Your Game of the Year and 3 other notable runners up

I have played every big release this year onX360. With only a couple of big releases yet to come out I am pretty certain I have my GotY nailed. If you think you have your GotY show us and include a few notable other games that made a strong impression on you this year.

My Game of the Year is easily Mass Effect 2. Nothing has come close to this game all year. I was captivated by the characters, loved the game world and its many environments and thoroughly enjoyed the story and the gameplay.

Notable mentions in no particular order:

Just Cause 2: Very fun action sand boxer that doesn't take itself seriously but provides tons of things for the player to do and locales to explore.

Transformers War for Cybertron: Excellent single player and fun online. The banter between the characters especially during the Decepticon missions was fantastic and reminiscent of the G1 series.

Fable 3: Really charming game with some great voice acting and entertaining lines. The gameplay is a bit too easy but the gameworld is beautifully realised.

Battlefield Bad Company 2: Outstanding multiplayer with a lot of depth and generally a really good community too.

NHL 11: The new physics engine really adds to the gameplay and the controls are tighter than last year. Looking forward to how they implement stage 2 of their real time physics engine next year.

Ignore the bit in the title that says 3 other notable runners up, include as many or as little as you like.

Well, being a die hard Fallout fan i would have to say New Vegas is my particular choice, simply because it is an amazing and underappreciated game.

Without being biased, i have to say maybe Red Dead Redemption with Mass Effect 2 coming a close second. But as i said, my vote goes to New Vegas.

Mass Effect 2 for sure. Probably one of my top 5 games of all-time.

Runners up would be Halo: Reach and Fable 3, and most likely Fallout NV and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood will be added to that list when I play them.

i would have to say Mass Effect 2 for my game of the year

notable mentions for me would go to Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Red Dead Redemption and Mafia 2 probably something else that im forgetting but those are to ones that come to mind right now

I have played every big release this year onX360. With only a couple of big releases yet to come out I am pretty certain I have my GotY nailed. If you think you have your GotY show us and include a few notable other games that made a strong impression on you this year.

My Game of the Year is easily Mass Effect 2. Nothing has come close to this game all year. I was captivated by the characters, loved the game world and its many environments and thoroughly enjoyed the story and the gameplay.

Notable mentions in no particular order:

Just Cause 2: Very fun action sand boxer that doesn't take itself seriously but provides tons of things for the player to do and locales to explore.

Transformers War for Cybertron: Excellent single player and fun online. The banter between the characters especially during the Decepticon missions was fantastic and reminiscent of the G1 series.

Fable 3: Really charming game with some great voice acting and entertaining lines. The gameplay is a bit too easy but the gameworld is beautifully realised.

Battlefield Bad Company 2: Outstanding multiplayer with a lot of depth and generally a really good community too.

NHL 11: The new physics engine really adds to the gameplay and the controls are tighter than last year. Looking forward to how they implement stage 2 of their real time physics engine next year.

Saab33

close behind is fable 2....it would be goty for be but theres not as much stuff to do in it as bs2 and cd2.....i tend to get bored of fable 2 alot...i hope fable 3 has more stuff to do

For me, it's either Mass Effect 2 or Red Dead Redemption.

I cant remember a year when two such amazing games came out. In fact, these two may be my top two ever.

Winner- Mass Effect 2

Runners up- Assasssin's Creed 2, Read Dead Redemption, Metro 2033, Fallout New Vegas and maybe Vanquish

Winner- Mass Effect 2

Runners up- Assasssin's Creed 2, Read Dead Redemption, Metro 2033, Fallout New Vegas and maybe Vanquish

EzekyleAbadon

I agree with the majority here that Mass Effect 2 should be GOTY. I think Red Dead Redemption could be a close second. Someone mentioned New Vegas? Really? With all of the delivered bugs and glitches?DJ_Magneto

While bugs and glitches in a majority are NOT tolerable for any piece of entertainment, there are two other major aspects that need to be considered:

1. Fallout 3 and Oblivion had their share of bugs and glitches at start and won GOTY both years. So what is different for New Vegas? Gamespot's review of 7.5?

2. Name one game this year that is bigger, has more content and arguably harder to code (from a developer standpoint) and that works 90 % of the time? My answer would be none...In New Vegas's defense, Mass Effect 2 with all of its closed spaces and areas is way easier to be glitch and bug free rather than an expansive monster of a game as New Vegas.

[QUOTE="DJ_Magneto"]I agree with the majority here that Mass Effect 2 should be GOTY. I think Red Dead Redemption could be a close second. Someone mentioned New Vegas? Really? With all of the delivered bugs and glitches?EvilSelf

While bugs and glitches in a majority are NOT tolerable for any piece of entertainment, there are two other major aspects that need to be considered:

1. Fallout 3 and Oblivion had their share of bugs and glitches at start and won GOTY both years. So what is different for New Vegas? Gamespot's review of 7.5?

2. Name one game this year that is bigger, has more content and arguably harder to code (from a developer standpoint) and that works 90 % of the time? My answer would be none...In New Vegas's defense, Mass Effect 2 with all of its closed spaces and areas is way easier to be glitch and bug free rather than an expansive monster of a game as New Vegas.

[QUOTE="EvilSelf"]

[QUOTE="DJ_Magneto"]I agree with the majority here that Mass Effect 2 should be GOTY. I think Red Dead Redemption could be a close second. Someone mentioned New Vegas? Really? With all of the delivered bugs and glitches?SpArKs424

While bugs and glitches in a majority are NOT tolerable for any piece of entertainment, there are two other major aspects that need to be considered:

1. Fallout 3 and Oblivion had their share of bugs and glitches at start and won GOTY both years. So what is different for New Vegas? Gamespot's review of 7.5?

