Of course it won't. Its not a AAA sequel with a big publisher behind it who can look at the journalists and go "say, these are nice preview copies and events for 2013 we have here... it'd be a shame if something happened to your invite..."
When Mass Effect 3 wins GOTY in GameInformer because of "the culmination of all your choices over five years" in the first sentence you know having faith is utterly wasted.
TWD's story trumps any game in existence that's come out this year, no question.
Sure the gameplay isn't anything to call home about, but that's not what you should be playing it for.
I'm currently playing Dishonored and Assassin's Creed 3 and i love them both, but they severely lack the emotional involvement the Walking Dead gives, and the enjoyment i get out of caring for the characters and story is far more than sneaking around stabbing people or gunning down armies.
I don't think it will win because the other titles are simply "bigger", but i think it will at least win the voice over categories and be a good competitor in the others.
Seriously? No doubt it had an impeccable storyline, but it's nothing more than an interactive novel. It's lucky it got a nomination. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but a movie can't win a video game award. It's point and click, since your actions have no real weight, it's not much of a candidate.
Graphics: 3/10
Gameplay: 2/10
Storyline: 9/10
= GOTY? No. If a game studios like Bethseda put behind enough money and had the same storyline, it might deserve the nomination it got.
Seriously? No doubt it had an impeccable storyline, but it's nothing more than an interactive novel. It's lucky it got a nomination. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but a movie can't win a video game award. It's point and click, since your actions have no real weight, it's not much of a candidate.
Graphics: 3/10
Gameplay: 2/10
Storyline: 9/10
= GOTY? No. If a game studios like Bethseda put behind enough money and had the same storyline, it might deserve the nomination it got.
humanity was lost when lee died, this game wont win game of the year with all its technical problems(for those who lost saved game files and other issues you know what i mean) and while it had a decent story with a lot of unfair choices and limited options that didnt affect the story as much as it should have it just wont make it.
the least i would give to the gameplay would be a 5/10. Storyline would be 10, and graphics would be 8... The graphics arent necesarilly bad just because they are different. It is supposed to look comic book−ish, and it does look comic book−ish.
Personally, I believe it deserve GOTY because it basicly prooved what Bioware could not yet: You don't need great gameplay to tell a great story. Where Bioware still tries to please their RPG fans with RPG gameplay elements, Telltale doesn't. And because of that, actually has a much bigger appeal to a much larger group of people.
I honestly believe the future of Story Based Games is less gameplay and a lot more story. TWD (and many Telltale games, but TWD was the breakthrough title really..) is in that aspect a game of the future. Interactive stories and not necessarily games in the old sense, but a lot closer to games then they are to movies or books.
Also, why I believe this game was better than Heavy Rain in this aspect and therefore deserves this more than Heavy Rain did back then? Becuase TWD is a multi platform game while Heavy Rain was a dumb exclusive (best way to kill success of a game, really). And this actually also includes a mobile device in the iPad version, another sign of Telltale understanding the future of certain aspects of gaming.
So for me, TWD deserves GOTY because it is proof that Story as a game and not just as part of a game works. And because it also proved that all platforms are capable of these kinds of games and therefore, are a chance to be succesful. So really, it broke ground in two aspects. And arent the GOTY's we all remember those that were both revolutionary and good?
PS. Ah yes... and I also forgot to add that it proves that you can have a very good and emotionally bonding story with stylized graphics. You dont need realistic graphics to drag people in.
I know it seems like blasphemy, but does this game really deserve to be GOTY?
Storywise, it's the best game I've played in ages. It's wonderfully designed and the sound is some of the best I've heard in years.
Gameplay, though, which is just as important as the story, graphics, and sound, just doesn't do it for me. It's either left or right. Tap "A" constantly and press "B" to finish. Click this, then that. There's really no variety, it's the same quicktime gimmicks people ripped Resident Evil 6 apart for.
The puzzles are extremely easy even with the help turned off. They're often only one way to solve puzzles. There should've been more focus on creativity and allowing players to approach things their own way. They did it masterfully with the dialogue, why not puzzles?
You rarely die. No real difficulty, even with help settings off.
There's really no replay value, at least for me, considering the ending is the same no matter what. And I'm NOT dissing it because it has one ending, I'm just saying there's no real incentive to keep playing. You don't even get any new clothes for Lee to wear.
Best story? Fuck yes. Best acting? Hell fucking yes. EVERYONE needs an award for their acting. All the writers need awards. The animators need awards because of the unique feel and look. But GOTY year? I don't know, guys.
Personally, I believe it deserve GOTY because it basicly prooved what Bioware could not yet: You don't need great gameplay to tell a great story. Where Bioware still tries to please their RPG fans with RPG gameplay elements, Telltale doesn't. And because of that, actually has a much bigger appeal to a much larger group of people.
I honestly believe the future of Story Based Games is less gameplay and a lot more story. TWD (and many Telltale games, but TWD was the breakthrough title really..) is in that aspect a game of the future. Interactive stories and not necessarily games in the old sense, but a lot closer to games then they are to movies or books.
Also, why I believe this game was better than Heavy Rain in this aspect and therefore deserves this more than Heavy Rain did back then? Becuase TWD is a multi platform game while Heavy Rain was a dumb exclusive (best way to kill success of a game, really). And this actually also includes a mobile device in the iPad version, another sign of Telltale understanding the future of certain aspects of gaming.
