Here we go, The wizard will now give you his predictions for GOTY 2008. If I'm wrong, I give you the right to shoot me in the future. Unfortunately, I will definitely be right.
Now that I have drained my ego for the day, here is the list.
The 7 main nominees will be:
Brawl
FF XIII
MGS 4
Fallout 3
HL2 Episode 3 in whatever form it's released
GTA IV
Spore
Why will others lose?
-Fable 3 and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will both be too ambitious and trip over their own ambitions.
-Mafia 2 will have a cult following, but won't break out into the market and thus gain enough awards because of GTA IV.
-FF XIII Versus will be forgotten, even though it probably will be better than XIII, since many PS3 owners will only get one.
-Too Human will fail. Epicly.
-Alan Wake will become an amazing cult masterpiece that will eventually be deemed a classic, but will be ignored by the general populace.
-EA will take Tiberium and make it fail. I don't know how, but it will happen.
-Deus Ex 3 will be corrupted by the Kane and Lynch controversy, and fail miserably. MISERABLY!!!! That and the fact that eidos sucks at making games.
-Resident Evil 5 will be loved by many, but will ultimately fall behind due to a lack of an emotional punch as a work of art.
-Alone in the Dark and Silent Hill 5 will suffer from frustrating camera, combat, and general unacceptance by the common public even though many will love these games.
-Some new games will do awesome, but I have no clue what they are.
And the nominees will have this going for it:
- Brawl will be the ultimate party game and everyone will love it immediately. It will offer deep combat, good graphics, and many will say that it's different enough from the first two. However, it will not win GOTY overall by most sites.
-FF XIII will be huge. It'll sell the PS3 and make it a worthwhile venture. But overall, it will divide the community because of Versus. Soon, fanboys of both games will arise, and it will lose because those who loved Versus more will vote for other games.
-MGS 4 looks good, but lacks the ability to truly make it out into the mainstream audience. Critics will love it, but it will not strike a chord with the entire gaming commmunity due to its convulted story. Anyways, it will garner many wins as PS3 game of the year.
-Fallout 3 will be the king of the Western RPG this year. It will even trump FF XIII this year in my opinion. I mean, for crying out loud, it has Liam Neeson. And no emo, feminine looking heroes (Yea for real men).
-HL2 Episode 3 in whatever format it's released will be the deal of 2008. First of all, it'll have the conclusion to the greatest FPS game ever. (Yes, I said it was the best ever). But Valve has learned that they need to package it in some awesome new way. Therefore, it will come with at least the game Left4Dead (and if it doesn't, some other awesome multiplayer game). Seriously, why else do you think they delayed that game? Also, I believe we will see some form of a sequel to Portal in this package, or the portal gun itself in Episode 3. Then, Jesus will come again, since perfection will have been achieved in video gaming. However, it will not win GOTY.
-GTA IV. This game will be awesome. The music, everything. It'll be like playing GTA III for the first time. But that'll be the problem. It'll be so much like the others, it will not set itself apart as a game, limiting its ability to win GOTY. It will not win overall.
-Spore will change everything. Will Wright is one of the most important people in the industry today, and this game will be his masterpiece. It's the only game where you really play as God, and now you will be able to dominate the world. Say hello to the GOTY 2008, folks, since it will also not only be the most innovative and original game of 2008, but also just so awesome that no one will be able to ignore it.
GOTY 2008 overall- Spore.
My favorite game will be- Mafia 2 or Alan Wake or HL2 episode 3 (my favorites never win anyways).
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I doubt that Spore or Alan Wake will even be released in 2008. My prediction for GOTY goes to Super Smash Bros. Brawl. GTA4 and MGS4 will be amazing as well.
Left4Dead was announced December 06 and they've given a fall release date, which from Valve will be Christmas, two years on. Nothing has been seen of Episode 3 yet and you seriously expect it to be out this year?
I think Limbo looks pretty snazzy. There is also Brutal Legends, Silent Hill 5, Saboteur, Little Big Planet, and a motherfucking Ghostbusters game.
Talking out of your ass is AWESOME.
Me? I'll wait till its december before I start talking about the GOTY, seeing as the first month of 2008 hasn't even ended yet.
Good roundup of titles, it's really early to tell whether a lot of these will make it for 08 releases. I think Force Unleashed will be pretty big; Lucas Arts is pretty protective of the star wars franchise and has produced pretty successful games with the exception of Star Wars Galaxies.
The Wii version will probably be a let down though; true 1 to 1 controls sound like a pipe dream.
also, please don't double post.
I know that the content is elaborated, but you can edit the blog to add more detail.
GTA IV and BRAWL have good chances of being nominees and winners, as they are a sure bet. But every year, there is a surprising game, last year with Bioshock. Halo 3 was most suspected to win, and got practically nothing but good sales.
Fuck sake man, its Jan, at least wait until mid year before making predictions, you do nothing other than invite
criticism, name calling and people thinking youre a fuckin idiot by doing posts like these.
But you have saved youreself by making valid arguments bout what you'll think games will win in 08, detailed, sensible, thought-out ones.
But you fuck up on GTA. Rockstar have taken 4 YEARS to make it, even putting it through numerous delays everbody hated, but ultimatly understood, and from the new previews of it, it looks like it has been tailormade for GOTY, not to mention a perfect example on how a game series should evovle it self masively. It will be huge, it wil sell like hot muthafuckin shit and it will be GOTY.
Sorry for the criticsm, but had to be said, good post overall though, and soory for the lengh of my post
I FAIL at spelling,sorry guys
"Resident Evil 5 will be loved by many, but will ultimately fall behind due to a lack of an emotional punch as a work of art."
Right. Here's the thing: Resident Evil 5 doesn't need to be a work of art. RE4 wasn't and this one won't be either. All it needs to do to be GOTY (if it's even released this year) is give us lots of guns to shoot crazy villagers with. That's it. A story would be nice to push things along, but it's not the most important thing here.
I just wanna see people's heads explode and I want to buy stuff from the merchant. Chainsaw guys also win.
That's all the game needs and it'll definitely be GOTY, just like RE4.
Oh and more awesome Quick Time Events.
"awesome Quick Time Events"
Oxymoronic?
Resident Evil 5 will be loved by many, but will ultimately fall behind due to a lack of an emotional punch as a work of art.
What was that quote from Super Paper Mario again? You know the one I'm talking about? I can't quite remember the wording?