So anything but SMG GOTY is robbery

i mean c'mon i know this is a individual site and all but i'd think being the HIGHEST RATED GAME OF ALL TIME AND A MASTERPIECE would separate Super Mario Galaxy from the pack.

A new Mario ending, great physics, great level design, great art direction, great music, what isn't good about this game?

If it doesn't win GOTY here then,... well how can't it? How can a game that dethrones the Ocarina of Time not be No.1 here?

Its just,... that ending. So, unexpected. I mean,... God? I was like "are you serious? God?"

It has tremendous replayability.

Halo 3= 4 hours on lengendary and online multiplayer

Yeah, thats cool and all but Halo 3 doesn't really do anything to advance the FPS genre, nor Halo. (yeah yeah forge whatever thats minor. that can add fun but it isn't that big a deal)

Super Mario Galaxy doesn't just advance platformers, it advances story telling, and game design period.

If a game wins GOTY becaue of online multiplayer, the critics are slapping themselves in the face. By doing so, they'd be saying that story, music, and immersiveness of a true game doesn't matter to them anymore, they are more impressed by a map and playing against people they don't know. Is it fun? Effin' rights. But, it's not nearly as much of an artistic endeavor as a great single player game.

So, yes, anything but SMG would be robbery, in my mind.

It's definatly a contender and has a very good chance of getting GoTY. But it's no longer the highest game every, it's dropped down to 97.3. Still, second highest suits me.KrazyKenKutarag

It'll be third or fourth highest soon...

I don't think Halo 3 is shorter than it really is.

It took me 4 and a half hours to beat the single player on Lengendary. Once.

BS.

I don't intend to, want to, or want the general public to pay $65 to play 5 hours of shooting.

[QUOTE="KrazyKenKutarag"]It's definatly a contender and has a very good chance of getting GoTY. But it's no longer the highest game every, it's dropped down to 97.3. Still, second highest suits me.thriteenthmonke

It'll be third or fourth highest soon...

I agree. I don't know how people thought it would stay number one to begin with.

If a game wins GOTY becaue of online multiplayer, the critics are slapping themselves in the face. By doing so, they'd be saying that story, music, and immersiveness of a true game doesn't matter to them anymore, they are more impressed by a map and playing against people they don't know. Is it fun? Effin' rights. But, it's not nearly as much of an artistic endeavor as a great single player game.

So, yes, anything but SMG would be robbery, in my mind.

bretthorror

Well if I recall Gamespot's 2004 GOTY was WoW and the main drawpoint in WoW is online multiplayer (since its a MMORPG).

[QUOTE="bretthorror"]

If a game wins GOTY becaue of online multiplayer, the critics are slapping themselves in the face. By doing so, they'd be saying that story, music, and immersiveness of a true game doesn't matter to them anymore, they are more impressed by a map and playing against people they don't know. Is it fun? Effin' rights. But, it's not nearly as much of an artistic endeavor as a great single player game.

So, yes, anything but SMG would be robbery, in my mind.

Shadow2k6

Well if I recall Gamespot's 2004 GOTY was WoW and the main drawpoint in WoW is online multiplayer (since its a MMORPG).

At least back then it was more monumental. A great online shooter in 2007? What are the chances?! ;)

i mean c'mon i know this is a individual site and all but i'd think being the HIGHEST RATED GAME OF ALL TIME AND A MASTERPIECE would separate Super Mario Galaxy from the pack.

A new Mario ending, great physics, great level design, great art direction, great music, what isn't good about this game?

If it doesn't win GOTY here then,... well how can't it? How can a game that dethrones the Ocarina of Time not be No.1 here?

Its just,... that ending. So, unexpected. I mean,... God? I was like "are you serious? God?"

It has tremendous replayability.

Halo 3= 4 hours on lengendary and online multiplayer

Yeah, thats cool and all but Halo 3 doesn't really do anything to advance the FPS genre, nor Halo. (yeah yeah forge whatever thats minor. that can add fun but it isn't that big a deal)

Super Mario Galaxy doesn't just advance platformers, it advances story telling, and game design period.

darth-pyschosis

That was great and all, but...

