Alan wake was decent....but it had so many flaws and issues that noone else will even consider it for nomination let alone giving it top honours. Heavy Rain was a MUCH better game than Alan wake. It's like giving Final Fantasy XIII GOTY, decent game but it should never win GOTY.
Ugh, they're wrong. The only acceptable games of the year are Halo: Reach, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Mass Effect 2, or Fable III. Everyone knows that, duh.
Alan Wake was a great game. It was tense every moment and I never knew what was around the corner. Loved every minute of it. Its deserves some awards as it is the most overlooked game of the year.
" Ugh, they're wrong. The only acceptable games of the year are Halo: Reach, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Mass Effect 2, or Fable III. Everyone knows that, duh. "
Enough with the Halo, Call of Duty, and Mass Effect 2 bashing. Don't like them? Perfectly fine. But they've been beaten so much, it's practically gotten old and stale. Want to be different? Then bash Metro 2033 or S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (Which I really do like).
im happy for remedy. alan wake was awesome, especially with the two dlcs. now even though it wasnt my pick for goty i could see why TIME would choose it.
Wonderful news. I've yet to play the game, but I will very soon now that I'm done with school. From what I understand, it's a highly polished experience. And, c'mon, it's Remedy.
As flawed as Alan Wake is, it is the only game of last year I still think about on a regular basis. For me, the world and story Alan Wake portrayed were atypical for videogames, but Remedy somehow managed to make a videogame out of them. Would Alan Wake make a better movie, maybe, but I like the chances Remedy took and would love to see them explore the Alan Wake story to completion.
" TIME picked Mark Zuckerberg as their person of the year as well. Apples and oranges, right? "
Both the people and journalists overwhelmingly thought it should've been Julian Assange. They changed it last minute to a "safe" option so they wouldn't get persecuted by The Combine.
In other news, Time is not as reputable a publication as it used to be.
" TIME picked Mark Zuckerberg as their person of the year as well. Apples and oranges, right? "
Both the people and journalists overwhelmingly thought it should've been Julian Assange. They changed it last minute to a "safe" option so they wouldn't get persecuted by The Combine. In other news, Time is not as reputable a publication as it used to be. "
Like when TIme made Hitler "Man of the Year" in 1938?
" Alan wake was decent....but it had so many flaws and issues that noone else will even consider it for nomination let alone giving it top honours. Heavy Rain was a MUCH better game than Alan wake. It's like giving Final Fantasy XIII GOTY, decent game but it should never win GOTY. "
I like Heavy Rain, but I wouldn't say it's a much better game than Alan Wake because Heavy Rain wasn't a game at all.
" TIME picked Mark Zuckerberg as their person of the year as well. Apples and oranges, right? "
Both the people and journalists overwhelmingly thought it should've been Julian Assange. They changed it last minute to a "safe" option so they wouldn't get persecuted by The Combine. In other news, Time is not as reputable a publication as it used to be. "
Like when TIme made Hitler "Man of the Year" in 1938? "
Person of the year is whoever made the most change in the world in that year, up to that point in time. Not all people continue to act the same throughout their lives, and furthermore not everyone chosen are perfect individuals (Winston Churchill won too). If you recall, Hitler hadn't started WWII yet in 1938 and it's not Time's job to predict the future, also let's not get into history's treatment of Hitler being partially victor's justice. Julian Assange, and by proxy Wikileaks since he is their official representative and leader, made a much greater impact this year than Mark Zuckerberg, who was the star subject of a popular movie and that was about it.
@Belmont_Shadow: Heavy Rain GOTY? You've got to be kidding right? I loved every second of it, but I would hardly call it a game. It's more of an interactive movie than anything IMO.
@h0lgr: I haven't played Alan Wake, but I think Mass Effect 2 had a lot of flaws that people gloss over. For instance: 1) the story was nowhere near as epic as ME1, it felt like a placeholder setting up ME3; 2) combat was improved, but still not all that slick; 3) item drops were pretty weak and generally uninteresting; 4) the response to a poor inventory management was to basically eliminate 90% of the type of inventory (rather than just fix the crappy system). I could probably go on. I liked the game a lot, but I don't think it's a runaway pick.
Alan Wake is not the game of the year, but I'm certainly happy to see it getting some recognition because it is in fact an amazing game. Besides that, they're picking a best game of the year, not most popular game of the year.
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