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NeoGAF Games of the Year 2013 Awards
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Messofanego
Banned
Wait, you didn't even give in a ballot! Or mention any games you even played.
This is your only post from the Voting thread:
Don't have much of a leg to stand on.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
Repetition was the least of its problems. Its massive pile of problems.
EDIT: Dark Schala knows what's up.
Magic Mushroom
Member
Couldn't disagree more. Tons of great games in all kinds of genres. Nintendo in excellent form with the superb 3D World, Fire Emblem and A Link Between Worlds. Platinum delivering two phenomenal action games woth Wonderful 101 and Metal Gear Rising. An incredibly strong and varied indie line-up with games like The Swapper, Papers, Please, Velocity Ultra, Volgarr the Viking, Steamworld Dig, Guacamelee, Gunpoint, Year Walk and Device 6, to name just a few. Then there was the atmosphere of Metro Last Light, the storytelling of Gone Home, the touching story of Brothers, the creativity of Tearaway, the depth of Dota, the tactics of X-Com Enemy Within, the colorful joys of Pikmin and Rayman Legends, the old school gameplay with next-gen looks of Resogun, and whatever you think of AAA, you could do far worse than The Last of Us (which I thought was excellent), GTA V, the surprisngly good Splinter Cell Blacklist and Bioshock Infinite.
For me it was one of the best years of the last decade. So many good and different experiences. I'll be happy if 2014 is just as good and over the moon if it's better.
Great job to those who motivatedt their list. Made for great reading and pointed me towards some games i haven't played yet, as it should be.
LOL at the X-box 360 exclusive game of the year list!
I am really surprised Bioshock is at number 2 though, considering all the hate it gather in every possible thread at GAF... MGS4 story again?
Maybe the haters are usually lazy and only likes to complain but do not like to vote?
TLOU on the other hand is not very surprising, considering the love it gets almost everywhere at GAF it was very expected, but Bioshock's ranking is puzzling indeed.
I am really surprised Bioshock is at number 2 though, considering all the hate it gather in every possible thread at GAF... MGS4 story again?
Maybe the haters are usually lazy and only likes to complain but do not like to vote?
TLOU on the other hand is not very surprising, considering the love it gets almost everywhere at GAF it was very expected, but Bioshock's ranking is puzzling indeed.
No way in hell. Persona 4 Golden was the only game really worth playing in 2012. That year was truly awful for games.
Overall, a pretty good list. Happy to see Bioshock got so high up. LOU at 1 and Bioshock at 2 is the way it is meant to be and everybody knows it. GTA in my opinion is too high. That game was an all round disappointment.
Flightmare
Member
Happy to see Tearaway at #9. Also, Vanishing Avatar, robotrock, UltimateIke, InvisibleStride, Notorious_Roy, Servbot24, Acquiescence, btkadams, SxP, Pie and Beans are my bros
Well that's a great list. I'm glad to see handheld games getting more recognition this year. Too bad I didn't have time to play Tearaway in time to potentially include it in my vote. Had time to play only one game before voting and the choice was between that and TLoU but in retrospect it seems like that game really didn't need any additional help. Bioshock Infinite was my biggest surprise of this list. I really would have thought it would have been way lower than that. Maybe it just has vocal critique surround it?
Extra credit for The Swapper appearing as the puzzle game of the year. That will do.
Yeah but it really has nothing on StreetPass: Monster Manor (the runner-up for handheld horror GOTY). Nintendo really dominated the horror genre this year.
Extra credit for The Swapper appearing as the puzzle game of the year. That will do.
Yeah but it really has nothing on StreetPass: Monster Manor (the runner-up for handheld horror GOTY). Nintendo really dominated the horror genre this year.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Was a real bad year for Fighters, voting wise at least.
Last year was pretty more populated if I remember correctly.
Last year was pretty more populated if I remember correctly.
Dragon1893
Member
It says something when I have to reach to 1996, and even that ended with a huge bang and had some classics like Resident Evil and Super Mario RPG drop mid way through anyway. For some reason I recall 2003 being "bad" but when I look at what games came out then it makes no sense. Maybe it's that that year had a few massive heavy hitters while being one of the weaker ones for stuff like JRPGs, or something.
Magic Mushroom
Member
Rising is a rough gem. It's short development time shows, but it's still such a fun game to play. Satisfying mechanics, fantastic bosses, a rousing score; awesome.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
EatChildren's user affinity.
1. ShockingAlberto (127)
2. robotrock (123)
3. jyoung188 (120)
4/5. bomb (117)
4/5. The Xtortionist (117)
6. Net_Wrecker (113)
7. polyh3dron (111)
8. LGom09 (109)
9. ViviOggi (107)
10. Apdiddy (105)
Magicpaint
Member
Happy to see TLOU dominate. It was easily my favourite game of the year. Bioshock Infinite is a good second place despite some of the disappointments. I generally prefer handheld gaming nowadays but the Top 3 were truly ambitious titles and rekindled my love for console gaming which prior to this year was starting to dwindle at an alarmingly quick rate.
