Your Personal 2011 Game of the Year Prediction

Dark Souls

One of those games that impresses from start to finish, yet keeps on giving.

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[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"] But it's much crappier than demon's souls. Don't get how it got higher.SquirrelTamer

It is actually much better and bigger and far more refined in every way

It got higher because is much better, standards have changed too, the 9.5/10 today is like a 20/10 back then

Right now is the main GOTY candidate here, with Gears 3 beeing 2ond

It is not just bigger, the atmosphere and art are leaps ahead of Demons Souls imo

The combat system is far more refined and fun as well and the game design offers better freedom and exploration

Plus the better graphics and effects

I would say it is 10x better in every way than Demons Souls and i am only at 80%

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It is actually much better and bigger and far more refined in every way

It got higher because is much better, standards have changed too, the 9.5/10 today is like a 20/10 back then

Right now is the main GOTY candidate here, with Gears 3 beeing 2ond

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It is not just bigger, the atmosphere and art are leaps ahead of Demons Souls imo

The combat system is far more refined and fun as well and the game design offers better freedom and exploration

Plus the better graphics and effects

I would say it is 10x better in every way than Demons Souls and i am only at 80%

I don't know yet but so far it looks like its between Skyrim, Zelda and Batman AC

Uncharted 3 will break UC2s record of most GotY awards ever.hexashadow13

[QUOTE="hexashadow13"]Uncharted 3 will break UC2s record of most GotY awards ever.foxhound_fox

I really haven't heard that ... I've been hearing a lot of "It's a lot like U2" though.

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Uncharted 3 for sure.

loosingENDS

Has a 9/10 game ever got GOTY with 9.5/10 games around and especially complex/rewarding/hardcore ones like Dark Souls ?

No it's not even close, the atmosphere is WAAAY worse, remember 3-1? The bells, the singing woman? And 1-1 there was actually crows? Why there are no ambient sounds like this in Dark Souls? It's simply a much less interesting world. And how can you know when you don't have a PS3? The combat system is pretty much exactly the same. The better graphics? You mean running around at a constant 10fps? It's a good game but compared to Demon's Souls it's a piece of junk.SquirrelTamer

Actually the biggest thing improved for me in Dark Souls is art and atmosphere, it is so much closer to what i like than Demons Souls that there is not even a contest

Aslo the variety in art and areas is night and day better in Dark Souls, from huge forests to huge cities and is not just caves, the same looking castles and darkness of Demons Souls

It is vastly better than Demon Souls in every way imo, that is why it got a 9.5/10 too with far highest standards than the 9.0/10 Demons Souls back then

Skyward Sword, for sure.

Skyrim

It's between Batman and Dark Souls for now. Uncharted 3 or Skyrim could change that.

It's between Batman and Dark Souls for now. Uncharted 3 or Skyrim could change that.

Kingpin0114

Seems more between Gears 3 and Dark Souls

Also Uncharted 3 has zero chance now that got 9/10, Skyrim and Zelda SS maybe, but i dont see it yet

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It's between Batman and Dark Souls for now. Uncharted 3 or Skyrim could change that.

loosingENDS

Seems more between Gears 3 and Dark Souls

Also Uncharted 3 has zero chance now that got 9/10, Skyrim and Zelda SS maybe, but i dont see it yet

Demons soul got GOTY with a 9

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It's between Batman and Dark Souls for now. Uncharted 3 or Skyrim could change that.

Cloud567kar

Seems more between Gears 3 and Dark Souls

Also Uncharted 3 has zero chance now that got 9/10, Skyrim and Zelda SS maybe, but i dont see it yet

Demons soul got GOTY with a 9

But Demons Souls was Demon Souls, not a shooter

Also Dark Souls is like Demons Souls and got a 9.5/10, so if Demons Souls got GOTY with 9/10 over U2 with 9.5/10, why would the 9.5/10 Dark Souls not get GOTY over U3 that got lower with 9/10 ?

