GOTY 2012 Poll: Nominations needed

EvilBadman

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

One addition:

Dikembe Mutombo's 4 1/2 Weeks to Save the World (Browser)

I immediately checked for Frog Fractions.

PurpleMonkey

As far as the penalty box goes I say none should be included, some are pretty straight ports and others while they may add some content it doesn't seem right that they're included where as expansion packs that add more to the core game aren't

Unco-ordinated wrote: »

Papi y Yo (PS3*) I assume this is meant to be Papo & Yo? Might want to correct the name or people will probably get confused

Everywhere I've seen that game listed including the Playstation Store had it's title as Papo & Yo it might be called Papi y Yo elsewhere but for the sake of simplicity I think we should just use it's english title

Unco-ordinated

I forgot to mention it in my other post but could we get a full week for nominations? I just don't like the idea of rushing it.

Spoit

Unco-ordinated wrote: »

I forgot to mention it in my other post but could we get a full week for nominations? I just don't like the idea of rushing it.

I have barely even scratched the surface of my christmas games, so even with a week it will be hard to make a good faith effort at actually choosing which ones to vote for

anoffday

vegeta_666 wrote: »

I really think Persona 4 Golden (Vita) should make the list. I had never played the original game but watched the GB Endurance Run of it and now finally getting to play it myself they've added a lot and streamlined/improved many aspects of the game making it much much better. It'll be #2 (right after The Walking Dead) for my list and I'm sure there are others like me who only got to experience the game with this release.

Second this.

BigPointyTeeth

Combat Mission: Fortress Italy (PC), even though I'll be one of maybe three people who'll have it on their list

AaronKI

Some missing indie games:

1000 Amps (PC, Mac)
Miasmata (PC)

AaronKI

Oh yeah!

La Mulana (PC, Wii*) came out in North America for the first time this year.

CuvisTheConqueror

Since we have mobile games on the list, Dead Trigger (iOS, Android), Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour (iOS, Android) and Wild Blood (iOS, Android) should probably be added.

And do mods/total conversions count? Because, if so, I'd like to nominate Day Z (PC) Actually, never mind; since it's alpha, it probably shouldn't be nominated yet anyway.

CCS

It's technically an expansion, but on the basis it's stand-alone may I suggest Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion (PC).

Edit: Wait no, I checked and you did actually do the original when it came out, my bad.

Jragghen

The whole expansion/mod thing is muddied. Like...Gods and Kings definitely shouldn't be valid because it requires the original game to play. If I'm not mistaken, Day Z does too, so it shouldn't count (although if/when Day Z comes out as a standalone, I think it should).

But consider, say, Fall of the Samurai. It's an expansion of Shogun 2, but you don't have to own Shogun 2 in order to play it. I'd argue that should be included this year on that basis (while Rise of the Samurai, an earlier expansion, required the base game and should not).

Note: of the above games, I've only played Gods and Kings, just choosing various examples.

But mcc's the final arbiter when it comes to these things

Hardtarget

mcc wrote: »

Hardtarget wrote: »

nice MCC! over at the arcadians we were wondering when this would pop back up

By the way, what IS the URL for 360a these days? the URL I thought it was at, the forum link redirects me to... "bradleyandchristina.com"

hah ya.... we're having a slight problem with the front page. You need to go to the forums directly which can be found at http://www.thearcadians.net/forum/

Monger

Yes! GOTY thread time is my favorite time of the year.

Unstoppable Gorg (PC) was this year, though I don't know if it would make anyone's list.
Black Mesa (PC)? Technically a mod and technically not finished, but still one of the better things I played this year.
Don't Starve (PC)? Technically still in beta even though it's available for general purchase.

Shady3011

Euro Truck Simulator 2 (PC)
Double Dragon Neon (360, PS3)
Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 (PS3)
NeverDead (360, PS3)

Drake

A couple I noticed missing on the list are;

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission
Salvation Prophecy
Gratuitous Tank Battles
Hard Reset
Intrusion 2
AVSEQ
Cargo Commander
Escape Goat
Gentrieve 2
Towns
Hack, Slash, Loot
Pineapple Smash Crew
Qasir Al-Wasat: A Night In-Between
Super Amazing Wagon Adventure
Dino Run SE
Talisman Prologue
The Journey Down


After going through some of the games I have on Steam and Desura it turned out to be more than a couple. If I discover anything else I'll be back. These are all PC games, some may be available on other platfroms.

Lawndart

Drake wrote: »

A couple I noticed missing on the list are;

Hard Reset

Hard Reset came out towards the end of 2011. I only know this since it was part of the cheevo hunt in the 2011 Steam Winter Sale.

Drake

Lawndart wrote: »

Drake wrote: »

A couple I noticed missing on the list are;

Hard Reset

Hard Reset came out towards the end of 2011. I only know this since it was part of the cheevo hunt in the 2011 Steam Winter Sale.

Huh. It released on Steam exclusively, and the store page says July 12 2012. I bet that's for the Extended Edition, so yeah probably doesn't count.

