Fez. Probably Fez. Nothing has felt like such a complete package this year. Although 2012 has probably been my quiet gaming year in a very long time. All I can remember playing was Fez, Mineraft, Trials and Borderlands. A bunch of other 10 hour affairs, but nothing has stood in my mind as much as Fez has.

In fact, I bloody reviewed the thing, which is something I never do.

XCOM, Minecraft, Trials Evolution and Witcher 2 are up there. Dishonoured and Halo should break in there too hopefully, meaning one of my original four will have to make way. 

There's still plenty of stuff I've not played yet though, like Sleeping Dogs and Spec Ops, and I probably won't play them until next year.

Raiziel wrote:

hylian_elf wrote:

Pretty sure Raiziel was just saying that Journey is obviously his GOTY. It could also end up being the unequivocal forum GOTY, as per thread intention.

Exactly.  I'm not interested in telling anyone else what the game of the year should be, but Journey for me is a no-brainer for my game of the year.

I read it wrong then, that's just how I saw it. No bother!

I have bought no 2012 games. None. !.

Okami HD could be G of the Y but it's not really new so it can't be. So.

That gap.

Moot, my man.

Dark Soldier wrote:

That gap. Moot, my man.

I was going to say 'head and shoulders' ahead of the rest, but that would be doing it a disservice.  It's head, shoulders, knees and the top half of the toes ahead of the rest.

RasDam wrote:

hylian_elf wrote:

Pretty sure Raiziel was just saying that Journey is obviously his GOTY. It could also end up being the unequivocal forum GOTY, as per thread intention.

All these years I've been thinking Rai was female.

Sorry to disappoint you, old boy!

Played cack-all that was out this year. List in entirety is Journey, JSR HD (which ain't new so bah), Tokyo Jungle, plus Super Hexagon and NSS if you're after iOS inclusion. Some list huh.

My 2nd place for GOTY is probably Super Hexagon but that top space is reserved for NFS: MW. 
Reckon Dishonoured and XCOM will be in with a shout when I get my hands on them.

I think that's an awesome list Kaz.

Nick wrote:

I think that's an awesome list Kaz.

It's mostly my own finances holding me back to be fair. Would dearly love to have tried Sleeping Dogs, Dishonoured, Blands 2 et al, but I'd also dearly love to be able to eat.

I'm sure it'll be a mechanically sound shooter and snap all the 7s that Resi 6 deserved.

The launch weekend is double XP AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

So far this year, my votes has to go like this:

5. FEZ
A marvellous game that challenges you to think and see things in new ways. A superb puzzle game with some brilliant mechanics and visuals. Loved every bit of it to pieces.

4. FIFA 13
My favourite sports game. Ever. Already managed to play 100+ games online, and I haven't gone tired yet. Nor do I see myself doing so. It's the best football game ever made, and pretty darn close to perfection if you ask me.

3. Borderlands 2
Still haven't finished it (that would be FIFA's fault), but I started a new game this weekend, and played my new character up to 16 or so. Love everything about the game, from the loot, to the guns, to the humour and characters. And the co-op. Let's not forget the co-op.

2. Trials Evolution
There are not many games this year where I have spent more than one day in real life in a game, but with this beauty I have. Came late to the party, and haven't looked back since. Played the hell out of the main game, and the DLC will probably get alot of playtime as well in the coming months.

1. Mass Effect 3
I don't care what people say about the end. I love this game. Played through it twice, and even though the ending might not be up with the rest of the game, the journey to get to the end is nothing short of fan-fucking-tastic. The story, the choices, the gameplay, the universe... Pretty much everything in this game is top stuff. If there has been a [10] game this year, this is the only candidate.

P.S. I am saving at least one or two spots for Hitman: Absolution, Halo 4 or any other hidden gem in the holiday season.

My top three so far this year are:

Dragon's Dogma
Crusader Kings 2
Binary Domain

I see nothing on the release schedule which threatens to dislodge these three gems.

Edit: Unless Chun Soft decided to translate and release Shiren the Wanderer 2, 4 and 5 into English and release them in Europe...