FFXIII-2, ACIII, TWD, Journey...how much better can it get? Oh, wait...

2013:

Tomb Raider, Remember Me, Lightning Returns: FINAL FANTASY XIII, Bayonetta 2...

guess we'll see.

@nutcrackr I wish two games could be GOTY, because Journey an the Walking Dead deserve it so much.

@evil_m3nace @nutcrackr @biggest_loser The replay value is significantly lower if you don't have a partner.

I'm glad Journey beat most of the games unworthy (IMO) of GOTY, but I still firmly stand on my opinion that The Walking Dead should have won GOTY. So much emotion was put into TWD that touched me more than any pretty music or graphics in Journey ever could.

THE WALKING DEAD all the way.

I knew the Walking Dead was going to get that for "heartstring tugging"

That ending, damn...

@FallenOneX Disagree. I can never understand its hate given that it's probably one of the better series in Final Fantasy. It changed the formula and brought new things to the table. Without it, Final Fantasy would be coated in rust if they'd stuck with the same-old, same-old.

@Joedgabe Ah, hypocrisy at it's finest.

FFXIII-2 should've won in my opinion. At least it had originality. And it's actually an RPG.

@drinkerofjuice xD

What Spelunky does for platformers? What The Walking Dead has done to gaming in general is going to be seen in the years to come. Its success hasn't gone unnoticed, and developers are going to be paying a lot more attention to the depth of their characters and put more emotion into the story. Spelunky hardly introduced anything new; it refined what was already established and made it into a fun game. That doesn't make it a great game. How you choose Spelunky over TWD is beyond me.

And what do you know, I played Spelunky, too.