Wait there's people who think Uncharted 4 has the weakest story in the series? If so how does it? It's the only one that isn't instantly forgettable and although not perfect, was pretty damn good. The other 3 (never played GA) were just carried by the series great characters and 4 was as good as the rest there too.
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NeoGAF Games of the Year 2016 Awards
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Wait there's people who think Uncharted 4 has the weakest story in the series? If so how does it? It's the only one that isn't instantly forgettable and although not perfect, was pretty damn good. The other 3 (never played GA) were just carried by the series great characters and 4 was as good as the rest there too.
Jawbreaker
Member
It's in my backlog. :[
This made me curious, so I just went over the top 100 in the overall rankings, and unless I'm missing something all these should have a PC tag:
Code:
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Superhot
Oxenfree
Salt and Sanctuary
Inside
Street Fighter V
Thumper
XCOM 2 (lol!)
Hitman
Firewatch
Forza Horizon 3
Hyper Light Drifter
Tom Clancy's The Division
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma (Also missing Vita)
Quantum Break
Darkest Dungeon
Enter the Gungeon
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator
DiRT Rally
Viginia
Unravel
SteamWorld Heist
Far Cry Primal
The Banner Saga 2Probably lots more further down, but I can't be bothered to go through the entire list
onemanasylum
Banned
Yeah especially considering the mis-information he went on to spew about it lol.
Mass Effect
Member
Not surprised at all to see Uncharted 4 at number 1. I'm going to be playing it soon, so I guess we'll see if it lives up to all the praise.
And damn, I was hoping Ratchet & Clank would make top 10. 11th is still really good though.
And Gravity Rush Remastered didn't even get 3 points? huh... I thought it would get at least a few votes.
Why isn't Gears 4 on this list?
And damn, I was hoping Ratchet & Clank would make top 10. 11th is still really good though.
And Gravity Rush Remastered didn't even get 3 points? huh... I thought it would get at least a few votes.
XB1 Game of the Year: Forza Horizon 3 = 304 points, 12 honorable mentions
2. Superhot = 149 points, 25 honorable mentions
3. Quantum Break = 119 points, 13 honorable mentions
4. Virginia = 39 points, 13 honorable mentions
5. Trackmania Turbo = 24 points
Why isn't Gears 4 on this list?
It's a fucking conspiracy!!!!
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Thanks OP wonderful work!
Woo hoo im glad Last Guardian cracked the top 5
Still thinking about that game since I beat it
Woo hoo im glad Last Guardian cracked the top 5
Still thinking about that game since I beat it
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
The big surprise here for me is Doom taking second place from Overwatch. I thought it would be between OW and UC for sure.
FaintColt388301
Member
How are people finding their gaming bros? I want to find my soul mates toooo
TheRedSnifit
Member
Same reason Doom didn't win best shooter.
Because rernkjgac[mv[oh,[54cmvh5unjng;cwvrxnhpwm9c,u4w-t8u mh3 cp,
Zombie James
Banned
I guess something's up with the category totals not being added correctly.
SliceSabre
Banned
You all are cool with me. Time to stalk your game tastes:
Red Dead Redemption 2 will be good competition for TLOU Part II in 2018.
But yes, it's a popularity vote based on self-selected (to some extent, given the registration process) of people on one particular enthusiast video game website.
It has never been anything else. And that is absolutely fine. It can still be fun to compare it to itself or against the anticipation or E3 threads to see how hype played out after the fact or what people in general thought of a game when it isn't being dominated by very motivated posters that try to drive a narrative. (Same posters many posts vs. one vote per account.)
gustave154
Member
Best list right here.
Ultimadrago
Member
I'm actually good with this #1 and #2!
Boogalogist
Member
Oops..I forgot to vote this year. Glad I agree with the list mostly.
Congrats on winning the award again, ND!
Congrats on winning the award again, ND!
sleepydeer
Member
Also, I don't think there was a physical release so I think it takes download GOTY as well?
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
Member
Since you don't have a list, which game did you love?
Mass Effect
Member
Well... that's now how these things work. Just because it's a popular new IP doesn't automatically make it the best game of 2016.
onemanasylum
Banned
True but TLOU also dominated GTA V, both came out in 2013 alone with Super Mario 3d. It's not like ND has no competition.
WadiumArcadium
Member
We did good GAF.
MegaSackman
Member
Actually most of the complains comes from changing the formula quite a bit. U4 showed that there are a group of people that loved the franchise for different reasons than others, and it probably welcomed new fans with its new approach.
You probably misunderstood opinions, not that you're gonna like it though but the truth is that there are some important changes on the formula that created some "confused state" between fans.
