Let's talk about Giant Bomb! DROBOT IS SKYLANDER OF THE YEAR

admanb

Blankzilla wrote:

I think that Saint's Row was a bigger achievement than Skyrim in some ways

like they said on one of the podcasts, this is the first real GotY contender THQ and Volition have ever put out. This brings both of them into a much bigger profile than they were before.

Skyrim is fantastic but pretty much everyone knew it would be fantastic.

Everyone thought it would be fantastic in the way that Morrowind/Oblivion/FO3/New Vegas were fantastic, in a kind of broken and well-it's-amazing-but way. Whereas the most common sentiment is holy shit it is actually fantastic.

edit: my silly pedantic argument for TOTP =

I know that were it not for GiantBomb SR3 would never be on my list of games to buy and play, but instead it is just after Dead Space 2.

Ceno

Ryan's primary argument against SR3, having never played Skyrim, was that he played all there was to play in SR3 and ran out and was resentful that there wasn't more. So Skyrim got the nod due to sheer breadth of content.

I just remembered that bit, and that's why I felt he was doing it to be controversial.

Oghulk

I don't feel like you can argue for GOTY with breadth of content

that seems kinda silly to do...

admanb

You can argue for GOTY with whatever makes it your GOTY aaaaaaargh

Aistan

My GOTY is Dark Souls so I don't think I really have anything to contribute to the conversation.

I am absolutely shocked they didn't go with Saints Row though, considering all they've talked about it. I haven't listened to the podcast yet.

Ceno

Brad also hates Batman because he didn't know how to dive, then pull up to gain altitude, giving you a clear view at all the possible grapple points. Despite that being the first thing they teach you to do as soon as you put the Batsuit on in the flippin' game. Someone linked a video of proper gliding/grappling to him on Twitter yesterday and it was a revelation to him.

That's completely a sidepoint, but the GOTY stuff was recorded before he figured out how to play the game.

Blankzilla

Either way I don't really see Arkham City placing higher than it did

Hullis

the greatest game of the year was football manager 2012

I am weaving an intricate story of a british coach who gets called to turn the Seattle Sounders into the first real American Football Juggernaut

Ceno

In any case, it would be quite funny if Ryan came back from the holidays having played a ton of Skyrim and ends up hating it. This whole thing was so contentious because Ryan was the tiebreaker and he never played Skyrim at all. Instead of abstaining and letting the other four go at each other (at one point, Jeff and Vinny have Brad on the ropes, done, finished), he chimes in with no useful contributions except for negative things about SR3.

Barcardi

Aistan wrote:

My GOTY is Dark Souls so I don't think I really have anything to contribute to the conversation.

I am absolutely shocked they didn't go with Saints Row though, considering all they've talked about it. I haven't listened to the podcast yet.

Agree and hi5 with Jolly Cooperation!

Jeff and Ryan are insidious with how they argue their points... or shit on great games to make other people think better of other games. Its almost lawyerly to listen to, its kinda fascinating.

MrDapper

Abstained from Giant Bomb all day to listen to the podcast, I see why they placed Skyrim at the top, but part of me wanted them to put Saints Row at the the top just because it's such a Giant Bomb game.

Also just for shits and giggles my top five.

5. Ghost Trick
4. LA Noire
3. Saints Row: The Third
2. Batman: Arkham City
1. Portal 2

I'm about to play Skyrim though so who knows.

Edit: Actually forget Deus Ex, Ghost Trick, is pretty great.

Munkus Beaver

Regardless, he should have played the game for no other reason than it was a clear GOTY contender and he was going to be producing content to determine GOTY.

Mr. G

I have my list over here. My copy of Ghost Trick comes tomorrow and I haven't finished Zelda yet, so maybe this is all WRONG WRONG WRONG.

No Great Name

The Geebs That Is A Pony wrote:

I'm glad they shut brad down with mass effect 2 over starcraft 2 last year because starcraft is stupid

Heh

Olivaw

My list is

Skyrim
Saint's Row
Deus Ex
Portal 2
Bastion
Batman
Witcher 2
LA Noire
Battlefield 3
Dead Space 2

You could probably swap around Deus Ex with Portal 2 if you want, that's practically a tie

Ceno

Here's my list. Also, if any other PA folk are on GB, let me know so's I can follow you and you can follow me.

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/ceno/goty-2011/46-69715/

Blankzilla

Watching Vinny play Witcher 2

God I want to play this game

Adus

It was so weird to me that Ryan was saying he wanted more Saints Row the Third and because he wanted more that that was a mark against the game. Like are we at that point where 20-30 hours isn't enough anymore? Is it because it was up against Skyrim?

How is a game being so good that you want more of it a negative aspect?

