Game Of The Year, Lame Of The Year.

My Game Of The Year is...well, I actually can't say yet.
Gears of War was very impressive, but I cannot yet rule out Zelda-TP or even Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. Zelda I really can't comment on yet since I haven't put in enough time. Castlevania was easily the best handheld CV thus far, with some awesome new gameplay wrinkles and a gameplay structure that actually rides the line between the newer Metroid-style games and the old stage-based games very well.

My personal Lame Of The Year has to go to Phantasy Star Universe. I loved PSO but I just didn't feel it at all with PSU. Even everybody I know got the hell out and quit playing it. Waiting five years for a very tepid sequel that is an underwhelming experience visually and takes a lot of the worst aspects of other MMOs is not the way to go. PSO was so damn groundbreaking at the time (for consoles) and to not see it fully take advantage of next-gen hardware is just really sad.

Let the insights and flames begin.

Lame of the Year = Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Originally Posted by 68HC000

Lame of the Year = Sonic the Hedgehog.

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I see your point based strictly on review numbers...but I called PSU lame because I was really looking forward to it...I expected Sonic to suck.

GotY: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

LotY: Bomberman: Act Zero

Lame of the Year is definitely PSU. It is just horrible in every way.

I would put Gears of War above Zelda or PoR. I just love GoW, I wish I have a 360 to play this on, so for now, I play it as much as I can at my friend's.

Such hate for PSU, though vets of PSO say it's better than PSO in almost every way.

WTF?

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Originally Posted by Magician

GotY: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

LotY: Bomberman: Act Zero

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Shit, Bomberman: AZ is truly crapulent. Problem is, I never expected much from it.
It does represent a far worse perversion of that license though.
I keep hearing great things about Oblivion...but I tried and just couldn't get into it.
Maybe I'll try again.

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Originally Posted by Magician

Such hate for PSU, though vets of PSO say it's better than PSO in almost every way.

WTF?

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Perhaps PSU is just not their type of game. It could be hate for the genre more so. So it isn't exactly in context of a fair comparison.

Needless to say, I think I've had worse game issues with FFXI than PSU, but since PSU is technically not a first release, this year, it doesn't count.

Bomberman Act Zero might be a winner in the LOTY category, though. I was willing to deal with the change in looks, if the game played well. It also perhaps worth a look if the price was like one of those cheap budget prices (ala. The King Games). Still, money is better spent on an XBLA title. I'm really loving Assault Heroes, but for what it's worth; a true shooter vet would probably play it on hard. That default difficulty level wont pose enough of a challenge for them.

Game Of The Year:
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Lame of the Year:
haven't really played any bad games this year :o

GOTY:Gears of War with Zelda TP a close second.

LOTY:Bomberman Act Zero-What were they thinking taking local multi-player out of the game?

I had a tough call for Game of the Year between Gears of War and the Wii version of Twilight Princess.

Taking on Insane Mode in Gears of War with a friend was a simply awesome co-op gaming experience.

I heard the Deathmatch online stuff for Gears was solid too, but I didn't really spend enough time with it to judge it accurately for myself.

Right now, I'm on my second run through Twilight Princess.

I can't even tell you the last time I beat a game then went right back to the beginning to start it all over again.

If I was really pressed to choose, I think I'd go with Twilight Princess.

As for Lame of the Year?

I'd say it's how criminally overlooked Excite Truck is/was.

I can't call any game on the Wii overlooked. Not yet. I think a lot of potential Excite Truck buyers were pretty much Wii-less, this year. I'd expect sales to increase when more Excite-Truck playing gamers get their hands on a Wii.

I know, for myself, I've been more interested in Party Games for the Wii, as of now. Stuff I know my family would dig during Christmas. In general, I'm the one mostly into racers of different kinds, so it was on the back-burner.

My personal game of the year: Gears of War

My personal lame of the year: Full Auto

Best: TP probably, not even played it, but from looks....

Worst: A whole host of horribleness has been released this year, no idea

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Originally Posted by Magician

Such hate for PSU, though vets of PSO say it's better than PSO in almost every way.

WTF?

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I'm a vet of PSO, and I hate PSU. Hate it.