Effigenius
Member
It really wasn't a very good story. They give Drake a long lost brother all of a sudden out of nowhere, who's completely unlikable. Instead of spending most of the game adventuring with legitimately great character like Sully Elena and Chloe, this mouth breather is taking up WAY too much screen time. You're on an adventure to pay off a debt to save said mouth breather and in the most predictable "twist" of all time
he's lying to you and just trying to get you to break your word to your wife and bring you back to a life you don't want to be in any more. Drake's reaction when he learns he was lied to was essentially to shrug his shoulders and be like whatever
Except this is objectively wrong. Did prior Uncharted games had a rope swinging mechanics (biggest change other than AI and level design AND this carries into the multiplayer), huge wide open areas, an expanded stealth system with different levels of AI contextual awareness depending on the difficulty, and many levels with vertical style of design? Also, there were a lot more destructible cover, the contextual melee system was vastly improved, double take downs with your partner NPC...
Lastly, the gun play is easily the best in series by far.
Dark Souls III. I thought Uncharted 4 was good but flawed in a lot of ways.
The rest not so much so far, though I didn't play much of Doom or Overwatch (just don't like either of those kinds of games, and could tell instantly) or The Last Guardian. Last Guardian is a very disappointing sequel to SotC so far, though. Nowhere near as interesting and very very frustrating. FFXV was a fucking joke, a disaster.
onemanasylum
Banned
Again people don;t get there is more to a story then just plot point, how the story is told, unfolds, dialog, characters, all into play. In this regard barely any games touch UC4. Nothing in Godfather/Sopranos is excellent plot wise either, what makes them great is how the stories are told.
Download the full data and open goty-user-affinity. there's also goty-recommend, which has recommendations based on your ballot.
I played one match!
BlondeTuna
Member
I did not expect Doom to be up so high, let alone be rated higher than Overwatch.
GravityInsanity
Member
I'm really certain that TLOU Part II won't be coming out in 2018. More like 2019. Both GOW and Spider-Man PS4 will fill that 2018 year up for Sony. Also, Days Gone.
MegaSackman
Member
Surprised me as well. What I like from this list is that it seems to show that GAF likes single player heavy games. Although most of those games have multiplayer components but judging from comments is the single player that left an impact in people's memories.
GTA V didn't resonate with people like RDR did.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Not a bad top 10 on the whole imo, can't say I agree with UC4 at all though at number 1 but meh
Big well done and thanks to the team for doing this again
EDIT: Oh damn i got quoted for Mankind Divided :O
Big well done and thanks to the team for doing this again
EDIT: Oh damn i got quoted for Mankind Divided :O
Strangelove77
Member
I agree with #1, but I really thought Overwatch was going to be #2. I liked Doom a lot, but I thought Overwatch was more popular.
Good year all around though.
Good year all around though.
Cheesemeister
Member
Thanks for all the feedback. As you can see on the spreadsheet, the amount of data we try to wrangle is rather voluminous and it's just about impossible to get every detail right. I'm going to push out an update based on the corrections posted thus far.
onemanasylum
Banned
?? By what account? GTA V has better reviews and sold tens of millions more.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Personally I had uncharted 4 in my list and really enjoyed it, but I didn't feel it was the #1 game of the year.
But, what's done is done so congrats
But, what's done is done so congrats
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
This made me curious, so I just went over the top 100 in the overall rankings, and unless I'm missing something all these should have a PC tag:
Code:Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Superhot Oxenfree Salt and Sanctuary Inside Street Fighter V Thumper XCOM 2 (lol!) Hitman Firewatch Forza Horizon 3 Hyper Light Drifter Tom Clancy's The Division Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma (Also missing Vita) Quantum Break Darkest Dungeon Enter the Gungeon Mirror's Edge Catalyst Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator DiRT Rally Viginia Unravel SteamWorld Heist Far Cry Primal The Banner Saga 2
Probably lots more further down, but I can't be bothered to go through the entire list
After briefly looking at the rest of the list, Battleborn, Stranger of Sword City, Grow Up, God Eater Resurrection, and Sorcery! 4 are missing pc tags as well. Probably still missing more, but those are the ones that stood out.
I agree with this. The way the story is told is outstanding because Naughty Dog are stunningly good at storytelling, but the nature of the story itself? Awful. Sam single-handedly brought my opinion of the entire game down. Let's not mention that so many of the themes are recycled from Uncharted 3.
Had they doubled down with the darker ending I was expecting I might have forgiven them, but the ending felt like a massive ass-pull considering all the foreshadowing and general themes of the story.
Even if that's the case it doesn't happen out of thin air. Sony must make some pretty good stuff then.
I was thinking the same about Dark Souls 3.
It comes down to the individual understanding of what a GotY title really is. Is it something that has devoured countless hours on top of every other game? Can you qualify hours or quantify "fun"? I don't think there's an scientific approach to this problem. At the end of the day it all comes down to emotions.
For not having played Uncharted 4 but its predecessors (which I do like), I cannot comment on UC4. However, I guess when so many people are touched in a positive way, whether it's for the great visuals, the characters, story or gameplay (basically anything that others/a minority could not find that enjoyable), that they put this title above any other game, especially one I personally find more genre-defining and revolutionary this year (namely Overwatch), well... then it probably deserved that title of being Game of the Year.
Katana_Strikes
Member
Go play it. It's great. Lots of people who actually played it loved it. Hence why it gets so much praise and has won lots of awards. It's not a conspiracy. It's hard fact.