Phil Stortzum writes, "Let's rewind time just a little bit. It was a few weeks ago that GameSpot named The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds as their game of 2013. This meant Zelda beat out games like BioShock Infinite, Grand Theft Auto V, and yes, The Last of Us, a game created by Naughty Dog, or as many of the studio's most ardent supporters affectionately call them, "Naughty Gods." (Just don't review one of the studio's games an 8.0 like Eurogamer did with Uncharted 3...)
Instantly, the YouTube video comment section of GameSpot's video was hammered with negativity and copious amounts of insults towards GameSpot and other gamers who didn't agree with their obviously objective facts that The Last of Us should be the game of the year everywhere, and if you don't agree, you're obviously didn't play through the entire game or something. It definitely had nothing to do with people having different tastes in gaming and what they view as most important in their gaming experiences."
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Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.
Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.
That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.
Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.
I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.
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Agree with the article. At the end of the day everyone prefers one thing over the other. Since its base off an opinion no one is wrong. Everyone has different standards on what should be game of the year. Let it be gameplay, story or even visuals. It all comes down to simply preference which leads to no one being wrong. I for one prefer The Last of Us over anything this year simply because I love the narrative and the characters.
I wouldn't really say Gamespots GOTY was the problem...I think the VGX one was in my opinion. The whole thing just seemed off with me especially when Rockstar was doing the live music show which they also won Best Soundtrack for (yeah taking songs off other artists now gets you GOTY instead of an actual score) and they were the only studio there to collect the awards in person.
As for Gamespot it's their opinion at the end of the day but out of all the games out this year I don't think Zelda touches some of them, and I said some. If it was a empty year for games and the only big games were things like Battlefield, Arkham Origins, Assassins Creed 4, COD Ghosts etc then obviously then Zelda would be the shining star of the crowd.
Having an opinion that differs is fine and even expressing that opinion in opposition of another is also fine. However, being a jerk about it doesn't help your cause.
Always remember Wheatons law :)
Nice write up. I agree completely.
Great article, people need to chill out, just because a game doesn't have story doesn't mean its any less impressive than a high budget game with the best mocap and the best presentation.
Thats why DOTA2 is my GOTY, i value its high replay value, Deep combat/gameplay, high skill cap, charming characters, challenge, and How great it is to play with friends over Mocap/voice acting, great Story and high budget. at least in this case...but some people just can't accept that. I respect every great game that comes out and people's choice of GOTY.