Shacknews Game Of The Year Voting

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  LOL @ glorified Simon : bagelcc
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    Average story (good story for game, average story in itself), rushed ending and very poor "Simon Says" ga... : ihya
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      IAWTP. Horiffically overrated. I was appauled that I spent $50 on a souped-up choose-your-own-adventure g... : WaterSign
      • I have kept every game I have ever owned, dating back close to a decade now, even the disappointments... ... : kungfusquirrel
      • Yeah I think it's the most overrated game of the year. : freshview
• Best Gaming Experience for me this year. It was fresh and the story was integral, not just filler like EV... : graceofdragons
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  I have to say this game was the surprise game of the year for me. I thought it was really well done and n... : GodFather
  • I completely agree, I voted this game of the year as well. Bug free gameplay, storyline that keeps you h... : bninja
• I agree. I just finished it yesterday.. finally. Had more fun playing that than any other serious game. : cajuncook
• I liked the game, but it's no "Dragon Quest VIII". : SixDemonBag

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• You should learn how to play a real guitar now. :) : cajuncook

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  Yeah, maybe the 360 arrived to late to get GOTY awards. Condemned was a great game though : kurumba
  • i second this i had a blast playing this game all night long with the lights turned off and no one home ... : Break

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• sure was! : RikiTiki2

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  because its exactly like cod1 only shorter and worse programmed. : siobahn
  • COD2 > *.* : DN_
  • It's still very well done, and I can understand why someone could adore it. : Pneum0
• yea, cod2 is a fine game, did seem a bit shorter than the first. But yea that woulda won my vote : kurumba
• What, and hassle the guy with the sixty-six thousand dollar suit to do it? Come on! : sgtsanity
• You mean the only game to ever invoke a virtual server strike? Um. : BaBOon
• May be my imagination, but is that "COME ON!!!" a reference to Gob in Arrested Development? If so, I fin... : Matt Burris
• lol : genjuro

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  Yea, it was especially with the last 2 years before this. Always next year I guess! : bagelcc
  • yeah. I guess BF2 was pretty big for some people, but I never got into it. Actually 2005 was the year ... : flibble2k
• 2005 was a pretty "meh" year but their are quite a few stand out hits amongst the sequels. : SamJackson
• I was thinking the same thing. I was a bit horrified that nothing really stood out on the list. Then ag... : Matt Burris
• RE4, God of War, Shadow of Colossus. All original and very well done. BF2 too. : Judecca
• The hell, this looks like a great year! : dognose

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  Have you played RE4? Because really, GOTY is between SOTC and RE4. Or not. : lechuck59
  • Oh, I have the PS2 version but I haven't gotten around to playing it yet. : slacko
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  As good as GoW is, I'd tip my hat to Colossus, no other game has provided me a sense of an epic advanture... : TPSReport
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    SOTC was "ok", but if you liked it you should really find a copy of Ico. : milksop
    • I've liked SotC more than ICO so far. Granted, I'm only 9 in or so in SotC, but I haven't heard anything ... : sgtsanity

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  I wrote it in. I honestly did. : eskimo spy
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    So did I : te[R]ror
    • me too!!! Quake4 was definatly my favorite game this year : godm0de
• I agree, although for the life of me I can't remember what I picked now. : Pneum0

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  MKDS was definitely good, but RE4 was just an amazing game. There were a lot of good games this year, ... : Conan
  • I agree, and I did play a lot of it. It will suffer because it's not as well remembered (came out in Feb... : SLUDGE^
  • I like RE4 alot, but for me the story and some of the characters just make me cringe. I love the origina... : Pneum0

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  Seconded. Didn't even play any of the nominees in that category, but Darwinia owned my every waking momen... : willy359
  • Yeah - that was a damn good game. Haven't played a strategy game in years, but it was a blast. : Conan
• So agree'd. I'd have thought about it for GOTY, and it not being there for even strategy saddened me. : cdbeckman

