Can we call GOTY 2010 yet?

[Stoney Mason]

Risen was one of the most over-rated nerd favorite games I've ever played. Most boring shit ever.

i played the demo and it was trash. same for drakensang. tried out the witcher for 5 minutes, uninstalled it. Figured it'd be the same boring eurofag rpg trash. I may give it another shot sometime.

The combat in the witcher is nothing to write home about but the actual game and the moral choices in it are top notch.

[Himu]

really? people keep saying that

since you share my sentiment on horrible rpg combat systems I'll give it another shot

[Stoney Mason]

really? people keep saying that

since you share my sentiment on horrible rpg combat systems I'll give it another shot

The best thing about the witcher is the moral choices.

[Himu]

People usually hype "morality" and "moral" choices but I almost always feel they're just arbitrary and pure dressing; prettied up "choices" in the disguise of individuality that rarely ever changes the story. What is the morality like in the witcher? Are there actually difficult choices?

Another great thing about DA! You can do whatever you want due to the respect system!

DRAGON AGE

KING OF THE MODERN WESTERN RPG

[Stoney Mason]

People usually hype "morality" and "moral" choices but I almost always feel they're just arbitrary and pure dressing; prettied up "choices" in the disguise of individuality that rarely ever changes the story. What is the morality like in the witcher? Are there actually difficult choices?

Another great thing about DA! You can do whatever you want due to the respect system!

DRAGON AGE

KING OF THE MODERN WESTERN RPG

I prefer the morality system in the Witcher to the one in Dragon Age. The choices are generally divorced in the Witcher from the good and evil schism that most rpgs fall into. I mean don't get me wrong there are some clear good and evil choices in the game, but there are also some great choices where I got so twisted up I couldn't even honestly tell what was evil and what was good anymore. And it doesn't do the good/evil point rewarding scheme that Bioware games tend to fall into where you feel like you need to keep on down whatever path you started. Basically it doesn't thump itself on the chest with the good and evil stuff which is a refreshing change from Bioware. (Even though I like Bioware games and like Mass Effect and Dragon Age)

Without giving too much away my big complaint in the Witcher is that the ending stretch of the game betrays some of the wonderful freedom you were given throughout most of the game and does settle more into a good or evil choice. But the points leading up to that are great imo. They also seem to be working on that problem in the Witcher 2 by offering more endings.

[Great Rumbler]

really? people keep saying that

since you share my sentiment on horrible rpg combat systems I'll give it another shot

The best thing about the witcher is the moral choices.

The best thing about The Witcher is that you're character can be a total pimp, sexing up all the ladies.

Combat's okay, kind of weird and takes some time getting used, but better than in Risen.

Drakensang starts slow, the area you start in is really small and not overly interesting, but it gets good once you build a party and head out into the world.

[Robo]

SSF4 is 2010's GOTY, with SF4 being 2009's. 2011 GOTY will most likely be MvC3.

 

[Himu]

I tend to prefer the Tactics Ogre "kill few to save many or leave hostile yet potentially dangerous rioting civilians alone" or "Hey, you're killing people of MY race in battle. Why should I follow you? You're a horrible leader, I'm leaving this crappy party" type of system more than good vs evil choices. That's what I enjoyed about DA, it felt more like that type morality, which is to say, a blur between being choosing to be a compassionate (often foolish, other times bold) and realistic (often brave, other times cold) leader that falls upon you to make often hard choices that have no real answer.

The Witcher sounds almost like an extension of that from your description.

[iconoclast]

Two years in a row I was like, "SF4 is GotY, nothing has a chance of topping it." Then Demon's Souls came out. Then this year I was like, "SSF4 is GotY, it's just a battle for second place now." Then Vanquish came out.

But MvC3 will surely be GotY 2011.

