GOTY 2017 - bestest gaming year - The Bear and Badger

hylian_elf

Rankings (as at 28 Dec 2018, 11:00):

Zelda: Breath of the Wild = 257pts
Mario Odyssey = 157pts
Yakuza 0 = 66pts
NieR: Automata = 52pts
Splatoon 2 = 50pts
Hollow Knight = 42pts
Persona 5 = 36pts
Horizon: Zero Dawn = 33pts
ARMS = 23pts
Destiny 2 = 23pts
What Remains of Edith Finch = 21pts
Cuphead = 20pts
Player Unknown's Battleground = 17pts
Divinity: Original Sin 2 = 16pts
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 = 16pts
Nex Machina = 16pts
Resident Evil 7 = 15pts
Rime = 13pts
Fortnite = 12pts
Blackwood Crossing = 11pts
Superflight = 10pts
Total War: Warhammer 2 = 10pts
Sonic Mania = 10pts
Last Days of June = 8pts
Pako 2 = 8pts
1-2 Switch = 7pts
Battle Garegga = 7pts
Dirt 4 = 7pts
Fire Emblem Echoes: SoV = 7pts
Mr Shifty = 7pts
Polybius = 7pts
Wolfenstein 2 = 7pts
Prey = 7pts
Steamworld Dig 2 = 7pts
Everybody's Golf = 6pts
Project Cars 2 = 6pts
Mario & Rabbids = 5pts
Datawing = 4pts
FIFA 18 = 4pts
For Honor = 4pts
South Park: TFBW = 4pts
Golf Story = 3pts
Doki Doki Literature Club! = 2pts
Football Manager 2018 = 2pts
Mass Effect: Andromeda = 2pts
Metroid: Samus Returns = 2pts
Monument Valley 2 = 2pts
Pyre = 2pts
Streets of Rogue = 2pts
Forza Motorsport 7 = 2pts
Emily Is Away Too = 1pts
Evil Within 2 = 1pts
Fire Pro Wrestling World = 1pts
Kami 2 = 1pts
Nioh = 1pts
Picross Switch = 1pts
Puyo Puyo Tetris = 1pts
Super Hydorah = 1pts
Uncharted: Lost Legacy = 1pts

Voters:

acemuzzy
afgavinstan
AJ
AndCallMeCharlie
Andy
ayns
b0r1s
Birdorf
Bob
Childintime
cindemon
Dark Soldier
Dogfingers
dynamiteReady
EFifty
Eric
Facewon
gamerluke
GurtTractor
hunk
hylian_elf
JonB
JRPC
Kazuo
Kow
Liveinadive
MattyJ
Moot_Geeza
Nina
optimark_prime
pc71
regmcfly
retroking1981
Skondo
SpaceGazelle
stonechalice
Stopharage
Syph79
TheDJR
tigerswiftly
trippy
Vela
Verecocha
vicinity_of_pie
Wariospeedwagon
wonderbanana
yourfavouriteuncle

hylian_elf

USUAL RULES ARE:

Rules same as my usual stance on these things, see below. PROVISIONAL DEADLINE OF 28 FEBUARY 2018.

Rules/Guidelines/Instructions
1. List your Top 5 games of the calendar year 2017. Include a little text to explain why you've voted for a game, if you want.

2. Fewer than 5 games listed will be taken as a Top 4, 2 or whatever.

3. More than 5, and I'll take the first/top 5 only.

4. If not numbered, I'll take the list as ordered in the post in descending order (i.e. goty at top, then 2 etc).

5. Posts that say "in no order" will be ignored - there needs to be an order for pointage! (See below)

6. Points allocated as follows: 10, 7, 4, 2, 1.

7. Game needs to have first been released in the UK (or your respective country) for first time in calendar year 2017. Or region free.
8. HD remakes/remasters or updates of games from a previous year don't count. Neither do ports.

9. Use following as a broad guideline if you want: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_in_video_gaming

hylian_elf

My Top 5 (as at Dec 2018)

1. Zelda BotW
2. NieR: Automata
3. Hollow Knight
4. Mario Odyssey
5. Nex Machina

Currently playing / to play and still to judge that may break into my top 5:
Persona 5
Yakuza 0
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Splatoon 2

hylian_elf

Reserved

Dark Soldier

I haven't played ten games ffs

Kow

I'll give you five, more than that is silly. IMO.

acemuzzy

Fuck this shit

Bob

Shall we just announce a two way tie for Zelda and Mario and be done?

Paul the sparky

Nah, we need to find out who wins.

Spoiler:

tigersgogrrr

What a ludicrously good year for Nintendo it has been.

Kow

I guess Mario Kart isn't allowed.

FranticPea

I hate game of the years.

Bob

Kow wrote:

I guess Mario Kart isn't allowed.

I’d allow teh snes remake on new 3ds if you haven’t played it before.

Dark Soldier

Lads remember The Last Guardian the The Walking Dead has won this before, it'll probably be some indie shit that wins. Or Nier: Weeaboo

Bob

Dark Soldier wrote:

Lads remember The Last Guardian the The Walking Dead has won this before, it'll be Zelda that wins

Dark Soldier

In an ideal world but this is the BnB bruv

nick_md

I think I've played 1 game that came out this year. It's my GOTY.

FranticPea

Unless you have played every game of 2017 your entry is void. Unless you vote Mudrunners, which is clearly the winner.

nick_md

I think I played/saw Mudrunners 17: Euro Mud in Amsterdam once.

Dinostar77

Let's just give the award to BOTW and be done with it. All other opinions are just plain wrong.

stonechalice

Ten is too much

FranticPea

Dinostar77 wrote:

Let's just give the award to BOTW and be done with it. All other opinions are just plain wrong.

I haven't played it so it's one of the worst of 2017 for me at the moment. It could make my 2018 list though.

Kow

stonechalice wrote:

Ten is too many

I agree.

nick_md

We should do top 1 game you've played this year

FranticPea

In that case, The Last of Us.

stonechalice

Kow wrote:

stonechalice wrote:

Ten is too many

I agree.

Why I oughta!!!!

afgavinstan

I'm pretty much locked on a top 5. Will post later.

hylian_elf

Up to 10 doesn’t mean you have to have 10. It’s not too many at all for anyone who has been playing lots of games as this has had a lot of great releases.

If you want 5, just post 5. If you want 3, just post 3.

hylian_elf

nick_md wrote:

We should do top 1 game you've played this year

There’s a separate thread for that. There was last year anyway.

JonB

10 is too many, as is the points difference between first and second with that system. No big deal though really.

I can certainly come up with 5 good 'uns, maybe a couple more.

hylian_elf

JonB wrote:

10 is too many, as is the points difference between first and second with that system. No big deal though really. I can certainly come up with 5 good 'uns, maybe a couple more.

What do you think of Andy’s suggestion?

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