KMRblue1027
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1993 has Doom and SC2K. How is it possible to make a choice between them?
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1993 will be the hardest year for me (DOOM, Master of Orion, Ultima Underworld II, and Frontier: Elite II).
Anyway, my 1991 choice is Zelda: A Link to the Past. I particularly love its graphics, which were (and are) so lovely and polished. Furthermore, the light/dark world thing is neat, its soundtrack is excellent, and the puzzles are tricky
That Snes game is from 1991? (i thought it came a couple of years later). Yeah, a great game indeed
(my first ever rpg, and i loved it)
I would add syndicate to that list as well as day of the tentacle. All 4 are equally compelling and playable today. Hmmm. Thats a tough one.
carmen510
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For 2010, I can't really decide between Mass Effect 2 and Red Dead Redemption.
Maniacal
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I don't know about RDR, because I never got to play it (screw you too Rockstar), but I'd say Alpha Protocol wins out over Mass Effect 2 for 2010. I loved ME2, and it was a much more polished game, but AP's dialogue choices mattered a lot more.
Although Amnesia: The Dark Descent was an excellent and actually horrifying game.
And then there is Metro: 2033 which was definitely my favourite for 2010... excellent gunplay, atmosphere and so on.
Bad Company 2 was super fun and the destruction was great but it suffered from more maps that mostly had more cons than pros.
This is why I don't like having to choose one single "GOTY", games are often quite different from one another (at least usually when they are worth considering for GOTY) and its not very easy to really compare a two very different games that both excel in their own niches or genres.
Ailedhoo
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2010: the year of Civilization V, Epic Mickey, Kirby Epic Yarn, Sam and Max: the Devil's Playhouse, Sin and Punishment: Star Successor, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Red Steel 2,
Also released that year: Super Meat Boy and StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.
...and of course: Victoria 2.
2010 will be interest, to test Civ 5, to overwhelm the thread with Victoria 2, to test StarCraft II, to see how many fellow players of Telltale's take on Sam and Max, to see how many have heard of Sin and Punishment and to test Epic Mickey.
Also released that year: Super Meat Boy and StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.
...and of course: Victoria 2.
2010 will be interest, to test Civ 5, to overwhelm the thread with Victoria 2, to test StarCraft II, to see how many fellow players of Telltale's take on Sam and Max, to see how many have heard of Sin and Punishment and to test Epic Mickey.
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Ok I tallied up the 1990 votes. Loom wins by a tiny margin. The guy who split his vote prevented a tie and Loom ends up winning.
So I guess we can move on to 1991! Can you guys do me a favor though? Post whatever you want, but to make it official can you please do Nomination= title and Vote= title for future rounds? Then I can just ctrl-f instead of reading every post. If you do that I'll definitely count your votes, otherwise no guarantees. Thanks!
Examples:
Nomination= super mario world
Vote= mega man 3
So I guess we can move on to 1991! Can you guys do me a favor though? Post whatever you want, but to make it official can you please do Nomination= title and Vote= title for future rounds? Then I can just ctrl-f instead of reading every post. If you do that I'll definitely count your votes, otherwise no guarantees. Thanks!
Examples:
Nomination= super mario world
Vote= mega man 3
de Maistre
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Nomination=The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Some pictures and music for memory's sake:
Some pictures and music for memory's sake:
Spoiler :
Thorgalaeg
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1991:
Nomination=Turrican II: The Final Fight (much better than the first one)
Vote=Civilization (obviously)
Nomination=Turrican II: The Final Fight (much better than the first one)
Vote=Civilization (obviously)
1990: Red Baron and Wing Commander, both of which I spent far too much time playing.
1991: Lemmings.
1992: nothing I remember playing a lot. Dune 2 for being genre-defining.
1993: Syndicate/Master of Orion
1994: UFO: Enemy Unknown
1991: Lemmings.
1992: nothing I remember playing a lot. Dune 2 for being genre-defining.
1993: Syndicate/Master of Orion
1994: UFO: Enemy Unknown
Ailedhoo
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1991: the year of Civilization and Sonic the Hedgehog.
Also the year of Ailedhoo's birth!
Also was released this year be Final Fantasy IV, Street Fighter II and Neverwinter Night.
I will vote Civilization for being the first game of one of my favourite franchisees.
Also the year of Ailedhoo's birth!
Also was released this year be Final Fantasy IV, Street Fighter II and Neverwinter Night.
I will vote Civilization for being the first game of one of my favourite franchisees.
Maniacal
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What is Loom? Seriously, no one even posted so much as a description of wtf it is, let alone any real reason to vote for it as a GOTY.
Ailedhoo
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...and that the nature of some games: Point & Click and Platforms are of considerations. The greatness Super Mario World and Secret of Monkey Island bought in innovations are to consider. Can there be only one game of the year? Considerations have to be bought with care.
