And the VGA award for GOTY goes to... Walking Dead?

[We Are Legion]

GTFO

What a bunch of morons.

 

[AF.]

Is that even a game? It looks great, but there is very little gameplay to it.

 

[CaptainxBumout]

VGA awards shouldn't be taken seriously. There is no Oscars or Emmys comparison in the video game world. Studios just have to pay to have their shit promoted on there. While I don't agree with the winner, The Walking Dead games are fantastic. Better than all the stale FPS that come out year after year. For $20 DLC, it's probably the best deal around. I'm surprised that it and Journey even got nominated. Both great games but not game of the year candidates. Hell none of the game nominated were game of the year. I don't even know what was. I'm still playing Skyrim.

 

[AF.]

Yeah I've got no idea what game is the GOTY, I couldn't care less. Gaming has been disappointing overall this year, nothing compared to last year.

I would probably just say FIFA 13 for enjoyment sake.

 

[ThatGuyFromNukemHigh]

Walking Dead is probably the best game this year. Resident Evil 6 was the only game that had the chance, but Capcom fucked that up, and its way to early for Farcry to be getting awards.

Facebook games have been getting awards over on X-Play, but its not like those even matter now that G4 will become Esquire in the new year.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

Game looks good, but not GOTY good.

 

[We Are Legion]

Mass Effect 3 is unquestionably the game of the year. People can boo fucking hoo about the ending all they want and hate Bioware's affiliation with EA, but no other game got that much press or had that much replay value. I'm still playing MP 9 months later with tens of thousands of others. It has the most underrated MP experience I've ever played. It's only the RPG/DA slave nerds who still whinge about that game.

 

[ThatGuyFromNukemHigh]

When you hype this epic 3 instalment videogame, that branches its storyline based on how you played the first 2 games, it better deliver. Mass Effect 3 failed to do that, and is considered a failure not based on its own merits, but how it compares to games released years before it.

Walking Dead was a third of the price, and offered a branching story, unique gameplay & storytelling elements, memorable new characters and some well known beloved ones aswell. Tell Tale Games poured their heart & soul into making this game stay true to the comics, and they deserve the win.

 

[Tapout]

Never bet against Zombies in the year 2012

 

[Kiffy Lube]

I'd go with ME3 too but I haven't beaten it yet. I got stuck on a bunch of probing missions. I found all the shit but the people aren't where they were or where the mission messeges say they are. Maybe I fucked up somewhere. I have no idea how it ends but I'm sure with all the enjoyment I got out of the game already I'd say it's easily the GOTY. Facebook games can go to hell while we are at it.

 

[Defiant]

Mass Effect 3 is unquestionably the game of the year. People can boo fucking hoo about the ending all they want and hate Bioware's affiliation with EA, but no other game got that much press or had that much replay value. I'm still playing MP 9 months later with tens of thousands of others. It has the most underrated MP experience I've ever played. It's only the RPG/DA slave nerds who still whinge about that game.

From what I gathered from all the fan outcry and plot dissection at the time, all that "press" came from the players' displeasure over a series that specialises in player choice and consequences, that rendered their choices mostly obsoleet and a wonderfully mishandled conclusion. Further, if Bioware were fine to alter their Mass Effect ending (or at least, needed to create post-game content just to explain the ending), it could be said that Bioware probably didn't have all that much confidence in what they had created.

The game was fine up until the last 10 minutes, but I'm not sure I'd give it GOTY still. As for replay value, the forced intergration of multiplayer into my beloved single player can fuck right off. Having to level up in a multiplayer I don't care for (and no one asked for) in order to get the best single player outcome is in fact the one thing that keeps me from replaying ME3. Bad design choice that can only be justified by the people who "happened to enjoy the multiplayer" and alienating to the rest of us.

 

[We Are Legion]

From what I gathered from all the fan outcry and plot dissection at the time, all that "press" came from the players' displeasure over a series that specialises in player choice and consequences, that rendered their choices mostly obsoleet and a wonderfully mishandled conclusion. Further, if Bioware were fine to alter their Mass Effect ending (or at least, needed to create post-game content just to explain the ending), it could be said that Bioware probably didn't have all that much confidence in what they had created.

