GOTY 2009 Poll: Nominations needed!

slash000

Some to add that are not in OP:


Castlevania: Rebirth (Wii)
Divinity 2 (X360 and PC)
Molly the Were-zompire (XBLAIG)
Way of the Samurai 3 (PS3)
Spyborgs (Wii)
Raiden IV (* not sure if this "counts" as a port or not...it's from a 2007 arcade game, this is the first console release) (X360)
Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman: What did I do to deserve this? (PSP)
Unbound Saga (PSP)
The Bigs (Multi)
Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament (PSP)
Cross Edge (PSP)
Crimson Gem Saga (PSP)
Steal Princess (DS)
Patapon 2 (PSP)
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (it's a remake... does that count?) (Wii)
Dokapon Journey (DS)
Wanted: Weapons of Fate (Multi)
King of Fighters 98 Ultimate Match - not sure if this counts, but it's a remake/upgrade (PS2)
Tom Clancy's HAWX (Multi)
Puzzle Quest Galactrix (DS)
Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop (surely this doesn't count as a port..?) (Wii)
Deadly Creatures (Wii)
My World, My Way (DS)
DJ Max Fever (PSP)
Afro Samurai (Multi)
MLB Front Office Manager (multi)
Lord of the Rings Conquest (Multi)

mcc

Slash000 thanks, will go back and add those in a minute, do you think you could run through and add platforms where you remember them? It would save me 28 trips to wikipedia...

UnbreakableVow

The list is missing:

Trash Panic (PS3)
Trivial Pursuit (360, PS3, Wii)
Wheelman (360, PS3)
X-Blades (360, PS3)

Evil Multifarious

Gratuitous Space Battles (PC)
Serious Sam HD
Eufloria

TeeMan

Wipeout HD Fury is actually larger than the original game, so it deserves to be on the list.

slash000

mcc wrote: »

Slash000 thanks, will go back and add those in a minute, do you think you could run through and add platforms where you remember them? It would save me 28 trips to wikipedia...

I added the platforms.

As always, thanks for doing this poll!

DeathPrawn

Although it's a port of a Japanese PS2 game, Flower, Sun, and Rain (DS) marks the first time the game has been released in America.

JohnDoe

Time, Gentlemen, Please! (PC, download only)

Fatty McBeardo

Wow at the lists of titles from 2007 and 2008. "Golden age" doesn't seem like hyperbole when describing them.

2009 doesn't look weak at all, it's just the previous two years saw the release of one iconic game after another. But Uncharted 2, MW2, L4D2, Dragon Age, Arkham Asylum, Assassin's Creed 2, ODST, Killzone 2, and Street Fighter 4, Super Mario Wii, the XBLA and PSN hits... yeah, this was also a very big year.

mcc

Eufloria was actually on the 2008 poll when it was still named Dyson.

Evil Multifarious

mcc wrote: »

Eufloria was actually on the 2008 poll when it was still named Dyson.

oh, even though it was officially a beta?

oh well, it's not like anyone would vote for it anyways.

I believe there is also Defense Grid (PC)

mcc

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

mcc wrote: »

Eufloria was actually on the 2008 poll when it was still named Dyson.

oh, even though it was officially a beta?

oh well, it's not like anyone would vote for it anyways.

I believe there is also Defense Grid (PC)

Yeah. I appear to be have made some errors concerning indie game "betas". Spelunky was on there last year too even though it only hit 1.0 this year (well.. the 1.0 is still a beta).

Fig-D

This year was pretty darn good for most, but fucking fantastic for PS3 owners. Certainly not a "weak year."

Evil Multifarious

good year for games, but also a year fully of really disappointing supposedly triple-A games

or at least, games that many more people found disappointing than one usually sees

UnbreakableVow

Honestly I prefer 2009 to both '08 and '07

None of those years were that huge for me, just a couple standouts honestly (Burnout Paradise, Fallout 3, VC, Rock Band 1/2).

This year is crazy.

-SPI-

I think next year will be even crazier since it will be frontloaded with all the Q1 huge releases.

Also I didn't spot Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble (PSP) on the list.

