AniHawk said:Every year there are more and more games voted in...
2004: 147 games
2005: 181 games
2006: 245 games
2007: 310 games
spindoc said:Castlevania PSP is listed twice as well.
GhaleonEB said:Through post 1175:
4. Mass Effect - 2476
5. Halo 3 - 2430
6. Call of Duty 4 - 2388
Incredibly tight spread between those games. I think this is the first time Halo 3 has been above CoD4 so far.
I think at least part of that is the relative fields in each genre. Shooter fans on the 360 have Orange Box, Halo 3, Bioshock and Call of Duty 4 to rank. Mass Effect has Eternal Sonata and Blue Dragon in the RPG category, and neither of the latter two sold much. The RPG vote isn't really split.AniHawk said:I'm a little surprised that latecomer Mass Effect never fell out of the top 5 while juggernaut Halo 3, which has a 33k-post topic, has only topped it once.
There's also a whoooole lot of Sin & Punishment posts not being counted because people won't read the damn first page. And there's plenty of people that did the one game or two game thing.
Ah well. Makes it easier on me.
GhaleonEB said:I think at least part of that is the relative fields in each genre. Shooter fans on the 360 have Orange Box, Halo 3, Bioshock and Call of Duty 4 to rank. Mass Effect has Eternal Sonata and Blue Dragon in the RPG category, and neither of the latter two sold much. The RPG vote isn't really split.
I guess that's true. I thought Halo held a lot more weight here, I guess.GhaleonEB said:I think at least part of that is the relative fields in each genre. Shooter fans on the 360 have Orange Box, Halo 3, Bioshock and Call of Duty 4 to rank. Mass Effect has Eternal Sonata and Blue Dragon in the RPG category, and neither of the latter two sold much. The RPG vote isn't really split.
Hype in general tends to backlash, not just on the Internet. But in this case I think there's just a lot of great games in the mix.Brashnir said:that, and the general tendency for hype backlash on the internet.
GhaleonEB said:Hype in general tends to backlash, not just on the Internet. But in this case I think there's just a lot of great games in the mix.
AniHawk said:nice speed and weight to Gordon (which I was never able to adjust to in Bioshock)
Mar_ said:Interesting you should say that. Because to me, the HL engine in general never worked for me. I was constantly frustrated by the movement, weight, speed etc in all the games that featured it, ever since the first. I've always preferred the responsive, smooth feel of control in the Quake games for instance, and even Bioshock I guess. Even though the combat in Bioshock was absolute shit.
Thats the problem with visual feedback only oh and i guess people are used to the fact that the character would stop moving the moment you let go of the button.Xavien said:I'll agree with that for the most part, movement on the HL engine feels like hovering on the cushion of air just slightly above the ground.
I agree completely; I voted for the Orange Box mainly because of ep2, but Portal is awesome too and you said it would count as a single vote towards whole package anyway, so I didn't bother, and I'm sure a lot of people are on the same boat. Ep2 was the best fps released this year hands down.AniHawk said:I'm surprised at how little people care for Half-Life 2 Episode 2 (specifically). When it's not simply "The Orange Box" being voted, usually it's just Portal and occasionally it's just TF2. HL2Ep2 was the best FPS I'd played all year (which only tops about two other games, but still). It had incredible level design, excellent animation, nice speed and weight to Gordon (which I was never able to adjust to in Bioshock), and wonderfully acted and developed characters.
Mar_ said:Interesting you should say that. Because to me, the HL engine in general never worked for me. I was constantly frustrated by the movement, weight, speed etc in all the games that featured it, ever since the first. I've always preferred the responsive, smooth feel of control in the Quake games for instance, and even Bioshock I guess. Even though the combat in Bioshock was absolute shit.
Uncle said:140. Sensible World of Soccer - 14
197. SWOS - 7
These are the same game (or else some other game needs a new acronym).