2. Name one game this year that is bigger, has more content and arguably harder to code (from a developer standpoint) and that works 90 % of the time? My answer would be none...In New Vegas's defense, Mass Effect 2 with all of its closed spaces and areas is way easier to be glitch and bug free rather than an expansive monster of a game as New Vegas.

Fallout New Vegas is a MAJOR improvement over both Oblivion and Fallout 3. It is a better role-playing game. Just because it is using the same engine by Obsidian (and not Bethesda) does not mean it does not offer more to the table. Plus, the timeline that both Oblivion and Fallout came out does not mean anything since they won...Just because the Bulls were winning in NBA pretty much every year last decade, does not mean they are not worthy champions.

I gave two important aspects why wouldn't New Vegas be considered for GOTY. Of course, by the same token (that nothing has changed since Oblivion/Fallout 3 days) then Reach and Black Ops should be judged by the same criteria. How often do you see game of this magnitude and complexity? Not that often, maybe once every 3-4 years on average. People are in awe of games like Reach, Mass Effect 2 (including me)etc.. because of their technical superiority, but do they ever ask themselves a question which is harder to achieve - a perfection on small-scale shooter (you can find those being released every week in and week out) or a perfection of a game that represents the amount of work that Peter Jackson put in creating the LOTR trilogy...?

Over all or 360?

Overall:

Super Mario Galaxy 2 GoTY

Also: Red Dead Redemption, NBA 2k11, MLB '10 The Show

360:

GoTY Red Dead

also: NBA 2k11, Fable III (even tho it was a disappointment)

For me, game of the year is Alan Wake. It was a breath of fresh air. Everything about it was amazing. Great combat and a haunting story. Never once did I get bored. All I was seeing was shooters. Playing this made me retain faith in the horror genre.

Runner-ups:

Red Dead Redemption

This was not a western GTA with a copy and paste formula. It was very different and it was incredible. There is so much to do, see, and love. It was a very mature game that was a lot more in depth than GTA has ever been, IMO.

Halo: Reach

While it was not an original title, it was great. Fun campaign, forge world was amazing, and the multiplayer is fantastic. It's the only online game I play.

Mass Effect 2

One of the greatest RPGs ever. It might have been more of a shooter this time around, but that's why I like it. Even though I like RPGs, most of them are 80% talking and 20% combat. I felt it was pretty evened out. I love it.

I know this is 360, but the game of the year for me is Heavy Rain.

My 3 nominations would be

Red Dead Redemption

God of War 3

Battlefield Bad Company 2

[QUOTE="EzekyleAbadon"]

Winner- Mass Effect 2

Runners up- Assasssin's Creed 2, Read Dead Redemption, Metro 2033, Fallout New Vegas and maybe Vanquish

PurpleSmile

You are right, I have the PC version though which was released March 2010

GOTY: Mass Effect 2 - No other game has come close to pulling me in as much as this game did.

Runners up:

Bioshock 2: Another engrossing story makes this a close runner up to ME2

Halo: Reach - Amazing and engaging campaign and the same fun multiplayer.

Bad Company 2 - Also a fun campaign, and the multiplayer is always a blast.

Splinter Cell: Conviction - This game could have been GOTY if the traditional Spies v. Mercs mode had made it in. Without that specific mode the game becomes far less engaging and loses replay value. Amazing story and great gameplay however.

Bayonetta: Amazing action/adventure game with some real style... or just weird stuff dressed up as style. Either way, it works and was a blast to play.

GOTY so far is Alan Wake.

Next in Line is MassEffect2 (didn't really like the first but this blew me away.)

Then Halo: Reach, Red Dead and Bad Company 2.

Assasins Creed Brotherhood and Need for Speed might have something to say about this list though.

Mass Effect 2= GOTY

Runners up

Halo Reach

Black Ops

BFBC2

[QUOTE="SpArKs424"][QUOTE="EvilSelf"]

While bugs and glitches in a majority are NOT tolerable for any piece of entertainment, there are two other major aspects that need to be considered:

1. Fallout 3 and Oblivion had their share of bugs and glitches at start and won GOTY both years. So what is different for New Vegas? Gamespot's review of 7.5?

2. Name one game this year that is bigger, has more content and arguably harder to code (from a developer standpoint) and that works 90 % of the time? My answer would be none...In New Vegas's defense, Mass Effect 2 with all of its closed spaces and areas is way easier to be glitch and bug free rather than an expansive monster of a game as New Vegas.

EvilSelf

Fallout New Vegas is a MAJOR improvement over both Oblivion and Fallout 3. It is a better role-playing game. Just because it is using the same engine by Obsidian (and not Bethesda) does not mean it does not offer more to the table. Plus, the timeline that both Oblivion and Fallout came out does not mean anything since they won...Just because the Bulls were winning in NBA pretty much every year last decade, does not mean they are not worthy champions.

I gave two important aspects why wouldn't New Vegas be considered for GOTY. Of course, by the same token (that nothing has changed since Oblivion/Fallout 3 days) then Reach and Black Ops should be judged by the same criteria. How often do you see game of this magnitude and complexity? Not that often, maybe once every 3-4 years on average. People are in awe of games like Reach, Mass Effect 2 (including me)etc.. because of their technical superiority, but do they ever ask themselves a question which is harder to achieve - a perfection on small-scale shooter (you can find those being released every week in and week out) or a perfection of a game that represents the amount of work that Peter Jackson put in creating the LOTR trilogy...?