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Xbox One Game of the Year - Best of 2016 Awards

Xbox One Game of the Year - Best of 2016 Awards: From IGN's Inside Review: "Inside very clearly builds upon what made Limbo great, and in fact builds something greater.

BlakHavoc2818d ago

I don't like lists like these, I'd rather see a list of the top xbox only games.

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G20WLY2817d ago

So IGN are saying:

The best game on PS4 is a game that was also on Xbox (Dishonoured 2)
AND:
The best game on Xbox is a game that was also on PS4 (Inside)

HOW then, is it not the same on both platforms, i.e. one or the other?

Never change IGN - what a worthless joke of a website lmao!

Fishy Fingers2817d ago (Edited 2817d ago )

Really need to take a closer look at Inside. Somehow released without flagging up on my radar and seems to have gained a lot of praise from gamers and devs (article the other day with Devs GOTYs and this featured heavily).

nix2817d ago

i picked it up the minute it came out on PS4. the game is good but not as great as Limbo probably because, Limbo had that first impression kinda effect. the game's "puzzles" are predictable, you pass through objects and you know a series of puzzle is ahead you, just like when you reach an empty room in Soul series you knew you're going to face the boss. once i solved the puzzle without even reaching the dead end. also you already know storyline is going to be vague (the Limbo format). i had a very easy gameplay experience with it. so that's that.

Psychonaut852817d ago

Yeah I'd get it as soon as possible, worth every cent. I personally enjoyed it much more than Limbo, I loved Limbo, but I thought the second half of the game was weaker. Inside just gets better and better.

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Inverno87d ago

"INSIDE" was bloody amazing, and I miss Uncharted's sci-fi and paranormal aspects greatly.

TricksterArrow86d ago (Edited 86d ago )

TBH, 3 and 4 still have them, but they are heavily implied, which can be terrifying the more you think about it, but it is admittedly, much less scary and less interesting gameplay-wise than what 1 and 2 have done.

Inverno86d ago

U3 did show the Jinn's "bottle" in the end and the city was pretty f-ing dope. Just a little disappointing that they didn't lean just a bit more on the mythical parts of the series. Uncharted is a world rooted in reality and Drake knowing all these mythical stuff exists could've led into something cool.

porkChop87d ago

I remember being particularly confused by the twist in LA Noire where Cole Phelps is sort of "exposed". If you've played it you know what I'm talking about. It always felt weird and odd because the player is Cole Phelps. How can the player not know about these sorts of things happening with their own character? I felt like it came out of nowhere.

Yui_Suzumiya86d ago

Soma, Doki Doki Literature Club, Saya no Uta

UnbreakableAlex86d ago

Is Twelve Minutes on that list? Because IT HAS TO BE ON THAT LIST!
Don’t spoiler yourself with that humongous twist :D

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JagX22411d ago

Wouldn't the answer here be ... all of them?

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Inside came to Xbox thanks to a phone call from Phil Spencer

The Xbox CEO's personal intervention led to a exclusivity deal with Microsoft, reveals Playdead co-founder Dino Patti.

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ApocalypseShadow413d ago

You mean this guy that put one of his games on gamer pass and says it hurts sales:

https://videogames.si.com/f...

“We did a pretty good deal,” Patti says. “I also think it hurts sales. Because a lot of people just go in and try it and they don't invest. If they don't like the first 10 minutes? That’s it. Also, if you don't make the first 10 minutes amazing, maybe it's also a problem. I think [Game Pass] is okay. It's not my favorite. My favorite is the old premium model where I sell you on some video, on big images, and earn your $30. And then after that, I have to deliver. I don’t need to get money out of you later.”

He and his partner were smart in the fact to tell Sony shit no in owning the IP of Limbo. As for Inside, it's a great game. Music, atmosphere, everything is on point. Xbox got some time exclusivity. And Phil threw money at it. Luckily it wasn't permanent in that I wouldn't have been able to play it. Probably sold more on PlayStation though. But Play Dead sure knew how to make simple but fun side scroller games with puzzles in them. I would buy the next game like those. And knowing the guy, he would want me to buy his next game and earn his money that way.

coolbeans412d ago

You have an uncanny ability to turn little one-off stories into a tangential spiel with no ultimate purpose. What's anyone expected to get out of this?

"Did you know a developer who got a timed exclusivity deal with MS *ISN'T* a fan of a service that came out years later?"

I mean... okay? I guess the original story about Nice Guy Phil has been negated now or something?

PapaBop410d ago (Edited 410d ago )

"You have an uncanny ability to turn little one-off stories into a tangential spiel with no ultimate purpose."

He probably learned that from MS.

ChasterMies412d ago

“Not only was Microsoft responsible for much of the game's marketing at various trade shows and conventions, but the timed exclusivity was kept very brief, as the PS4 version of Inside was released just a few months after its debut on Xbox One.”

A lot of folks think these deals are all about cash payments, but often the consideration is marketing. My guess is that this will be less so on Xbox now that Microsoft has all those studios to market.

TricksterArrow411d ago

Plus, hasn't Inside sold more on PS than Xbox? Major win for the developers.

__SteakDeck__411d ago (Edited 411d ago )

So Phil did what he was complaining in court that Sony was doing. Lol

-Foxtrot411d ago

He’s one of the biggest hypocrites in the industry…of course

Outside_ofthe_Box411d ago

Phil is such an 'aggressive competitor'.

rippermcrip411d ago

Headline acts like this game was never coming to Xbox. Not true. It was going to be probably a 1 year exclusive to Sony. Spencer probably gave them the same money to make it 3 months for Microsoft instead.

Flakegriffin411d ago

So he did his job?

Congrats? 😂

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