Game of the Year 2012: By The Numbers
By dantey 1 Comments
Giant Bomb's Game of the Year feature is done and it is time to combine the individual lists of the editors and see how they compare to the official list of Giant Bomb. The counting system is the same as last year, with one point going to the the last game on the list and ten points going to the first game on the list. Since Alex was one of the judges this year, he has moved form the additional list team to the main list. But I still left Drew, just to see, how he would inapact the end result. First, let's review the individual top 10 lists.
Brad:
- Mass Effect 3
- The Walking Dead
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Mark of the Ninja
- Journey
- Asura's Wrath
- Far Cry 3
- Dust: An Elysian Tail
- Frog Fractions
- Trials Evolution
Ryan:
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- The Walking Dead
- Hotline Miami
- Mark of the Ninja
- FTL: Faster than Light
- Forza Horizon
- Rock Band Blitz
- Journey
- Asura's Wrath
- Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Jeff:
- Far Cry 3
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Syndicate
- Fez
- Forza Horizon
- FTL: Faster than Light
- Rhythm Heaven Fever
- Persona 4 Arena
- Pinball Arcade
- Call Of Duty: Black Ops II
Patrick
- The Walking Dead
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- ZombiU
- Mark of the Ninja
- Dishonored
- Fez
- Journey
- Papo & Yo
- Asura's Wrath
- Slender: The Eight Pages
Alex:
- The Walking Dead
- Journey
- Hotline Miami
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Forza Horizon
- Rhythm Heaven Fever
- Sound Shapes
- FTL: Faster than Light
- Sleeping Dogs
- Rock Band Blitz
Vinny:
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- The Walking Dead
- Sleeping Dogs
- Mass Effect 3
- Binary Domain
- Fez
- Spec Ops: The Line
- The Book of Unwritten Tales
- Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers
- Journey
Drew:
- Halo 4
- The Walking Dead
- Diablo III
- Spec Ops: The Line
- Journey
- Digital Combat Simulator
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
- FTL: Faster than Light
- Hotline Miami
These are the lists an below you will find a table of three lists with the official top 10, math top 10 and math with Drew top 10. Don't think that this is about the right top 10 list of Giant Bomb. The math list is made from individual lists, not from a discussion of a team. So keep that in mind, as you compare the lists (the numbers in brackets are the points).
| Pos. | Official List | Math List | Math List with Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XCOM: Enemy Unkown | XCOM: Enemy Unknown (53) | XCOM: Enemy Unknown (57) |
| 2 | The Walking Dead | The Walking Dead (47) | The Walking Dead (56) |
| 3 | Far Cry 3 | Journey (23) | Journey (29) |
| 4 | Fez | Mark of the Ninja (21) | Mark of the Ninja (21) |
| 5 | Journey | Mass Effect 3/Forza Horizon/Fez (17) | Mass Effect 3/Forza Horizon/ Fez/ Hotline Miami (17) |
| 6 | Mark of the Ninja | Hotline Miami (16) | FTL: Faster than Light (16) |
| 7 | Syndicate | Far Cry 3/FTL: Faster than Light (14) | Far Cry 3 (14) |
| 8 | Mass Effect 3 | Sleeping Dogs (10) | Spec Ops: The Line (11) |
| 9 | ZombiU | Asura's Wrath/Rhythm Heaven Fever (9) | Sleeping Dogs/Halo 4 (10) |
| 10 | Sleeping Dogs | Syndicate/ZombiU (8) | Asura's Wrath/Rhythm Heaven Fever (9) |
The top 2 are the same in all three lists, which kind of was expected. The only game to be featured in all of the individual lists was XCOM, while The Walking Dead and Journey were on six out of seven lists (Jeff did not put these games in his top 10). These lists show me how personal opinion can influence the end result. This can be seen in the official list (Far Cray 3, Syndicate) and in the math lists (Halo 4, Forza Horizon, Hotline Miami). Hope you found all of these numbers interesting.