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[LOCK PLZ] Game of the Year 2007 poll

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  • SamphisSamphis Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    All of you people who played it and don't have Crackdown somewhere in your list should be ashamed. It deserves to be in there somewhere.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I feel bad, because I didn't vote for Mass Effect because I didn't get a chance to play it until Jan 1st. Oh well, my list still stands.

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Frosteey wrote: »
    Godot was impressively awesome. Even better than advertised.
    Yeah. He seemed kind of unimpressive when I'd first heard of him. "He drinks coffee? That's his schtick?"

    I had no idea how rad he'd end up.

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Neo Rasa wrote: »
    Hot damn. Lists.
    1. Mass Effect (360)
    2. King Of Fighters XI (PS2)
    3. Contra 4 (DS)
    4. Portal (PC, PS3, 360)
    5. Bioshock (360, PC)
    6. Sin and Punishment (N64)
    7. Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (PSP)
    8. Front Mission (DS)
    9. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
    10. Persona 3 (PS2)
    11. Etrian Odyssey (DS)
    12. Alien Soldier (Genesis)
    13. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS)
    14. Earth Defense Force 2017 (360)
    15. Kane & Lynch (PS3, 360)
    16. Virtua Fighter 5 (360, PS3, Arcade)
    17. Ghost Squad (Wii, Arcade)
    18. The Darkness (360, PS3)
    19. Raiden III (PS2)
    20. Dementium: The Ward (DS)


    Hey, you're back! Where've ya been?

    Excellent list, btw.

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  • MumblyfishMumblyfish Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Elendil wrote: »
    [Yet another episode of Phoenix Wright!]
    As much as I want to like the Ace Attorney series, by virtue of it being at a detective game in lawyer game's clothing, I could not manage to play past the first trial without becoming irreparably pissed off. Everything that annoyed me in the first two games was back in force for a third outing. I know that asking a Capcom series to change between games is like asking a child to stop flicking the light switch on and off while you're working, but it's not like I'm asking for Mr. Wright to consider a career change to spaceman and swap his lawyer's badge for a photon shotgun; the things that render Ace Attorney unenjoyable for me are easily fixed by hiring someone who can write.

    Throughout the series, Ace Attorney has been convinced that I am a cretin. I am apparently unable to read the protaganist's emotions from his dialogue without the help of pages upon pages of "thought bubbles". I apparently can not solve even the simplest of puzzles without the walls of blue text practically screaming the solutions at me, and I also can not, apparently, remember what the puzzles even are without a legion of blue words or a series of unskippable "subtle" pointers from my cretin of an assistant. I have played through the first two games in the series with the uneasy feeling that Capcom expects me to trip at every hurdle and so, rather than providing a means of progressing for those who do get stuck, they decided to remove the hurdles entirely, and replaced those sections of the track with mile-long sections of empty space, turning the game into a damned marathon.

    It took me a while to take that joke to the finish line, as it were, but I got there.

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  • MuttonChopsMuttonChops Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Didn't see Eye of Judgment on the list.

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Htown wrote: »
    I am severely disheartened by the lack of Metroid Prime 3 on most lists. The slow sales, combined with the lukewarm critical reception...

    I didn't realize 90/100 on Metacritic was lukewarm.

    I thought we weren't supposed to pay attention to the number anymore? :D

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  • usesoapusesoap Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    My vote goes something like this...

    1. Bioshock (360, PC)
    2. Portal (PC, PS3, 360)
    3. Halo 3 (360)
    4. Rock Band (360, PS3)
    5. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS)
    6. Zack and Wiki (Wii)
    7. Mario Strikers Charged (Wii)
    8. Call of Duty 4 (360, PS3, PC)
    9. World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade (PC)
    10. Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Wii)

    Why? Because I play old used games because I'm poor. Most of those listed above were played at a friends or borrowed.

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  • SixfortyfiveSixfortyfive Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Bumpin' dis.
    Didn't see Eye of Judgment on the list.

    You should have nominated it. :3

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  • apotheosapotheos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2008
    Lets sticky this for the home stretch.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I am surprised at how few of this year's games I actually played.

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  • wisekriswisekris Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Sad to see few picked... Hotel Dusk: Room 215

    Of course Portal was my #1 but I played Hotel Dusk every night till I beat it... never have I been so engrossed in a game.
    1. Portal (PC)
    2. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS)
    3. Team Fortress 2 (PC)
    4. Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (DS)
    5. Half Life 2: Episode 2 (PC)
    6. Lunar Knights (DS)
    7. Rock Band (360)
    8. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All (DS)
    9. Kororinpa (Wii)
    10. Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)

    The rest I didn't care what order but this is the order i submitted them in:

    Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
    Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (DS)
    Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
    Mario Party DS (DS)
    Geometry Wars: Galaxies (DS)
    Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Wii)
    Dementium: The Ward (DS)
    Brothers in Arms DS (DS)
    Super Paper Mario (Wii)

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  • SurikoSuriko AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I am surprised at how few of this year's games I actually played.