EDIT: As for my pics, I wish I had played Zelda this year. Since I haven't, I'll have to say:

Game: GOW
Lame: FFIII DS

I know people will yell at me for FFIII, but it just is NOT my cup of tea. Not at all. Should have bought FFV. Now there's a great game.

For me

GOTY- GOW

LOTY-ehh don't care

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Lame: FFIII DS

I know people will yell at me for FFIII, but it just is NOT my cup of tea. Not at all. Should have bought FFV. Now there's a great game.

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Why? Both FFIII and FFV use the job system. Why the hate on III?

Some people started on FFV, so going back to the older not-quite-as-good system, is a little too far back for them.

While FFIII had the job system, and it was fine and dandy, FFV had the obvious improvements one expects from a followup.

FFIII, while still kind of clunky, was pretty nice (for me) considering how long back it was made. Still, I wouldn't have counted it only because it really doesn't seem like a new game. I never really considered ports (even gfx updated ports) in the equation.

Gah, I'm an unoriginal bastard, but...

GotY: Twilight Princess. I like Gears, but not as much as most people seem to. Resistance is actually the only title I'd say competes with TP for me [/blasphemy].

LotY: Gundam on PS3. It's as bad as advertised.

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Originally Posted by Loopz

My Game Of The Year is...well, I actually can't say yet.
Gears of War was very impressive, but I cannot yet rule out Zelda-TP or even Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. Zelda I really can't comment on yet since I haven't put in enough time. Castlevania was easily the best handheld CV thus far, with some awesome new gameplay wrinkles and a gameplay structure that actually rides the line between the newer Metroid-style games and the old stage-based games very well.

My personal Lame Of The Year has to go to Phantasy Star Universe. I loved PSO but I just didn't feel it at all with PSU. Even everybody I know got the hell out and quit playing it. Waiting five years for a very tepid sequel that is an underwhelming experience visually and takes a lot of the worst aspects of other MMOs is not the way to go. PSO was so damn groundbreaking at the time (for consoles) and to not see it fully take advantage of next-gen hardware is just really sad.

Let the insights and flames begin.

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So true on PSU.

Loopz knows me personally and I am a PS junkie. I have beaten every PS game. Including Mega CD text one(which was poo) and PSU was not good. Especially the buggy 360 version.


GOTY for me is Legend of Zelda:TP for the Wii. Gears was very close but ZTP is so good I cant stop thinking about it.

Only a few days ago did I realize I never played a single new console game that came out this year.

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Originally Posted by Michael Yagami

My personal lame of the year: Full Auto

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LOL

What a terrible, terrible game.

Avoid like AIDS, the Plague and Jedah Domah's posts.

Game of the year: Zelda without question.
Honorable mention: Samurai Spirits Tenka (PS2 port)

Lame of the year: gears of war. Purely because of the insane hype for this AVERAGE (at best) game.

Lame of the year: Sensible Soccer 2006. Crap sellout shit that pisses on the grave of the original games.

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Originally Posted by Rassilon

Game of the year: Zelda without question.
Honorable mention: Samurai Spirits Tenka (PS2 port)

Lame of the year: gears of war. Purely because of the insane hype for this AVERAGE (at best) game.

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Gears of War LOTY? Are you joking? GOW is fucking fantastic and even if it is not your type of game, surely you can see the quality of this title?

I suggest you get your :eye: :eye: checked.

Game of the Year: New Super Mario Bros...

I believe that it is the only new Game I bought this year.

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Originally Posted by Gameoz

Gears of War LOTY? Are you joking? GOW is fucking fantastic and even if it is not your type of game, surely you can see the quality of this title?

I suggest you get your :eye: :eye: checked.

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Its fucking average.
A generic 3rd person shooter, with mediocre controls, technically great, but dull and drab graphics (GOW could be done in greyscale (or brown-scale depending on the level..) with little difference) = AVERAGE.

the shitbox fanboys blew it WAY out of proportion, just because it stands out compared to the rest of the complete crap of a game lineup on the x360.

Compared to the hype, this is one of the most disappointing games i have played in a LONG time. And thats why it gets lame of the year.

Sure, other games were worse, but they were generally expected to be bad by most.

