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2013 Game of the Year Media Picks Thread
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Yeah, when is it supposed to be again ?
NO! You have to love one and hate the other!
No, man, you don't understand. My favourite mainstream story driven AAA TPS not getting GOTY over that other mainstream story driven AAA TPS is outrageous.
Easy, Mario and in general the types of games Nintendo makes, aren't in vogue anymore. Really as things are now, your best bet for a GOTY is to
1. Ride on that technology/production level curve.
2. Have a featured story that is either blockbuster (Last of Us, Bioshock) or subversive (indie games).
Go through the lists. See how many sites have TLoU, BS, and GTAV listed back to back to back. See how many sites have Gone Home, Papers Please and Standly's Parable listed back to back to back. These types of games are very popular now. Now a days Nintendo games only have a slightly better chance of winning than MMOs, MOBAs, sports, racing, fighting, character action games, puzzle games, almost anything 2d, and RTS (or strat games in general).
Dougstyles
Banned
Yup. Pushing gaming towards mainstream acceptance as an artform is where critics are at right now. Mechanically-focused games aren't going to be winning these awards again anytime soon.
The Librarian
Banned
Hmm. Gotta respect that pick. Great game.
graywolf323
Member
the link if anyone wants to go see what they said - http://amzn.to/ITdQ2Q they also had ten honorable mentions in no particular order
Tomb Raider
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Metro Last Light
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Gunpoint
Monaco: What's Yours is Mine
Gone Home
Papers, Please
DOTA 2
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
It's pissing me off that someone could even suggest that our favorite mainstream AAA TPS doesn't transcend the confines of human storytelling and ultimate character development better than that other AAA TPS.
Having played both, i think they are the best games of this year, but Link Between Worlds also deserves a mention, granted its a handheld game and those never win.
The differences between GTA and TLOU is that GTA5 was a great, fun game, but its not something i will remember 2-3 years from now. At best ill remember Trevor and his crazy ass antics, but that is about it. Everyone remembers GTA3 because it was the first 3D one that really paved the way for open world games on consoles and Vice City because it so perfectly replicated the 1980s. But GTA5, a fantastic game, simply is not memorable in that way.
TLOU has a
The whole game is extremely memorable, the opening in particularity is mind blowing.
The differences between GTA and TLOU is that GTA5 was a great, fun game, but its not something i will remember 2-3 years from now. At best ill remember Trevor and his crazy ass antics, but that is about it. Everyone remembers GTA3 because it was the first 3D one that really paved the way for open world games on consoles and Vice City because it so perfectly replicated the 1980s. But GTA5, a fantastic game, simply is not memorable in that way.
TLOU has a
haunting ending, that can be viewed in so many different ways. It can be a happy ending but it also be a insanely disturbing one.
Uno Venova
Banned
Nightstick11
Banned
Nobody listed Fire Emblem? Christ, "journalists" at least pretend to do your jobs.
charlequin
Banned
No, I feel pretty confident saying that it is absurd to call one near-universally lauded cinematic-storytelling/action game winning GOTY awards against another near-universally lauded cinematic-storytelling/action game a "tragedy."
The influence of GTA in the past is essential to understanding how the current entry came to be so significant, as well as for establishing the stakes in play for each new entry. GTAV isn't a case where a game sold well because everyone was reacting to the brand; it's a case where the people looking for something specific and the game, broadly speaking, delivered to them in pretty dramatic terms.
In Oscar terms, Ben-Hur won in 1959, The Sound of Music in 1965, The Sting in 1973, Rocky in 1976, The Silence of the Lambs in 1991, Titanic in 1997, Gladiator in 2000, and Return of the King in 2003. Popcorn movies are quite well-established in the Best Picture category. Games are, just by default, much more popcorny and oriented around visceral pleasure than films are, so the idea of a summer blockbuster or "popcorn game" winning is... completely normal.
It's getting a lot of play in top-10 lists but not much traction as a #1 pick, which says to me that people are really enjoying the game but maybe finding it to lack some of the surprising uniqueness and je ne sais quoi of, say, Super Mario Galaxy.
gastricacid
Banned
What a shame that 3d world didn't get a goty yet. It's my personal one so oh well.
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
LightofRohan
Member
Good! Came here because so far every GOTY list I've seen doesn't have Last of Us on it. Always those people that try to be the different one and chose non-popular games, was getting bummed that LoU wasn't being called out. It is the best game of they year.
