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[Massa]

I thought the Uncharted 3 8.0 gate was going to be untoppable. Never doubt them.

The irony of reading this in a Zelda threda.

 

[Whiskeymatt]

Another joke GOTY Winner for GameSpot. Last year they gave it to Journey, which I'm not even sure qualifies as a video game, and this year a rehash of a 20 year old game no hardly any graphical upgrade wins over the likes of GTAV, Battlefield 4, and Assassin's Creed 4

I can't decide whether this is better as a joke post or a serious post. I'm not sure which one it is, either.

 

[Malvingt2]

The irony of reading this in a Zelda threda.

It is not a Zelda thread tho.

 

[Tripon]

It is not a Zelda thread tho.

A thread about Zelda winning game of the year is not about Zelda?

 

[Papercuts]

The irony of reading this in a Zelda threda.

Hahah, true enough.

 

[Malvingt2]

A thread about Zelda winning game of the year is not about Zelda?

correct. It is about a award from a website and for us to agree or disagree with such pick.

 

[Super Stardust]

Hahaha perfect

 

[mandiller]

Great pick by Gamespot! Link Between Worlds is definitely a contender for game of the year for me. Fire Emblem may just edge it out though.

 

[Yagharek]

I'm glad I'm not the only one becoming more annoyed by them. It's getting stupid.

Some days it's like a horde of kittonwys.

 

[jax]

This is all a ploy to get Nintendo out of home consoles. Media hypes handheld, Nintendo sees handheld games wins goty, Nintendo goes handheld only and ports to PS4/XBO.

Hur hur hur

 

[Fjordson]

Alright, I bit on a 3DS XL from Amazon after reading some of this thread. Haven't owned a handheld system since the Gameboy, but this game just looks too good. Wish I had gotten in on the bundle with the gold XL.

 

[ZedIndyLil]

I've basically played nothing this year, so I can't comment on anybody's specific choices, but in general is cool to see a handheld game get some recognition. A good fraction of my favorite game experiences have been on handhelds, so I'm glad to see them not ignored in a knee-jerk way at the end of the year.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Even if I am a huge Zelda fan and think LBW is totally deserving of the award, Last of Us was no doubt a serious contender.

We got a lot of awesome games this year. Be happy for that, people. Don't just shit on the game you didn't like for winning/not-winning.

Spoiler

Wonderful 101 was my GOTY.

 

[GetemMa]

last of us is the real GOTY

whatever gamestop, go review Kane and lynch again

 

[cafemomo]

It takes a gigantic shit on minish cap and it is slightly better than link's awakening.

Links Awakening is the best 2d zelda that follows the classic rules

ALBW however follows a different path.

LA, ALBW and OoT are my top 3 zeldas and I dont rank them against each other, because they are all different enough.

I'll buy a copy tomorrow as a early Christmas present for myself.


This better be good

 

[Lynd7]

I'm glad Zelda won, about time Nintendo got this great a response for a game again.

 

[rothgar]

Having played both TLOU and Zelda, they made the right choice. I'm just having more fun with ALBW.

 

[Messofanego]

Mariolee's post has gone viral, Adam Sessler mentioned the line "Link Between Two Worlds is just objectionally not the best game" as the new word of the day HERE

 

[equippedwithtowel]

NintendoGAF is going to be impossible to deal with after this.

Then I guess they'll be in good company with the Naughty God stans.

 

[toastyToast]

It is not a Zelda thread tho.

Twilight Princess 8.8 was way crazier than Uncharted 3+5/10

 

[Bran Ketra]

I know GameSpot for being different than other review sites when regarding high profile games. Games that get tens elsewhere may be given eights or nines by that site. The Legend of Zelda getting a lower score than Grand Theft Auto V and yet winning Game of the Year is perplexing. I consider numerical values in reviews as an objective grade which would mean the highest rated game should get that award. Apparently, GameSpot considers nominees and ratings differently.

 

[GetemMa]

I know GameSpot for being different than other review sites when regarding high profile games. Games that get tens elsewhere may be given eights or nines by that site. The Legend of Zelda getting a lower score than Grand Theft Auto V and yet winning Game of the Year is perplexing. I consider numerical values in reviews as an objective grade which would mean the highest rated game should get that award. Apparently, GameSpot considers nominees and ratings differently.

They received the same score.

 

[andymcc]

I know GameSpot for being different than other review sites when regarding high profile games. Games that get tens elsewhere may be given eights or nines by that site. The Legend of Zelda getting a lower score than Grand Theft Auto V and yet winning Game of the Year is perplexing. I consider numerical values in reviews as an objective grade which would mean the highest rated game should get that award. Apparently, GameSpot considers nominees and ratings differently.

It may be a quantifiable grade but not an "objective" one.

