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NeoGAF Games of the Year 2010 Awards

DMeisterJ said:
Yeah, cause the only reason you can like a game is the story. God forbid that the music, setting, graphics, or gameplay dictate someones dis/like of a game. I don't like shitty stories in gaming, I just don't think HR had one. FFXIII's left a lot to be desired, but the aforementioned reasons make up for the story.

Don't tell him that Lara Croft had an extremely shitty story, too.




oh and the script worked now:


Users with similar selection to SolidusDave:
1. SaitoH ( 125) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=17#849 ]
2. Kittonwy ( 120) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=4#191 ]
3. Trevelyon ( 118) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=1#16 ]
4. siarraweb ( 117) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=13#640 ]
5. Hanmik ( 117) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=9#436 ]

Total similarity score: 27501

mhh, Kittonwy, is that now good or bad? Is it because we have both cat avatars? ^^


edit: mh, SaitoH has less similar titles than e.g. Kittonwy, I guess the more similar positioning of the games in common makes the difference?
 

Fredescu

Member
hosannainexcelsis said:
I'm very curious what the script would turn out for people similar to me, but since I'm on my iPod until tomorrow I'll have to wait for that text file. Great idea, Durante!
Here:
Code:
Users with similar selection to hosannainexcelsis:
  1.          Durante (  42) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=1#42 ]
  2.              Ryn (  41) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=14#700 ]
  3.        Volcynika (  41) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=2#60 ]
  4.       Shadow Red (  40) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=28#1389 ]
  5. The Take Out Bandit (  38) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=1#12 ]

Total similarity score: 1625
 

Snuggles

erotic butter maelstrom
I'm not very smart so I'm confused on how to use the Ruby thing. Can someone run my name for me?

It's Snuggler.
 

Xater

Member
Amir0x said:
Heavy Rain made top ten?

Fucking christ, GAFers with no taste. You've failed GAF again.

At least Super Meat Boy made top ten, and not that other artsy-fuckshit sacred cow LIMBO.

Your hate for Heavy Rain amuses me. :lol

Makes me wish the game would have ended up in an even better position.
 
I have to say its pretty fascinating to see games which I thought all of GAF hated in the GAF GOTY , in particular Heavy Rain (which I have not played), and especially FFXIII (not played beyond the first two chapters :) ).

Seeing Alan Wake in the top makes me want to vomit, though. I want to play Heavy rain just so i can go on GAF's rooftops screaming that Heavy Rain has a better story than AW.
 

Corto

Member
Xater said:
Your hate for Heavy Rain amuses me. :lol

Makes me wish the game would have ended up in an even better position.

Hey Xater! According to Durante's script you and I should be pals... :D Or mortal enemies, I'm not sure... yet. muahuahua
 
harriet the spy said:
Seeing Alan Wake in the top makes me want to vomit, though. I want to play Heavy rain just so i can go on GAF's rooftops screaming that Heavy Rain has a better story than AW.
Playing heavy rain would get in the way of that. I suggest you avoid any kind of rational thought and just go right ahead and do it.
 
Sweet, I'm the second least similar! Coincidentally, Olorin, the first least similar, was the other poster I mentioned earlier when I noted that the only other person who voted for Photo Dojo also had it as their #6. Hey Olorin, we should hang out some time.

Here's my similarity results, btw:
Code:
$$cooljeanius
Users with similar selection to cooljeanius:
  1.                   jarosh (   54) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=9#445 ]
  2.                   aaaaaa (   25) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=25#1247 ]
  3.                 Blizniak (   25) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=29#1442 ]
  4.                Owensboro (   24) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=26#1275 ]
  5.               SalsaShark (   24) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=29#1405 ]
  6.                 Dragmire (   24) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=16#787 ]
  7.           MiniBossBattle (   24) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=16#759 ]
  8.                Yes Boss! (   23) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=21#1001 ]
  9.         SmashBrosAwesome (   23) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=21#1043 ]
 10.                   OakHey (   22) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=19#909 ]

Total similarity score: 1239
Hey Jarosh, we should hang out, too.

Edit: after searching, I'm not on anyone else's list for people most similar to them... I guess that's to be expected, considering I was the second least similar to GAF as a whole...
 

Xater

Member
Corto said:
Hey Xater! According to Durante's script you and I should be pals... :D Or mortal enemies, I'm not sure... yet. muahuahua

Ok now I really want to know who picked similar to me. I am not on Windows to install this Ruby thing. Somebody care to help me out?


jkanownik said:
Final list is weird. Are there a bunch of GAFers that only play PS3 exclusives?

Or maybe people here really think these Sony first party titles are of great quality. Crazy, I know!
 

Boney

Banned
So Cranky is my match. Kewl

Here's your's Snuggly

 

Ingeniero

Member
I am glad StarCraft II won at leats best strategy, should have been overall GOTY, got robbed.

Mass Effect 2 was cool, I am glad it gets the recognition.

