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.
I thought the Uncharted 3 8.0 gate was going to be untoppable. Never doubt them.
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
The irony of reading this in a Zelda threda.
It is not a Zelda thread tho.
The irony of reading this in a Zelda threda.
A thread about Zelda winning game of the year is not about Zelda?
Hahaha perfect
I'm glad I'm not the only one becoming more annoyed by them. It's getting stupid.
Hur hur hurThis 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.
last of us is the real GOTY
whatever gamestop, go review Kane and lynch again
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.
NintendoGAF is going to be impossible to deal with after this.
It is not a Zelda thread tho.
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.
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.
Then I guess they'll be in good company with the Naughty God stans.
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.
I hope ALBW also wins GOTY from GameTrailers just so we can see more salty members from the TLOU / ND group.
I actually understand that. However, I was wrong about the score difference.equippedwithtowel said:One reviewer, many voters. It's not hard.
I did say I think scores should be objective ones, so I am guessing you are reiterating my statement.andymcc said:It may be a quantifiable grade but an "objective" one.
They received the same score.
I did say I think scores should be objective ones, so I am guessing you are reiterating my statement.
Okay, so you were not reiterating my statement. Please be more clear.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.
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.
I actually understand that. However, I was wrong about the score difference.
they have path of exile on the list? yeah, gamespot knows whats up.
Okay. I know what you meant now. No problemandymcc said:I thought there was a "Not" in there. Long day, my bad.
Understanding something tends not to magically make it go away. The score even if it was different is 100% irrelevant.
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.
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 havent 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. Theyre 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 dont 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 Luigis Mansion 2 as their game of the year after being attacked by regular Kotaku readers who say that Kotaku Australia is ruining Kotakus reputation.
I laughed.
That's an interesting way to reach an interesting conclusion.Just another reminder of how start to finish 2013 was owned by Nintendo and the 3DS. What an amazing year.
lol why was Punk cracking up?
*frysquint.jpg*I would think Dual Destinies was objectionally the best game this year