Nice catch.

mcc

OK haven't added the new noms yet but I'm inclined to agree with

Unco-ordinated wrote: »

I forgot to mention it in my other post but could we get a full week for nominations? I just don't like the idea of rushing it.

Let's say extend nominations to a full week? I put this thread up up tuesday night so let's take it to Tuesday evening of next week. That will give me time to loop in TIG and 360a too. I'll update the first post to reflect this.

TychoCelchuuu

Monger wrote: »

Black Mesa (PC)? Technically a mod and technically not finished, but still one of the better things I played this year.

Technically it's not a mod, it's standalone/free because you can install and play it without owning HL2. It has 100% new assets.

Lenore03

Black Knight Sword (XBLA, PSN)

Unco-ordinated

mcc wrote: »

OK haven't added the new noms yet but I'm inclined to agree with

Unco-ordinated wrote: »

I forgot to mention it in my other post but could we get a full week for nominations? I just don't like the idea of rushing it.

Let's say extend nominations to a full week? I put this thread up up tuesday night so let's take it to Tuesday evening of next week. That will give me time to loop in TIG and 360a too. I'll update the first post to reflect this.

Sounds great to me. Maybe even keep voting up for two weeks? Depending entirely on whether you can do it, of course.

Edit: Black Knight Sword is on PSN as well, btw.

CuvisTheConqueror

Oh, might as well add The War Z (PC) to the list. I mean, someone has to be enjoying it, right?

Renzo

CuvisTheConqueror wrote: »

Oh, might as well add The War Z (PC) to the list. I mean, someone has to be enjoying it, right?

I am making the same expression as your avatar right now.

But yeah, it should be on there I guess.

Icemopper

Renzo wrote: »

CuvisTheConqueror wrote: »

Oh, might as well add The War Z (PC) to the list. I mean, someone has to be enjoying it, right?

I am making the same expression as your avatar right now.

But yeah, it should be on there I guess.

Isn't it still technically in Alpha? So does that count?

CuvisTheConqueror

Icemopper wrote: »

Renzo wrote: »

CuvisTheConqueror wrote: »

Oh, might as well add The War Z (PC) to the list. I mean, someone has to be enjoying it, right?

I am making the same expression as your avatar right now.

But yeah, it should be on there I guess.

Isn't it still technically in Alpha? So does that count?

No, it's 1.0. Or so the makers claim. You may be thinking of Day Z, which War Z blatantly ripped off.

Kestrel1

Thought of some more games:

Artemis (PC, was that released this year or last?)
Knights of Pen & Paper (iOS)

Icemopper

CuvisTheConqueror wrote: »

Icemopper wrote: »

Renzo wrote: »

CuvisTheConqueror wrote: »

Oh, might as well add The War Z (PC) to the list. I mean, someone has to be enjoying it, right?

I am making the same expression as your avatar right now.

But yeah, it should be on there I guess.

Isn't it still technically in Alpha? So does that count?

No, it's 1.0. Or so the makers claim. You may be thinking of Day Z, which War Z blatantly ripped off.

I get so confused with all this "Z" stuff, so I'm just avoiding most of it until a clear winner presents itself. Sorry for the confusion!

SoundsPlush

I was worried this wouldn't be around this year, glad to see it again.

CuvisTheConqueror

Icemopper wrote: »

CuvisTheConqueror wrote: »

Icemopper wrote: »

Renzo wrote: »

CuvisTheConqueror wrote: »

Oh, might as well add The War Z (PC) to the list. I mean, someone has to be enjoying it, right?

I am making the same expression as your avatar right now.

But yeah, it should be on there I guess.

Isn't it still technically in Alpha? So does that count?

No, it's 1.0. Or so the makers claim. You may be thinking of Day Z, which War Z blatantly ripped off.

I get so confused with all this "Z" stuff, so I'm just avoiding most of it until a clear winner presents itself. Sorry for the confusion!

I don't play any of them either, but the whole War Z mess was so fascinating. Like a slow motion trainwreck. The short version is that War Z released with a version that many of the alpha players claimed was not any different from the alpha at all; the game was still plagued with horrible, game-crippling bugs (for example, you take fall damage from running down a gentle slope). It cost at least $15 to buy, and also had a microtransaction model grafted on to where you could buy weapons and items for your character; you lose these items if your character dies, which makes this not a winning transaction (I say "at least $15" because they also had packages that included a certain amount of in-game credit). Scummier still, many of the features that were described in the Steam listing simply didn't exist. After the various gaming sites called them on this, they edited the Steam description to remove most, but not all, of the missing features, all the while the project lead gave the old "I'm sorry if you misread" non-apology. Around this time, they also pushed through an update that didn't fix any of the bugs or hacks that had been found, but did up the respawn timer to 4 hours, and added a microtransaction to respawn immediately. Valve got so much negative feedback from the game that they ended up pulling it from Steam and offering refunds to people who had purchased it; unfortunately, the folks who bought it directly from the publisher weren't so lucky.

The really funny bit is that the project lead was Sergey Titov, who was also credited as the lead designer of the infamous Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing. He now denies that he was the lead on Big Rigs, and claims he just developed the engine.

