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• There is actually a point to be made for this. It may not be the deep experience that most of us associat... : Conan
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  I have to disagree. Wii Sports is fun, for what it is; a simple tech demo displaying the controller techn... : Jackass1233
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    I'm not sure how that reasoning would apply, if it's a tech demo so what. I enjoy Sports and it was not ... : devi| dog
    • It was early when I wrote that...... I was just trying to say that even though Wii sports is great, it's ... : devi| dog
  • Did the gamecube version do 480p...I've gotten mixed signals on that...I know it doesn't do widescreen (w... : Vorlonesque
• Nah...popular doesn't always mean its good. Just take a look at Halo. *ducks for cover and runs for life*... : pap26
• There was a write in option for just this purpose. : gireal
• NYTimes made it their GOTY for these reasons, I didn't even know they had a list. : timaste
• Too bad they asked shackers voted on it instead of just asking you. : capt tripps
• SALES = QUALITY. Thanks again for pointing that out. : Sgt_Boomstick
• hahahahahaha wow . . . : jedi_27
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  Has tetris ever earned GOTY? : Wombat Woo
  • Sims = Best game ever : capt tripps
• Completely agree. The womans parents just played it 6 days straight while they visited and they plan to b... : SilentDirge
• while i wouldn't call it GOTY, i had a lot more fun with wii sports than i thought i would. : ermac
• If GotY was rated on FUN, most of these results would have changed. They're not.... =/ : Pneum0
• Wii Sports was my write-in on anything I could justify including it in. I'm sad it didn't even get mentio... : inarius

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• As am I! My bro bought me Knights of the Nine for Xmas and I'm just poking around with some of the extras... : limabone-jlp
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  I hear the fighter's guild... oh nevermind. : Freon
  • ^^^ didn't have the stones for it... :P : timmie
• playing through it again on my new comp with the oscoro's overhaul, amazing game. : kelerian
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  You have my ear, citizen. : low-g
  • ...you too. : DM7
• Capital! : quietb0y
• I'm playing it again a third time through with a new character. It never gets old, especially with all t... : Matt Burris
• I just started a new character with the Knights of the Nine pack. : NFXFSX
• "Then pay with your blood!!" : niceguynick

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• Gothic 3 OST > * : SlamDunk
• Are you serious ? It lulls you to sleep. Though that wouldn't really be that much of a problem if there w... : voodoochildtm
• yeah, dynamic music in games is the shit. : oatmela
• Probably Dreamfall : Chris Remo
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  FF12... for the pure fact they had alot of FF4 music in there : ShadowRam
  • I didn't really like the FF12 soundtrack. It was a little too "airy" for my tastes. Perhaps I am nuts... : or_smth

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  .. and what would that be? Halo3 I s'pose? : mystifier
  • Duke Nukem isn't Halo 3. How dare you compare a masterpiece to MS gutter trash. : GreenCrescent
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  You misspelled Spore : fr0x
  • You misspelled "Worms XBLA." : BoKnows

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  A four hour long linear game shouldn't be GoTY unless it adds some extras into the mix like killer multip... : pigvomit
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    personally I'd say the same about Gears of War, but I agree as an (episodic) expansion Aftermath wasn't r... : yuried
    • except its the most heavily played online console game:) What were the PC numbers of online games for hal... : Jackass1233
  • Yeah I agree, they also could have put out a full game if they decided to just use the original hl2 engin... : spdon
  • HL2: Ep1 had more gaming fun per hour than many "full length" games. : Magus
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    Exactly. HLEp1 shouldn't have even been nominated. : Sgt_Boomstick
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      it was still the best fps game released this year. : spdon
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        Definitely not. : Sgt_Boomstick
        • Its a matter of opinion...I don't know that I'd say it was the best...but I felt it was a pretty good exp... : Vorlonesque
        • As much as I loved Prey, I enjoyed Ep1 more. :) : Magus
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          what other fps came out that was anywhere near as good? : spdon
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            Reading his post history I think he liked 2142 a LOT (nothing wrong with that...but he seems bitter that ... : Vorlonesque
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              cs:s got multiplayer game of the year? Fucking hell shack! CS:S is fucking awful compared to cs. : spdon
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                Wtf? It's 95% the same as CS, gameplay-wise, with much nicer visuals. : code-e255
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                  no its not, the guns are very different, which is why no one switched to it. : spdon
                  • I always thought CS's guns sucked...which is probably why I prefered CS:S (was never a big fan of CS in g... : Vorlonesque
  • Here's a question: Should HL:Ep2, TF2, and Portal be lumped into the same "game" for next year's voting s... : BoKnows
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    Why does length matter so long as it's fun? If a game was only one hour long but provided me with mor... : Anti_dentite
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      A lot of people feel they aren't getting enough value for their money. These people should wait until th... : Vorlonesque
      • I'd also say I want to see episodic content do well (and to see it done well)...I think there's a lot of ... : Vorlonesque
  • It was pretty memorable to me, maybe my most memorable gaming experience of the year. : Chris Remo
• I think Okami should have won GOY for PS2, it is an overall better game than GHII(pretty much the same as... : briaooon9
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  I agree with everyone except NFS: Carbon. GTR2 is one of the best racing games ever, period. I can't be... : snowwolf
  • Yeah, the last few NFS games were lame. NFS Underground 1 & 2 were kinda cool, but now they're back on th... : code-e255
• Aren't playgrounds a ton of fun? Why is comparing a game to a playground an insult? : NastyJack
• I prefer the playground type games, especially when it comes to RPGs. : headbone
• Technically, Oblivion is really not great, I think. It only needs high system specs because the engine is... : code-e255
• Here's what I think. Oblivion indeed did not have any memorable characters (soulless as you say) or a gr... : Nali4Freedom

