Either MGS4 or GTA4 is getting Game of the Year

[The Halloween Captain]

Pshh, the best game ever is Half-Life 2 followed by Fallout 1.

No, Super Mario Galaxy

Once there is an RPG Shooter with Super Mario Galaxy physics and Pokemon, then we'll talk best game ever.

 

[The Real Gamer]

Sorry for posting again but a shooter + pokemon? Am I missing something? :\

 

[Snowstalker]

I have an odd feeling that Brawl will win. I'm not sure if that's good or bad.

 

[Firus]

And contrary to alot of whatpeople here think, Brawl was a ver good game (read:outside of the competitive scene, in which reviews dont take account into)

Disagreed. Competitive or not, I still dislike the game. People don't hate it just because

No, Super Mario Galaxy

W-w-w-wh-wh-wh-wha-whaa....WHAT?!

You make me sad. Very, very, very, very, very sad.

 

[The Halloween Captain]

Sorry for posting again but a shooter + pokemon? Am I missing something? :\

Well, Stelix would be an obvious favorite, as it says in his pokedex entry that he's harder skinned than diamonds.

EDIT: Sorry, physics manipulation > storyline. Almost every game has a storyline, but how many games abuse the laws of phycis that badly? Portal, Super Mario Galaxy, and that's about all I can think of.

 

[BloodyPuppy]

No, Super Mario Galaxy

Once there is an RPG Shooter with Super Mario Galaxy physics and Pokemon, then we'll talk best game ever.

... I'm trying to rap my head around how in god's name that would even work. I haven't played Galaxy yet, but Pokemon while fun, isn't all that fantastic of a game. Addictive yes, but the game design isn't particularly interesting and lacks replay value unless you get really hardcore into that game. Sure if you get into the competitive side of Pokemon or you get really obsessive over catching all the Pokemon you could easily drop a lot of time into it, but as it stands it remains a game I play only on occasion.

 

[Puddin]

Hm? So Fable 2 won? Well fgsfds

 

[BloodyPuppy]

Fable 2? What a joke. Fable is a fun game to run through once and then pretty much not touch again.

 

[GreenKirby]

Let's see.

A stealth game where you stop a nuclear crisis and the Illuminati-esque group behind it?

Or a game where you just shoot people as if you're in the ghetto?

Yeah, GTA4 is so winning. >_> (And yes there was bias in the descriptions. Bite me)

 

[The Halloween Captain]

... I'm trying to rap my head around how in god's name that would even work. I haven't played Galaxy yet, but Pokemon while fun, isn't all that fantastic of a game. Addictive yes, but the game design isn't particularly interesting and lacks replay value unless you get really hardcore into that game. Sure if you get into the competitive side of Pokemon or you get really obsessive over catching all the Pokemon you could easily drop a lot of time into it, but as it stands it remains a game I play only on occasion.

Well, the Pokemon level up system would be in place, but combat would be half First-Person shooter special attacks, half 3rd-person action title with melee attacks, using a fictitious world in the line of the Smash realm, but with planets and parts of planets instead of a flat realm.

Also, the trainer would weild RPGs in the RPG. And there would be Samus, Mario, and Bowser there as well. Not the entire Smash Bros. cast though, only big names, as entire elements of each world would need to be implemented in new, detailed, creative ways. The first half of the story would be the typical storylines, but as a twist, the part at the end of Galaxy would correlate to the part where the legendaries in Diamond and Pearl destroy the dimentions, and Snake and Sonic can jusst have some portal thingy that some terrorist/Dr. Eggman invented. Okami, or Amaterasu, is the mother goddess, so she could probably find her way into the game, as well as Link, using the portal system. Starbits would get a significant powerup to compete with the weapons of the other worlds. And Luigi would aim his vaccume at you to summon powerful wirlwinds. E. Gadd would be reintroduced.

BTW, my gaming ideas are beyond the realm of possibility.

