So we're in the "top 5" at this point, right? I believe that game was #5, if you are revealing 20 games?
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So we're in the "top 5" at this point, right? I believe that game was #5, if you are revealing 20 games?
I am pretty sure I said in my original post that PSP, DS, Wii, 360 and PS3 games could be nominated, and for the sake of allowing the PC master race to not be left out, games released on PC after ~arbitrary date~.
Dammit guys!
And yes, we are essentially in the "Top 5". I can't say that any one game from the tier of 7 nominations is #5 because there were 5 games with that number of noms.
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Naughty Dog's PS3 swan song. Where the hell did this thing come from? It's a wonderful game for a lot of reasons that don't seem very wonderful. It's challenging, resources are fairly scarce, and it is one hell of a brutally violent ride through a post-apocalyptic, zombies with a bad fungal infection infested America. Humans are usually as bad as the monsters, sometimes worse, and you'll certainly question by the end whether or not you're the worst of all.
But behind it all is this story of a father who lost his daughter, a girl who might cure the zombie plague, and the journey that brings them together. If it sounds cliche, it's really not. These are broken people in a broken world doing the best they can and making their fair share of bad decisions and crossing into some moral grey areas along the way.
The game itself is great as well. Think Uncharted with fewer bullets, no climbing, more stealth and if the violence was less Indiana Jones and more Walking Dead. It all comes together tremendously well to create an experience that can go from nail bitingly tense, heart wrenchingly touching, and straight back to unsettlingly casual in its brutality. It's easily one of the best games on any platform this generation.
Dwarf Fortress (3)
BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend (2)
Bioshock (2)
Halo Reach (1)
2nd Super Robot Wars: Original Generations (1)
Frog Fractions (1)
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (1)
Tekken 6 (1)
Borderlands 2 (1)
Resonance of Fate (1)
Top 3 next. Which games could possibly be yet to come at this late stage of the event?
Was a very good game.
Have we had The Walking Dead yet? I'm calling that one as one of the impending winners.
Also good to see Darkest Hour and Dorf Fort.
I tried so hard to like Dark Souls, I really did. I put hours into that game trying to like it. But I finally stopped when I realized I wasn't enjoying it at all. Sorry guys!
Oh. Disregard then!
Edit: Changing my bet to Fallout New Vegas.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure New Vegas will be one of them. I'd also be somewhat shocked if Minecraft wasn't one of them.
Oh, right, I forgot that wasn't actually Fallout 3.
Skyrim is clearly a worse game than New Vegas, but I guess it's a pretty good game still.
Next guess to go along with all yours: Final Fantasy XIII will take top spot!
As for The Last of Us: it was a wonderful game with one of the deepest character relationships I've ever seen in games. The stealth gameplay was very fun and a nice change in pace to run-and-gun style of other games. It was also absolutly stunning to look at. The most beautiful game I've ever played. And it took place in an post-apocalypse!
I'll actually be surprised if Skyrim is up there. I liked it quite a bit, but most threads about it on here turn into some sort of weird "Am I the only person who didn't like this game" thing, which is hilarious because clearly you people aren't if everyone else is saying the same thing! :colbert:
This thread in a nutshell: everyone else's taste in video games sucks apart from my own, I am the last authority on video games and my word is law.
I understand anyone who didn't like the Mako in Mass Effect 1 or thought it was slower compared to 2. It really does show it JRPG side when you reach the Citadel and 2 improves on a lot of the gameplay. It didn't help that I played 2 first. I just personally have a preference towards the crew in the first game and the story over the second.
Dark Souls was clever. Never played The Last of Us (god I want to) but I haven't heard a single bad thing about this game since it came out, so no surprises here.