Meh, I think you guys are wrong about Brawl, and critics agree with me. It most certainly is GotY contender, and so is GTAIV. There are certain opinions about the game and stigma floating around, but the fact of the matter is, Brawl is a game with as much breadth of content as The Orange Box. The content isn't halfassedly done, either.
So yeah, having played the game thoroughly, I think what you think, is wrong. Just fyi. Calling Brawl, Melee 2.0 is like calling GTAIV, GTAIII 2.0. It's a stigma that follows around Nintendo games and fighters, and it's unfairly attached to Brawl by marginalization experts.
As for GTAIV, it's entirely stigmatized by its huge marketing campaign and hype as an overhyped title. Yes, it's overhyped, however, it's still as good as any other game I've played this year, including Brawl, FFIV remake, ToV, and yes, even MGS4. It's the highest rated game of all time, or at least as close as a modern game can come, and writing it off as GotY because it's hip, or even because it didn't fit your style, isn't gonna fly without garnering a passing comment from old Zenfoldor. I was the biggest hater of this game on these forums, until I played it.
The game is obviously very high quality and very well done in all aspects. It completely transcended the series. At the very least, it's good. IMHO, this all is.
Respond to that how you see fit.
I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.
NO NO, NO NO NO.
