Thecrapgamer at GxC writes:
Every year we start trying to guess what the Game Of The Year will end up being, this year is no different. The funny thing to me is that there are so many different Game Of The Year awards it’s kind of hard to say which one means the most, if any. This year was supposed to be the year in which we were bombarded with quality titles, it should have been a real war for Game Of The Year, but it’s not really turning out that way. Mass Effect 3 was pushed back until next year, same with Twisted Metal and quite a few other games. Basically all of these companies had the bright idea to release their games at or around the same time as one another, then later on thought better of the idea and so postponed their respective games. The following list, which is in no particular order is simply how I see the race for Game Of The Year 2011. More than likely they will each win that award from one source or another.
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Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.
But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.
They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.
Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.
A famous actor from Starship Troopers has showered praise on Helldivers 2 and said he is open to the idea of playing General Brasch.
my personal faves for goty this year Skyrim, gears 3 and skyward sword
mine is as follows
dark souls
uncharted 3
portal 2
skyrim
littlebigplanet 2
It's a solid list, but why only pick from a pool of games that haven't even come out yet? I suppose it says something about the brand recognition more than the games themselves.