Lately, I've been reading quite a few forum posts and comments debating about which game deserves to be Game of the Year(GOTY). All off the big name games see their titles thrown around; Batman: AA, Portal 2, BattleField 3, Modern Warfare 2, Skyrim, Zelda: Skyword Sword, Uncharted 3. While most of these titles haven't been released and haven't proven their quality yet, we constantly forget about one game that is already out and that was praised by most critics. Throning at the top of metacritic Gears of War 3 seems to have been forgotten by it's fans.
So what happened there? there are a few explanations to this. We might think that, as the game has been recently released, gears fans are to busy playing rather than debating on gaming websites, but that sounds rather contrived. The two other reasons I have, are more plausible. People seem to get more exited for games that aren't released yet and once they are released, the hype dies down. This would explain the fact that all "GOTY contenders" aren't on the market yet. Portal 2 is the only released game of that list, but it also is non-coincidentally the only game topping Gears 3 on metacritic as of now.
The last point questions the quality of Gears 3, sure, it's a great game with a loads of content, but did the critics get carried away in their scoring? Up to now, I've been thinking that gears was over-rated, but kept it to myself thinking I was in a minority. Now, the lack of support for Gears 3 has pushed me in believing that people, after all, don't Love Gears 3 as much as would suggest the critics.
This is my first blog, any feedback would be appreciated. What do you think about the subject?
With Arkane Austin no more and Lyon living for who knows how long, the superb Dishonored is in serious danger; Microsoft cannot be trusted.
I love the Dishonored series so much and really want Dishonored 3. Microsoft better not screw this up.
I mean, I think the fans will probably kill Arkane Lyon by cooking up reasons to hate whatever they do next without playing it. I've never seen a game so artificially disliked as Deathloop.
Lol, why don't we just say, we are worried about all studios owned by MS now. They will keep closing studios until they have none left ...🙄
A renowned industry insider has suggested the rumored PlayStation May 2024 showcase featuring Silent Hill 2 could happen this week.
Bogus!
Why would Sony do that and how would this benefit them?
1) It would piss off their media partners (IGN, Gamespot, Edge, etc.) since they would have to allocate resources fast to cover the event.
2) Risk of not having great coverage or proper coverage from the various source
3) It could give the impression that they are not confident in their own stuff.
4) They would miss the chance to hype the event losing viewers and losing free marketing time.
Again I'm calling it bogus unless it's a small showcase before the big one or because they want to announce that Hellbalde 2 is also coming on PS5.
Here is a look at the new Joker Trailer. Warner Bros. Games today released a new MultiVersus trailer revealing the first look at gameplay for The Joker, who will join the roster as a playable character when the upcoming free-to-play platform fighter videogame launches on May 28th.
1. Gears of War 3 isn't sitting at the top of the list. Even the just released Forza 4 has a higher score.
2. Game of the Year titles have primarily gone to a multiplatform game and aren't usually the highest rated game to come out that year. It's mostly about how the community feels about it after having played it a bit (aka hype).
GOTY awards, typically, are extremely unbalanced as recent hype tends to win out over any actual metric (scoring, sales, community feedback, time played, etc.) in determining who actually put out the best game that year.
Edit: meant as a reply to cgoodno
I know gears isn't at the top, but forza isn't really in the running for GOTY, because, let's face it, sports/driving never get GOTY.
uncharted 2 and LBP did get quite a few GOTY awards, I don't think your second point holds water.
still has come out and was really well received, but it's already off everybody's radar. Is it because of the quality of the game or people are just looking forward to the next big thing?
Its def up there with portal 2, crysis 2, and dark souls for me out of games ive played. I also think skyrim, uncharted 3, and arkham city could take it depending on how awesome they turn out. Gears 3 was fantastic though. Amazing graphics, great campaign wih 4 co-op, good multi with bots, beast mode, hoard mode, and more polished than any other game ive played. Its one of the best games ive played campaign-wise and has so much content other developers should be ashamed lol. Hoard mode is honestly more fun than full retail games and worth $60 alone. I dont know why but i have a feeling it wont even get mentioned for goty also. Its definately the best fps/tps of this year and should be nominated. Im having a blast playing hoard and campaign co-op with my gf so thats enough for me.
What forums? N4G? I doubt you are going to find many 360 players on N4G forums
It's MP alone is GOTY contender.