Gears of War 2 spawns GOTY edition

MariusElijah - 114 days 1 hour ago

None....

its false advertisement

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Xiphos - 114 days 1 hour ago

I don't think it even got many from 360 publications. Most GOTY awards went to GTAIV and LBP. Aside from those two games, I know IGN gave it to Fallout 3, and G4 went the facepalm route with Fable 2.

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AKA Death Angel - 114 days 1 hour ago

Official Xbox Magazine gave it to Fallout 3 as well.

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NaiNaiNai - 114 days ago

http://www.baftagameaward.c...

thats all I could dig up, not really say much though.

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GiantEnemyCrab - 114 days ago

Here they come... again..

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KnaveX - 114 days ago

its a valid argument, what if every big title went out and released their GOTY version even though it truely wasnt, hey im waiting for resistance 2 GOTY edition, some website out there mustve given them that award.

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Xiphos - 114 days ago

Come on Crab, I thought you were supposed to be one of the brighter ones of the bunch. It's exactly like giving Resistance 2 a GOTY edition. The game was fine, but it didn't win any awards, so where's the justification for a GOTY edition? It's a legit question.

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Double Toasted - 114 days ago

give R2 an award?

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Srh12 - 114 days ago

as much as I like gears 2, what is up with 5 games a year claiming a game of the year edition? I dont get it

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QuantumWake - 113 days 23 hours ago

What 5 games? Just curious.... :)

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KnaveX - 113 days 23 hours ago

Did u play it? Or did u not get past a couple of youtube videos, btw, what I did was a rhetorical remark

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Double Toasted - 113 days 23 hours ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Edit: Have I played it? Pfft, I own it...

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cmrbe - 113 days 23 hours ago

LBP won the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) GOTY 08 award.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

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theEnemy - 113 days 23 hours ago

It did get lots of "nominations" on the GotY award, but haven't won one.

Cliffy B, are you behind this nonsense ?

simply pathetic.

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Srh12 - 113 days 23 hours ago

Well, it was sort of a rhetorical comment and I just used 5 as a random number............. But to illustrate my point, doesnt gears 2, fallout 3, and left 4 dead all have game of the year editions coming out this year?

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All-3 - 113 days 23 hours ago

Not as many as Gears of War received...

Gears of War got some BIG Game Industry GotY Awards.

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KnaveX - 113 days 23 hours ago

alright, those two wikipedia articles proved u own it, but my entire point was that R2 was considered a big release last year, and it got no GOTY awards, that is why I used it as an example in what i said, it wasnt meant to be taken out of context. If u can understand that, im glad.

On the other hand I dont believe R2 deserved a GOTY award, but its scale and game mechanics were brilliant and understandable, respectively.

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Double Toasted - 113 days 23 hours ago

I think LBP deserved the award. My point was Gears 2 won a lot of awards including GOTY by some British Academy(I can't remember), while R2 only won a few awards that I can remember. The first Resistance was just a better gaming experience than R2 imo, but I like both and thats the reason I bought them.

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Srh12 - 113 days 23 hours ago

nevermind. You spazzes dont need to defend gears, I love it and Im not attacking it. Im not taking anything away from it.... my point was how can L4D, Gears2, and FO3 all be game of the year? Just forget it.

But my real question was why this being released so close to the all fronts DLC collection?

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cmrbe - 113 days 23 hours ago

Gears 1 won GOTY 06. The same award LBP win in 08 and COD4 in 07. We are talking about Gears 2 here. Not Gears 1.

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Double Toasted - 113 days 23 hours ago

I see what you mean now. They have these GOTY editions because there are some gaming outlets that give them that award. For example, IGN might give the award to one game, but Gamespot gives it to another game. I guess if they're given the award from somewhere they take it and run with it. There really isn't an end all, be all type of format for gaming mags and web sites.

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darkride66 - 113 days 22 hours ago

Microsoft also has a Fable 2 GOTY edition coming out. Which is it, Microsoft? Fable 2 or Gears 2?

Both were excellent games, but personally I don't think either were Game of the Year for 2009, and most publications agree.

I swear, at one point Game of the Year actually meant something. Now it's sounding like just a marketing label.

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Xiphos - 113 days 22 hours ago

^ Well at least Fable 2 actually won one, and at a major outlet too. Sure, even Sessler's co-workers publicly mocked them over at X-Play for giving it to Fable 2, but they still did it.

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GiantEnemyCrab - 113 days 22 hours ago

Gears 2 was nominated for several GOTY and while it didn't win much of anything. It did win in it's respective categories.

"Gears of War 2 won several awards following its presentation at E3 2008. IGN gave it the awards Overall Best Shooting Game and Overall Best Graphics Technology of E3 2008.[59] Game Critics Awards gave the game Best Action Game of E3 2008.[60] Gears of War 2 also won Best Shooter[61] and Best Xbox 360 Game at the 2008 Spike Video Game Awards.[62]"

Regardless, it's just a way to repackage the game and include all the DLC. What a way to make a deal out of nothing.

@below: Well you could also look at it as GOTY on the Xbox 360. Considering those are the only people who are going to be able to buy it and enjoy it and also who played Gears 2. You are right though, it didn't win a BAFTA it was just nominated, I thought it won.