    Same, I could only find three that I'd played. D:

    Mine:
    1. Mountain of Faith
    2. Call of Duty 4
    3. NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer

    edit: make that 5.

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  • QorzmQorzm Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Hotel Dusk was my #1

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  • Something WittySomething Witty Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Portal deserves every vote it can muster.

    Anyway I was surprised that I've played so little too. Well I've played alot I guess I mean I havent played much of this years cream of the crop so I could only fill out about 8 spaces:

    Portal (PC, PS3, 360)
    Mass Effect (360)
    Halo 3 (360)
    Call of Duty 4 (360, PS3, PC)
    Half Life 2: Episode 2 (PC, PS3, 360)
    Team Fortress 2 (PC, PS3, 360)
    Rock Band (360, PS3)
    Bioshock (360, PC)

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  • One Thousand CablesOne Thousand Cables An absence of thought Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Qorzm wrote: »
    Hotel Dusk was my #1

    It was #5 on mine. Also, I think a fair number of folks have put it somewhere in their lists; basically anyone who played it, I imagine.

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  • SixfortyfiveSixfortyfive Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I am surprised at how few of this year's games I actually played.

    I say this every year but I voted for more games in this poll (over 10!) than any one we've run prior.

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    it saddens me to see how few games that have come out this year I have played.

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  • SushisourceSushisource Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Fuck I just realized I forgot to put Bioshock on there. I feel like a moron.

    I'm excited to see the results though. This is always one of the better polls out there.

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  • ScrumtrulescentScrumtrulescent Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    My top 3 were

    CoD4, Halo 3, and Crackdown, in that order

    I like to shoot stuff

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  • wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    There are a lot of really good games I simply couldnt' put on my list, because I haven't played them.

    I have a 360 on the way to me(hopefully, fucking Canada post) so I'll get to catch up.

    As it is:

    1. Super Mario Galaxy
    2. Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
    3. Bioshock
    4. HL2 Ep2
    5. Metroid Prime 3
    6. Mario Strikers Charged
    7. Portal
    8. Supreme Commander

    Compltely forgot to put pokemon diamond/pearl in at 9. List was almost too long, I know I missed another game or 2.

    It made me realize that while I still play my DS, I really need to catch up on some of the games for it, I haven't bought a DS game since Pearl, The Wii, and now 360 has been eating my moneys.

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  • WoodroezWoodroez Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Thanks! You voted for:

    1. Portal (PC, PS3, 360)
    2. Mass Effect (360)
    3. skate. (PS3, 360)
    4. TMNT (360, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, GC, PS3, GBA, PC)
    5. Ratchet and Clank : Tools of Destruction (PS3)
    6. Crackdown (360)
    7. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS)
    8. Assassin's Creed (360, PS3)
    9. Call of Duty 4 (360, PS3, PC)
    10. Uncharted : Drakes Fortune (PS3)
    11. Custom Robo Arena (DS)
    12. Worms: Open Warfare 2 (DS)

    That TMNT vote is for the GBA version, btw. Incidentally, I got the PC version free with the dvd when it came out. Ha, it took reading about other people who missed Bioshock on the list for me to realize I did that too.

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  • UEAKCrashUEAKCrash heh Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I apparently don't play games anymore or something. I've only playd like 5 or 6 games on that list.

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  • 4rch3nemy4rch3nemy Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Thanks! You voted for:

    1 Rock Band (360, PS3)
    2 Worms: Open Warfare 2 (DS)
    3 Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
    4 Team Fortress 2 (PC, PS3, 360)
    5 skate. (PS3, 360)
    6 Portal (PC, PS3, 360)
    7 Contra 4 (DS)
    8 Mario Party DS (DS)
    9 Super Paper Mario (Wii)
    10 Bioshock (360, PC)
    11 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
    12 Guitar Hero 3 (PS2, PS3, 360, Wii, PC)
    13 Halo 3 (360)
    14 Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (PC)
    15 Call of Duty 4 (360, PS3, PC)

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  • ArcSynArcSyn Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Wow, I was going to post how sad it was that of that list of games I have only played 11. But then I see some of you guys posting 3 or 5 games and I somehow don't feel so bad..

    Still, so many of the games on that list that I wish I had played that I know I probably never will. :(

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  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    1. Mass Effect (360)
    2. Bioshock (360, PC)
    3. Crackdown (360)
    4. Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (PC)
    5. Portal (PC, PS3, 360)
    6. World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade (PC)
    7. The Witcher (PC)
    8. Half Life 2: Episode 2 (PC, PS3, 360)
    9. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
    10. Team Fortress 2 (PC, PS3, 360)
    11. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (PC)

    I forgot pokemon too. Oh well, it wouldn't have gotten too far up there.

    I kept scrolling past games that I want to play, I just don't have infinite money.

    And of course this year I bought and played stuff like Twilight Princess, FFXII, etc.

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  • bruinbruin Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Anyone else find reading other people's lists really interesting? I mean 4rch3nemy has Worms DS 2 over Mario!