Then I guess they'll be in good company with the Naughty God stans.

Nintendo's legacy is much longer and with higher highs than Naughty Dog. It's not only understandable but probably assumed most people would prefer Nintendo.

 

[equippedwithtowel]

I know GameSpot for being different than other review sites when regarding high profile games. Games that get tens elsewhere may be given eights or nines by that site. The Legend of Zelda getting a lower score than Grand Theft Auto V and yet winning Game of the Year is perplexing. I consider numerical values in reviews as an objective grade which would mean the highest rated game should get that award. Apparently, GameSpot considers nominees and ratings differently.

One reviewer, many voters. It's not hard.

 

[Majestad]

I hope ALBW also wins GOTY from GameTrailers just so we can see more salty members from the TLOU / ND group.

 

[brandonh83]

I hope ALBW also wins GOTY from GameTrailers just so we can see more salty members from the TLOU / ND group.

Dunno what they're salty about. TLOU has gotten more praise than most games ever have.

 

[Bran Ketra]

One reviewer, many voters. It's not hard.

I actually understand that. However, I was wrong about the score difference.

It may be a quantifiable grade but an "objective" one.

I did say I think scores should be objective ones, so I am guessing you are reiterating my statement.

They received the same score.

They did indeed both earn nine out of ten from GameSpot. My mistake.

 

[castlemadeofsand]

Honestly, I can't think of a game I enjoyed more this year. Tlou and gta v are great, but I could not put albw down. It's all game, no filler and that is a beautiful thing. It's the kind of game you can pick up and play again and again just like the classics of yore. I'm glad this website is recognizing it. Fuck the haters. We don't get pure games like this often anymore.

 

[andymcc]

I did say I think scores should be objective ones, so I am guessing you are reiterating my statement.

The enjoyment derived from a video game will always have a subjective bias therefore there is no way to objectively score a video game.

 

[Bran Ketra]

The enjoyment derived from a video game will always have a subjective bias therefore there is no way to objectively score a video game.

Okay, so you were not reiterating my statement. Please be more clear.

I think there are certain aspects of fun factor one can be objective about when reviewing fun factor. Everyone is different, but we are all human.

 

[andymcc]

Okay, so you were not reiterating my statement. Please be more clear.

I think there are certain aspects of fun factor one can be objective about when reviewing fun factor. Everyone is different, but we are all human.

I thought there was a "Not" in there. Long day, my bad.

 

[T.M. MacReady]

Journey (a video game) was released for the first time in 2013 in the EU region (a place), at retail (a thing). Having never been previously available via retail in the EU region. That means it came out in 2013.

Really I just wanna show off the rounded corners on my images, to be honest. Also, totally not "correcting" that person. I simply disagreed with a polite er-hem.

Yeah, but you could have downloaded it. it was widely available in 2012 and won many GotY awards.

Didn't mean to be rude, but it sure does seem like throwing your vote away to vote for last years GotY in 2013 because of a ridiculous technicality.

 

[equippedwithtowel]

I actually understand that. However, I was wrong about the score difference.

Understanding something tends not to magically make it go away. The score even if it was different is 100% irrelevant.

 

[Glittering Crux]

I'm really glad. I've always preferred handheld gaming over console gaming and it's nice to see a great handheld game get the attention it deserves from a mainstream website.

 

[jrDev]

STAAAAP!!!

I can't spend anymore money on games this year. I still have SMT4, DK, AA5, Pokemon and Fire Emblem in backlog. I've missed quite a few other games I have to push into next year.
This zelda, Luigis Mansion, MarioLuigiRPG, MonHun3, Professor Layton plus more and that's just on 3DS alone.

But this video is teasing me.

Spoiler

Man, those YouTube comments are the best smh...

3DS has had a FANTASTIC year looking back...Nintendo's quality releases were mind boggling this year. Makes you wonder how they will top 2013.

 

[bender]

It's a wonderful choice. I think A Link Between Worlds will end up somewhere in my top three for the year along with The Swapper and Gunpoint. There was only one dungeon I didn't care for but it made me completely ignore Super Mario 3D World.

they have path of exile on the list? yeah, gamespot knows whats up.

I really need to give this another shot. I went into the beta after being disappointed by Diablo 3 and the combat felt on the stiff side.

 

[Riposte]

I would think Dual Destinies was objectionally the best game this year

 

[MrCookiepants]

As a huge Zelda fan, this game doesn't deserve it.

Nice to see a handheld game win, though. With Journey and Walking Dead cleaning up last year, times are changing.

 

[Bran Ketra]

I thought there was a "Not" in there. Long day, my bad.

Okay. I know what you meant now. No problem

Understanding something tends not to magically make it go away. The score even if it was different is 100% irrelevant.

