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STEAM | January 2016 - Out of cash, out of cache
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PetriP-TNT
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GTA would have dominated if it had launched at the same time with the other versions
you don't think high about steamgaf, do you?
I'll keep believing that DoS would have won regardless with DS2 as second. Now if it was released on PC in 2013, it probably would have been steamgaf GOTY.
NingenJanai
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To buy or not to buy Adventure Time: The Secret Of The Nameless Kingdom?
I like top down Zelda games, and I doubt it will get cheaper than 5... :\
I like top down Zelda games, and I doubt it will get cheaper than 5... :\
Atraveller
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It looks kind of mediocre.
TheAutomator
Banned
Yup. GTA 5 is overrated. Wouldn't put it on my list either.
I can't get into it.
Same way I couldn't get into Dark Souls.
I...
I'm sorry I fail as a human being.
As soon as I finished the main story in GTA I never touched it again.
I don't know whether it's the game or me, but I don't get as excited about randomly blowing shit up like I used to
Also, any Sonic games worth picking up? I've played all the 2d games, Adventure and Lost Worlds so don't need those
I don't know whether it's the game or me, but I don't get as excited about randomly blowing shit up like I used to
Also, any Sonic games worth picking up? I've played all the 2d games, Adventure and Lost Worlds so don't need those
Ban Puncher
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Suck it, MGSV haters.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
I can play that on consoles.
Or better yet, play Splatoon instead.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
I can play that on consoles.
Or better yet, play Splatoon instead.
I can't get into it.
Same way I couldn't get into Dark Souls.
I...
I'm sorry I fail as a human being.
It's OK, you don't have to get into every game, now kindly go play Trails
edited: getting back to our GOTY, one thing bothers me in that top 10, Undertale being above Trails, that looks like major mockery, funny and yet so mean at the same time.
It's not you, GTAV is uninspired and suffers more from 'sequelitis' than any other GTA to date.
Anyway, nice GOTY list SteamGAF.
texhnolyze
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I've played GTA V twice, on PS3 and on PC. Still couldn't bother to finish the story.
Ended up playing Online most of the time, then got bored and uninstalled it. It was a delicious 50GB free space.
Ended up playing Online most of the time, then got bored and uninstalled it. It was a delicious 50GB free space.
Ban Puncher
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SteamGAF 2015 Anime Awards
Tizoc
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texhnolyze
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Japanese games only, then I'm in.
Another game announced too early
Overkill's The Walking Dead delayed to 2017
I know that somebody posted about that investment from Asian company put i don't think that TWD delay was mentioned.
Overkill's The Walking Dead delayed to 2017
I know that somebody posted about that investment from Asian company put i don't think that TWD delay was mentioned.
Hamlet first (missing just a single Ophelia route IIRC).
I'm not sure which puzzle game to play next tho, I have 16 puzzles left in Picross GB.
Should I continue to Picross GB2 (although I don't fancy much the 30x30 puzzles split into 15x15 pieces the game uses)
Or should I do something non-nonogramy? Quell, Pic Pic, Squarelogic, Slitherlink... Decisions, decisions.
Chairmanchuck
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I wonder what happened to their VR headset.
PetriP-TNT
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I think that GTAV is an amazing game but it releasing last on PC (within months with other huge contenders to boot) most definitely decreased the hype. I didn't vote for it either despite absolutely loving the game.
Fuck Overkill.
Probably didn't make enough from sabotaging Payday 2 with microtransaction to continue R&D for it.
That's odd, unless you liked other games more, meaning, it's still doesn't deserve to be GOTY, no?
play Quell, it's so zen and beautifully made game, many levels are so easy that it takes almost no time to finish, some are trickier and getting gems even annoyed me at times, I haven't got 2 I think and decided to call it a day, an amazing game, can be played in very short sessions too.
I don't think it quite works that way
Oh I know what hype is, but if I really like a game, I remember it much longer than one year. If I don't, why would it be on GOTY list? Forgettable games shouldn't be, hype or no hype, popular or no.
