GS Best of 2012 - Special Achievement Winners Announced.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:

http://www.gamespot.com/best-of-2012/special-achivements/index.html

Winners:

• Trials Evolution;For fostering a wonderfully creative and sadistic community
• The Walking Dead;For excellence in heartstring tugging
• Spec Ops The Line;For its subversive analysis of modern military shooters
• Hotline Miami;For dragging the '80s screaming and kicking into 2012
• Thirty Flights of Loving;For breaking hearts with bullets and blood
• Dear Esther;For excellent and experimental storytelling
• Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss;For doing DLC the way it should be done
• DayZ;For proving that man is more dangerous than zombies
• Fable: The Journey;For motion controls that nurture human/horse relationships
• Binary Domain;For wonderfully destructible enemies
• Persona 4 Golden;For reminding us that Persona 4 is still awesome
• FTL: Faster Than Light;For delivering on its promise after getting funded

PLATFORM AWARDS:

http://www.gamespot.com/best-of-2012/platform-awards/index.html

Winners:

• PC - Guild Wars 2
• Xbox 360 - Dishonored
• PS3 - Dishonored
• Wii U - New Super Mario Bros. U
• XBLA - Splelunky
• PSN - Journey
• Handheld - Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

Okay. Two possibilities exist:

PC Game of the Year means best PC GAME

PC Game of the Year means best game that is on PC

If the former, Dishonored could still win. If the latter, Guild Wars 2 could win, which is nuts.

I wonder which is going to win ....

[spoiler] starcraft 1 [/spoiler]

Hopefully Guild Wars 2 wins. Otherwise GS is inconsistent

Hope GW2 wins. Never played it, not a fan of MMOs, but hey, it could lead to plenty of SW amusement! :twisted:

Still need to get Last Reward and get that Zero Escape series playthrough going soon. I glad it won through, especially after 999 was robbed of being mentioned in many awards back in 2010.

And yay for Guild Wars 2, Dishonored, and Journey also. Looks like GOTY might be between GW2 and Dishonored which I would be fine with either choices.

I will laugh if a PC game wins.

Looks like journey still has a shot of in getting game of the year.

Hope GW2 wins. Never played it, not a fan of MMOs, but hey, it could lead to plenty of SW amusement! :twisted:

Rocker6

[QUOTE="Rocker6"]

Hope GW2 wins. Never played it, not a fan of MMOs, but hey, it could lead to plenty of SW amusement! :twisted:

BPoole96

Nah, no way ME3 will win. It's a decent shooter with a few interesting RPG mechanics, but far from GOTY material, so I can already feel tex butthurt!

If GW2 wins, we'll have both the tex and consolite butthurt, and that sounds like one awesome Christmas present from the Internet! :D

[QUOTE="BPoole96"][QUOTE="Rocker6"]

Hope GW2 wins. Never played it, not a fan of MMOs, but hey, it could lead to plenty of SW amusement! :twisted:

Rocker6

Nah, no way ME3 will win. It's a decent shooter with a few interesting RPG mechanics, but far from GOTY material, so I can already feel tex butthurt!

If GW2 wins, we'll have both the tex and consolite butthurt, and that sounds like one awesome Christmas present from the Internet! :D

I hope Dishonored wins. Would be great if an original IP won in a year filled with sequels

Sooo its between GW 2 and Journey for GOTY. I'd rather see Dishonored win but I'm not sure if that will happen.

So a multiplat won best game on both 360 and PS3?clyde46

I'd be worried if one didn't :P

While dishonered was very good I don't feel as if it's GOTY material.

The game was just lacking something for me.

No XCOM. :[tagyhag

No Mass Effect 3... sad. it was my goty easily.

So Halo & co didn't even manage to win 360 game of year?themajormayor

At least the 360 had an exclusive nominated. Can't say the same for any retail PS3 game

[QUOTE="themajormayor"]So Halo & co didn't even manage to win 360 game of year?BPoole96

At least the 360 had an exclusive nominated. Can't say the same for any retail PS3 game

[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

[QUOTE="themajormayor"]So Halo & co didn't even manage to win 360 game of year?themajormayor

At least the 360 had an exclusive nominated. Can't say the same for any retail PS3 game

So it is between Guild Wars 2, Spelunky, Journey andZero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

Spelunky is platformer of the year so NSMB U is out.

So Halo & co didn't even manage to win 360 game of year?themajormayor

Best shooter, and who knows best graphics (?), just like at VGAs.

Does that mean the best PC game had to be exclusive or it could have been a multiplat too?

Also was Dishonored really the best game on the consoles this year? :?

[QUOTE="themajormayor"]So Halo & co didn't even manage to win 360 game of year?PAL360

Best shooter, and who knows best graphics (?), just like at VGAs.

