2012 is one of the worst years for RPGs ever.Oh wow, Xenoblade actually won something?
Third time's the charm, I suppose.
While were on the subject of EA, why not just say Dragon Age II?
*Looks at gamerankings, metacritic and 2008 archive*
Another year of Persona 4 getting robbed.
2012 is one of the worst years for RPGs ever.
I don't see how anything other than Xenoblade could have won.
I just read their Top 25 Films of the Year list and I had never even heard of any title in the top 10.It won Slant Magazine's GotY
Spec Ops: The Line and The Walking Dead both have my absolute respect this year for pushing the story-telling mechanism of games forward.
A few head scratchers with G4
- TTT2 not being nominated for best fighter
- Hitman winning best animation over Skullgirls
- Fez = best platformer
- Xenoblade in most original game? wut?
Other than those, good picks. Nice to see The Witcher 2 not get ignored for being a console re-release and Sleeping Dogs won something.
2012 is one of the worst years for RPGs ever.
I don't see how anything other than Xenoblade could have won.
Man, are you ever going to be disappointed when all the outlets give the "RPG of the year" to Mass Effect 3 by default.2012 is one of the worst years for RPGs ever.
I don't see how anything other than Xenoblade could have won.
*Looks at gamerankings, metacritic and 2008 archive*
Another year of Persona 4 getting robbed.
2012 is one of the worst years for RPGs ever.
I don't see how anything other than Xenoblade could have won.
The Edge Awards 2012: best game = Dishonored
http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-edge-awards-2012-best-game/10/#gallery-top
Top 10:
1. Dishonored
2. Spelunky
3. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
4. Trials Evolution
5. Super Hexagon
6. Guild Wars 2
7. The Walking Dead
8. Borderlands 2
9. Journey
10. Far Cry 3
Eh?
This is a weird GOTY... seems to be all over the place. More proof this generation needs to die.
And a VITA port of a PS3 JRPG had no chance of ever winning a goty award.
The Edge Awards 2012: best game = Dishonored
http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-edge-awards-2012-best-game/10/#gallery-top
Top 10:
1. Dishonored
2. Spelunky
3. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
4. Trials Evolution
5. Super Hexagon
6. Guild Wars 2
7. The Walking Dead
8. Borderlands 2
9. Journey
10. Far Cry 3
The Edge Awards 2012: best game = Dishonored
http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-edge-awards-2012-best-game/10/#gallery-top
Top 10:
1. Dishonored
2. Spelunky
3. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
4. Trials Evolution
5. Super Hexagon
6. Guild Wars 2
7. The Walking Dead
8. Borderlands 2
9. Journey
10. Far Cry 3
mass effect am cry.
telltale is the new bioware.![]()
Not a bad list, though Velocity is my game of the year.
Don't disrespect Telltale by associating them with that trash.
Magic Mushroom said:Not a bad list, though Velocity is my game of the year.
No its not bad, its atrocious.
Journey at #9? So much for the "future of interactive entertainment".
/facepalm
Magic Mushroom said:Journey is very interactive. It's not very challenging, but it doesn't need to be. Apart from that, I think it's a genuinely good list full of games worth playing which covers many different genres as well.
Journey should be #1. Because its genuinely forward looking and not just a glossy recycling of old ideas like most of their shitty list.
Putting something as thin and simplistic as Super Hexagon ahead of Journey is offensive to me. Not to say that its not good for what it is, but seriously, in terms of creative intent and artistic merit... its not in the same league.
Just because something is addictive and a good time waster isn't an indicator of greatness, because if that's your criteria you can put popping bubble-wrap over the classics of literature!
Journey should be #1. Because its genuinely forward looking and not just a glossy recycling of old ideas like most of their shitty list.
Putting something as thin and simplistic as Super Hexagon ahead of Journey is offensive to me. Not to say that its not good for what it is, but seriously, in terms of creative intent and artistic merit... its not in the same league.
Just because something is addictive and a good time waster isn't an indicator of greatness, because if that's your criteria you can put popping bubble-wrap over the classics of literature!
Journey should be #1. Because its genuinely forward looking and not just a glossy recycling of old ideas like most of their shitty list.
Putting something as thin and simplistic as Super Hexagon ahead of Journey is offensive to me. Not to say that its not good for what it is, but seriously, in terms of creative intent and artistic merit... its not in the same league.
Just because something is addictive and a good time waster isn't an indicator of greatness, because if that's your criteria you can put popping bubble-wrap over the classics of literature!
Anyone?So as the Walking Dead racks up media GOTY nods (and users here in the GOTY voting thread), which platform is best? Is there any reason not to simply play it on my iPhone 4? I realize I'd be trading the engrossment of a big TV for portability.
Also, is this the first time ever a major GOTY pick was available on both consoles and phones?
Anyone?
Anyone?
I played through the first 3 episodes of the Walking Dead and I just don't see what everyone else is seeing... I don't get invested in that story or those characters at all.
krYlon said:I find it offensive that you're using classics of literature in an analogy for Journey.
braves01 said:Such delicious irony.
I wasn't drawing an analogy, I used it as an example of what is and is not a meaningful criteria for having merit in a cultural sense.
My point is simply: What set of "values" is that Edge list representative of?
I got Journey in my top 3 for 2012, and even I'm slightly embarrassed by some of the praise it gets. The way some people go on like it's the greatest video game achievement in modern history...
I got Journey in my top 3 for 2012, and even I'm slightly embarrassed by some of the praise it gets. The way some people go on like it's the greatest video game achievement in modern history...