Shadow of Mordor deserved to win. Innovation deserves to win. Not tacked on mutliplayer, fetch quests and microtransactions.
SoM is a game, not a system. There truly was an innovative system, too bad everything else was cut and pasted straight from other games (Combat from Arkham City, Lore from Tolkien etc etc.) Good hack and slash, nothing special. Good for Tolkien fans though :3
Shadow of Mordor deserved to win. Innovation deserves to win. Not tacked on mutliplayer, fetch quests and microtransactions.
I believe what you forget to put in that post was "In my opinion." Do a quick research, or ask on game forums, and I bet there will be quite a lot of people disagree with you on "Shadow of Mordor = Innovation"
The Nemesis system is fresh and interesting, I will give you that. The rest of the game though, is nowhere near "innovation." Combat system is almost identical to other action games (Arkham, Assassin's Creed). The story is lackluster, and the lores are straight from Tolkien's books.
So yea, it's a good game, but innovation? nah.
The innovation in the Nemesis System is a huge, huge deal. They took a lot from Batman, the game does stand out as innovation, due to the nemesis system. It wasn't just one little aspect of innovation, it was a huge one. To me it lasted quite a lot, considering the genre. The nemesis system certainly added a lot to its juice. To me, I think more difficulty levels would have made a big difference, though the game is still very good, even with just one difficulty, something that cannot be said of AC's noob exclusivity.
As for DA: I, it has the combination of elements I've been waiting for. It's a party-based action-RPG with weapon skills and a big importance applied to real time combat. It also has a huge innovation in how it deals with no-healing. Other recent games had limitted healing and DA: I was wise to take this path. The thing is: DA: I has improved upon the other games that took this path, mainly Dark Souls and Lightning Returns. Barrier and Guard are very innovating and straight up genius mechanics. Oh... and I also dreamed of a singleplayer game that had an MP mode focused on dungeon crawling. In MMOs you endure a terrible latency and lame graphics just to see people running around. In DA: I the players are put together only when it really matters. This allows the singleplayer to remain lag free and have good graphics. DA: I went in the direction of my dreams and went beyond.
Not GotY in the least.
CONGRATULATIONS BIOWARE!!!
SoM is a game, not a system. There truly was an innovative system, too bad everything else was cut and pasted straight from other games (Combat from Arkham City, Lore from Tolkien etc etc.) Good hack and slash, nothing special. Good for Tolkien fans though :3
World of Warcraft has been the leadng game in it's genre for a decade but it borrowed heavily from games like Everquest. In fact, the only reason why it stayed on top is because it took small ideas from everything and incorporated it within it's own system. I'd call 10 years on top innovation and a success. The fact is, SoM does Assassin's Creed better than Assassin's Creed. It does does Batman better than or equal to Batman. And Nemesis is an innovating and new system that will be used as an example within this industry for years to come.
When something has the potential to change the industry you work within it demands respect. You wouldn't hand an award to a shoe maker over the man that just invented electricity.
World of Warcraft has been the leadng game in it's genre for a decade but it borrowed heavily from games like Everquest. In fact, the only reason why it stayed on top is because it took small ideas from everything and incorporated it within it's own system. I'd call 10 years on top innovation and a success. The fact is, SoM does Assassin's Creed better than Assassin's Creed. It does does Batman better than or equal to Batman. And Nemesis is an innovating and new system that will be used as an example within this industry for years to come.
When something has the potential to change the industry you work within it demands respect. You wouldn't hand an award to a shoe maker over the man that just invented electricity.
I agree. I think too many folks confuse "innovation" with "invention."
Ah, I remember the accusations that World of Warcraft was "EQ for Care Bears" when it first launched. Good times, good times.
Brilliant! They got GOTY :-) So glad, and just goes to show, haters will be haters :-)
"Good Game" GOTY - DA:IGood Game is ABC Australia's very popular game review TV show.Both hosts Bajo and Hex each gave it 10/10 for a full 20 "rubber chickens" score. If my memory serves me correctly, it was the only game this year to score a 10/10 from either of them.The hour long end of season episode with GOTY contenders (Series 10, Episode 45), can be found here: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/goodgame/Their full and thoroughly enthusiastic review of DA:I can be found here: http://www.abc.net.a...es/s4131074.htmThey both really loved it!
Good to hear!
...but do I trust a review by someone who likes Sera? 
The destructoid backdrop is a guy on his laptop smoking a cigarette. With his pants down. Sitting on the toilet. #Gamers
The destructoid backdrop is a guy on his laptop smoking a cigarette. With his pants down. Sitting on the toilet. #Gamers
Been there done that, minus the cig.
The destructoid backdrop is a guy on his laptop smoking a cigarette. With his pants down. Sitting on the toilet. #Gamers
That's Louis CK.
I think it's not GOTY but it could have been... For GOTY i would expect a bit more !
Been there done that, minus the cig.
I'm sure we've all learnt to multitask to make sure we get to work/school on time.
Oh and Inquisition looks set to take out 4 categories including best overall game on GameSpot. Well done guys!
Also took out LazyGamer's RPG of the year, but I don't have an image for that...
SoM won Gamespot's GOTY.
It's pretty even between them actually. DA:I's won 14 GOTY awards, Mordor's won 11. "RPG" of the year and "PC/360/PS3 Game" of the year aren't counted in that list I think.
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SoM is a game, not a system. There truly was an innovative system, too bad everything else was cut and pasted straight from other games (Combat from Arkham City, Lore from Tolkien etc etc.) Good hack and slash, nothing special. Good for Tolkien fans though :3
Not for Celebrimbor´s fans.
SoM won Gamespot's GOTY.
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