It's either Mass Effect 3 or Sleeping Dogs for me.
Also played Max Payne 3, I Am Alive, Spec Ops: The Line, Alan Wake's American Nightmare, The Walking Dead, The Amazing Spider-Man. Still haven't finished D3 though.
Other upcoming games that could be my GOTY are Assassin's Creed III, Hitman: Absolution and Resident Evil 6.
Perhaps a bit early for a definite GOTY thread, but I am curious.
Dust: An Elysian Tale is the only game this year that has left me with any sort of lasting impression.
I Am Alive eh? Interesting.
Its got to be Spelunky for me. By a country mile.
I don't think I've played anything truly impressive so far this year.
I enjoyed The Darkness II, The Walking Dead, The Book of Unwritten Tales, Krater and Sniper Elite: V2, but I wouldn't really put them on a best-of list.
Dragons Dogma was pretty good though.
I second that Ireland, but i will put xenoblade also as a contender, but like you Dust made a lasting impression, for all reasons, being a great game, with gorgeous graphics, top notch gameplay, great music, and the ice of the cake the love and care it shows, and it was done by one man, unbelievable to say the least, the creator is now one of my favorites persons in this industry, alongside miyamoto and spector, he deserves be on top.
Either Minecraft XBLA or Trials Evolution for me. Both are so far above the quality of 99% of retail releases, with far more content and better community to boot.
Runner up: Witcher 2 for being not only the best looking console game ever released by a clear margin, but for doing so without restricted linear corridors, and topping it off with a superbly told, non-cliched, branching storyline.
Dust: An Elysian Tale confirmed for anything other than XBLA? It sounds interesting, but only have a PS3 and PC.
@DSB: Me neither, the experience I had with Sleeping Dogs though is the closest I have come to my GOTY in 2011, Batman: Arkham City.
I think is only XBLA, he won the XBLA creative and share competition( i dont recall the exact name), he won 40.000$ and with that money he created this game, i think it will be only for XBLA, sorry.
I'm waiting to see Assassin's Creed III, I'm pretty confident that might change something for me. I wasn't extremely impressed with anything so far, really. I played (and sometimes enjoyed) Max Payne 3, The Walking Dead and LOADS of Minecraft sessions. I've also tried demos of Sniper Elite V2 and Mass Effect 3, but they didn't convince me they're worth my time, or I've lost interested in them afterwards; am currently trying out Darskiders II and Sleeping Dogs, and I plan to try out Dragon's Dogma, Krater and Spec Ops: The Line in the near future, too.
I haven't had time for anything else because I had a pretty big backlog from last year that required some attention from me, and more games are on their way. Damn :P.
Possibly Sleeping Dogs for me so far. There's a few other games I'm looking forward to this year that might steal it though.
Thus far?
DiabloIII. Don't flame. I think it is far from perfect, it is too damn hard and the classes are unbalanced. And I hate the AH and the DRM. But no other new game has kept me playing as much this year or kept me coming back to it. It is just fun, esp when played with friends.
I have my eyes open for Guild Wars2 and Torchlight2. I also haven't played Darksiders2 yet. I don't count Minecraft, because it isn't new this year. Platform matters less to me then the actual game. It is a great game tho.
OG you should try Dust, i know you will love it.
I'm considering Darksiders 2, but I'm thinking it's better to wait for a sale. Ditto Sleeping Dogs.
I preordered Borderlands 2. I'm pretty sure that's gonna be fun. No way around Dishonored, XCOM: Enemy Unknown or Assassins Creed 3 either.
Hotline Miami and Retro City Rampage look promising on the indie front.
Sleeping Dogs, amazingly which I was never even planning on buying.
OR;
Saints Row the Third if it counts as this year.
Most likely Borderlands 2.
And Darksiders II I'll wait and see, waiting for the PC patch.
Mushihimesama bug princess 2 black label on iPhone.
Maybe also:
Xenoblade Chronicles on Wii.
Sine Mora on XBLA.
Dust on XBLA.
Journey on PSN.
The Walking Dead on Mac/Steam.
EDIT: Resident Evil Revelations on 3DSXL. The underwater level is most impressive on the bigger screen.
Alan Wake(PC version came out this year)but as others have stated the best games are yet to come...or at least I hope so.
I've spent the most time with Dragons Dogma. My game of the summer. But Journey has to be my goty. Played trough it once in 2 1/2 hours and was enthralled entirely. It helped that my companion through most of the game played just like me. I think it was a lady. I wanted to thank her for sharing the experience with me.. :/ the only thing I didn't like about the game. Its a masterpiece otherwise.
So far I haven't played many new releases. Mine would have to be Prototype 2 by default as it's the only 2012 game that I've completed. I really enjoyed it but not as much as the original. The opposite of InFamous where I sorta enjoyed the original but really liked the sequel- although it could have done with more variation. I'm waiting for Sleeping Dogs to be delivered but I expect Borderlands 2 to eventually take that GOTY crown for me. Other contenders are Halo 4, Assassins Creed 3, & Dishonoured.
I have to agree with Michael Dust: An Elysian Tail has been the only game this year that has truly impressed me.
It's not been a great year so far I think tbh, certainly in the AAA space.
I can't decide between Rayman Origins, Darksiders 2, and Diablo 3. All really great games in my opinion. And if we count games that are new to a platform add Mortal Kombat for for Vita to the list too ;)
Too early to call it yet, some notables for me:-
Trials Evolution (XBLA)
Rainbow Moon (PS3)
Sound Shapes (Vita/PS3)
Everybodys Golf (Vita - simply because it's the game which I've played most)
To tell you how bad the year is when it comes to gaming, I don't really remember the games I have bought this year... Actually I don't think I have bought nothing other than Syndicate and The Darkness 2. Loved them both but none was on a GOTY level.
I am only looking forward to Dishonored (doesn't look really good), Tekken Tag 2 (Looks cheesy and cheap) and The Testament of Sherlock Holmes (Easily my most anticipated game this year)
Can we jump to 2013 now please ?
Has to be Mass Effect 3 for me, ending aside it was a masterpiece.
Warp, Fez.
I've played a little bit of Deadlight and it's well done, but I fear the game has too much melee encounters which get tedious.
Halo 4 (hopefully won't be another Reach).
For me currently Max Payne 3, which I'm rather surprised it seeing as I only got into the Max Payne series a month before MP3 came out :P but I've loved it ever since. I've played MP3's singleplayer quite a few times now as well trying to get all unlocks n stuff and I've still got a few to find which I'll eventually finish off. I just love the single-player that much that I'll definitely go back to it.
@Ali: I totally agree. 2013 definitely has some more serious contenders at least for me in Bioshock Infinite, Metro: Last Light, The Last of Us and Tomb Raider.
New Star Soccer on iOS. SO addictive.
Console wise, I've not played much that's been released this year - I just have a giant, fuck-off tower of unplayed games I'm slowly working my way through. Just finished Black Ops - was surprised how good it was actually. Good effort from the B team.
Best game: Dark Souls
Guilty Pleasure: Prototype 2
Handheld Game: Mario 3D Land
Mobile Phone game: Bards Tale (iOS)
Biggest Suprise: Dead Island
Worst Title: Ridge Racer Unbounded
Biggest Dissapointment: Max Payne 3
Most anticipated: Borderlands 2
Started playing Darksiders 2 last night. That bad boy is rapidly making my GOTY list it's bitch.
I might actually have to change my mind. Like Cozzy, despite ME3's ending, that was probably one of my favourite games ever.
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