Gametrailers GOTY award goes to....

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GTA IV.

I'm not happy with that personally and judging from the comments and video rating alot of people aren't.

It also won best PS3 game, best 360 game and nearly won best PC game but didn't cos the port was really unoptimised.
 
I dont understand why people get upset about these awards, there are hundreds of them and they are all different, every site and individual gamer has there own personal opinion, the arguments are so silly.

I quite like the way PCGamerUK has started doing its GOTY section though, they simply get all the writers to gush for a few paragraphs on all the games they have enjoyed this year, and dont give out single awards, I mean how do you give one award when the variety in the different genres is so freakishly broad?
 
Still nice to see what everyone's opinion is, I can't really decide this year as I haven't played that many, only one of them on that list anyway. From what I have played I would say GTA 4 or FIFA 09, but I still regrettably been able to play (or afford) the likes of Dead Space or Gears of War 2, oh well.
 
I dont understand why people get upset about these awards, there are hundreds of them and they are all different, every site and individual gamer has there own personal opinion, the arguments are so silly.

couldn't agree more
i love it when people say "oh such and such game got GOTY last year"
there is no one GOTY because different media sources give out different awards

i don't understand all the hate towards GTAIV though
sure it's not like san andreas or vice city but it's still a fantastically fun and detailed world to explore
not my personal GOTY but still a great game
 
If GTA 4 won GOTY on the PC i would be pissed off. This is one of the worst ports i have ever come across and nowhere near deserves to be anywhere near GOTY on PC.
 
Do they judge on sales or the games actual quality?

Well if you watch the rest of their GOTY videos it's obvious they just toss darts at a big board and whichever game it lands on wins that spot. Oh, also no PC games.
 
Fair enough. Can't think of another game this year that deserves it more on the merit of pure quality. But yeah, some of their awards are pretty random.
 
A few weeks ago they had another vid featuring the guys who were going to vote, various game journos etc, from the interviews it seemed like the GOTY was gona be a tossup between GTA4 and FO3.
 
I mean how do you give one award when the variety in the different genres is so freakishly broad?
This. With such a broad range of genre's it's silly to pick out one and say "this is the best video game of the year".
Awards per genre or just a list of their "top tier" games would be a far superior method. Not that I take GOTY awards seriously but I do like to look at them to see what games I missed during the year that might be worth a look.
 
I think they were dead on with GTAIV ... game is ****ing great. It really is one of the best games ever made.
 
I think they were dead on with GTAIV ... game is ****ing great. It really is one of the best games ever made.

It really isn't. Its a very good game no doubt, but they are wrong when they say it pushes new boundaries, its all been done before really.
 
Despite the horrendous hardware requirements I have to say that GTA IV has impressed the hell out of me, though I think that Rockstar actually sell themselves short a bit with the GTA formula and that I'd like to see them move the game beyond the 'go kill this person' scenario into deeper territories in a similar manner to a conventional RPG.
 
It really isn't. Its a very good game no doubt, but they are wrong when they say it pushes new boundaries, its all been done before really.

The physics engine is a step forward IMHO.
 
Despite the fact that it is also used in SW:TFU
 
I'm very meh towards GTA 4. L4D would be mine, because it's the only game this year that got my attention enough to buy it.
 
GTA4 is one of the most overrated games of all time tbh.
 
Its not overrated because it actually delivers a very good playing experience but I would hardly call it one of the best games ever made.
 
I've spent the past few days playing GTA IV at a friend's house, and it really hasn't impressed me that much. Seemed to me that the missions i did (on the first island) were just the same basic stuff, and doing that stuff wasn't particularly gripping. The story wasn't particularly engaging and the driving was annoying at best. Also, maybe i don't play consoles enough, but i found the controls difficult to grasp.

So, i don't think it deserves GOTY.

But i also don't care.
 
Its not overrated because it actually delivers a very good playing experience but I would hardly call it one of the best games ever made.

I agree,

The build quality of GTAIV is incredible but as a whole game, it just doesn't make GOTY for me, the story just isn't deep and involving as much as it could of been, plus sandboxing gets boring real fast.

I stand firmly next to L4D.
 
GTA4 was just too damn boring to be goty!
 
Gta 4 is a great game, but not the best. There are waay better games in the past, but GTA4 is he best game on 2008.
 
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