I think GOTY should only be awarded to games that brought something new to the industry. Awesome as MW2 it isn't pushing boundries or anything. Dragon Age maybe, Borderlands, completely, Batman AA also pushes the genre into a whole new area.
Modern Warfare 2
Borderlands
Uncharted 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum
inFamous
Killzone 2
Demon's Souls
Forza 3
Assassin's Creed 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Dragon Age: Origins
I think GOTY should only be awarded to games that brought something new to the industry. Awesome as MW2 it isn't pushing boundries or anything. Dragon Age maybe, Borderlands, completely, Batman AA also pushes the genre into a whole new area.