GOTY 2011 Poll: Nominations needed

Magic Pink

lionheart_m wrote:

A couple other thoughts:
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together is also a port, but I haven't played it enough to know how much of an upgrade it is (if at all). I'd cut it.

I'd say it's a new game. New leveling system, DLC, new character among other things make it feel like a brand new game instead of just port.

EDIT: Sadly, NOT my GOTY.

DLC?? Huh buh whu?

edit: Oh, whatever it is is included on disc in the NA and EU versions.

Peewi

Dead or Alive: Dimensions (3DS) and Nintendogs+cats are missing.

Other than that, everything I cqan think of is on the list or mentioned by someone else.

Renzo

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (PSP)

Thanks for doing this, mcc! I was looking forward to it!

RainbowDespair

lionheart_m wrote:

A couple other thoughts:
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together is also a port, but I haven't played it enough to know how much of an upgrade it is (if at all). I'd cut it.

I'd say it's a new game. New leveling system, DLC, new character among other things make it feel like a brand new game instead of just port.

EDIT: Sadly, NOT my GOTY.

Also a new script by Alexander O. Smith.

Some more nominations:

Corpse Party (PSP)
Fate/Extra (PSP)
Sanctum (PC)
Anomaly: Warzone Earth (PC)

Virgil_Leads_You

edit nevermind

Peewi

Came up with some more missing potential entries
Puzzle Agent 2 (PC*)
Waves (PC*)
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter (PC*)
From Dust is listed with incorrect platforms. It should be (PC*, 360*, PS3*)
Capsized (PC*)
A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda (PC*)
Dwarfs!? (PC*)

Not all games I'm going to vote for, but it's amazing how much stuff you can be reminded of by looking through your Steam account.

captaink

Whew, I was getting worried about you mcc! Glad to see this thread again.

Hardtarget

hey MCC, are you going to the various splinter forums again this year to post?

REG Rysk

Ooh yes, Sanctum. I've gifted some friends with this who are refusing to play.

Yet they taunt me with Gem TD :bz

Jragghen

mcc wrote:

I made a list with some of my friends (thanks in particular to Jragghen).

d'awww

If there's any particularly mislabeled stuff/things that were included when they shouldn't have been, it's probably on me - let mcc know so he can remove 'em. For example:

PurpleMonkey wrote:

I'm abit confused as to why the PS3 version of House Of The Dead: Overkill is included when it's largely just a port of the 2009 Wii game

I went through Wikipedia's "video game releases of 2011" page or something like that, and picked out all the ones that I'd heard of/heard at least moderately good things about which might make it onto some peoples' list, which helped populate things. But if it's a late re-release or anything like that (Mass Effect 2 was released on one platform this year, but others the previous year, but I knew enough to not include it), odds are I didn't realize. If there's stuff that should be culled, by all means, speak up.

e: Just realized from my copy/pasta - mcc, you'll want to do a search/replace for Win to PC. Sorry bout that.

Rakai

Is it all possible to redo the poll in June/July (i.e. every 6 months)? I'd be curious to see what happens after people have time to think about it, and time to finish 2011's games.

Edit: Or run last year's poll along side with the current year.

Jragghen

Hardtarget wrote:

hey MCC, are you going to the various splinter forums again this year to post?

Yeah, same places as always.

Undead Scottsman

DC Universe Online (PC, PS3)
Warhammer 40K: Kill Team (360, PS3, Download Only)

Those are the only two that I played and didn't see on the list.

UnbreakableVow

Also, have to say, it's great to see you again mcc.

We were all a little worried :?

fragglefart

UnbreakableVow wrote:

Please add:

Does Fruit Ninja Kinect count as a new game?

Hope so, since it's totally in my GotY list, epic fun. And it should be, since it has some completely different game modes than the phone versions, not least of all co-op and vs multiplayer controlled by your entire bodies simultaneously in 1:1 3D space simultaneously instead of just one player's solitary finger on a screen. More than just a port.