 

[BloodyPuppy]

Well, the Pokemon level up system would be in place, but combat would be half First-Person shooter special attacks, half 3rd-person action title with melee attacks, using a fictitious world in the line of the Smash realm, but with planets and parts of planets instead of a flat realm.

Also, the trainer would weild RPGs in the RPG. And there would be Samus, Mario, and Bowser there as well. Not the entire Smash Bros. cast though, only big names, as entire elements of each world would need to be implemented in new, detailed, creative ways. The first half of the story would be the typical storylines, but as a twist, the part at the end of Galaxy would correlate to the part where the legendaries in Diamond and Pearl destroy the dimentions, and Snake and Sonic can jusst have some portal thingy that some terrorist/Dr. Eggman invented. Okami, or Amaterasu, is the mother goddess, so she could probably find her way into the game, as well as Link, using the portal system. Starbits would get a significant powerup to compete with the weapons of the other worlds. And Luigi would aim his vaccume at you to summon powerful wirlwinds. E. Gadd would be reintroduced.

BTW, my gaming ideas are beyond the realm of possibility.

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[The Real Gamer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf2iGG9uTZY

Oh my god... That was seriously the CUTEST moment I have EVER seen in video game HISTORY.

In case link doesn't work or you're too lazy to read it, it's a LittleBigPlanet custom made level designed by this guy who wanted to propose to his girlfriend. The whole level is designed with hearts everywhere, romantic music, etc. and there is even a part when the level asks her if she will marry him, and she says yes! :D

...I'm a guy and I almost cried watching that.

 

[Puddin]

That video was boring...and she sounded so unsurprised "huh!" and then she just keeps going...

Uhm so has the Game of the Year been announced? I heard it was given to Fable 2...

 

[Blackadder]

That video was boring...and she sounded so unsurprised "huh!" and then she just keeps going...

Actually she sounded pretty taken back. Just sayin'.

Uhhh, MGS4 for GOTY and all that.

 

[M E T A]

Left 4 Dead 4 GotY

k

bye

 

[Spire]

I happily give Fallout 3 the game of the year award. Oblivion received a million and one awards, but I thought the game was lackluster. Bethesda nailed Fallout 3, using the best elements in Oblivion along with plentiful new ideas (many of which were Oblivion-mod influenced, such as the keyring).

Fallout 3 is **** near flawless in my eyes. It destroys GTA4, but I've yet to play MGS4, so I will refrain from comparing the two.

 

[The Halloween Captain]

I happily give Fallout 3 the game of the year award. Oblivion received a million and one awards, but I thought the game was lackluster. Bethesda nailed Fallout 3, using the best elements in Oblivion along with plentiful new ideas (many of which were Oblivion-mod influenced, such as the keyring).

Fallout 3 is **** near flawless in my eyes. It destroys GTA4, but I've yet to play MGS4, so I will refrain from comparing the two.

No one ever seems to like GTA the best. I can't figure out why reviewers like it so much.

My only criticism of Fallout 3 what that the setting was drab and included music from the 50's. Great storyline (so far), but the fundamental aspects of the world that are necesary to coincide with such a storyline don't impress me much, mainly because they are too dank and there's little modern music.

 

[Firus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf2iGG9uTZY

Oh my god... That was seriously the CUTEST moment I have EVER seen in video game HISTORY.

In case link doesn't work or you're too lazy to read it, it's a LittleBigPlanet custom made level designed by this guy who wanted to propose to his girlfriend. The whole level is designed with hearts everywhere, romantic music, etc. and there is even a part when the level asks her if she will marry him, and she says yes! :D

...I'm a guy and I almost cried watching that.

I completely agree. Call me what you will, but that is so sweet. It's a creative way to propose, and very romantic if both you and your boy/girlfriend are gamers. I can't stand the people on that video, though. So many jack***es who are saying how pathetic it is.

I wouldn't have chosen LBP myself, but it's still a sweet idea.

 

[Blackadder]

No one ever seems to like GTA the best. I can't figure out why reviewers like it so much.

