Giant Bomb GOTY 2014 - Destiny Has Brought Us Here
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I've come to accept that he's going to do this every year and honestly wasn't surprised when Destiny made it. Disappointed but not surprised. The only thing that surprises me is that no one calls him out on it.
Joseph Merrick
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I'll just css edit that 10 spot into divinity for their list
daydreaming saw it coming.
I remember thinking about this the second they finished saying the initial list and Destiny was nowhere to be found.
I think he got far more resistance than he expected though, which eventually just led to him crying until they gave in.
I was expecting Destiny to be in the top 10 without much resistance, I thought the battle would be to see how far up it would get. I really didn't expect Alex to lead the charge against it so hard. It was kinda funny how it sneaked in there at the end because the podcast needed to end at some point.
The Destiny talk was Skyrim vs Saints Row 3 levels of nonsense from Brad. Wolfenstein has shitty mission design, Diablo 3 doesn't have hand crafted legendaries,FFXIII Destiny gets good after 15 hours, take it on faith that Destiny *will* be better later, etc. Oh man that was a rough, but great ride. Bravo Brad.
The Destiny talk was Skyrim vs Saints Row 3 levels of nonsense from Brad. Wolfenstein has shitty mission design, Diablo 3 doesn't have hand crafted legendaries,
nckillthegrimace
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Alex's defense of Bayonetta was terrible.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I knew Destiny would be 10. Hahahaha.
sammyCYBORG
Member
What? If anything he backed down far too quickly and didn't argue his corner hard enough.
Joseph Merrick
Member
did it need any defense? wasn't it locked in pretty early. I forgot
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
None of them finished it. Tis what it is.
Yeah because it was. Threes!, Jazz Punk, and Mario Kart 8 are all fucking amazing. More so than Destiny. Brad acted like his opinion was the only valid one and bitched and moaned until it was the only valid one.
Drew had Wolfenstein #1 on his list and didn't fight for it at all. #1!
The Dear Leader
Banned
Wolfenstein got robbed I say! ROBBED! Et tu Drewbert? Why didn't you defend it more.
But overall it was a pretty great list but I'm not sure Destiny should have been on the list.
But overall it was a pretty great list but I'm not sure Destiny should have been on the list.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I can't remember, did ME3 make their list and was it also in the disappointing game category?
Eh not without precedent, Assassin's Creed 3 was in its year's Top 10 while also actually winning Most Disappointing. They also went over the supposed contradiction multiple times.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
Yea, I'm actually disappointed it got axed. I really enjoy Destiny, but I have enough misgivings about parts of that game that I wouldn't have been upset at all if it didn't make it into the top 10. Especially after their absolute scam of a first expansion pack. What a ripoff.
1. Dota 2
Deliberations are already done:
Burnout Paradise
Some Rock Band varient
Defense of the Ancients
Destiny
Jeff being easily swayed on Destiny was clearly coming. He didn't give a shit about 99% of the games on the list. The fact he put so many hours into the game and the weird love/hate relationship, even if it's mostly hate, he has with it was always going to win out over something like Wolfenstein when it came down to it.
I give credit to Alex for standing up to Brad for so long because otherwise Destiny being added would have happened a lot sooner.
I give credit to Alex for standing up to Brad for so long because otherwise Destiny being added would have happened a lot sooner.
Mass Effect 2 and Red Dead sneaks in at number 10 despite Jeff's best efforts.
Brad's logic should've been applied to CoD instead of making it in the top 5
Agreed. Brad was being a dick trying to knock Alex down for arguing against Destiny saying he already argued enough already for other games.
SteveWinwood
Member
Defense of the ancients is just DotA 1.
Dota 2 is just Dota 2. Not an acronym.
It's legal reasons. Thanks Blizzard.
SteveWinwood
Member
Jeff really likes ME2.
Doesn't matter. Until recently (I believe DOTA and Dota 2 no longer have patch parity, some of the new changes were engine restrictions from WC3 as far as I was aware) DOTA was essentially Dota 2. And if Dota 2 is game of every year, by default, DOTA is the game of last generation. Because it was like playing the best game of 2014 in the year 2002. Or something.
throwawayname
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nckillthegrimace
Member
For #1, its rightful place.
SteveWinwood
Member
i agree with this logic so i subscribe to it
and yeah dota 1 is more or less officially dead its two patches behind and some stuff happening now is more or less impossible with the wc3 engine
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Deleted member 17706
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Remember guys, this is supposed to be representative of the Giant Bomb staff, not some overall appraisal of the quality of the games that came out this year.
Brad was completely infatuated with Destiny for a good long time. Jeff kept coming back to it, too, despite having huge issues with the game. It makes sense that it makes it in the top 10 even if it's also one of the most disappointing games of the year.
Brad was completely infatuated with Destiny for a good long time. Jeff kept coming back to it, too, despite having huge issues with the game. It makes sense that it makes it in the top 10 even if it's also one of the most disappointing games of the year.