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2012 Game of the Year Media Picks Thread
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HamPster PamPster
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2012 is one of the worst years for RPGs ever.
I don't see how anything other than Xenoblade could have won.
WrenchNinja
Member
*Looks at gamerankings, metacritic and 2008 archive*
Another year of Persona 4 getting robbed.
Another year of Persona 4 getting robbed.
Conflict NZ
Member
Wasn't released this year.
Japanese games can't win GOTY unless they pretend to be western games.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
It won Slant Magazine's GotY
I just read their Top 25 Films of the Year list and I had never even heard of any title in the top 10.
They have interesting tastes, I suppose. Not surprising they went with something like Xenoblade, then.
If I still liked JRPGs I would totally play the shit out of that.
Messofanego
Banned
Absolutely. Legit cried at Walking Dead, and was horrified at Spec Ops. Do you feel like a hero yet?
LightofRohan
Member
Yea G4's picks were baffling, it seems like they were just randomly choosing shit because this is their last year.
Hitman winning BEST ANIMATION over Assassins Creed 3, was the biggest what the fuck moment in this entire GOTY nominee's. AC3 is the pinnacle of 3rd person character animation this generation so far and Hitman is a joke.
Gah, can't find that gif of the Tomahawk being used in Hitman...
Yep as always Mark remains king of the mountian in my opinion. I picked up darksiders 2 recently because of his review of it, have not started it yet but I suspect based on his review ill probably like it.
I also think that CGR tends to have the most diverse list every year. Respect as always to the classic game room.
This year FFXIII-2, Graces f, and Neptunia mk2 came out. Also Last Story (NA), Mugen Souls and Dragon's Dogma. There were a lot of good RPGs this year.
Good year for fighters too.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Man, are you ever going to be disappointed when all the outlets give the "RPG of the year" to Mass Effect 3 by default.
To be fair, Persona 4 came out so late in the year and was so long that no one was going to beat it in time for goty stuff (hell, even Far Cry 3 is getting nomination snubbed for similar reasons).
And a VITA port of a PS3 JRPG had no chance of ever winning a goty award. Be grateful in its absurdly high metacritic placement!
Mudron
Member
I know we're not "media" media, but for what it's worth we at the Boy Howdy Podcast named The Walking Dead as our GOTY: http://podcast.boyhowdy.org/archives/639
FateBreaker
Member
Final Fantasy XIII-2? Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning? SMT Devil Survivor 2? Mass Effect 3? The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition? Tales of Graces f? The Last Story? I don't know; it seemed fine to me.
La Presse gives it to Fc3
runner ups are interesting considering the mainstream nature of the media.
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/A-QxLhgCUAAMR0-.jpg:large
runner ups are interesting considering the mainstream nature of the media.
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/A-QxLhgCUAAMR0-.jpg:large
GarthVaderUK
Banned
The Edge Awards 2012: best game = Dishonored
http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-edge-awards-2012-best-game/10/#gallery-top
Top 10:
1. Dishonored
2. Spelunky
3. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
4. Trials Evolution
5. Super Hexagon
6. Guild Wars 2
7. The Walking Dead
8. Borderlands 2
9. Journey
10. Far Cry 3
http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-edge-awards-2012-best-game/10/#gallery-top
Top 10:
1. Dishonored
2. Spelunky
3. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
4. Trials Evolution
5. Super Hexagon
6. Guild Wars 2
7. The Walking Dead
8. Borderlands 2
9. Journey
10. Far Cry 3
LightofRohan
Member
Eh?
This is a weird GOTY... seems to be all over the place. More proof this generation needs to die.
Huh, what's your reasoning behind these picks and the gen needing to die?
Persona 4 was a PS2 game, and Golden is much more of a remake than a port.
But yeah, it was never going to get GotY/Best RPG anywhere. Even if it is the best candidate.
Magic Mushroom
Member
Not a bad list, though Velocity is my game of the year.
Great list and nice little write-ups.
Conflict NZ
Member
mass effect am cry.
telltale is the new bioware.
Don't disrespect Telltale by associating them with that trash.
So as the Walking Dead racks up media GOTY nods (and users here in the GOTY voting thread), which platform is best? Is there any reason not to simply play it on my iPhone 4? I realize I'd be trading the engrossment of a big TV for portability.
Also, is this the first time ever a major GOTY pick was available on both consoles and phones?
Also, is this the first time ever a major GOTY pick was available on both consoles and phones?
FYI, just in case you're not aware, the current issue of Edge has an article on the making of Velocity.
Tallshortman
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KefkaPalazzo
Member
The ME/Bioware hate in this thread is hilarious. Deserving of the 3 it got.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
More love for Guild Wars 2 guys. It's fantastic)
)Magic Mushroom
Member
Journey is very interactive. It's not very challenging, but it doesn't need to be. Apart from that, I think it's a genuinely good list full of games worth playing which covers many different genres as well.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Magic Mushroom said:
Journey should be #1. Because its genuinely forward looking and not just a glossy recycling of old ideas like most of their shitty list.
Putting something as thin and simplistic as Super Hexagon ahead of Journey is offensive to me. Not to say that its not good for what it is, but seriously, in terms of creative intent and artistic merit... its not in the same league.
Just because something is addictive and a good time waster isn't an indicator of greatness, because if that's your criteria you can put popping bubble-wrap over the classics of literature!
Such delicious irony.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
You really like Journey, huh?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I got Journey in my top 3 for 2012, and even I'm slightly embarrassed by some of the praise it gets. The way some people go on like it's the greatest video game achievement in modern history...
I find it offensive that you're using classics of literature in an analogy for Journey.
Anyone?
I think it's also the first time the leading goty contender has also been available for phones.
captmorgan
Banned
Same here, I just found it so... boring.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
krYlon said:
I wasn't drawing an analogy, I used it as an example of what is and is not a meaningful criteria for having merit in a cultural sense.
My point is simply: What set of "values" is that Edge list representative of?
braves01 said:
Its not ironic. What is ironic is that you are simply exhibiting your own foolishness by trying to call me out with such an easily and comprehensively dismissable retort.
"Thin and simplistic" doesn't simply refer to content, but to intent and outlook. Minimalism is not the same as simple absence of content. TGC were aiming a whole lot higher than creating what amounts to a simple score-attack experience!
That lofty ambition is worth celebrating, because creating a memorable, emotionally resonant, visually and aurally beautiful experience *that can be shared* is hard to achieve. That they achieved that goal for so many people within a wordless, text-free framework makes it even more laudable.
Edge has always championed strong gameplay mechanics over art/story/emotional experiences.
I'm quite surprised they've showered so much praise over Journey and The Walking Dead. It's not really like them.
In the past they've made it clear that they want the medium to have its own identity and that only through well crafted gameplay can the medium distinguish itself from the likes of cinema and the visual arts.
I don't know why they use "interactive entertainment" as a descriptor for games. It's pretty vague and seems to be at odds with their usually narrow view.
Also I think you are being very dismissive of Super Hexagon, it is a beautiful and well crafted game in its own right. Just in a more abstract way than Journey.
Don'tBeWeird
Member
It's my personal game of the generation and it's certainly one of the greatest video game achievements in modern history, at least in terms of artistic direction.
It is certainly aggravating especially when it comes from the company who revels in making the most shallow games possible*.
*Yeah I know I picked walking dead as my goty but at least it has a pretty good story with good writing for video game standards.