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OXCGN Readers 2008 Game Of The Year Results Revealed

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From OXCGN:

"Well if your choices are anything to go by, either the best Xbox 360 titles are usually released at the end of the year, or the freshest titles on your mind tend to get your vote. In any case the OXCGN readers have spoken!

Games like Guitar Hero, Brothers In Arms, Devil May Cry 4, and Battlefield: Bad Company barely rate a mention, while innovative XBLA games like Braid and Castle Crashers also aren't considered in the Big League. Strategy games like Civilization Revolution and EndWar aren't even close. Movie-linked games like Star Wars: Force Unleashed or Lego Batman aren't good enough, and latecomers like Tomb Raider: Underworld and Prince of Persia were…well…too late, it seems.

So who were the winners?
Counting down from 10 to 1 here are your choices for Game of the Year 2008:"
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gaminoz - contributor
Published: 367 days 23 hours ago | Article | Xbox 360
 
 

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Godem - 368 days ago
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well interesting list, certainly not what i would have guessed!

where is Braid! :(
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Acj2323 - 368 days ago
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Wasn't surprised at the results at all, I am a big gears fan and I'm glad it hit number one but I think other games such as Far Cry 2 deserved it better
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gaminoz - 368 days ago
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WTF Burnout Paradise that high?

Mostly as expected. I think Far Cry 2 would have won for sure with bots and split screen :)

I certainly don't think it was that cut and dry this year. For PS3 it was an easy one for me: MGS4 (despite its faults), but not so for the 360. There were several that could have won.
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XboxOZ360 - 367 days 23 hours ago
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Well I voted for Far Cry 2, so what happened . . . . . Actually, I'm not that surprised, about the one at the number one spot. Given the fans it has, it's little wonder. Even if it isn't the best game out there, it still has the fan base.

Proving not the best games win in the end, just the one most liked.
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Steelspawn - 367 days 22 hours ago
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Shocked to see Too Human make it in. I enjoy the game but it sure had its fair share of negative reviews.
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XboxOZ360 - 367 days 21 hours ago
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Well it was based on READERS votes, not the Industries votes. So perhaps it shows that more ppl liked it than those that reviewed it . . . ?
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gaminoz - 367 days 20 hours ago
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Surprised also to see Dead Space, a game which apparently didn't sell well....but did review well.
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darkmurder - 367 days 18 hours ago
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The single player was awesomne, its just a shame the multiplayer was so broken for Gow 2, I chose Braid, once again the indie's are never respected :(.
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gaminoz - 367 days 3 hours ago
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Yeah I'm not sure if an XBLA title will ever be classed as a GOTY, even if it is innovative and fun. They are just seen as 'low budget games'. Not too many indie films win the Oscars either.
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RebornSpy - 367 days 3 hours ago
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I like most of the list, but I personally dislike Burnout Paradise, and I feel other games deserve the number 10 spot over Too Human. Whatever.
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darkmurder - 367 days 1 hour ago
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Eh its the readers choice, I had fun with it, it had its fair share of glitches and a horrendous story, plus a terrible death sequence, but the looting had me coming back for more.
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RebornSpy - 366 days 22 hours ago
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7.2 - That's cool...
I only played the demo, but the reviews are bad. But if average gamers voted it as one of the best games of the year, maybe it's not so bad.
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Simmo44 - 367 days 1 hour ago
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Voted for Dead Space, GoW 2 would have got my vote for the co-op campaign but alas the MP is broken.
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