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NeoGAF Games of the Year 2013 Awards

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McNum

Member
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!
 
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Napalm_Frank

Member
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.
 
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tino

Banned
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.
 
SargerusBR

SargerusBR

I love Pokken!
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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ViviOggi

Member
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.
 
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Eusis

Member
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.
 
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Matriox

Member
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
 
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Sammy Samusu

Member
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
 
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so1337

Member
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
 
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Infernal Monkey

Member
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;
 
Riposte

Riposte

Member
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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toddhunter

Member
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.
 
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Pie and Beans

Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
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?
 
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Eusis

Member
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.
 
L

Levyne

Banned
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
 
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SolidSnakex

Member
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.
 
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Prompto

Banned
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.
 
TheAssist

TheAssist

Member
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?)
 
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Ikuu

Had his dog run over by Blizzard's CEO
GTAV just wasn't that good, maybe I'll enjoy it more at a playable framerate, but the series is getting stall.
 
Majmun

Majmun

Member
Great work Timetokill and cheesemeister

duckroll said:
SMT4 not even in the Top 20? *pushes over a magazine rack*
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Well, it wasn't released in Europe last year.

I hope I can vote for it this year. Depends if it gets released in 2014, that is...
 
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enanogrande

Member
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...
 
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Eusis

Member
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.
 
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BlackBuzzard

Banned
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
 
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meppi

Member
That shooter category is a joke right?
I mean Gears of War in the same list as Dodonpachi and Resogun. Really?
 
M

McNum

Member
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.
 
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AniHawk

Member
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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Eusis

Member
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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