Shame Beyond Good & Evil HD is probably too much a straight port though, that would be another of my favourite games this year.

Also, massive thanks for doing this again mcc, this is the greatest list by far, every year (even if it doesn't always tally with my opinion).

So, aside from Fruit Ninja Kinect:

Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012.

Just Dance 3.

echo 78

Hunted: The Demon's Forge (X360/PS3/PC)
Rocksmith (X360/PS3)
Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone (X360/PS3[Download only])

I'm going to guess that HALO: CE Anniversary doesn't count.

Renzo

I have to ask: Does Sonic CD on XBLA/PSN count? I assume it doesn't, but I want to give it a chance!

It was remade from the ground up. It deserves a shot.

One Thousand Cables

Couple of nominations that I think might've been missed:

Atom Zombie Smasher (PC)
Toy Soldiers: Cold War (XBLA)

Thanks again for putting this together, mcc!

Bullio

Some more nominees.

Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury (XBLA)
Hacker Evolution Duality (PC*)
Really Big Sky (PC*)
Section 8: Prejudice (XBLA, PSN, PC*)
Scoregasm (PC*)

Kelor

Rakai wrote:

Is it all possible to redo the poll in June/July (i.e. every 6 months)? I'd be curious to see what happens after people have time to think about it, and time to finish 2011's games.

Edit: Or run last year's poll along side with the current year.

I don't think that's necessarily the case. Mass Effect 2 took it last year even though it hit in February and a number of people have brought up Dead Space 2 which is in the same position.

If a game is good enough, the impression sticks.

Darlan

Looking back the previous years' polls, man alive was 2007 a good year. We've basically been playing and looking forward to sequels to games in that top 12 for the last couple of years.

Dragkonias

Kelor wrote:

Rakai wrote:

Is it all possible to redo the poll in June/July (i.e. every 6 months)? I'd be curious to see what happens after people have time to think about it, and time to finish 2011's games.

Edit: Or run last year's poll along side with the current year.

I don't think that's necessarily the case. Mass Effect 2 took it last year even though it hit in February and a number of people have brought up Dead Space 2 which is in the same position.

If a game is good enough, the impression sticks.

Not to mention even though the industry is getting better. Releases are still Fall/Winter heavy.

Jragghen

Kelor wrote:

Rakai wrote:

Is it all possible to redo the poll in June/July (i.e. every 6 months)? I'd be curious to see what happens after people have time to think about it, and time to finish 2011's games.

Edit: Or run last year's poll along side with the current year.

I don't think that's necessarily the case. Mass Effect 2 took it last year even though it hit in February and a number of people have brought up Dead Space 2 which is in the same position.

If a game is good enough, the impression sticks.

I think it's more the opposite. Games which come out late in the year, bargain hunters don't get a chance to play (Skyrim, etc) and so they aren't able to properly "judge" games which were released late in the year because they haven't played them - so their list ends up being very early-in-the-year heavy.

And then there's people with enormous backlogs like me, who are a good 2 or 3 years behind :P

Basically, I wouldn't mind a "2011's 2010 game of the year" type list to see how things changed, but participation in it would probably drop like a rock in comparison to the actual one, so it wouldn't be as useful.

Dragkonias

Meh...honestly that's too much work for something that's just for fun anyway. I'm just glad mcc does this one for us each year.

Chen

I for one want a Best Game Ever redux, so that Ocarina of Time can be properly conducted to the annals of games of the forever.

I'm biased? How dare you! My avatar and signature? That's not from Ocarina of Time. That's from Iceman Air Foot. Yeah, that's it.

(Thanks for doing this every year, mcc!)

BTP

I'd like to nominate Trackmania: Build to Race for Wii. It finally came out in America in March 2011.



Since this is also the only game that came out in 2011 that I played (with a reasonable amount of time to be able to comment on it), I guess that makes it my GOTY by default.

It could possibly be everyone's racing GOTY if only more people tried it out. No reason not to when it's only $8 new, $4 used. For all intents and purposes, this is the F-Zero game we wanted on Wii.