EDIT. Btw, I can't run the script at work, can someone run it for me? thanks
 

GeoramA

Member
No love for Mafia II, at all :/

At least Just Cause 2 made the top 20, but then I saw the game in front of it. Ugh.

TheRagnCajun said:
Not a highlight year for gaming judging by that list.
Agreed. Probably the weakest of this generation so far.
 

dejan

Member
Let's see ...

Yep, thought so. I'm my own best friend.
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Carlisle

Member
Awesome work with this guys. I love the extra voting trend stats after the actual awards.

So how long do we have before it becomes fashionable to hate ME2 and gaf turns against it?
 

jedimike

Member
Excellent job running the show this year. Format is great... don't Dick with it next year.

Glad to see an Xbox game finally win one of these. My only wish is that Just Cause 2 would have been a top 10, but the list looks solid enough.
 
Great job everyone that worked on this. So many lovely stats.

Hmmm, not too surprising that only I'm only interested in 5 of the top 25 games. :lol

I'm really pleased with how well 999 did though, play this game people!
 
Xater said:
Your hate for Heavy Rain amuses me. :lol

Makes me wish the game would have ended up in an even better position.

though it's even more amusing that you are his number 4 in the similar user script so you should have a similar good taste :lol (but he's not on your list)
 

Durante

Member
If we have full data again next year we can calculate stuff like "this posters taste diverged/converged most from/to your taste in 2011". *nerd bliss*

jkanownik said:
Final list is weird. Are there a bunch of GAFers that only play PS3 exclusives?
The data in the OP actually answers this question!

EDIT. Btw, I can't run the script at work, can someone run it for me? thanks
The script is no longer required, just download the zip linked above. It contains pre-calculated results for everyone.
 
Code:
Air Zombie Meat
Users with similar selection to Air Zombie Meat:
  1. Mdk7 (  117) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=23#1122 ]
  2. Dash Kappei (  117) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=28#1390 ]
  3. EatChildren (  116) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=17#801 ]
  4. AniHawk (  105) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=28#1360 ]
  5. SpokkX (  105) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=4#152 ]
  6. dannybaccala (  105) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=6#267 ]
  7. KilgoreTrout (  104) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=26#1280 ]
  8. darkpaladinmfc (  103) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=4#193 ]
  9. Kers (  101) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=6#265 ]
 10. jj984jj (  101) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=28#1397 ]

Total similarity score: 28980

Brothers! Thats interesting, thanks Durante.
 

tiff

Banned
Code:
Users with similar selection to Legendary Warrior:
  1.                   Saiyar (   52) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=2#99 ]
  2.              archnemesis (   44) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=29#1404 ]
  3.           shrapnelmagnet (   43) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=25#1225 ]
  4.          Salacious Crumb (   37) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=18#888 ]
  5.                  TheSeks (   35) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=9#406 ]
  6.              Broseybrose (   33) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=3#125 ]
  7.                    Corto (   31) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=5#234 ]
  8.                 dionysus (   24) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=17#840 ]
  9.                warbegins (   24) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=30#1480 ]
 10.                  alanias (   24) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=26#1255 ]

Total similarity score: 3989
Similarity score is disappointingly high.
 

Corto

Member
jkanownik said:
Final list is weird. Are there a bunch of GAFers that only play PS3 exclusives?

Exclusivity Data
The following data attempts to give a rough picture of how many ballots leaned heavily exclusive to one platform holder or another.
Data is presented as: % of ballots (raw number)

>50% Sony Exclusive: 8.93% (82)
>80% Sony Exclusive: 0.87% (8)
100% Sony Exclusive: 0.44% (4)

>50% Nintendo Exclusive: 9.80% (90)
>80% Nintendo Exclusive: 1.42% (13)
100% Nintendo Exclusive: 0.65% (6)

>50% Microsoft Exclusive: 1.63% (15)
>80% Microsoft Exclusive: 0.0% (0)
100% Microsoft Exclusive: 0.0% (0)

>50% PC Exclusive: 2.72% (25)
>80% PC Exclusive: 0.65% (6)
100% PC Exclusive: 0.22% (2)

>50% Multiplatform Exclusive: 62.75% (576)
>80% Multiplatform Exclusive: 8.06% (74)
100% Multiplatform Exclusive: 1.96% (18)

% of ballots with at least one Sony exclusive: 60.68% (557)
% of ballots with at least one Nintendo exclusive: 51.96% (477)
% of ballots with at least one Microsoft exclusive: 45.53% (418)
% of ballots with at least one PC exclusive: 43.03% (395)
% of ballots with at least one Multiplatform game: 96.95% (890)

Microsoft exclusive titles nominated: 8.79% (32)
Nintendo exclusive titles nominated: 18.41% (67)
Sony exclusive titles nominated: 16.21% (59)
PC exclusive titles nominated: 18.68% (68)
Multiplatform exclusives title nominated: 31.87% (116)
Apple exclusive titles nominated: 4.40% (16)
Arcade exclusive titles nominated: 1.37% (5)

Not so much... Maybe over represented on the "at least one exclusive field" but that could mean more exclusives to choose from to begin with.
 
