2011 GOTY Thread of I know it's late, buttwit

Frank · **Posted:** January, 6, 2012 - 11:00am

i sitll want to play LA noire. if its anything like PW, ill love it.

i didnt play anything this year that is anywhere remotely close to 10 games. i still have zelda in shrink wrap that i bought this week and i have no idea when im getting around to playing it. i also have portal 2 here that i got as a bday gift back in nov. zero time to play anything. fuck it all!!!!!

The Greg Man · **Posted:** January, 6, 2012 - 11:11am

PW is definitely better with testing your skills and reading between the lines, but L.A. Noire is visually appealing and something that hasn't really been done before. Using facial recognition to tell if they're lying? Cool shit. And if you were jumping from FFVI to FFXIII I'm sure you would've enjoyed it more too. Not a whole lot of gripes to be had when you haven't touched a series in 17 years.

Invisible Swordsman · **Posted:** January, 6, 2012 - 11:21am

I have AC: Revelations and Portal 2 that I haven't played yet. I have a feeling they will be 1 and 2 on my list...
Of the games I've played so far

Uncharted 3
Skyward Sword (still haven't played it much though...)
Rocksmith

phantomspiker · **Posted:** January, 6, 2012 - 11:30am

Nate wrote:

Dante369 wrote:

I've wondered if Skyrim would be able to dodge combat criticism if it had some sort of VATS system like fallout does. The quality of shooting is a non-issue in fallout because of that system, and I'd be curious to see the reaction of something like that in an ES game, though it's not something I would actually want to play. The combat never bothered me in Skyrim because I consider it to be an RPG, and so think more of stats and levels than in terms of combat prowess. That being said, Skyrim with an actual, great sword combat system is pretty much my dream game. Just set it in Westeros and I'll have a boner for a month.

I don't really think I would want VATS in this game only because it's so melee-centric. The ranged combat works well enough on it's own to not need it. Just make it like Zeno Clash, even a little bit, and I'll be happy. I feel like they are on their way to something, some of the shouts definitely help, but it's not there yet.

I thought the gunplay in New Vegas was a lot better than Fallout 3, and it needed to be, since you can be shot while in VATS in that game.

Dark Messiah of Might Magic has a fantastic first person melee combat system...I was hoping Skyrim's combat would be like that. Bethesda recently bought the developer (Arkane Studios) who made that game so maybe some of their ideas will bleed over to Bethesda.

The Greg Man · **Posted:** January, 6, 2012 - 11:34am

If you get some archery perks you can slow down time when you aim your bow, closest to VATS we'll get.

Russell Casse · **Posted:** January, 6, 2012 - 1:34pm

Isn't FFXIII from 2010?

And yeah, it's not a good game. Looks and sounds nice but not much going on in the head.

William Smith · **Joined:** June, 17, 2007 - 10:18pm **Posts:** 3226

Russell Casse wrote:

Isn't FFXIII from 2010?

And yeah, it's not a good game. Looks and sounds nice but not much going on in the head.

you mean the character depth isn't amazing? how dare you!

Steve · **Joined:** September, 9, 2005 - 12:08pm **Posts:** 10353

1. Portal 2
2. LA Noire
3. Dirt 3
4. Limbo
5. SuperBrothers
6. Magicka
7. Jamestown
8. The Witcher 2
9. Orcs Must Die!
10. Skyrim

This is no particular order other than the fact that my Golden EG pick was Portal 2 and its in the #1 spot. 2-10 are just randomly thrown in there. I feel bad that Skyward Sword isn't on here, but in all honesty I just didn't spend enough time with it prior to 2012 to form a real opinion. I'm sure when I spend more time with it I will love it.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12273

Steve wrote:

1. Portal 2
2. LA Noire
3. Dirt 3
4. Limbo
5. SuperBrothers
6. Magicka
7. Jamestown
8. The Witcher 2
9. Orcs Must Die!
10. Skyrim

This is no particular order other than the fact that my Golden EG pick was Portal 2 and its in the #1 spot. 2-10 are just randomly thrown in there. I feel bad that Skyward Sword isn't on here, but in all honesty I just didn't spend enough time with it prior to 2012 to form a real opinion. I'm sure when I spend more time with it I will love it.

LA NOIRE AT NUMBER 2 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
edit: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Steve · **Joined:** September, 9, 2005 - 12:08pm **Posts:** 10353

Bolded something in your quote there

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12273

Steve wrote:

Bolded something in your quote there

You did it just to hurt me. :'[

Steve · **Joined:** September, 9, 2005 - 12:08pm **Posts:** 10353

Read a back to the first page and I totally agree that a VATS system would have made Skyrim much more enjoyable (for me). They could have used some Dragonborn bullshit to explain why you're able to do it and it would have worked fine in the Elder-Scrolls world.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12273

Steve wrote:

Read a back to the first page and I totally agree that a VATS system would have made Skyrim much more enjoyable (for me). They could have used some Dragonborn bullshit to explain why you're able to do it and it would have worked fine in the Elder-Scrolls world.

Skyrim at arbitrarily chosen 10 doesn't bother me. There's plenty of complaints to make against it. It's just LA Noire on there that's awful, because it is the worst. And I know you put it at #2 for me! I KNOW IT! I'M NOT CRAZY!

phantomspiker · **Posted:** January, 9, 2012 - 6:11pm

Orcs Must Die!

Good choice, probably my biggest surprise this year.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12273

Best new characters of the year?

Wheatley - Portal 2. Classic.

Iorveth - The Witcher 2. Swag.

Garcia Fucking Hotspur - Shadows of the Damned. Swag hundred thousand, swag hundred MILLION.

Phil · **Posted:** January, 11, 2012 - 9:58am

I still really want to play Shadows of the Damned. Surprised it didn't make your Top 10 Dante.

phantomspiker · **Posted:** January, 11, 2012 - 10:45am

Iorveth was a fucking badass.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12273

Phil wrote:

I still really want to play Shadows of the Damned. Surprised it didn't make your Top 10 Dante.

Me too, actually. I guess I forgot about it. I'd probably swap it with InFamous.

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