Your welcome.

[QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"]

i mean c'mon i know this is a individual site and all but i'd think being the HIGHEST RATED GAME OF ALL TIME AND A MASTERPIECE would separate Super Mario Galaxy from the pack.

A new Mario ending, great physics, great level design, great art direction, great music, what isn't good about this game?

If it doesn't win GOTY here then,... well how can't it? How can a game that dethrones the Ocarina of Time not be No.1 here?

Its just,... that ending. So, unexpected. I mean,... God? I was like "are you serious? God?"

It has tremendous replayability.

Halo 3= 4 hours on lengendary and online multiplayer

Yeah, thats cool and all but Halo 3 doesn't really do anything to advance the FPS genre, nor Halo. (yeah yeah forge whatever thats minor. that can add fun but it isn't that big a deal)

Super Mario Galaxy doesn't just advance platformers, it advances story telling, and game design period.

Taiko88

That was great and all, but...

Your welcome.

He needs not the tissues, for he has this: http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/simpleratings.asp?rankings=y

I forget how to read, how many Halo games are on there?

Ugh, Halo3 is not 4 hours on legendary....

Also, I think Crysis is going to get GOTY here, IMO.

Crisis?
World in conflict?

i mean c'mon i know this is a individual site and all but i'd think being the HIGHEST RATED GAME OF ALL TIME AND A MASTERPIECE would separate Super Mario Galaxy from the pack.

A new Mario ending, great physics, great level design, great art direction, great music, what isn't good about this game?

If it doesn't win GOTY here then,... well how can't it? How can a game that dethrones the Ocarina of Time not be No.1 here?

Its just,... that ending. So, unexpected. I mean,... God? I was like "are you serious? God?"

It has tremendous replayability.

Halo 3= 4 hours on lengendary and online multiplayer

Yeah, thats cool and all but Halo 3 doesn't really do anything to advance the FPS genre, nor Halo. (yeah yeah forge whatever thats minor. that can add fun but it isn't that big a deal)

Super Mario Galaxy doesn't just advance platformers, it advances story telling, and game design period.

darth-pyschosis

your such a Liar,3-4 hours and you beat H3 on legendary? lol it took me 3 hours just to get past Tsao sp? Highway on Legendary (all by myself).

Dont get me wrong SMG is GOTY contender but so is a lot of other games.

BIASED!

i mean c'mon i know this is a individual site and all but i'd think being the HIGHEST RATED GAME OF ALL TIME AND A MASTERPIECE would separate Super Mario Galaxy from the pack.

A new Mario ending, great physics, great level design, great art direction, great music, what isn't good about this game?

If it doesn't win GOTY here then,... well how can't it? How can a game that dethrones the Ocarina of Time not be No.1 here?

Its just,... that ending. So, unexpected. I mean,... God? I was like "are you serious? God?"

It has tremendous replayability.

Halo 3= 4 hours on lengendary and online multiplayer

Yeah, thats cool and all but Halo 3 doesn't really do anything to advance the FPS genre, nor Halo. (yeah yeah forge whatever thats minor. that can add fun but it isn't that big a deal)

Super Mario Galaxy doesn't just advance platformers, it advances story telling, and game design period.

darth-pyschosis

So mister Darth-psychosis beated halo 3 singleplayer on legendary+online multiplayerin 4 hours on his own.. Mister Byfly thinks mister Darht-psychosis is full of crap loaded with jelly... :D

My votes on Halo 3, this game in two months have reached 4 Million. :o

• Broke records on sales
• Broke records on pre-orders

It's been blamed for flattening out the entire US Box Office market for the month of October and its helped Microsoft pick up millions of more gamers in addition to media companies who want to venture with Microsoft as theysee the potential Xbox 360 in making their content prosperious by advertising and selling their products through LIVE.

