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  • #7322
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users Posts: 11,035 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    Honourable mention for Rainbow Six Siege


  • #7323
    martyos121
    Registered Users Posts: 21,334 ✭✭✭✭martyos121


    Played a wide selection of games in the last decade from an equally wide array of genres, and Witcher 3 blew them all away by a fair distance for me. That’d be my GOTD without a moment’s hesitation and not a hint of recency bias. PSA: Haven’t gotten around to Breath of the Wild yet, so put an asterisk beside this opinion.

    I’ll be interested to see what actually wins such a title from a mainstream publication though, I fear it’ll be something insulting like Fortnite or god forbid, Candy Crush. :eek:
    We all know better of course, but still, it’s not a good look.


  • #7324
    Liamalone
    Registered Users Posts: 4,954 ✭✭✭Liamalone


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Wow I almost feel bad having converted 2 years worth of live to gamepass ultimate for €1 said no one ever. Savage value.

    How long ago did you do this might I ask? A friend just got an Xbox and if he could do the same it would be great.


  • #7325
    Brinley Poor Material
    Posts: 0 ✭ Brinley Poor Material


    Liamalone wrote: »
    How long ago did you do this might I ask? A friend just got an Xbox and if he could do the same it would be great.

    During the summer but there have been offers since. Might be worth asking over in the gamepass thread in the Xbox forum as I've not kept up to date with the deals.


  • #7326
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    One of those games I thought was "released" years ago, yet Factorio is finally hitting public 1.0 release and coming out of Early Access; though I'm sure there have been crazier offenders of perpetual beta games ...

    https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-321


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  • #7327
    Jerichoholic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭Jerichoholic


    pixelburp wrote: »
    One of those games I thought was "released" years ago, yet Factorio is finally hitting public 1.0 release and coming out of Early Access; though I'm sure there have been crazier offenders of perpetual beta games ...

    https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-321

    Super Indie Karts being one.

    Will they ever finish it?


  • #7328
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users Posts: 11,035 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    Project Zomboid another.
    Going since 2013.


  • #7329
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,795 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    J. Marston wrote: »
    HZD absolutely is brilliant. Not game of the decade but it's a fantastic game.

    The voice acting is a strange criticism of it too. It was very good, in my opinion. Ashly Burch is very good and Lance Reddick is awesome. Ted Faro's VA was good too.

    I found it just bog standard open world fare as well. Done well but not anything special.

    I had no problem with the acting, the big issue was the script which was god awful. The actors did their best but I felt sorry for them having to utter some of that terrible dialogue.

    There's no question for me that Dark Souls is game of the decade. It's the game that made gaming exciting again and nothing really has come close to it's quality. I think a good argument could also be made for Minecraft. Nothing else I can think of right now or that has been mentioned comes close to those two.
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  • #7330
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Witcher 3 or Breath of the Wild for me. Both of these set the standard for open world games, which i have probably enjoyed more then any other type of game for the last decade.


  • #7331
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,795 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Breath of the Wild is a total game changer for open worlds, or at least should be, but I feel that there's room for improvement there and the next game built upon it's foundations could be something really special.

    Witcher 3 is an amazing achievement, but it's still kind of that western RPG template that's been around since the infinity engine days just done extremely well.

    I just think they lack that certain something that made Minecraft and Dark souls so special and game changing. I also like the fact that both games represent don't have the cinematic aspirations of most other games and for me just pure distillations of, well, videogames.

    They're the only relatively two big titles I'd choose but would be happy to see a great indie game get it either as this decade has seen the rise of indie gaming and it's really saving videogames as they were in danger of becoming so corporate and boring.
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  • #7332
    Sonics2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,237 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    Witcher 3 will win it for me. For a lot of people, they went in to it blind with no real knowledge of the previous games, I personally thoroughly disliked the gameplay of the first two and never finished them.

    While the narrative idea of the Hero Saves the Girl thing is bloody old, the Witcher 3 carries it damn well and has some truly amazing characters, like the Bloody Baron. imo just that story line itself should win GOTD because it has so many logical twists and turns.

    While the combat wasn't fantastic, it certainly isn't bad and doesn't rely on stupid, lazy QTE's.

    It also looks bloody beautiful.


  • #7333
    Kingp35
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,246 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kingp35


    God of War would get my GOTD.

    I reckon a lot of the mainstream publications will give it to Minecraft. I have zero interest in it but it became a sensation and is still popular almost ten years on so it would be hard to argue with.


  • #7334
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    J Mysterio wrote: »
    Project Zomboid another.
    Going since 2013.

    That's also still in Early Access? :eek: Last I'd read, it had added working cars to its maps; I'm guessing it could be one of those developers that can't stop adding new stuff, pushing the release back. The "Star Citizen Effect" you could call it :D


  • #7335
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,219 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    I'd probably have to give it to The Last Of Us.

    Enjoyed The Witcher 3 but too many flaws imo to give it GOTD. HZD is a great game but even God Of War would be above it imo.


  • #7336
    T. Hanks^
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ T. Hanks^


    In not particular order Top 5 games of Decade

    Mario Odyssey, The Last of Us, Zelda BOTW, Doom 2016, TitanFall 2


  • #7337
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,795 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Couldn't give it to Last of Us and God of War either. They're just standard action games with cutscenes in between. It's not an elegant way of telling a story in a game and even then the best of those, Last of Us, has issues in regards to its story. There's been better storytelling in the indie space. Would be more inclined to go with one of Paltinum's better games because the game part of those is better than either Last of Us or God of War.