Game: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Lame: Prey

Prey came, saw, and was mediocre at best. Very very disappointing after a 900 year development period. Thumbs down.

Game of the Year
Zelda Twilight Princess:Been enjoying it on the cube.

Lame of the year.
PS3 price for that matter sony thinking blu-ray is the future.

game of the year : blue dragon

lame of the year : farcry instincts predator (for the missed potential with it's gimped online)

or motorstorm jpn version (for the fact it's probably the best arcade racer i've ever played but has literally nothing to it except a 21 event career mode)

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Its fucking average.
A generic 3rd person shooter, with mediocre controls, technically great, but dull and drab graphics (GOW could be done in greyscale (or brown-scale depending on the level..) with little difference) = AVERAGE.

the shitbox fanboys blew it WAY out of proportion, just because it stands out compared to the rest of the complete crap of a game lineup on the x360.

Compared to the hype, this is one of the most disappointing games i have played in a LONG time. And thats why it gets lame of the year.

Sure, other games were worse, but they were generally expected to be bad by most.

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:tickled: You are already stating that it is better than "the rest of the complete crap of a game lineup on the x360". So, because GOW didn't meet your hype expectation, it is the LOTY game.:oh_no:

Go play:
Bomberman Zero 360
Real Time Conflict: Shogun Empires DS
One Piece Pirates Carnival PS2/Gamecube

That way you can understand what a LOTY game is. If you want to say that in your opinion GOW was over hyped, that is fine. However, GOW will be on a lot of peoples top 2-3 games of the years. Lame, my ass.

goty- definitely gears of war. i haven't enjoyed a game this much in a very long time.

loty- really not sure. sonic was really bad and i actually was holding out on some hope that maybe they would fix it.

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lame of the year : farcry instincts predator (for the missed potential with it's gimped online)

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Shit I wanted to buy that, thanks for headz up, ta muchly dude.


GOTY: GOW

LOTY: COD3 on Wii with its dodgy controls & unfinished look.

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Originally Posted by Gameoz

:tickled: You are already stating that it is better than "the rest of the complete crap of a game lineup on the x360". So, because GOW didn't meet your hype expectation, it is the LOTY game.:oh_no:

Go play:
Bomberman Zero 360
Real Time Conflict: Shogun Empires DS
One Piece Pirates Carnival PS2/Gamecube

That way you can understand what a LOTY game is. If you want to say that in your opinion GOW was over hyped, that is fine. However, GOW will be on a lot of peoples top 2-3 games of the years. Lame, my ass.

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:lol: im sorry your favorite game is shit.
Must suck to have piss poor taste.

get off the hype wagon.

This thread just made me realize that I haven't played a single game released in 2006.

LOLZ

I just bought Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess yesterday, but I don't have a Gamecube to play it on. I'm either going to have to find a cube, or take it back to the store.

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Originally Posted by Rassilon

:lol: im sorry your favorite game is shit.
Must suck to have piss poor taste.

get off the hype wagon.

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Please go play some bad games, so that you know what the fuck you are talking about. :tickled:

Like I said, if you think GOW was over hyped, fine. To call it LOTY, is just fucking stupid.

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Originally Posted by Gameoz

Please go play some bad games, so that you know what the fuck you are talking about. :tickled:

Like I said, if you think GOW was over hyped, fine. To call it LOTY, is just fucking stupid.

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he's just pissed cause he keeps getting fucking owned at it.

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Originally Posted by Gameoz

Please go play some bad games, so that you know what the fuck you are talking about. :tickled:

Like I said, if you think GOW was over hyped, fine. To call it LOTY, is just fucking stupid.

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:oh_no: you dont get it do you?
I dont WANT to play bad games.
If everyone says a bad game is bad, i dont play and im glad to have saved the wasted time.
If a very vocal group of people hype a game up, claiming "game of the year" and i try it and it sucks, im much more disappointed. Thus gears of war gets my LAME of the year award.

hard concept, i know. sorry you seem to have been shorted on the brains department as well as taste.

BTW: if a game is good, i can still enjoy it even if i WERE getting "owned".
Problem is, i dont really enjoy gears at all even if im kicking everyones ass. I cant even make mysef go any further than the 2nd (or maybe its 3rd) chapter in single player.