Kuratosu

Thanks for doing this! I don't post as much as I used to but I enjoy the PA GOTY awards and never miss 'em.

Alice: The Madness Returns (360, PS3, PC)

seems to be missing, but I think someone caught that one already.

EDIT: Yes, they did.

A couple missing Wii titles:

- Fishing Resort (Wii)
- Go Vacation (Wii)

guar

It seems I spend too much time reliving older games, I haven't played any of these.

No, wait, Portal 2.

Aistan

Top 20, dang... my top 10 is already basically all the games from this year that I have played yet. I should try to get into Batman, Witcher 2, and Deus Ex so I can rank them rather than just playing Skyrim all the time.

Renzo

Gods Eater Burst (PSP)

mcc

Thanks everyone for the help! I have added all the suggestions so far (unless I missed something?!)

Dumped House of the Dead PS3, left some of the others including tactics ogre (for now?!). I'm saying no to Sonic CD or BG&EHD. I'm... including Bangai-O Missile Fury, that sounds substantial?! I included Raskulls under the suteF rationale.

Is Fruit Ninja downloadable or disc? Looks like it's downloadable

Taramoor wrote:

Would you consider Marvel vs Capcom 3 separate from Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3? Or are they combined into the one listing?

I want to combine them into one listing. I'm not sure how best to do this. Currently I'm planning to list UMvC3 only.

Shadowfire wrote:

Does Cthulhu Saves the World make the cut? It was released on PC in July, and the XBLIG release was December 30th last year which is awful close to the wire

It got eight-first place last year, placing just ahead of Mafia 2 and Deathspank.

Shadowfire wrote:

As much as I want to punch myself in the balls for saying it, Radiant Silvergun should not be on the list. It is a port which you've mentioned doesn't get a mention. If it stays, add Guardian Heroes to the list.

According to Wikipedia, the Saturn version of Radiant Silvergun actually never got released in the U.S.! So unless I'm missing something I'm going to count it. (We've listed NES and Genesis games before if XBLA/VC was their first legal introduction in the U.S.)

mcc

Also if people want to do off-season things with my poll script, I will (and have in the past) share the source code on request (and can maybe host votes myself as long as someone else does all the work, I think we did that at one point in the last year or two)

Aistan

There's also Cargo! The Quest for Gravity (PC)

Lawndart

Nitpick: There's also an iOS version of Anomaly: Warzone Earth.

Addition suggestions:
Jetpack Joyride (iOS)
Temple Run (iOS)

Edit: And also,
Need For Speed: The Run (every platform known to mankind)
Skydrift (PC, XBLA, PSN)
Trackmania 2: Canyon (PC)

Drovek

Sengoku (PC)

(Seriously doubt many would even consider it over Shogun 2, but it's there... )

Achire

Avadon: The Black Fortress (PC, Mac, iOS)

I'm not 100% sure if the Mac version came out in 2010 or not, but most people play the PC version which definitely came out in 2011.

Frem

Stealth Bastard (PC*)
Forget-Me-Not (PC*, iOS*)

GOTY in the freeware category.

PurpleMonkey

Haven't actually played it (hell I don't even own a smartphone) but I've heard alot of people say that Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (iOS) was the iPhone GOTY. P.S. the W in sorcery isn't a typo that is actually how they spell it

Currently debating whether NBA Jam: On Fire Edition is a port or a fully fledged sequel. Pretty sure the career mode is completely overhauled and there's aload of other tweaks. Anyways if it does count it is (360*, PS3*)

mugginns

MLB 11: The Show, MLB 2k12, NHL 12, Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 should be in the list as well. Thanks!

Athenor

Madden '12 (or however it is called) also should be there; I remember last year, someone was kinda upset that it wasn't on the chart, but no one spoke up about it at any point in the nomination process!

Edit: Also -
Where's My water? (iOS, Android)
Elder Sign: Omens (iOS, Android)

no, really, it is quite good! I know including every facebook/iOS game under the sun would be insane, but quality ones should be there.