I remember them talking on the latest bombcast that they will be mostly arguing for game that they think will win, not necessarily their favorite games personally. For example, Ryan got deep into Civ V, while Jeff and Brad sort of tried it out but weren't nearly as interested as Ryan was (I forgot what Vinny thought of it). Personally, I think the main contenders this year will be Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and Super Mario Galaxy 2.
CIV V will probably be in the discussion for the PC award. But, for the GOTY it seems a stretch. Even SMG2 seems it won't be in a real discussion for the GOTY, but maybe I am thinking that because it was so long ago.
@ThatFrood: Ugh. I really don't like Civ IV. It took everything that was good about Civ III and threw it out the window. I've only played the demo of Civ V, but from what I've experienced, it may be a little dumbed down, but it's a nice throwback to everything that made Civ III so great.
@FreakAche: Brad will fight real hard for SC2, and it sounds like they all enjoyed the single player campaign so it has a strong chance of winning. I'm just thrilled that two PC strategy games will be duking it out, even though I love Civ5 way more than SC2. Though it has a lot do with the fact that I absolutely suck at RTS games.
It wasn't universally loved by the crew, so it's no surprise that it isn't getting a lot of buzz. Like others have said, I'm sure it will either be winner or runner-up for PC GOTY. It will definitely get its time to shine. Even games that the crew doesn't think even have a chance of winning a category get mentioned so that they can at least acknowledge them and explain their reasoning for dismissing them.
Meh Civ5 was fun, but SC2 is MUCH better, i'm probably going to be playing a CIV game once a month for 2-3 months(after the initial time spent when i bought it). SC2 i play everyday, though i try to limit it since i lose concentration after 3-4 games.
However, it does deserve a little more praise, this is probably contradictory, but i do think its much more complex and fluid than ME2(keep in mind i am a pc gamer). I hate how much attention ME2 is getting, sure its good, but the decisions you make actually don't have that much of an impact... they change a few lines, or give you a different cinematic, and on occasion you just skip things, like a character... Anw point is, CIV5 deserves more praise than ME2(in my opinion of course) but its just has a more niche audience.
I like the GB crew but they are WAY too console focused to give a PC only game the GOTY. To be honest I would be surprised if either Civ5 or SC2 was even in the list.
When it comes to those 2 games imho SC2 is just the better game (I own both and enjoyed both) .... but besides an amazing production value and a good story SC2 has an amazing online mode with Battle.net as a very good platform ... Civ5 just cant stand up to that.
Civ5 is a strong GOTY in my book up until I get balls deep into it and it's so epic and the long journey from a little settlement into a world conquering superpower with twenty giant death robots marching towards the last few independent states and it cannot continue without crashing no matter what I do.
Most recently four hours ago, and before that, just before I hit the bed. It's since been uninstalled.
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