So for me, TWD deserves GOTY because it is proof that Story as a game and not just as part of a game works. And because it also proved that all platforms are capable of these kinds of games and therefore, are a chance to be succesful. So really, it broke ground in two aspects. And arent the GOTY's we all remember those that were both revolutionary and good?
PS. Ah yes... and I also forgot to add that it proves that you can have a very good and emotionally bonding story with stylized graphics. You dont need realistic graphics to drag people in.
So yes, I believe it deserves it because it doesn't have great gameplay or great graphics. It basicly made a new genre very viable: Story Focused Games. Much more than earlier attempts because of multi-platform.
And really, difficulty and replay value haven't been important aspects of games for over a decade now.. So yeah, you can't really say a GOTY needs to be difficult and have replay value.
When Mass Effect 3 wins GameInformer's Game of the Year because of "the epic culmination of five years of choices" I think The Walking Dead's gameplay can be forgiven.
When Mass Effect 3 wins GameInformer's Game of the Year because of "the epic culmination of five years of choices" I think The Walking Dead's gameplay can be forgiven.
Epic culmination of choices?! Most of ME2's characters hardly appear and some of them die as soon as they do!
I agree it certainly is not gameplay of the year in the traditional sense.. But that doesn't matter to me and I was surprised to see how many people agree...
Like most people here I liked the game. Great story, good choices for the voices, very effective graphics, but very simple gameplay, (point at this, click that, choice options that really didn't affect the outcome of the game that much, etc.), and it deserves congrats for the nomination, but IMO it is not worthy of GOTY. I really liked this game I honestly cared about the characters, but I could get the same affect from a good novel. The interaction was too limited and too restrictive, the episodes too quickly and easily accomplished. Like I said I really liked this game, but mainly for the superb story and not for its gameplay, and if some of you try thinking with your heads and not with your hearts you might come away with the same conclusions.
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So true brother, so true.
When Mass Effect 3 wins GOTY in GameInformer because of "the culmination of all your choices over five years" in the first sentence you know having faith is utterly wasted.
Dishonored alone takes TWD to the cleaners.
Sure the gameplay isn't anything to call home about, but that's not what you should be playing it for.
I'm currently playing Dishonored and Assassin's Creed 3 and i love them both, but they severely lack the emotional involvement the Walking Dead gives, and the enjoyment i get out of caring for the characters and story is far more than sneaking around stabbing people or gunning down armies.
I don't think it will win because the other titles are simply "bigger", but i think it will at least win the voice over categories and be a good competitor in the others.
And it's "game" of the year. You can't award that on plot alone.
For awards with "Best Story/Script/Acting" categories, TWD should be all over those.
But to say no one made a better "game" in 2012 is ludicrous.
great story but it's a basic point and a click w/o any real note worthy game play
Graphics: 3/10
Gameplay: 2/10
Storyline: 9/10
= GOTY? No. If a game studios like Bethseda put behind enough money and had the same storyline, it might deserve the nomination it got.
Yeah, well that's your opinion, man.
I agree with ONE of those scores!
Yes, and all scores should be like that, because they use them unique.
There were some minor bugs/glitches, i think.
I honestly believe the future of Story Based Games is less gameplay and a lot more story. TWD (and many Telltale games, but TWD was the breakthrough title really..) is in that aspect a game of the future. Interactive stories and not necessarily games in the old sense, but a lot closer to games then they are to movies or books.
Also, why I believe this game was better than Heavy Rain in this aspect and therefore deserves this more than Heavy Rain did back then? Becuase TWD is a multi platform game while Heavy Rain was a dumb exclusive (best way to kill success of a game, really). And this actually also includes a mobile device in the iPad version, another sign of Telltale understanding the future of certain aspects of gaming.
So for me, TWD deserves GOTY because it is proof that Story as a game and not just as part of a game works. And because it also proved that all platforms are capable of these kinds of games and therefore, are a chance to be succesful. So really, it broke ground in two aspects. And arent the GOTY's we all remember those that were both revolutionary and good?
PS. Ah yes... and I also forgot to add that it proves that you can have a very good and emotionally bonding story with stylized graphics. You dont need realistic graphics to drag people in.
Storywise, it's the best game I've played in ages. It's wonderfully designed and the sound is some of the best I've heard in years.
Gameplay, though, which is just as important as the story, graphics, and sound, just doesn't do it for me. It's either left or right. Tap "A" constantly and press "B" to finish. Click this, then that. There's really no variety, it's the same quicktime gimmicks people ripped Resident Evil 6 apart for.
Best story? Fuck yes. Best acting? Hell fucking yes. EVERYONE needs an award for their acting. All the writers need awards. The animators need awards because of the unique feel and look. But GOTY year? I don't know, guys.
So yes, I believe it deserves it because it doesn't have great gameplay or great graphics. It basicly made a new genre very viable: Story Focused Games. Much more than earlier attempts because of multi-platform.
And really, difficulty and replay value haven't been important aspects of games for over a decade now.. So yeah, you can't really say a GOTY needs to be difficult and have replay value.
Epic culmination of choices?! Most of ME2's characters hardly appear and some of them die as soon as they do!
haha :P
It won! I knew it would! F*ck all the H8rs!