Does that mean the best PC game had to be exclusive or it could have been a multiplat too?

Also was Dishonored really the best game on the consoles this year? :?

seanmcloughlin

Here are the PC nominations. Note that Dishonored is there too.

Could one assume that Guild Wars 2 has a better chance of winning GOTY? As it already edged out Dishonored for best PC goty...

[QUOTE="PAL360"]

[QUOTE="themajormayor"]So Halo & co didn't even manage to win 360 game of year?themajormayor

Best shooter, and who knows best graphics (?), just like at VGAs.

Could one assume that Guild Wars 2 has a better chance of winning GOTY? As it already edged out Dishonored for best PC goty...

psymon100

No, like I said, it is still possible that GW2 was better as a PC game than Dishonored was, but not better purely as a game.

[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="PAL360"]

Best shooter, and who knows best graphics (?), just like at VGAs.

BPoole96

[QUOTE="BPoole96"][QUOTE="themajormayor"] PC games doesn't compete in the graphics award?themajormayor

GS doesn't seem to follow the technical part of Best technical graphics category. They just seem to follow what impressed them the most even if it goes beyond pure technical stuff.

Well that settles it, Dishonored's got GOTY for sure.

[QUOTE="psymon100"]

Could one assume that Guild Wars 2 has a better chance of winning GOTY? As it already edged out Dishonored for best PC goty...

Cherokee_Jack

No, like I said, it is still possible that GW2 was better as a PC game than Dishonored was, but not better purely as a game.

A sound analysis, sorry if I skimmed over a post you made earlier.

I haven't played either, though I'm interested in both.

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Does that mean the best PC game had to be exclusive or it could have been a multiplat too?

Also was Dishonored really the best game on the consoles this year? :?

psymon100

Here are the PC nominations. Note that Dishonored is there too.

Could one assume that Guild Wars 2 has a better chance of winning GOTY? As it already edged out Dishonored for best PC goty...

interesting

Yeah, Dishonored is definitely winning.

Well that settles it, Dishonored's got GOTY for sure.

PhazonBlazer

Not necessarily. Dishonored is on PC, Ps3, and 360. It won on the consoles, but Guild Wars 2 beat it on PC, meaning GS thinks it is a better game. I have a feeling GS is going to put on their black rimmed glasses and and vintage scarf and give Journey GOTY

[QUOTE="PhazonBlazer"]

Well that settles it, Dishonored's got GOTY for sure.

BPoole96

Not necessarily. Dishonored is on PC, Ps3, and 360. It won on the consoles, but Guild Wars 2 beat it on PC, meaning GS thinks it is a better game. I have a feeling GS is going to put on their black rimmed glasses and and vintage scarf and give Journey GOTY

True but don't different editors decide based on each category like PC editiors decide PC game of the year and PS360 editors decide PS360 game of the year?

Lol halol 4 hours didn't even win for the 360. Lems am crykuraimen

Dishonored was a great game. A great game losing out to another great game, isn't a huge deal. Nice troll attempt, though.

[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

[QUOTE="PhazonBlazer"]

Well that settles it, Dishonored's got GOTY for sure.

PhazonBlazer

Not necessarily. Dishonored is on PC, Ps3, and 360. It won on the consoles, but Guild Wars 2 beat it on PC, meaning GS thinks it is a better game. I have a feeling GS is going to put on their black rimmed glasses and and vintage scarf and give Journey GOTY

True but don't different editors decide based on each category like PC editiors decide PC game of the year and PS360 editors decide PS360 game of the year?

GS only has a few editors that frequently review games (Kevin-V, McShea, Carolyn Petit, Chris Watters, and Mark Walton) and I believe that Kevin-V is the senior editor. He was the reviewer for Guild Wars 2 so I feel his opinions hold more weight when they all choose GOTY

[QUOTE="PhazonBlazer"]

[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

Not necessarily. Dishonored is on PC, Ps3, and 360. It won on the consoles, but Guild Wars 2 beat it on PC, meaning GS thinks it is a better game. I have a feeling GS is going to put on their black rimmed glasses and and vintage scarf and give Journey GOTY

BPoole96

True but don't different editors decide based on each category like PC editiors decide PC game of the year and PS360 editors decide PS360 game of the year?

GS only has a few editors that frequently review games (Kevin-V, McShea, Carolyn Petit, Chris Watters, and Mark Walton) and I believe that Kevin-V is the senior editor. He was the reviewer for Guild Wars 2 so I feel his opinions hold more weight when they all choose GOTY

Yeah, I forgot that we really don't have many main reviewers:P

And who knows, maybe they will just go complete hipster and pick Journey out of nowhere