PetriP-TNT
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Ever wondered why movies that were released few months after the Oscars rarely seem to get any Oscars? I can barely remember things about things I did / played / watched a year ago.
I really should be doing something more productive today but here we go.
First up Results In Popularity Order (as in number of votes no scores considered)
So what does that do for the Top 10...
Hmm not a lot of difference there. Then again when you look at vote distribution it's easy to see why...
Here's one more. What about the 1 Vote Games.
First up Results In Popularity Order (as in number of votes no scores considered)
Results Ordered By Popularity said:
So what does that do for the Top 10...
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[B]Top 10 Change[/B]
Orig Pop Change Title
1 1 None The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2 2 None Life Is Strange
3 3 None Rocket League
5 4 +1 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
4 5 -1 Pillars of Eternity
6 6 None Ori and the Blind Forest
7 7 None Tales from the Borderlands
8 8 None Undertale
10 9 +1 Contradiction: Spot the Liar
11 10 +1 Cities: SkylinesHmm not a lot of difference there. Then again when you look at vote distribution it's easy to see why...
Out of a total of 2704 point distributed between 130 titles almost 60% of them went to just the top 10 titles.Points Distribution said:
Here's one more. What about the 1 Vote Games.
Obviously No 1 got 5 points, 2 got 4 and so on. You could also look at just the titles which got top spot and separate them out in to their own list but that's nigh on impossible without the data jshackles has.Games With 1 Vote said:
That doesn't seem as shocking as you announced it to be!
you can't trust anybody these days
Of course any GOTY list is popularity contest, that's what GOTY in essence is
It's never the best game, even if sometimes the best game is most popular, but that's rarely the case.
you can't trust anybody these days
Of course any GOTY list is popularity contest, that's what GOTY in essence is
It's never the best game, even if sometimes the best game is most popular, but that's rarely the case.
Well it does highlight that even if you change the formula it still boils down to a popularity contest. Then again most community awards even with wildly different voting criteria usually boil down to that. Almost 60% of the points just going to the top 10 is a bit disappointing though especially when you consider the number of people voting. Guess we're all more similar than we like to admit.
Kurt Russell
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I'm an idiot
Glad to see Way of the Samurai 4 at #22 in popularity order!
And D4 is also there
Glad to see Way of the Samurai 4 at #22 in popularity order!
And D4 is also there
MMBosstones86
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Not a bad Top 10, outside of no Cities : Skylines and Clicker Heroes I guess.....
-1 Change for Contradiction looks like a typo?
No they should be in all ernest the games the community feels is the best selection for that year. If you have a narrowminded community or one built up around a smaller selection of titles or genre then you expect it to be the popular choices. But last year 1,000 of games released on Steam with the majority of them not being voted for at all which shows that while this is quite a diverse community, given the choice the majority have voted for very similar things.
Maybe this leads credence to widening the voting criteria to 10 entries and score them from 10 to 1. While this probably won't do much for a change at the top it will probably create move competition in the middle of the results where the gulf in scores from the top 10/15 is rather large. Personally whilst putting that together I was thinking that instead of there being an increase in single votes for games it would probably reduce them and tighten things up by virtue of voters having a bigger selection to play with. Also a scale of 10-1 gives you a much move even spread than 5-1, again not necessarily effecting the top of the results but more the middle to bottom half becomes more competitive and not scraping for a collection of 4ths and 5ths to separate them from each other.
Too slow to catch my edit
NingenJanai
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Whoever voted for Noctropolis has my undying love.
But who in their right mind would play more than 5 games per year.
Dragon1893
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People that played SC really liked it, highest APS. The post above shows that going just by the number of people that voted it it would've been nº14 instead of 9, but it was generally high on the lists that featured it (for me it was nº2).
You could certainly argue against the idea of widening the field, just as you could about using point scoring as a metric as the results in the top 10 aren't that different (sorry Trails fans). End of the day it's more interesting for me to look at the data itself than the actual results. I get way more information about this community from the analytical side of things than the collated numbers.