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This thread just made me realize that I haven't played a single game released in 2006.

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we oughtta hang out on a porch, sipping eggnog with a hint of whiskey, and telling passerbys that if their dog takes a dook on our lawn anymore, we'll grab it by the jaws and rip its face on.

[QUOTE=RGP]Shit I wanted to buy that, thanks for headz up, ta muchly dude./QUOTE]

yeah i love the game, the 1p, the mapmaker, the mp (minus the network code/server interface), the setting, etc but the online is totally gimped. if you host a game (the only way short of lan of getting a lag free experience) you get all these bonuses to damage and stuff (a glitch) giving you a considerable advantage and in turn sucking all the fun out of your victory.

if they had gotten this set up with a good solid online mode ala cod3 then i would still be playing this now and enjoying the great replayability the mapmaker gives you.

GOTY: Tetris DS

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we oughtta hang out on a porch, sipping eggnog with a hint of whiskey, and telling passerbys that if their dog takes a dook on our lawn anymore, we'll grab it by the jaws and rip its face on.

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lol...that sounds like more fun than playing most new video games. I'd like more than a hint though. Personally though I can't really hate on dogs because they're going to shit were they're going to shit. I get pissed at owners that let their dog shit wherever though. Your dog shits on my lawn and you're going to scoop that poop with your motherfucking mouth bitch.



































Oh shit, wait a minute, wasn't Under Defeat on Dreamcast released in early 06?
Ok, I take back my previous statement.

2006 Game of the Year: UNDER DEFEAT
2006 Lame of the Year: Any game not released on SEGA Dreamcast.

GOTY: A tossup between Test Drive Unlimited, Sneak King and the XBLA version of Ultimate MK3. Great guilty pleasures, all. :D
LOTY: probably a tossup between Rumble Roses XX and DOAX2. Purely for the Maxim set, more T&A than actual gameplay...:emb:

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Originally Posted by Rassilon

:oh_no: you dont get it do you?
I dont WANT to play bad games.
If everyone says a bad game is bad, i dont play and im glad to have saved the wasted time.
If a very vocal group of people hype a game up, claiming "game of the year" and i try it and it sucks, im much more disappointed. Thus gears of war gets my LAME of the year award.

hard concept, i know. sorry you seem to have been shorted on the brains department as well as taste.

BTW: if a game is good, i can still enjoy it even if i WERE getting "owned".
Problem is, i dont really enjoy gears at all even if im kicking everyones ass. I cant even make mysef go any further than the 2nd (or maybe its 3rd) chapter in single player.

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What I get, is that you are blind dumb ass.:spock:

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Originally Posted by Gameoz

What I get, is that you are blind dumb ass.:spock:

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I'm not the one who wants to play bad games :p

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I'm not the one who wants to play bad games :p

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Really man, you're embarrassing your self when you say that Gears of War wins the LOTY award. Just count in this thread alone how many people picked GOW for the GOTY award.

Gears of War a bad game:oh_no: You really are a stupid fuck.:loco:

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Originally Posted by Gameoz

Really man, you're embarrassing your self when you say that Gears of War wins the LOTY award. Just count in this thread alone how many people picked GOW for the GOTY award.

Gears of War a bad game:oh_no: You really are a stupid fuck.:loco:

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No, actually YOU are embarassing your self by getting your panties in such twist because someone doesnt like a video game.

Just count how many people eat at mcdonalds. must be the best!
halfwit.

But to make you happy, ill change my nomination:
YOU are lame of the year. Congratulations!

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Originally Posted by Rassilon

No, actually YOU are embarassing your self by getting your panties in such twist because someone doesnt like a video game.

Just count how many people eat at mcdonalds. must be the best!
halfwit.

But to make you happy, ill change my nomination:
YOU are lame of the year. Congratulations!

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Way to back up your claim:tickled: Retard.

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Way to back up your claim:tickled: Retard.

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Sorry, did i use too many big words for you?
perhaps you could ask mommy for help? Then you could ask her to help you get the sand out of your pussy.

game of the year: GOD HAND, 4 real.
lame of the year: who knows, who has time for games?