Now that ME2 has settled around a 96 on meta, do you think it will be GOTY?

[Twistedpixel]

selnor said:

Twistedpixel said:

Mass Effect 2 is a strong contender, however with so many games delayed into 2010 we've got so much competition. Arguably last year was soft in comparison to 2008 and 2010 (expected) on every platform.

Just the GOTY contenders I know:

• Mass Effect 2
• Splinter Cell: Conviction
• Halo: Reach
• Battlefield Bad Company 2 (slim chance but possible)
• Heavy Rain ( To many low reviews already to be in the running for GOTY )
• Gran Turismo 5
• Last Guardian
• Half Life Ep 3 (if releases) (They wont give an expansion GOTY )
• God of War 3
• Zelda?
• Metroid: Other M
• Alan Wake
• Fable 3
• Edit: Starcraft 2

 

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How would Half Life Episode 3 be an expansion? They've spent years on the game and the content inside is likely to be immense. In addition to this the game will probably have an epic mix of innovation, evolution and implementation when released. Valve Half-Life games are ALWAYS GOTY contenders. The portal gun is likely to factor in and when they release it, it may even be in another 'Orange Box' with say Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2.

As for Heavy Rain, it depends as much on the big sites like IGN, Eurogamer, Gametrailers, Edge, Gamespot for their individual GOTY results as much as it does for the overall metacritic. Since it might be hit/miss with some sites it may not win overall but its got a decent chance of picking up a GOTY from one or more of the major review sites.