Woah. I didn't know that it won Gamespot GOTY. I'm glad it did, though. The game is a masterpiece and deserves much more respect and recognition for paving the way for its successors.
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When Demon's Souls won GameSpot's 2009 GOTY
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Wollan you sexy son of a bitch. Demon's Soul is my biggest regret of the PS3 generation. I hope it gets a PS4 HD remaster by Bluepoint games lol.
2014 was one of the worst year of gaming IMO. It was a transition year to new consoles and I could barely find a game to be called my GOTY that year. The only games I considered GOTY that year was Bayonetta 2 and Shovel Knight, both of which were great and were the best game that year, but felt they were not on the same level as the GOTYs from previous years.
Smash 4 got almost no GotY awards in a weak year even though it was ironically the highest rated game on Metacritic in 2014.
Smash 4's GotY awards:
Digital Spy: A site that isn't even focused on video games
Nintendo Life: Only the 3DS version got GotY... for 3DS.
Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences: 3DS version won best handheld game
People's Choice Awards: Yes, THAT People's Choice Awards. I didn't even know they talked about video games.
Smash 4 was easily the best Smash game in my mind and could entertain hardcore and casual gamers. It still has a huge community and people are clamoring for a chance to pay $60 again to play it on the Switch. Dragon Age Inquisition took most of the awards, a game that everyone forgot about the second Witcher III hit and the future of the series is just one big question mark.
Smash 4's GotY awards:
Digital Spy: A site that isn't even focused on video games
Nintendo Life: Only the 3DS version got GotY... for 3DS.
Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences: 3DS version won best handheld game
People's Choice Awards: Yes, THAT People's Choice Awards. I didn't even know they talked about video games.
Smash 4 was easily the best Smash game in my mind and could entertain hardcore and casual gamers. It still has a huge community and people are clamoring for a chance to pay $60 again to play it on the Switch. Dragon Age Inquisition took most of the awards, a game that everyone forgot about the second Witcher III hit and the future of the series is just one big question mark.
I agree with more important, and definitely would take DeS over U2 anyday. But not sure about more influential when U2 basically opened the flood game for "cinematic experiences", as bad as that was!
Edit: NM, I guess I was just looking at copypasta games, not games that borrowed certain mechanics!
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I still get sick (in a good way) thinking of tower of latria alone, not to mention valley of defilement.
I heard about the praise for this game when it released but did not have the time for it untill 2 years later. One of my greatest memories in gaming is when this game clicked with me and i understood what to do in boletaria castle (making shortcuts). Played it back to back with dark souls in one year (best year in gaming ever).
It released with uncharted 2, and that game is Godlike too, so both deserve #1
I heard about the praise for this game when it released but did not have the time for it untill 2 years later. One of my greatest memories in gaming is when this game clicked with me and i understood what to do in boletaria castle (making shortcuts). Played it back to back with dark souls in one year (best year in gaming ever).
It released with uncharted 2, and that game is Godlike too, so both deserve #1
i still have to play this game. i only got into Dark Souls/Bloodborne last year and i had long got rid of my PS3. i've been looking for a cheap PS3 to play it since it seems they'll never put it on PS Now in EU (I think it's there for japan) or make a remaster for PS4.
Disagree.
Feel like WoW is seen as a blockbuster product that absolutely had a cultural moment. But is it well-regarded critically? Seems like something that most would not want to revisit.
Whereas Demon's Souls is understood to be a truly great and pioneering work, a vision that will be with us a long time.
That one time a gaming website had enough foresight to see the series' potential. It isnt uncommon now to see a Souls game in many "Best games of all time" lists.
Fighting games cant win GOTY. A reminder that SF4 came out in 2009 and was barely nominated anywhere for anything other than "Best Fighting Game".
Even though when you look at most places doing a Best games of the generation lists , SFIV would usually stand above them.
Fighting games cant win GOTY. A reminder that SF4 came out in 2009 and was barely nominated anywhere for anything other than "Best Fighting Game".
Even though when you look at most places doing a Best games of the generation lists , SFIV would usually stand above them.
You can cheese him by
shoot him with bow n arrows before going through the fog, i think you have to stand on the left hand side
I think I just had to grind a lot to beat him properly though.
Demon Souls is still my favourite souls game. I can't put my finger on why though.. maybe the atmosphere or it's just the first one I played... nothing beats the feeling of when you open that first shortcut
Wrong opinions have to exist so there can be right ones I suppose.
Eurogamer gave Mario Kart 8 the deserved GOTY in 2014 as pretty much the only big site.
I don't think any of the big sites gave it to the rightful winner of 2015, Life is Strange, though.