    Doom 2016 is a good shout. That is just pure distilled videogame joy.
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  • #7338
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users Posts: 7,991 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    In No order, based mostly on the amount of time I spent on them which is my own rough barometer of quality

    Black ops 2
    PUBG
    Destiny (1&2)
    Dark Souls
    Red Dead Redemption


  • #7339
    blockfighter
    Registered Users Posts: 1,225 ✭✭✭blockfighter


    My GOTD nominations :) :
    Zelda BOTW, Witcher 3, Mario Odyssey, Rocket League,


  • #7340
    T. Hanks^
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ T. Hanks^


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Couldn't give it to Last of Us and God of War either. They're just standard action games with cutscenes in between. It's not an elegant way of telling a story in a game and even then the best of those, Last of Us, has issues in regards to its story. There's been better storytelling in the indie space. Would be more inclined to go with one of Paltinum's better games because the game part of those is better than either Last of Us or God of War.

    Doom 2016 is a good shout. That is just pure distilled videogame joy.

    I can agree on this bit.
    Mario Odyssey gave me a similar feeling to Doom 2016 (pure distilled videogame joy) although radically different games I know but the premise of why I enjoyed them so much was the same.


  • #7341
    SomeSayKos
    Registered Users Posts: 663 ✭✭✭SomeSayKos


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Breath of the Wild is a total game changer for open worlds, or at least should be, but I feel that there's room for improvement there and the next game built upon it's foundations could be something really special.

    .
    I love breath of the wild but the weapon degradation in the game really annoyed me. I don't mind a degradation system per se but weapons broke way too frequently and I thought it took away from the experience overall.


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  • #7342
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    SomeSayKos wrote: »
    I love breath of the wild but the weapon degradation in the game really annoyed me. I don't mind a degradation system per se but weapons broke way too frequently and I thought it took away from the experience overall.

    Yup, every time I got invested in my session, a weapon would break and a little part of me bristle in frustration. It's the sort of thing modders would have patched out within 30 seconds of release, and it's a shame Nintendo never did so themselves- unless those hating the degradation are a vocal minority. It's certainly the one element that prevents it being a total, unreserved best of the best for me


  • #7343
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,795 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Weapon degradation seemed like a pain at the start but I found myself with too many weapons the majority of the time. If you let go of your hoarder mentality and just use the weapons and not worry about hanging on to them you'll enjoy it more. I feel BotW would be a lesser game without the weapon degradation which is why it's left in it.
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  • #7344
    T. Hanks^
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ T. Hanks^


    For me if the degradation was removed it would remove a certain aspect of the exploration.
    Constantly finding new and unique items and knowing when you can sparingly use them was actually a positive for me.
    Combat always felt fresh because of this.
    Throwing weapons was a part of combat too I used more and more because of this.


  • #7345
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users Posts: 27,792 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    pixelburp wrote: »
    Yup, every time I got invested in my session, a weapon would break and a little part of me bristle in frustration. It's the sort of thing modders would have patched out within 30 seconds of release, and it's a shame Nintendo never did so themselves- unless those hating the degradation are a vocal minority. It's certainly the one element that prevents it being a total, unreserved best of the best for me

    I didn't like that weapons broke at first but then I realized that they actually wanted you to try out different ones and not just rely on one or two of your favorites. It's not like there was a shortage either so when something did break I just grabbed something new from an enemy/ground/chest.


  • #7346
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,134 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    There's always the master sword too, or whatever it's called.


  • #7347
    SomeSayKos
    Registered Users Posts: 663 ✭✭✭SomeSayKos


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    There's always the master sword too, or whatever it's called.
    yeah, but that 'breaks' too and it goes into a cooldown timer.
    -
    Just for the record, I'm not saying the weapon degradation shouldn't be in there at all. My point is that weapons break too quickly.


  • #7348
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    Kingp35 wrote: »
    God of War would get my GOTD.

    I reckon a lot of the mainstream publications will give it to Minecraft. I have zero interest in it but it became a sensation and is still popular almost ten years on so it would be hard to argue with.
    There's just one problem with your prediction, and he spends his days retweeting alt-right bullshït.


  • #7349
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    TitianGerm wrote: »
    I didn't like that weapons broke at first but then I realized that they actually wanted you to try out different ones and not just rely on one or two of your favorites. It's not like there was a shortage either so when something did break I just grabbed something new from an enemy/ground/chest.

    SomeSayKos already said it, but I'd probably hate it less if the degradation was a little slower; you make a good point about the gameplay aesthetics it's trying to convey but the weapons I do pick up break 1 or 2 battles sooner than I'd otherwise reasonably expect.

    The sequel will be interesting in that respect, cos how those mechanics are changed - if at all - will speak to Nintendo's own perspective on the mechanic.


  • #7350
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users Posts: 27,792 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    pixelburp wrote: »
    SomeSayKos already said it, but I'd probably hate it less if the degradation was a little slower; you make a good point about the gameplay aesthetics it's trying to convey but the weapons I do pick up break 1 or 2 battles sooner than I'd otherwise reasonably expect.

    The sequel will be interesting in that respect, cos how those mechanics are changed - if at all - will speak to Nintendo's own perspective on the mechanic.

    Maybe the better weapons should have a longer life, maybe include a small number on the top of the weapon icon that shows the weapon health and have someone who can repair your favorites.


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  • #7351
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,795 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Just remembered the real reason Last of Us doesn't deserve game of the decade.

    Sure it wasn't even the best game of the year it was released.

    #pikmin3needsmorelove
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