UnbreakableVow

I'm submitting my 2010 GOTY list early

1. Heavy Rain
2-20. Other stuff

mastrius

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

I'm submitting my 2010 GOTY list early

1. Heavy Rain
2-20. Other stuff

Im waiting for Heavy Rain to come out and be good but not amazing. Thatd be funny to me.

UnbreakableVow

Even if it's good, it should rock your world! I've seen the games you enjoy

Totally taking a day off of work for it

EDIT: It has a QTE to tie your tie when you wake up in the morning, that pretty much clinches my top spot

Monger

I'm sad that you're betting The Last Guardian doesn't make it out within a year.

You're making me sad, Vow.

UnbreakableVow

It'll be in the 2 through 20, I'm sure

UnbreakableVow

Also I kinda forgot it existed until you just mentioned it

Monger

2 through 20? I'm sad that you have such terrible taste.

You're making me sad, Vow.

UnbreakableVow

Heavy Rain has a QTE to shake a gallon of orange juice before pouring yourself a cup

Monger

Yes, but it uses the sixaxis to do it. Wonderfully Shenmueish though an OJ simulator may be, some of us call that waggle.

You what kind of game has waggle?

Not GOTY.

UnbreakableVow

Monger wrote: »

Yes, but it uses the sixaxis to do it. Wonderfully Shenmueish though an OJ simulator may be, some of us call that waggle.

You what kind of game has waggle?

Not GOTY.

Super Mario Galaxy would disagree

Monger

I retract my previous statement. I have accepted Heavy Rain into my heart. Heavy Rain can now take a mortal blow for me in combat.

My relationship with heavy rain has become intimate.

Xagarath

Noby Noby Boy deserves to win this poll.
Just because.

In all seriousness, though, what a fantastic year. I haven't even been able to buy everything from it yet.

Alfred J. Kwak

"Lips: Number One Hits" was released this October - it's actually a sequel rather then an addon, if wikipedia is to believe, and features as many songs as the first one. In any case, it'd probably only get my vote around this place. ;-)

Honk

Shadow Complex is the best game.

cooljammer00

Honk wrote: »

Shadow Complex is the best game.

It loses points in my heart because I can't play it, not having an Xbox.

Todesbart

Demon's Souls needs to win this poll so hard.

Antihippy

From List wrote:

Don't *** Your Pants (Flash)

The hell?

Man, could we split it into categories?

Also, last guardian for Game of the Millennium.

Sixfortyfive

Throwing one out there: "Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram 5.66 (XBLA)". This is a port of an old game, but it was arcade-only and probably less than 10 machines ever made it out of Japan, so I'm not sure which side of the port/remake rule it falls on. An older version of the same game (v5.45) received a US Dreamcast port, but it had fewer characters and was basically the SF2 World Warrior to 5.66's Champion Edition. Nobody but me will vote for this game anyway, so it doesn't really matter what you do with this one.

I also didn't see Pokemon Platinum on the list. Not sure whether that would qualify for this either. There's enough new move changes, engine tweaks, and battle facilities to change the competitive aspect significantly, but the singleplayer quest is just Diamond/Pearl++.

-SPI-

Antihippy wrote: »

From List wrote:

Don't *** Your Pants (Flash)

The hell?

It's a survival horror text adventure where you have to not shit your pants.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/Rete/dont-shit-your-pants

Antihippy

Well that was easy.

I did not need to see a half naked purple man. :x

Honk

cooljammer00 wrote: »

Honk wrote: »

Shadow Complex is the best game.

It loses points in my heart because I can't play it, not having an Xbox.

It's a shame that it's only available through Live Arcade, it should easily have been released for the PS3 and PC as well. :?

Aldo

Dragonica the free MMO-side scrolling fighter, Runes of Magic the free MMORPG and Valkyrie Sky the free MMO vertical scrolling fighter were all released in the west this year.

There are more free MMOs released this year, but I can't imagine anyone wants to vote for those and in many cases it is absolutely unclear when exactly they say their game went gold (Gunz for example has been in beta for years now).

Alegis

You even included Altitude on that list, so I got nothing to add.


Unfortunately for my purchased versions of Batman and Shadow Complex, they'll remain unplayed until 2010.

SkutSkut

Darth_Mogs wrote: »

Way of the Samurai 3 (360, PS3)

And here I thought I was the only one to have that as my goty. All the AAA releases get beat out by a budget game with soul to it.