Well deserved, TW3 is one amazing feat. It's a true next gen game(in that they couldn't even make it for last gen unless they butchered the experience) and CDPR deserves all the accolades they're getting. It's my personal GOTY as well.
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Witcher 3 has won over 240 GOTY Awards so far.
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Exentryk
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XV with its cringeworthy dialogue and writing is not winning anything. Esp with the likes of Uncharted and other heavy hitters in the same year.
Yep, I'm gonna rebuy the GOTY release just to support them more
jim2point0
Banned
It does seem to be very divisive, but if you're someone that loves it, it's hard to understand where the hate comes from. I'm playing the game a 2nd time right now. When I'm doing the same quests over again, I'm not bothered at all because I still have the combat to look forward to. I love it.
Level 15 now and I have so many options at my disposal. The combat never gets old for me.
EDIT: I did not realize this was 8 pages already O_O
See? I'm not crazy!
Admiral Woofington
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Where is the GOTY thread anyways? I tried looking for it in the search bar, can't find it. Did it get locked?
It won't win on gaf, Bloodborne is leading by quite a bit, which isn't surprising(Sony exclusive)
For what it's worth, after dumping 30 hours into it I consider Witcher 3 to be the most overhyped game of the year. Then again, I actually enjoyed those Bethesda games so YMMV.
Uh... what does exclusivity have to do with anything?
eot
Banned
First of all, the game has an inverted difficulty curve. With one or two exceptions the game just gets easier the further you get. Secondly, if you don't want to mess with the alchemy simply spec into the sword tree and/or turn down the difficulty. I played it with kb/m so I can't speak to the issues you're having with the controller. If I were you though I would at least play through act 1 (not the prologue) before you give up on it.
Admiral Woofington
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Not sure what you're implying, but either Bloodborne or Witcher 3 deserve the GOTY imho. If Bloodborne wins here so be it, it's not like Witcher 3 hasn't won enough lol
Meccanical
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What a shitty year 2014 must have been.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I think he's implying the site has a massive Sony bias, which is why Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8, and Smash Bros. were the top three games last year.
RustyNails
Member
Inquisition? Fuck that shit
That Nintendo bias
jim2point0
Banned
I don't get it. Here's 2014....
01. Bayonetta 2
02. Mario Kart 8
03. Super Smash Bros.
04. Dragon Age: Inquisition
05. Dark Souls II
06. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
07. Wolfenstein: The New Order
08. South Park: The Stick of Truth
09. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
10. Shovel Knight
11. Alien: Isolation
12. Destiny
13. Infamous: Second Son (Sony Exclusive)
Based on that, being a Sony exclusive does not help you?
MGS5 is basically Cutscene: The Game. Witcher 3 doesn't even come close
Just stating that Sony exclusives tend to do better on gaf than most places. Last year makes sense, Sony didn't have a strong candidate, imo.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
-Xenoblade Chronicles is larger
-The Order, Tomb Raider, and Arkham Knight are prettier.
-The Order literally has entire chapters dedicated solely to cutscenes and is way more cinematic™ yet was panned.
-MGSV's intro is 45 minutes of minimal gameplay and mostly cutscenes.
This was an incredibly competitive year for gaming btw even with the titles that turned out to disappoint.
Sanctuary
Member
It was probably one of the best years in gaming ever.
Haha wow... the hate for Dragon Age is strong. It never interested me, but now I want to check it out just to see what's so bad about it.
At any rate, who cares what some games media bums think? The criteria is made up and -- judging from a good number of those picks compared to their contemporaries -- the gameplay don't matter. The only GOTY list worth reading is GAF's and the only vids worth watching are the ones that take the piss out of the concept as a whole.
At any rate, who cares what some games media bums think? The criteria is made up and -- judging from a good number of those picks compared to their contemporaries -- the gameplay don't matter. The only GOTY list worth reading is GAF's and the only vids worth watching are the ones that take the piss out of the concept as a whole.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Then how does that statement hold up at all?
OrbitalBeard
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Well, Portal 2 won in 2011.
texhnolyze
Banned
It was supposed to be a sarcasm but I failed miserably lol.
There are just too many posts here from people with their generalization and double standards. Open world games are the goty darlings while most of the winners aren't actually open world games.
Fedora Royale
Member
TW3 is my personal GOTY as well. I had doubts going into it, but CDPR deserves all the accolades coming their way.
Yes, first 45 minutes rest of the game is all gameplay. Witcher 3 has way more many cut-scenes spread throughout the entire game. its weird to bring in just one mission into the argument
Exentryk
Member
Ah! Did you change your avatar recently? I didn't read your username (I've seen your posts in other Witcher threads) otherwise I wouldn't have commented haha.
DriftingSpirit
Member
"insanely"
OrbitalBeard
Member
2012 was a pretty uneventful year, so the Journey win makes sense. It was at least unique. I can't think of anything better than MGS4 in 2008, save for maybe Fallout 3.
Have you played The Witcher 3?
Yes, which is why I say it's a good game, and yes much better than DAI, but the gameplay is very repetitive and the open world mostly just adds padding imo.
Magic Mushroom
Member
More player agency and better controls too imo. Horses for courses of course.
TPP has the better horse as well.
BlondeTuna
Member
It's my GOTY as well. The game continues to surprise, impress, and entertain.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
There are many long cutscenes in the game, it's poorly paced but there are quite a bit. Around 4-5 hours of them actually.
The perfect Dark
Banned
I don't get it. Here's 2014....
01. Bayonetta 2
02. Mario Kart 8
03. Super Smash Bros.
04. Dragon Age: Inquisition
05. Dark Souls II
06. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
07. Wolfenstein: The New Order
08. South Park: The Stick of Truth
09. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
10. Shovel Knight
11. Alien: Isolation
12. Destiny
13. Infamous: Second Son (Sony Exclusive)
Based on that, being a Sony exclusive does not help you?
MGS5 is basically Cutscene: The Game. Witcher 3 doesn't even come close
Which sony exclusives did we have last year?
Great list btw..but Tropical Freeze only at 6?
Meh, Nintendo absolutely killed it last year (and then got ignored everywhere), can't really argue with The Last of Us winning 2013, and 2012 was a pretty shit year with the only great games Journey and The Walking Dead ending neck and neck. Before that we had two multiplats: Portal 2 in 2011, Mass Effect 2 in 2010 (I guess you could kind of call this x360 exclusive).
MGS5 is basically Cutscene: The Game. Witcher 3 doesn't even come close
Witcher 3 is one of my favorite games ever but that statement is really odd to me. You spend a massive amount of time in W3 just watching people talk (it's part of the fun) while MGS5 barely has any cutscenes. Sometimes you go hours without seeing a single cutscene in MGS5 while you can't go 15 minutes in W3 without starting a conversation with someone.
I'm a similar case. I loved Witcher 1, because it felt so new at the time, and it was interesting to meet these characters for the first time, but by The Witcher 2, I was kind of done with it. I tried Witcher 3 and it just didn't "grab me" for pretty much the same reason 2 didn't for you.
I had already had my fill of Geralt and crew in 2007, Witcher 3 didn't do anything to personally get me reinvested in the characters or story.
Me too
I don't understand why people have issues with the combat. I find the combat system makes full use of all your abilities, and it's rare for a game to do that.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Witcher 3 is a bit more personal, since the story revolves around Geralt searching for his daughter figure.
Yes 4-5 hours for 50 hour game is not a lot. Its nothing compared to witcher 3
Meccanical
Member
I think the Witcher 2 was definitely the worst in the trilogy, not to say it was bad, but it was by far the weakest.
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