Is it Official? Is Skyrim Game Of The Gen?

The only game I see in the future of this Gen that can top it for me is the one and only Grand Theft Auto 5. But even then, Skyrim will be hard to beat.

What say you? If not, then which game is your GOTG?

Far from it. Nothing is official in video games.

Nope. Possibly top 10 for me.

No game is GOTG.

# 3 right now, but with Mods within a few months it will surely rise to #1 above Oblivion and Halo Reach.

No, but in my top ten.

Skyrim isn't even in my top 100 games of all time, if that. So no, not IMO.

No game is GOTG.

Tikeio

Great game and tied with my top for the year, but not GOTG. Personally for me that was Halo 3.

I don't know of any one game that can qualify for that. I like Skyrim a lot, but I have had more fun playing other games. Skyrim has a ton of content, it also has a ton of problems.

It's my game of the year though.

[QUOTE="Tikeio"]

No game is GOTG.

Omega-316

To me, a game would have to blend all genres into one game to be GOTG. Otherwise, it'll be just my favorite game of a specific genre of the gen. :P

No, Skyrim is great but it has issues that keep it from being amazing. PC mods will fix the things I dislike, but the core game disappointed me.

[QUOTE="Omega-316"]

[QUOTE="Tikeio"]

No game is GOTG.

Tikeio

To me, a game would have to blend all genres into one game to be GOTG. Otherwise, it'll be just my favorite game of a specific genre of the gen. :P

Nope. Pretty high up there though.

Game of the gen is still SMG2.

Bethesda really screwed PS3 owners, so no. I mean if something is that critically flawed, it doesn't deserve all the praise it's been receiving. All bias aside, if it is broken for 1 console, then it isn't that "Epic". Sure games can slide with minor bugs and glitches, but not game breaking flaws. Yojimbo_559

no. ps3 version sucks donkey balls.

Arkham City or Mass Effect 2 as of right now.

I wish i could understand why Skyrim, or Dead Island, or Fallout are fun, but i just dont get it, those games do NOTHING for me.

[QUOTE="Tikeio"]

[QUOTE="Omega-316"]Im talking about YOUR gotg. i know everyone has their own tastes.

Omega-316

To me, a game would have to blend all genres into one game to be GOTG. Otherwise, it'll be just my favorite game of a specific genre of the gen. :P

Yeah it is also UNPLAYABLE for about 50% of the user base. GOTG unconfirmed. :P

I don't know of any one game that can qualify for that. I like Skyrim a lot, but I have had more fun playing other games. Skyrim has a ton of content, it also has a ton of problems.

It's my game of the year though.

heretrix

This. Best game this year, but that doesn't make it game of the generation.

Nope. Duke Nukem Forever. Game of Forever, it even has forever in the title. You can't beat that.

[QUOTE="Omega-316"]

[QUOTE="Tikeio"]

To me, a game would have to blend all genres into one game to be GOTG. Otherwise, it'll be just my favorite game of a specific genre of the gen. :P

cdrewsr388

Yeah it is also UNPLAYABLE for about 50% of the user base. GOTG unconfirmed. :P

Not even GOTY. Way too many issues and way too bad at everything it does, with elements that contradict and detract from other elements. Dont get me wrong though, it is a quality game and I can see why people like it. However, I didnt.

They threw in a lot of content, with 0 thought if they would work well with eachother.

[QUOTE="Tikeio"]

[QUOTE="Omega-316"]Im talking about YOUR gotg. i know everyone has their own tastes.

Omega-316

To me, a game would have to blend all genres into one game to be GOTG. Otherwise, it'll be just my favorite game of a specific genre of the gen. :P

GTA: San Andreas. But that's a last gen game. :P

I'm actually pretty disappointed with Skyrim.

Morrowind was a notable leap forward after Daggerfall. Complete 3D characters and environments! Improved combat!

And then Oblivion was another very notable leap forward after Morrowind. More appealing and diverse 3D environments! Even better combat! NPCs with voices! Dynamic NPCs with lives, they wouldn't walk in circles for all eternity!

But Skyrim doesn't feel like a notable leap forward. It's Oblivion with nicer graphics...And dragons. But that's not enough to call it a true sequel.

No, it's not even the best RPG of its year. Mediocre gameplay, mediocre visuals, mediocre writing, flying mammoths and a large world aren't enough to qualify a game as being great.

It doesn't even make the top 20 for me.

To some it is, to others it isn't. To me? If I get it perhaps it can be in the top 10, maybe even the top 5.

Skyrim is exactly my cup of tea. :)

all games became irrelevant after Michael Jackson's Moonwalker was released, GAME OF INFINITE AWESOMENESS

How can a game that buggy be GOTG? Consult my sig for the real answer.