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  • Feels Good ManFeels Good Man Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Looking to the old polls and the current one... Holy HELL, 2007 kicked the shit out of 2006.

    My top 3, if I can recall correctly (I did it yesterday)... Portal, Team Fortress 2, Rock Band.

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  • ArcSynArcSyn Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    These were my 11, I think in the order I voted them in (closed page before noticing everyone was posting their list.
    Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - own
    Guitar Hero 3 (PS2, PS3, 360, Wii, PC) - own
    Mario Strikers Charged (Wii) - own
    Rock Band (360, PS3) - friends
    Mario Party 8 (Wii) - own
    Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, DS) - friends
    Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (PC) - own
    Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (PC,360) - demo/friends
    Halo 3 (360) - friends
    Beautiful Katamari (360) - friends
    Wii Play (Wii) - own

    I actually own FF12, but I haven't played it yet. It's still in the wrapping actually. My brother-in-law got it for me for Christmas, despite the fact that (I believe) he is well aware (or should be) that I do not own a PS2. The reason he should know this? My wife talked to both him and her sister (his wife) about how she bought me GH2 for PS2 and couldn't find the receipt when she realized she needed to return it and buy GH3 for the Wii. (funny side note: while she was talking to the clerk over the phone trying to find a copy of GH3, she kept asking for the PS3 on the Wii instead of GH3) Poor guy must have been so confused..

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  • MahnmutMahnmut Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I am surprised at how few of this year's games I actually played.

    Same. Most of this year's great games were not played by me. I voted 1. Mass Effect 2. Portal and then couldn't think of anything else GOTY-worthy. Well, I did manage to scrape up Pokemon and Etrian Odyssey as 4th and 3rd choices. Eh.

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  • granderohogranderoho Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Mahnmut wrote: »
    I am surprised at how few of this year's games I actually played.

    Same. Most of this year's great games were not played by me. I voted 1. Mass Effect 2. Portal and then couldn't think of anything else GOTY-worthy. Well, I did manage to scrape up Pokemon and Etrian Odyssey as 4th and 3rd choices. Eh.


    It just proves how good this year was, best since 2004. 2004 IMO is the best year of gaming I ever had.

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  • CuntyCunty Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    obama

    to avoid thinking hard and comparing specific games, i will just go with game than entranced me the most and held my attention for the longest time

    so my choice would have to be halo 3

    oh wait was pokemon P/D released this year?

    then maybe pokemon, close call

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  • gorea xgorea x Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    portal wins all.


    i even played bioshock, and it was good, but almost no replay value.


    portal has lots.

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I don't understand why the bloody fuck you're all gay for portal when it's a simple mechanism crossed with some dark humor.

    You fucking blink and it's over not to mention that most of the maps are rather easy.

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  • gorea xgorea x Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    yeah but its the thought of what COMES NEXT is what makes it so good.


    it was pretty goddamn short though.


    i cant wait until the NEXT illiteration of the orange box(half-life ep:3, portal 2)

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  • tyrannustyrannus i am not fat Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Meiz wrote: »
    I don't understand why the bloody fuck you're all gay for portal when it's a simple mechanism crossed with some dark humor.

    You fucking blink and it's over not to mention that most of the maps are rather easy.
    because it's amazing and all the games you like are bad

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  • ZeromusZeromus Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Jeez, I didn't even play 10 games this year, apparently.

    Top three:
    1. Halo 3 (360)
    2. Bioshock (360, PC)
    3. Persona 3 (PS2)

    Odin Sphere came close to edging Persona 3 out, though.

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Rentilius wrote: »
    Meiz wrote: »
    I don't understand why the bloody fuck you're all gay for portal when it's a simple mechanism crossed with some dark humor.

    You fucking blink and it's over not to mention that most of the maps are rather easy.
    because it's amazing and all the games you like are bad

    Was I supposed to play it with some sort of ass toy? I've had orgasms that were more amusing.

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  • SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Meiz wrote: »
    Rentilius wrote: »
    Meiz wrote: »
    I don't understand why the bloody fuck you're all gay for portal when it's a simple mechanism crossed with some dark humor.

    You fucking blink and it's over not to mention that most of the maps are rather easy.
    because it's amazing and all the games you like are bad

    Was I supposed to play it with some sort of ass toy? I've had orgasms that were more amusing.

    I'd certainly hope so. And if you expect a video game to be more amusing than an orgasms you have some unrealistic expectations.

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  • 4rch3nemy4rch3nemy Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    bruin wrote: »
    Anyone else find reading other people's lists really interesting? I mean 4rch3nemy has Worms DS 2 over Mario!

    Dude, that game has given me so much joy. SO MUCH JOY. This is *the* game to play at my friends' houses with DS now and we have huge tourneys and what not. I *loved* Mario Galaxy but in pure gameplay, almost nothing beats out Worms.

    This year was a year of unique/fun gameplay rather than continuing series/graphics I found interesting

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