It was popular, intelligent, nerdy, cool, and damn fun.

Not most of the awards, but it definitely has a chance to get quite a number of them.

definitely one of the best games of the year.  i haven't played Red Dead, but from what i read that has a chance of winning a bunch itself.

For Jeff maybe. A lot of better games came out since then though. </opinion, try to resist posting a vapid meme boys> 
Starcraft 2 will probably clean up the most, I feel like Civ 5 won't get its due. RDR will probably take a few awards. ACB could be the sleeper hit of the year.  I guess for goofy sites that have a million awards so they can give something to everything, ME2 will get a lot. And for sites that stupidly ignore PC games.

It definitely deserves every award it's nominated in. I don't know whether or not that actually accounts for most of the awards.

I think the spread between Mass Effect 2 and Red Dead Redemption is way closer than we're giving it credit for being. While I do think Mass Effect is probably going to win the Game of the Year award, I definitely don't think it's going to saunter into the place and take shit like a forgone conclusion. 

I'm not sure if it's going to take home the most awards, however it might win like a few of them.

Mine is still Alan Wake. But I don't doubt that ME2 will get a lot of awards.

Most people.  Welcome to the majority.

It's going to be tough depending on the categories but I expect it to come away with at least a couple.

I think it'll take a fair number of awards.

 I haven't actually played ME2, but based on the reviews and how awesome ME1 is, I wouldn't be surprised. But Red Dead was also pretty fantastic.

No doubt.

Most of those rewards will be undeserved and pure bias, so...

As big a fan of the Mass Effect franchise as I am, I kind of hope Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood wins. In the end, I had more fun with that as Mass Effect 2 felt lacking in a lot of areas (yes, I am one of those who prefer the 1st game to the 2nd)

" Most of those rewards will be undeserved and pure bias, so... "

" @valrog said:

" Most of those rewards will be undeserved and pure bias, so... "

Because your opinions aren't biased? "

" Most of those rewards will be undeserved and pure bias, so... "

I have a feeling that StarCraft II will get more, but this game will get a ton as well.

Let's hope not.

" @valrog said:

" Most of those rewards will be undeserved and pure bias, so... "

An intriguing comment. Do you suppose there is a way to hand out awards for quality to games without bias playing some role in the process? "

Black ops should be rated as what it brings to the table thats new, i mean i thought Modern warfare 2 was awsome but black ops had nothing new. I love mass effect, finished it like 4-5 times, but i do hope SC2 gets the majority of awards, but ofc ME2 MUST get RPG. 

I feel like this and Red Dead are probably going to be the dominating ones.

It's a big maybe for me. I still can't decide whether I prefer Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, or Mass Effect 2.

Mass Effect 2 was certainly my favorite game of the year, but in one of the most lauded years for games in a long long time, I suspect we'll see a broad breadth of what takes various outlets GotY awards, largely based on what the various interests and focuses are. I could see good arguments for Red Dead, Starcraft and AssCreBro, and certainly other outliers like Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Heavy Rain could be vote-busters. All in all, can't wait for the various year-in-review retrospectives to come out, with Giant Bombs yearly deliberations on the top of my "can't wait" list.

God, I hope not.

I think they made a brilliant game and it probably will win GOTY most places, but it does have worthy competition.  The main problems with ME2 for me are that it totally fails at being a second act, and that the best parts of it come when you aren't actually doing anything.  I think AC:B (which I haven't finished yet, so take with a pinch of salt) could and should be better than it is in a lot of ways, but it could still take it from ME2 just because the high points come when you're playing the game, rather than when you're watching an entertaining cutscene.

 It will no doubt win most of the awards but I think the game has some problems on the overall story stuff, there was a good article describing now the start, middle and end were bad and the rest of the game was amazing. It pretty much matched how I felt about the game.  It is great but I feel like they made a few irritating missteps. I would probably put it up there with RDR and I would say it will also get a good few awards.

It had better. It's the best game of this whole damn generation.

After finally buying the game and starting my trek towards the end, I'd say that it better be winning most of the awards.

I hope that when people start seriouisly considering game of the year and the like, they'll consider that mass effects 2 story was not that good. A fetch quest for some good teammates and a final confrontation is not as epic as bioware seems to think. 
The gameplay was solid, as was the world they've built but i don't think its great enough to give game of the year too

" I hope that when people start seriouisly considering game of the year and the like, they'll consider that mass effects 2 story was not that good. A fetch quest for some good teammates and a final confrontation is not as epic as bioware seems to think. The gameplay was solid, as was the world they've built but i don't think its great enough to give game of the year too "

This just in: nobody likes ME2 anymore.  
 
 
What is wrong with you people?

Not in a year that Red Dead Redemption, Alan Wake, and StarCraft II happened.

It better, it deserves all the awards it can get 
I'm betting this and Red Dead are going to be the two top contenders in most places for GOTY

I feel that it'll get a decent amount of the awards it's nominated for. Most of the awards though? No, but a good amount.
 
Hopefully at least.

 I haven't actually played ME2, but based on the reviews and how awesome ME1 is, I wouldn't be surprised. But Red Dead was also pretty fantastic.

I'm intrigued by those that think SCII will get a lot of awards- it's fairly 'niche' in the sense that the genre appeals to fewer people than the other big ticket releases this year. I know it sold a bajillion copies, but it's not such a huge game in the Western market (where most GOTYs are decided). VGA's (yeah yeah, blah blah VGA bias suck blah) haven't even shortlisted it for its GOTY, if that means anything. Alan Wake, as good as it is is also a real outside shot, selling minimal copies and getting a pretty lukewarm critical reception compared to how much it was hyped.
 
On a more on-topic note, I sure hope so. Mind you, I think it'll be a fierce split between RDR and ME2. My vote goes to ME2 for many reasons, not least due to the fact that Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib made me laugh far more than it should.

Yep

Yeah, I feel like it's going to get a lot. I missed out on Red Dead so I can't give you my opinion on it, but from what I've heard it's going to eat the competition up.

I reckon it will win a couple of awards, for sure a GOTY candidate. 

" @JJWeatherman: I played through almost all of the side missions, even downloaded the shadow broker dlc, and those missions are fun. But, just like with fallout 3, if the main quest isn't as fun as the side missions i think theres a problem "

"  ofc ME2 MUST get RPG.  "