mescalineeyes
Banned
dejan said:
could I hear that list?
I don't wan to be like "yeah right!", I am genuinely interested since I'd love to see what else is out there that's that good.
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2010 Game of the Year Media Picks Thread: Updated 1/4
- Thread starter Cheesemeister
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could I hear that list?
I don't wan to be like "yeah right!", I am genuinely interested since I'd love to see what else is out there that's that good.
ICallItFutile said:
Suits are fucking Mario, thats part of the essential Mario experience. Are you kidding me? Boulder, Cloud, and Drill Mario are awesome new power ups. Yoshi eats different fruits so he can freaking float, run faster and shine light on the darkest of areas. If you think thats uninspired I suggest you take a good look around the rest of the industry to see what they're doing. This game has the best level design from any game made this year and you're trying to tell me it's uninspired? Are you trying to tell me that the people involved didn't put their hearts into this game? Shame on you sir, shame on you.
For shits and giggles here are some original worlds in Galaxy 2:
Tall Trunk Galaxy
Cloudy Court Galaxy
Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy
Flipsville Galaxy
Chompswork Galaxy
Starshine Beach Galaxy
Shiverburn Galaxy
There are a lot more where that came from but I'm hungry so thats not happening.
mescalineeyes
Banned
ryan-ts said:
People said the same thing about Left 4 Dead 2, which is just as "different" to Left 4 Dead 1 as MW is to MW2.
Off the top of my head:mescalineeyes said:
- Settlers 7 (The reason I stopped playing Starcraft 2)
- Anno 1404 Venice (aka Dawn of Discovery: Venice in the US?)
- Drakensang: The River of Time (german release)
- Lost Horizon (german release)
Well, that's only 4 titles. You got me there, but to my defence I said probably.
However I just ordered Grey Matter and A New Beginning from Amazon and I've got an unopened Special Edition box of Civilization V lying on my desk right now.
mescalineeyes
Banned
dejan said:
argh, I was hoping for small indie gems I haven't heard of
all those games are too time consuming :lol
Fimbulvetr
Member
Dr.Hadji said:
It doesn't have absurd production values.
Even for people who aren't graphics whores, stuff like this can at least somewhat paint their view of a game.
RDR spent all its goodwill with me after fetch questing across Mexico for two guys I was sick to death of seeing for the dozenth time in a row.
Rockstar really needs to do something about the ridiculous linearity of progression in their "open world" games. It's a waste to have 20 'persons of interest' across the map that can give you missions, only to cluster 'em up into constrictive chunks where you're forced to work in the same area with the same 2 or 3 guys ad nauseum, leave 'em never to be seen again, progress to the next 2 or 3 guys, lather rinse repeat.
Rockstar really needs to do something about the ridiculous linearity of progression in their "open world" games. It's a waste to have 20 'persons of interest' across the map that can give you missions, only to cluster 'em up into constrictive chunks where you're forced to work in the same area with the same 2 or 3 guys ad nauseum, leave 'em never to be seen again, progress to the next 2 or 3 guys, lather rinse repeat.
http://www.gamespot.com/best-of-2010/game-of-the-year/index.html
Gamespot has posted their nominees for the Game of the year and many other categories you can see on the page:
Game of The Year:
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Bayonetta
Halo: Reach
Heavy Rain
Mass Effect 2
Red Dead Redemption
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Meat Boy
Vanquish
http://www.gamespot.com/best-of-2010/nominees/index.html
you can see each game and the awards it's nominated for on this page:
RDR is leading with 15 , followed by ME2 with 10 and Vanquish and Alan Wake each with 8 awards.
winner will be announced on:
* Tuesday Dec 21 - Dubious Honors
* Wednesday Dec 22 - Genre Awards
* Thursday Dec 23 - Platform Awards
* Friday Dec 24 - Game of the Year
Gamespot has posted their nominees for the Game of the year and many other categories you can see on the page:
Game of The Year:
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Bayonetta
Halo: Reach
Heavy Rain
Mass Effect 2
Red Dead Redemption
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Meat Boy
Vanquish
http://www.gamespot.com/best-of-2010/nominees/index.html
you can see each game and the awards it's nominated for on this page:
RDR is leading with 15 , followed by ME2 with 10 and Vanquish and Alan Wake each with 8 awards.
winner will be announced on:
* Tuesday Dec 21 - Dubious Honors
* Wednesday Dec 22 - Genre Awards
* Thursday Dec 23 - Platform Awards
* Friday Dec 24 - Game of the Year
Jtyettis said:
I'm glad that Alan Wake is getting some love. For me, it has the Story of the Year, and with it's unfortunately timing of getting released at the same day as RDR, I'm really hoping it will gain as much recognition as possible so that Remedy get the green light for Alan Wake 2.
Jtyettis said:
Yuck. No one at Time plays games, confirmed.
Generic said:
Basically, it's 3rd for me this year behind RDR then ME2. The story however is one of the best this gen. Change a few things next time around and polish the crap out of it and it can stand above the rest. Incredible game and still loving the soundtrack. It deserves a few wins however. Fairly sure 2 is a go based on some of the job listings they have had as of late.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
GrotesqueBeauty said:No Sin and Punishment 2, huh?
Best game no one played? Most underrated game?
