The Legend Of Zelda Skyward Sword Beats Skyrim In G4 Video Game Deathmatch For Best Game Of 2011

Lots of you voted and it appears as though The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has defeated Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in the latest G4 Video Game Deathmatch for the best game of 2011. The next battle is between The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Assassins Creed: Revelations. Go vote!

[Desmios]

Voting is public

anyone can create accounts and vote as many times as you want

[Danteh]

lol, you think anyone goes through that hassle?

I mean, seriously xD

[afterMoth]

The ridiculous part is that Dark Souls isn't above Skyrim in rankings and reviews. Gameplay over 5,000 side quest any day, this is why I love Dark Souls!

What point is there to having 5,000 side quests if the core combat mechanics are so lacking? Same problem GTA IV had, which also received way higher scores than it deserved.

[slayorofgods]

We could also say Dark Souls uses it's hard (or tedious) combat to hide the shallowness of it's level designs.

I'm a fan of both these games, Dark Souls is a fun game. But it has nothing on Skyrim as far as development goes... That is why Skyrim deserves to be ranked higher for GOTY.

[afterMoth]

"We could also say Dark Souls uses it's hard (or tedious) combat to hide the shallowness of it's level designs. "

And you can say that pigs fly, both statements are completely false.

[Akiba96]

@slayorofgods

we could also say that skyrims 1000 fetch quests is to mask its crappy gameplay.
ill take darks souls gameplay over skyrim anyday. they arent even in the same league.

[slayorofgods]

Akiba96

You mean like you "fetch" souls and weapons in Dark Souls. The only difference is Dark Souls has sub par scripting so the world feels alien.

I'll take new quests for "level grinding" as opposed to fighting enemies that stay in the same exact spot over and over again.

[Akiba96]

@slayorofgods
if you wanna be like that than sure. i would rather go kill demons to earn souls than travel a mile to talk to someone only to have them tell me to turn around and go talk to someone else....ya..fun right.

[slayorofgods]

Akiba96

So now I'm the bad guy after you guys just got done trashing Skyrims quest system, don't act holier then thou now...

The Souls series, despite being fun, just doesn't have the development and level design most AAA games have and you know it. How can that give it a one up on Skyrim whom has a great level design and, despite your opinion of fun, best scripting seen in any game this year.

[Skip_Bayless]

We should all just team-up and try to get Skyrim to win Game of the Year because if Zelda wins this year it's gonna be a slap in the face. Whether you're a Batman advocate, or Uncharted 3 fan you must support Skyrim to win because it is the logical choice to win Game of the Year.

If Zelda wins we will never hear the end of it from Nintendo fans. They will say graphics don't matter because 6 years going into a generation on a "last gen" console the Wii still manages to get Game of the Year.

That's just blasphemous and asinine!! Because a Wii game cannot compare to a current gen game.

[Akiba96]

@slayorofgods

i dont see how im being holier than thou.

and no, i dont know. gameplay is way more important to me than and in that case dark souls wins hands down imo

[C_Menz]

Why are people disagreeing with you? Everything you said is 100% true.

[Megaman_nerd]

probably the same people that did what he just said. But the truth is that Nintendo games always get a free pass from everybody because of their long history. ;)

[slayorofgods]

I'm not sure if people voted for the underdog or what?...... I think we all know Skyward won't beat Skyrim for GOTY.

[Mykky]

Yep that was exactly what people were encouraging others to do on Skyrim forums. Probably done from both sides though, so I don't see your point going to the favor of any of the games.
I honestly did not care much who won as I love both games but in the comment section the ones who voted Skyrim said Zelda was childish and was on the shitty wii, while the ones who voted Zelda praised both games. Both deserve GOTY just as much.

[WhiteLightning]

I just don't get it

I wish everyone would ge off the hype train and realise that Skyward Sword isn't as good as past Zelda games. It's empty and has the same kind of missions throughout the entire game compared to Skryim which is massive and will keep you going for months.

Lets put it this way

If Skyrim was like Zelda SS and it had you going from one dungeon to the next with only the same old "Go fetch me this" quest in between and a "climb a vine, open the treasure chest" moment would Skyrim then be getting 10/10 scores it's been getting.................I think not.

People are hanging on to Ocarina of Time still, like how people hang onto Mordern Warefare when the next COD comes out resulting in the yearly CODs getting a good score even though it's the same old crap which dosen't improve, yet it never truely lives up to that game in the back of their minds. With Ocarina of Time being an old relic in gaming now, people are still hopeing for a game which is 10 times better then it....after 5-7 months people will start to admit that Zelds SS wasn't as good as OOT, Wind Waker and even Twlight Princess but it's not like they can go back and change the over hyped review scores can they. I hope for the day we can admit that Zelda is reviewed first on the franchises name and nostalgia before it's reviewed on actually gameplay.

[Shackdaddy836]

Have you even played it? I see you bash Nintendo a lot so I highly doubt you even have a wii let alone this game...

[WhiteLightning]

LOL...bash Nintendo alot

The only time I say something about Nintendo is when it's about this overated game.

Seriously, you get called on here that your bashing Microsoft all the time, then Sony and now Nintendo. I guess people say anything when they get upset.

Yeah I've played it, I have a Wii, sits right along side my 360 and PS3.

