Game of the Year 2011: Brad's Top 10

@LiquidPrince said:

Nothing on that list surprised me. However the ordering is not what I would have expected.

I agree with this take on the list- the content wasn't surprising, but the order had some interesting twists. :)

.... Couldn't they have chosen some better Skyrim footage though? The footage they showed in this video just reminded me why I have no interest in Skyrim whatsoever. :\

I did not even notice that his hat was the Mickey wizard hat and that makes me so god damn happy.

Ok for one of these top 10 things someone needs to be a cop, someone needs to be like a sewer sharks style future person and someone needs to be Marky Mark.

brad sounded Welsh doing the wizard.

Excellent list, Brad! You, Vinny, Dave and Patrick are the best! :)

Wizard Brad is wizard.

@MetalMoog said:

Dead Island sucked. That is all.

Opinions. That is all.

Skyrim at first place? no?

Okey Brad, you are forgiven, you gave dead space 2 a nice spot over many new games :)

I tend to enjoy Brad's list. He and I have similar tastes. (Also, he put Dead Rising 2 on hist list last year, which I greatly appreciated)

Glad to see Dead Space 2 getting some props. That game is great! Now, we just need some Dark Souls love.

man I wish someone on the GB crew liked Dungeon Defenders that game is so good, bought the XBLA version, loved it, got the PC version on sale and almost all the DLC on the PC. Anyway, nice list Brad, the soundtrack for Bastion is amazing.

this is fucked up

Shcoked that MK didn't make an appearance, glad to see Dead Space 2 on there.

Bad Island....

where the Japanese games @?

Dead Island being on Brad discredits his ability to "call it".

@LordLOC said:

@Lydian_Sel said:

Really glad to see Dead Space 2 make it on to somebody's list.

Didn't see Renegade Ops coming though.

Then you didn't watch Brad on the QL. He literally had an orgasm while playing it I think. RO was another awesome game this year.

Also, it seems I'm the only one who finds Skyrim overhyped much like Oblivion (but not Morrowind!) and Fallout 3 were. Don't get me wrong, they are all great games (especially Skyrim this go round) but the amount of praise thrown at Skyrim etc is just crazy at this point. Something like Bastion, or hell even Saint's Row 3 should have more praise. (Though I get the Bastion thing on GB mind you)

I just forgot about it. He's totally right though, it's great.

Whats with the pocket jerk?

Giant bomb should do an FMV game.

Brad as a wizard is amazing. And nice top 10 list, predicting the #1 pick wasn't too hard.

Surprised at the lack of Mortal Kombat

Someone remembered Dead Space 2! YAY!

I am pretty happy to see that someone enjoyed Dead Island as much as me. Game had launch glitches but really, what doesnt?

Brad is wizard of the year.

Solid list Brad!

Nice list, Brad! I'm still waiting, and hoping, Deus Ex gets some love.

@Kiri90 said:

Nice list, Brad! I'm still waiting, and hoping, Deus Ex gets some love.

Yeah, it's surprisingly unpopular at Giant Bomb.

Also: no Batman!

Alright, I'm 2 for 2 on my guesses for staff's favorites.

DEAD ISLAND . . .. . what ?!!!

Cowboy Ryan and Wizard Brad are just two of the party members in the upcoming Giant Bomb RPG...

I was worried there for a moment and thought he might choose Bastion as number one instead of Skyrim. And I almost forgot about how great Dead Space 2 was. Thanks Brad.

I would have thought Portal 2 to be up higher than Dead Island or Dead Space. Awesome list though. At least more sane than Ryan's =)

@Godlyawesomeguy said:

The same awesome game everyone else played, silly.

I have zero objections to putting it at #3 on a personal top 10 list (I put Deadly fucking Premonition on mine last year, an admitted mess of a game that I enjoyed greatly), but if industry standards are such that a game as broken and void of personality as Dead Island is considered "awesome"... That's a bit depressing to me.

I don't care about the list, I just want to hear Brad saying numbers with that magical wizard voice.

How are they going to top GOTY stuff next year?

Brad sure likes his superlatives.

Anyways, glad to see Dead Space pop up.

Always with the thumbs in his jeans

Glad to see Dead Space 2 get its due. Thank you, Wizard Brad.

2 FOR 2!

Wizard Brad is the best Brad.

@Milkman said:

Glad to see Dead Space 2 get its due. Thank you, Wizard Brad.

I agree, I really enjoyed Dead Space 2

Fucking WIZARDRY!!

I'm currently playing through Dead Island as of now strangely enough. Just hit the City and... well... it won't be appearing on my top 10 list, that I'm certain.

Otherwise a lot of Brad's pick I predicted well enough, it was just the order that caught me a little off guard. Very surprised to see he found Gears 3 better than Uncharted 3. But then again he did talk up that Horde... experience he shared with Vinny, Gary and whoever--I forget the 4th; Dave, was it?--quite a bit.

I think Brad and me have similar tastes. Except for the fact that he didn't have Batman. D:

I thought Shadow of the Colossus HD would have been Brad's #1 for sure

Nice :)

BAAASSSSTIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

At the end of his Bastion speech I was expecting him to say, "oh yeah and I'm totally no.1 on the leaderboards."

God damnit, Brad is going to fight for Skyrim as GOTY isn't he? I'm actually not looking forward to that podcast now but I just hope it doesn't win.

Surprising list...lol