so you are implying that ALBW isn't a fresh experience?
I can assure you that's not the case
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GameSpot selects their overall Game of the Year for 2013
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so you are implying that ALBW isn't a fresh experience?
I can assure you that's not the case
GregLombardi
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I just wanted to tell you, Gamespot staff has seen this post and they love it:
https://twitter.com/smcinnis/status/413779758841737222
Haha this is great.
ArcaneFreeze
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If you dont think ALBW is a fresh experience well... lol.
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Psycho_Mantis
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1st lol you fell for it and 2nd you clearly haven't played TLoU.
CouldBeWorse
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It completely plays on nostalgia but that doesn't make it any lesser of an experience. It's a great game, especially for someone like me who has ALttP on my Mt Rushmore, but it's the kind of thing that Nintendo shouldn't try too often or people will get burned out, just like so many people are burned out on NSMB.
fengshuifever
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SpacePirate Ridley
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Pretty big (and great!) surprise.
I cant even decide my own goty because I love so many games this year (Fire Emblem, Mario world, Bioshock Infinite, Last of Us, Zelda, SRIV, Phoenix Wright, Papers Please...), so I imagine how hard is to do this official winners.
Zelda felt fresh and fun (apart from being quite epic, nostalgic, great orchestral soundtrack..), when the franchise, even If I still love it, was getting a bit stale, so its amzingly great that has won one of the Goty awards.
Would love that between all the press the GOTYs are given to a wide range of games, and not all to one, because I feel this year lots of games have a really big chance. Last of Us here, Bioshock Infinite there, another to Super Mario 3D world, etc...
Holy shit, this is amazing.
I cant even decide my own goty because I love so many games this year (Fire Emblem, Mario world, Bioshock Infinite, Last of Us, Zelda, SRIV, Phoenix Wright, Papers Please...), so I imagine how hard is to do this official winners.
Zelda felt fresh and fun (apart from being quite epic, nostalgic, great orchestral soundtrack..), when the franchise, even If I still love it, was getting a bit stale, so its amzingly great that has won one of the Goty awards.
Would love that between all the press the GOTYs are given to a wide range of games, and not all to one, because I feel this year lots of games have a really big chance. Last of Us here, Bioshock Infinite there, another to Super Mario 3D world, etc...
Holy shit, this is amazing.
I have just about every game on this except the Wii u games. And I think zelda games and Nintendo games in general get away with doing things that no one else can. While many most things in the game work fine. To me its just a rehash of Zelda once again. With a few gameplay tweaks.
EmCeeGramr
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the weirdest thing in the video comments is this pervasive attitude that a website can only give a GOTY award to something that a lot of people have played or is on multiple platforms. at least half a dozen people insisting that only multiplatform games can qualify.
crisdecuba
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To be clear, you're saying you played through the game, right?
fastballspecial
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It's not my personal game of the year, but I can't argue it being Gamespot's one bit. Excellent choice.
I don't know, because I haven't played it - hence my question..?
If it offers a fresh experience then I don't see anything wrong with it being named GotY.
The reason I asked is because the Giant Bomb guys commented briefly on the fact that it was very similar in story and atmosphere as a previous Zelda game.
But the Stanley Parable isnt multi platform. Contradiction.
MisterHero
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Of course. Games of the Year must be nothing short of a cultural event.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
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As many people have already noted, it's a surprise for zelda to win the award even though it is among the best games of the year, but the much bigger surprise is a handheld title receiving GotY from a major, traditional gaming press site...
That's a really big deal. Now, is this an anomaly or are things really changing?
That's a really big deal. Now, is this an anomaly or are things really changing?
Anomaly obviously. Merry Christmas Zelda fans!
toddhunter
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I don't see why this is a big deal. Last year they gave it to journey, a lot of other sites gave GOTY to the walking dead (which is more than fine on an ios device). Heck they even gave GOTY to a casual game like Skyrim... so all bets are off.
Point is I think they only real bold move would be giving GOTY to something like candy crush saga. Until we get that from a big site, whatever they choose is of a small passing interest.
Point is I think they only real bold move would be giving GOTY to something like candy crush saga. Until we get that from a big site, whatever they choose is of a small passing interest.
zerokoolpsx
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Legitmately surprised a handheld finally won GOTY after a thread about why handheld or mobile apps don't win GOTY.
Harhar. I chuckled at the 2nd paragraph.
Colonel Nasty
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It's no I'm an expert but it's good
MrBambinoDent
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It's a good game of course but Didn't expect it to be GOTY!
bishopcruz
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As I play through ALBW I have to add this:
The stealth section in this game automatically removes it from game of the year contention from any sane thinking human.
That is all.
The stealth section in this game automatically removes it from game of the year contention from any sane thinking human.
That is all.
You mean that one section that takes like 5 minutes to be done with and is easy as fuck, and it had amazig music?
bishopcruz
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Maybe for you. Driving me crazy over here.
ScreenSplitter
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It's okay if you're not very good. You can admit it.
I was expecting that The Last of Us would run away with the majority of GOTY awards in the way that SMG, Uncharted 2, and Mass Effect 2 did in '07, '09, and '10. This was an absurdly strong year at the top, though -- most of the 2013 nominees would have rolled over the 2012 field if they had come out last year.
You are probably just tackling them in the wrong way, they're not very hard if you use the tools that are at your disposal.
Let's actually deny it since that is the opinion of most people that have played the game. I think you are in the minority here.
iMorphball
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Perfect choice, Gamespot. I'm honestly thinking that ALBW is my GOTY as well.
i wish we had the lol smileys.
ScreenSplitter
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I hope you realise how much joy I get from posts like yours. Some genuine chuckles. Kudos.
Mauricio_Magus
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This thread keeps delivering!
Interceptor
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I don´t understand. Please give me more.
The Bankslammer
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pretty funny joke post, but i dunno about the GTA part at least, i thought it was a pretty damn fun game and enjoyed it quite a bit so-
... oh.
Shawty here is mad salty.
DrForester
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Entertaining, you mean.
Amazing to see a handheld game win goty from a big outlet.
Maybe after a year with fire emblem, bravely default, albw and tearaway this will become a more regular occurrence.
I've never understood the stigma handheld games have. Recently they have been superior to many many console aaa games.
Maybe after a year with fire emblem, bravely default, albw and tearaway this will become a more regular occurrence.
I've never understood the stigma handheld games have. Recently they have been superior to many many console aaa games.
The West doesn't really take to handhelds in general though. Certainly not the development studios anyway. Not even Sony was able to change the way a lot of studios view handhelds, and they were our best hope on that front.
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