PC Game of the Year 2013 Winner

Really?! I think there are better games than Exile. Bioshock Infinite should have won, because it is a great game. I don't play it by the way. If you don't like my decision, Dota 2 should have won! But for god's sake, don't let Path of Exile win!

I'm 3 hours into this game and I'm bored to tears. Game of the year my ass.

damn ms-dos machines

Where is brothers? :(

Sooo the best we could do is a Diablo clone?

We could do without the stupid Killzone ad on every video.

The thing that killed this game for me was the de-syncing. Once you get to the harder difficulties, it really makes it no fun to play. I wonder if they've fixed it? (goes to log in for the first time in a month or so)

I really missed Rome 2 total war in here, but im happy with the decision. Hoepfully next year tehre will be more PC exclusive titles on the same level as POE.

PEace!

i know a year in PC gaming is bad when most of the games on a sites goty lists are console ports. Thankfully this year half of them are PC games and im glad one of them won.

On most other sites top PC honors are going to Bioshock.

I wanna play it~ I like it~

really??? path of exile?"?? no wonder console fan buy say that PC is dying...i guess is real

<< LINK REMOVED >> I actually kind of agree, I enjoy Path of Exile but game of the year? Tomb Raider or Metro Last Light on that list would have been my choices. Bioshock infinite was good but not goty worthy. I have not played 4 titles on that list including dota 2.

This year has really been the year of the PS3 Last of us, Ni No Kuni and Beyond Two Souls all in my top five list. Still I own a great Pc and vita and 3ds xl and wii u.

Really sad to see that not much people know Shadow Warrior . It was my best PC game of the year . That game require more advertisement .

the pc always gets its good share of great pc exclusive titles every year that, unlike the xbox, no site can be ashamed to crown 1 of them as GOTY so lets remember not to compare a true pc game to cross platform games when we are criticizing GS for their decision.

Downloaded it, playing it, enjoying it. While it has its "Diablo" flavour, it has its unique feel to it. Replay value and excelent ARPG to be hooked on to it.

path of exile lol? this is april fools joke?

I like this choice. At least PoE is a true PC game, complex and rewarding. Anyway, I'm pleasantly surprised that GS didn't just pick all of the most popular titles, but went with their (slightly unconventional) opinions.

If I were the selector, i would have chosen Dota2 (40%), Bioshock Infinite (30%) or Mero Last Night (30%) ! Whats wrong with Gamespot o.O ?

I tried for a while to get into the PoE beta, but to no avail. Just played Diablo 3 instead. I would have gotten into PoE had the beta been open but by the time it was open to everyone, I was already sick of D3 and not looking for a similar game. Wish things had worked out differently, because PoE looked decent, whereas D3 was just another Blizz-scam.

Can't say that I enjoyed this game. Not worth the time I spent downloading and installing it.

Choppy, washed-out graphics and lackluster controls

Just my opinion...

I used to hate PoE at first because of its mechanics (point and click instead of WASD, no camera control) but after I gave it some more time it got easier and more fun to play. But that's just it. Compared to games like Bioshock Infinite and Metro LL it falls short. It is a great game. but not worthy of goty IMO.

Its absolutely delightfully fun to read some of the misguided console bashing that occurs here:)

really? with bioshock and metro? i've played path of exile and for me played like a generic hack'n slash diablo like game. i recognize it's an awesome work for a free to play game and surely deserve its nomination, but not the best of the best

If this is the best that PC can offer, then it has already lost the race to the PS4 & XBone. I'm looking forward to Witcher 3 i.e. some real AAA PC titles.

"... Path of Exile is free, though you can certainly toss some cash the developer’s way by buying unnecessary cosmetic enhancements."

Some of us "tossed cash their way" to actually help fund development of the game.

You're welcome. :|

Excellent, this game is excellent. It´s strange to see a game of this quality in a real free-to-play model.

Nice choice GS.

@msca8h **** you, you blind Bioshock fanboy. Bioshock Infinite was great, but not fantastic and certainly not game of the year. The story itself might be game of the year, but its mediocre combat really brings it down. People might disagree with me on that, but you also can't deny that this game was overhyped to levels I've never seen before, especially by blind fanboys like you.

Path of Exile really is an amazing game in every aspect, but its biggest puchline is that it doesn't cost a cent. It almost seems like a joke that it delivers so much more great story, gameplay, and replay value than most $60 Triple-A garbage on the market today. Not referring to Bioshock, Bioshock was one of the few big titles that was worth its price this year. But Path of Exile is gives us everything we'd expect in a game of the year caliber type of game, for free.

It deserves this more than anything. I was worried it was going to be a sleeper hit. I don't really like isometric rpg's, but this and Torchlight 2 are the only ones I can see myself playing.

An amazing selection! I really like how GS is not afraid of including all sorts of games, nor of recognizing that valuable contributions to gaming can be independent of production budgets. Cheers for this!