[LOCK PLZ] Game of the Year 2007 poll

Sixfortyfive · January 2008

Crossposted from here. mcc can't post this himself because he can't log in and his account's recovery e-mail is no longer valid.

mcc wrote:

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As you may already be familiar with, for the last few years I have been coordinating a little Game of the Year poll the first week of each January. This poll is not like normal GOTY polls. I think it is better. In normal GOTY polls you are given maybe four, five options, and you have to pick your favorite. This one is different.

In this poll you are given a list of EVERY game released last year-- near as we could gather, by taking nominations here and on PA.* You are asked to rate your top 20-- you're asked to check all the games you played, and then to sort them in order of your favorites. There's some javascript that hopefully will make this more or less easy. At the end I have a computer program go back and sort the favorites based on what got rated highest, and we get a list of the year's "top 130". If you want to see what this looks like, here's last year's poll results. They're all color coded and they look neat.

The poll will run until, as I'm currently planning things, the evening of January 8. Expect the results to be at the poll URL sometime on January 9.

Want to give it a shot?

* This year the list is pretty exhaustive, so if something's missing it's probably because it was specifically excluded under the rules! But that is in the past, and if something is missing then I'm sorry, but even if something deserves to be on, no new options will be added now that the poll has started.

In case if you're wondering why one of your favorite games might not be on the list, mcc has some rules in place to prevent games from previous polls from running again another year. Ports of games from previous years are not allowed, and imports (from regions that are not North America) are not allowed because of the possibility that they may receive localizations the following year. (This has the interesting side-effect of some old previously un-localized Virtual Console games being allowed to run in 2007, however.)

For this reason, The Orange Box is not listed. Instead, TF2, Portal, and HL2 Episode 2 are listed individually. Allowing The Orange Box to run as-is would allow HL2 (a previous GOTY winner) and HL2 Episode 1 to run again.

Mumblyfish · January 2008

The Orange Box was not listed because it would win by too great a margin. Final Fantasy XII was not listed because the European vote does not matter in mcc's cosy, America-centric world. Don't believe Ondore's lies!

I'm one of those few not screaming "2007: Best year ever!". Final Fantasy XII would be in at number three if I could choose it, but c'est la vote.

taliosfalcon · January 2008

I have the orange box..and none of its contents were in my 8 picks..am i going to hell?

that aside the list made me realize what a great year for RPGs this was, etrian odyssey, the witcher, persona 3 and mass effect were some of the best RPGs i've played in the last 5 years at least.

DarkPrimus · January 2008

Man if you had played Persona 3, FFXII wouldn't be on your list at all, because it would feel so bland and stale.

Italax · January 2008

My top 3 were, in order: Portal, Episode 2, Team Fortress 2.

...Yea I loved the orange box. Mario has a huge disadvantage that I got it for christmas and haven't had time to play it religiously yet, but the couple of hours I spent still won it spot 4 >_>

Also:

DarkPrimus wrote: »

Man if you had played Persona 3, FFXII wouldn't be on your list at all, because it would feel so bland and stale.

I'm pretty sure we don't have Persone 3 in Europe yet.

Mumblyfish · January 2008

Italax wrote: »

I'm pretty sure we don't have Persone 3 in Europe yet.

We do not, and my favoured importers are still charging Too Damned Much™. It could be that I would like Persona 3 more than Final Fantasy XII, but as a rule I do not like the traditional Japanese RPG, and impressive as Persona 3's visual design is it seems to follow standard genre design to the letter. I like Final Fantasy XII because it was difficult, had no experience or item grinding and (until the final stages of the game, where everything devolved into utter shit) a story of empires rather than girly teenagers with personal problems, problems which somehow take center stage even when the world is minutes away from annhilation.

Bullio · January 2008

Spoilered top 20. I only ranked the games I got around to playing that came out this year (I think I had 22 or 23 on the list). The top 10 looks right. After that I didn't pay too much attention to the order.

Spoiler:

Edited to indicate proper platform type.

MiserableMirth · January 2008

I haven't even gotten close to playing all the good games that came out. However, as it stands, its a duel between SMG and Portal.

LewieP · January 2008

I voted Portal no. 1 so hard

JRosey · January 2008

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. made my top 5. Even I'm a little surprised.

Italax · January 2008

Mumblyfish wrote: »

Italax wrote: »

I'm pretty sure we don't have Persone 3 in Europe yet.

We do not, and my favoured importers are still charging Too Damned Muchâ„¢. It could be that I would like Persona 3 more than Final Fantasy XII, but as a rule I do not like the traditional Japanese RPG, and impressive as Persona 3's visual design is it seems to follow standard genre design to the letter. I like Final Fantasy XII because it was difficult, had no experience or item grinding and (until the final stages of the game, where everything devolved into utter shit) a story of empires rather than girly teenagers with personal problems, problems which somehow take center stage even when the world is minutes away from annhilation.