I think the situation with Heavy Rain is that there are a lot of objectively poor aspects to it and there are plenty of vocal posters to point them out. The people who liked the game can't possibly defend the massive plot holes, poor voice acting, etc.

And yet, those people that enjoyed the game still exist. Most of the comments were qualified with something along the lines of, "yeah, this game has a lot of problems" or "I would never play this again" (presumably due to the story problems), but also said they felt it was the right direction.

I personally disagree, but oh well.


jkanownik said:
Final list is weird. Are there a bunch of GAFers that only play PS3 exclusives?

It's safe to say there are a number of users that play all of the major PS3 exclusives and vote for them every year. But based on the results, at least this year, it's not ALL they are voting for.

Last year had a more dominant "Sony fan" vote. I think this year the PS3 was pretty weak overall, so it dispersed a lot.
 
Fredescu said:
Here:
Code:
Users with similar selection to hosannainexcelsis:
  1.          Durante (  42) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=1#42 ]
  2.              Ryn (  41) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=14#700 ]
  3.        Volcynika (  41) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=2#60 ]
  4.       Shadow Red (  40) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=28#1389 ]
  5. The Take Out Bandit (  38) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=1#12 ]

Total similarity score: 1625
Thanks! Everyone on that list has exactly 2 titles in common with me; fascinating.

I really didn't think some of my choices would be as obscure as they are, just goes to show how out of touch I am.
 

Mr. Sam

Member
Thanks for the effort, guys. Was really looking forward to this list. Interesting outcomes. And hey, I got quoted for Reach. I sound like a gushing moron, but still...
 

REV 09

Member
a few impressions,

-top ten seems to have a lot of big name exclusives in it. RDR and Bayonetta are the only titles available on both HD consoles. Compared to most GOTY top 10 lists, Neo-Sony-Gaf seems to have a lot of influence.

-bravo for Black Ops being so low.

-Hot Pursuit is shamefully low for a Criterion racer.

-Civ V is surprisingly low.

Overall, it's a very respectable list.
 

Ingeniero

Member
Durante said:
The script is no longer required, just download the zip linked above. It contains pre-calculated results for everyone.

Oh I see, I missed that.

========================================================================================================================
$$Ingeniero
Users with similar selection to Ingeniero:
1. ZealousD ( 71) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=7#315 ]
2. twdnewh_k ( 69) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=11#524 ]
3. darkpaladinmfc ( 68) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=4#193 ]
4. finalozzo ( 68) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=15#728 ]
5. Temujin ( 68) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=26#1300 ]
6. YuriLowell ( 66) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=14#651 ]
7. Sir Garbageman ( 66) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=10#497 ]
8. meehan666 ( 66) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=20#970 ]
9. 54-46! ( 66) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=15#746 ]
10. Dark Stalkers ( 65) [ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416386&page=2#79 ]

Total similarity score: 20715

Regards, half brothers :D
 
hosannainexcelsis said:
Thanks! Everyone on that list has exactly 2 titles in common with me; fascinating.

I really didn't think some of my choices would be as obscure as they are, just goes to show how out of touch I am.
I don't think they are obscure. Its just most people probably don't think of them as games of the year. I don't even think Umineko should be on the list since its a sound novel.
 
Durante said:
Here's the complete text file:
http://www.metaclassofnil.com/gaf/goty2011-similarity.zip

I included the top 10 for this (I thought since I was doing the huge file anyway I could go all out). Just search for "$$Yourname" in the file to find your list.
Thanks. :)
I can't say I recognize any of these names. :lol Only two of these users has Nier on their list. :( (I don't have my glasses on, I can't see shit.) I'm glad to see that I'm on the more unique end of the spectrum, though.
 

jkanownik

Member
Holy crap at the amount of content in the OP. I totally missed the second post.

Xater said:
Or maybe people here really think these Sony first party titles are of great quality. Crazy, I know!

There's no doubt that there is quality stuff in there, but the same could be said of a lot of other games. That lead me to post that there was something more to it. I'm pretty sure that if 100 people played Alan Wake and Heavy Rain and were asked to pick which game they preferred the split between the two titles would be close to 50/50. The same could be said for GT5 and NFS:HP.
 

Boney

Banned
Wait, what does the total score mean? Lower more unique?

Air Zombie Meat said:
Yeah, I noticed. Thats because our similarity score is 76 which is outside my top ten. So you're more unique than me at least. ;)
snoopy-dance.jpeg
 

Mr. Sam

Member
Thank you, Durante!


Even my top guy didn't have that similar a list. I'm a uniquely bad-tasted snowflake. I mean, I didn't have a full ten after a slow - for me - year so that could have something to do with it...
 
Oh wow, I got quoted. Awesome.

I know my tastes and Gaf's don't match up most of the time, but I'm more satisfied with this list than I expected to be. Glad FFXIII is in the top 20.
 

Datwheezy

Unconfirmed Member
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