Why is it when you say something like your opinion on here people bash you for it if it isn't in favor of there and then go on to make up accusations like the "you havent played it" or "you havent got it" statements <sigh>

[Shackdaddy836]

^I'm not complaining about your opinion. Everyone thinks differently. I just thought that every comment I have seen when you talk about Nintendo is usually something bad. My mistake.

[EcoSos3]

I got both games and no Im not one of those people that says OOT was the best Zelda game for me it will always be A Link to Past, that game was the one that introduce me to gaming. Skyrim is bit repetitive I like it, got 56 hours into it just finish the story mode.

I dont really like to compare both they are completely different games meant for different gamers o and dont compare Zelda to COD there's a difference between a one year game to a five year game quality.

[SnipeySnake]

You sound like a butthurt, jealous fanboy. If you've played the game you would know how good it is.

[rexbolt]

skrim smore like walk for to hours fight corny bad guys with bad combat shitty story zelda is better then skrim nuff said i rather clib vines 7000 times then fight a single monster in skrim ith that shitty as combat

[Titanz]

Redsteel 2 comes close, but it isn't the same type of game. I could understand people that liking it better than past Zelda titles, but you're fooling yourself if you believe SS isn't above average.

Pick up your Move controllers (or work it out with Kinect) once in a while, then you'll probably notice how much motion controls can add to a title.

[LoaMcLoa]

Skyward Sword is the best game I've played this year, so I don't see any problems!

But I'm a little surprised that AC would be in the final battle...

[Troll-without-Bridge]

I voted for zelda. That game is a amazing.

[Jio]

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[Jio]

Y u edit comment??

[admiralthrawn87]

Zelda > Skyrim.

[Perjoss]

Skyrim > Zelda.

[HeavenlySnipes]

Crash Team Racing > Both of them

[goku32359]

Skyrim = Zelda

[Simon_Brezhnev]

Witcher 2 > Zelda, Skyrim

[slayorofgods]

Witcher 2 has the best graphics, best story, and best combat.. Skyrim has a lot more depth.

I like Skyrim a little more, but Witcher 2 was made by a small time developer, Maybe they should get the nod... But of course they will be overlooked.

[baboom223]

Lol... funny

[dgonza40]

Opinon =/= Fact

[GameTavern]

I hate to be THAT guy, but why exactly is this news? I mean it isn't even the finals, but the semi-finals of a fan voted poll.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

Just goes to show you that graphics are not the most important thing when it comes to games. Before you bash me to high living hell, I own both games and play them each daily. I give the slight edge to SS, because Nintendo will always be 1st with me, and the game is slightly better IMO. If I reviewed games, I would give SS a 98 and Skyrim a 94.

[baboom223]

Honestly this was just a popularity contest... gears 3 beat dark souls LOL.

And before any of you fan boys for skyrim or zelda come along, I'm NOT judging either of the games but zelda does have a much larger fan base and that's honestly the reason they won this.

[Kanzes]

ahahaha so funny.. even ACR is won over Gears3 there.

[browngamer41]

Zelda FTW!! I see a few people bashing Skyward Sword in here and all I can say is that they obviously have not played it..forget game of the year..this game should be crowned game of this generation-period.

[Dantheman1]

Zelda is way better than Skyrim i have played both but the new Zelda is amazing

[rexbolt]

of course zela has better combat better lv design better characters better art style better animations, better face expressions, better gameplay better story, and to me better grafics cus skyrim is ugy ig ad did u tell u its 90% glich free i havet bumped into one but im sure some one has but skrim is 90% full of gliches

[baboom223]

well it seems N4G is full of zelda fans :o

[Jagsrock]

There is just something so charming about skyward sword, the games sucks you in right from the beginning even though it starts a bit slow. And the first time you leap off the island and onto your bird is just awesome. Plus the combat is fantastic, In twilight Princess I would get tired of fighting enemies but I look forward to it in skyrward sword. THe level design is amazing as well and this game has some of the best dungeons of any zelda game. Skyrim is a good game but it's just not on the same level as Skyward Sword.

[spektical]

i have uncharted 3 as GOTY followed by Zelda then Dark Souls.

skyrim is too laggy on ps3 ... remind me of fallout 3 too much.

[Marceles]

I beat Skyward Sword a few days ago and haven't played Skyrim, but my only gripe with the game is that it felt longer than it was supposed to be.

I'm not complaining about the length, but how you go about getting everything. It was like...the Zelda formula, but a long, drawn-out-for-no-reason Zelda formula just to make the game longer.

"You must obtain these 3 things."
"In order to find the 3 things, each clue is in 3 different places."
"OK now that you have all 3 clues, go to this place and find 8 pieces of the key that one of the clues is talking about."
"Now that you have the key you can finally go in the dungeon to obtain one of the 3 things."
"Yay you have one of the three things!....Now go look for more clues." (repeat)

Every single thing about the game is awesome...ESPECIALLY the motion controls. Those controls are absolutely god-like...without a doubt the best game I've played using motion controls, but I don't remember going back and forth so much in a Zelda game in my life, which became annoying toward the end. It started feeling like Lord of the Rings 2 and the Treebeard scenes. Like...do you really need to add this extra stuff to give the illusion that the game is long for a good reason?

I still like Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time more, but I'll say it's the best Zelda I've ever played after those games, and yeah...I'd have to say the best game I've played this year.