I can't go back to random battles, I just can't. I hate them so much and they should have fucking died out after Chrono Trigger did RPG battles properly. It's why I hate Dragon Quest 8 with every fiber of my being, it's everything I think is wrong with a JRPG in a single game.

Mumblyfish · January 2008

Random battles? In 2007 (more like 2008, ha ha, Europe)?

Well, then. Persona 3 would not come anywhere near my list of "best titles of the year" had I played it. It would not even come at the top of my list of "best titles that are Persona 3, Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing or Animal Soccer World".

eelektrik · January 2008

I'm still of the opinion that The Orange Box should've been grouped together as on the 360, there was no option to buy them separately. The majority of people voting for it would be doing so for the new content anyways. But oh well.

I only have a Top 18.

Spoiler:

Unfortunately I've yet to get around to getting Super Paper Mario, Metroid Prime 3, Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, or Project Gotham Racing 4. I'll have to get around to playing them all eventually, but I like the look of my top 10. And this has been an amazing year for expansion packs, with 4 of them making my list.

Kazhiim · January 2008

I voted Knytt Stories higher than Halo 3.

cj iwakura · January 2008

I haven't played many of the top contenders, probably because I don't have a next gen console yet, so I was only able to come up with ten.

Spoiler:

Funny that no one nominated Hellgate... I might not have voted for it, but I thought it had a fairly devout following.

Gosling · January 2008

My #1 was MLB Power Pros.

Seriously. That's my game of the year.

Alfred J. Kwak · January 2008

1. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
2. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
3. Mario Strikers Charged (Wii)

What can I say, I'm a Nintendo whore <3

RedMageDarion · January 2008

Here's what I voted for:

Spoiler:

EDF! EDF! EDF!

Octopus Melody · January 2008

There are a lot of groovy games that came out this year that I didn't have a chance to play yet. Hopefully I'll get around to 'em this year.

Here's me list:

Spoiler:

Chen · January 2008

Ha! Ha!

It seems I only bought two games this year.

Goatmon · January 2008

1 Team Fortress 2 (PC, PS3, 360)
2 God of War 2 (PS2)
3 Portal (PC, PS3, 360)
4 Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Wii)
5 Half Life 2: Episode 2 (PC, PS3, 360)
6 World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade (PC)

I don't play WoW anymore, and have no intention of ever going back to it, but Burning Crusade was a pretty bitching expansion and I had quite a bit of fun with it.

Hazz · January 2008

Chen wrote: »

Ha! Ha!

It seems I only bought two games this year.

Yeah, taking this poll made me realise I really didn't buy anything this year.

EmperorSeth · January 2008

And I feel like an idiot. I voted without remembering that God of War 2 and Persona 3 were this year in the first place. That's why you don't do this thing while skimming a list at 9 am on New Year.

Well, my 1st would still be Mario Galaxy, so it's not a big deal.

Couscous · January 2008

Hazz wrote: »

Chen wrote: »

Ha! Ha!

It seems I only bought two games this year.

Yeah, taking this poll made me realise I really didn't buy anything this year.

I played a surprising number of new games this year. I played seven new games. I thought it would be less.

AshtonDragon · January 2008

My top three were Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Pokemon Diamond, and Mario Galaxy. The first two were obvious to me, but I seriously had to think about the order of everything else.

I actually picked more than 20 games, and had to cut a few. Was a really good year for me.
Though I only had one game on the list for something that wasn't Wii or DS, which was Odin Sphere. I think if I had a better computer, I probably would have bought The Orange Box and voted for TF2 and Portal. Oh well.

Chen · January 2008

titmouse wrote: »

Hazz wrote: »

Chen wrote: »

Ha! Ha!

It seems I only bought two games this year.

Yeah, taking this poll made me realise I really didn't buy anything this year.

I played a surprising number of new games this year. I played seven new games. I thought it would be less.

Well, sure, I played a lot of games this year, but not enough to actually vote on it. I mean, Mario Party 8, really?

Elendil · January 2008

Spoiler:

Man I didn't get much this year.

Bedlam · January 2008

I did Galaxy, Super Paper Mario, and TF2 in that order.

Portal is like 6th on my list, it was a fun game dont get me wrong but it was way to bloody short and the difficulty wasnt really there till the end.

Also many thanks to MCC. Make sure to pass alone that we would like to see him come back! (if only for a visit)

LCDXX · January 2008

Spoiler:

I will admit, it was a pretty awesome year. As I stated elsewhere, the top 4 or 5 were pretty interchangeable for me so I just plugged some numbers in and went with it.

I was kinda shocked to see that I had 32 games on that list. O_o

DiscoGobbo · January 2008

Spoiler:

Thinking on it now, it was indeed one hell of a year.

RainbowDespair · January 2008

Mumblyfish wrote: »

Random battles? In 2007 (more like 2008, ha ha, Europe)?

Well, then. Persona 3 would not come anywhere near my list of "best titles of the year" had I played it. It would not even come at the top of my list of "best titles that are Persona 3, Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing or Animal Soccer World".

