It's number one for me right now, I played through it twice and love it both times. However, yesterday I got some games that could knock it off including the Last Of Us. So until I've played my Christmas pressies it's my game of the year.

I like the part with the dancing.

Bioshock was going to be my Game of the Year until I played Dragon's Dogma over the summer.

I personally like Bioshock quite a lot. But there seems to be that old usual insuppressible backlash against the game, as successful as it was, that I find irritating. I could hear from one guy in the Day three re-cap.

But that's not to take away from other good games, and the flip side of the coin suspected insuppressible force suddenly going all The Last of Us. Hell, I need to play that game.

I liked the beginning and the end of that game a lot, but everything that happened between, i.e., the entire story of what happens to Columbia, was totally forgettable to me. Probably because everything that 'happens' happens while you're between dimensions and you just get left interpreting the aftermath.

So, put that next to a game like Tomb Raider, that I found memorable and fun from start to finish, and you have my GOTY.

I'm still debating. I've given myself until the 31st to absolutely finalize my list. Right now it's sitting at #1, but Last of Us and Mario are right behind it. Still thinking on it.

Yeah

It has great presentation and story but the gameplay is mediocre.

NOPE

That game was a 3-star experience for me nearly all the way through.

For me it probably was because I loved the original Bioshock so much. To me Infinite is a step back in almost every way. The combat is simplified to the point that it becomes boring and you basically only fight in small arenas. The hardest difficulty is not balanced well at all, it becomes really unfair and the A.I. is so dumb.

I don't get how people can praise the story either. I agree with others in this thread, they don't really do anything with the factions or go deep in any meaningful way. I even felt that Elizabeth and Booker are really shallow characters that suddenly change, it doesn't like they evolve naturally over the course of the game.

It is a beautiful game for sure but that's about it in my opinion.

I think it might be for me. I haven't really thought about "game of the year"... but Bioshock: Infinite is certainly one of my favorite games this year... realistically one of my favorite games of all time. It has to be one of the best time paradox stories I've ever seen in any medium.

Boom! It looks like its Jeff's Game of the Year.

For those of you who disagree its a great game you can picket Back to the Future 2.

it's my #2..... I loved the combat except for the ghost fight. Fuck that fight. I don't understand why Patrick was so passionate about not getting infinite in on some awards but I think it was a unique experience that will stay with me for a long time.

I still think Bioshock 2 is the best Bioshock.

In my top ten, probably at tenth.

It's currently number 18 on my top 10, it may go down though after I have played Hitman which I just bought, and Remember Me which I still need to play. Also the ~10 other games that are on my list cause I bought them but haven't actually played them properly yet.

It's in there and the more I reminisce, the more I feel I enjoyed Infinite over TLoU. Even though both had fantastic stories, I felt BioShock held up better with combat as the latter was more often than not atrocious in a variety of aspects.

(Neither are my game of the year btw).

Yes, easily. I have more to complain about TLoU than Bio Infinite.

No, it's not even in my top ten. But that doesn't mean it's not a really interesting game.

Yes, mainly because I didn't play any other 2013 game. I was slightly disappointed that they awkwardly dropped the whole racism angle two-thirds in, but I had a total blast with it nevertheless.

It's mine, but I didn't play a lot of 2013 games in 2013.

Well, that's not true. But BioShock Infinite was the only game that came out this year and truly felt like a GotY contender for me. I'm sure The Last of Us might make a better showing when I finally play it. Possibly the new Legend of Zelda on the DS, but sadly, I own no DS.

Not that I should feel the need to defend BioShock Infinite. That game was amazing.

It is a close second.

#10. Probably.

Yes.

heck no. But i really liked it and played it twice back to back.

It was second only to The last of us for me.

I have it at number two behind Last of us.

I'm surprised I even finished the fucking thing.

Yes, yes it is. You read my list, didn't you?

The Last of Us is mine, you can see it on my list I made right here on GIantbombdotcom. Bioshock Infinite did make my honorable mentions though, it just didn't grab me like the first one did and aside from a few moments I don't remember much from it.

Yes, indeed it is. And it was a very clear decision for me.

i honestly thought it was worse than the original in almost every way. it was one of my biggest letdowns of the year, though i still had fun with it.

my game of the year is a toss up between the last of us, rayman origins, puppeteer and brothers.

Sure is!

I disagree about it being a great game because it's nothing but a standard first person shooter (actually, worse than most combat wise) with a great looking first 2 hours.

Personally I loved the introduction and ending, then it all went to shit when you had to get through the dull combat for more than a few hours.

Singularity had much better combat, if this was Singularity with the better production values and world building, then it'd be a great game.

No I got bored of it when they made me go get the gunsmith's tools.

My exact words were "really? I don't think I wanna play this anymore."