Game of the Year 2012

[HandsomeDead]

Game of the Year

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Best Handheld/Mobile Game (smartphones, DS, PSP, 3DS, PS Vita - download and retail games)

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Best retail/disc Game (PC, 360, PS3, Wii, Wii U - games you buy that come on discs)

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Best Multiplayer/Online Experience

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Most Wanted Game Of 2013

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Disappointments

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Overlooked Gems

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I've just copied the awards from last year and we could decide on changes if anyone wants to but it's a good start point.

I'm happy to do the counting again so vote away, everyone.

[HandsomeDead]

Fuck, I did that wrong. I don't get the new forum, can anyone fix that?

EDIT: Okay, thanks to Sly it's fixed but it will have to be copied from a replay or something.

Anyway! My picks so far are:

Game of the Year

1. Lone Survivor
   
2. Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise
   
3. Hotline Miami
   
4. Mass Effect 3
   
5. Fez
   

Best Handheld/Mobile Game (smartphones, DS, PSP, 3DS, PS Vita - download and retail games)

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Best retail/disc Game (PC, 360, PS3, Wii, Wii U - games you buy that come on discs)

1. Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise
   
2. Mass Effect 3
   
3. The Last Story
   
4. Lollipop Chainsaw
   
5. Catherine
   

Best Download-only Game (for PC, PSN, WiiShop, XBL)

1. Lone Survivor
   
2. Hotline Miami
   
3. Fez
   
4. Double Dragon Neon
   
5. Journey
   

Best Multiplayer/Online Experience

1. Journey
   
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Most Wanted Game Of 2013

1. Bayonetta 2
   
2. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
   
3. Zwei
   
4. Killer is Dead
   
5. The Last of Us
   

Disappointments

1. Borderlands 2
   
2. Darksiders 2
   
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5. 
   

Overlooked Gems

1. Lone Survivor
   
2. Double Dragon Neon
   
3. Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise
   
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5. 
   

[Sly Reflex]

Man, you messed that up.

[Sly Reflex]

Game of the Year

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Best retail/disc Game (PC, 360, PS3, Wii, Wii U- games you buy that come on discs)

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Best Download-only Game (for PC, PSN, WiiShop, XBL)

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Best Multiplayer/Online Experience

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Most Wanted Game Of 2013

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Disappointments

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Overlooked gems

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[Uncle Dokuro]

So do I pick five games for each category or just one game per category?

[HandsomeDead]

Yeah, five per category and I'll tally them up sometime and they'll be winners.

[Uncle Dokuro]

Game of the Year

• Twisted Metal – Eat, Sleep, Play/Sony Computer Entertainment
  
• FTL: Faster Than Light - Subset Games
  
• Darksiders 2 – Vigil Games/THQ
  
• Dead or Alive 5 – Team Ninja/ Tecmo Koei
  
• Lollipop Chainsaw – Grasshopper/WB Games
  

Best Handheld/Mobile Game (smartphones, DS, PSP, 3DS, Vita download and retail games)

• Zen Pinball HD – Zen Studios
  
• Ragnarok Odyssey – Gung Ho!/Xseed
  
• Ayakashi: Ghost Guild – Zanga
  
• Mass Effect: Infiltrator – EA Games
  

Best retail/disc Game (PC, 360, PS3, Wii, Wii U- games you buy that come on discs)

• Twisted Metal – Eat, Sleep, Play/Sony Computer Entertainment
  
• Darksiders 2 – Vigil Games/THQ
  
• Dead or Alive 5 – Team Ninja/ Tecmo Koei
  
• Lollipop Chainsaw – Grasshopper/WB Games
  
• Sniper Elite V2 – Rebellion Developments/ 505 Games
  

Best Download-only Game (for PC, PSN, WiiShop, XBL)

• FTL: Faster Than Light – Subset Games
  
• Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock – Supermassive/BBC Digital
  
