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Gametrailers Overall Game of the Year

As a fantastic year of gaming comes to a close, GameTrailers picks the best and brightest of 2010! The 2010 Game of the Year is chosen!

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Pedantic915279d ago (Edited 5279d ago )

IMHO

Exclusives should never be awarded GOTY.

Multiplatform should, that way, no side gets all pissed off, well, the only exception being the Wii, for it needs it's exclusive to stay ahead.

My 2 cents.

EDIT: Disagree's ? There's never pleasin' ya N4G, no matter how impartial one is.

Dark_Charizard5279d ago (Edited 5279d ago )

You make it sound as though GotY is awarded to keep all fanboy territories happy. LOL!

Fail!

Focker4205279d ago (Edited 5279d ago )

@pedrami91

Saying "Exclusives should never be awarded GOTY." Is as far from impartial as you can get. Any game can win GOTY as long as its not an exclusive. STFU.

Its called Game Of The Year, not Multiplatform GOTY. If your chosen system doesn't have a game that wins GOTY, who gives a sh*t. This isn't some competition in preschool where everybody wins. Your favorite game doesn't win well then tough sh*t. Grow a pair and stfu.

If a game happens to be an exclusive, but it is the best game of the year, then it deserves to be awarded GOTY. Instead of "awww, well I really loved this one game over everything else, but I can't award it GOTY because it'll make all those little fanboys cry". Do you realise how stupid that is??

UCMEandICU5278d ago (Edited 5278d ago )

I have no clue how this game can be even considered a nomination for GOTY. Yeah it played decent but aint no way that's GOTY material.

I was literally salivating when downloading the demo then couldnt believe this was the mighty Mass Effect I've been reading on forums as the greatest RPG in years when I actually played it.

Wow it just seems standards are low when rating games that are not PS3 exclusive.

Nah, I'm not hating or trying to troll but I now see if ME1&2 were PS3 exclusives w/ the exact same content, it would have gotten a lot of 7s from the same big sties that gave it 9.5s & 10s. This is just my view point on this game.

talltony5278d ago

I comPletely agree with you. I was honest to god bored of that demo. I for one don't know what the big deal is. To each his own but rdr and this are not my kind Of games at all. My goty material seems to be on a different quality level.

Commander_TK5278d ago

Much respect to Gametrailers. They gotten a lot better over the past few years. Great descriptions of the nominees and a PC was nominated for GOTY (u don't see that a lot these days).

Honorable mentions would probably go to Alan Wake, Heavy Rain and Bad Company 2.

HolyOrangeCows5278d ago

"Exclusives should never be awarded GOTY"

Good thing it's not an exclusive.

*Wink*

TBM5278d ago

if anyone is interested this website here counts all the GotY picks from critics and readers. plus overall leader for the year.

http://gotypicks.blogspot.c...

the overall leader is not who you think it is. also this site is pretty cool as whoever this guy is works hard to gather all the info he needs for this.

candystop5278d ago

ucme and talltony,

You both played a demo only so please stfu.

JohnnyBadfinger5278d ago

The Demo is only the first cutscene and first 5mins of gamplay...the fact you have come to a conclusion after that tells me your GOTY choice is simply wrong.

ME2 was the best game of 2010... just was.

thrasherv35278d ago

@candystop

Completely agree. How someone can base an entire series on one demo is beyond me. And this is a RPG, not a brain-dead shooter like CoD. I do believe there is story somewhere...

Kahvipannu5278d ago (Edited 5278d ago )

You played the demo. Mass Effect 2 is way more. It continues seamesly your game from ME1, and really starts waaay after demo ends. Play the (full) games, and be critic after that.

And yeah, ME2 was my personal GOTY too. Gona revisit it once it comes out for PS3 too. And I was happy to see Starcraft 2 and Civ 5 on nominees, specially Civ 5.

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Dsnyder5279d ago

Thought they were going to give it to another COD game.

Bordel_19005279d ago

ME2 is on PC, X360 and on PS3 in 19 days. What exclusive?

DFresh5279d ago

I highly disagree.
If any game does something original or offers something unique whether retail, downloadable, indie, or exclusive then that game should be noticed and rewarded for their efforts.

Also Mass Effect is not exclusive.
--Mass Effect (Xbox 360/PC) = More then one platform.
--Mass Effect 2 (PS3/Xbox 360/PC) = All 3 platforms.
--Mass Effect 3 (PS3/Xbox 360/PC) = All 3 platforms.

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KingPin5278d ago

"Exclusives should never be awarded GOTY."

coz if that were to happen the xbox360 wouldnt have a game of the year at all since seeing for the last 3 years the ps3 exclusives absolutely dominated it.

i still think they should have 5 categories for GOTY!
xbox360 exclusive GOTY
ps3 exclusive GOTY
wii exclusive GOTY
multiplat GOTY
PC GOTY

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Tainted Gene5279d ago

Oh man, I was rooting for "splosion-man" to take it all ;P

All kidding aside I pleased with the outcome. ME2 seemed the best in blending most aspects of gaming into one package (story, RPG"isk" elements, shooter, exploration, and an epic adventure). Despite the skeptical view I had about losing the RPG elements prior to launch, BioWare really did a fine job and should be proud.

neo8815278d ago

BioWare = pixar of the gaming industry they have yet to make a bad game.