If something magically went away after an understanding of it transpired, things would be much different. What I do not know is why you said that. Please explain.

Scores of games may be irrelevant to you, but they do matter to me. Stating an opinion as fact does not change it into one.

 

[UNCMark]

Just another reminder of how start to finish 2013 was owned by Nintendo and the 3DS. What an amazing year.

 

[equippedwithtowel]

Scores of games may be irrelevant to you, but they do matter to me. Stating an opinion as fact does not change it into one.

One person reviews a game, an entire staff votes on GoTY. Sometimes they may have list voting, sometimes it is deliberation. The original score is one man's opinion and the website is under no onus to give an award because one reviewer gave a game a ten in September over a game which got a nine at release but was more widely supported at the end of the year.

Otherwise Gamespot would have given GoTY to Gone Home or Civ V: BNW. It's really not complicated.

 

[scytheavatar]

http://www.p4rgaming.com/gamespot-r...re-office-after-naming-zelda-game-of-the-year

It seems that no matter what GameSpot says about the Zelda series, it inevitably turns into death threats being sent. Today is no exception after they announced that The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is their 2013 game of the year.theydontevenwanttorememberreviewingitMany remember the infamous 8.8 score given to The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess back in 2006. Jeff Gerstmann, former GameSpot employee, remembers that event very well.

“The moment I felt closest to death was when I gave an 8.8 to Twilight Princess,” recalled Gerstmann during a Giant Bomb stream, “The entire GameSpot office was in total lockdown after that review went up. We were too paranoid to leave for a few days. Some Zelda fan could have easily killed one of us if we even dared to take one step outside. For a few weeks, we were afraid someone was going to send a bomb or poison our mail. It was a terrible experience.”

“And I never really recovered to be honest,” continued Gerstmann, “I haven’t touched a Zelda game since. Every time you guys talk about Zelda, I have to walk away. I know GameSpot is kind of like our sister site now and I really feel for any of you guys watching our stream. But you knew you were messing with fire by making this decision and hell hath no fury like a Sony or Microsoft fan scorned. You should have played it safe with The Last of Us or Grand Theft Auto. Why tempt fate?”

And it does appear that for the second time within a decade, the GameSpot offices are in total lockdown. No one has been seen leaving or entering the building since this morning and there is limited communication with the employees trapped inside. We were however able to reach Martin Gaston, the writer for the Link Between Worlds review.

“I was advised not to even write a review for the game in the first place,” wrote Gaston, “They apparently did not want a repeat of the 8.8 event but nothing seemed to go wrong after the review went up. So when I placed my vote for A Link Between Worlds to be game of the year, I thought times had changed. I was wrong. I was dead fucking wrong. Video game fanatics are by definition, fanatics. Nintendo fans, Sony fans, Microsoft fans. They’re all insane for devoting themselves to something so trivial.”

“I am receiving at least five death threats a minute from these people,” relayed Gaston, “All I wanted to do was talk about Zelda without getting death threats. Is that too much to ask for in 2013? I speak negatively about Zelda, Nintendo fans will try to kill me. I speak positively about Zelda, Sony and Microsoft fans will try to kill me. If I remain neutral, everyone will try to kill me. I mean, someone just texted my mom that she will be poisoned tonight if GameSpot does not change their game of the year. I don’t know how to respond to that. I just hope GameSpot is sending protection out there for all of our family members.”

Meanwhile, Kotaku Australia is still reeling from their decision to name Luigi’s Mansion 2 as their game of the year after being attacked by regular Kotaku readers who say that Kotaku Australia is ruining Kotaku’s reputation.

 

[PAULINK]

http://www.p4rgaming.com/gamespot-r...re-office-after-naming-zelda-game-of-the-year

Someone should make a new thread about it

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[neohwa]

well deserved. Zelda is always the top game series followed closely by Mario and Pokémon.

 

[CecilRousso]

http://www.p4rgaming.com/gamespot-r...re-office-after-naming-zelda-game-of-the-year

The fuck? Is that a real site or a joke site?

Can't all publications just randomize their GOTY selections for one year so that we completely blow the minds of people who can't handle things like this?

 

[The Silver]

I laughed.

lol why was Punk cracking up?

 

[SmokyDave]

Just another reminder of how start to finish 2013 was owned by Nintendo and the 3DS. What an amazing year.

That's an interesting way to reach an interesting conclusion.

 

[Keasar]

The legends were true.

A handheld game CAN win Game of the Year.

I never thought I would live to see the day.

 

[Anth0ny]

lol why was Punk cracking up?

They were naming a bunch of former world champions and Steph finished by mentioning "the greatest champion of all time, my husband, THE GAME TRIPLE H"

punk laughed just as the audience did

 

[Neiteio]

I would think Dual Destinies was objectionally the best game this year

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