• Shoot Many Robots – Demiurge Studios
  
• Skullgirls - Zero Lab
  
• Magical Drop V - Golgoth Studios
  

Best Multiplayer/Online Experience

• Twisted Metal – Eat, Sleep, Play/Sony Computer Entertainment
  
• Shoot Many Robots – Demiurge Studios
  

Most Wanted Game Of 2013

• Aliens: Colonial Marines – Gearbox Software/Sega
  
• Dragon's Crown – Vanillaware/Atlus
  
• Godus - 22 Cans
  
• Earth Defence Force 2025 – Sandlot/D3 Publisher
  
• Earth Defence Force 2017 Portable – Sandlot/D3 Publisher
  

Disappointments

• Birds of Steel – Gaijin/Konami
  
• NeverDead – Rebellion Developments/Konami
  

Overlooked gems

• Twisted Metal – Eat, Sleep, Play/Sony Computer Entertainment
  
• Magical Drop V – Gogloth Studios - Golgoth Studios
  
• Sugar Cube: Bittersweet Factory – Turtle Cream
  

[HandsomeDead]

Any chance we could add a "game character of the year" catogory or something similar?.

I dunno myself, but if more people want it then sure.

[DANGERMAN]

if you need a mostly accurate guide as to what came out this year myself and Hendo kept the 2012 thread roughly up to date

http://www.mfgamers.com/index.php?showtopic=39228

[DANGERMAN]

Game of the Year

1. Witcher 2
   
2. Dishonored
   
3. Sleeping Dogs
   
4. Far Cry 3
   
5. Dear Esther
   

Best Handheld/Mobile Game (smartphones, DS, PSP, 3DS, Vita download and retail games)

1. Anomaly Warzone Earth (judges/Hendo ruling required)
   
2. Rayman Jungle Run
   
3. Zoo Keeper Battle
   
4. Resident Evil Revelations
   
5. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2
   

Best retail/disc Game (PC, 360, PS3, Wii, Wii U- games you buy that come on discs)

1. Witcher 2
   
2. Dishonored
   
3. Sleeping Dogs
   
4. Far Cry 3
   
5. Binary Domain
   

Best Download-only Game (for PC, PSN, WiiShop, XBL)

1. Dear Esther
   
2. To The Moon
   
3. Ys The Oath in Felghana
   
4. Journey
   
5. Walking Dead
   

Best Multiplayer/Online Experience

1. Zoo Keeper Battle
   
2. Journey
   
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Most Wanted Game Of 2013

1. Ni No Kuni
   
2. Beyond Two Souls
   
3. Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
   
4. Pokemon X/Y
   
5. Last of Us
   

Disappointments

1. Magical Drop 5 (sorry PV)
   
2. Torchlight 2
   
3. Rhythm Thief & The Emperor's Treasure
   
4. 
   
5. 
   

Overlooked gems

1. Dear Esther
   
2. Binary Domain
   
3. To The Moon
   
4. Spec Ops: The Line
   
5. Catherine
   

[spatular]

Game of the Year

1. Halo 4
   
2. Dishonored
   
3. Forza Horizon
   
4. Akai Katana
   
5. Mass Effect 3
   

Best Handheld/Mobile Game (smartphones, DS, PSP, 3DS, PS Vita - download and retail games)

1. Gravity Rush
   
2. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
   
3. MotorStorm RC
   
4. WipEout 2048
   
5. Demons Score
   

Best retail/disc Game (PC, 360, PS3, Wii, Wii U - games you buy that come on discs)

1. Halo 4
   
2. Dishonored
   
3. Forza Horizon
   
4. Akai Katana
   
5. Mass Effect 3
   

Best Download-only Game (for PC, PSN, WiiShop, XBL)