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Xiphos - 113 days 21 hours ago

Was just nominated for a BAFTA, didn't win. Nevermind, you edited that bit out.

http://www.baftagameaward.c...

Anyways, I don't see anyone making a big deal about this. Simply asking whether this game won any GOTY awards or not. Usually one needs to for a GOTY edition.

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AAACE5 - 113 days 21 hours ago

If i'm correct Gears or War 2 just got voted Game of the Year during the G-phoria awards! I'm not sure if that counts or not.

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TheBlackSmoke - 113 days 21 hours ago

are voted for by the viewers of g4tv. They gave gears of war 2 the best FPS award so it has about as much credibilty as the open zone... lol i can imagine the stupid MS kids furiously voting gears 2 whilst jacking off to a marcus feenix poster.

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theEnemy - 113 days 20 hours ago

-Fallout 3 (All DLCs included)
-Fable II (Knotehole + See The Future included)
-MGS4 (____tinence version, something like the one in MGS3, oh and trophies!)
-LittleBigPlanet (50-80% of all DLCs included).

Gears 2 and R2 are great games, but if you compare it to the amounts of awards that the four games above have won, these 2 games will be covered by dirt.

;)

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RememberThe357 - 113 days 20 hours ago

Fallout 3, MGS4, Fable 2and LittleBigPlanet won the most and should be the only ones allowed to release GOTY editions.

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blindfromthesun - 113 days 18 hours ago

I think everyone is over thinking the "GOTY" re branding. Its simply a way to sell more copies. Its debatable which game is truly GOTY however any game that sells more than 3 million is more likely to have one. In the case of GeOW 2, GOTY edition simply means: "Every Single Map Pack For Free Edition."

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adsaidler - 114 days ago

i have high hopes for the PC version \o/

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Milo Garret - 113 days 14 hours ago

Enough for you to buy at least one, lol.

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Milo Garret - 113 days 14 hours ago

Because it sold like 5 copies? I don't know... I refuse to believe more than 5 people let themselves get assraped by Epic again.

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RememberThe357 - 113 days 20 hours ago

You?

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Doton07 - 114 days ago

Fable2 GOTY edition was first.

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Wakka_ - 113 days 23 hours ago

Oblivion IV GOTY Edition says hi!

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mr_fuzz1012 - 113 days 22 hours ago

shut the f*ck up fanboy

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TheBlackSmoke - 113 days 21 hours ago

LOL microsofts self proclaimed goty editions are retarded. The fact they are releasing two game of the year editions is a contradiction in itself. Fact remains those were MS two best exclusives last year and well... in the end most sites didn't acknowledge either geow2 or fable 2 as their goty.

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FlipMode - 114 days ago

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cmrbe - 113 days 23 hours ago

shutupandlearnenglish.

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Mooey - 113 days 16 hours ago

54.2%

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cmrbe - 113 days 23 hours ago

What do you expect from a uaserbase that loves their console with a 54% failure rate?. Even if Gears 3 suffer glitches in the SP campaign they bots will still lap it up. They only love men in armour with guns.

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CliffyB - 113 days 23 hours ago

"they only love men in armour with guns" and what do the droids from asia love? Boys that look like girls and have big swords?

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Obama - 113 days 23 hours ago

That's pretty ironic considering Cliff B you look like one gay mofo who loves MS wang.

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LuHawk - 113 days 22 hours ago

shut your f@gget ass up b!tch

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CliffyB - 113 days 22 hours ago

Wow. You guys went right to homosexuality. Got d!ck on the brain or are you just d!ckheaded homophobes? And Luhawk you spell f@ggot like so not with an et moron. Internet tough guys talking about male genatalia. Get a life losers.

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LuHawk - 113 days 21 hours ago

LOl who are you to me Cliffy b!tch You the homo Why you worried about me you stupid weak minded hoe. Did my comment hurt your feelings that bad? I didn't say any thing about no d!ck read fool. Plus I type how I want to B!tch i dont give a damn

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mezzo - 113 days 21 hours ago

DAMN, take it easy guys, i feel like i am responsible for this. lol, it's just a game.

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GiantEnemyCrab - 113 days 21 hours ago

mezzo you troll and you got what you wanted..

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suunyd - 113 days 21 hours ago

LOL, this sh!t is hilarious! :D

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CliffyB - 113 days 20 hours ago

You could not come off any dumber if you tried. I'm a "hoe?" a hoe is a gardening tool a whore is a prostitue. Like your mom. Judging by the way you talk she must also be an illiterate crackhead. Put away the rap cd's and pick up a book. "Fool"

and SUUNYD, I am glad you are enjoying this.

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LuHawk2 - 113 days 11 hours ago

LOL Cliffy B still crying like a B!tch I guess that won't change

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Etseix - 113 days 23 hours ago

i hope this version dont have glitches o__e'

thats all i hope, and.. OH YEAH!, i dont even know why, if i wont be buying an xbox for any game NEVER!lol got a pc so there u go, bad this game is not on pc but o well, its not worth the 250 dlls + 50+ failure rate so called *console* Xbox 360 :O

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GiantEnemyCrab - 113 days 21 hours ago

"i wont be buying an xbox for any game NEVER!l"

Then why are you in a 360 article with future lawnmower here?

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