Favorite Game of 2011?

[quote=Searz][quote=Zoki] [quote=Searz] The simplifying isn't really the problem. The problem is that many of the game mechanics are bad. They still haven't nailed a good leveling system (--.--), there are many problems like that and that's not even counting the bugs and exploits. Still, it's not a bad game by any means. It's good, just not close to great.[/quote] You say that indie games are better than Skyrim, because more perfected. Has it ever crossed your mind that its harder to fix and find bugs in open world with mega scenarios and randomization, don't start about damaging anyone which isn't there in many RPGs than any indie game like Bastion.[/quote] That last sentence makes 0 sense. Oh, and my "many" isn't really correct. What I meant is that a few of the core mechanics in the game are bad. That makes for a lot of frustration. Let's compare how I experience the 2 games: I play Bastion until I complete everything, spending ~15-20 hours on it while having a lot of fun 95% of the time. The story is something I will probably remember for the rest of my life. I play Skyrim, messing around and having fun most of the time for ~10-20hours, then giving up due to frustration over bad game mechanics. The story is good, but nothing special. The combat is good, but nothing special. The overall experience is positive, but nothing special and not very memorable.[/quote]

[quote=Fox Rage][quote=Searz] [quote=Zoki] [quote=Searz] The simplifying isn't really the problem. The problem is that many of the game mechanics are bad. They still haven't nailed a good leveling system (--.--), there are many problems like that and that's not even counting the bugs and exploits. Still, it's not a bad game by any means. It's good, just not close to great.[/quote] You say that indie games are better than Skyrim, because more perfected. Has it ever crossed your mind that its harder to fix and find bugs in open world with mega scenarios and randomization, don't start about damaging anyone which isn't there in many RPGs than any indie game like Bastion.[/quote] That last sentence makes 0 sense. Oh, and my "many" isn't really correct. What I meant is that a few of the core mechanics in the game are bad. That makes for a lot of frustration. Let's compare how I experience the 2 games: I play Bastion until I complete everything, spending ~15-20 hours on it while having a lot of fun 95% of the time. The story is something I will probably remember for the rest of my life. I play Skyrim, messing around and having fun most of the time for ~10-20hours, then giving up due to frustration over bad game mechanics. The story is good, but nothing special. The combat is good, but nothing special. The overall experience is positive, but nothing special and not very memorable. [/quote] IMO, Skyrim's not fun until you play on Master. WHen you play on Master diffiulty, the game all makes sense. Battles are hard, sneaking is hard. Everything is a lot harder (AKA more fun, for me at least). Start a new character and play him on master without lowering the diffiulty. That's when this game becomes fun.[/quote]

[quote=Blowfeld]Mass Effect 2 is a great game, one of the best. But it came out early 2010 ;) Would be on my list of my most liked games 2010 though...[/quote]

[quote=Yukimaru]inb4 Searzfanhaterage that he played on master and it still sucked €: Because if there is a big "fanboy"-base, there's also a big "anti-fanboy"-base that's as clueless as the fanboy's(and if they have a clue, the fanboys see the game with rose-tinted glasses while the anti-fanboys do the opposite and both is bad...)[/quote]

[quote=Wintermond][quote=Searz] [quote=Wintermond] [quote=Searz] And WTF Winter? I hope you're kidding. Else I'm disapoint, son. Real disapoint.[/quote] Whether I enjoyed a game or not is not even close to being your subject. :P[/quote] It's more like: Did you play many games? I thought you were a gamer. But maybe you only played like 3 singleplayer games this year. [/quote] I don't play that much singleplayer, pretty much only multiplayer. And I actually enjoyed Skyrim quite a lot. :P[/quote]

[quote=Blowfeld]Just read through this thread completely and it's amazing that some people who claim to be open minded are actually quite narrow minded. Won't spoil names...[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=Wintermond] [quote=Searz] It's more like: Did you play many games? I thought you were a gamer. But maybe you only played like 3 singleplayer games this year.[/quote] I don't play that much singleplayer, pretty much only multiplayer. And I actually enjoyed Skyrim quite a lot. :P[/quote] Ya, I figured. Skyrim is pretty enjoyable, but if you've got nothing to compare it to you're not saying much when telling others that you enjoyed the only singleplayer game you played this year(or so).[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=Yukimaru] inb4 Searzfanhaterage that he played on master and it still sucked[/quote] Lol, someone doesn't understand my comments :P It's not about difficulty. Changing it does not change core game mechanics.[/quote]

[quote=iBradlee][quote=Searz] Still, it's not a bad game by any means. It's good, just not close to great. [/quote] In your opinion. Opinion, being the key word here. If someone thinks a game is great, and they get multiple hours of enjoyment from playing said "great" game, who are you to tell them otherwise? The thread's called "Favorite Game of 2011", after all. It's absolutely, 100%, based on one's opinion. As for me, I don't play games all that much. I think the only games I really invested any time in, during 2011 were: League, obviously, even though it wasn't released in 2011. Skyrim. Played a bit, though nowhere near as much as much as most people. Still enjoyed it. and... uhhh... Borderlands, Game of the Year Edition (I THINK was released in 2011?). I put in a good amount of time playing this with a friend, MUCH earlier in the year. Found it to be lots of fun. I thought it was quite dull, trying to play it by myself, but with a friend I thoroughly enjoyed it. Probably the most I've played any console game in a loooong time.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=Yukimaru] I played Bastion myself, it achieves the thing's it want's to achieve, the game is not bad, that is not what i wanted to say. But there are many other game's out there who have way more to offer then Bastion, even if its not 100% "polished" like Bastion mostly is(maybe not because i was only playin it for 6-8 Hour's so i wasnt seeing everything), but that games still offer more then Bastion, also for what Bastion is mostly praised are the Storytelling/feeling y'know what i mean? You could apply this logic as i alrdy said on Tetris, Tetris is "100% polished", it achieved what i wanted to achieve, but that doesnt make it the best game in Year 1XXX or something. Also your example is bad, because drawing a picture, if we talk about real art, only goes down into drawing skills. Big Firms have a bigger budget, so they can spend more "Working Time" into a Game to bring something greater, but, sadly i need to agree, that this "greater" nowadays is mostly bout Graphics to satisify the new Generation of Gamerppl who just look at noone cares graphics.[/quote] Sure, my example is kinda bad, but your comparison to Tetris is terrible :P[/quote]