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[bigwinnerx]

Patrick's final turn was giving some life to the Destiny Top 10 argument.

 

[Myggen]

Brad pulled some dark magic this time. Got to hand it to the guy!

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Has any 4 star reviewed game been forgotten at the end of the year as much as Second Son?

 

[Liamc723]

Disagree. It's the best Assassin's Creed game ever made and the nemesis system is an awesome hook.

Well I'd take Assassin's Creed 2 over Shadow Of Mordor any day.

 

[Curufinwe]

What would be a good weighting system for working up the site's top 10 by averaging their individual lists? Something like...

1. 20 points
2. 15
3. 12
4.10
5. 8
6. 6
7. 4
8. 3
9. 2
10. 1

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Has any 4 star reviewed game been forgotten at the end of the year as much as Second Son?

Just go through Brad's reviews and I'm sure you'll find some

 

[Pepto]

Thank you Patrick for explaining Binding of Isaac and roguelikes as concept to everyone.

I need to hear this. Can you give a link and a timestamp?

 

[Curufinwe]

Has any 4 star reviewed game been forgotten at the end of the year as much as Second Son?

Diablo3 was forgotten in 2012 and it got 5 stars.

 

[electroshockwave]

Reading these comments, especially after reading for days about how Driveclub should have won so and so category makes me laugh.

Driveclub fans, you had no idea how screwed you guys were this year. hehehehehehe.

I'm not even saying it should have won any categories. The only ones I can see it being eligible for out of the first 4 days would be best looking or best debut, which I'm fine with it not winning. Guilty Gear is gorgeous and even if I think Mordor is overrated I think a racing game would have a hard time winning a debut category against any of the other contenders.

But worst game? If DC was the worst game I played in any year I would be a happy gamer.

 

[Plasma]

Haha I loved the comparison of Destiny being a leper that nobody wants to touch.

 

[Phediuk]

Has any 4 star reviewed game been forgotten at the end of the year as much as Second Son?

Brad gave 5 stars to Diablo 3 and it wasn't mentioned once during the GOTY 2012 podcasts.

 

[Mister Negative]

Thank you Patrick for explaining Binding of Isaac and roguelikes as concept to everyone. I was kinda going crazy when they were talking about not getting what carries over and referencing Rogue Legacy as a better roguelike type game.

edit: Oh jeez the Mario Kart 8 and SSB4 veto round talk was awful. I can only imagine how worse it gets deeper in.

Yeah, I'm actually playing Isaac as I listen to the podcast and I was pretty salty over the arguments against it.

I understand it not being on the Top 10 list of course, but to so summarily dismiss it is a little ridiculous.

Like, I have no interest in Spelunky at all. But I don't dismiss it simply because there are better platformers and better roguelikes out there.

 

[Phediuk]

God, and then Brad shamed Alex into letting Destiny on the list because he let Alex have both Mario Kart and Jazzpunk. Straight up Machiavellian shit there.

 

[Alo81]

17:19 is the end of the Best Horror category.

 

[Curufinwe]

80 Days (Alex 4th)
Alien Isolation (Drew 7th, Pat 8th)
The Banner Saga (Pat 6th, Vinny 9th)
Bayonetta 2 (Alex 2nd, Dan 3rd, Jeff 6th, Pat 1st)
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (Pat 10th)
Broken Age: Act I (Vinny 6th)
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Pat 7th)
COD AW (Jeff 1st)
Crypt of the Necrodancer (Brad 10th)
Dark Souls 2 (Vinny 4th)
Diablo 3 UEE (Jeff 5th)
Divinity: Original Sin (Pat 5th)
Dota 2 (Brad 1st)
Destiny (Brad 2nd, Drew 8th)
The Fall (Vinny 2nd)
Far Cry 4 (Brad 5th, Dan 2nd, Jeff 2nd)
Fates Forever (Drew 2nd)
GTAV (Brad 9th)
Hack ‘n’ Slash (Vinny 10th)
Hearthstone (Alex 3rd, Drew 6th)
Jazzpunk (Alex 1st, Jeff 9th, Vinny 5th)
Lethal League (Jeff 8th)
Luftrausers (Jeff 4th, Vinny 8th)
Kentucky Route Zero (Pat 3rd)
Mario Kart 8 (Alex 6th, Dan 4th)
MGSV Ground Zeroes (Brad 8th, Dan 5th)
NaissanceE (Drew 5th)
Nidhogg (Vinny 7th)
PT (Pat 2nd)
South Park (Alex 5th, Brad 3rd, Dan 9th, Vinny 3rd)
Shadow of Mordor (Alex 8th, Brad 4th, Dan 1st, Drew 9th, Jeff 3rd, Pat 4th, Vinny 1st)
Shovel Knight (Alex 7th, Dan 6th, Drew 10th, Pat 9th)
Smash Bros (Dan 7th)
Sunset Overdrive (Brad 7th, Dan 8th)
This War of Mine (Drew 3rd)
Threes (Dan 10th)
Titanfall (Jeff 7th)
Transistor (Brad 6th)
Trials Fusion (Jeff 10th)
The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo (Alex 9th)
Valiant Hearts (Drew 4th)
Wolfenstein (Alex 10th, Drew 1st)

 

[slightconfuse]

Did not enjoy mordor at all. Nemesis system was too basic. Game was a slog and the second part of the map did not help

 

[Bacon]

Did not enjoy mordor at all. Nemesis system was too basic. Game was a slog and the second part of the map did not help

Yeah the world was so incredibly boring to traverse.

