it seems fantastic, but the inevitably buggy and unrefined Skyrim will most likely win.

 

[Joshica Huracane]

Out of what i've played this year so far, Portal 2, Infamous 2 and L.A. Noire were extremely entertaining.

If Uncharted 3 is more of what made Uncharted 2 so amazing, Ima go with that. Otherwise... probably one of the above. Or Skyrim. If it can hold my attention better than Oblivion did.

 

[Joshica Huracane]

Oh fuck me, I forgot Arkham City. Yeah, lets go with that!

 

[Britisheagle]

Personally for me its going to be Saints Row 3. I dont give a flying fuck about about Skyrim. didnt care for Oblivion either. Deus Ex is a bit meh personally given the move backwards to "Lets make it a Male only Protagonist" after Deus Ex 2 had the option of being either gender, though it still has a chance to win, given the series being as successful as it was, but that may be a DNF Moment, i.e. the "old nerds" expecting the second coming from nostalgia. So it may turn out bad too, Deus Ex that is :3

Other contenders for it would have been ME3 for one, but thats pushed off. Portal 2 prolly wont win it, while the game is fun and interesting, the Idea isnt new anymore and having just the humor and fun but short gameplay may not save it a top spot. Everything else so far has too little concrete Info to judge, at least in my Opinion. But in any case, its really that any game could win, as long as the Game turns out to be awesome.

I 100% agree with you. Saints the Third is what I would WANT to be GoTY. Unfortuantly their seems to be much love for it by gamers and critics alike but it always seems to go un-noticed compared to the other big name titles.

Apart from by Yahtzee on this site.

 

[xXGeckoXx]

Skyrim.

Close contenders:

Portal 2
BF3
Farcry 3.

 

[SinorKirby]

despite it look to be just another elder scrolls

And what's wrong with that? The Elder Scrolls games are amazing games. I have never once had one of them be extremely buggy upon me, but that's probably due to me never playing them until at least a couple of years have gone by since release.

Also, the other games you mentioned are the exact same thing. Just another Portal/Saint's Row/Generic Samey FPS/Assassin's Creed. The difference here is that Skyrim looks amazing, and hopefully will live up to the hype.

Also, on an off note, REALLY Escapist? I have to watch a freaking video ad in order to get the CAPTCHA code? F*** that s***.

 

[Outright Villainy]

So far it's going to take an absolute monster of a game to touch Portal 2. I know I'm going to love Skyrim and Arkham city though. It's one of those times I like feeling conflicted, since with all them great games I win either way.

 

[ezeroast]

hopefully battlefield 3
But more likely to be portal 2 I think

 

[SinorKirby]

U may have a point about asscreed (regardless of the fact they are still beautiful games), but both portal and saints row have actually looked to evolve and change within their relative subgenres so much as to be different beasts with each number.

I'm not saying skyrim will be bad. just more of the same, i expect more from a sequel in this day and age.

Then why are you saying that Portal 2 has changed so much from Portal? It added a few new mechanics, but kept the same core gameplay idea from the first one. The same is probably true of Saint's Row, but I haven't played any of those games yet.

Anyways, the exact same thing is true of Skyrim when it's compared to Oblivion. The menu system has been tweaked, they revamped the combat so that it's faster and more fluid, the class system has been completely wiped out meaning that what you do really shapes your character, the dual wielding, etc. It's definitely changed much more from Oblivion than Portal 2 has from Portal.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

I say portal 2 or Skyrim. Of course, Call of Duty will win best shooter because almost the whole fan base is frat boys and douche bags. (Which is about two and a half quarters of our population)

 

[Saltyk]

U may have a point about asscreed (regardless of the fact they are still beautiful games), but both portal and saints row have actually looked to evolve and change within their relative subgenres so much as to be different beasts with each number.

I'm not saying skyrim will be bad. just more of the same, i expect more from a sequel in this day and age.

Then why are you saying that Portal 2 has changed so much from Portal? It added a few new mechanics, but kept the same core gameplay idea from the first one. The same is probably true of Saint's Row, but I haven't played any of those games yet.

Anyways, the exact same thing is true of Skyrim when it's compared to Oblivion. The menu system has been tweaked, they revamped the combat so that it's faster and more fluid, the class system has been completely wiped out meaning that what you do really shapes your character, the dual wielding, etc. It's definitely changed much more from Oblivion than Portal 2 has from Portal.

It added many new gameplay mechanics (although the only way to experience them together so far is the custom maps been made), several new relevant and decent characters, and most importantly CO-OP.


They moved some of the numbers around in skyrim, when your playing it there will be very little change to how it is played. And as shiny and pretty as the game is, i think heralding it as the next coming of jesus only does a disservice to the people who hype it.

Lest we forget this lovely chart.
http://images.wikia.com/zeropunctuation/images/0/0e/E3_2_1.png

That chart is perfect. But it doesn't just apply to games, How many times have you been disappointed by a "great" movie/book/[insert pretty much anything here], but pleasantly surprised by one you didn't even care about?

OT: I don't know. I'll wait till we actually get our hands on the contenders. Never know how good or bad a game might be just from videos or hype.

 

[SinorKirby]

It added many new gameplay mechanics (although the only way to experience them together so far is the custom maps been made), several new relevant and decent characters, and most importantly CO-OP.


They moved some of the numbers around in skyrim, when your playing it there will be very little change to how it is played. And as shiny and pretty as the game is, i think heralding it as the next coming of jesus only does a disservice to the people who hype it.

Lest we forget this lovely chart.
http://images.wikia.com/zeropunctuation/images/0/0e/E3_2_1.png

Lol. That is true. I totally remember being in the lower right after the hype I had felt for Brawl wore off. XD

 

[AMMO Kid]

You mine as well have called this thread "Will Skyrim be GOTY for 2011?" because most people already say yes or no to Skyrim and then stat what they think it will be.

But it will be Skyrim, no matter where it is on the mediocre to perfect scale.