I dont get how this is possible

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It's between Batman and Dark Souls for now. Uncharted 3 or Skyrim could change that.

loosingENDS

Seems more between Gears 3 and Dark Souls

Also Uncharted 3 has zero chance now that got 9/10, Skyrim and Zelda SS maybe, but i dont see it yet

"Personal GOTY"

Nothing has 0 chance

[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"] No it's not even close, the atmosphere is WAAAY worse, remember 3-1? The bells, the singing woman? And 1-1 there was actually crows? Why there are no ambient sounds like this in Dark Souls? It's simply a much less interesting world. And how can you know when you don't have a PS3? The combat system is pretty much exactly the same. The better graphics? You mean running around at a constant 10fps? It's a good game but compared to Demon's Souls it's a piece of junk.loosingENDS

Actually the biggest thing improved for me in Dark Souls is art and atmosphere, it is so much closer to what i like than Demons Souls that there is not even a contest

Aslo the variety in art and areas is night and day better in Dark Souls, from huge forests to huge cities and is not just caves, the same looking castles and darkness of Demons Souls

It is vastly better than Demon Souls in every way imo, that is why it got a 9.5/10 too with far highest standards than the 9.0/10 Demons Souls back then

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[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"] No it's not even close, the atmosphere is WAAAY worse, remember 3-1? The bells, the singing woman? And 1-1 there was actually crows? Why there are no ambient sounds like this in Dark Souls? It's simply a much less interesting world. And how can you know when you don't have a PS3? The combat system is pretty much exactly the same. The better graphics? You mean running around at a constant 10fps? It's a good game but compared to Demon's Souls it's a piece of junk.Master_ShakeXXX

Actually the biggest thing improved for me in Dark Souls is art and atmosphere, it is so much closer to what i like than Demons Souls that there is not even a contest

Aslo the variety in art and areas is night and day better in Dark Souls, from huge forests to huge cities and is not just caves, the same looking castles and darkness of Demons Souls

It is vastly better than Demon Souls in every way imo, that is why it got a 9.5/10 too with far highest standards than the 9.0/10 Demons Souls back then

I defiantly agree both are great, i just like Dark Souls world and art far more

[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"] No it's not even close, the atmosphere is WAAAY worse, remember 3-1? The bells, the singing woman? And 1-1 there was actually crows? Why there are no ambient sounds like this in Dark Souls? It's simply a much less interesting world. And how can you know when you don't have a PS3? The combat system is pretty much exactly the same. The better graphics? You mean running around at a constant 10fps? It's a good game but compared to Demon's Souls it's a piece of junk.loosingENDS

Actually the biggest thing improved for me in Dark Souls is art and atmosphere, it is so much closer to what i like than Demons Souls that there is not even a contest

Aslo the variety in art and areas is night and day better in Dark Souls, from huge forests to huge cities and is not just caves, the same looking castles and darkness of Demons Souls

It is vastly better than Demon Souls in every way imo, that is why it got a 9.5/10 too with far highest standards than the 9.0/10 Demons Souls back then

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[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"] No it's not even close, the atmosphere is WAAAY worse, remember 3-1? The bells, the singing woman? And 1-1 there was actually crows? Why there are no ambient sounds like this in Dark Souls? It's simply a much less interesting world. And how can you know when you don't have a PS3? The combat system is pretty much exactly the same. The better graphics? You mean running around at a constant 10fps? It's a good game but compared to Demon's Souls it's a piece of junk.SquirrelTamer

Actually the biggest thing improved for me in Dark Souls is art and atmosphere, it is so much closer to what i like than Demons Souls that there is not even a contest

Aslo the variety in art and areas is night and day better in Dark Souls, from huge forests to huge cities and is not just caves, the same looking castles and darkness of Demons Souls

It is vastly better than Demon Souls in every way imo, that is why it got a 9.5/10 too with far highest standards than the 9.0/10 Demons Souls back then

I shall predict Uncharted 3.