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• grrrrrrrrrrrrrr : jedi_27
• I like this place and want to give an accurate response to your poll, so yes, I am in camp do-over. Do yo... : Entity
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  Everyone needs to write in PGR3!! Nov 22 is plenty early for goty voting for 2005 : PumpRock
  • Makes you wonder with it's exclusion (which is understandable, the system to play it on is incredibly har... : Entity

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• The trouble is that it was released a full year after the original was. I've heard it's an excellent port : Entity

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• Same. At least it helps make the voting more accurate. : shredder133

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• yeah, no kidding, guitar hero was great : fufux

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• well that was silly : flibble2k
• i played it a lot but the game really isn't worth much praise if you ask me. : the rizzo

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  iawtp. esp w. the new patch they announced : sexninja!!!!
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    Which may not come out this year... : johngloid
    • What patch? : TheArtMan
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  Seriously tho, even with all the bugs, its still the most fun to be had online. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • I completely agree. : TheArtMan

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  The problem is, what other good racing games are there besides Mario Kart? The good DS releases are spre... : Chris Remo
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    Fair enough, I guess, but that's only one genre - with the others, there actually are some viable alterna... : Conan
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      Yes exactly, that's another problem with the DS lineup in that regard. I mean it MAYBE could have ended ... : Chris Remo
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        It is but what can you do? I think we all agree that is a very strong platform atm. : rosewood
        • Given the last 6 months of releases, I'd say the strongest, right now. : Conan
        • Oh yeah, it's not a problem in general, it just makes polls like this difficult. Yeah, it's definitely a... : Chris Remo

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  Voted in F.E.A.R. too even before reading comments. : yourname00
  • Same here. : Wyvern
• So F.EA.R. got at least 4 write-in votes for goty... :) : xphil
• I also voted for FEAR, was surprised that it wasn't included. : sanchez

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• I was thinking the same thing...WTF? : johngloid
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  fixed : Maarten Goldstein
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    Thanks Maarten! Now I can fill it out with a clear conscience. on a side note, filling out the poll ha : sgtsanity
    • One of the most original games I've played in quite some time! : godhatingatheist

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• agree 100%!!!! AQUI ESTAN : grandmasterlee
• indeed re4. no contest! : duka
• Quake 4 for GOTY b/c . . . ah who am I kidding . . . RE4 is so much better. : ezanga
• /Voted : skitzo
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  It got my vote! One of the most hardcore games to date. : SamJackson
  • Resident Evil 4! GOTY! HECK YES! : Bob422
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  That or God of War : Ulfie
  • agreed. RE4 inched it out for me though. : bagelcc
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  Why are we even having this poll? The only reason somebody wouldn't vote RE4 is if they haven't played i... : Dimmona
  • which could be a fair amount of people on this site : Judecca

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  blame Remo for that! and do you really want to blame Remo.. : Maarten Goldstein
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    I've been thinking about it, and I've decided I want to fight Remo in hand to hand combat. : Rauol Duke
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      no you don't...you really don't... : graceofdragons
      • I will either receive the final Quickening and win The Prize or I will die a glorious death few could eve... : Rauol Duke

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• IAWTP - one of the harder ones to make. GoW vs. SotC was a tough one too. : genom

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• That was my write in, game owned. : illwill18
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  Wasn't that last year? : snuff
  • Nope, it came out this year. Hell, it's even in the PS2's action game choices. I love the staffers around : Entity

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• God damned right. Ill take MK:DS over Burnout Revenge and these two games have the majority of my time l... : rosewood
• shhh...I've avoided the shackhype vortex just far - not too much longer till it's old hat : bagelcc
• Animal Crossing DS for GotY! : flibble2k

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• ? : burningpantsman

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• Dudes, Psychonauts :[ : ovrlrd
• GTA:SA and BF2 for me. I'm still trying to beat games from 2003 and 2004. : rotten element