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Did Portal 2 deserve to be 2011's Game of the Year?
- Thread starter Phediuk
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No need we already know the answer is no it should be Resident Evil 2.
For an interactive experience, where pacing is very much up to the player, comedy must be one of the harder things to write. The portal games knocked it out of the park with the writing and story telling.
Portal 2 was like the perfect Sequel. Hard to argue against it... but Dark Souls man.... I dunno.
Skyrim deserves it. Between the two version it's still in the top 20 most played games on Steam: https://steamcharts.com/top
Well they are making a singleplayer game as confirmed by Gabe a while back, and it might be their 2019 game.
I loved Portal 2, but I have better memories with Dark Souls to be honest. The game just meant more to me.
i think it was deserved. don't get me wrong, dark souls is really good too, but it's probably the worst souls game
Nope. It's a perfectly fine game, but not GotY material. I prefer the first one.
It's pretty hard for me to not choose Dark Souls. I know Demon's was first but Dark smoothed over some of the rough edges of that game and is one of the best games from last gen. Only other choice I think could come close is Mario 3D Land.
Skyrim doesn't deserve it due to the PS3 version being actually broken at the time.
It's pretty hard for me to not choose Dark Souls. I know Demon's was first but Dark smoothed over some of the rough edges of that game and is one of the best games from last gen. Only other choice I think could come close is Mario 3D Land.
Skyrim doesn't deserve it due to the PS3 version being actually broken at the time.
I just remember this year being like a 3 hour debate with Giant Bomb between Saints Row the 3rd and Skyrim for game of the year.
Why Saints row the 3rd...
Why Saints row the 3rd...
My original vote in 2011 went 1. Skyward Sword 2. Skyrim 3. Portal 2 (I did not play Dark Souls or Human Revolution that year and played The Witcher 2 on 360 so it was a 2012 game for me). My pro-Zelda bias wouldn't let me place Skyward Sword anywhere other than the top at the time but I would have to drop it down now, despite the fact that it is still a tremendous game. Portal 2 co-op is the absolute best co-op experience and the single player is good but not as good.
My re-ranking would be 1. Skyrim 2. Portal 2 co-op 3. Dark Souls 4. Portal 2 single-player 5. Skyward Sword
My re-ranking would be 1. Skyrim 2. Portal 2 co-op 3. Dark Souls 4. Portal 2 single-player 5. Skyward Sword
Portal 2 was my favorite game of 2011, but I'd have to give it to either Dark Souls or Skyrim due to the influence both had on the industry.
And between those two, it's Skyrim. You may hear about Dark Souls a lot, but that's only because Skyrim was so popular that people already seem to take it for granted.
And between those two, it's Skyrim. You may hear about Dark Souls a lot, but that's only because Skyrim was so popular that people already seem to take it for granted.
I'd say so. The loss of Valve as a developer of full-fledged single player games might not get the attention of Bioware's near implosion and Blizzard's apparent shift towards mobile games, but to me it might be the developer whose output I have been most disheartened by this generation.
I hope the next GOTY re-litigation is a bloodbath year. 2001, 2004, or 2007 please!
I hope the next GOTY re-litigation is a bloodbath year. 2001, 2004, or 2007 please!
Portal 2 is great and was my pick at the time, but I've cooled on it a bit over the years and come to vastly prefer the original's sharper edges. Looking back, I'd go with Dark Souls without hesitation.
Even though I've only played 2 games on that list, Skyrim (never played) seemed to dominate the gaming zeitgeist in a way I've rarely seen.