1. Trials Evolution
   
2. Hotline Miami
   
3. Rock Band Blitz
   
4. MotorStorm RC
   
5. Quantum Conundrum
   

Best Multiplayer/Online Experience

1. Halo 4
   
2. Forza Horizon
   
3. Mass Effect 3
   
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Most Wanted Game Of 2013

1. Dodonpachi Saidaioujou
   
2. Pikmin 3
   
3. Persona 4 Arena
   
4. Beyond
   
5. Ninokuni
   

Disappointments

1. Dirt Showdown
   
2. Sound Shapes
   
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Overlooked gems

1. Akai Katana
   
2. Quantum Conundrum
   
3. snops attack
   
4. Dodonpachi Maximum
   
5. joy ride turbo
   

in consideration

Catherine

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection [*]

MotorStorm RC

WipEout 2048

Mass Effect 3

Akai Katana [*]

Anomaly : Warzone Earth [*]

Fez

Trials Evolution

Gravity Rush

Quantum Conundrum

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy

Rock Band Blitz

Jet Set Radio [*]

Dishonored

Forza Horizon

Hotline Miami

Halo 4

New Super Mario Bros U

[Craymen Edge]

To The Moon came out in 2011 by the way, it just didn't hit steam and GoG etc until this year.

Not that I mind seeing it turn up in people's GOTY lists.

[DANGERMAN]

it's still acceptable imo (it was only released on the guys website according to wiki), you could pick any number of games that have been out before (and most of them are on my list). Granted it's a bit cloudier with To The Moon but how about you shut up yeah?

[HandsomeDead]

Yeah, you could look at it like when a version of a game comes the year later on another console, like when Mass Effect 2 came out in both 2010 and 2011.

[dante76]

I've only played 1 game released this year so I nominate Mass Effect 3 for all categories, especially handheld of the year.

[Hendo]

Game of the Year

1. Rocksmith
   
2. Call of Duty : Black Ops II
   
3. Trials Evolution
   
4. The Walking Dead
   
5. Far Cry 3
   

Best Handheld/Mobile Game (smartphones, DS, PSP, 3DS, Vita download and retail games)

1. Knights of Pen And Paper
   
2. Anomaly : Warzone Earth
   
3. Hero Academy
   
4. Heroes of Order & Chaos
   
5. Rayman : Jungle Run
   

Best retail/disc Game (PC, 360, PS3, Wii, Wii U- games you buy that come on discs)

1. Rocksmith
   
2. Call of Duty : Black Ops II
   
3. Far Cry 3
   
4. The Darkness II
   
5. Binary Domain
   

Best Download-only Game (for PC, PSN, WiiShop, XBL)

1. Trials Evolution
   
2. The Walking Dead
   
3. Rock Band Blitz
   
4. Awesomenauts
   
5. Mark of the Ninja
   

Best Multiplayer/Online Experience

1. Call of Duty : Black Ops II
   
2. Trials Evolution
   
3. Hero Academy
   
4. Awesomenauts
   
5. Rocksmith
   

Most Wanted Game Of 2013

1. Bioshock Infinite
   
2. Gears of War : Judgement
   
3. Dead Space 3
   
4. The Last of Us
   
5. Grand Theft Auto V
   

Disappointments

1. Mass Effect 3
   
2. Shoot Many Robots
   
3. Fable Heroes
   
4. Tony Hawks Pro Skater HD
   
5. Dishonored
   

Overlooked gems

1. Binary Domain
   
2. Spec Ops : The Line
   
3. Anomaly : Warzone Earth
   
4. The Darkness II
   
5. Knights of Pen & Paper
   

[radiofloyd]

Placeholder...

Game of the Year

1. Mass Effect 3
   
2. Catherine
   
3. Fez
   
4. Hotline Miami (early impressions)
   
5. The Witcher 2
   

Best Handheld/Mobile Game (smartphones, DS, PSP, 3DS, Vita download and retail games)

Best retail/disc Game (PC, 360, PS3, Wii, Wii U- games you buy that come on discs)

1. Mass Effect 3
   
2. Catherine
   
3. The Witcher 2
   

Best Download-only Game (for PC, PSN, WiiShop, XBL)