Nor do I, honestly. It's a good game, it really is. A great game.
But it's NOT going to change the world as we know it like so many have said. Despite the lack of replay value after the main storyline, my biggest complaint is the city.

It is NOT a "living, breathing city". Not at all. Am I the only one who disagrees when the reviewers say this? LC is as artificial as a robot's balls. People don't react realistically to cars flying over them at all. Shooting a guy in the face causes some to run, and others to take a good 6 seconds to realize "woah, I should like, run too". The cops are morons too. They try to swerve into you to block you off... even on freeways or right near the waters edge. Gee, that worked out well officer. That and the people don't actually do much. Follow them. They go around aimlessly. And how come when you run into someone and they drop their shopping they keep walking? Don’t they want to pick it back up?

... Yes, I probably expected too much from this "living, breathing city".

My only criticism of Fallout 3 what that the setting was drab and included music from the 50's. Great storyline (so far), but the fundamental aspects of the world that are necesary to coincide with such a storyline don't impress me much, mainly because they are too dank and there's little modern music.

That's the point. Wouldn't be that haunting and post apocalyptic if everyone was gettin' funkeh to Eminem's Without Me and the setting was straight outta that movie Robots.

 

[BloodyPuppy]

I could level so many criticisms at Fallout 3, but then again I am an NMAer so I'm pretty critical of it.

 

[The Halloween Captain]

I completely agree. Call me what you will, but that is so sweet. It's a creative way to propose, and very romantic if both you and your boy/girlfriend are gamers. I can't stand the people on that video, though. So many jack***es who are saying how pathetic it is.

I wouldn't have chosen LBP myself, but it's still a sweet idea.

It really is not romantic.

Sorry, but you don't do it that way. It's kinda like a scoreboard proposal in a baseball game. It might seem like a good idea at the time, but it's not.

 

[BloodyPuppy]

It really is not romantic.

Sorry, but you don't do it that way. It's kinda like a scoreboard proposal in a baseball game. It might seem like a good idea at the time, but it's not.

It... It's not?

... Will you excuse me for a moment? I need to make some calls.

 

[Firus]

It really is not romantic.

Sorry, but you don't do it that way. It's kinda like a scoreboard proposal in a baseball game. It might seem like a good idea at the time, but it's not.

Well, except a scoreboard proposal is hard to reject (saying no in front of hundreds of people?), has become cliched, etc.

I'm pretty sure this is actually a completely different situation. I am 99% sure he was there with her, it was not in public (until he put it up on YouTube), and it was a creative way to do it. The only comparison there is that you think both are bad ideas. I agree that the scoreboard proposals are, but I disagree on this one. It's a creative way to pop the question and a good way to do so if both you and your boy/girlfriend are into gaming. As far as the game, I would choose something more timeless and awesome to do it in, like Super Metroid (however you'd pull it off in that). But nonetheless, unless you eventually lose interest of gaming, I don't see why you'd regret it.

 

[The Halloween Captain]

Well, except a scoreboard proposal is hard to reject (saying no in front of hundreds of people?), has become cliched, etc.

I'm pretty sure this is actually a completely different situation. I am 99% sure he was there with her, it was not in public (until he put it up on YouTube), and it was a creative way to do it. The only comparison there is that you think both are bad ideas. I agree that the scoreboard proposals are, but I disagree on this one. It's a creative way to pop the question and a good way to do so if both you and your boy/girlfriend are into gaming. As far as the game, I would choose something more timeless and awesome to do it in, like Super Metroid (however you'd pull it off in that). But nonetheless, unless you eventually lose interest of gaming, I don't see why you'd regret it.

Youtube proposals are also a bad idea.

 

[Firus]

It wasn't a YouTube proposal, he put it up on YouTube afterwards.

 

[Puddin]

I'm pretty sure this is the Game of the Year discussion, not "Wow that game proposal that was awkwardly stiff was romantic" thread.

