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Year in Review and Game(s) of the Year

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The Goozex Report has grown from dozens of readers to tens of thousands of readers. It's articles have appeared in numerous sites and forums. And now, for the first time, they present their year in review and picks for Game of the Year. Included: what developers need to do to improve in 2009.
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Published: 378 days 8 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360
 
 

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bgrundman - 378 days 9 hours ago
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Is your favorite game at the top of the list?
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CrAppleton - 378 days 8 hours ago
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LBP WOOT!
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bgrundman - 378 days 8 hours ago
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Meh to LBP... guess it is just not my bag.
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ammonator - 378 days 8 hours ago
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Just out of curiosity, did you ever try the game?
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CrAppleton - 378 days 8 hours ago
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seriously.. LBP is one of THE MOST addicting games I have ever played
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ammonator - 378 days 8 hours ago
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Bring on the Paintinator!!
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MrWeymes - 378 days 2 hours ago
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Personally, I had a tough time choosing my Game of the Year. It was between Metal Gear Solid 4, and Little Big Planet. While they both have excellent gameplay, the production values, and story of Metal Gear Solid 4 placed it slightly ahead of Little Big Planet in my opinion.
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badz149 - 378 days 1 hour ago
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I'm all for MGS4 and LBP for GoTY 2008!!
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bgrundman - 378 days 9 hours ago
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Fallout 3 totally belongs on the list!
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CrAppleton - 378 days 9 hours ago
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Haven't played that one yet..
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JimmyJames70 - 378 days 9 hours ago
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If it's half as good as Oblivion, chances are, I'll spend a large part of 2009 playing it.
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CrAppleton - 378 days 8 hours ago
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LOL... playing catch up?
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bgrundman - 378 days 8 hours ago
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It is impossible not to be catching up after this year. There were so many good games.
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bgrundman - 378 days 8 hours ago
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This game will be an endless timesuck... trust me.
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ammonator - 378 days 8 hours ago
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Agreed, and I would place Fallout 3 near the top of my list for GotY. Even though I am only 12 hours into it, which translates to maybe 4 hours of story... Darn you compulsion to explore everything not related to the story. Anywho, it would be a close race between Fable 2, Fallout 3, Metal Gear Solid 4, and LittleBigPlanet for GotY in my book.
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bgrundman - 378 days 8 hours ago
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The 360's 2008 lineup was even better than its stellar 2007. It will be hard to imagine how they can top this in 2009.
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ammonator - 378 days 8 hours ago
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More Halo? :P
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JimmyJames70 - 378 days 8 hours ago
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Hopefully with some new, unique titles. I want to see stuff I've never seen before.
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CrAppleton - 378 days 8 hours ago
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I want more NEW stuff from EA
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MrWeymes - 378 days 2 hours ago
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The Xbox 360 had a pretty good year, but I have to give the Playstation 3 the "console of the year" award. lol

I look forward to more innovative games like Mirrors Edge, and Little Big Planet, but there is nothing wrong with a game that's been done before, but with better production values. (Example: Gears of War 2, Resistance 2, Tales of Vesperia, Lost Odyssey, Metal Gear Solid 4, etc)
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Kratos Spartan - 378 days 8 hours ago
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I bought Oblivion recently, and I saw the Game of the year edition shortly after, if I bought that, would it read my old Oblivion game data? Much appreciated if you can help.

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It's a close call for me between MGS4 and Fallout 3, just thinking about it makes me sweat....*whew*
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killyourfm - 378 days 8 hours ago
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4.1 - Oblivion GOTY
100% compatible with the original Oblivion game saves. You're good to go.
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killyourfm - 378 days 8 hours ago
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"As for gaming in 2008, it wasn’t a bright year for unique and new titles."

REALLY? Mirror's Edge, L4D, LittleBigPlanet, Braid, PixelJunk Eden, Professor Layton, Audiosurf...All took chances and were very innovative.

that's just the tip of the iceberg, should I continue?
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JimmyJames70 - 378 days 8 hours ago
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Sorry, but here's one man's opinion:

Mirror's Edge: good concept but not a great game.

Left 4 Dead: great MP, sorely lacks in SP. They only made half a game.

The article gave props to LBP.

Braid is an arcade game, and arcade games were excluded from the article.

As for the others, never heard of them...
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killyourfm - 378 days 7 hours ago
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It's a shame the article excluded downloadable titles. Some of this year's shining examples of innovation, and just pure fun, were on XBL and PSN.

PixelJunk Eden, The Last Guy, Everyday shooter, Castle Crashers, Braid, Geometry Wars 2, the list goes on and on. MEGA MAN 9 for crying out loud!

Just one man's critical opinion...
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JimmyJames70 - 378 days 7 hours ago
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Your taking this pretty seriously. I'll back off so as to not give you a coronary. How about this, we get a beer, and start gaming. It's the Holidays!!
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killyourfm - 378 days 7 hours ago
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Just to clarify, I understand why TGR wouldn't post downloadable titles...not part of the business model.

I'm just stating my case.
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MrWeymes - 378 days 2 hours ago
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I didn't even consider Grand Theft Auto 4 for my Game of the Year. I'm not one of those people that say "Oh, GTA 4 sucked," but it certainly wasn't the best game of the year.

It started of very promising, but started to lose it's immersion by the %30-%40 mark. With the excessive phone calls, and not a lot to do outside of the story missions, I just couldn't understand the perfect scores.

Obviously, it was a technical achievement. The city was huge, looked excellent, and had a lot going on, but regardless of how impressive it was, it wasn't as fun, or as engaging as games like Metal Gear Solid 4, or Little Big Planet in my opinion.
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