There's a difference between games you enjoy and games that made breakthroughs and set new benchmarks. Most of the games listed here or mentioned are very good games, enjoyable and immensely fun. But by no means are they breakthrough. Breakthrough games are usually left to the PC gamer arena, since usually only in pc do developers dare to experiment and push the genre forward. Several criteria will also have to be meet for a game to be qualified as a candidate as game of the year. First, it has to be a complete game, and portal is not a complete game, it's a mod. So is orange box, it's a compilation, probably one of the best compilation in gaming, but not a game. Sorry portal guys. And anyway, Half Life 2 is still a previous game of the year game because it made so many breakthroughs which many games have come to adoopted and followed. Halo, Bioshock, COD4 all have traces of elements that are from HL2. Each game will usually fit into several genres, like FPS, RPG, simulation, sports or RTS. To compared between genres are often difficult and not very productive.
Category wise, PC simply has more to compete and choose from. For FPS across all platforms, the candidates will have to be Crysis (Most likely to win), COD4, Halo3 and perhaps several less famous like Left for Dead. Why Crysis? Many disagree because they might feel that their computers cant run, which is precisely the point. Great games always pushed the boundaries. Crytek might not make more money than Bungie but they are definitely better. Technological, graphics, AI, overall immersiveness are all extreme. The storyline leaves a lot to be desire, linear and quite unimaginative. COD4 and Halo3 are very good games, by all means a great example of the genre but are not themselves Great. I'm sorry guys, popularity do not warrant quality. As for cross genre type like Assassin's Creed, TPS with RPG elements, that is hard to decide, but I am disappointed because AC get boring and repetitive after a while. The AI and immersiveness are very good but afterthe "wow factor", it boils down to pressing buttons and see what kind of kills I get and even that get boring (Bloodrayne anyone?). As for other genres like RTS, simulation, it seem like not many people are given to much thought about them, much less play them, so i'm not going to mention it.
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HALO owns all off the games if you don't pick that you probably have brain damage
definitly guitar hero is the big one. i asbolutley LOVE playing it! it is definitly better then rockband because in rockband, you need a whole group of people to play, whereas guitar hero, you only need yourself!
What about Saints' Row? The single player itself is awesome and the online is great. Saints' all the way.
There's a difference between games you enjoy and games that made breakthroughs and set new benchmarks. Most of the games listed here or mentioned are very good games, enjoyable and immensely fun. But by no means are they breakthrough. Breakthrough games are usually left to the PC gamer arena, since usually only in pc do developers dare to experiment and push the genre forward. Several criteria will also have to be meet for a game to be qualified as a candidate as game of the year. First, it has to be a complete game, and portal is not a complete game, it's a mod. So is orange box, it's a compilation, probably one of the best compilation in gaming, but not a game. Sorry portal guys. And anyway, Half Life 2 is still a previous game of the year game because it made so many breakthroughs which many games have come to adoopted and followed. Halo, Bioshock, COD4 all have traces of elements that are from HL2. Each game will usually fit into several genres, like FPS, RPG, simulation, sports or RTS. To compared between genres are often difficult and not very productive. Category wise, PC simply has more to compete and choose from. For FPS across all platforms, the candidates will have to be Crysis (Most likely to win), COD4, Halo3 and perhaps several less famous like Left for Dead. Why Crysis? Many disagree because they might feel that their computers cant run, which is precisely the point. Great games always pushed the boundaries. Crytek might not make more money than Bungie but they are definitely better. Technological, graphics, AI, overall immersiveness are all extreme. The storyline leaves a lot to be desire, linear and quite unimaginative. COD4 and Halo3 are very good games, by all means a great example of the genre but are not themselves Great. I'm sorry guys, popularity do not warrant quality. As for cross genre type like Assassin's Creed, TPS with RPG elements, that is hard to decide, but I am disappointed because AC get boring and repetitive after a while. The AI and immersiveness are very good but afterthe "wow factor", it boils down to pressing buttons and see what kind of kills I get and even that get boring (Bloodrayne anyone?). As for other genres like RTS, simulation, it seem like not many people are given to much thought about them, much less play them, so i'm not going to mention it.
heavenly sword
I like Sims 2. I know, I know, you are all probably like "WTF???" and are holding tight to your war games about killing innocent people for a mere high score. But I like it. Here's one for you "war gamers": I like playing World of Warcraft. I don't own it myself, but I play it with my cousins and am pretty good.
Bioshock and Call Of Duty 4 are both good canidates for game of the year but My pick would have to be a game that surprisingly isnt on the list. I hereby crown none other then Assassin's Creed MY Game Of The Year.
metroid prime 3 ftw
I think Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3 are both awesome games. Halo has a pretty cool story mode, you can play co op and crap, and a nice online mode. Call of Duty 4 I know has a cool online mode, not sure about the campaign. I heard BioShock is great, and Rock Band I heard is pretty fun. Super Mario....... I haven't seen ANYONE playing that, it may or may not be fun, Mario games normally are, but who knows. Finally, I think Gears of War should have been nominated. It has a good campaign mode, you can play with one other person, making it harder. It also is challenging. I thought the Halo 3 co op was easy if you had atleast yourself and two other people. On Gears of War, you only get one other person, and its alot harder with aiming, grenades, ect. The online mode for Geard is pretty fun as well.......
Crysis isn't on the list???