Great work to those who compiled the data.
Great work to those who compiled the data.
Messofanego
Banned
Rejoice my fellow Arstotzkian Brothers!
Props to conman for the Milgram Experiment comparison XD
Props to conman for the Milgram Experiment comparison XD
It would've ended up in second place, for first place it'd have needed another 5 hours of filler.
#77 (33 points).
silver.tongue
Member
Heavy Nintendo presence in Top20.
AHA-Lambda
Member
I'm not too enamoured with that list but hey, that's just me. It was also obvious that TLOU would win.
Tizoc
Member
Visualante2
Member
Great list. Glad Tearaway and The Swapper got recognised. Will dig into itnfurther later.
Had to laugh at Sonic beating Gran Turismo 6. Simulation category is strange.
Had to laugh at Sonic beating Gran Turismo 6. Simulation category is strange.
Tizoc
Member
FYI Mass Effect 3 managed to make the top 10 list in 2012 IIRC, GAF is weird that way.
AHA-Lambda
Member
I know that feel bro, I voted for it.
IrishNinja
Member
aw, Resogun not in the top #'s....that's what i get for not voting, but i didn't play many of these & hate doing that.
from what i did play though, this looks like a good list. well done everyone, especially the poor souls tallying the votes!
from what i did play though, this looks like a good list. well done everyone, especially the poor souls tallying the votes!
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
This is the first time where I don't know everyone who's on my affinity list. Well that's interesting, lol. I guess we don't frequent the same threads.
But at least my affinity scores with people are muuuuuch higher than they were last year! Last year was like 40 something, I think.
But at least my affinity scores with people are muuuuuch higher than they were last year! Last year was like 40 something, I think.
I didn't even get to Resogun and it was on my To Play list along with NES Remix and TW101. :/
RyougaSaotome
Member
SMTIV would take tops for me personally, but this is a very solid list by all accounts.
I don't agree with the order of course (that's life!), but I dig the variety on here.
I don't agree with the order of course (that's life!), but I dig the variety on here.
I agree. It was such a god awful game with probably the worst story and even worse characters I've played in video games, and I actually like convoluted stuff that people mark as being "anime." But eh, it is what it is.
AHA-Lambda
Member
My user affinity is better than last year anyway, and I've got a perfect 50/50 PC/Multi split xD
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Such is with all forums, it's really impossible to gauge just how many people like something, and to what extent, when those people maybe do not feel like talking about it. People, in general, love to complain, bitch, moan, and dissect the things they find frustrating and underwhelming. It can make for good discussion, but it does make up for a lot of discussion. It's why you get threads like "How can they improve *insert franchise*?", which has implied negativity, and that that can give the false impression that strong negativity is the prevailing opinion or consensus amongst majority of GAF posters.
As I was just saying on twitter, this year's GOTY list is a glorious "fuck off" to people who keep peddling and preaching this supposed rampant anti-Nintendo agenda and narrative running through GAF moderators, posters, and the community at large. As if GAF somehow attracts an extreme majority of gamers with a bias against or disinterest in Nintendo software. Three games exclusively published by Nintendo, and developed internally at Nintendo, in the top ten. Seven Nintendo published games in the top twenty.
After 1165 different people voted, the "GAF consensus" is that over 1/3rd of 2013's apparent very best software, out of hundreds of potential candidates, was published exclusively by one company: Nintendo.
Much like me bitching about Metal Gear Solid 4 making No.1 on GAF's 2008 GOTY list, and then in the revote, the proof is in the numbers. No matter how matter how vocal I am, and no matter how many posts I make dissecting its awfulness, it was clearly awesome and important and wonderful for a whole lot of people on NeoGAF. Just like, for this year, The Last of Us, BioShock Infinite, and Nintendo were.
taking a look at series in the top ten, bolding their highest ranking, and highlighting their lowest.