Elvenshae

... which stalled.

Shady3011

Unless you went backwards.

sergiocornaga

Hi mcc! I registered here just to post this obnoxiously long list of suggested additions, most of which have shown up on existing top 10 lists for 2012. Some might already be on your list, I didn't do a thorough check through. I'm sorry if you hate me for this, please cull if you need to.

Abobo's Big Adventure (Browser)

All Against One (Browser, PC)

ASCIIvania (Browser)

Asphyx (Browser)

Basketbelle (PC)

Bee (by Emily Short) (Browser)

Bientôt l’été (PC)

Brace (by Merritt Kopas) (Browser)

Brooklyn Trash King (Browser)

Cardinal Quest (Android, Browser, iOS, PC)

Cavenaut (PC)

ChatChat (Browser)

Cinders (PC)

CLOP (Browser)

Colour Bind (PC)

Corrypt (iOS, PC)

Craequ (Browser)

CYBERQUEEN (Browser)

Deep Sleep (Browser)

Desperate Gods (PC)

Draw Something (Android, Facebook iOS, Windows Phone)

Drill Killer (PC)

Encounter (by Finesoft) (Browser)

Fuck This Dungeon (Browser)

Game Title (PC)

Game Title: Lost Levels (PC)

Guilded Youth (Browser)

GUN GODZ (PC)

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit (360*, PC, PS3*)

howling dogs (Browser)

Ib (PC)

Imscared - A Pixelated Nightmare (PC)

Kim's Story (Browser)

Kompendium (PC)

Kumiho (Browser)

La-Mulana (PC, Wii*)

Live Forever (Browser)

Maldita Castilla (PC)

Middens (PC)

Milford the Ghosts (Browser)

Nuign Specter (PC)

O (iOS)

Offspring Fling (PC)

OWWW (Browser)

Perspective (PC)

Phantasmaburbia (PC)

Pleasuredromes of Kubla Khan (PC)

Poacher (PC)

Proteus (PC)

put on your make-up in the dark (PC)

Puzzles (by increpare) (Browser, PC)

Primordia (PC)

Rambo: Last Blood (Browser)

rat chaos (Browser)

Rayman Jungle Run (iOS)

Seedling (Browser)

Shadow Break (PC)

Slave of God (PC)

Slime Bomb Knight (PC)

Snapshot (PC)

SPACE_HORB (PC)

Spelunky (360*)

Stealth Bastard Deluxe (PC)

T in Y World (Browser)

Tape Dream (Browser)

Terra Tam: The World Warrior (Browser, PC)

The 4th Wall (360*, PC)

The Fabulous Screech (Browser, PC)

The Kitty Story (Browser)

The Message (Browser)

The Old Tree (Browser)

The Republia Times: Orwellian Desktop Publishing (Browser)

The Sea Will Claim Everything (PC)

They came from Verminest (PC)

Thirteen Gates (Browser)

Tiny Sorceress (Browser, PC)

Turnament (Browser)

Unmanned (Browser)

VESPER.5 (PC)

Vidiot Game (PC)

Waveform (PC)

weird tape in the mail (Browser)

You Have To Win The Game (PC)

Zaga-33 (iOS, PC)

Zineth (PC)

I also noticed that these games have erroneous platforms, suggested corrections are listed here:

• The Real Texas (PC)
• Thirty Flights of Loving (PC)

This game is listed twice, I'd suggest removing the first one:

• Virtue's Last Reward (3DS)
• Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (3DS, Vita)

There are also a few cases where 'Win' is used and 'PC' would be more consistent.

Really glad to see you doing this again!

TychoCelchuuu

Spelunky is on the PC too, right?

edit: oh I guess you're right, just 360. Odd. Why not port that to the PC like the original? Oh well.

Shady3011

Spelunky is already on the PC. The XBLA version is an enhanced version of the original. It's kind of why Persona 4 Golden should be on the list as it isn't just a port job as well.

TychoCelchuuu

"Enhanced" is putting it a little lightly - the graphics are entirely new and the game has a ton of different stuff, not to mention coop which changes things immensely.

Frem

TychoCelchuuu wrote: »

"Enhanced" is putting it a little lightly - the graphics are entirely new and the game has a ton of different stuff, not to mention coop which changes things immensely.

Yeah, Spelunky needs to make the list. It's not a port so much as a remake. Or a sequel.

Shady3011

Spelunky should be on the list just as much as P4 Golden. Both games are drastically different from their prior counter parts. Spelunky more so since it got a graphical overhaul.

Spoit

Was cave story plus on the list last year?

Frem

Spoit wrote: »

Was cave story plus on the list last year?

I'm not sure if the comparison is apt. Cave Story+ was a graphical/audio enhancement with new difficulty levels, bonus modes (Boss Rush, character reskin, etc) and little new dialog. The gameplay and levels were pretty close to identical.

AaronKI

Plus, + was mostly a PC port of the 2010 WiiWare version. The only major new thing it had over the WiiWare version was a short bonus level.