But the detriment is that LBP had the first vestiges of this idea of play,create,share and although LBP2 takes it to a whole new level many sites might consider it mostly a continuation of the philosophy of the first and be less impressed than they were for the first game and thus less prone to give the game a GotY title.

SMG2 has this problem as well of feeling like too much of a continuation to wow the sites, but I think the Wii has enough backup titles like Metroid and Kirby that it'll still win out in the end.

LBP2 looks awesome, but both I (and machina) think it'll have a Bioshock 1 > 2 effect.

Although being awesome (and it'll be well above 90) it's wow factor won't impress as many.

Feel free to disagree, it's our opinion though.

Maybe it just ignorance, but other than the FPS mode in Other M, which has no bearing on the combat aspect of the gameplay and Kirby, which looks to play just like it did on the NES, what are they bringing that is really new? Other M to me seems to be not much different from say, Shadow Complex?

Yeah they can sit there and say "Play, Create, Share isn't anything new", but what resides in that Play, Create and Share experience is far different from what we experienced in LBP.

Let us break down the possible GOTY contenders.

RDR - GTA with a Western twist. Hmm, GTA styled gameplay... like that hasn't been done before.

SMG2 - SMG with a fresh coat of paint.

CoD: BO - Nuff said.

Mass Effect 2 - 3rd person shooter with RPG elements. Been done before.

God of War 3 - Gameplay style... been there, done that.

Kirby's Epic Yarn - From what we have seen it plays just like the Kirby of old. If this wins then 3D Dot Game Heroes should be up for GOTY.

Donkey Kong Country Returns - Plays like DKC, so if this wins then 3D Dot Game Heroes should be up for GOTY.

Yes I am sure there are more contenders, but the argument against LBP works against just about anything in the industry today, only difference being that those titles do not offer 2M or more levels right off the bat as well as the ability to play thousands and thousands of others games spread across various genres like LBP2 does for the price of just $60.

I know which thread you mean. Fallout 3 won the most GOTY awards in 2008 and LBP was close behind right ?

But I thought Onyxmeth made that list no ?

Dead Space 2 GOTY. I don't know which console will have the most GOTYs though.

GOTY 2011?

Oh, thought it released in 2010. I don't know how that got into my brain.

Well, in that case, I have no predictions. PS3 has God of War & LBP2. 360 has ME: 2 & Fable 3. I guess I'll go with PC since it has Starcraft 2, Mass Effect 2, Civilization 5 etc.

Wii:

SMG2, extremly possible

Metroid: Other M, very possible

Kirby's Epic Yarn, possible

Epic Mickey: Unlikely but still....

DK Country Returns, Unlikely but still....

Monster Hunter 3: Impossible

PS3:

GOW3: Very Possible

RDR: Very Possible

Heavy Rain: Very Possible

GT5: Very Possible

Black OPS: Possible

LBP2: Possible (I beleiev it wont have as much praise as the original)

360:

Halo Reach: Very Possible

Mass Effect 2: Very Possible

RDR: Very Possible

Fable 3: Possible

Black OPS: Possible

Alan Wake: Unlikely but still....

I dunno about pc.

Ill go with wii just for galaxy 2

I think it will be the Wii, but it is really too early to tell