[Stoney Mason]

The decisions of the Witcher are generally of a personal nature in that you've gotten yourself involved in a situation and now you have to decide which side of the fence you are on or they often involve making judgements of characters between people or situations when neither side is exactly pure. And if you haven't actually done the legwork sometimes you will end up making these choices with not all the facts which is also cool. In other words its a lot more like real life than most moral choices in games where its pretty easy often to determine designer intent about which path they are setting you off on. The decisions also often have delayed effects. Which is a much better way of handling these things as it tends to prevent just picking whatever helps me at the moment by saving and reloading immediately and seeing which choice benefits you best right then and there.

[Diunx]

Dragon Age was second best game? 
The collective taste of Evilbore members must be shit then.

dragon age pc deserved it

No XBL achievements = inferior version, bottom line.   I wouldn't have explored half the things I did in that game if it wasn't for achievements giving me goals and stuff to do. 

smh

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Why are you jackoffs ignoring Dead Rising 2? It's Dead Rising 2. Dead Rising 2 is GOTY.

[OptimoPeach]

Starcraft 2 multiplayer

Haven't played enough to say on single player

[Human Snorenado]

Pretty easily ME2.  To be honest, it might be the best game this gen.

My personal favorite game this gen is Dragon Age Origins, but that's because the setting tickles my nerd prostate in the right way.

[Great Rumbler]

Pretty easily ME2.  To be honest, it might be the best game this gen.

I keep dancing between New Vegas and Mass Effect 2, but if I'd had a lot of the technical issues and glitches that most people had it would be ME2 easily.

[bork]

All right, picked up Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition for PC.  While it does run on my netbook, it's not the smoothest, so I may just wait until I get a better PC.  But I am glad I went with the PC version...that overhead view is very useful.

I'm pretty surprised how good the game looks on low settings.

[Himu]

I had a pretty good year in terms of games. It's the first time I've ever really had trouble picking what my overall favorite was as I enjoyed just about everything I played evenly.

I enjoyed:

- Super Mario Galaxy 2 (wii)
- No More Heroes 2 (wii)
- Sin and Punishment 2 (wii)
- Super Street Fighter IV (ps3)
- Dead Rising 2 (ps3)
- Red Dead Redemption (ps3)
- Monkey Island 2 (iphone)
- Kingdom Hearts BBS (psp)
- Game Dev Story (iphone)
- Ace Attorney Investigations (ds)
- SMT: Strange Journey (ds)
- Ys 7 (psp)
- Ys 3 (psp)
- No Heroes Allowed (psp)
- Cladun (psp)
- Mega Man 10 (psn)
- Mass Effect 2 (pc)

Overall favorite: Mario Galaxy 1 (3 year old game)
Most disappointing: FF13
System I enjoyed the most this year: wii

Thankfully most of my games were cheap for psp, ds, or iphone. I've also kinda stopped by physical copies of psp games if I can. So I'm usually roughly spending 1-3 bucks for an average iphone game or 10-30 for a psp game. I mean, No Heroes Allowed alone costs a mere 10 dollars.

I think this was the year I officially morphed from an occasional console gamer (I really only use my ps3 for netflix) to a 90% handheld gamer.

[Beezy]

Game Dev Story is out for Android for about $5 I think. Should I buy it, Himu?

Still smhing @ you for not playing Bayonetta or Vanquish btw. Nier also which is cheap as hell now.

[Himu]

I'm going to get all three later this month along with Batman: AA, brother.

And yes, I say get it! It can be easy when you learn how to play it but even still it's addictive as fuck. Just the other day I was telling myself,"I gotta get up at 6 am, and it's 2 am and I'm still playing this fucking game."

[Smooth Groove]

Get Batman:AA on PC.  It's awesome.  I'm gonna try to beat it during Christmas. 

[Himu]

hmm good idea. pretty sure i can score batman: aa on pc for like 4 bucks at half priced books but pc doesn't have trophies

[Beezy]

I'm going to get all three later this month along with Batman: AA, brother.

And yes, I say get it! It can be easy when you learn how to play it but even still it's addictive as fuck. Just the other day I was telling myself,"I gotta get up at 6 am, and it's 2 am and I'm still playing this fucking game."

