This is the time of year where game news outlets run their top games of 2007 list. GameTap's official list will come early next year, but for now their editors have all listed their personal choices.
Games like Portal, BioShock, Rock Band, and Super Mario Galaxy all made strong showings among their lists, but it was nice to see that lesser listed titles like Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, God of War II, and even Peggle got some loving. I'd hang out with these guys!
Head to GameTap to pick through the editor's lists.
My thing this year is to peruse the "top 2007" lists for the inclusion of my personal choices, but it seems that games like Odin Sphere or Persona 3 aren't hip enough (or too hip) to make this year's lists.
Will you join me in my nonconformism or will you line up with the norm with your Halo 3's and whatnot?
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6:41 PM on 12.19.2007
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I'd take Odin Sphere or Persona 3 easily over any Halo trash though. Maybe even Soul Nomad granted I ever pick up the damn game.
I still haven't re-bought my PS2 after deciding not to get a PS3 so I couldn't comment on Odin Sphere/Persona, but I would say my opinions definitely fall into the nonconformist category.
Also you forgot Soul Nomad.
Thank you for not being a jaded ass twat.
What about those of us that don't play shooters?
The GOTY debate seems very one-sided
Halo in general is just full of idiotic asses most of the time who talk trash. I generally just don't even have my headset on outside of playing with my friends online. cause it's just silly stupid people. STFU and play.
@Naia the gamer
Have to realize this was mainly shooters this year. Or rather 360's year of shining. Granted yes, games like Odin Sphere, Persona 3, Soul Nomad, and many other non 360 games came out, it aint a shooter. The increasing number of luv for shooters is sad only cause i'm tired of constantly shooting people in different outfits/pixels/games/area. I could say the same for any game but there's some gameplay variety in those that would change my mind. Shooters tend to just stick to the main platform and people flock.
my point really being though, I agree. needs more Varietyism.
also, since when is gametap relevant?
These people are whack, half of them didn't even put Bioshock in the top 3. and what's with any sort of sports game being the top game of any year?
I understand that a lot of you dislike sports. I dislike anime. Therefor, I don't get drawn by games like Persona. That still doesn't mean a game can't be great. Learn to stop being such closed minded, elitist pricks, pleez.
If you're going to say a sports game can't be a top game of the year, then a short game like Portal can't be in one either. And to be honest, Bioshock was great on the first go, but I can't pick that game up again. It's a one trick pony. It's also a love it or hate it game. Some people really disliked the word they were in (not me - I enjoyed it).
I don't understand why people get insulted when Halo or any other game is put before the games they thought should be the best. Chill out. It's someone else's opinion. No one's forcing you to play the games they liked.
I'll say it right now; Halo 3 is my game of the year. Orange Box is second, followed by CoD 4, and Mass Effect. Flame me for my tastes, pleez.
I'm tired of hearing about how boring sports games are. Especially from the same people who use their PS3's or 360's to play fucking card games or derivative J-RPG after derivative J-RPG.
But every other franchise seems to have exhausted itself: Madden, any baseball game, even wrestling games seem to just be the same cookie cutter format.
The graphics were gorgeous, but in order to pull that off the camera is zoomed way too far in on your character and you just run around the same tiny circular areas.
If they did a sequel with the same graphics where you actually explored big levels it'd be amazing.