Shooter of the Year: The Winner

I don't know if you are such fanboyz of halo 4 but really people this chapter is a totally fail the multi player is a joke why 343 put UNSC weapons there if the weapons of the Promethean's are more powered and more damage then the other if you start playing multi player thats why i bought this game not only for the campaign which is horrible 2 i finish it in legendary mode in 7 1/2 hours starting from the game play if you play in Europe iam from it with those slowly Internet lines you have a Sirius dis-advance starting playing with gamers from the US you are a half of a second and in other situation more than a second behind any scene so if 343 creates a game that only probably can run in US servers just don't published it in Europe or be so kind and put some fast servers here so we have the same conditions like the gamers in the US after that all the story tale of cortana and MC is just a JOKE an emotional cortana ho is jelling on MC com on ho is this A Feminist figure or some crazy virus program named cortana? i think its more female psychology behind because bonny ross is the chief creator of the game ohhhh my god so iam very disappointing of the 4 Halo and just pre-ordered Destiny of Bungie after playing all the halos accept Halo wars it is just a big fail and also the new Halo Spartan Assault what a joke an cellphone game and PC 3 person what an insult keep going 343 after an ära of 13 years you destroy it in view months.

okay, no idea why the hell Max Payne 3 is even in there. Weren't there a lot more shooters to pick from this year?

This is the stupidest pick ever! Borderlands 2 is better than all of them combined.

Far Cry 3

Forget Halo and the XBox fanboyz.

Halo 4 SUPERB !!!

Both Borderlands 2 and Far Cry 3 are much better than Halo 4.

Halo 4 more than deserved it. :)

FAR CRY 33333333333333333333

terrible choice, Max Payne or Far Cry 3 shoulded have won

I've just finished FarCry 3. This is the most amazing game of this year. This should have been the winner.

Farcry 3 won in my book I couldn't pick a cel shaded 12 yr old game to be goty so you know its called halo crap granted I liked the old halos but I can't play halo anymore its just to stupid now they really are milking it cause M$ can't come up with something original. Farcry 3 is goty get it right gamespot only little 12 yr olds like halo still.

That is not fair, max payne 3 should have won...

MAX PAYNE is an absolute winner here. FAR CRY 3 can compete in single player but MAX PAYNE has the best multiplayer. And to people who are thinking BLACK OPS should be in a list - it is not even worth to be called a shooter. Bought that game because almost everyone on my friend list play it and started to disrespect my friends.

just disappointing..max payne 3 or far cry 3 must have won. at least they are natural.

fair enough

Ididnt say blackops is the best game ISaid it is one of the best and should be in fps list I said dishonoured is the best

halo 4? really?

far cry 3 or borderlands 2 should have won

@DrFrogg i say this alot...but i am ignored lol. it is very overrated.

@wagstorm @ZeoV9 I'm American and prefer BF3 as well... I don't care for power rangers with guns.

The good parts in this list is that COD and warfighter were thrown out by NS2, lol, love it!!

The bad thing is that Halo won it, because G$ are still on M$'s payroll... thats disgusting, the floating animation and cheap feel of Halo's plastic little soldiers cannot be compared at any case with the brilliance of FC3 or Max Payne, unless you are a 5 year child and even then you would prefer the cartoony borderlands, which still looks and is a more complete shooter.

Halo 4, at this moment adds nothing to the genre, not even the technological advantages it used to present as reference point.

It only appealed to the American halo fanboys and it is extremely sad to see that the site is ran by such marketing tools...

Far Cry 3 should have won. Felt like the most original shooter in years. But it will win peoples choice which will indicate how little worth GS editors opinion really holds other than something to moan about! Professional Trolling Activate

where is cod black ops 2?????????????????

@wagstorm

Why does it matter? Who cares if your game or my game got Shooter, RPG, or failure of the year award. You gain nothing from it, but butthurt. Which is why I stopped caring.

Halo 4 is a pure shooter game, while Borderlands and FC are kinda shooter, action and open-world RPG hybrids so Halo deserves Shooter of the Year while the other two could easily get Action/Adventure and or Role-Playing game of the year.

I feel that the Halo 4 choice was largely leaning towards the reason that the new studio delivered a quality game even with it being the fourth installment. Borderlands 2 is more worthy of the choice in my opinion. More variety, beautiful and innovative graphics, more accessibility, and was a pure shooter. I can't help but feel a little annoyed.

Oh well.

i cant see any good thing in halo4 :(

wtf farcry 3 should be the winner

Halo 4 is a top game as it does tick almost all boxes. Except for one huge flaw. Its only playable on Xbox.

It is truly a great game, but not being accessible to everyone is the letdown.

I say Borderlands 2 is the winner as it is a pure shooter with guns, guns and more guns. It also has a great story and memorable characters. Even though the graphics aren't photo-realistic and jaw-dropping, cell-shading will still look artistic years from now AND it is available to play on more than just one type of console only.

I loved Halo 4 and look forward to its sequels.

I've always been one of those guys who never minds what the winner is. Because everyone has their opinion. I always scoffed at those in previous years who complained about GameSpot's picks. I called those people idiots who took things too seriously.But when I saw the nominees, I said to myself that if GameSpot picks Halo 4, then I have to quit GS because I can't waste my time on a website run by people who actually don't have any clue about what they're talking about, yet talk like they're industry experts.

And so, I quit Gamespot.

I know this is unimportant news, but the point of my post is this:

To others who read this post and feel the same. There are two websites I can recommend that are run by people who actually love games and aren't afraid to spend time researching or simply playing a game to death.

Screwattack - If you're a console player

Rock, Paper, Shotgun - If you're a PC player.

Both of those websites are so much more real and down-to-earth than anything you'll read on GameSpot (With the exception of Danny, the only real gamer on GameSpot)

all these games were f****** amazing I literally couldn't pick a favorite, but Halo 4's graphics were pretty unbelievable for a console. The campaign and spartan ops are also some of the most fun I've ever had on a shooter. Far Cry 3 was still probably my personal favorite, the story was deep with a lot of hidden undertones and the graphics on my 680 gtx look out of this world!

I a cod fanboy, I recognice that, I also recognice that halo 4 its a wonderfull game, but its not better than far cry 3 and max payne 3, those should be the real winners. Also BO2 need to be in the nominees, not the winner but at least a 3 or 4 place, its muuuuch better than natural selection