What's your game of the year?

I'm going to go with Portal 2. It had an ARG that I participated in, which drastically made the release of the game more extraordinary. That type of pre-release content is what makes the game itself even more good - resulting in many members to work together for a common goal. The other games didn't have that kind of stuff. The other games are still good though.

Elders Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Hands down for me.
As a follower of the Elder Scrolls games since Daggerfall and before, I can say that this is the best game yet.
The world is very big. There are secrets everywhere and you will find yourself stumbling upon a very wide variety of places, people, and loot.
The game has exceptional AI and voice acting.
Time goes by instantly in this game.
The game may be 16 square miles, but the cave systems and buildings has to add at least another 10. One cave I'm in now starts as a Dwemer ruin, then turns to cave, than has caves branching out from that cave, than goes down into a huge, HUGE, HUGE cavern that has a castle in it, many buildings all around, and more caves.
I could go on for hours about the soundtrack, awesome quests, and randomness that makes this game awesome but I'll spare you all the speech.

This game wins.

I'd have to go with Portal 2, i haven't played it yet, but planning on getting it over Christmas. The ratings, and friends' comments are what convince me it's the best.

P.S. "There is certainly no shortage of front-runners: Skyrim, Minecraft (final release), Portal 2, Batman: Arkham >>>Asylum

for me it is skyrim. its just ossum

for me it's probably Portal 2. It's one of the most mind challenging games I have ever played... It's Amazing!

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

I'm going with Skyrim for sure, portal 2 begin a close second.
Even though the game is broken to hell, and the new patch made things worse... I expected that to happen. Looking at the quest guides for oblivion, 90% of the quests has "This bug was fixed in some patch" as a note.

With that said, now it is time for Bethesda to get their shit together and make Skyrim an even better game.

now for me the game is not out jet its modern warefare 5 yeah that's right.
lol for now i will go with skyrim i dont have it but. every one up there seems to like it.

Battlefield 3, even though I've only played the beta. waiting a month or so until i'm getting a new card to play it.

Best game of this year for me, would be L.A. Noire, and Skyrim on the second place for its sheer size and content. On the other hand if Mass Effect 3 would have been released, than I would say that, without even playing it!

Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim

There is no other option for me here. This Game is just more then amazing and i had so much fun playing it because there is always something to do and you can play it for ages :D

Crysis 2, as a technological benchmark landmark.

Skyrim
nuff said

Elders Scrolls V: Skyrim

Batman: Arkham City

Portal 2, Battlefield 3

Battlefield 3 for me ofc, sadly with growing up I lost ability to see game climate and playability as top value, now only graphics, details, and effects matter and BF3 is just epic for me.

Portal 2 and Skyrim for me!

Portal 2 and Battlefield 3 for me. I loved both of those games.

battlefield 3 but VGA has been getting crappy and more rigged every year so I could careless I watch them now for the premiere trailers

Skyrim and gears of war 3

Yes, Portal 2 was great. It was funny and addicting, everything you want in a game. However, that said, it has no replayability factor and it is very, very short. I beat the entire single player campaign in less than a day, and finished the co-op within the next week. That, to me, is not GOTY quality.

GOTY should be a game that will enthrall you for hours upon hours, which is exactly what Skyrim provides. Everything about Skyrim is incredible, from the endless dungeons to the role-playing possibilities to the craving of creating a new character even though you made one less than a week ago is what makes it the certain GOTY. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you haven't played Skyrim yet.

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Too many games. Skyrim.

xBeLLaTriX said: Yes, Portal 2 was great. It was funny and addicting, everything you want in a game. However, that said, it has no replayability factor and it is very, very short. I beat the entire single player campaign in less than a day, and finished the co-op within the next week. That, to me, is not GOTY quality.

GOTY should be a game that will enthrall you for hours upon hours, which is exactly what Skyrim provides. Everything about Skyrim is incredible, from the endless dungeons to the role-playing possibilities to the craving of creating a new character even though you made one less than a week ago is what makes it the certain GOTY. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you haven't played Skyrim yet.

I beat the single player and the co-op within the same day.
And you're right, zero re-playability.
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SKYRIM FOR PRESIDENT!!