I've always felt that games should be rated by how fun the gameplay is, but everyone is so focused on justifying games as art that way, way too many points go towards story or flashy cutscenes (in-engine or CG). What makes video games a unique medium is player interaction. That should be the most important metric by which to measure games.miladesn said:
Story is perhaps the worst element of a video game. Excessive or convoluted story makes replaying a game tedious, although skippable cutscenes somewhat remedies that. Heck excessive story even makes playing a game the first time around grow tedious, because every minute spent on exposition is another minute not spent interacting, which is the purpose for choosing to play a game instead of watching HBO on a Sunday night where you could get a far superior story. Over emphasis on story I feel has been detrimental to te progression of gameplay. Heavy Rain is a terrible game. It's not fun at all. The poorly written and acted B-movie plot isn't compelling either. It only gets praise because it's movie-like, why the he'll do games get praise for that? Books don't get praise for painting-like covers if the content is shit.
Platformers and strategy games always get ignored because they are the most GAME-like games. They are usually rather pure expressions of gameplay, without the fluff of constant cutscenes to distract gamers from noticing that the game isn't that good.
For example, I've put 110 hours into Plants vs Zombies on Steam. There is basically no story in this game but a simple premise. Art is cute but the mechanics would be fun even if it wasn't. It's a game that's easy to pick up and play because the lack of story means it doesn't demand large chunks of time in order to feel you've accomplished something. Auto-save even in the middle of a level helps too. Also it means you can take huge breaks between play sessions and not feel disoriented by being lost in the story an having to read a wiki to remember what was going on. This results in it being a game often played when you're not "in the mood" for a story heavy game. I feel that a game that can make you play it for over a hundred hours because you kept preferring to play it over supposedly "better" games is in fact the better game.
If you strip away the in-engine and CG cutscenes from all the games this year that are nominated for GOTY, how would they hold up? That's where games like SMG2, Bayonetta, and most of the top PC exclusives (mostly strategy/simulation genre) show their strength. Those are the games that don't need tens of millions spent on cutscenes to keep you engaged. You just play them because they are so damn fun you can't stop, not because you want to work your way to the next cutscene to unfold a B-movie story.
ukresistance
Banned
seady said:
Unless there are more games in that list, then Alan Wake is Times Game of the Year.
seady said:
No it's the top ten games list and Alan Wake is number one just like Halo 3 from the OP in 2007;
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1686204_1686305_1692236,00.html
It's how they do it every year. I mean what is better than 1 right.
From the OP in 2008 GTA IV;
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1855948_1863763_1863769,00.html
chaostrophy
Member
Nier was my personal favorite game of 2010, but I think in terms of overall quality, nothing comes close to DQIX.
Gillian Seed
Banned
MASS EFFECT 2
MiniBossBattle
Member
I would say RDR is a real contender but I wish someone would make an honorable mention for Picross3D. I really loved this game.
Mass Effect 2 should be in the discussion but the last boss. :lol :lol
They must have looked at my trapper keeper in 6th grade.
Mass Effect 2 should be in the discussion but the last boss. :lol :lol
They must have looked at my trapper keeper in 6th grade.
The Antitype
Banned
I've been wanting to pick up Bayonetta all year, but I keep hearing rumors that the Xbox 360 version is really janky?
Jtyettis said:
If you say so
I was just reading this page, and they are using bullet point and don't seem to be putting it in order.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2035319,00.html
seady said:
They have an order at my link(click right to see more). Said order:
Top 10 Video Games
1. Alan Wake
2. Angry Birds
3. RDR
4. Halo Reach
5. SMG2
6. Limbo
7. Super Meat boy
8. Super Street Fighter IV
9. Starcraft II
10. Mass Effect 2
Again same format they have used and we have included last 3 years.
SuperSonic1305
Member
CLEARLY Uncharted 2 re-release is GOTY 2010
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Dabanton said:
YAY! It completely deserves it! So good!
Cheesemeister
Member
Jtyettis said:
If they were in any old order, they'd be in alphabetical order. Instead, they're numbered. It seems pretty clear to me. If anyone wants to write the author to clarify, that'd be fine too.
A Link to the Past
Banned
Damn, Strange Journey got robbed - not a mention on GameSpot or IGN.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
I really hope Donkey Kong Country Returns starts getting some awards. Hell Id be happy if it was at least nominated for some! It deserves all the love it can get!
NullPointer
Member
... wrapped in a presentation (music, characters, dialogue, cinematics) that can be pretty damn off-putting unless you're truly a fan of the style.hamchan said:
StevePharma
Member
Classy or cocky? You decide...
No Red Dead Redemption at BAFTAs [EDGE Online]
If true I respect their decision. While BAFTA recognition is nice and all, it's not the end of the world for Rockstar because of the praise they get from other outlets and their monetary profits. The fact that you have to actively (?) put your game up for BAFTA-consideration seems a bit odd to me and not very classy. Not sure if this is correct so feel free to correct me on this.
I'm guessing Tim Langdell's game can take Red Dead's place then :lol
No Red Dead Redemption at BAFTAs [EDGE Online]
EDGE Online said:
If true I respect their decision. While BAFTA recognition is nice and all, it's not the end of the world for Rockstar because of the praise they get from other outlets and their monetary profits. The fact that you have to actively (?) put your game up for BAFTA-consideration seems a bit odd to me and not very classy. Not sure if this is correct so feel free to correct me on this.
I'm guessing Tim Langdell's game can take Red Dead's place then :lol