 

[KarmaCow]

I need to hear this. Can you give a link and a timestamp?

Around 1:08:20 where they bring up cutting it and Patrick basically fends off Brad, Jeff, and Dan by himself.

Spoiler

though he still loses

 

[Curufinwe]

Did Alex do a top 10 list? I can't find it.

 

[RusselUp]

Personally was a big fan of Mordor. Even with the lackluster ending/second half, had too much fun messing with the world, the Nemesis System and the powers.

 

[TharpDaddy]

Dan brute forcing Mario Kart into the top 10 was a thing of beauty.

 

[Phediuk]

My God this Destiny filibuster. Brad has been stone-walling attempts on all sides to get Destiny off for like half an hour straight.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Zoe Quinn's GOTY list

Matt Boch's GOTY List

Shawn Allen's GOTY list

 

[Aerobatics]

The way Brad snuck Destiny into the list AFTER everybody axed a game makes me feel like he's been thinking about this for a long time.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

The way Brad snuck Destiny into the list AFTER everybody axed a game makes me feel like he's been thinking about this for a long time.

Bard will be the boss of GB soon enough

 

[KingKong]

The way Brad snuck Destiny into the list AFTER everybody axed a game makes me feel like he's been thinking about this for a long time.

Him repeatedly saying it would be their GOTY if there was more of it like thats a fact is driving me insane

 

[Phediuk]

Okay, between the time they were debating between Wolfenstein and Destiny and the time they spent talking just about Destiny, they've been talking about Destiny for like a fucking hour.

This is Brad's trump card. The other tricks to get Destiny on the list were effective, but not quite enough, so he's had to bust out his old strategy of just exhausting everyone else into submission.

 

[Sayers]

Bard will be the boss of GB soon enough

He already is, Jeff just doesn't know it yet.

 

[Brianimaniac]

So they gave GOTY to something made using the same template as the Ubisoft games that inspired that company's inclusion in the "PLEASE STOP" category.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

So they gave GOTY to something made using the same template as the Ubisoft games that inspired that company's inclusion in the "PLEASE STOP" category.

Relatively empty/boring world and awful ending aside, Mordor is executed far better than any recent Ubisoft Game.

 

[Loxley]

Wow, I did not anticipate Mordor pulling it off, figured Bayo2 had it in the bag. I loved Mordor so I'm not complaining, the podcast should be interesting to listen to.

 

[bigwinnerx]

Mordor winning GOTY has people like

 

[Curufinwe]

"He should say that's why I don't like it, not that it's a bad game"

Hearing this at 1:08:40 made me laugh after how they had ripped other games prior to this point.

 

[Chuck]

When

Spoiler

Jazzpunk

made the list

YYYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

...then when

Spoiler

destiny

made the list

FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUCK NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[K.Sabot]

I feel like GB values the high of a game and tends to forget whole large cuts of bad game ie Sunset before air dash.

or everything but the raid in destiny.

 

[mnz]

Not surprised about

Spoiler

Mordor

, they usually go with the "safer" choice on their GotY.
Last of Us beat Link between Worlds, XCOM beat Walking Dead and Skyrim beat Saints Row.

I am surprised that

Spoiler

Wolfenstein didn't make the list, though. And that Destiny is on it.

 

[nobodyshero]

Judging by how much time I've put into and enjoyed Destiny, part of me is happy it's there. But still, it Wolfenstein just doesn't feel right.

 

[AkuMifune]

One mans' insane passion is worth more than five peoples solid appreciation.

 

[plasmawave]

People, we need to have an intervention for Brad.

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

This

Spoiler

Destiny

discussion. Kinda crazy to believe what Jeff is saying, but it's so true.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Giancarlo Varanini's GOTY List

 

[jett]

An expected meh pick for GOTY. I don't understand why people keep treating that game like it was the second coming of gaming.

 

[Vire]

Does anyone in this universe like Jazzpunk as much as Alex? I don't find the game funny at all.

 

[Askherserenity]

Ew. Mordor? They give GOTY to the same fucking Ubisoft template they were complaining about earlier.

 

[Truant]

Never got into Mordor. Felt empty and lifeless to me.

 

[jett]

Ew. Mordor? They give GOTY to the same fucking Ubisoft template they were complaining about earlier.

It's funny how Brad's logic for getting rid of Mario Kart was because there had been seven MK games already. How many AssCruds and Batmans were released last-gen? Right.

 

[Grexeno]

Brad is currently using the Final Fantasy XIII defense for Destiny.

 

[No_Style]

LOL @

Spoiler

Lockdown

Perfect.

 

[Askherserenity]

It's funny how Brad's logic for getting rid of Mario Kart was because there had been seven MK games already. How many AssCruds and Batmans were released last-gen? Right.

Not even last gen. How about last year and this year? It's insane. And Jeff bringing that up when he's talking up COD....seriously? Those guys at the table are way too soft in this discussion because I would've called so much shit talking out, especially against Jeff.

 

[Lingitiz]

It's funny how Brad's logic for getting rid of Mario Kart was because there had been seven MK games already. How many AssCruds and Batmans were released last-gen? Right.

Jeff made that argument too and he had COD as his number 1. I know their arguments are exaggerated because they have certain agendas, but damn that was frustrating. I'm just glad Dan is there.