Game informer GOTY

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twesterm said:

fastyxx said:

I don't think GTA IV necessarily wins GOTY in lots of places. I think most review sites believe they got caught up in the hype a bit on that one, and they scored it too quickly, with too few getting full retail versions in time to play it all the way through before posting scores due to deadlines and competition. IGN, 1UP and others have all mentioned this on various podcasts. Plus games released earlier in the year tend to get forgotten with all the shiny new games coming out later.

I think LBP, Fable 2, Fallout 3, Gears 2, GTAIV and MGS4 all win awards from various places. I wouldn't even be surprised to see some love thrown at a downloadable game like Braid or Castle Crashers either.

 

You forgot SSBB, Mario Kart Wii, and possibly Wii Fit.

I have to agree with you on Brawl- some people are going to give it awards- but Mario Kart Wii is unlikely and LOL at Wii Fit. If they didn't give game of the year to Eyetoy Play, why would they give it to Wii Fit? Maybe 'most healthy game' or something...

But of the ones you mentioned, I think only Brawl is really a contender for Game of The Year. Not a major contender like GTA4 or MGS4, but still a contender.

Please don't use metacritic scores as a measure of how well a game will do. Diablo II, with an 88 on metacritic, got Game of The Year 2000 in the Interactive Achievement Awards.

Of course, Gamespot and IGN awards will be loosely based on their own scores, but not entirely. Look to 2001 for Gamespot:

Pro Skater 3: 10/10

Halo: Combat Evolved: 9.7/10

Grand Theft Auto III: 9.6/10, Game of The Year 2001