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Final-Fan on 28 April 2008

I say no.  [edit: Clarification:  No, it's not going to be a shoo-in for GOTY.  It may get GOTY and it is very unlikely to get "best game in history" status.]

GTAIV is an absolute monster but the competition in 2008 is incredible ALREADY and the year is only a third over.  [edit2:  and IIRC the scores games got do not always determine which one gets the GOTY crown.  So I would put Brawl, for instance, as a serious contender against GTAIV even though GTAIV will probably have a higher aggregate in the end.]

Finally, it's "shoo-in". Not "shoe". Just sayin'.



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mike_intellivision on 28 April 2008

I wonder if anyone who does not like violence and open-box games and being the bad guy will review it negatively -- just to be different. (There seem to be reviewers willing to do that for other types of games).

Personally, I don't care for this type of game. But I know a lot of people do so I hope it is as good as advertised.

If it is close, than it should be a strong contender for game of the year. I doubt it is the best game of all time -- because I doubt that there is not a better game to be made in the future. (After all, don't we want the future to get better).

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Final-Fan on 28 April 2008

Oh, I just noticed: Hi, Gamer1211! Long time no see.



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Final-Fan on 28 April 2008

To be fair, Mike, the OP did specify "in history" not "for all time".



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ckmlb on 28 April 2008

The only competition is MGS 4 for GOTY. There's no way Starcraft 2 will make it this year.



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ckmlb on 28 April 2008
BluJay said:
GOTY- more than likely
Best game in history- no

Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario 64, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Gears of War, Resident Evil 4, Metal Gear Solid, Bioshock, Final Fantasy 7, Super Mario RPG, and countless other games would like to speak to you.

Check Gamerankings.com, it's beating all of those games right now.

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kingofwale on 28 April 2008
mike_intellivision said:
I wonder if anyone who does not like violence and open-box games and being the bad guy will review it negatively -- just to be different. (There seem to be reviewers willing to do that for other types of games).

Personally, I don't care for this type of game. But I know a lot of people do so I hope it is as good as advertised.

If it is close, than it should be a strong contender for game of the year. I doubt it is the best game of all time -- because I doubt that there is not a better game to be made in the future. (After all, don't we want the future to get better).

Mike from Morgantown


 Jacob isn't a bad guy, he is just a guy who got thrust into a bad world... You know.. like in the real world.

Not everyone likes the fantasy style games where you are the prince who has no evil in him and set out to save the princess and defeat the evil overlord and save the day.  

 just difference in taste, Most reviewers are mature enough to overlook aspects of a game that doesn't fit them personally and review the game on the only factor, "FUN"



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ckmlb on 28 April 2008
waron said:
i hope not, because it will be a sad day in gaming when a repetitive, average game will become better than all-time classics like zelda OoT, mario 64, resident evil 4, soul calibur, goldeneye 007 or halo just because it's a gta game.

Cause you know none of those games were repetitive...

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Final-Fan on 28 April 2008

@ kingofwale:  Mike's not saying it SHOULD happen, but it DOES happen.  More than one Wii game has gotten smacked by the reverse attitude.  I hope LBP escapes that fate.  



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ph4nt on 28 April 2008

Even if the reviews show GTA 4 higher than Ocarina (which it can't considering OoT has a 99 average on metacritic)

I'm pretty sure most people including me will still say OoT will still have the title.