NeoGAF Games of the Year 2013 Awards

Pokémon didn't get top 10? That's surprising. I was sure it had a lock on that. Glad to see both Fire Emblem and Metal Gear Rising doing well. RPG and Action game of the year? Nice.

I'd say Pokémon not getting top 10 was the biggest surprise if Sonic and All-stars Racing Transformed hadn't beat Gran Turismo 6 for Racing Game of the Year. Now THAT is an upset I didn't see coming. And I voted for Sonic! Well done Sega!
 
2013 feels like one of the best years in gaming in like, forever. I feel like I will find gems way into the future and will have a lot to still discover before 2014 properly starts.
 
Hypron said:
Really, really surprised to see SM3DW in 4th place considering it's a Wii-U game.

Overall this seems like a really good list. I haven't played all the games (I haven't played the top 3 for example) but it sounds good to me.
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Not as surprising as Tearaway make it in top 10. Good job indeed.
 
Action Game of the Year : Metal Gear Rising Revengeance

And with that we can now end those MGR vs DmC discussions
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Wasn't expecting Infinite to take #2, really puts the hate it keeps getting into perspective.
I'll have to dig deeper into all these stats, nice work you guys.
 
CecilRousso said:
Bioshock Infinite? 2nd place? Now there's a suprise. Didn't think it would make top 10 (nor didn't I want it to be there).

Great to see The Swapper getting an award though. :)
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I figured it'd make top ten at least, just because there's a lot of backlash doesn't mean a lot of people didn't like it. Just look at ME2, that still got GotY in 2010 despite how many shout that it's the start of the fall of Bioware. Which may still technically be true perhaps, but they still made a really enjoyable game out of it and were generally well meaning in the design, more than which can be said about DAII.
GeoramA said:
It's never close when Naughty Dog is in beast-mode.

Great year for games.
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I need to see if there's the collected number of points for 2009, but I do think a key part of it is that this year didn't really have any singular big game that was great AND many people would play. In fact I might have to take back what I said about disappointment that Bioshock Infinite was still #2, if they executed it as well as some of us had hoped it probably WOULD have been hot on TLoU's heels rather than not even half way there, while the runner ups behind it are MUCH closer to it. So the point count might be damning despite the position on the chart.

EDIT: And yes, Batman Arkham Asylum was WAY closer to Uncharted 2 than BI was to TLoU. AA at 905 points and Uncharted 2 at 1690.
Darth Zandatsu said:
Action Game of the Year : Metal Gear Rising Revengeance

And with that we can now end those MGR vs DmC discussions
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Wait, there's people that actually thought DmC was better?

... Actually I guess I recall seeing SOME, and it's not like DmC was as dreadful as people feared, but that didn't really seem to last.
 
Several things on this list make me very happy... I never expected to see Bioshock, Fire Emblem, or Tearaway but here they are in the top 10! 3 very memorable games of 2013 for me :D
 
Passion Award
18. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (12)

High Quality Award
07. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (2.55)

GOTY
34. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

Legend! GET THAT ACCLAIM
 
Man, Spelunky is not even in the Top 20. I guess that's what you get when votes are split between years/platforms. :(

edit: Tearaway tho. <3
 
Tearaway in the top 10? 3D Super Hang-On as runner-up for racing game of the year? Attack of the Friday Monsters got enough love to make it onto a list at all?

You done good, GAF. You done good. &#65377;&#9685;&#8255;&#9685;&#65377;
 
As usual, the categories/genres you guys pick are really weird. I more readily associate Gears of War with a FPS than Do-Don-Pachi, if anything.

I think this year's most popular games is much more palatable to my taste. For it to be like last year, it would be like if Paper, Please and Brothers took 1 and 2, though I guess even that would be an improvement.

Darth Zandatsu said:
Action Game of the Year : Metal Gear Rising Revengeance

And with that we now we can end those MGR vs DmC discussions
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Yeah, I don't think so. I think there were two better action titles than MGR and I'm not exactly eager to say The Last of Us is the best game of the year either.
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All seems fair enough. It pains me to see Bioshock even on the list, let alone so high, but it is what it is.

