Worst Game of The Year this generation?

No, this is not your thread. It's gamespot's thread. As soon as you hit post you relinquished ownership of it. They own every bit of content on this site. As far as "throwing out whatever game that's on your mind" that's not really the case. Shadow of Mordor was a game of the year here and on other sites so it's relevant. I was the 6th person in this thread to mention Shadow of Mordor so it's relevant to others in this thread as well.

But Nier was the better game.

is it though?

2014 was a disappointing year. A lot of games from 2014 were meh. It seemed like mainly Nintendo exclusives were great that year. I'll vote for Dragon Age Inquisition.

@aigis said:

@texasgoldrush said:

@aigis said:

@texasgoldrush said:

Nier has won more GOTY awards overall however.

and P5 is the better rpg

But Nier was the better game.

is it though?

https://gotypicks.blogspot.com/

Nier Automata - 12

Persona 5 - 10

Higher MC does NOT mean most GOTY. MGSV scored higher than TW3, but TW3 won far more GOTY awards.

1. Unless Nier is taking top spots in the majority, there is no way to know if the people who didnt pick either would pick which
2. Its a difference of 2
3. The Metacritic is a more 1:1 reaction
4. P5 got more awards in total

Stop hijacking threads and make your own. Plain and simple.

All I did was comment about a game that was game of the year that I did not think deserved it. A game that was a pretty popular mention in the thread before I got here. It just happened to not be one of the selections on your precious poll. You are doing a great job of hijacking your own thread by continuing to engage. You could've just let my original comment be instead of popping a blood vessel over it. It's kinda funny IMO.

1. Nier is taking more GOTY awards however.

2. Still a bigger number

3. MC doesn't decide who wins more GOTY awards

4. But not the top award

And really, if you actually look at both games, Nier is definitely the better game as its got a stronger story, but both are very flawed games.

If Zelda didn't win GOTY it would have been Mario Odyssey in most places, which is still a Nintendo title.

Your resistance is futile.

Nioh should have gotten more recognition in the top 10 lists.

I voted DA:I, because the game was a mess. But I played it all the way through and would actually love to return to that world. It was almost a great game, but dropped the ball in important places left and right. Did not deserve to be GOTY at all, but I'd love to see an improved sequel.

Oh look.... A poll for people to down vote the game that belongs to the system they hate the most.

Surely it must be Dragon Age: I. Haven't played it myself, and will make sure I never will. I've played the first Dragon Age. People said it was good. It sucked. A worse Dragon Age than that must be horrible.

bioware games in general suck.

I tried Mass effect and its a bad cover shooter.

The first was pretty cool I thought, only because of the story, characters, soundtrack and atmosphere. The gameplay was mediocre though, I agree. And yes, most Bioware games are terrible, I agree about that too.

TCHBO. :P

Ten bucks says you voted for Zelda.

Given that you tried to claim that the acclaimed series collectively ranks as the worst game ever...

I lol'd.

This.

I didn't actually vote...... Want my PayPal?

And compensation for making up stuff........ Say another $10?

None of that cancels out my points

And they are both amazing games, better than LiS did

The original game also has 12 GOTY awards, higher than P5, so I wouldn't go there.

and we are back to my previous points

It's Uncharted 4 or Dragon Age to me. LOL "at least Uncharted 4 didn't have lootboxes" did anyone force people to buy Overwatch lootboxes? At least Overwatch could get me to play it more than once.

I found it flawed, but beautiful. The world sucked me in. Couldn't get that into Breath of The Wild though.

I'm not, it's actually very funny that you got mad for not having your game on the poll. Then got salty when "Not a lot of people will vote" yet the poll has over 170 votes xD

@needhealing: yeah I think it had great bones and the world itself is one I still think about

I haven't felt anything but amusement while engaging with you. You on the other hand are quite clearly approaching apoplectic. So mad, in fact, that you are manufacturing quotes of things I never said. Where did I say "not a lot of people will vote?" The only thing I said that is within the same galaxy as that quote would be that I found your poll to be boring and that there were others who replied to this thread with games not on your poll. Buy hey, congrats on your 170+ votes! That's an amazing achievement! You know what I think your poll needs to really take off? Shadow of Mordor;)

It is quite sad, you keep necro bumping my thread when you realize that you lost the debate years ago. Why are you so addicted to this? Just admit it is a sucefull thread and take off the salt.

I voted for DA:I. From what I can tell the others all deserved their award, especially Witcher 3. But DA: I? If that's a game of the year, that's a year we need to be scrubbing from history.

Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Breath of the Wild was excellent. Witcher 3 is very well made and while I havent touched Uncharted 4, I am sure it is still a good game.

@scatteh316: Yeah, except I voted for a multiplat game that I played thoroughy on a console I owned. Like any (idiot) saying Witcher 3.

I didn't even realize that we were debating. I thought I did admit that this thread is quite "sucefull" when I congratulated you on all your votes. You should feel very good about yourself.

Overwatch

Knack 1, because KNACK 2 IS OUT BABY GET FAUKED

@R4gn4r0k said:

@with_teeth26 said:

out of those, pretty close between DA:I and Uncharted 4.

DA: I came out in a pretty weak year for games though if I recall. UC4 severely lacked gameplay substance.

Shadow of Mordor is another pretty mediocre game that got a lot of GOTY attention

Honestly, I didn't like Shadow of Mordor at first, but now I can't seem to stop playing Shadow of War...

Sure, there is a lot to dislike about Shadow of Mordor:

• Weak mission structure
• Repetitive environment
• Repetitive combat

But there is just sooooooo much more to like about these games:

• Fun gameplay
• Lots of variation in what you're doing: parkour, riding mounts, slashing orcs, stealth, dominating orcs, building an army, using your army strategically, ...
• Insanely deep character customization
• Witty dialogue from orcs... and returning orcs
• More variation in scenery in the second game
• More visual character customization in the second game
• Nemesis system is the shining mechanic of both games

You can like Shadow of Mordor, or you can dislike it, it's far from a mediocre game though.

Look at this:

I'm riding a dragon into an enemy stronghold breathing fire on all who dare stand in my way.

Not a lot of games let you do this. Not a lot of games give you that much freedom as SoM/SoW do.

I really liked Shadow of Mordor until somewhere around halfway through when I just became too powerful for the game to be as fun anymore. To me, GOTY consideration is a joke because it came out the same year as Bayonetta 2. Shadow of Mordor is a good, not great, game that I could see getting a GOTY nomination in a weak year, but it actually winning awards was shocking to me. If I were scoring the game, I'd give it a 7/10. It does a whole lot of things well, but doesn't really do any one thing great.

Wow I just noticed that the Xb1 didn’t win any game of the years this gen. This news makes me a ? ?

@PurpleMan5000: If shadow of mordor won GOTY on any merrit, it's because of its nemesis system.