Game of the Year...it don't mean much nowadays

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:43 pm

Apparently, all it takes to be game of the year is the willingness to declare yourself so.

To that end, I declare that Dominoes is the GOTY for 2006, and that Rocks/Papers/Scissors is GOTY for 2007.

(p.s. don't get me wrong, it IS a decent game...however, GOTY?)

Larraque · Post by **Larraque** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:51 pm

http://goty.gamespy.com/2004/pc/index4.html

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:05 pm

he he...whoops?

i didn't think to search gamespy. i haven't been to that site in ages.

i take it back. i'm a bad, bad man...

SuperHiro · Post by **SuperHiro** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:09 pm

That makes so little sense. Its coming out the week before Winter Assault comes out.

morlac · Post by **morlac** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:12 pm

Is the year over already?

The Preacher · Post by **The Preacher** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:13 pm

morlac wrote:Is the year over already?

The year that Dawn of War came out has been over for 8 months.

Larraque · Post by **Larraque** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:18 pm

hepcat wrote:he he...whoops?

i didn't think to search gamespy. i haven't been to that site in ages.

i take it back. i'm a bad, bad man...

Well, it was like... 7th. But you know they can put game of the year on just about anything.

Torrente - (worst) Game of the Year edition.

kathode · Post by **kathode** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:57 pm

Pretty much every Game of the Year edition displays the award in question on the box. I mean, I guess there's no law against putting out a Game of the Year edition just for kicks, but you'd look pretty silly.

edosan · Post by **edosan** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:19 pm

The Preacher wrote:
morlac wrote:Is the year over already?
The year that Dawn of War came out has been over for 8 months.

Wow, this year's games are so bad, the Game of the Year was from last year! I predict GotY for 2006 will be Wing Commander 2!

Gryndyl · Post by **Gryndyl** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:35 pm

The catch with 'Game of the Year' is that it has become utterly meaningless. Back in the day when the internet wasn't around and PC Gamer was as thick as a small town phone book it was pretty much the de facto holy grail of awards. Now with umpteen million websites handing out awards it's just become more marketing hype.

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:21 pm

Ahh this is the thread that I was going to register in order to reply to. If you look closely at the Gamespy article it didn't really win a Game of the Year award. It was featured in a "Games of the Year" article and it came in at #7. So I'd have to say that the original poster is pretty much-all you need to do nowadays to be a GOTY winner is simply declare yourself.

I remember the good old days in the mid-90's when PC Gamer had their GOTY awards. Back then it was an award, not a self-applicable label.

JonathanStrange · Post by **JonathanStrange** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:37 am

I hadn't realized that it was ever an award. I've generally thought GOTY was simply a version of a Gold Edition or Platinum edition; one with extra features, mods, expansion. Interesting.

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:29 pm

Gryndyl is right. Ever since internet magazines have become big and everyone and their cat who happens to have a internet connection and feels like giving their own opinion about GOTY can do so to a worldwide audience, the word has become worthless. That's why you see guys like CSL creating "What's your GOTY?" threads three months into the year.

(Well someone does it anyways-sorry if I've slandered you CSL.

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