The top 2 was a pretty big struggle inside my own head because I don't think SR3 is an improvement over 2, and if anything it's weaker. That said I also agreed with Jeff that it was still just more fun than Skryim. I'm enjoying Skyrim, but like Jeff I feel like so much of it is merely "good".

I kinda wanted Sr3 to win because it would have been interesting, but I don't really know if it honestly deserves it.

I'm still irritated Deus Ex was eliminated from the top 10. The boss battles and endings were poorly deigned but it's still 95% a great game and the one I had the hardest time putting down this year.

Stilts

Blankzilla wrote:

Watching Vinny play Witcher 2

God I want to play this game

Witcher 2 is a great game that I will champion 'til the end of time.

Oghulk

Witcher 2 is the main reason I built a new computer

old one couldn't handle it, new can handle it beautifully

Hullis

Okay, I am pretty much a Giant Bomb virgin

gonna try this endurance run of p4

YaYa

Hullis wrote:

Okay, I am pretty much a Giant Bomb virgin

gonna try this endurance run of p4

dooooooooo iiiiiiiiiitttttttttttt

CG Faggotry

YaYa wrote:

Hullis wrote:

Okay, I am pretty much a Giant Bomb virgin

gonna try this endurance run of p4

dooooooooo iiiiiiiiiitttttttttttt

Oh god, what a ride!

"MAN, A WATERMELON."

MrDapper

Hullis wrote:

Okay, I am pretty much a Giant Bomb virgin

gonna try this endurance run of p4

This has been the best choice of your life.

Two Headed Boy

I cannot believe how easily they eliminated Skyward Sword from their top 10. It's not my favorite game this year, but I think it's definitely one of the top 10.

MrDapper

Well I don't think many of the other guys played it.

Also if you want to delve into madness, check out the youtube comment for Giant Bomb's top ten.

Sweeney Tom

I can't even yell at them for leaving any great games off their top 10

This year was completely stacked with awesome games

Adus

I'm not even sure I played 10 games that came out this year.

My personal list would probably be

Mortal Kombat
Saints Row The Third
Portal 2
Skyrim
Deus Ex: HR
Tales of Vesperia

Hey I didn't really get to play it until this year.

Stilts

Two Headed Boy wrote:

I cannot believe how easily they eliminated Skyward Sword from their top 10. It's not my favorite game this year, but I think it's definitely one of the top 10.

It's not even close to the top 10 for me. I mean, it's an okay game. There are definitely some fun moments in it. But there's also a lot of boring shit bogging it down. It's without a doubt the worst Zelda game I've ever played.

Barcardi

Oghulk wrote:

Witcher 2 is the main reason I built a new computer

old one couldn't handle it, new can handle it beautifully

I need to somehow find the perfect system that can run both Witcher 2 and Skyrim at full... since my Skyrim is PS3 broke ass Skyrim.

Antimatter

Stilts wrote:

Two Headed Boy wrote:

I cannot believe how easily they eliminated Skyward Sword from their top 10. It's not my favorite game this year, but I think it's definitely one of the top 10.

It's not even close to the top 10 for me. I mean, it's an okay game. There are definitely some fun moments in it. But there's also a lot of boring shit bogging it down. It's without a doubt the worst Zelda game I've ever played.

worse than twilight princess?

i mean, i didn't like the demo i tried in gamestop, but fuck

Hullis

the worst post SNES Zelda* is Ocarina of Time

(This does not make it a bad game at all! It's just that MM did everything it did and more, and Twilight Princess had some very compelling plot hooks to keep it above that)

*excluding CD-I games

Adus

Man, Twilight Princess was pretty good, I dunno why people hate on it so much. The long ass tutorial and wolf stuff kinda sucked but otherwise it's pretty much the only game on the Wii I ever enjoyed.

Hullis

I really liked the wolf stuff, actually

Athenor

Jeez, why do I keep subjecting myself to these ERs of Chrono Trigger? I'm just sitting here, thinking that.. hey, maybe the fact that everything is giving massive XP and tech means that you might be underleveled, right? Or... here's a thought, you are completely ignoring half your team, and they are the offensive magic users!


Oh, wait. I know why. It's because I don't own CT. I need to fix that.

No Great Name

Nah, I'm currently playing Skyward sword and it literally made me forget I owned other games that I was playing before(dark souls/UMvC3)

Oghulk

Barcardi wrote:

Oghulk wrote:

Witcher 2 is the main reason I built a new computer

old one couldn't handle it, new can handle it beautifully

I need to somehow find the perfect system that can run both Witcher 2 and Skyrim at full... since my Skyrim is PS3 broke ass Skyrim.

If you can play Witcher 2 it can play Skryim. Skyrim's actually pretty light in terms of hardware requirements when you compare to, say, Battlefield 3 or the Witcher 2.