 

[Firus]

No ****, sherlock.

But it came up in discussion and we discussed it. And if you want to be nitpicky about things, your post was technically just as bad as us posting about that video.

I know mine is too, only I'm not the one nitpicking.

 

[Chill]

WiiMusic is going to win game of the year.

 

[The Halloween Captain]

WiiMusic is going to win game of the year.

The 2007 Wii nominees were much better.

Best Wii Game
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Paper Mario

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/09/nominees-for-spike-tvs-video-game-awards-2007-revealed/

 

[Puddin]

No ****, sherlock.

But it came up in discussion and we discussed it. And if you want to be nitpicky about things, your post was technically just as bad as us posting about that video.

I know mine is too, only I'm not the one nitpicking.

And well, exactly it was off topic and I don't really care for some random guy who proposed to some random girl using LittleBigPlanet. I realize the thread isn't just about what I want to discuss, but I'm posting to discuss the Game of the Year so I had to say something.

So does anyone know when the actual Game of the Year awards are? The one that matters, not every gaming sites list of decent games this year. Because I keep hearing that Fable 2 won and I can't find any information on it, and it's really a bit disappointing that a game like Fable 2 won (if it did.) It's more or less Fable with some upgrades, and maybe even some downgrades not a sequel so I'd like to know why a much more deserving game didn't win.

@Halloween Captain: Last years Wii nominations were better because last year decent games were released for the Wii...I guess Animal Crossing has a shot...I mean it doesn't have a lot of competition.

 

[The Halloween Captain]

And well, exactly it was off topic and I don't really care for some random guy who proposed to some random girl using LittleBigPlanet. I realize the thread isn't just about what I want to discuss, but I'm posting to discuss the Game of the Year so I had to say something.

So does anyone know when the actual Game of the Year awards are? The one that matters, not every gaming sites list of decent games this year. Because I keep hearing that Fable 2 won and I can't find any information on it, and it's really a bit disappointing that a game like Fable 2 won (if it did.) It's more or less Fable with some upgrades, and maybe even some downgrades not a sequel so I'd like to know why a much more deserving game didn't win.

@Halloween Captain: Last years Wii nominations were better because last year decent games were released for the Wii...I guess Animal Crossing has a shot...I mean it doesn't have a lot of competition.

Let's just say I will be extremely disapointed in the award process if Brawl loses to one of the alternatives.

 

[The Real Gamer]

No one ever seems to like GTA the best. I can't figure out why reviewers like it so much.

Good question. But even though it seems like we are all pro MGS4, we gotta give the game some credit. We are comparing MGS4 to GTA4 as if it's OoT vs (insert a bad N64 game here). We can't sit here and deny that GTA4 as over hyped as it was, was one of the greatest hits of this year.

I seriously didn't think this thread would be so one-sided. I don't think I've seen one person suggest GTA4 over MGS4 yet. MGS4 is just too perfect I guess.

I completely agree. Call me what you will, but that is so sweet. It's a creative way to propose, and very romantic if both you and your boy/girlfriend are gamers. I can't stand the people on that video, though. So many jack***es who are saying how pathetic it is.

I wouldn't have chosen LBP myself, but it's still a sweet idea.

I agree I also though it was very creative/romantic.

WiiMusic is going to win game of the year.

Sarcasm scares me sometimes.

 

[Puddin]

Good question. But even though it seems like we are all pro MGS4, we gotta give the game some credit. We are comparing MGS4 to GTA4 as if it's OoT vs (insert a bad N64 game here). We can't sit here and deny that GTA4 as over hyped as it was, was one of the greatest hits of this year.

I seriously didn't think this thread would be so one-sided. I don't think I've seen one person suggest GTA4 over MGS4 yet. MGS4 is just too perfect I guess.



I agree I also though it was very creative/romantic.

GTA has always been an odd series, in the way it is reviewed and received I mean.

Fans love it to no end, they keep the series going until their **** hit the fan and they'd still love it.

