Video Game Of Year Nominations

[Tired & Broke]

Lets use this thread to brainstrom which game will take the top rank. lets keep it simple and add some variety. List the best, overrated, and most slept-on game of the year.

BEST: Borderlands 2
OVERRATED: Diablo 3
SLEPT-ON: Warriors Orochi 3

[darkwingduck]

skyrim is dope.

What about the new Batman game?

did LA NOIRE come out in 2012? If so, i think that should get at least an honorable mention. Visually its the shit. Really love playing the game in B&W mode.

thos are the only new release games i picked up this year. would like to check back on this thread to get some ideas as to what i should pick up next.

[EMCEE DARTH MALEK]

was zelda skyward sword this year?

[Hayzoos]

skyrim is dope.

What about the new Batman game?

did LA NOIRE come out in 2012? If so, i think that should get at least an honorable mention. Visually its the shit. Really love playing the game in B&W mode.

thos are the only new release games i picked up this year. would like to check back on this thread to get some ideas as to what i should pick up next.

[ric]

ac 3
ncaa football 12

seriously i dont know but those are the only games im playing right now

[Positive A]

I can really only vouch for

Max Payne 3
FIFA
NHL
NBA

... All really dope though.

[LilLeftBrain]

yeah doesn't seem like i spent that much time with anything released in 2012
gotta throw 'dishonored' in the running for best just for that reason
feel like i'm forgetting something obvious

[360]

Mass Effect 3 is a definite.


Borderlands 2

Assassin's Creed 3


Day z, even though the official version isn't out, yet.


Warriors Orochi 3

Dishonored, I suppose.



Edit: P.S. Anyone who mentions COD: BOII is getting their post edited.

[Hayzoos]

2012 was probably the weakest year for new games since the XBOX 360 has been out

[Spartan]

Still got the new Hitman game shipping out. Can't call it yet.

Dragon's Dogma is the best game of the year for me so far though.

[DJ Primate]

NBA 2K13 gets a shout out for it's awesome PC port. It looks absolutely gorgeous on my gaming rig and it doesn't run like complete crap. Definitely an example to be followed by other game developers, PC ports have been pretty lame this year (I'm looking at YOU, Darksiders 2)

[Sigma]

Trials Evolution
Mark of the Ninja

[drobizhek]

Xcom
Mark of the ninja
NBA

[alpha]

Nba 2k13 owns the sports category. Not even close IMO.

[ric]

xcom and ncaa football are the only games im playing right now and for the foreseeable future

[ChaMerZ]

LA Noire sucks ass

[LilLeftBrain]

strong/strange bump

[ChaMerZ]

i've been playing it for the past week or so, and ... well ... it's too easy. also very repetitive. i admit the the game does look beautiful, and the map is massive too, but i'm afraid there's not much to do. i only just reached the werewolf killer case. does this game pick up or no?

[None]

i've been playing it for the past week or so, and ... well ... it's too easy. also very repetitive. i admit the the game does look beautiful, and the map is massive too, but i'm afraid there's not much to do. i only just reached the werewolf killer case. does this game pick up or no?

It is good at creating a noir atmosphere that sells the time period well. The mo-cap and acting is solid, but the game is very effervescent. I liked it when I played it, but the pacing/structure is off. It remains a promising idea with good tech behind the facial expressions, but never quite congeals well enough. This is all in hindsight.

[Truth.]

1. GTA V
2. Last Of Us
3. Bioshock Infinite

[ChaMerZ]

i've been playing it for the past week or so, and ... well ... it's too easy. also very repetitive. i admit the the game does look beautiful, and the map is massive too, but i'm afraid there's not much to do. i only just reached the werewolf killer case. does this game pick up or no?

It is good at creating a noir atmosphere that sells the time period well. The mo-cap and acting is solid, but the game is very effervescent. I liked it when I played it, but the pacing/structure is off. It remains a promising idea with good tech behind the facial expressions, but never quite congeals well enough. This is all in hindsight.

Thanks.

I'll take my time with it. Maybe it will grow on me.

[None]

i've been playing it for the past week or so, and ... well ... it's too easy. also very repetitive. i admit the the game does look beautiful, and the map is massive too, but i'm afraid there's not much to do. i only just reached the werewolf killer case. does this game pick up or no?

It is good at creating a noir atmosphere that sells the time period well. The mo-cap and acting is solid, but the game is very effervescent. I liked it when I played it, but the pacing/structure is off. It remains a promising idea with good tech behind the facial expressions, but never quite congeals well enough. This is all in hindsight.

Thanks.

I'll take my time with it. Maybe it will grow on me.

It is a cool game. Flawed, but has some good ideas.

[perabigail]

lol @ bumping a year old thread entitled "video game of the year nominations" to bash on a game that came out two years ago.

[ChaMerZ]

lol @ bumping a year old thread entitled "video game of the year nominations" to bash on a game that came out two years ago.

I'll let bygones be bygones then. On the 2013 front, what games do you feel are noteworthy? Somebody mentioned Last of Us, and I know GTA V is going to be on everybody's list, but what else? Anything niche?

I probably won't play any of them because I've resigned myself from video games, but I still like keeping up on the news.

And I haven't touched LA Noire for weeks, and I probably won't until next year. I just don't care enough to slog through the cases. Graphics are bomb though.

[Linc]

I just bought gta v and the last of us..first new games I bought in years and both are great

scared to take gta online though

watched someone play diablo 3 for a few hours the other night, couldn't help thinking that it looks like a 10 year old game with slightly better graphics

[Russian]

Bioshock

[LilLeftBrain]

the cave
unreal
borderladen

[Combo7]

No love for Divekick??

Anyway, it's a little too soon for this. Still to be released this year:

Batman: Arkham Origins
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus
Watch Dogs
Dead Rising 3
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Killer Motherfucking Instinct

EDIT: Watch Dogs delayed until the Spring.

[None]

Divekick is the fucking best. I don't necessarily think it is too early (certainly to decide anything, but not to bandy about some ideas) for this because it will likely come down to GTA V, Bioshock and The Last of Us for the top spots. The problem comes with the split gen, Watch Dogs will likely be great, but judging it is going to be different than the previously mentioned because a new generation means new thresholds and standards to look at. But yeah, those other games you mention will likely deserve some mention.

[LilLeftBrain]

did not know there was a new batman coming