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    Hmmm. Perhaps I didn't make my point clearly enough.

    Quote Originally Posted by GReeN_ORB View Post
    And in this instance, I feel it was fair to provide that as a relevant example If I really have to connect the dots, then here it is: the longer campaign in DAO allowed a greater depth to both the storyline and the story telling, and the story is important when deciding on a game of the year.
    I'm not sure I agree that story is important when deciding on a GOTY, simply because having a good story is not necessary to making a good game. Not to say that a good story doesn't add a lot, mind you, but rather that it's still just one part of the game.

    Anyway, it's a useful example: it's important to you. And as I've already said, I thought that the story was tedious and full of clichés. After 10 hours or so, I was already getting a bit bored. Hence my comment that arguing over GOTYs is pointless, since everyone has their own opinion, and that opinion is almost entirely subjective. See?

    Interestingly, you cite fallout 3 as one of your most enjoyable games. F3 happened to win a number of GOTY awards, yet sold fewer units in it's first two months than MW2 sold in a week. Now was it awarded the GOTY because it sold a lot, or because it provided an engrossing storyline along with innovative gameplay?

    Oh the irony
    Heh, I didn't think Fallout 3 had a particularly good story, actually (I think Fallout 2's was better, and certainly more coherent). Fallout 3's story was just okay. On the other hand, I absolutely adored the setting. And innovative gameplay? Hardly. It was an interesting RPG system (done before, however - and arguably better - in two previous Fallout titles, and Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader, as well as the very similar system used in Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura) mashed up with a (let's admit it) kinda horrible FPS.

    Fallout 3 won a lot of GOTYs because a lot of people in positions to award GOTYs really liked it. The reasons those people liked it are likely to diverge here and there too.

    Anyway, over arguing about it.
    This is an argument? I thought it was just an interesting discussion. :/

    Quote Originally Posted by Isengard View Post
    What you say about game of the year awards being objective is very true and in most instances I’d agree with you. We’d all have very different looking lists if it was us who made them. However in the case of MW2 I can see no logical way that it is deserving of any merits on the PC. I concede that as a console shooter it’s probably one of the best, if not the best that was released this year, but with all the missteps the series took on PC it’s unfathomable how it could be regarded as PC game of the year in anyone’s eyes.
    That's a fair observation. Although I'm not sure it's been as much of a bomb on PC in America / Europe as it has in South Africa and Australia, where inadequate broadband services have made playing MW2 a chore. Yes, I know IW's forums are stuffed with people complaining - but then, so are Valve's, Bioware's, and pretty much any other developer you can name. People complain about everything. ;P
    Last edited by Azimuth; 02-01-2010 at 11:27 PM.

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