Sweet, I'm gonna buy that and some XBL indie games today.

hmm good idea. pretty sure i can score batman: aa on pc for like 4 bucks at half priced books but pc doesn't have trophies

You know Steam will have their insane sales soon. Wait for that.

[Himu]

I can't believe I forgot DQ9 in that list. 

[Joe Molotov]

Get Batman:AA on PC.  It's awesome.  I'm gonna try to beat it during Christmas. 

Yeah, the PC version runs like butter and looks hotter than Green Man's mom. Plus, cheevs, if you're into that kind of thing.

[cool breeze]

hmm good idea. pretty sure i can score batman: aa on pc for like 4 bucks at half priced books but pc doesn't have trophies

Trophies? who gives a shit about trophies? Steam version lets you double up on Steam achievements and Xbox achievements.

[Himu]

hmm good idea. pretty sure i can score batman: aa on pc for like 4 bucks at half priced books but pc doesn't have trophies

Trophies? who gives a shit about trophies? Steam version lets you double up on Steam achievements and Xbox achievements.

But those don't sync to my ps3 now do they?

[Himu]

Gonna grab Civ 5 during steam sale.

[The Sceneman]

whats coming out in 2011?

I'm only anticipating Ms Splosion Man and Duke Nukem Forever currently.

[demi]

Batman... and nothing else

[WrikaWrek]

Either Mass Effect 2 or Red Dead Redemption.

[archie4208]

whats coming out in 2011?

I'm only anticipating Ms Splosion Man and Duke Nukem Forever currently.

The Witcher 2

[iconoclast]

whats coming out in 2011?

I'm only anticipating Ms Splosion Man and Duke Nukem Forever currently.

GotY: MvC3

GotF if it comes out: Project Dark

[Herr Mafflard]

L.A. Noire, Deus Ex 3 among others


2011 >>> 2010

[Great Rumbler]

whats coming out in 2011?

Two Worlds II, Dues Ex 3, Dungeon Siege III, Batman: Arkham City, The Witcher 2, The 3rd Birthday, Brink, Rage, Dragon Age II, Gears of War 3, Homefront, L.A. Noire, Mass Effect 3, Killzone 3, Saint's Row 3, Test Drive Unlimited 2, and Uncharted 3.

[magus]

whats coming out in 2011?

I'm only anticipating Ms Splosion Man and Duke Nukem Forever currently.

ghost trick

[The Sceneman]

whats coming out in 2011?

Two Worlds II, Dues Ex 3, Dungeon Siege III, Batman: Arkham City, The 3rd Birthday, Brink, Rage, Dragon Age II, Gears of War 3, Homefront, L.A. Noire, Mass Effect 3, Killzone 3, Saint's Row 3, Test Drive Unlimited 2, and Uncharted 3.

lol, look how many "3's" are in that list. Mass Effect, Uncharted, Gears and Saints Row 3 should all be awesome

[Smooth Groove]

Will this finally be The Year of the Triple?

[Cormacaroni]

Will this finally be The Year of the Triple?

[Himu]

whats coming out in 2011?

I'm only anticipating Ms Splosion Man and Duke Nukem Forever currently.

ghost trick

That was delayed? Still need 999

[Trent Dole]

whats coming out in 2011?

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[magus]

whats coming out in 2011?

I'm only anticipating Ms Splosion Man and Duke Nukem Forever currently.

ghost trick

That was delayed? Still need 999

yup,get released this january... there is a flash demo online

[tiesto]

whats coming out in 2011?

I'm only anticipating Ms Splosion Man and Duke Nukem Forever currently.

Child of Eden

[Third]

Why is there no poll?

[demi]

Because I already decided it was Dead Rising 2

[Third]

That's not even in my top 10.  :'(

[The Sceneman]

Why is there no poll?

I couldnt be fucked making one, nothings stopping you