I thought ACII: Brotherhood would've been in the top. Really one of the best open worlders out there. They've really got a handle on this engine and bugs were few and far between.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 5 June 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
we can't tell without seeing the top 20... unless you mean out of games that have already placed... in which case... none of them...
― Princess TamTam, Sunday, 5 June 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
xp all i heard about it really was the PC DRM was atrocious
― Nhex, Sunday, 5 June 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
Games I was at least a little surprised didn't make it to the top 20, given either general popularity, or even just their popularity on this board: Starcraft II, Assassin's Creed, Super Meat Boy, Dead Rising 2, Minecraft
― Nhex, Sunday, 5 June 2011 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
esp. the Crafts, Mine and Star II
― Nhex, Sunday, 5 June 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
observations/predictions looking at the ballot as we move into the home stretch:
- by my count there's four missing heavy hitters from the iPhone alone left: 9 Innings, Angry Birds, Carcassonne, & Game Dev Story (which I assume will set the record for "most quotes & screenshots included with a C&P entry")
- shocked to see Mario Galaxy 2 cracking the top 20, that game seemed completely unnecessary to me after the first one
- looks to me like the big multiplatform titles left are New Vegas, ME2 (listed as 360 on the ballot but wasn't this on PC too?), Bayonetta, Just Cause, Blur (maybe? the only racing series I pay attention to is Motorstorm) and Pac-Man CE DX (which I think will end up placing really high since it was still fresh in everyone's mind when voting was going on)
- looks like a potentially strong finish for the DS - still no sign of DQ9, Picross 3D, Pokemans, Strange Journey, Golden Sun (maybe?), or Miles Edgeworth (ditto?)
- hoping Joe Danger makes it into the top 20, that game is fun as shit and I wish I could have found room for it on my ballot
- lol zero votes for Peace Walker
- I never would have picked Bejeweled 3 to be top PC/Mac exclusive but it looks like the only remaining candidate. ditto for Heavy Rain (COME ON) as top PS3 exclusive.
― you penis-curling she-devils (jamescobo), Sunday, 5 June 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
chatter on the DS thread was pretty low this past year, I have a feeling only DQ9 and Pokemon will show, if even
Peace Walker was last year? feels like much longer ago
heavy rain not a surprise, there are still some fans here
― Nhex, Sunday, 5 June 2011 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
i voted for civ 5 on my truncated ballot this year partly to acknowledge that i spent a bunch of time playing it & partly because it gave me a lot of pleasure. im not really sure how i feel abt the game design itself if only because like 15 years of playing civ has created this impossible mental tangle of 'how a civ game should be' that no civ game every really manages. but i liked the basic feel of 5, the look of the maps in particular, but the interface and the streamlined cityscreen. i had a fair amount of fun playing the game, especially at first, almost uncompetitively & just letting the game wash over me - the simplicity & the downtime were enjoyable to me idk
otoh it is too easy & too neutered - i never really felt the same sense of possibility that earlier civ games gave me, there are really only a few ways to win & only a few ways of managing your empire. its much too limited a game to be truly challenging or worth thinking abt imo
― SEX-MEN: Worst Ass (Lamp), Sunday, 5 June 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
xpost 3D Picross got votes on 2009's poll in import form so there's definitely some sentiment for it
― you penis-curling she-devils (jamescobo), Sunday, 5 June 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
civ 5's ok but its no epic mickey or final fantasy xiv
― Princess TamTam, Monday, 6 June 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
lol i wonder if i can find my 'most disappointing' writeup for final fantz
also iir my ballot c u shld be pretty pleased by whats still 2 cum
― SEX-MEN: Worst Ass (Lamp), Monday, 6 June 2011 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
when are we doing most disappointing?
― Mordy, Monday, 6 June 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
nobody voted for carcasonne btw
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 June 2011 01:09 (twelve years ago) link