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[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"] No it's not even close, the atmosphere is WAAAY worse, remember 3-1? The bells, the singing woman? And 1-1 there was actually crows? Why there are no ambient sounds like this in Dark Souls? It's simply a much less interesting world. And how can you know when you don't have a PS3? The combat system is pretty much exactly the same. The better graphics? You mean running around at a constant 10fps? It's a good game but compared to Demon's Souls it's a piece of junk.SquirrelTamer

Actually the biggest thing improved for me in Dark Souls is art and atmosphere, it is so much closer to what i like than Demons Souls that there is not even a contest

Aslo the variety in art and areas is night and day better in Dark Souls, from huge forests to huge cities and is not just caves, the same looking castles and darkness of Demons Souls

It is vastly better than Demon Souls in every way imo, that is why it got a 9.5/10 too with far highest standards than the 9.0/10 Demons Souls back then

Way to downplay Dark Souls' environments. And you only mentioned a fraction of them...

Anyways, I would be surprised if Dark Souls doesn't win. The Gamespot crew absolutely loved Demon's Souls, and they don't seem to be dissapointed with Dark Souls in the slightest. It's locked, imo.

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Actually the biggest thing improved for me in Dark Souls is art and atmosphere, it is so much closer to what i like than Demons Souls that there is not even a contest

Aslo the variety in art and areas is night and day better in Dark Souls, from huge forests to huge cities and is not just caves, the same looking castles and darkness of Demons Souls

It is vastly better than Demon Souls in every way imo, that is why it got a 9.5/10 too with far highest standards than the 9.0/10 Demons Souls back then

Way to downplay Dark Souls environments. And you only mentioned a fraction of them...

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Actually the biggest thing improved for me in Dark Souls is art and atmosphere, it is so much closer to what i like than Demons Souls that there is not even a contest

Aslo the variety in art and areas is night and day better in Dark Souls, from huge forests to huge cities and is not just caves, the same looking castles and darkness of Demons Souls

It is vastly better than Demon Souls in every way imo, that is why it got a 9.5/10 too with far highest standards than the 9.0/10 Demons Souls back then

SquirrelTamer

Actually Demons Souls had one castle in chap1 and a ruined one in chap4, both of which dont touch Dark Souls castles artistically imo

And then was mainly caves like chap 2 and dark areas like chap 3 and 5

while Dark Souls aside form having a far better castle design, also has far more unique themed areas like forests, huge cities etc

And the Dark Souls castle is not crap, it is much better than anything in Demons Souls actually

They're nice, just not as nice as Demon's Souls. And they said it was ope world and you can go to any place you can see. Turns out it was just a big lie, it's not more open world than Demon's Souls.SquirrelTamer

Well, your opinion

I like them 10x better than Demons Souls myself, because of the far better varity, art and design

Dark Souls has dark areas, castles and caves that Demons Souls has, but Demon Souls is missing the forests, lakes, huge cities etc of Dark Souls

Also it is indeed a vastly more open and non linear world than Demons Souls, you have probably not played it yet i suppose

Anyways, I would be surprised if Dark Souls doesn't win. The Gamespot crew absolutely loved Demon's Souls, and they don't seem to be dissapointed with Dark Souls in the slightest. It's locked, imo.

Master_ShakeXXX

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Actually the biggest thing improved for me in Dark Souls is art and atmosphere, it is so much closer to what i like than Demons Souls that there is not even a contest

Aslo the variety in art and areas is night and day better in Dark Souls, from huge forests to huge cities and is not just caves, the same looking castles and darkness of Demons Souls

It is vastly better than Demon Souls in every way imo, that is why it got a 9.5/10 too with far highest standards than the 9.0/10 Demons Souls back then

loosingENDS

Actually Demons Souls had one castle in chap1 and a ruined one in chap4, both of which dont touch Dark Souls castles artistically imo

And then was mainly caves like chap 2 and dark areas like chap 3 and 5

while Dark Souls aside form having a far better castle design, also has far more unique themed areas like forests, huge cities etc

And the Dark Souls castle is not crap, it is much better than anything in Demons Souls actually

First of all they take a crap on Dark Souls castles. Second of all chap 4 was really a shrine and not a castle but yeah sure. It then turned to beautiful caves.

chap 2 was a mine so obviously and you went deeper and deeper. "Dark areas" so what?? That's the beauty of it? Dark Souls is a happy place without atmosphere. chap 3 was a prison btw and 3-2 was a beautiful ruined city and swamp area. 5-1 was a really cool place as well. A cool valley.