Persona 3 does not have random battles in it. In fact, as far as RPGs where you can see the enemy beforehand go, Persona 3 is one of the easier ones to dodge unwanted battles.

Cherrn · January 2008

A pretty pitiful list from me. I didn't play as much this year as I thought I did, but I haven't gotten all the games I wanted to, either - and I haven't completed a few of these.

Spoiler:

I still haven't gotten Virtua Fighter 5, Front Mission, Super Paper Mario, The Witcher or Persona 3 yet.

On a sidenote, what the fuck is Hammerfall for the PC? I can find no record of this game ever existing.

Daedalus · January 2008

Mario Galaxy, followed by some other stuff.

Also, Sin and Punishment as an option on the list? Hell yes.

I mean, it's certainly going to win in the N64 category (unless it counts as a Wii game, that is).

Olivaw · January 2008

Spoiler:

I am really bad at these things because I always feel like I am leaving something out or that the order is wrong, but this time I feel pretty good about my choices

Speed Racer · January 2008

1. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
2. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (DS)
3. Portal (PC, PS3, 360)
4. Team Fortress 2 (PC, PS3, 360)
5. Rock Band (360, PS3)
6. Assassin's Creed (360, PS3)
7. Bioshock (360, PC)
8. Mass Effect (360)
9. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations (DS)
10. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
11. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS)
12. Zack and Wiki (Wii)
13. Super Paper Mario (Wii)
14. Trauma Center: New Blood (Wii)
15. Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)

I only now notice that I didn't mention Halo 3 at all. Oh well.

Radikal_Dreamer · January 2008

1. Uncharted
2. Warhawk
3. Persona 3
4. God of War II
5. Heavenly Sword
6. Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
7. Guitar Hero III

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions would have been on there, probably pretty high, if it was an option... But it wasn't

DisruptorX2 · January 2008

I only voted for Mass Effect.

I should have also voted Guitar Hero 3, but I forgot.

Tonberry King · January 2008

1. Metroid Prime 3
2. Rune Factory
3. Mass Effect
4. Bioshock
5. Zack and Wiki
6. Mario Galaxy
7. Sonic and the Secret Rings
8. Super Paper Mario
9. Wario Ware Smooth Moves

Metroid Prime 3 fanboy representin'

urahonky · January 2008

Italax wrote: »

Mumblyfish wrote: »

Italax wrote: »

I'm pretty sure we don't have Persone 3 in Europe yet.

We do not, and my favoured importers are still charging Too Damned Muchâ„¢. It could be that I would like Persona 3 more than Final Fantasy XII, but as a rule I do not like the traditional Japanese RPG, and impressive as Persona 3's visual design is it seems to follow standard genre design to the letter. I like Final Fantasy XII because it was difficult, had no experience or item grinding and (until the final stages of the game, where everything devolved into utter shit) a story of empires rather than girly teenagers with personal problems, problems which somehow take center stage even when the world is minutes away from annhilation.

I can't go back to random battles, I just can't. I hate them so much and they should have fucking died out after Chrono Trigger did RPG battles properly. It's why I hate Dragon Quest 8 with every fiber of my being, it's everything I think is wrong with a JRPG in a single game.

I looooove random battles so much. It's perfect for the grinder in me.

Speed Racer · January 2008

urahonky wrote: »

Italax wrote: »

Mumblyfish wrote: »

Italax wrote: »

I'm pretty sure we don't have Persone 3 in Europe yet.

We do not, and my favoured importers are still charging Too Damned Muchâ„¢. It could be that I would like Persona 3 more than Final Fantasy XII, but as a rule I do not like the traditional Japanese RPG, and impressive as Persona 3's visual design is it seems to follow standard genre design to the letter. I like Final Fantasy XII because it was difficult, had no experience or item grinding and (until the final stages of the game, where everything devolved into utter shit) a story of empires rather than girly teenagers with personal problems, problems which somehow take center stage even when the world is minutes away from annhilation.

I can't go back to random battles, I just can't. I hate them so much and they should have fucking died out after Chrono Trigger did RPG battles properly. It's why I hate Dragon Quest 8 with every fiber of my being, it's everything I think is wrong with a JRPG in a single game.

I looooove random battles so much. It's perfect for the grinder in me.

I think you need medical attention.

bruin · January 2008

I had played 23 games from the list

The top seven are the games I think are REALLY REALLY good

1. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
2. Halo 3 (360)
3. Portal (PC, PS3, 360)
4. Bioshock (360, PC)
5. Rock Band (360, PS3)
6. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS)
7. Pac-Man Championship Edition (360)
8. Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Wii)
9. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (DS)
10. Earth Defense Force 2017 (360)
11. Blue Dragon (360)
12. Mass Effect (360)
13. Zack and Wiki (Wii)
14. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
15. Planet Puzzle League (DS)
16. Project Gotham Racing 4 (360)
17. Super Paper Mario (Wii)
18. Forza Motorsport 2 (360)
19. Call of Duty 4 (360, PS3, PC)
20. Brain Age 2 (DS)

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