1. Fez
   
2. Hotline Miami (early impressions)
   
3. The Legend of Grimrock
   
4. FTL: Faster Than Light (early impressions)
   

Best Multiplayer/Online Experience

Most Wanted Game Of 2013

1. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (someone give me a PS3)
   
2. Dark Souls 2 (assuming)
   
3. Grand Theft Auto V (reading about this in the latest Gamestm has renewed my interest in it)
   
4. Bioshock Infinite
   
5. Shadowrun Returns (first of the kickstarter rpgs due out, really impressed with these guys in interviews)
   

Disappointments

Overlooked gems

There isn't a chance in hell i'm going to play any more of 2012's disc releases before the summer (Far Cry 3, XCOM, Dishonored, Dragon's Dogma, The Last Story).

I'll put some hours into the indies though, over the next few weeks (primarily Hotline Miami, Lone Survivor, FTL and Torchlight 2). I've been meaning to downloaded Spelunky on the 360 but i might not get much of it played.

[hinn888]

Game of the Year

• Walking Dead
• Sleeping Dogs
• Borderlands 2
• FarCry3
• Mark of Ninja

Best Handheld/Mobile Game (smartphones, DS, PSP, 3DS, Vita download and retail games)

• Resident Evil Revelations
• New Super Mario Brothers 2
• SFIV Volt
• SFxT
• Walking Dead

Best retail/disc Game (PC, 360, PS3, Wii, Wii U- games you buy that come on discs)

• Sleeping Dogs
• Borderlands 2
• FarCry3
• Halo 4

Best Download-only Game (for PC, PSN, WiiShop, XBL)

• Walking Dead

Best Multiplayer/Online Experience

• Borderlands 2
• Halo 4
• CoDBlops II

Most Wanted Game Of 2013

• South Park: The Stick of Truth
• Tomb Raider
• Project X Zone
• Gears of War Judgement
• Elder Scrolls Online

Disappointments

• Resident Evil 6
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Overlooked gems

• Mark of Ninja

[Hendo]

Finished mine. I will probably regret putting Dishonored in for most disappointing if I go back to it, but it did disappoint me from my initial look at it.

[Craymen Edge]

This was a bit tricky as I have only played a handful of 2012 games this year. I discounted Witcher 2 because I played the vast majority of it in 2011 before the Enhanced Edition update.

Game of the Year

1. Guild Wars 2
   
2. XCOM : Enemy Unknown
   
3. The Walking Dead
   
4. Dishonored
   
5. Sleeping Dogs
   

Best Handheld/Mobile Game (smartphones, DS, PSP, 3DS, PS Vita - download and retail games)

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5. 
   

Best retail/disc Game (PC, 360, PS3, Wii, Wii U - games you buy that come on discs)

1. Guild Wars 2
   
2. XCOM : Enemy Unknown
   
3. Dishonored
   
4. Sleeping Dogs
   
5. Mass Effect 3
   

Best Download-only Game (for PC, PSN, WiiShop, XBL)

1. The Walking Dead
   
2. Hotline Miami
   
3. Journey
   
4. Minecraft: 360 Edition
   
5. Super Amazing Wagon Adventure
   

Best Multiplayer/Online Experience

1. Guild Wars 2
   
2. Mass Effect 3
   
3. Journey
   
4. 
   
5. 
   

Most Wanted Game Of 2013

1. Bioshock Infinite
   
2. Ni No Kuni
   
3. Double Fine Adventure
   
4. Sir, You Are Being Hunted
   
5. GRID 2
   

Disappointments

1. Thirty Flights of Loving
   
2. 
   
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4. 
   
5. 
   

Overlooked Gems

1. Asura's Wrath
   
2. Binary Domain
   
3. Tokyo Jungle
   
4. Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 3
   
5. Torchlight 2
   

It might have been very different if I'd played all of the notable games from this year, but I've missed or pased on quite a few including:

Mark of the Ninja

Far Cry 3

The Darkness 2

Darksiders 2

Fez

Spec Ops: The Line

Dust: An Elysian Tale

FTL

Diablo 3

etc.