Better comparison.It's the game of dreams. We've come a long way.
Winners of the previous years according to the site:
2003: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2004: Half-Life 2
2005: Resident Evil 4
2006: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
2007: Bioshock
2008: Fallout 3
2009: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2010: Red Dead Redemption
2011: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2012: The Walking Dead: The Game
2013: The Last of Us
2014: Dragon Age: Inquisition
Is the combat that bad? People seem split on the issue but how can a core mechanic being divisive lead to so many awards?
If someone (me) cares only about "gameplay" and nothing for story, should they bother?
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (aka a PEEFECT GAME) got robbed.
I wonder how many common elements we can find in these winners. For instance what are the age ratings, tone, main methods of interacting with the world? Heck, how many of these games have zombie-esque enemies?Winners of the previous years according to the site:
2003: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2004: Half-Life 2
2005: Resident Evil 4
2006: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
2007: Bioshock
2008: Fallout 3
2009: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2010: Red Dead Redemption
2011: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2012: The Walking Dead: The Game
2013: The Last of Us
2014: Dragon Age: Inquisition
The combat is frustratingly bad, and if you are a completionist like me, you will do shit tonnes of it. I knew what I was getting into especially since I hated Witcher 2 so I lowered the difficulty and still it frustrated me.
Better comparison.
As did Bayonetta 2.
At least 2007 had a great lineup of games. There's no excuse for 2014.
There is more to gameplay than combat.
For example a quest where you resolve it by talking the characters out of fighting, results in no combat, but it's still gameplay.
But if you literally don't care about anything other than how the fighting feels, then no, don't get it, because it is serviceable at best.
The combat is frustratingly bad, and if you are a completionist like me, you will do shit tonnes of it. I knew what I was getting into especially since I hated Witcher 2 so I lowered the difficulty and still it frustrated me.
Combat is serviceable. Here are some random encounters for those asking how the gameplay looks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOhTJsQqDuk
I wonder how many common elements we can find in these winners. For instance what are the age ratings, tone, main methods of interacting with the world? Heck, how many of these games have zombie-esque enemies?
Ehhhh...it's not great, but frustratingly bad? isn't that being a tad overly dramatic? If it's annoying you so much then slap on some heavy armor, specialize in fast attacks and just twirly sword dance dance revolution through everything. Combat annoyed me until I got some Ursine armor, and then it became a non-issue (even the expansion fights).
This would be my GOT-forever if it played even remotely like Dragon's Dogma.Whenever I watch footage I just see Dragon's Dogma-ish combat which I didn't mind. I'm assuming it doesn't play like that, though, since people wouldn't be so down on it.
What are the three heads supposed to represent?
What are the three heads supposed to represent?
Haven't yet played TW3. Need to clear some games from the backlog before I pick it up. I'm impressed by a lot of what I've heard, but on the other hand I didn't enjoy the combat in TW2 and I feel like I've been spoiled by Souls and Dragon's Dogma, so I can't really tolerate bad combat in games any more.
Or maybe those games had their own merits compared to the competition at the time. That list is incredibly varied aside from the fact that the majority are western made games, which shouldn't be an issue at all if the games are good. That and that incredibly talented studios have take first place multiple times.2014 and 2012 was the media collectively throwing their hands in the air and asking around for any sorta well-received western-made game with a focus on story. like if it wasn't apparent before, it really should have been by then. i don't think telltale intentionally made what is the gaming equivalent of oscar-bait though. it just sort of worked in their favor that literally nothing else satisfied the same criteria that wins games awards every year.
I'm so conflicted about buying this for PC.
I played up to skellige on PS4 but once there I just couldn't be bothered with the in my view dull gameplay (combat specifically) plus performance issues.
I keep wanting to give it another chance with all the GOAT talk and to have it run properly on my good PC.
Have any similar gaffer's had a better time when playing on PC compared to console? I get the gameplay won't change though.
well i played on PC m+k wth "alternative" control option and love every second of it - the original control option felt weird , but the alternative is great .... no really sure how the game feel on gamepad on either of those setting, but i feel that the complains about combat are way exaggerated ...Have any similar gaffer's had a better time when playing on PC compared to console? I get the gameplay won't change though.
The Witcher 3 needs to be played on the hardest setting. It becomes a game about preparation and precision at that point. It makes all the encounters really exciting.
I wonder how many common elements we can find in these winners. For instance what are the age ratings, tone, main methods of interacting with the world? Heck, how many of these games have zombie-esque enemies?
all hail geralt
Whenever I watch footage I just see Dragon's Dogma-ish combat which I didn't mind. I'm assuming it doesn't play like that, though, since people wouldn't be so down on it.
Winners of the previous years according to the site:
2003: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2004: Half-Life 2
2005: Resident Evil 4
2006: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
2007: Bioshock
2008: Fallout 3
2009: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2010: Red Dead Redemption
2011: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2012: The Walking Dead: The Game
2013: The Last of Us
2014: Dragon Age: Inquisition
Or maybe those games had their own merits compared to the competition at the time. That list is incredibly varied aside from the fact that the majority are western made games, which shouldn't be an issue at all if the games are good. That and that incredibly talented studios have take first place multiple times.
This 200+ awards thing never made sense to me
we need a proper award list from major outlets, I don't care what gamezrcool.co.nz has to say about bloodborne or fallout 4.
Seeing as Bloodborne is below FO4 and MGS V, in this case, it definitely has been robbed. From second place.
all hail geralt
Yea but how similar are those rpgs? Witcher is absolutely nothing like DAI or Starwars. How similar are the FPS games? Half Life with it's physics based gameplay vs Fallout 3's sprawling open world vs Bioshock's intimate setting. RE4 with it's exploration and semi open setting vs Uncharted 2's set piece heavy campaign vs TLOU which has a ton of quiet moments and is much more grounded than both. There's a ton of variety that it's ridiculous to resent a conspiracy theory that we only like the same things or that the picks are too similar unless you heavily downplay just how different they are. Context is most definitely everything as well. Like new IP compared to drastically improved sequels like W3 or RE4.i just don't think it's a particularly good representation of the video game industry. we have generally a lot of rpgs up on the list (almost one every other year), almost all western-made, and almost all with an m-rating. 2012 was the year journey came out. i'd at least go with that over telltale's game. the walking dead is a pretty bad game to tout as the best of the medium.
i remember calling dragon age inquisition in 2014 months before it was out, just based on the criteria these games always win on.
Yup, popular(usually western) games will always win most GOTYs regardless of whether the game is actually the best or not.
RE4 is the only Japanese game in there and that game's gameplay nature appeals to the mainstream western audience.
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Winners of the previous years according to the site:
2014: Dragon Age: Inquisition