Yes firests are certainly unique. And what huge cities? I didn't see any huge cities?

No it's just crap. No atmosphere. Like something from tellietubbies.

[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"][QUOTE="loosingENDS"] Dark Souls = a castle (crappy castle compared to boletarian palace) within a castle within a castle within a fortress. Then there's a little forest and another castle. That's pretty much it. If you think Demon's souls was just caves you obviously haven't played it. And no it's not near as dark and with the same solitude as Demon's Souls. Actually on MC they have the same score. Which is quiete amazing consider the crappiness of Dark Souls compared to Demon's Souls.loosingENDS

Actually Demons Souls had one castle in chap1 and a ruined one in chap4, both of which dont touch Dark Souls castles artistically imo

And then was mainly caves like chap 2 and dark areas like chap 3 and 5

while Dark Souls aside form having a far better castle design, also has far more unique themed areas like forests, huge cities etc

And the Dark Souls castle is not crap, it is much better than anything in Demons Souls actually

They're nice, just not as nice as Demon's Souls. And they said it was ope world and you can go to any place you can see. Turns out it was just a big lie, it's not more open world than Demon's Souls.SquirrelTamer

Well, your opinion

I like them 10x better than Demons Souls myself, because of the far better varity, art and design

Dark Souls has dark areas, castles and caves that Demons Souls has, but Demon Souls is missing the forests, lakes, huge cities etc of Dark Souls

Also it is indeed a vastly more open and non linear world than Demons Souls, you have probably not played it yet i suppose

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[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"] Dark Souls = a castle (crappy castle compared to boletarian palace) within a castle within a castle within a fortress. Then there's a little forest and another castle. That's pretty much it. If you think Demon's souls was just caves you obviously haven't played it. And no it's not near as dark and with the same solitude as Demon's Souls. Actually on MC they have the same score. Which is quiete amazing consider the crappiness of Dark Souls compared to Demon's Souls.SquirrelTamer

Actually Demons Souls had one castle in chap1 and a ruined one in chap4, both of which dont touch Dark Souls castles artistically imo

And then was mainly caves like chap 2 and dark areas like chap 3 and 5

while Dark Souls aside form having a far better castle design, also has far more unique themed areas like forests, huge cities etc

And the Dark Souls castle is not crap, it is much better than anything in Demons Souls actually

First of all they take a crap on Dark Souls castles. Second of all chap 4 was really a shrine and not a castle but yeah sure. It then turned to beautiful caves.

chap 2 was a mine so obviously and you went deeper and deeper. "Dark areas" so what?? That's the beauty of it? Dark Souls is a happy place without atmosphere. chap 3 was a prison btw and 3-2 was a beautiful ruined city and swamp area. 5-1 was a really cool place as well. A cool valley.

Yes firests are certainly unique. And what huge cities? I didn't see any huge cities?

No it's just crap. No atmosphere. Like something from tellietubbies.

As i said, you may like it best, i like Dark Souls art, design, variety, places and atmosphere 10x more than Demon Souls

I dont recall a single area in Demon Souls that i like as much as Dark Souls TBH, they were all inferior

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Actually Demons Souls had one castle in chap1 and a ruined one in chap4, both of which dont touch Dark Souls castles artistically imo

And then was mainly caves like chap 2 and dark areas like chap 3 and 5

while Dark Souls aside form having a far better castle design, also has far more unique themed areas like forests, huge cities etc

And the Dark Souls castle is not crap, it is much better than anything in Demons Souls actually

First of all they take a crap on Dark Souls castles. Second of all chap 4 was really a shrine and not a castle but yeah sure. It then turned to beautiful caves.

chap 2 was a mine so obviously and you went deeper and deeper. "Dark areas" so what?? That's the beauty of it? Dark Souls is a happy place without atmosphere. chap 3 was a prison btw and 3-2 was a beautiful ruined city and swamp area. 5-1 was a really cool place as well. A cool valley.

