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Game of the Year 2012


deanb

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So we've being running our GOTY runs on the blog the past fortnight. What are your choices for GOTY this year?

 

http://pressxordie.c...blic-vote-2012/

 

 

Pokemon Conquest by James

Dishonered by Darrell

Tokyo Jungle by Colin

X-COM:Enemy Unknown by Dean V

FTL: Faster Than Light by Dean B

Mass Effect 3 by Gregg

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I hate having to pick just one, so I'm going to cheat and pick two. One for big full-priced AAA releases and another for smaller downloadable/indie stuff.

 

For the AAA, XCOM: Enemy Unknown by a country mile. There were a lot of great games that came out this year. Even the ones that got shit on a lot, I really loved. (hint: they both have a 3 in their title and neither are called Mass Effect). But none of them grabbed me quite like XCOM. In about 3 weeks, it shot right to second place in my most played games on Steam, a mere 10 hours behind the time vampire that is Civilization V. The only reason I haven't played it the past two months is because I just can't afford to have all my time disappear into oblivion right now.

 

For the smaller ones: Mark of the Ninja. Holy crap, that game blew my goddamned mind so much. It's basically a perfect stealth game. It reminded me of the old Splinter Cell games, in all the right ways. It's pretty much the reason I'm picking two GOTYs. XCOM is undeniable but I feel Mark of the Ninja is just as deserving of the title.

 

 

Honorable mentions: Dishonored, Max Payne 3, Diablo III and Hotline Miami.

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Even though I put down Pokémon Conquest as my nomination, there's no chance in hell I'm not voting for XCOM. I haven't come remotely near to finishing it at all yet, but it's just outstanding.

 

Rounding out my top 5, in descending order, would be Hotline Miami, Pokémon Conquest (natch), FTL, and either SSX or Rock Band Blitz. I'm undecided who takes 5th from those two.

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