Game of the Year 2012: Brad's Top 10

great list, but why no Diablo 3

Good choice.I was thinking that GIantbomb has nobody but Hipsters.

Just finished watching everyones list and I'm glad Brad put ME3 at the top it was my game of the year as well. Damn that MP is so addicting. Also glad Vinny put it on his too. I'm absolutely shocked though that no one put Borderlands 2 on their lists. I thought at least someone had room on their top 10 to put it up. That game is pretty awesome and better than the 1st and the 1st one was critically acclaimed.

Wow Mass Effect 3 being number one is a surprise and very much welcome. Good on you Brad.

I don't care if it was due to my love of the series, mass effect 3 was my GOTY too, at least public people like brad can ignore the internet bullshit around saying that. A good list and I now need to get on with buying XCOM, I loved silent storm anyway!

Out of all the Bombers Brad would be the last I'd guess to have Mass Effect 3 as his game of the year! Pretty stocked as I said I wouldn't start my second play through til all the DLC was complete, seems like I was on the money this time!

Kudos to Brad for getting it exactly right regarding Mass Effect 3 . It's so much easier (and popular) to just take the elitist douche bag route rather than look at the big picture.

@Brad said:

@ttocs said:

What 3 expansions to ME3 was Brad referring to? Omega, Leviathan, and what's the final one?

Leviathan, From Ashes, Extended Cut. Omega is skippable.

You would consider the first three to be highly recommendable for a first playthrough though?

@Godlyawesomeguy said:

@Brad said:

@ttocs said:

What 3 expansions to ME3 was Brad referring to? Omega, Leviathan, and what's the final one?

Leviathan, From Ashes, Extended Cut. Omega is skippable.

You would consider the first three to be highly recommendable for a first playthrough though?

Yes, and the extended cut is free :-) the "fix" for the ending

ME3? Not so sure I didn't like it too much, maybe I should play it againg with the additional DLC as suggested

Just played Frog Fractions just fantastic.

@Slaneesh said:

@Godlyawesomeguy said:

@Brad said:

@ttocs said:

What 3 expansions to ME3 was Brad referring to? Omega, Leviathan, and what's the final one?

Leviathan, From Ashes, Extended Cut. Omega is skippable.

You would consider the first three to be highly recommendable for a first playthrough though?

Yes, and the extended cut is free :-) the "fix" for the ending

From Ashes is also free if you bought the game new. And as far as I know(a friend got it for christmas) that still the case.

@Hurricrane said:

@deano546 said:

I think #TeamBrad should be disbanded, after his questionable choice for GOTY.

That.

Fuck you Brad. Mass Effect has gotten plenty of recognition, you don't get to name the weakest one in the GOTY list just because you waited until they addressed all the issues well after release.

Fuck you! It's his fucking list. Make your own damn list where your can throw your so obviously superior gaming dick around. And it's not like he waited for the game to be "fixed" to play it. Hes game saves were on a memory unit that crashed and he tried for a long time to get it fixed and in the end, that didn't work. And ME3 is a great game even at launch. Like Jeffs review said, he'd take an average ME game over pretty much any other story based game. That's how good the series is. And having the experience that Brad had I can easily see why it's his game of the year.

And in the end, it's the game he played. When you play a game nowadays may change the experience you have with the game. You shouldn't be forced to play the game as it came out just so you have the same experience everyone else had. Or take the experience of other into account, or factors around the game into consideration when making a list of your personal best games of the year, that would be just retarded.

I'm glad someone from the Giant Bomb staff liked Mass Effect 3. After finishing it over break, I really have no clue why people hate it so much.

@BeachThunder: You need to play more. You have only skimmed the surface.

I think they have talked it up a little too much but it's absolutely worth your time. Absolutely.

@Hurricrane said:

@deano546 said:

I think #TeamBrad should be disbanded, after his questionable choice for GOTY.

That.

Fuck you Brad. Mass Effect has gotten plenty of recognition, you don't get to name the weakest one in the GOTY list just because you waited until they addressed all the issues well after release.

Seeing you getting emotional because of someone else's choice of video games is so entertaining.

I'm a bit sick of the "journey'-love.

I'm going to say it... it is pretty but it's barely a game.

@alibson said:

If you agree with Mass Effect in first place then you're not allowed to complain about any piece of DLC, preorder content or chopped up games ever again.

Yeah whatever. Mass Effect 3 is fucking great.

@TheCrimsonKing: Well, good thing this is Brad's list then. And even better, he has good taste in games. The analogy to LOTR is perfect, and believe it or not, the Academry does that stuff all the time.

i fucking wish i couldve played brads Mass Effect 3. i just dont know how i feel about going back to that games campaign at this point.

Great list and summary!