Game Developers Conference Crowns 'Skyrim' Game of the Year: Obvious or Undeserved?

by SodaHead Gaming Posted 2012/03/08 20:36:43

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Spike's Video Game Awards named "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" its 2011 Game of the Year in December, but the VGAs have received a lot of criticism from the gaming community, as they're largely driven by ratings. But the Game Developers Conference, being held this week in San Francisco, gave out its own awards. Turns out Spike was right. "Skyrim" took the Game Developer Choice Awards, too.

There was one big difference between the VGAs and the Game Developers picks, though. At the VGAs, "Batman: Arkham City" took a large share of the winnings. At the GDC, it didn't get a single award. Instead, "Portal 2" took the biggest share, Game of the Year aside. The Valve sequel went home with Best Narrative, Best Game Design, Best Audio. Incidentally, "Skyrim" didn't win anything else. Do you think "Skyrim" deserves GDC's "Best Game of the Year" award?

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kelly 2012/03/09 16:50:20

Obvious

+12
Well I thought it was obvious, but then I took an arrow to the knee
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BHGOzzy to JohnT 2012/03/09 10:58:18

So... games with huge depth of story, complex controls that require heavy hand eye coordination, problem solving skills and, of course, teamwork skills... they're all childrens' games, eh?

Someone hasn't figured out that gaming has evolved since the 1970s.

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JohnT to BHGOzzy 2012/05/09 04:58:14

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Sorry they just bored me but doesn't mean that they are not difficult and highly entertaining to some.

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Wolfstar 2012/03/09 00:01:12

Undeserved

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Played it. In my opinion, it did not live up to all the hype.

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Zuggi 2012/03/08 23:55:13

Obvious

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[undecided]

I always wait a year before buying Bethesda products; half the fun is mods and they won't be ready yet.

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BHGOzzy to Zuggi 2012/03/09 10:59:48

Not true, good sir. They already released the dev kit and the day 1 mods are astounding!

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Zuggi to BHGOzzy 2012/03/09 11:20:46

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Still nothing compared to what they'll be in a year, though.

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BHGOzzy to Zuggi 2012/03/09 19:31:29

Very true. By the way, have you seen the Space Core mod for Skyrim?

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Zuggi to BHGOzzy 2012/03/09 19:54:58

+1
Nope.

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BHGOzzy to Zuggi 2012/03/09 20:03:31

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Zuggi to BHGOzzy 2012/03/09 20:08:59

+1
Ok, that's pretty hilarious.

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BHGOzzy to Zuggi 2012/03/09 20:20:34

Valve released it on day 1. The mods have only gotten better since.

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Dyonus 2012/03/08 23:37:28

Obvious

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Though I think Arkham City and Portal 2 are just as deserving.

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Kibbles to Dyonus 2012/03/09 02:22:43

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I'm with ya on portal, that was some serious fun.

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ryuu khan to Dyonus 2012/03/09 17:28:38

i'm with you on arkham city i just beat it bad ass game

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Nate Hu... to Dyonus 2012/03/09 19:47:27 (edited)

Definitely Portal. There is no other game out there that is as creative, innovative, and downright awesome as Portal. I think it was easily the most underplayed title of the year.

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Pixie·MzAwesome♠ƤĦĂĔŢ♠ 2012/03/08 22:53:30

Obvious

+1
I mean come on now...

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BloodMist 2012/03/08 22:46:48

Obvious

+1
Yeah, sure, it's a great game.I would say The Witcher 2 is a better RPG in every conceivable way and would be my choice but still, it's a great game.Just not the best. ;D

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Sin 2012/03/08 22:23:19 (edited)

Undeserved

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It's average at best. I wasn't impressed by it at all. Not very different from Oblivion, to be honest. The level-up system is probably the best thing in the game.

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Dyonus to Sin 2012/03/08 23:38:40

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I disagree. I thought it was a vast improvement on Oblivion. The story, the dragons, the graphics, the quests, and so on.

But to each his own, I guess.

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Nate Hu... to Dyonus 2012/03/09 19:48:58

The graphics...? Let's be honest, those really weren't much better. :P Everything else, though, definitely.

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Sin to Dyonus 2012/03/09 19:55:31

The only major difference I saw in it, other than a lot of traveling for pointless quests is the fact they have dragons. That created 90% of the hype for the game. I still enjoy Skyrim, but it's just disappointing to me that they only named one or two things to try to sell the game with.

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Rowena Ravenclaw 2012/03/08 22:21:13

Obvious

Duuuh...Skyrim rocks!

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Happy_Evil_Dude 2012/03/08 22:06:02

Obvious

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Skyrim is certainly one of the games that made the biggest mark in 2011.

Other serious contenders for the position include: Batman Arkham City, Deus Ex Human Revolution, L.A. Noire, Portal 2 and Rage

Out of the other big games, Call Of Juarez: The Cartel was considered a disappointment, Driver: San Francisco went slightly unnoticed and stuff like Assassin's Creed Revelations, Battlefield 3, Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 and Uncharted 3 were considered fine, but not groundbreaking, just more of the same.

Then you have the acclaimed returns of Mortal Kombat and Rayman, but while being excellent games, either of those established franchises being crowned Game Of The Year, without that much actual innovation wouldn't be right.

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♥K14 2012/03/08 21:18:37

Obvious

+2
For it to be undeserved, there would have to be something better out there...

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Aspect of B 2012/03/08 21:17:13 (edited)

Undeserved

+5

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Jesterz to Aspect ... 2012/03/08 21:55:47

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Agreed that Portal and Portal 2 were very awesome games, I LOVED the humour and puzzles, but it lacked depth in the sense that I could not imagine myself playing over 300hr of Portal 2 as I did with Skyrim... ;o)

Love this song!! lol

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Aspect ... to Jesterz 2012/03/08 22:01:08

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Well, I can't really imagine myself playing 300 hours of Skyrim, so... :P

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Jesterz to Aspect ... 2012/03/08 22:08:01

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lol Well, I'm sort of a freak I know... ;o)

In terms of new gaming concept, Portal is the winner and by far though... The thing is 3-4 hours and I had played it through and left wanting for more... I do hope for a portal 3 with more multiplaying capacity... Imagine 6-8 players together, now that would demand mind buggling puzzles!! XD

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Aspect ... to Jesterz 2012/03/09 18:21:03

My mind is exploding already lol

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Kibbles to Aspect ... 2012/03/09 02:24:31

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UGH... this is such a hard decision, there is glados' wicked sense of humor, then again Skyrim lets me shout at dragons and quest for hours with good stories, DAMN! The choice is to hard.

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