Can you make another list for square-weighted votes?
Current: 1st - 5pts, 2nd - 4pts, etc.
Proposed: 1st - 25pts, 2nd - 16pts, etc
Will this change anything (especially for high APS games like TITS?)
*points to avatar*
I can't believe I MRORANGED you of all people.
Kurt Russell
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Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Generations and SEGA Racing Transformed are worth looking into.
Well while there are plenty of examples of scoring distributions out there, footbal for example giving 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw, F1 (which used to be top 10 gets 10-1) starting at 25 for a win scaling down to 1 point for 10th, even Football awards having a selection criteria of 20 players and scores starting at 40 for who you think was the best player of that year all of those are far from purely subjective selection.
Really trying to reduce what you feel was the best of last year in games to just a number, ones with specific increases of rank from one to the next, goes completely against the subjective nature of why we like them. Can anyone here honestly say they quantified their GOTY selection 100% accurately given the score weighting? That your 1st placed titles was 5 times more worthy then your 5th?
Then again it's certainly a lot easier to manage and produce than a nominations and various voting stage awards like most entertainment gongs use.
Also SC Getting a high average just proves it is in fact a niche title! One that folks who play it really like it.
You didn't ORANGE SQUASH me as I'm fully aware how many games you runthrough in just 6 months but there are still strong points both for and against changing the voting criteria. There really will never be an amicable solution just as some folks flip their shit over review scores but looking through the data more than a league table certainly is more intresting in my eyes.
not going to quote any posts, because these are general thoughts
Our group is too small for any analytical statistics, considering that there are hundreds of games released in one year, even as a group we only chipped the top of an iceberg that was 2015.
And we know each other pretty well to know more or less what others like, that's why our GOTY list has no surprises as such, well, aside for Trails making to top ten. We also have very strong word of mouth here, or should I say mouths.
As for games that only have one vote, it could be hundred or much more added with more people. There are great many games that I'm sure are as good if not better than games on the list. Then there are games released too late to be played the same year, etc.
Overall I like our GOTY, even if it's pretty far from my own, it is diverse and have interesting games many of those aren't that popular in general, especially those bellow top ten and some even in top ten.
Our group is too small for any analytical statistics, considering that there are hundreds of games released in one year, even as a group we only chipped the top of an iceberg that was 2015.
And we know each other pretty well to know more or less what others like, that's why our GOTY list has no surprises as such, well, aside for Trails making to top ten. We also have very strong word of mouth here, or should I say mouths.
As for games that only have one vote, it could be hundred or much more added with more people. There are great many games that I'm sure are as good if not better than games on the list. Then there are games released too late to be played the same year, etc.
Overall I like our GOTY, even if it's pretty far from my own, it is diverse and have interesting games many of those aren't that popular in general, especially those bellow top ten and some even in top ten.
If I ever did an "essential RPG" voting you'd need to post at least 20 games, and write at least 150 words on each of them, for your vote to count
Maybe I should add that there need to be representatives from at least 3 distinct subgenres and 3 decades.
That will show those filthy casuals
Could I do a saving throw versus my godlike CHA stat and have you rescind that requirement just for widdle old me?
If I ever did an "essential RPG" voting you'd need to post at least 20 games, and write at least 150 words on each of them, for your vote to count
Maybe I should add that there need to be representatives from at least 3 distinct subgenres and 3 decades.
That will show those filthy casuals
Doggie just said that Assassin's Creed Syndicate and Lightning Returns are niche titles
I like our today talk.
Oh yeah forgot most important part Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 too!
3K words just to submit votes? You need writers not gamers
I like our today talk.
Oh yeah forgot most important part Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 too!
If I ever did an "essential RPG" voting you'd need to post at least 20 games, and write at least 150 words on each of them, for your vote to count
Maybe I should add that there need to be representatives from at least 3 distinct subgenres and 3 decades.
That will show those filthy casuals
3K words just to submit votes? You need writers not gamers
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