These are the top 5 most critically award winning games in terms of Overall GOTY from 2008 to 2012 numberd from 1 (top) to 5 (low).

ALL OF THIS IS BASED upon a COMPILATION of Awards gathered from numerous sites. See the source below! NONE of this is my PERSONAL thoughts.

So why 2008?
Because thats the year I joined here on VGC and my interest for gaming outside of picking a random game based off the box art came to life. More specifically, one game brought about this change: MGS4.

So moving on!
Discuss if you wish. Comment on how unnecessary you think it is (if you do). Or just ignore it alltogether!
Personally I pay tribute to all of these wonderful developers and those who arent in the top 5 also too, ofcourse. Some really fond memories with some of these games for me :D.

Source: www.gotypicks.blogspot.com

2008:

1. Fallout 3


2&3. MGS4 & GTAIV (tied)

4. LittleBigPlanet

5. Gears of War 2


2009:

1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves


2. Batman Arkham Asylum


3. Modern Warfare 2


4. Dragon Age Origins


5. Assassin's Creed 2


2010:

1. Red Dead Redemption


2. Mass Effect 2


3. Super Mario Galaxy 2


4. Heavy Rain


5. God of War III


2011:

1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim


2. Portal 2


3. Batman Arkham City


4. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception


5. The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword

2012:

1. The Walking Dead


2. Journey

3. Dishonored


4. Far Cry 3


5. Mass Effect 3



Statistics:

Breakdown per console in just number:
Multiplats - 15
PS3 Exclusive - 7
Wii Exclusive - 2
360 Exclusive - 1

Breakdown of exclusives with points per place as following -
5 pts for 1st,
4 for 2nd,
3 for 3rd,
2 for 4th,
1 for 5th:

PS3 - 20
Wii - 4
360 - 1

Meta score of the exclusives:
97 - Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
96 - Uncharted 2 (PS3)
95 - LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
94 - Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)
93 - Gears of War 2 (360)
93 - Skyward Sword (Wii)
92 - Uncharted 3 (PS3)
92 - God of War III (PS3)
92 - Journey (PS3)
87 - Heavy Rain (PS3)

Bonus Round!

Best overall graphics of 2008 to 2012 (Yes I'm a graphic whore) =>

2008:
Metal Gear Solid 4


2009:
Uncharted 2


2010:
God of War III


2011:
Uncharted 3


2012:
Journey

People will think you're a fanboy because of your best graphics pic (even though you are probably right). BTW really MW2? It wasn't even that good lol.

riderz13371 said: People will think you're a fanboy because of your best graphics pic (even though you are probably right). BTW really MW2? It wasn't even that good lol.

Well its not my choice now is it? Its a collection of awards. See more at => www.gotypicks.blogspot.com

 

You can find the graphics there in the "Genre category" of each year, as well as the lists of each year. I just summed up the top 5 and threw in something VGC loves to bicker about :P, GRAPHIX!11!1

 

EDIT: Tried to make it more clear in the topic. Added a bold and underline sentence.

Aldro said: riderz13371 said: People will think you're a fanboy because of your best graphics pic (even though you are probably right). BTW really MW2? It wasn't even that good lol. Well its not my choice now is it? Its a collection of awards. See more at => www.gotypicks.blogspot.com   You can find the graphics there in the "Genre category" of each year, as well as the lists of each year. I just summed up the top 5 and threw in something VGC loves to bicker about :P, GRAPHIX!11!1   EDIT: Tried to make it more clear in the topic. Added a bold and underline sentence.

Whether it's your choice or not it really doesn't matter seeing as the fanboys will feast on this thread soon. LOL

Amazing how the 360 landed in third place in terms of exclusives.

Dat PS3. 

RolStoppable said: Amazing how the 360 landed in third place in terms of exclusives.

Hey, it's better than being las...wait...nvm

riderz13371 said: People will think you're a fanboy because of your best graphics pic (even though you are probably right). BTW really MW2? It wasn't even that good lol.

he even said once to me he is a fanboy so people don't have to think that  

crissindahouse said: riderz13371 said: People will think you're a fanboy because of your best graphics pic (even though you are probably right). BTW really MW2? It wasn't even that good lol. he even said once to me he is a fanboy so people don't have to think that

I think his pic from the girl in Uncharted kind of gives it away =P. As does my pic.

You'd think more people would be buying/playing all those ps3 games since they're critically acclaimed. Is Skyrim truly multiplat? I heard a lot of ps3 owners couldn't play it very well.