The game was fine up until the last 10 minutes, but I'm not sure I'd give it GOTY still. As for replay value, the forced intergration of multiplayer into my beloved single player can fuck right off. Having to level up in a multiplayer I don't care for (and no one asked for) in order to get the best single player outcome is in fact the one thing that keeps me from replaying ME3. Bad design choice that can only be justified by the people who "happened to enjoy the multiplayer" and alienating to the rest of us.

I'm on the Bioware forums a lot. Take it from me, most of the people who whinge about the ending are complete blueberries who are just upset the ending didn't pan out the way the wanted. Particularly because *SPOILER ALERT* Shepard dies in the "ideal" ending. They all want to be writers for Bioware because the series has a very weird ability to give seemingly anyone the impression they have the ability to write a story that epic, which is just sheer nonsense. Just take a look on youtube at all the people who spend countless hours redesigning the ending in their own visions. It's pathetic. There isn't really any difference between the original ending and the Extended Cut other than the latter is elaborated on much more, which needed to be done and it was acceptable. But to see those idiot fans whining about how the other DLC "doesn't change the ending" is just sad. I honestly can't think of a single DLC for any game that did anything like that. And the decisions you make throughout the course of the series DO impact the ending and many events throughout ME3, just not (again) how the whiny fans imagined them to. I love the series, but trust me, most of the fans of it are just spiteful, ungrateful, bandwagon jack offs.

 

[Defiant]

By the way, here's Time Magazine's top 10 list for 2012 for anyone interested:

10. Torchlight 2
9. Halo 4
8. LittleBigPlanet
7. The Last Story
6. Papo & Yo
5. Assassin's Creed III
4. Dishonored
3. XCom: Enemy Unknown
2. Xenoblade Chronicles
1. Guild Wars 2

 

[Weez]

I loved the ME Series, and I loved the ending. The Original Ending. I also enjoyed the Extended Cut and thought the New option was a nice touch (Trying to stay spoiler free here).

But Telltale did an AMAZING fucking job with the Walking Dead game. What I am most excited about is the terminology they're using, calling these five episodes a "Season." Yes, I want more. I have been working like crazy the last month or so (Oh, hai there WS btw. Missed ya lol), and I only recently DLed the 5th episode of Walking Dead, but it's been far and away the most engaging gaming experience I've had all year.

It's good to see a XBLA game with non-traditional delivery win game of the year. It's really showing how the industry is changing, and I'm excited where it's going.

 

[We Are Legion]

By the way, here's Time Magazine's top 10 list for 2012 for anyone interested:

10. Torchlight 2
9. Halo 4
8. LittleBigPlanet
7. The Last Story
6. Papo & Yo
5. Assassin's Creed III
4. Dishonored
3. XCom: Enemy Unknown
2. Xenoblade Chronicles
1. Guild Wars 2

Little Big Planet? Pretty sure that came out like 3 years ago. So yeah... loltimemagazine

I loved the ME Series, and I loved the ending. The Original Ending. I also enjoyed the Extended Cut and thought the New option was a nice touch (Trying to stay spoiler free here).

But Telltale did an AMAZING fucking job with the Walking Dead game. What I am most excited about is the terminology they're using, calling these five episodes a "Season." Yes, I want more. I have been working like crazy the last month or so (Oh, hai there WS btw. Missed ya lol), and I only recently DLed the 5th episode of Walking Dead, but it's been far and away the most engaging gaming experience I've had all year.

It's good to see a XBLA game with non-traditional delivery win game of the year. It's really showing how the industry is changing, and I'm excited where it's going.

Oh shit, a Dallas guy. It's too bad you're on XBL. I'm still trying to find peeps to assemble a squad with on ME3 multiplayer. I can't rely on most random squads because too many noobs trying to leech for credits on the harder difficulties.