My votes on Halo 3, this game in two months have reached 4 Million. :o

• Broke records on sales
• Broke records on pre-orders

It's been blamed for flattening out the entire US Box Office market for the month of October and its helped Microsoft pick up millions of more gamers in addition to media companies who want to venture with Microsoft as theysee the potential Xbox 360 in making their content prosperious by advertising and selling their products through LIVE.

c_smithii

If a game wins GOTY becaue of online multiplayer, the critics are slapping themselves in the face. By doing so, they'd be saying that story, music, and immersiveness of a true game doesn't matter to them anymore, they are more impressed by a map and playing against people they don't know. Is it fun? Effin' rights. But, it's not nearly as much of an artistic endeavor as a great single player game.

So, yes, anything but SMG would be robbery, in my mind.

bretthorror

You speak as though Super Mario Galaxy is the only game that has story, music and immersiveness, and all other games this year don't.

That's simply not the case. In fact GameSpot even said the minimal amount of story didn't tie everything together especially well.

Personally I'd give SMG GOTY, however, I wouldn't say it's "robbery" if Halo 3, Crysis or BioShock were to take the award either. All four of those games are very deserving.

[QUOTE="bretthorror"]

If a game wins GOTY becaue of online multiplayer, the critics are slapping themselves in the face. By doing so, they'd be saying that story, music, and immersiveness of a true game doesn't matter to them anymore, they are more impressed by a map and playing against people they don't know. Is it fun? Effin' rights. But, it's not nearly as much of an artistic endeavor as a great single player game.

So, yes, anything but SMG would be robbery, in my mind.

Danm_999

You speak as though Super Mario Galaxy is the only game that has story, music and immersiveness, and all other games this year don't.

That's simply not the case. In fact GameSpot even said the minimal amount of story didn't tie everything together especially well.

Gamespot also said the new suits were hard to use...

Most games are action. Like action movies, it's fun to see the **** blow up, but that doesn't mean they're good by any means. Super Mario Galaxy has more charm than any other game I've ever played and it kept my attention every second I've played it (106 stars right now). It takes a lot more for a game like this to impress than a game with guns due to the mentality and age group of the players. A war game, action game, it's been done before. There has never been a platformer like Mario Galaxy and for damn sure there's never been one as good. I believe it should get GOTY. I would like for GS to give it GOTY to piss off the cows and lemmings. It's not gonna happen, though and I'm not worried because I don't really care what this site says about games.

[QUOTE="thriteenthmonke"]

[QUOTE="KrazyKenKutarag"]It's definatly a contender and has a very good chance of getting GoTY. But it's no longer the highest game every, it's dropped down to 97.3. Still, second highest suits me.KrazyKenKutarag

It'll be third or fourth highest soon...

I agree. I don't know how people thought it would stay number one to begin with.

Keep in mind it has more reviews than OoT ever did.....perhaps OoT would have fallen as well.

halo 3 had a horribly story, you're absolutely right.

SMG and crysis have equal chances i would say for GOTY

i mean c'mon i know this is a individual site and all but i'd think being the HIGHEST RATED GAME OF ALL TIME AND A MASTERPIECE would separate Super Mario Galaxy from the pack.

A new Mario ending, great physics, great level design, great art direction, great music, what isn't good about this game?

If it doesn't win GOTY here then,... well how can't it? How can a game that dethrones the Ocarina of Time not be No.1 here?

Its just,... that ending. So, unexpected. I mean,... God? I was like "are you serious? God?"

It has tremendous replayability.

Halo 3= 4 hours on lengendary and online multiplayer

Yeah, thats cool and all but Halo 3 doesn't really do anything to advance the FPS genre, nor Halo. (yeah yeah forge whatever thats minor. that can add fun but it isn't that big a deal)

Super Mario Galaxy doesn't just advance platformers, it advances story telling, and game design period.

darth-pyschosis

umm no cause the story is the same freaking story after 20 years.... change the story.