Yes firests are certainly unique. And what huge cities? I didn't see any huge cities?

No it's just crap. No atmosphere. Like something from tellietubbies.

As i said, you may like it best, i like Dark Souls art, design, variety, places and atmosphere 10x more than Demon Souls

I dont recall a single area in Demon Souls that i like as much as Dark Souls TBH, they were all inferior

Now tell me about the huge cities in Dark Souls that I heard so much about but never seenSquirrelTamer

You have to play it, i dont want to spoil it for you

[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"] Now tell me about the huge cities in Dark Souls that I heard so much about but never seenloosingENDS

You have to play it, i dont want to spoil it for you

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Are you talking about Anor Londo? You know that city where you can actually play in only a fractionof it?? Demon's Souls got it to. In 2-2 you see a huge city and if I am not mistaken 3-2 is also a city (although in ruins). So demon's souls 2X as much huge cities.

Multi platform: Skyrim

PS3: Either UC3 or MGS4

Xbox: GOW3

Wii: Skyward Sword

PC: Battlefield? (I'm not a pc guy, I put it out there just because it really stood out compared to console play)

Imo Dark Souls should have been a contender. If you beat it and didn't cry the whole time, experienced to like level 110, then you would probably agree.

Multi platform: Skyrim

PS3: Either UC3 or MGS4

Xbox: GOW3

Wii: Skyward Sword

PC: Battlefield? (I'm not a pc guy, I put it out there just because it really stood out compared to console play)

Imo Dark Souls should have been a contender. If you beat it and didn't cry the whole time, experienced to like level 110, then you would probably agree.

Multi platform: Skyrim

PS3: Either UC3 or MGS4

Xbox: GOW3

Wii: Skyward Sword

PC: Battlefield? (I'm not a pc guy, I put it out there just because it really stood out compared to console play)

Imo Dark Souls should have been a contender. If you beat it and didn't cry the whole time, experienced to like level 110, then you would probably agree.

Multi platform: Skyrim

PS3: Either UC3 or MGS4

Xbox: GOW3

Wii: Skyward Sword

PC: Battlefield? (I'm not a pc guy, I put it out there just because it really stood out compared to console play)

Imo Dark Souls should have been a contender. If you beat it and didn't cry the whole time, experienced to like level 110, then you would probably agree.

Anno 2070, there's nothing on horizon this year that can match it for me. I expected it to be good, but not this good. Amazing achievement and a real pinnacle of it's genre. It's to city builders what Dark Souls, Skyrim and Witcher 2 are combined to RPG genre.

Anno 2070, there's nothing on horizon this year that can match it for me. I expected it to be good, but not this good. Amazing achievement and a real pinnacle of it's genre. It's to city builders what Dark Souls, Skyrim and Witcher 2 are combined to RPG genre.

AdrianWerner

Could you sum it up quickly, there isn't much about it?

Ok, unlike most others here, I can predict with complete certainty My personal GOTY. :shock: :twisted:

Anyhoo, hmm, Gears 3 but I'll need to completely play through Skyrim before being sure which one gets it but I'll guess by the times it's all over, Skyrim will be the winner. :P

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Anno 2070, there's nothing on horizon this year that can match it for me. I expected it to be good, but not this good. Amazing achievement and a real pinnacle of it's genre. It's to city builders what Dark Souls, Skyrim and Witcher 2 are combined to RPG genre.

tenaka2

Could you sum it up quickly, there isn't much about it?

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[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Anno 2070, there's nothing on horizon this year that can match it for me. I expected it to be good, but not this good. Amazing achievement and a real pinnacle of it's genre. It's to city builders what Dark Souls, Skyrim and Witcher 2 are combined to RPG genre.

AdrianWerner

Could you sum it up quickly, there isn't much about it?

Sounts good, I hope gs review it, is it anything like that old game utopia?