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• Company of Heroes! I even play that sometimes when the servers are online. :p : code-e255
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  This speaks more of your addiction and less of the games in 06 ;) : Senor PoopyPants
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    Oblivion, CoH, Prey, Lego Star Wars II, Sam and Max, Hitman Blood Money, etc etc etc : manlyman
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      all those games are lame. : crypt420
      • Sam & Max was fun and I like Dark Messiah. Do you play consoles as well? : melkore

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• No, I didn't either. : omnova
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  Not as good as Morrowind. The monsters, loot, and shops leveling with you ruined the game. The AI was... : ferraro
  • I did play the game at least 150 hours or so, BTW. : ferraro
• you have no soul. but I didn't care for Gears of War, so welcome to the club : mrtony
• It was one of the most over hyped games in recent memory imo. It was a mediocre RPG, and only a "good" g... : vitek r
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  I couldn't make myself slog through the never-ending dungeon sequence in the beginning of the game, so I ... : datoo
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    LOL! thats only the training level, takes like 15 min... : headbone
    • Yeah I know, I was just amazed that they would start the game off with such a long and utterly boring dun... : datoo
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    I laugh at your inability to complete the tutorial. Also, I think the RTS market is simply too small t... : BoKnows
    • Yeah, I mean I'd love to see a flight sim like Pacific Fighters or IL2:1946 get GOTY but it won't because... : Vorlonesque
• Other than the Thief and Dark Brotherhood quests, it was boring. : Magus
• Morrowind was much better. : synapse420
• I didn't like it that much. I would've liked it if it would've been generally more polished and if the RP... : code-e255
• yeah, the Game of the Year winner for the Shack is something I wouldnt recommend to anyone myself persona... : cap n KRUNCH
• Could have been ok, but had some insane bugs features. : cosmicc
• Not far in, but it seems like the kind of experience you have depends on what kind of character you make,... : Boxelder
• Didn't play it, don't have any interest in playing it. : David Craddock
• I initially liked this game but lost interest after the first 20 hours. I used to like these huge, expan... : brakula
• I keep trying to like it but after about 3-4 hours I get bored because the combat is pretty lame. I'm ... : melkore

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• agreed, nfs best racer did not compute. gtr is awesome for serious racing : dael
• I tend to agree as well...they're really two different animals...it'd be like comparing IL2 Sturmovik to ... : Vorlonesque

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  Uh. You sure it's not your computer? Oblivion has been *ROCK SOLID* for me, and I am using 75 mods. ... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Game crashes about every 30 minutes for me. I keep playing because its a CTD and I can just quickly relo... : Nighteyes
• Couldn't agree more. I've been trying to play this game lately, but can never get very far...crashes ran... : NotACommunist
• Lots of crashes for me too. >_< : code-e255
• I've Never had a crash or issue with Oblivion ever, imo a very stable game indeed! : niceguynick
• Not a single crash here (ever), yet I own both the PC and 360 releases. : BoKnows
• I've had three so far on the 360 but they were all in the same place. Endless loading crashes. : Boxelder
• Crashed lots for me on Xbox, even parts in the game after I saved would crash always so I had to reload l... : rhuntley12

