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.
Talal writes: "I'm talking about having that rush of excitement - that feeling you get when you know you've just made a memory for a lifetime."
There are different games. Some have gamplay at it highest priority, some have the story, some have the replay value and choices... There are a lot of different game experiences.
It is laughable that just now graphics does not have anything to do with that experiene. We have had many games of that type over time. This is just the one that have come closest to feel like playing an actual movie. Just look the the Digital foundry walkthrough it is a masterpiece in that perspective and hence wrth trying. But yes do not do it for the gameplay - but that was never the goal of this experience.
They don't make games like this anymore.
Too dated in my book. The AI is way too unpredictable to be acceptable today. It's definitely a game of its time.
I had a good time with the game. It is a product of its time. But when it came out it was a must have game for a lot of people. I wish Ubisoft would make another game in the series or at least a reboot.
Due to the lack of modern stealth games, and me constantly playing the MGS series, I've been looking for alternative stealth games to play, and went back and re-played the SC series recently. I wouldn't call SC1 or SC:PT masterpieces, there are AI issues, they're very much trial-and-error games, and that can lead to a lot of frustration. I also found the stories in this series to be boring, uninteresting, and just sloppily told. Cinematics are also of poor quality for both in-game scenes and CG cut-scenes, the soundtrack didn't leave any impression on me either.
Chaos Theory is better, but there was still a lot of room for improvement, and Double Agent (old gen ver.) was a sloppy mess that ended up a regression from CT. But still, at least they tried back then, these days Ubi-junk doesn't even try to make good games!
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Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
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.