It's kind of spammy but since this was not on any GOTY lists here I thought I would post this
 
 http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2607-Top-5-of-2010
 
 
EDIT: CRAP Yeah its the escapist.

GOTY? No. Good, sure. But GOTY?
 
Anyway, The Escapist can go fuck itself already.
 
Edit: Oh, wait. This is Yahtzee's GOTY. Yeah, ok, that makes sense.

" GOTY? No. Good, sure. But GOTY?  Anyway, The Escapist can go fuck itself already. "

" It's kind of spammy but since this was not on any GOTY lists here I thought I would post this
 
 http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2607-Top-5-of-2010 "

It's nice to see someone out there give it some well deserved credit. I know there is no way it's mainstream GOTY material but I was hoping someone felt the way I did about it.

" @Ragdrazi said:

" GOTY? No. Good, sure. But GOTY?  Anyway, The Escapist can go fuck itself already. "

Well, it's they're opinion, and so long as they can back it up, I have no problem with it. "

Maybe not the game of the year, but certainly one of the best games of 2010. 

I thought that game was a chore

" I thought that game was a chore "

Yahtzee loves stupid fun and I don't blame him for it. There aren't enough games that can deliver that kind of experience. I have no problems with the choice.

" @kingzetta said:

" I thought that game was a chore "

I find that that sentiment correlates with how it was played. If a player went into it looking for a great linear progression, well they were disappointed because there wasn't one. If they walked into it looking for a gigantic, populated physics playground, they thought it was awesome. I'm of the latter.  "

Since when does Yahtzee speak for all of Escapist?

The parachute and grappling hook was just about the greatest way to get around in a game ever.

" Since when does Yahtzee speak for all of Escapist? "

Awesome. It was my game of the year in terms of hours spent for sure.

@Geno said:

" @kingzetta said:

" I thought that game was a chore "

I find that that sentiment correlates with how it was played. If a player went into it looking for a great linear progression, well they were disappointed because there wasn't one. If they walked into it looking for a gigantic, populated physics playground, they thought it was awesome. I'm of the latter.  "

It's not even that actually.
it's just the fact that getting anywhere is a complete chore. Even when you just fucking around.
I upgrade the jet's speed to max and it still takes half hour to get anywhere. It's huge world is a determent really.

I did enjoy it more than RDR, so I can't really say it's a bad choice. As a matter of fact, I wholeheartedly endorse this decision. Just Cause 2 was an awesome game.

I love a good sandbox game, but Just Cause 2 did not do it for me. Messing around in the world was fun, but the missions were just stupid. I was not looking for a good story or anything, but they couldnt even provide a decent backdrop for the game. They should have just given you all the guns and vehicles at your disposal via air drop, cut the story/missions, thrown a 20 dollar price tag and leave it at that. 

You're generalising The Escapist by specifically referring to Zero Punctuation specifically. This is Yahtzee's GotY, not their's in general.

One of 2010's best for sure. GOTY? Nah.

" @kingzetta

@Geno said:

" @kingzetta said:

" I thought that game was a chore "

I find that that sentiment correlates with how it was played. If a player went into it looking for a great linear progression, well they were disappointed because there wasn't one. If they walked into it looking for a gigantic, populated physics playground, they thought it was awesome. I'm of the latter.  "

It's not even that actually.
it's just the fact that getting anywhere is a complete chore. Even when you just fucking around.
I upgrade the jet's speed to max and it still takes half hour to get anywhere. It's huge world is a determent really.

You do know you can fast travel right? "

I don't disagree with this at all. Not my personal GOTY, but I'd be a liar if I said this game didn't have me constantly grinning.

I think the op should pay more attention to his wording.

Ben Yahtzee is not The Escapist, Zero Punctuation is all I go to that site for anyway though.

" @Jack_Daniels:  The Escapist and Zero Punctuation are not the same thing. "

Wait wait wait. That is Yahtzee's game of the year, not The Escapist's.
 
EDIT: I can see I'm late to the party on this one.

well it made my list number 3

I enjoy watching Zero Punctuation, but more for the entertaining puns and metaphors than actual game criticism.  I personally think the whole "nerd picks apart games everyone else otherwise likes with hyperbole and random jaded curmudgeonry" is overdone at this point.  It is far easier to point out that Metroid Other M is a terrible attempt to cash in on name recognition than it is to pick out the subtleties that make good games great. 
 
I also get tired of him endlessly prattling on about Half-Life, Shadow of the Colossus, and Silent Hill.  I know you loved those games, but stop looking for every new shooter to be Half-Life 3, every action game Shadow of the Colossus 2, or every horror game to be Silent HIll 6: The One that is Just like Old Silent Hill.  Those were all great games, but lets appreciate them for what they were and move forward.

" @kingzetta

@Geno said:

" @kingzetta said:

" I thought that game was a chore "

I find that that sentiment correlates with how it was played. If a player went into it looking for a great linear progression, well they were disappointed because there wasn't one. If they walked into it looking for a gigantic, populated physics playground, they thought it was awesome. I'm of the latter.  "

It's not even that actually.
it's just the fact that getting anywhere is a complete chore. Even when you just fucking around.
I upgrade the jet's speed to max and it still takes half hour to get anywhere. It's huge world is a determent really.

You do know you can fast travel right? "

For a few weeks Just Cause 2 was my go-to game. Once I finished the story missions, it became almost therapeutic, just slowly liberated the hundreds of villages and bases littered throughout the island.
 
Then I played it on shrooms and nearly had a heart attack. I haven't played it much since.

good choice. i had a tooooon of fun playing that and the map is fucking amazing. 

I totally agree, JC2 's my #1 game of the year too. 
 
@EVO said:

Once I finished the story missions, it became almost therapeutic, just slowly liberated the hundreds of villages and bases littered throughout the island.

Great pick, this game deserves it.
 
I still haven't yet finished the game because every time i pick up the controller i go up to a high mountain, find a road, then jack a car and attach it to a smaller caller and the hurl myself and the car down witnessing the awesome chaos that happens.

If not RDR, I'm glad it was Just Cause 2. Definitely one of the most unappreciated games of the year.

OP is an idiot. Move along.

I enjoyed Just Cause 2 so much, I'm not surprised to see it get this!