The media hates it, politics blame most if not all of teens problems on video games and GTA is a prime and easy target for things like "Teens are impressionable, when they see a man shoot someone for their car they go out and do it" which is obviously not true.

Reviewers...well the reviews seemed to be rigged more so than an election of a prince and a peasant for the throne.
So it's really hard to tell where GTA4 stands vs MGS4 for Game of the Year.

I suppose I might think it was creative or romantic if the internet hadn't killed my emotions long ago.

 

[M E T A]

Well, the Pokemon level up system would be in place, but combat would be half First-Person shooter special attacks, half 3rd-person action title with melee attacks, using a fictitious world in the line of the Smash realm, but with planets and parts of planets instead of a flat realm.

Also, the trainer would weild RPGs in the RPG. And there would be Samus, Mario, and Bowser there as well. Not the entire Smash Bros. cast though, only big names, as entire elements of each world would need to be implemented in new, detailed, creative ways. The first half of the story would be the typical storylines, but as a twist, the part at the end of Galaxy would correlate to the part where the legendaries in Diamond and Pearl destroy the dimentions, and Snake and Sonic can jusst have some portal thingy that some terrorist/Dr. Eggman invented. Okami, or Amaterasu, is the mother goddess, so she could probably find her way into the game, as well as Link, using the portal system. Starbits would get a significant powerup to compete with the weapons of the other worlds. And Luigi would aim his vaccume at you to summon powerful wirlwinds. E. Gadd would be reintroduced.

BTW, my gaming ideas are beyond the realm of possibility.

WHAT THE F***???

You should make video games just to see how weird they turn out.

 

[RedPeppers]

I was just looking at IGN's reviews of the all the consoles in 2008, and I was shocked to see how low the fans voted GTAIV. It was 8th on the PS3! 8TH! I starting to wonder if GTA has more of a following with the semi-casual gaming market. People who enjoy playing in the sandbox for awhile, killing people and playing with a bunch of, shall we say (in the interest of younger members) not very tastefully dressed women. Not to bash the game, I mean it is a good game, but I think maybe the hardcore gamers are more interested in what are frankly, more interesting titles.

 

[Puddin]

I was just looking at IGN's reviews of the all the consoles in 2008, and I was shocked to see how low the fans voted GTAIV. It was 8th on the PS3! 8TH! I starting to wonder if GTA has more of a following with the semi-casual gaming market. People who enjoy playing in the sandbox for awhile, killing people and playing with a bunch of, shall we say (in the interest of younger members) not very tastefully dressed women. Not to bash the game, I mean it is a good game, but I think maybe the hardcore gamers are more interested in what are frankly, more interesting titles.

It's probably because of the much better games that came out on the PS3 this year, most notably the exclusives.

LittleBigPlanet and MGS4 were both great exclusives, LittleBigPlanet didn't do so well commercially but that doesn't make it any short of a masterpiece.

MGS4...well this doesn't really need an explanation.

Actually those are all I can think of...are there more?

 

[Banjodorf]

If MGS4 doesn't win..I'm going to go kill babies...and fan boys.. (I don't like GTAIV, I'm sorry - I got nothing amazing out of it when I played it)

Really...all MGS needs to ever win GotY is it's main character, because Snake is made of win.

 

[paledragon64]

It'll definitely be between MGS4, Fallout 3, and GTA4-they're overhyped enough and received rather good review. I think it should be MGS4, but it'll probably be GTA4.

But of course, they all overlook the most worthy game- World of Goo

 

[SonicLucario]

I really hope MGS4 or LBP gets it. I've long disliked the GTA series. I'm not saying it's bad, I just don't think it really deserved the praise it gets. I can't say much as I haven't played any extensively.

 

[The Real Gamer]

I'm guessing you guys heard that X play named Fable 2 game of the year?

Talk about a surprise! It is a great game, but I didn't even think it was GotY material.

Seriously, why Fable 2 > LBP? MGS4? Left 4 Dead? WOW