I don't think any of the big sites gave it to the rightful winner of 2015, Life is Strange, though.
Whoa, new respect for 2009-era Gamespot. They made the right choice.
Did you miss the news? https://kotaku.com/world-of-warcraft-classic-announced-1820123796.
WoW has better reviews than DS as well so I don't really see how you can imply that it isn't well-regarded critically.
That was such a rare sight from one of the more popular gaming websites, the staff had changed so much over the years and they were a shadow of their early 2000s in terms of quality writers (Wolpaw, Kasavin etc.), but still had/showed that forward thinking at times under Kevin VanOrd, who btw is one of the writers of Divinity Original Sin 2.
Exactly. I expect the same type of reaction if PUBG is snubbed this year.
It's the reason that game caught my attention.
One of the few times a GOTY award was actually both meaningful and impactful.
One of the few times a GOTY award was actually both meaningful and impactful.
Damn, the PS3 had a good 2009. Looking back, no wonder I succumbed and bought one that year.
although i didn't actually play demon's souls until years later courtesy of PS+
It was a bold move from Gamespot for sure. I remember I barely had seen any footage of Demon's and it looked like a B-tier game to me, didn't know what all the hype was about.
Since all my friends were playing it at the time, I decided to go in blind to play with them, and boy did it deliver!
To this date, the formula of the game has only been surpassed by Bloodborne imo. It's still one of my favorite games ever.
Since all my friends were playing it at the time, I decided to go in blind to play with them, and boy did it deliver!
To this date, the formula of the game has only been surpassed by Bloodborne imo. It's still one of my favorite games ever.
What a great video. Like half the youtube comments from the time of release were people surprised or saying they had never even heard of the game. Probably an odd choice for the Gamespot staff but you can tell what an impact it had on them. "Most forward thinking" game indeed.
A lot of the online stuff seems to be the reason why they loved it as much as they did. I didn't even know there was any online functionality the first time I played it lol.
A lot of the online stuff seems to be the reason why they loved it as much as they did. I didn't even know there was any online functionality the first time I played it lol.
Very good pick. The game was so different and strange at the time. I remember people trying to figure out how all the systems work, it was a unique community experience. As clunky as it was, it deserved to be GOTY.
This user was warned for: Trolling. It's ok if you don't enjoy something that others do but there's no need for these dismissive drive by comments.
From Software has always been a completely garbage developer and yet there seems to be a mass hallucination that somehow, for this series only, they are not.
Deserved.
Sad From couldn't get the same atmosphere with Dark Souls and removed a lot of cool features like world tendencies.
Sad From couldn't get the same atmosphere with Dark Souls and removed a lot of cool features like world tendencies.
Any developer that made Armored Core and Tenchu are god tier.
Souls series is not even they best work.
I dunno, there have always been people that have liked King's Field and Armored Core. Not sure if there is a hallucination about it since at the moment you can assume most of the praise they get is centered on Souls / Bloodborne, with some KF and AC fans here and there. No one is praising Frame Gride or whatever when they talk about From Software in 2017.
I love Zelda but ALBW wasn't so great honestly. It's hardly talked about these days, is it? Such a forgettable game.
They make superb, mechanically deep and challenging games. Perhaps you just find them too challenging for your skill level?
I don't get the vitriol and anger that these awards unfortunately inevitably lead to. It's OK to be disappointed that a game you like isn't gaining the attention you think it deserves but when I see a game that obviously a lot of people like getting an award like these I only feel a bit envious I can't share in that praise if I didn't like it or didn't play it. Like the amount of selfishness and immaturity that lots of The Last of Us/GTA fans showed in their reaction to the 2013 Gamespot pick is quite embarrassing, especially as most of them I'd wager didn't even play A Link Between Worlds.
Demon's Souls is one game that I can't relate to because I haven't played it, but I'm happy for it and its fans and well its success lead to Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 so I benefited from it eventually lol.
Hope that people stay mature this year.
Demon's Souls is one game that I can't relate to because I haven't played it, but I'm happy for it and its fans and well its success lead to Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 so I benefited from it eventually lol.
Hope that people stay mature this year.
I played DS when it went free on PS plus so maybe it was after patches, but i dont remember it very clunky or janky. But those terms are so vague i wouldn't know what you're referring to.
I remember people loosing their mind when Gametrailers gave their "Best looking" award to Kirby's Epic Yarn.
I think it wasn't even GotY just "best of E3"
I think it wasn't even GotY just "best of E3"
Engine wise and optimisation wise they are not the best of course. But to say that the developer of tenshu, demons souls, dark souls, bloodborne, armored core... are bardage??? Come on......
Sometimes the game's janky (Gothic series) and sometimes its this (the player is janky).