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2014 Game of the Year Media Picks Thread
- Thread starter Cheesemeister
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neogaffer1
Banned
Less sales due to crowding but more awards. Game of the Year is always biased towards recent releases.
CerebralTiger
Member
LevelUp's goty is Bayonetta 2
Gamereactor Sweden's goty is Alien: Isolation
Slant Magazine's goty is Persona Q
Digital Spy's goty is Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS
Metro GameCentral's goty is Mario Kart 8
Spaziogames' goty is Dragon Age: Inquisition
Actually, going by the archives in the OP, there have been plenty of goty winners that were available during the first half of their respective year. For example, GTA IV (Apr 2008), Mass Effect 2 (Jan 2010), The Last of Us (Jun 2013).
Gamereactor Sweden's goty is Alien: Isolation
Slant Magazine's goty is Persona Q
Digital Spy's goty is Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS
Metro GameCentral's goty is Mario Kart 8
Spaziogames' goty is Dragon Age: Inquisition
Actually, going by the archives in the OP, there have been plenty of goty winners that were available during the first half of their respective year. For example, GTA IV (Apr 2008), Mass Effect 2 (Jan 2010), The Last of Us (Jun 2013).
shinobi602
Member
Is Giantbomb given special status or something?
jim2point0
Banned
And yet they have Destiny in the top 10. Just goes to show you how people have different tastes.
Matrix XII
Member
Yup, honestly you are quite right. I just bought dragon age and have been playing it the last couple days. There's some fun moments, but the quest structure, map system, among other issues leave a lot to be desired. Something just feels off with this game.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Probably only here at gaf. Given how much hard on gaf has on giantbomb.
Good for them I guess?
jim2point0
Banned
Zero Punctuation:
Top 5:
1.Shadow of Mordor
2.Wolfenstein: The New Order
3.Alien Isolation
4.Dark Souls 2
5.Shovel Knight
Bottom 5:
1.Thief
2.Sonic Boom
3.Amazing Spider Man 2
4.FF-XIII Lightning Returns
5.Sacred 3
Top 5:
1.Shadow of Mordor
2.Wolfenstein: The New Order
3.Alien Isolation
4.Dark Souls 2
5.Shovel Knight
Bottom 5:
1.Thief
2.Sonic Boom
3.Amazing Spider Man 2
4.FF-XIII Lightning Returns
5.Sacred 3
brickwalker0
Member
SolidSnakex
Member
theprodigy
Member
Uno Venova
Banned
"Only western games will get recognition"
i mean, they have like like... near 10 people in the podcast with no one really really to support DAI.
Just a numbers game thing.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Agreed. No one gave Sunset Overdrive an award for Game of the Year.
AntiFacebook
Member
I know. MK8 is fun and all, but GOTY? lol
Domstercool
Member
I could say the same for Shadow of Mordor or Hearthstone, it really is just people's opinions in the end.
grandwizard
Member
If you compare it's critical reception to all the other games listed it is disproportional how few goty awards it has taken.
catpurrcat
Member
This was such a creative game. It really needed to be mentioned! BUY THIS!
excaliburps
Press - MP1st.com
Ours (PlayStation LifeStyle) is Shadow of Mordor.
http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2014/12/25/best-2014-game-awards-game-year-2014/#/slide/1
It was a very close match with Dragon Age: Inquisition. It essentially boiled down to a tie, with the staff needing to do a "sudden-death" to determine whom the overall winner is.
Personally, I'm happy with whichever game won. Just adding this here since we're keeping score.
http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2014/12/25/best-2014-game-awards-game-year-2014/#/slide/1
It was a very close match with Dragon Age: Inquisition. It essentially boiled down to a tie, with the staff needing to do a "sudden-death" to determine whom the overall winner is.
Personally, I'm happy with whichever game won. Just adding this here since we're keeping score.
veloxStrix
Banned
I wish people would get over the, "Only AAA shooters/RPGs can be Game of the Year mentality." It's the equivalent of the, "You have a food I don't like in your lunch so I can't be friends with you" mentality that my 6 year old sister has.
Glad to see a lot of diversity. Dragon Age earned its spot. I wish Hearthstone would have won more, but... you know.
Glad to see a lot of diversity. Dragon Age earned its spot. I wish Hearthstone would have won more, but... you know.
I Want Your Cat
Member
If it means anything, r/xboxone gave it game of the year.
I personally prefer Forza Horizon 2 as GoTY.
Im about 3/4 of the way through Dragon Age Inquisition. And I love it. I haven't played Far Cry 4, I own it though, but some vids look really fun.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
So are all games on Kotaku's list of 12 going to be added to the OP, or will they just not count?
Cheesemeister
Member
They just won't count. I handle ties between 2 titles, but not "here's a giant, unordered list" messes.
One of the shittiest sites out there.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Well, you could always just do this:
just pick the top game based on alphabetic order
I'd be totally cool with that.
Maybe because they did not like it. It is not like it received universal acclaim or anything. Received decent reviews just like many other titles out there. I certainly did not think it was anything special from what I played.
duly won.
For it to rightfully win it would have to have been more than a shallow skinner box with production values.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
While I do agree on your valuation of the game (completely), I think, considering how many people even on a dedicated forum like NeoGAF disagreed on the "replacing difficulty with busy-work is shitty" thread, it probably is what this industry deserves...