Game of the year - Bioshock
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Caporegime
of course it has replay value, you can try out different combinations of weapons, ammo, plasmids, genetonics.
The cut off point for these awards seem to be about september. No way was oblivion a better game last year than either gears of war or Rainbow 6 which where released later in the year.
The same with biopap. Its a fair enough once through game but wouldn't make my top 5. No one cared about it a month after release.
The same with biopap. Its a fair enough once through game but wouldn't make my top 5. No one cared about it a month after release.
Soldato
Kreee hit it on the head when he said Horse Crap.
Good Game, but far from GOTY.
Good Game, but far from GOTY.
Soldato
Agreed, Bioshock had an interesting setting, great graphics and the music was fantastic, but the game was so boring I only managed to drag myself through half of it.
CoD4 or Orange Box should have got this in my eyes (Haven't played the others you mentioned Kreeeee)
Soldato
If Bioshock involved friendly characters who you could meet and talk to (RPG elements basically) it could have been a lot better, rather than baddies everywhere.
id agree with BioShock being one of my games of the year.
Whether or not its THE game of the year is always going to be debated, at least we have a good few candidates.
Mass Effect would be the outright winner if i was the judge
Whether or not its THE game of the year is always going to be debated, at least we have a good few candidates.
Mass Effect would be the outright winner if i was the judge
I got bored part way through too.
Played the PC version myself, with the DX10 gubbins enabled (for whatever difference it makes)
To start with, I was wowed. The graphics look great, the beginning in the sea really starts you off with a smile on your face.
The style of the game is superb. I just loved the artistic design.
The weapons, the EVE, brilliant.
I wanted to love it.
I got part way through the game though, and just couldn't face it any more.
Bored out of my head, and I had Crysis & Drake's Fortune waiting for me.
A game that showed great promise, but was ultimately let down (IMO) by boring objectives.
Defininitely not game of the year.
As for my game of the year, tough call, there have been some real beauties this year. I'm tempted to say Crysis immediately. However, as brilliant as I found it at first, after the jungle scenes end, it lost some of its appeal to me. Still good fun, and exciting to play, but using the suits functions, against the Koreans, in the jungle, was what it was all about for me.
Thinking back, R:FOM was a cracking game. More recently, Drake's Fortune too. I've only just started COD4 so can't comment on that yet. The Orange box was certainly good, although are we counting that as one game? Episode Two was certainly very good, but really was short. The Darkness I loved. I've yet to play much of Medal of Honor: Airborne, but I think COD4 is better from what I've seen so far. I'm also yet to try GOW PC version, which I'm hoping'll be good.
2007 really has been a top year for games
I don't know if I can pick an overall favourite.
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Played the PC version myself, with the DX10 gubbins enabled (for whatever difference it makes)
To start with, I was wowed. The graphics look great, the beginning in the sea really starts you off with a smile on your face.
The style of the game is superb. I just loved the artistic design.
The weapons, the EVE, brilliant.
I wanted to love it.
I got part way through the game though, and just couldn't face it any more.
Bored out of my head, and I had Crysis & Drake's Fortune waiting for me.
A game that showed great promise, but was ultimately let down (IMO) by boring objectives.
Defininitely not game of the year.
As for my game of the year, tough call, there have been some real beauties this year. I'm tempted to say Crysis immediately. However, as brilliant as I found it at first, after the jungle scenes end, it lost some of its appeal to me. Still good fun, and exciting to play, but using the suits functions, against the Koreans, in the jungle, was what it was all about for me.
Thinking back, R:FOM was a cracking game. More recently, Drake's Fortune too. I've only just started COD4 so can't comment on that yet. The Orange box was certainly good, although are we counting that as one game? Episode Two was certainly very good, but really was short. The Darkness I loved. I've yet to play much of Medal of Honor: Airborne, but I think COD4 is better from what I've seen so far. I'm also yet to try GOW PC version, which I'm hoping'll be good.
2007 really has been a top year for games
I don't know if I can pick an overall favourite.
V1N.
Soldato
haha, I wonder what percentage of the country actually held on and finished it? Considering in just this thread alone most say they got bored. Thats me included
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bioshocks rubbish, great start but half way through had me falling asleep, not touched it since, very repetative, waste of money 
Caporegime
I think we're overreacting a little here.
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I think it was a fantastic game, needless to say though ive not been back on it since completing it a good few months ago!
Soldato
No where near deserved it imo. Good game, but lets see anyone try and play it a second or third time round. The visuals weren't even too hot given that it was the Unreal 3 engine. Great story but that's all.
I was expecting a scary RPG. Instead I got a repetitive one where I could hold and use every single weapon without any char development. From my pov the GOTY goes to Mass Effect.
I was expecting a scary RPG. Instead I got a repetitive one where I could hold and use every single weapon without any char development. From my pov the GOTY goes to Mass Effect.
i voted for bioshock and it was the best game of this year. the story graphics, guns etc was all perfect
let's face it there have been cods before and rpgs and blah blah but bioshock brought something different and that's why it deserved to be game of the year
let's face it there have been cods before and rpgs and blah blah but bioshock brought something different and that's why it deserved to be game of the year
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Soldato
Just messin
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Thats the thing. Biochoc was almost identical to System Shock 2. So how is it any newer then what you've mentioned. Even the legend that is Yahtzee saw that.
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No, it was almost identical, but incredibly dumbed down for the console generation. Same as Deus Ex 2.
Very similar in tone, but more accessible and with broken/tedious mechanics done away with.
I haven't played CoD4 yet (despised the beta) but I think either Bioshock, Halo 3 or Mass Effect would be worthy.
I also haven't played Mario Galaxy, not having a wii, but have heard nothing but superlatives about that. Wasn't it in the running?
Saying that I think Bioshock's combination of fantastic art design, great music, awesome voice acting ("Musical GREMLIN!"
) and distinctive setting do make it stand apart from it's peers.
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I also never mustered the motivation to finish Bioshock, levels got too repetitive for me... staring at the map at the beginning of a new level began to make me feel sick.
Mass Effect or COD4 were more in line for GOTY. A lot of people I know have already completed a second play through of Mass Effect and I could quite easily start it over (which I rarely do with games).
Mass Effect or COD4 were more in line for GOTY. A lot of people I know have already completed a second play through of Mass Effect and I could quite easily start it over (which I rarely do with games).