TheColbertinator5279d ago

Thats great.I'm glad Mass Effect 2 is getting the recognition it deserves

neo8815278d ago

its better than the Epic fail for best PS3 game of the year first the nomines were Rock Band 3 Red Dead Redemption and Black ops then god of war I can see God of war and RD but Rock Band and Black ops esp for ps3 has beeen such a horrible fail. I would have put in Heavy Rain MLB 10 and or Grand Turismo 5

Focker4205279d ago

I guess I'll truly find out if it is when I play it in a few weeks.

FrankMcSpank5279d ago

Well the PS3 version is the GOTY Edition after all.

Vaud-Villian5279d ago

Another GOTY for ME2 makes me smile. It was my favorite game of the year and in 6 days I'll be playing it again.

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50 Best PS3 Games of All Time

The PlayStation 3 is Sony’s most interesting home console ever, but what’s most interesting of all is trying to nail down the very best games on a console with hundreds of incredible games. Let’s give it a shot.

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darthv72103d ago

Personally, I'd rank Pacific Rift in my top 10. It's the best of the series.

badz149103d ago

We desperately need Motorstorm back. Evolution is no more though and this makes me sad

Cacabunga103d ago

Sly Thieves in Time
Stay the Party
Portal 2
Dj Hero
Demon’s Souls
God of war Ascension

rudero102d ago

2 of those games got railed through the “gaming media” during release.
Sly and god of war.
Both of which were fantastic games.

Cacabunga102d ago

Ascension is VERY underrated. Remake please!

Venoxn4g103d ago

Decent list.. I would put the Castle Crashers as well..

1Victor102d ago

Yes it’s a decent list of popular games with a heavy hand on FPS and no Warhawk or Starhawk 2 of the best games (not sale wise) on ps3.
I would buy a Starhawk again even if it didn’t have a graphics upgrade hell I would even take a new one with micro transactions 😱🤯

Profchaos103d ago

I've noticed a recent nostalgia for the PS3 and I don't get it for me it's been my least favourite generation to date and I've been gaming since the NES I just feel like the ambition of the developers outweighed the capabilities of the consoles so I remember lots of games running in the lower end of 20fps range and I remember for the first time ever actually disliking the duelshock 3 and it's curved triggers

Sure there were some standouts and great games but that's the only gen I switched entirely to PC gaming

darthv72103d ago

Maybe the recent nostalgia is because pretty much all of its games are trapped on that console. People want to play them on more modern hardware. hell... if XB can do it then so can Sony. there are competent emulators out there that can run on PS4/5 hardware but Sony just wont let them become official... why is that?

If we are talking least favorite generations (personally) then this one is certainly mine. i had more fun playing 8th, 7th and 6th gen stuff than 9th. And it isnt like i dont have access to do so... the heavy hitters just havent shown up anywhere close to those previous gens. The few here and there just doesnt cut it compared to the likes of constant good games that showed up in 6th, 7th and 8th gen. hell.... I'll even throw in 5th gen has been better than this one.

Profchaos102d ago

I tend to agree there's lots of amazing games locked to the PS3 like GTA IV or mgs 4 but then again my issue was never with the content the PS3 had but rather it's performance many other people have said the PS3 felt like it couldn't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time using PSN and downloading a game could take a few minutes to just start a download.

I typically don't worry all that much about performance I've never had a problem with games that run at 30 but games like crysis 2, Skyrim are good examples where the performance was so unstable you would never even touch the top of the frame cap and the hitching was worse than say Goldeneye on the n64

I think emulation is more than possible on the ps5 though it's just that Sony has no incentive to rush it's development it will likely be a ps6 feature if it ever happens at all.

But yeah the 9th gen has been so bad from a content perspective thats a given I see constant articles where people are frequently expressing their disappointment around the industry as a whole right now to much live service competition that sinks longstanding studios and consumes Devs time less ambition and games cost so much to make they have to play it safe.

The 5th gen was easily better than the 9th we had some all time greats crash, Spyro, Tony hawk, mgs, Mario,64, Goldeneye, Mario kart 64 the list goes on. The 5th gave us a new dimension and I remember being blown away by how much more open gaming had become the 4th gen with the mega drive and SNES was great and very easy to still revisit some of the greatest games of all time came out like earthbound, secret of mana, sonic , Mario world etc but saving our games was still not a standard function or a given so gaming was still evolving but it was very impressive to see some of the tricks Devs used like dithering to give us new experiences those earlier gens limitations bred innovation.

Michiel1989102d ago

if XB can do it so can sony? I didn't know xbox had a cell processor in their older consoles, that's the reason why ps3 was so cool, but also the reason why games are hostage there and no, xbox did nothing similar even though their backward compatbility is good, they always had a similar architecture to their consoles.

darthv72102d ago

Sorry Michael... I guess you missed the obvious part where i said there are already emulators out that do this. and that is what XB is doing... emulators for OG and 360 games. Its why the full slate is not BC on XBO/Series.

coolbeans102d ago (Edited 102d ago )

The list is missing Folklore.

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Unheard of: The Best Cowboy Games on the PS3

Saddle up your horses, boys. Let's gallop on through this list of the best cowboy games you can play on the PS3.

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3 AAA Game Ports That Run Phenomenally On The Steam Deck OLED

Adam Vale of The Koalition writes: I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again: If you are a PC gamer, then you’re eating like a king! This is true because so many publishers, such as Sony and Microsoft, have hopped on board the PC express train to Funville.

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FinalFantasyFanatic186d ago

I love the Steamdeck, it's pretty great, also amazing that we can carry a handheld computer around that can play so many games.