assassin's creed:
assassin's creed: #14 in 2007
assassin's creed 2: #5 in 2009
assassin's creed brotherhood: #12 in 2010
assassin's creed revelations: #34 in 2011
assassin's creed 3: #25 in 2012
assassin's creed iv: black flag: #10 in 2013
super mario:
new super mario bros.: #4 in 2006
super mario galaxy: #1 in 2007
new super mario bros. wii: #8 in 2009
super mario galaxy 2: #3 in 2010
super mario 3d land: #9 in 2011
new super mario bros. u: #22 in 2012
new super mario bros. 2: #42 in 2012
super mario 3d world: #4 in 2013
new super luigi u: #62 in 2013
metal gear?!:
metal gear solid 3: #1 in 2004, #19 in 2005, #14 in 2006 (subsistence), #135 in 2012 (snake eater 3d)
metal gear acid: #90 in 2005
metal gear portable ops: #27 in 2006
metal gear acid 2: #156 in 2006
metal gear solid 4: #1 in 2008 (and 2012 edition)
metal gear solid peace walker: #22 in 2010
metal gear rising: #7 in 2013
bioshock:
bioshock: #3 in 2007
bioshock 2: #33 in 2010
bioshock infinite: #2 in 2013
grand theft auto:
gta san andreas: #4 in 2004
gta liberty city stories: #19 in 2005
gta vice city stories: #51 in 2006
gta iv: #6 in 2008
gta chinatown wars: #64 in 2009
gta v: #3 in 2013
the legend of zelda:
four swords adventure: #23 in 2004
the minish cap: #21 in 2004, #10 in 2005
twilight princess: #1 in 2006
phantom hourglass: #12 in 2007
spirit tracks: #22 in 2009
skyward sword: #5 in 2010
ocarina of time 3d: #31 in 2010
the wind waker hd: #38 in 2013
a link between worlds: #5 in 2013
fire emblem:
fire emblem: #106 in 2004
path of radiance: #14 in 2005
the sacred stones: #36 in 2005
radiant dawn: #29 in 2007
shadow dragon: #103 in 2009
awakening: #6 in 2013
tomb raider:
tomb raider legend: #44 in 2006
tomb raider anniversary edition: #56 in 2007
tomb raider underworld: #109 in 2008
lara croft and the guardian of light: #20 in 2010
tomb raider: #8 in 2013
assassin's creed:
assassin's creed: #14 in 2007
assassin's creed 2: #5 in 2009
assassin's creed brotherhood: #12 in 2010
assassin's creed revelations: #34 in 2011
assassin's creed 3: #25 in 2012
assassin's creed iv: black flag: #10 in 2013
super mario:
new super mario bros.: #4 in 2006
super mario galaxy: #1 in 2007
new super mario bros. wii: #8 in 2009
super mario galaxy 2: #3 in 2010
super mario 3d land: #9 in 2011
new super mario bros. u: #22 in 2012
new super mario bros. 2: #42 in 2012
super mario 3d world: #4 in 2013
new super luigi u: #62 in 2013
metal gear?!:
metal gear solid 3: #1 in 2004, #19 in 2005, #14 in 2006 (subsistence), #135 in 2012 (snake eater 3d)
metal gear acid: #90 in 2005
metal gear portable ops: #27 in 2006
metal gear acid 2: #156 in 2006
metal gear solid 4: #1 in 2008 (and 2012 edition)
metal gear solid peace walker: #22 in 2010
metal gear rising: #7 in 2013
bioshock:
bioshock: #3 in 2007
bioshock 2: #33 in 2010
bioshock infinite: #2 in 2013
grand theft auto:
gta san andreas: #4 in 2004
gta liberty city stories: #19 in 2005
gta vice city stories: #51 in 2006
gta iv: #6 in 2008
gta chinatown wars: #64 in 2009
gta v: #3 in 2013
the legend of zelda:
four swords adventure: #23 in 2004
the minish cap: #21 in 2004, #10 in 2005
twilight princess: #1 in 2006
phantom hourglass: #12 in 2007
spirit tracks: #22 in 2009
skyward sword: #5 in 2010
ocarina of time 3d: #31 in 2010
the wind waker hd: #38 in 2013
a link between worlds: #5 in 2013
fire emblem:
fire emblem: #106 in 2004
path of radiance: #14 in 2005
the sacred stones: #36 in 2005
radiant dawn: #29 in 2007
shadow dragon: #103 in 2009
awakening: #6 in 2013
tomb raider:
tomb raider legend: #44 in 2006
tomb raider anniversary edition: #56 in 2007
tomb raider underworld: #109 in 2008
lara croft and the guardian of light: #20 in 2010
tomb raider: #8 in 2013
Thanks to timetokill and Cheesemeister for conducting this year's GOTY awards. Great results overall.
