In the past, gamers could honestly protest against rubbish downloadable content – how it was disappointing, or should have been part of the main game. And sometimes DLC just plain costs too much. Valve has avoided these problems entirely – Peer Review for Portal 2 is first, incredible and second, free.
Ambiguously named Art Therapy in-game, testing bots ATLAS and P-body are once again powered up for nine new test chambers that GLaDOS calls “artwork”. The sheer value of this free pack is revealed right away – Ellen McLain’s dialogue as the passive aggressive A.I. is absolutely golden.
PS3 Attitude: "Portal 2 was one of the best games of 2011, and improved on the original in pretty much every way. Six months later, the Peer Review DLC somehow made it even better. And now, the game’s set for another revolution with In Motion; developed by Sixense, this new DLC adds more levels to the game, which make use of the PlayStation Move motion controller; but does it work?"
What’s better than wracking your brain to come up with solutions to the most elaborate spatial puzzles ever thought up by the most deranged, egotistical, and homicidal AI this side of HAL 9000? Doing it with a friend, of course! Portal 2 gave us more than just a fantastic new single-player installment, which probably would have been enough to satisfy most fans in its own right. The multi-player portion represents an evolution of the original’s ingenious gameplay, allowing for even more complex puzzles with two players working in tandem.
... it's GOOD DLC, and it's FREE, so finally a developers who cares, respects and rewards it's fanbase, instead of nickel-and-diming it.
Huge respect for VALVE, and this kinda stuff earns them love and loyalty from their fans. Something too many other developers and publishers either fail to realise, or fail to care about.
...cause all their DLC is free as well, and they found a nice way to do so in-game, or else Microsoft would have demanded it to be content that users would have to pay for.
I love Team Meat.
It seems a little early to be handing out Game of the Year awards, but that’s how the GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards roll. And who I am to tell them otherwise? They’ve picked their big winner, and it’s Valve’s Portal 2. But who else took home awards?
I don't get it this portal game looks boring and so blank.
What's the catch?
@TmanX1 Please ask the mods to unban me I miss the forums :(
If you played it you would know why it won. The game is that good.
Portal 2 will not appeal to some gamers. As a matter of fact it most likely not appeal to quite a bit of console only players.
Its truly a unique game with ingenious puzzles and humour etc.
There is a reason it scored 95% overall on metacritic.
Gamers of all platforms should give this game a try. Its different and fresh.
OK, this is ridiculous. Portal 2 is a great game and all, but can't we wait until the end of the year before giving out a Game of the Year award? We've got Uncharted 3, Zelda, Skyrim, and others coming out soon. Seems ridiculous.
EDIT: Nevermind. I see what they've done here. It looks Portal 2 was just about the final game to come out in their eligibility for the "year". Almost every other game they awarded was from 2010, not 2011.
•Action/Adventure Game of the Year in association with Metro UK — Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
•Mobile Game of the Year in association with MSN — Angry Birds Rio (Chillingo)
•Roleplay Game of the Year in association with Edge — Fallout New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks)
•Massively Multiplayer Online Game of the Year in association with PC Gamer — World of Warcraft (Blizzard
Entertainment)
•Fighting Game of the Year in association with Official Nintendo Magazine — Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)
•Racing Game of the Year in association with GamesRadar.com – Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Entertainment)
•Sports Game of the Year in association with Zavvi.com — FIFA 12 (EA Sports)
•Strategy Game of the Year in association with Official Xbox Magazine — Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment)
•Music Game of the Year in association with Habbo.com — Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (Activision)
•Free-To-Play Game of the Year in association with CVG.co.uk — League of Legends (Riot Games)
•Downloadable Game of the Year in association with Virgin Media — Minecraft (Mojang)
•Shooter Game of the Year in association with Turtle Beach — Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
•One To Watch Award in association with Shortlist — Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
•Innovation of the Year — Nintendo 3DS Outstanding Contribution — Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega)
•Ultimate Game of the Year in association with Alienware — Portal 2 (Valve Corporation)
What a joke. They better give out rewards before UC3 comes out. When did Black Ops release? JOKE!
It's strange I know , but UC3, Batman and all the games out this holiday season will be in next Years Golden Joystick awards.
I think the cut-off point is the end of Summer.
Yeah, bizarrely, the Golden Joysticks are done from summer to summer - this years GotY, for example, would be the best game between August 2010 and August 2011, that's just how it works. Hence Black Ops, AC Brotherhood, Starcraft 2, Fallout New Vegas, which all released last holiday season, are in this year's awards, and UC3 and Arkham City, among others, are not.
I'm sorry but portal 2 is like going to see a pretentious art movie
Great game but not game of the year worthy.
And isn't a little early to hand this out there's still
UC3
Skyrim
BF3
MW3
Batman AC
AC revalations
Agreed this was done way to early. There needs to be like an industry rule no year awards until like December 25th.
As I posted above, instead of going from New Year 2011 to New Year 2012, instead of it being the 'best game of 2011' or whatever, they go from summer 2010 to summer 2011, hence they're doing it so early. They haven't just left out all the other games releasing this year, they'll be in next years awards, if you see what I mean. Essentially, they count the year as going from September to August, rather than January to December. Odd, but hey
What's up with "with association" award? Im afraid they had lost their credibility and more tendentious..
