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Phantasium
Dec 27, 2012

Amazing, can't believe Einhander won.

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MMF Freeway
Sep 15, 2010

Later!
So happy for Samus

fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:
I must say, I'm pleased with these results. Cant wait to put endwalker as.my number 1 for goty 2022

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

Y'all ready to jam?

You know it.

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

Wait so if Dread is only #2, does this mean... Morrowind made it to #1??

iTrust
Mar 25, 2010

It's not good for your health.

:frogc00l:

fridge corn posted:

I must say, I'm pleased with these results. Cant wait to put endwalker as.my number 1 for goty 2022

:sickos:

Axel Serenity
Sep 27, 2002
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5zyMLqYFr8

Jon Irenicus
Apr 23, 2008


YO ASSHOLE

fridge corn posted:

I must say, I'm pleased with these results. Cant wait to put endwalker as.my number 1 for goty 2022

why would you do this when the GOTY will be ELDEN RING

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

Incredible! :D

Stux
Nov 17, 2006
Probation
Can't post for 3 days!

Arrrthritis
May 31, 2007

I don't care if you're a star, the moon, or the whole damn sky, you need to come back down to earth and remember where you came from

Regy Rusty posted:

I may have only put Dread at number 9 8 but boy does it still deserve this spot

For real! I was so worried that there would never be a good metroid game again before this year and I was very happy to see it be so well executed.

Aipsh
Feb 17, 2006


GLUPP SHITTO FAN CLUB PRESIDENT
I have a horrible allergy fever and this just makes it worse.

Veeg can you do me a tlousday Kirby graphic to cheer me up

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010


mad

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

Aidan_702 posted:

I have a horrible allergy fever and this just makes it worse.

Veeg can you do me a tlousday Kirby graphic to cheer me up

I will do my best! :hai:

Zomborgon
Feb 19, 2014

I don't even want to see what happens if you gain CHIM outside of a pre-coded system.

I've been enjoying Dread! 2D platformers hadn't been going well for me but this one feels real nice.

Harrow
Jun 30, 2012


:mods:

cheetah7071
Oct 20, 2010

honk honk
College Slice

gonna cry?

Victory Position
Mar 16, 2004

Arrrthritis posted:

If the #1 spot is between Metroid: Dread and FFXIV: Endwalker then I think it's safe to say that whoever wins, we all win.

I agree.

Arrrthritis
May 31, 2007

I don't care if you're a star, the moon, or the whole damn sky, you need to come back down to earth and remember where you came from

Jay Rust posted:

Wait so if Dread is only #2, does this mean... Morrowind made it to #1??

428 Shibuya Scramble has yet to be listed so there's still a chance!

jimmydalad
Sep 26, 2013

My face when others are unable to appreciate the :kazooieass:

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor

Do you want to watch the world burn?

cheetah7071
Oct 20, 2010

honk honk
College Slice
big spoilers through shadowbringers in this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ay6etV4b6g

BeanpolePeckerwood
May 4, 2004

I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK




lol

Victory Position
Mar 16, 2004

Jon Irenicus posted:

why would you do this when the GOTY will be ELDEN RING

That's this year you freakin' idiot!!!!! :eng99:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
Well, my friends, we have made our way all the way to the end but before we close the books on what has been an absolutely exceptional Game of the Year thread we have just a little bit of book-keeping we need to take care of. By which I mean we have a couple of special goon awards that we need to hand out. Firstly we must recognise the forum’s Best Clairvoyant, a title which goes to the goon who’s list most accurately matches the top 10. And that award goes to… Barreft! This goon listed six of the top 10 including all of the top 4! We also need to give a commemoration for the forum’s Biggest Hipster, which goes to the goon had the most independent choices. This year the award goes to… Mintymenman! Hey, I didn’t win this time, awesome!

But that’s quite enough of that foolishness. We all know why we’re really here and that’s because we want to see our #1 so with no further discussion here is your Game of the Year for 2021…

YoshiOfYellow posted:

How totally surprising, nobody else is putting this game on their top spot at all. What an underdog pick.

Iverron posted:

Something special.

Gnossiennes posted:

An absolute joy.

Mix. posted:

The best they could've done.

FlowerRhythmREMIX posted:

The King.

homeless snail posted:

Almost an impossibility not just in games but in any medium.

Mysticblade posted:

My favorite game ever.

Relax or DIE posted:

A massively important game to me as a person.

Alxprit posted:

It’s a game that makes me feel loved.

Ibblebibble posted:

I walked to the end and I loved every goddamn second of it.

Edmund Lava posted:

If it wasn’t New Years Eve I’d be playing right now.