I'd also consider The Last Of Us an adventure game rather than horror? But I can see the argument.

Otherwise it all seems somewhat lacking in controversy.
 
Feels kinda bizarre to see Bioshock Infinite so high. I guess I hadnt been paying attention because I thought the consensus was it came out distinctly average and people had massively cooled on it by the end of the year. Definitely the surprise of the list to me.

Revengeance and Tearaway in the Top Ten is... yes. This is good, isn't it?
 
Psycho_Mantis said:
Holy shit TLoU just ran away with GOTY from the start. Initially, I thought GAF would be even with GTAV and TLoU but it seems I overestimated GTAV's reception.
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I feel like GTAV is in a similar position to CoD but not as extreme: it's that super mega popular game that can represent a lot of what's wrong with the industry perceived or for real, but it DOES appeal more to hardcore gamers with a stronger SP focus and stuf like a huge world to explore. So, it still ranks damn high.
 
Well, it was a thrilling tight match between 2nd and 3rd, with Bioshock just edging out GTA at the end.

Just not as fun, haha
 
Pie and Beans said:
Feels kinda bizarre to see Bioshock Infinite so high. I guess I hadnt been paying attention because I thought the consensus was it came out distinctly average and people had massively cooled on it by the end of the year. Definitely the surprise of the list to me.
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It's probably a lot like MGS4. Fans of the game eventually just stop defending it because of how vocal the detractors are, so you get the impression that everyone hates it or is disappointed in it.
 
Good list. 2013 was a pretty great year all around. Wow at how big the gap is between number 1 and number 2. Pleasantly surprised Infinite made it all the way to number 2. I didn't even expect it to be in the top 5.
 
Great work and great list.
If I had more money I would go and buy at least one nintendo console to play some of those games.

Also good to see so many new IP's (mostly indies) getting some love.
One can only hope for a better Microsoft gaming output next year (get the pun?)
 
GTAV just wasn't that good, maybe I'll enjoy it more at a playable framerate, but the series is getting stall.
 
Look at al dem stats, yo. Great job timetokill/cheesemeister.

Kinda surprised by the gap between TLOU and the others, holy crap 0.0 Pretty predictable list though, going by GAFs taste. Now then, seems I'm going to have to get my hands on a Wii U for Mario/W101...
 
SolidSnakex said:
It's probably a lot like MGS4. Fans of the game eventually just stop defending it because of how vocal the detractors are, so you get the impression that everyone hates it or is disappointed in it.
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It still seems disappointment shined through despite the ranking though, it was WAY closer to TLoU on the list count than the score count, so I'm guessing for many people it was still good enough to put in the top ten. I may've even done it myself still with TLoU way higher, and whether they expressed disappointment or not I can see a lot of people having done the same thing.

EDIT: Passion may prove that actually, given it's sixth there.
 
Acquiescence said:
Wait, let me get this straight... The Last of Us won?!

Edit - Holy shit, Tearaway at #9! GAF has major love for that game, and quite rightly.
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Yeah a very welcome surprise i thought it would be 15+. Amazing game that had me smiling the whole way through. Baby Wendigo i miss you <3
 
That shooter category is a joke right?
I mean Gears of War in the same list as Dodonpachi and Resogun. Really?
 
I kind of want to see that graph capped at 1200 votes. I mean seeing The Last of Us just leave everything behind is neat, but I'd like to see a closeup of the Bioshock Infinite/GTA5 and Mario/Zelda duels.

The small differences kind of get lost in the noise since TLOU requires the graph to stretch to 2500 on the vertical axis.
 
gran turismo 4: #28 in 2005
gran turismo 5: #10 in 2010
gran turismo 6: #63 in 2013

i always thought this series had more love.
 
AniHawk said:
gran turismo 4: #28 in 2005
gran turismo 5: #10 in 2010
gran turismo 6: #63 in 2013

i always thought this series had more love.
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Coming out in the last month of the year after a hot console launch was not a good combo for getting attention at all. It'll be a prime candidate for LTTP.
 
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