Weekend Confirmed 144 - Holiday Special Part 1 - 2012 retrospective

by Jeff Mattas, Dec 21, 2012 11:00am PST

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This week kicks off a special two-part episode of Weekend Confirmed to celebrate the best in gaming for 2012. A cavalcade of special guests joins Garnett, Jeff Cannata, and "Indie" Jeff Mattas, including Shacknews' Andrew Yoon, James Stevenson from Insomniac, Jason Paul from Naughty Dog, Andrea Rene from Machinima, and comedian Christian Spicer. Personal favorites of the year are revealed, and much fun and merriment is had by all. Be sure to tune in next week for Part 2 of the special Weekend Confirmed holiday/end-of-2012 celebration, too!

Weekend Confirmed Ep. 144: 12/21/2012

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I have to say I'm surprised to hear that this is being considered a disappointing year in games. Far Cry 3, XCOM, FTL, Borderlands 2, Dishonored, Journey, The Walking Dead, Halo 4, SSX, Need for Speed, Assassin's Creed 3, Guild Wars 2, and Mass Effect 3 (yes, even Mass Effect 3) make picking even just the top 5 games of the year difficult for me.

Compare it to last year where you had Portal 2, Skryim, Bastion, Batman, Legend of Zelda, and Uncharted; maybe Deus Ex and Dark Souls depending on where you fell on them. I think Portal 2 and Skyrim were far and away the best. However, if you put them in the mix with this year's games, could you say the same thing? I think you can't.

To me, 2012 was a surprising year and not a disappointing one. Maybe I'm crazy, but I think this year was at least as good, if not a little better, than the last.

Dec 22, 2012 12:30pm PST

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  It comes down to expectation, and whether the year lived up to what you wanted or expected from it. I ... : CampKusoge
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    Yeah, you're right. You can't blame people for getting their hopes up, but I think the "games of the year" and "was it a great year for games?" conversations should be positives ones. Instead, there seems to be a lot of dumping on the big games without equal acknowledgement of all the ones that knocked it out of the park.
    
    It seems like people's disappointment with the big releases is somehow leading them to think the other games are not nearly as great, when in reality they have absolutely nothing to do with one another.
    
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    Yeah, you're right. You can't blame people for getting their hopes up, but I think the "games of the yea... : zmansfield
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      Yeah, we always seem to be trapped in between waiting for the next megaton and thinking that nothing is a... : CampKusoge
      
      I used have that mindset, but its not a way to enjoy games. People are going to lose their minds, if Bio... : zmansfield
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      I think you can blame people for getting their hopes up too much. People are constantly over hyping game... : spidlb
      
      I mean, I agree with you, but I try to be understanding of people in that position. Especially people lik... : zmansfield
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    Assassin's Creed 3 was an unpolished glitchy mess. Halo 4's multiplayer is unplayable for most Australian... : Shadow13th
    - I know it's not really any consolation, man, but...don't feel too bad about not getting in on Halo 4 mult... : ChaosNovaXZ
    - If those were the games you expected to be great, then yeah, that's fair. : CampKusoge
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    for some but for me, there simply wasn't that many games I was excited about. I don't go into any Januar... : Runnermatt
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      Not to quibble over semantics too much, but is that still disappointment at that point, or just indiffere... : CampKusoge
      
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      I get what you saying. I guess maybe labeling it "disappointing" comes with baggage. So in that terms, I... : Runnermatt
      
      Okay, cool, I get you now. : CampKusoge
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  - Agreed. I personally agree with what James and Andrew were trying to communicate, and it was a little fru... : FakeKisser

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