No Portal 2 or Witcher 2?

I would of needed to think a little harder were they included.


[...Dead Island? ...Seriously?? :nono: ]

Skyrim and Deus Ex: Human Revolution were my top two games this year. If this latest patch will allow me to actually play Skyrim then yes... it should win GOTY.

Sure, but not until they fix it (and prove it was worth buying)!

lol dead island.

another microwave meal of the gaming world, pandering to adolescents and like minded advlts need for instant competitive and cooperative violence.

ill stick with my fine dining, 2 michelin star product that is skyrim.

Can't think of a game that even remotely deserves GOTY in comparison to Skyrim.

Skyrim ftw.

You forgot Minecraft.

Definitely no, but it probably will anyway since the GOTY award is just a popularity contest and rarely is it actually the worthy Game of the Year.

Bigger does not always equal better. And 300 hours of boring repetitive quests is not a plus for me. I'd rather 60 hours of epic gameplay than 300 hours of repetitive cave spelunking.

-Dark Souls
-The Witcher 2
-Uncharted 3
-Batman: AC

Those are all much more deserving IMO, those games were actually finished and polished when released.

I think Skyrim should, but you shouldnt really ask a question like that on here. Your on the Skyrim forums of course the most popular one will be Skyrim according to us. Just saying, its a bit biast.

Strange results. Dead Island is actually worse than Skyrim

Skyrim or Arkham City for sure. Nothing else came close this year to those 2. Games like Battlefield and CoD shouldnt ever be considered for GotY.

let's sse how many bugs get fixed first before we decide on if it's GOTY material. While totally playable, it needs a lot of work.

Wow, really no love for Deus Ex huh? I'm starting to think that might be one of the most overlooked/underrated games... ever.

Yes.

The game isn't perfect, but it craps over almost every other game out atm.

Best game I've played in the last 5 years, the only game I bought at release this year, and the best RPG I've played since Morrowind. I can't see why it wouldn't be GOTY for me

:rolleyes:

You should try meditation or something -- you're way too negative.

And, if available would be mine too.

This is the game of the year...if not the decade.

Now once we get a few critical patches, and some killer DLC it'll be no contest.

Bethesda games age like fine wine, and never spoil with the passage of time.

Skyrim can only get better from here on in.

:cake: :cake:

As much I love Skyrim, I have to admit it doesn't do anything innovative or new. Dark Souls however, is absolutely amazing, and is unlike anything I'ver ever played (but admittedly was too difficult for me to complete). I say on a scale of 1-10, Dark Souls is a 10, and Skyrim is a 9.5.

Dead Island second? I thought that was a really bad game. 95% per cent of the quests were go-and-fetch something for me. I finally switched it off after the game wanted me to go halfway across the map to collect a bit of wire for someone.

It was just kill zombies til you're bored.

None of those. Deus Ex: Human Revolution should.

I know those choices are just plain dumb..How can you leave out Witcher 2 and what about Deus Ex and Portal 2? Those games plus this one are the most highly rated games in 2011 by the gaming media. Some of those others options bring the Lolz!

I mean WWE? Really? HAHAHAHA

Nah, probably just many dissapointed fans of the original DE. Eidos/Ion Storm have done precisely what Bethesda have done... Streamlined? (simplified) for the masses. Taken away features that made earlier games so good for me and others.

In my opinion they've both sold out to develop games for platforms they weren't designing games for originally. And this is undeniably at some cost for the PC gamer.

Am I bitter? Yes a bit, I won't deny it. Do I blame them? Given that they're a business, I understand their motivations. Given that they were PC gamers back in the day though, yes I do blame them for what we've ended up with in 2011.

Some folks rubbish the 'Streamlining? phenomenon as 'rose tinted glasses' and 'all in your head' but it isn't. The fact is games are changing to be more appealing, more of the time to more people. These changes always come at a cost to some people (like myself), I just don't enjoy them as much as previous offerings from the same developer. Bethesda save themselves from a lot of comtempt by releasing such great modding tools however. This is why I know Skyrim will be a top game someday.

I voted for Dark Souls, perhaps because in my older age I prefer a rock hard challenge with extreme levels of risk/reward. I guess this is also the reason why I played Eve Online for years. Nothing on the market compares to either of these two games for me at the moment. I don't play Eve anymore, but I still think it's probably the greatest game ever made, for the reasons above. It's the best 'real life' simulator on the market and it's set in space!

Considering the competition it will probably win but my personal choice is the Witcher 2.

I want to say Skyrim, but I can't. Not in its current state. Glitches and borked patches notwithstanding...

I see many missed opportunities for greatness.

I just wish they would invest more in writing better characters/quests/stories, along with true dialogue/quest branches and consequences, along with actually putting thought into the balance of the game. Having finished New Vegas and Fallout 3 just before hand, the step backwards in many areas is greatly disappointing.

It's got a great looking world that's fun to explore and there's lots to discover but so little of it has any real substance. It's a game of endless distractions and trivial amusemants that's afraid to offer you anything better because it would impede your ability to "do whatever you want".