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What about a Game of the Generation vote?
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KefkaPalazzo
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I'm all for a Mass Effect 2 thread.
Lord help us if we hold up this vote for a Tales game. Waiting for P5 might have been more reasonable but now that's it's on PS4 too I say full speed ahead. Thankfully this generation the end has been more discrete than last time, if you check Wikipedia upcoming lists there really is nothing left, even Japan's remaining bits are gonna be on Vita or PS4 too.
I'm on board with these rules, add smartphones and tablets to the platform list in the OP, disqualify PS2/GC/GBA only, and we're good to go. Someone PM timetokill or Anihawk and let's get this started. We all know who the winners will be but I wanna read mini-essays from all the cool people!
itchyass86
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So what happens when a game is voted the greatest of all time? Does that game receive the honorary distinction of the Nobel GAF Prize or something? Is Pluto renamed in that game's honor? Too many questions?
I'd be down for a vote as long as everybody's nomination counts, and every voter either gets - 1 vote, or an infinite amount of votes (in the pool of games).
I'd be down for a vote as long as everybody's nomination counts, and every voter either gets - 1 vote, or an infinite amount of votes (in the pool of games).
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And for those who don't seem to understand cross-gen, it's only when the game was developed for launch on multiple generations. So The Last of Us would be last gen. It's port was not planned until after it's finalized launch as a last gen title.
Hero_of_the_Day
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I will never understand what shit like this means. There are thousands of members from all over the fuck world here. It amuses me when people say anything about "GAF's" opinions on things.
Yup, I think the rules are pretty simple and straightforward. Sleeping Dogs and Last of Us are last gen, Destiny, Titanfall, and Persona 5 are not.
On GAF? Certainly.
Tal Shiar Agent
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I think the time is fast approaching for a GOTG vote, but not yet. There are still non-shovelware games coming out on the 7th gen. Maybe next year.
I think there should be some hefty criteria as well. The game can't be cross-gen, though I don't know if HD remasters would count in this. Also, possibly there should be tiered voting, bracket style due to the sheer volume of games considered. Also a platform specific GOTG too.
Though my vote will still be Red Dead Redemption without a doubt.
I think there should be some hefty criteria as well. The game can't be cross-gen, though I don't know if HD remasters would count in this. Also, possibly there should be tiered voting, bracket style due to the sheer volume of games considered. Also a platform specific GOTG too.
Though my vote will still be Red Dead Redemption without a doubt.
If we do this, there is no way Skyrim is within ten places of Dark Souls.
Theognosis
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Wii Sports, easily. Individuals belonging to 3 to 4 different generations have played Wii Sports together.
TheGameChanger
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Yup, this needs to happen. We all know Dark Souls is going to win but I want to see the whole list.
Wreck-It Ralph
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Meh. The top 10 will just be a bunch of cinematic AAA shooters and Dark Souls.
Hindsight is 20/20 yo.
ViewtifulJC
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TheGameChanger
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This is GAF we are talking about. People here have a variety of tastes.
JumpJeff84
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I'm in! When do I get to cast my vote for Demon's Souls?
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Yep, with TLOU on 2nd place
TheRedSnifit
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TheGameChanger
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No.
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I found the gameplay pretty thrilling to sneak around in and work with. RDR is a great pick though.
I'd definitely love to hear detailed thoughts in a thread for all these.
orthodoxy1095
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I'll do it. As long as we're actually going to be pushing for the thread to require commentary. No empty posts. There could be some interesting (and terrible) conversations to come out of that thread.
I have an answer. No.
Yeah, Braid should have won both of those times, but this is clearly not the same situation. Dark Souls would crush Skyrim.
speculawyer
Member
Uncharted 2. No vote needed.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
I would sure look forward to see MGS4 win GAF 2008 GOTY for a third time.
Benzychenz
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I need a few more years to finish up my backlog from last gen though.
TheGameChanger
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I highly doubt it's going to happen but I really want it to happen. And I hope most people vote if it happens.
ForsakenLotus
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I'd be cool with this with a decent set of parameters.
the real game of the generation if you want to be analitical about it is probably world of warcraft tho, if a PC-only release counts (as as weird as "generations" are to define on PC)
it spanned the entire generation (and beyond), it was hugely influencial, super popular, there most likely will never be another like it (unlike Dark Souls or Last of Us for example), and it defined a genre.
it spanned the entire generation (and beyond), it was hugely influencial, super popular, there most likely will never be another like it (unlike Dark Souls or Last of Us for example), and it defined a genre.
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We are mostly talking generation as defined by console eras timespan, so 2005-2013 on PC/PS3/360/Wii/Handhelds and it must have released only on that gen during that gen.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
If we are going that route then Call of Duty 4 is the GOTG since it influenced the whole game industry.
this was actually the main reason i held off on the ps2 generation one for quite a while. because it was 2010 and sakura wars and mana khemia 2 were still coming out for the machine, as were other multiplatform games.
i mean someone out there might have really liked guitar hero '08 for the ps2, and have fond memories for just that version. instead of doing it in 2009 like i had wanted, i just held off. when i stopped doing them, i stopped caring.
if we do a game of the generation vote, i would actually like to do that generation from 1998-2010. the one that had the ps2, gba, dreamcast, xbox, and gamecube. the only issue here would be the pc, but i think as long as people aren't being unreasonable, it should be fine. my personal way to do it would be to include pc from 1998-2004, but including both half-life *and* half-life 2 as part of the same generation feels really silly.
for this generation that's just ending, i think it would be good to do it in 2015, when really all the remaining titles are finishing up. and then you can count 2004-2015 as the timing for it, from the ds's launch all through the ps3's last biggest games (persona 5, mgs5, etc)
TheRedSnifit
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I'm not actually arguing that Skyrim would beat Dark Souls. Rather, I'm saying that a game that barely got third place in its own GOTY year doesn't have a huge chance of winning GOTG.
I'd actually say that whatever the first big mobile hit was influenced the industry more than CoD or WoW. Angry Birds maybe?
You're mistaken, it would have a substantial chance of winning.
There should probably be another couple year wait. Two of the last gen consoles are still trucking and getting new games. This wait would also allow a cool down period so maybe people will actually be able to remember that there were games that came out before TLoU, Dark Souls and GTA V.
TheRedSnifit
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You'd have to take out 2005 (RE4), which would leave a pretty big gap.
Against the likes of MGS4, TLoU, and Mario Galaxy?
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
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Absolutely. Dark Souls fame and notoriety grew more and more over the years as people awoke to it.
If we break it into genres I think it's reasonable to wait a bit for one of the higher profile ones to hit. Nevermind Persona 4 wasn't even announced until late 2007 at best, possibly 2008 given what I found in Sept 2007 stated there was a Persona game in development... for PS3. And I doubt they had that lined up before P4.
It may help to let this generation sit for a bit anyway. Fortunately I think most Japanese support may be jumping to PS4 sooner than later unlike PS2 to PS3. Stuff from these smaller developers hitting there and P5 being cross gen says everything I think.
It'd be easy enough to make a Dark Souls crack as a reply, but honestly I can see it boiling down to one of those two in the end depending on personal inclination for narrative versus gameplay. Especially as in that regard neither let up fully on the "opposite" (TLoU may not be what I want out of a video game but it's as great as a more linear, narrative driven action game can be for me, while Dark Souls has some fascinating lore lurking under the surface and it's interesting following the character arcs of the NPCs you encounter.)
360 came out in 2004, same as WOW
I dont disagree with COD4 either, certainly more than The Last of Us for example