Mode 7 posted:

I love these characters, I love this story, I love this world.

The Black Stones posted:

I've been blowing off other games to just sit in this world again.

Zinkraptor posted:

Great story, characters, gameplay, dungeons, bosses, all the things you want.

punk rebel ecks posted:

The most interesting and well written villains I’ve ever encountered in a video game.

Zaggitz posted:

The gold standard for quality long form storytelling.

Erwin the German posted:

It’s downright shameful how excited I am to get through this story on any given day.

Kerrzhe posted:

The awe-inspiring finale to an 8 year story.

A Sometimes Food posted:

They cashed ten years of cheques and loving killed it.

Zaggitz posted:

What other game could possibly complete with the culmination of a story told over 8 years?

Arist posted:

It doesn’t fall short, though. It soars.

Belgian Waffle posted:

Does a spectacular job of not violently making GBS threads itself to death like other long running game franchises.

jimmydalad posted:

Made me think about the messages and themes it was putting forward and had me contemplate them for days.

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

It legitimately and thoughtfully raises the philosophical question of whether what these characters do has any meaning.

Mizuti posted:

Players commonly say they were touched and cried at the final stretch.

cheetah7071 posted:

An incredible tour de force that had me crying, laughing, and smiling till my face hurt.

CaptainRat posted:

Multiple moments that shocked me or drove me to sobs.

Zomborgon posted:

Consistently made me cry.

Libi posted:

Many tissues were used.

Axel Serenity posted:

I cried. A lot.

gay_crimes posted:

I'm not a cryer in general but this game repeatedly moves me to tears.

Samael posted:

I have cried 10+ times in the last week.

Runa posted:

Why do we continue to live, and why must we fight on, if to live is to know suffering?

iTrust posted:

It asks questions, it delivers high points, it delivers low points and all through it you, as a player, feel centre stage and relevant to what is happening and what is going to happen.

whalestory posted:

My roommate calls me a pervert for logging in early in the morning to avoid server queues.

ParliamentOfDogs posted:

One of only 4 pieces of entertainment that I've experienced in my life that actively makes me try to be a better person.





1. FINAL FANTASY XIV: ENDWALKER
(Square Enix)
516 points, listed 54 times, #1 41 times


In the end there could only ever be one winner. Endwalker was a behemoth, a juggernaut that could not be stopped. Just to give you an idea of exactly how highly this game is rated across the lists where it was named it only dropped a possible 24 points out of 540. Its average score of 9.56 is not only the highest average of this year but the highest average ever in this competition and it did it with one of the highest number of listed entries as well. Just phenomenal. It took four years but what a way to make it count when it needed to.

And that’s it, friends. We have reached the end of the line. Thank you to everyone who posted for making this another wonderful thread, thank you to everyone who contributed lists, thank you to my co-host VideoGames for all his support in this endeavour but most of all thank you to the games that entertained us, enlightened us and moved us in a very difficult year. Your move, 2022.

MMF Freeway
Sep 15, 2010

Later!

Lol

An Actual Princess
Dec 23, 2006


terminal case of mad cuz bad. hate to see it.

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMNRPmX5Eng
Pictured: all the other nominees

fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:

Jon Irenicus posted:

why would you do this when the GOTY will be ELDEN RING

Oh gently caress :derp:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Red Alert 2 Yuris Revenge
May 8, 2006

"My brain is amazing! It's full of wrinkles, and... Uh... Wait... What am I trying to say?"

Rarity posted:

I heard the countdown will have Relax or DIE doing a tribute performance of the classic FFX2 song 1000 Words

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biceps crimes
Apr 12, 2008


Shadowbringers spoiler

Stux
Nov 17, 2006
Probation
Can't post for 3 days!
read 👏 another 👏 book 👏

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

Number 1 FORTY ONE TIMES

Erwin the German
May 30, 2011

:3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBIRYjP1NNM

It's been a lovely thread.

Referee
Aug 25, 2004

"Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday."
(Wilma Rudolph)

Thanks, Rarity and VG! What a ride.

cheetah7071
Oct 20, 2010

honk honk
College Slice
do we have a sweet probe image this year too?

DalaranJ
Apr 15, 2008

Yosuke will now die for you.
Wow can’t wait to play SA GOTY Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker for the first time.
*check notes* Oh. Oh, no.

Looper
Mar 1, 2012
hell yeah

An Actual Princess
Dec 23, 2006

you're all laughing. stux is crying right now and you're laughing.

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MMF Freeway
Sep 15, 2010

Later!
monhun fans/Nintendo fans/jrpg fans: love these forums lol do your thing fellow weebs

Nooo not like that

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