Game of the Year 2011: Brad's Top 10

Nice Fantasia Mickey ears, Brad!

I haven't seen many awards go to DS2, glad i'm not the only one that sees it's greatness.

I am humbled that Dead Space 2 made it on your list. It's a perfect third person shooter!

As for Bastion, I have it, I have played the demo about four times, but haven't gotten around to it yet, and I'm not sure about the 'best soundtrack' bit. I enjoyed Witcher 2 (on my GOTY list) OST and the LA Noire OST. (Although, only a few pieces, not the whole thing like, say, Mirror's Edge); I also think Skyrim has amazing music.

I don't know what Renegade Ops is, and not interested.

Saints Row the Third had one of the most retarded advertising campaigns ever, I still think it's plain dumb, but maybe it'll be worth buying on Steam when it's 75% off!

Also, Dead Island... no time for that but looks great! On my to get list.

Im loving the style of these goty videos. That said if Jeff's isn't a near scene for scene remake of the fmv sequences from NFS most wanted I will be severely disappointed.

@Saltank: Atually to be fair to Saints Row 3... the advertising totally makes sense once you actually play the game. The game's tone itself is dumb, but still smart, like playing Kanye's "Power" as you storm a mansion to take it over.

Expected choices, but still a nice list.

Best video ever.

Damnit Brad take your hands out of your pockets.

I had to watch this twice because Wizard Brad is one of the funniest things I've seen/heard on this site all year.

The melee/combat system in Dead Island was pretty amazing feeling, even if the game was broken and ... samey. That combat system deserves recognition because it feels so rewarding, so kudos to Brad for having the balls to pimp the game a little. I hope more games adapt something that feels that solid, so that I can experience it in an environment with fewer bugs.

I couldn't really listen to the list because I was mesmerized by brad's right hand coming in and out of his pocket

I'm surprised L. A. Noire wasn't higher on Brad's list. I remember the Quick Look of the game where he was raving about how much he loved it. It's also still my personal favorite game of the year.

Horrible feeling that Brad is going to whine enough to keep SR3 from being the GOTY choice.

Stop rewarding sloppy, buggy game releases. Skyrim is a fine game but the issues with it are inexcusable (especially if you are a PS3 owner).

@BeachThunder: Play it with some friends and it's a blast, just so long as you don't expect a serious "moody" zombie game.

Interesting, Brad's list is incredibly similar to mine.

I'm surprised L. A. Noire wasn't higher on Brad's list. I remember the Quick Look of the game where he was raving about how much he loved it. It's also still my personal favorite game of the year.

Am I the only one who *didn't* think Dead Space 2 was that great?

@apoloimagod: YES !!

@lunalicrichard: OK then :-)

I love those Mickey Mouse ears SO MUCH.