A contender yes, but I think you're goinga little bit too far with that statement. There are a lot of great titles in the running this year. World in Conflict, Bioshock, The Orange Box (Or just one of the titles in the Orange Box, i'm not really sure if the whole package could win GOTY) and that's just to name a few.

Personally I'm endorsing Command and Conquer 3 for GOTY, cause NOD rules.

halo 3 had a horribly story, you're absolutely right.

SMG and crysis have equal chances i would say for GOTY

mistervengeance

I disagree, but Halo 3 will most likely not be the GOTY regardless.

halo 3 had a horribly story, you're absolutely right.

SMG and crysis have equal chances i would say for GOTY

mistervengeance

so then will you tell me whats so great about SMG and Crysis story?? Dont forget to put in whats so great about its story... I kinda expect SMG to be the same story as super mario with a bit of spicey... Crysis well i cant say anything about it because id ont know anything about it...

In reallity it's just an epic battle between SMG and Halo 3. Even though most people whould say SMG,I'm almost 100% sure Halo 3 is going to get it because Gamespot loves Microsoft.

Umm, Halo 3 SP 4 hours long? It took 12 hours for me to beat it on heroic, and thats the second playthrough. I can tell you mario didnt take me so long to beat either. Those 60 stars took around 9 hours.Cyberfairy

Keep playing at at least open up all the levels before you say it's too easy. Those 60 stars are so kids can beat it and see the ending. The real gamers stick around and there is challenge to be had.

SMG is far from a sure winner for GOTY; there are a handful of other games that excelled this year. Coming from an Xbox fanboy, I'd like to see Halo 3 win so I gloat about over system wars, but if SMG won, it might spur Rare to release a sequel to Conkers: Live and Reloaded. Damn that was a great game...

Advances story telling? It's the same story just in space!DuDisNow

In reallity it's just an epic battle between SMG and Halo 3. Even though most people whould say SMG,I'm almost 100% sure Halo 3 is going to get it because Gamespot loves Microsoft.

hungrycow

I can't see Halo 3 being a contender, Crysis seemed to impress GameSpot so much they felt it was the apex of the FPS genre, leading me to believe it would be hard for Halo 3 to win.

"Halo 3= 4 hours on lengendary and online multiplayer"

:lol: I can't help but laugh at this fanboy. And to think he's actually serious, pity.

SMG looks like a great game, but games like World in Conflict, Bioshock, Call of Duty 4, and Halo 3 are going to give it stiff competition. Personally, I think World in Conflict deserves it -- or possibly Halo 3; both are amazing games.

[QUOTE="mistervengeance"]

halo 3 had a horribly story, you're absolutely right.

SMG and crysis have equal chances i would say for GOTY

ByFly

so then will you tell me whats so great about SMG and Crysis story?? Dont forget to put in whats so great about its story... I kinda expect SMG to be the same story as super mario with a bit of spicey... Crysis well i cant say anything about it because id ont know anything about it...

wow are you serious

i mean c'mon i know this is a individual site and all but i'd think being the HIGHEST RATED GAME OF ALL TIME AND A MASTERPIECE would separate Super Mario Galaxy from the pack.

A new Mario ending, great physics, great level design, great art direction, great music, what isn't good about this game?

If it doesn't win GOTY here then,... well how can't it? How can a game that dethrones the Ocarina of Time not be No.1 here?

Its just,... that ending. So, unexpected. I mean,... God? I was like "are you serious? God?"

It has tremendous replayability.

Halo 3= 4 hours on lengendary and online multiplayer

Yeah, thats cool and all but Halo 3 doesn't really do anything to advance the FPS genre, nor Halo. (yeah yeah forge whatever thats minor. that can add fun but it isn't that big a deal)

Super Mario Galaxy doesn't just advance platformers, it advances story telling, and game design period.

darth-pyschosis

You think it's that simple to innovate in fps games? Why do you think nintendo hasn't gone to that path? They are afraid, so instead they just stick with genres that has absolutely no competition in.