2007, Game of the Year

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snyps said:

Fuck Mario galaxy, fuck halo 3, I’m shocked thAt assassins creed isn’t up there. Portal is the. Tits..

I've played the first Assassin's Creed.  It has promise, but the game felt incomplete and rushed.  AC2 is the game that AC1 should have been.

Darashiva said:

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Yet, the game I will vote for, is Lost Odyssey. Effectively a Final Fantasy in all but name, at the time of its release it was well-received, but also somewhat maligned for what some people perceived as outdated gameplay. These people are wrong. The gameplay is great, the characters and story are very good, in particular the stories that detail past events in the characters' lives are wonderful, and the music is excellent. The one real drawback the game has is its long load times, and that's a minor grievance at best. I doubt it'll win the vote, but as far as I'm concerned, it's better than any other game released in 2007. Of the ones I've played at least.

Hynad said:

Lost Odyssey remains one of my all-time favourite JRPG, and was one of the main reasons I bought an XBox 360 back then. Other notable reasons were Fable 2 and Mass Effect.

Chris Hu said:

Third vote for Lost Odyssey here. Eternal Sonata was another good game released in 2007 that did not get mentioned in the other notable games section beat it three times in order to get all the achievements for it. I would have rebought it for the PS3 if it would have had trophies.

I've never owned any of the XBox consoles, but if/when I do, the first game I'll play will be Lost Odyssey.  I still want to play a game that is a worthy successor to Final Fantasy 12.  (I've also need to try The Last Story, but I digress.)  The Lost Odyssey has a 78 on Metacritic while Final Fantasy 13 has an 83.  This makes me wonder if the critics underrated Lost Odyssey back in the day.