I love these guys for a great taste:
1. chadboban (98) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97611323&postcount=1923
1. Neon_Icarus (98) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97520810&postcount=1733
3. Currygan (96) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97629980&postcount=2025
4. 8bit (95) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94104250&postcount=209
5. Zeona (93) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97581077&postcount=1794
6. TheZjman (90) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94112302&postcount=265
6. Tonguer (90) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97634327&postcount=2062
6. Yagharek (90) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97277531&postcount=1616
9. Yoshi (85) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97554674&postcount=1756
10. Randdalf (84) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94087267&postcount=62
I love these guys for a great taste:
1. chadboban (98) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97611323&postcount=1923
1. Neon_Icarus (98) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97520810&postcount=1733
3. Currygan (96) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97629980&postcount=2025
4. 8bit (95) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94104250&postcount=209
5. Zeona (93) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97581077&postcount=1794
6. TheZjman (90) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94112302&postcount=265
6. Tonguer (90) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97634327&postcount=2062
6. Yagharek (90) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97277531&postcount=1616
9. Yoshi (85) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97554674&postcount=1756
10. Randdalf (84) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94087267&postcount=62
Code:
demidar
1. Chacranajxy (129) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=95345722&postcount=1086
2. Phatmac (101) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=96732965&postcount=1481
3. Mutagenic (100) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97557800&postcount=1760
4. Drkirby (90) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97586177&postcount=1809
5. Sallokin (89) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94935739&postcount=894
6. Burnburn (80) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94117516&postcount=302
6. slaughterking (80) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=95823055&postcount=1290
8. Goldmund (77) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94152931&postcount=388
8. Hours Left (77) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94645291&postcount=747
10. Korigama (76) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97634540&postcount=2067I am only familiar with 3, maybe 4 of them. And by familiar I mean I recognize their avatar.
:/
Celestial Mortal
Member
GTAV not even in the 2nd position?
Congratz to TLoU!
Congratz to TLoU!
Moar liek NeogAAAf amirite.
No seriously, this year was great because almost all the entries are great. Excellent job in polling it and I'm especially loving the affinity list Cheesemeister and Timetokill (who's my number two broheim apparently).
I am glad it's a top 20 though, so games like Gone Home and Papers, Please also have a chance to shine. Would have expected the latter to end up a lot higher, also going by the ballots.
Great to see so many Wii U games, they got neglected in all other popularity contests on other websites. Seems like everyone that owns a Wii U has a NeoGAF account, lol.
No seriously, this year was great because almost all the entries are great. Excellent job in polling it and I'm especially loving the affinity list Cheesemeister and Timetokill (who's my number two broheim apparently).
I am glad it's a top 20 though, so games like Gone Home and Papers, Please also have a chance to shine. Would have expected the latter to end up a lot higher, also going by the ballots.
Great to see so many Wii U games, they got neglected in all other popularity contests on other websites. Seems like everyone that owns a Wii U has a NeoGAF account, lol.
Alessandro
Member
Thou art I... And I am thou... Thou hast established a new bond.
A mod and one founding father in my list *giggles*
Code:
1. libregkd (104) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94417885&postcount=668
2. klee123 (93) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=96593483&postcount=1445
3. Pie and Beans (82) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97316294&postcount=1644
4. Ataturk (80) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97129127&postcount=1580
5. Razor554 (78) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94400155&postcount=661
6. Recall (75) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94106653&postcount=227
7. bomb (74) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=95339341&postcount=1083
7. EatChildren (74) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=95473987&postcount=1120
9. The Xtortionist (73) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94734775&postcount=812
9. ZealousD (73) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94097428&postcount=152A mod and one founding father in my list *giggles*
First of all, thanks to timetokill and cheesemeister for conducting this and everybody else participating!
This is a cool and interesting list, plenty of genres represented, glad to see some RPG's faring well as well as Bioshock Infinite getting some love!
I also love this User affinity data, it's nice to see people with similar ideas and receptions!
My bros and dudettes!
1. Sallokin, my homeboy! (84)
2. Necrovex (83)
3. Sinthetic (81)
4. Alessandro (80)
5. abrack08 (79)
5. libregkd (79)
8. masterlobo (78)
9. DidntKnowJack (76)
9. GillianSeed79 (76)
What I learned from their lists is, that most of them didn't like Bioshock's gameplay too much, some enjoyed Final Fantasy XIV as much as I did and that I probably need to play Fire Emblem Awakening and Shin Megami Tensei 4!
This is a cool and interesting list, plenty of genres represented, glad to see some RPG's faring well as well as Bioshock Infinite getting some love!
I also love this User affinity data, it's nice to see people with similar ideas and receptions!
My bros and dudettes!
1. Sallokin, my homeboy! (84)
2. Necrovex (83)
3. Sinthetic (81)
4. Alessandro (80)
5. abrack08 (79)
5. klee123 (79)
5. libregkd (79)
8. masterlobo (78)
9. DidntKnowJack (76)
9. GillianSeed79 (76)
What I learned from their lists is, that most of them didn't like Bioshock's gameplay too much, some enjoyed Final Fantasy XIV as much as I did and that I probably need to play Fire Emblem Awakening and Shin Megami Tensei 4!
All of those are merely decent games bar Dishonored, which in my opinion was garbage.