GameSpot - Game of the Year 2012

by **robometal cowboy** » 25 Dec 2012 16:11

GameSpot - Game of the Year 2012
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by **Woopman** » 25 Dec 2012 16:51

A deserving winner

by **JaniN83** » 25 Dec 2012 17:20

Pfff, not even a Nintendo game..

by **Entity** » 25 Dec 2012 18:53

Woopman wrote:A deserving winner

I second that! Though I haven't played all of those on this list, Journey was just something different and truly amazing. I could get a PS3 for that game alone damn it!

RMC: You are supposed to be relaxing and enjoying X-mas!

by **Ragnarokstorymaker** » 25 Dec 2012 19:53

JaniN83 wrote:Pfff, not even a Nintendo game..

Totally this. This GOTY is invalid.

EDIT: Yes, I'm being sarcastic.

by **Radiant** » 25 Dec 2012 20:50

I hope there is some sarcasm going on in this topic. This wasn't a particularly strong year for Nintendo, if you ask me.

by **Entity** » 25 Dec 2012 21:19

Radiant wrote:I hope there is some sarcasm going on in this topic. This wasn't a particularly strong year for Nintendo, if you ask me.

The 3DS got some good ones. One of the games was on the list. Wii got... Last Story. That should have been mentioned. Pandora's Tower didn't the states?

by **Sylverstone14** » 25 Dec 2012 21:53

Journey was a really deserving winner, definitely.

by **Hawk** » 25 Dec 2012 23:07

@Radiant

I was thinking the same thing, thinking back to an era when Nintendo used to make contenders for Game of the Year. They just don't do that anymore.

by **JGreenhill** » 25 Dec 2012 23:46

Yay Journey won, love it when an original game like this gets some recognition. Such a beautiful game, it stood head and shoulders above everything else this year.

by **melvin2898** » 26 Dec 2012 01:24

JaniN83 wrote:Pfff, not even a Nintendo game..

IT DOESN'T have to BE!

by **TotalHenshin** » 26 Dec 2012 02:29

I like Journey, but it didn't deserve to win GOTY. I'd be happier if Borderlands 2, or XCOM, or Xenoblade won.

by **tellis429** » 26 Dec 2012 03:43

Journey looks beautiful, and why shouldn't this GoTY video be covered just because Nintendo didn't have a strong year. I have to say that Nintendo's "safe" software releases won't get them many nominations for GoTY.

Why the likes of Pandora Tower and other games weren't on this list, I do not know but Journey "feels" right and I haven't even played it.

by **MasterofMonster** » 26 Dec 2012 05:08

I would personally have had Kid Icarus: Uprising as the GOTY.

really amazing game, and almost every way. Shame Sakurai won't make another one. Unless of course Iwata tells us he will on E3, and then seek up Sakurai to beg him to do it. :lol:

by **ridleysaria** » 26 Dec 2012 09:01

Journey totally deserves it. Marvelous game.

Nintendo doesn't deserve much recognition for this year unless it's a most disappointing list.

by **MegaShock100** » 26 Dec 2012 09:39

Journey is more like the worst and dumbest game released this year. Such a stupidly pointless game, and it just uses ART to disguise it's crappy, nonexistant gameplay and shallowness. Seriously, all you do is walk around in a featureless desert with a crappy camera.

by **WesFX** » 26 Dec 2012 17:46

What is this business about Nintendo not having a good year? Nintendo's been having a bad 16 years according to popular media.

by **void3953** » 26 Dec 2012 20:46

WesFX wrote:What is this business about Nintendo not having a good year? Nintendo's been having a bad 16 years according to popular media.

Pretty much. No matter what they do they're looked down on with derision. I mean, anyone who actually believes that Wii Sports wasn't GOTY when it came out simply isn't a fan of gaming.

Apparently that's the vast bulk of the gaming media.

Such a depressing state of affairs.