Amazon does this? Woa. Nice list
Amazon does this? Woa. Nice list
Miles Quaritch
Member
No State of Decay mentions anywhere?
What madness is this?
What madness is this?
timetokill
Banned
Soon. Next day or so.
You'll have just barely over 4 weeks, so make haste.
Edge has given it to GTA5. Link to thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=736111.
Eyewave Games - The Last of Us
http://www.eyewavegames.com/#!news-dec/c1ws1
http://www.eyewavegames.com/#!news-dec/c1ws1
Some more for TLoU:
KSalue (KW) : The Last of Us - http://www.ksalue.com/main/2013/12/ksalue-game-of-the-year/
Fyens.dk (DK) : The Last of Us - http://www.fyens.dk/article/2423366:Digitalt--AArets-bedste-spil
AskMen (AU) : The Last of Us - http://au.askmen.com/top_10/celebrity/best-video-games-of-2013_1.html
BT (UK) : The Last of Us - http://home.bt.com/entertainment/games/gamesfeatures/the-best-games-of-2013-11363859696093
The FAT Website (AU) : The Last of Us - http://www.thefatwebsite.com/?p=12261
TechTudo (BR) : The Last of Us - http://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias...finite-confira-os-melhores-jogos-de-2013.html
I didn't check your current list so excuse me if some of those have already been added!
KSalue (KW) : The Last of Us - http://www.ksalue.com/main/2013/12/ksalue-game-of-the-year/
Fyens.dk (DK) : The Last of Us - http://www.fyens.dk/article/2423366:Digitalt--AArets-bedste-spil
AskMen (AU) : The Last of Us - http://au.askmen.com/top_10/celebrity/best-video-games-of-2013_1.html
BT (UK) : The Last of Us - http://home.bt.com/entertainment/games/gamesfeatures/the-best-games-of-2013-11363859696093
The FAT Website (AU) : The Last of Us - http://www.thefatwebsite.com/?p=12261
TechTudo (BR) : The Last of Us - http://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias...finite-confira-os-melhores-jogos-de-2013.html
I didn't check your current list so excuse me if some of those have already been added!
Don't worry I'll mention it.
sephiroth7x
Member
Personally:
1. Super Mario 3D World
2. Bioshock Infinite (Don't care what you guys think, the ending tugged me, poor Songbird).
3. Last of Us
4. GTAV
There isn't a fifth because this year there hasnt been enough games worth being called GOTY.
1. Super Mario 3D World
2. Bioshock Infinite (Don't care what you guys think, the ending tugged me, poor Songbird).
3. Last of Us
4. GTAV
There isn't a fifth because this year there hasnt been enough games worth being called GOTY.
Dougstyles
Banned
Wow, I was feeling the hell out of this list until I hit #6 (starting from #10, of course). That's further than most get.
Mashable: The Last of Us - http://mashable.com/2013/12/18/games-of-the-year-2013/
Uno Venova
Banned
And when both the storytelling and gameplay are top of the line, it makes for a real memorable, GOTY level experience.
metalslimer
Member
Yeah The Last of Us had no gameplay at all.
For fuck's sake people. It's the overall experience that counts, and TLoU has that in space (so does GTAV...)
OT:
More for TLoU:
The Ledger: The Last of Us - http://www.theledger.com/article/20131217/ENT/131219303?tc=ar
VG Nett: The Last of Us - http://www.vgtv.no/#!/video/75849/level-up-62-aarets-spill-2013
The New Zealand Herald: The Last of Us - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11174700
The Midnight Reporter-Telegram: The Last of Us - http://www.mrt.com/editors_picks/collection_908902aa-65e9-11e3-82e2-0019bb2963f4.html
Cheesemeister
Member
Why the cherry-picking, Pezus?
Different strokes for different folks. Gameplay is still the most important part of the overall experience to me, though.
It is for me too, that's why I don't want to see a Mario game win. Far too simplistic gameplay.
xValentine
Member
lol. Maybe you who are in the minority doesn't know what gameplay is or how it affects the overall experience of a game.
This.
Let's not make this some sort of witch hunt because someone doesn't agree with others.
xValentine
Member
speculawyer
Member
Already a huge thread on it, but Gamespot chose Link Between Worlds.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/overall-game-of-the-year-2013-winner/1100-6416469/
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/overall-game-of-the-year-2013-winner/1100-6416469/
Uno Venova
Banned
Why is it only cherry-picking when I update you on TLoU awards? Surely you don't expect me to do everything for you?