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Yep. So was Deus Ex: Human Revolution, IMO; Witcher 2 and DX HR both completely destroy Skyrim in terms of excellence. But neither has the mass appeal of Bethesda's latest epic, which is still a pretty good game.
Yep. So was Deus Ex: Human Revolution, IMO; Witcher 2 and DX HR both completely destroy Skyrim in terms of excellence. But neither has the mass appeal of Bethesda's latest epic, which is still a pretty good game.
Mass Effect 3 deserves it alllllll, ohmygoditsamazing!!!
Oh, right, 2011, well I guess Skyrim's good too.
Oh, right, 2011, well I guess Skyrim's good too.
Yeah, any of the other nominees is an infinitely better game, because they actually accomplished what they were trying to do. Bethesda never actually accomplish what they say they're trying to do.
I just think it's hilarious that Cliffy hosted the event and GoW3 didn't win jack squat, i'm sure he was a sad panda inside.
I thought game developers of all people would be harder on Skyrim for being a technically awful bag of screaming cats.
I kind of expected that Skyrim would take the title. I personally haven't gotten around to playing it, but it seems like when a TES game comes out its going to take GoTY.
I really loved the look of that Joust game that would make any party ten times more awesome. Too bad I won't ever get to play it.
What I'm more interested in is who will win this years GoTY title. The year with out a Skyrim. Will it be Mass Effect 3 or Bioshock:Infinite? Or Perhaps some other game no one expected like Sleeping Dogs?
I really loved the look of that Joust game that would make any party ten times more awesome. Too bad I won't ever get to play it.
What I'm more interested in is who will win this years GoTY title. The year with out a Skyrim. Will it be Mass Effect 3 or Bioshock:Infinite? Or Perhaps some other game no one expected like Sleeping Dogs?
Bring on the dlc, the game is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to small (only half joking, its huge but there can never be enough.)
Wow. The PS3 version is so FUBAR that Gamestop won't even sell it anymore...yet Skyrim is somehow a GOTY??
Hilarious. GOTY that doesn't even work. Are Bethesda and Microsoft employees the only ones that got to vote on this??
#nocredibility
Hilarious. GOTY that doesn't even work. Are Bethesda and Microsoft employees the only ones that got to vote on this??
#nocredibility
Yeah not sure about this. Skyrim is fun, a decent game that took more hours of my life than I care to admit, however, it does get repetitive. Once you've done most of the quests the replay value isn't as exciting. The combat is not the most invigorating, really it's the exploration that's the most fun, but again, once you've been all over the map even that starts to feel like a chore.
Portal 2 was the best designed game featuring the best narrative yet lost out to Skyrim, an RPG with a metric shit tonne of bugs and engine inconsistencies and non existent story.
Weird.
Portal 2 was the game of the year, tight, fast paced, no filler, amazing design, incredible polish.
Weird.
Portal 2 was the game of the year, tight, fast paced, no filler, amazing design, incredible polish.
The best handheld/mobile category was a joke.
Not a single ds or psp title which would trump any of those titles.
But in terms of what was there mario land should of run away with it.
skyrim being number 1 in glitchy/shallowness maybe but not game of the year
Not a single ds or psp title which would trump any of those titles.
But in terms of what was there mario land should of run away with it.
skyrim being number 1 in glitchy/shallowness maybe but not game of the year
Its funny how as soon as a game gets GOTY, it instantly doesn't deserve it. Skyrim being GOTY can be justified. It seems like the more popular a game gets, the more hate it receives, just look at Mass Effect
Skyrim reaches its full potential on PC thanks to mods. Yes mods are reliant on the community but the ability to integrate mods well falls on the developer and Bethesda lived up to their end in allowing modded content. Even though the Creation Kit was released in 2012 the modding community was still strong prior to that with hundreds of mods already made, a few of them by me.
Skyrim doesn't earn the title of a refined game but it has a plethora of content which should more than make up for it. That same plethora is why there are so many bugs to the game. The testers can only do so much and that's why so many things ended up being discovered post launch rather than prior.
Skyrim doesn't earn the title of a refined game but it has a plethora of content which should more than make up for it. That same plethora is why there are so many bugs to the game. The testers can only do so much and that's why so many things ended up being discovered post launch rather than prior.
@theglue29: 1. It's fixed. 2. Ps3 isn't everything. 3. The game, ps3 aside, is much more stable than BethSoft's previous work - an improvement, worthy of recognition. 4. It's winning in spite of its flaws, which reveals just how good the core game is.
Bethesda shoots for the moon; they may not achieve it, but a Bethesda game that reaches 75% of its potential is still better than anything else out there. Skyrim creates a living, breathing continent for you to dick around in. The other games, as brilliant as they are (I loved DE:HR, Batman and Portal 2), don't set their sights as high. That's why Skyrim deserves every award it gets.
Now I'm off to the Bethesda forums to read the whining and gloat.
Now I'm off to the Bethesda forums to read the whining and gloat.
I love it when people bitch about Skyrims "non-existent" story when there's definitly enough crazy shit going on in that game to fill volumes of books(including the actual books that flesh out the world even more)
The story of Skyrim is your characters experience; everything you see and do through your them.
This kind of story telling that's the equivalent to a chose your own adventure book is perfectly acceptable. It's really sad that it gets shit on by people who would rather have a picture book read to them than go and see it all themselves.
As far as the award goes, totally deserving.
The story of Skyrim is your characters experience; everything you see and do through your them.
This kind of story telling that's the equivalent to a chose your own adventure book is perfectly acceptable. It's really sad that it gets shit on by people who would rather have a picture book read to them than go and see it all themselves.
As far as the award goes, totally deserving.
witcher 2 is a gem as far as im concern, it's sad that it didn't get ther recognition it deserve but that doesn't mean you guys can't play it, buy it and you'll never regret it
If I could enchant my own staff, then yeah it would deserve the award. If I could make my own scrolls, then yeah it would deserve the award. If I could be a Werebear, then yeah it would deserve the award. But when they ruin mages and ignore the lore that is clearly established from 20 years of games I think the game does not deserve the award. It is simply too shallow in every way to be a GOTY for me. Oblivion at least had 74 destruction spells whereas Skyrim has 24. You tell me if that is bad or not.
@ShotgunDiplom4t
It had some nice story elements to it like the White-Gold Condorant and the Justicars marching around making heads roll. However in the grand scheme of things it was kept on the back burner and only revealed in three lines of dialogue at a time.
I think most saying "non-existent story" actually mean that the game lacked a well crafted narrative that unified the experience. This is understandable because it is a ROLE PLAYING game after all but I think calling it a choose your own story book is too generous.
I guess I've just played one too many of these types of games. Being let loose in a world to create my own narrative just isn't compelling when it has no bearing on said world.
I can't call Skyrim GOTY regardless of my feelings because 2011 was already over by the time it became playable ;)
It had some nice story elements to it like the White-Gold Condorant and the Justicars marching around making heads roll. However in the grand scheme of things it was kept on the back burner and only revealed in three lines of dialogue at a time.
I think most saying "non-existent story" actually mean that the game lacked a well crafted narrative that unified the experience. This is understandable because it is a ROLE PLAYING game after all but I think calling it a choose your own story book is too generous.
I guess I've just played one too many of these types of games. Being let loose in a world to create my own narrative just isn't compelling when it has no bearing on said world.
I can't call Skyrim GOTY regardless of my feelings because 2011 was already over by the time it became playable ;)
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