[QUOTE="Tikeio"]

[QUOTE="Omega-316"]Im talking about YOUR gotg. i know everyone has their own tastes.

Omega-316

To me, a game would have to blend all genres into one game to be GOTG. Otherwise, it'll be just my favorite game of a specific genre of the gen. :P

It fails at strategy, and most importantly RPG!!!!111 :shock:

:P

It doesn't deserve it. Not because it's a bad game, but if people continue to have problems with the game and they have to "Deal with it", you know there's something wrong.

[QUOTE="Yojimbo_559"]Bethesda really screwed PS3 owners, so no. I mean if something is that critically flawed, it doesn't deserve all the praise it's been receiving. All bias aside, if it is broken for 1 console, then it isn't that "Epic". Sure games can slide with minor bugs and glitches, but not game breaking flaws. Omega-316

Top 5 maybe,

Grand theft auto 5 will be my Game of The Gen, or Persona 5

No, the games of the generation for me are:

Bayonetta (hack 'n slash - action)
Fallout: New Vegas (open world post-ap. RPG)
NWN: MotB (traditional DnD RPG, for the story aswell)
Gothic 3 (with the community patch) (open world medievel type RPG)
Stalker: Shadow of Cernobyl (First Person Shooter)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (3D platformer)

Skyrim doesn't come close at topping the RPGs in my list, let alone all the games, for me to put it instead of them.

Every new Bethesda game becomes "game of the gen" when it's released. Six months later everyone gets over the hype and they suddenly realize how flawed the experience was.

I'm waiting for April/May when we start seeing everyone say the opposite of Skyrim, just like everyone did for Oblivion and Fallout 3 (though Fallout 3 sucked from the moment I played it).

Its #2 for me. I like Starcraft II better.

No, the games of the generation for me are:

Bayonetta (hack 'n slash - action)
Fallout: New Vegas (open world post-ap. RPG)
NWN: MotB (traditional DnD RPG, for the story aswell)
Gothic 3 (with the community patch) (open world medievel type RPG)
Stalker: Shadow of Cernobyl (First Person Shooter)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (3D platformer)

Skyrim doesn't come close at topping the RPGs in my list, let alone all the games, for me to put it instead of them.

That's a pretty good list, actually. Was Gothic 3 this gen though or was that last gen?

Lucianu

No, the games of the generation for me are:

Bayonetta (hack 'n slash - action)
Fallout: New Vegas (open world post-ap. RPG)
NWN: MotB (traditional DnD RPG, for the story aswell)
Gothic 3 (with the community patch) (open world medievel type RPG)
Stalker: Shadow of Cernobyl (First Person Shooter)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (3D platformer)

Skyrim doesn't come close at topping the RPGs in my list, let alone all the games, for me to put it instead of them.

Lucianu

Outside of Bayonetta and SMG2 I agree with none of those.

That's a pretty good list, actually. Was Gothic 3 this gen though or was that last gen?

NeonNinja

It was early this gen., around 2006, though at release it was a bug fest and it was highly criticized because of that, later on wen i played it the, now, well known and huge community patch was released and i quickly added that.

Gothic 3 has a beautiful, huge world packed with detail and atmosphere, a far greater AI for NPCs that immerse you in the world and a ear melting soundtrack. The story is mediocre though, but i liked the fact that it continues on the journey of the nameless protagonist from Gothic 1 and 2. Risen is the spiritual succesor of Gothic, though Gothic 3 remains vastly superior.

Nah, it's going to be diablo 3 for me.

Nah, it's going to be diablo 3 for me.

GD1551

This is really the only game that has a chance of topping skyrim as RPG of the gen.

[QUOTE="Lucianu"]

No, the games of the generation for me are:

Bayonetta (hack 'n slash - action)
Fallout: New Vegas (open world post-ap. RPG)
NWN: MotB (traditional DnD RPG, for the story aswell)
Gothic 3 (with the community patch) (open world medievel type RPG)
Stalker: Shadow of Cernobyl (First Person Shooter)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (3D platformer)

Skyrim doesn't come close at topping the RPGs in my list, let alone all the games, for me to put it instead of them.

argetlam00

Outside of Bayonetta and SMG2 I agree with none of those.

That is understandable since New Vegas, Gothic 3 and Shadow of Cernobyl have had a tainted imagine due to the bugs (that have ben presently all fixed, thanks to the dedicated community), and Shadow of Cernobyl in particular has a slow start and unfamiliar gun mechanics compared to other first person shooters. The Mask of The Betrayer expansion (which should have ben a full blown sequel) isn't that well known either, though i think it is the best story of this generation.