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  yah I haven't even played past the first act in Gears.. it just seems meh to me. : Shadowdane
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    While I haven't played Vegas yet, I can tell you that Gears of War is not fun on Casual and if you play i... : SilverSnake
    • yah I'm playing it on Hardcore & played through most of the first act on Co-Op. It was defiantly more fu... : Shadowdane
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    i played my friends copy of gears and i tough it was 'meh' as well, my friends were expecting me to buy m... : X-GOUKI
    • Target has it for 39 dollars. Also, you are insane for not already having it. : cam3lt0sis
  • As others have said, GoW co-op has got me checking for online co-op in upcoming games. Co-op turned it fr... : Roceh
• I rented both at the same timethis past week (i still have them here). After playing through Gears with a... : SirX
• I'm debating whether to get it on the 360 or PC...getting two copies on the PC would mean co-op with my b... : Vorlonesque
• IAWTP. : jihad enough?
• Definitely not the same experience on PC for MP. : Sgt_Boomstick
• Rainbow Six was definetly better than GoW (from a replay point of view). But the fact that I couldn't pl... : GreenCrescent
• I strongly disagree. R6 was lacking polish in a lot of areas and felt rushed to release. It was good but ... : nudel

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• Well, TES is a soulles series anyways, so you've lost nothing. : SlamDunk

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  or Dwarf Fortress :( http://bay12games.com/dwarves/ : TroZ
  • I wrote it in! : randomjgj
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  i think this calls for a web-game category! Who votes for it?? : kabron
  • That is sort of a neat idea. : BoKnows

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• that's a good question.... : Magus
• RPG Winner: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Runner-Up: Neverwinter Nights 2 Runner-Up: Titan Quest : Chris Remo

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• Kind of a slow year, but that was a great game. : megarust32
• I get you didn't like it...hell I always thought CS wasn't all that great and that BF42 (while good) was ... : Vorlonesque

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• I definitely think Gears is a better choice. No offense to Zelda, it's a fine game, but you also need to... : Tripps
• I have to agree as well. Gears is hela fun. Kinda like a cheese sandwich. Always good but there is other ... : karlk79
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  Zelda wasn't even my Wii GOTY, much less overall GOTY. If anything, I'm quite disappointed in it. I'm... : BoKnows
  • I personally liked it a lot more than OoT (which I always was dissappointed with compared to LTTP). TP s... : Vorlonesque

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  Why? That's an impressive result for a new property compared to the much loved longest running action RPG... : node
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    Zelda is not an RPG. : Frozen Pixel
    • i havnt played okami, but it looks like youre stuck as one character also? : deep gray
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    rpg stands for role playing game. you are playing a role. you play as link. rpg doesnt mean turn-based an... : jarek99
    • that would make every game a role playing game... the "role playing" means you select the role and act it... : spdon
    • I played a quarterback in madden 04! guess it's an RPG! :P : AllYourBase
    • This point of view continues to not hold up after observing any game with a character that is not actuall... : Chris Remo
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      My life is an RPG! WHY AM I SO MISERABLE THEN? : datoo
      • Should've gone with a character with a higher charisma. : krenzo
      • Your parents must have rolled pretty badly. : pebui

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• Humble thanks to all who played and voted. It warms my heart that my favorite site on the whole liked our : speon

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• I got you back on that vote. : karlk79

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• as long as they were real game -- that would be cool : Nation
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  by far the most writein votes were for wii sports in the wii category. the rest didnt amount to much. : Maarten Goldstein
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    Then more people should have written in FlatOut 2 in the racing category. Like me! : buroja
    • that game was lame : nandu666

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• So glad it didn't get forgotten being an early release in the year. Wonderful game and fully deserving of... : node
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  having played both, Oblivion is a much much better game. Gears is one boring boring game. : kbnerd
  • Having played both, I wouldn't have been upset regardless of which was chosen as GOTY. : BoKnows

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• I love the total war series but Med2 feels too much of more of the same. And the AI is still worse than m... : spdon
• I agree, I had much more fun with Medieval 2 than CoH. CoH just isn't as engaging and deep as I'd like. : Matt Burris
• They're two very different games...I love both of them equally in very different ways...albeit I have to ... : Vorlonesque