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Jetherik
12-12-2005, 06:35 PM
As we tally the votes for Xbox GotY for the poll, now it is time to put down which PS2 is GotY should be there.
aVaKus
12-12-2005, 06:48 PM
Shadow of the Colossus - Picked it up 2 days ago and I can't put it down. It's good to know there are actually still creative developers out there.
Cyotik
12-12-2005, 06:48 PM
Shadow of the Colossus... or Guitar Hero... or Soul Calibur 3... or Dragon Quest 8.

Damn, I just realized I have really mixed feelings about PS2 GOTY.
thecrazyd
12-12-2005, 06:52 PM
Shadow of the mother fucking Collosis. Mother Fucker.
Frogleg Special
12-12-2005, 06:53 PM
God of War. It may not be the best, but it's my type of game playing in a console.
funtownarcade
12-12-2005, 06:54 PM
Guitar Hero
Heretic Machine
12-12-2005, 07:00 PM
Makai Kingdoms...
One Sick, Sick Six
12-12-2005, 07:04 PM
Psychonauts.. still can't forgeddaboudit!

If you're talking exclusives, tho.. there isn't a collossal shadow of a doubt about what it must be..
sickfallout
12-12-2005, 07:05 PM
I'm split between my love of classic rock and my love of classic JRPGs.

Split between Guitar Hero and Dragon Quest 8.
thecrazyd
12-12-2005, 07:06 PM
Psychonauts.. still can't forgeddaboudit!

If you're talking exclusives, tho.. there isn't a collossal shadow of a doubt about what it must be..
Psychonauts already won XBox GoTY (it better have), or I would vote for it as well.
JediSanf
12-12-2005, 07:08 PM
Guitar Hero
Kelegacy
12-12-2005, 07:11 PM
There were a handful of great games this year, like Dragon Quest VIII, Digital Devil Saga, Guitar Hero, Sly, and all that shit I posted so many times before, but Shadow of the Colossus takes the cake for GOTY. It's probably GOTY across all 3 consoles, too. SotC is more of an experience than a videogame.
bobbler
12-12-2005, 07:11 PM
1. SotC
2. DQ8
3. God of War
4. Some new Ratchet/Clank game
5. RE4 (since apparently multiplatform is fine for GotY)

I think that covers most genres, take you're pick!

Still have yet to play Psychonauts =/
EternalGamer
12-12-2005, 07:12 PM
I don't even like music games, but I still must say Guitar Hero. It absolutely nails what it is attempting to do.
Arai
12-12-2005, 07:20 PM
Shadow of the Colossus!
Thunderbrand
12-12-2005, 07:24 PM
God of War!
MaiXu
12-12-2005, 07:31 PM
Without a doubt, Shadow of the Colossus.
MaiXu
12-12-2005, 07:33 PM
Psychonauts already won XBox GoTY (it better have), or I would vote for it as well.

Doesn't matter. Shadow of the Colossus was far superior to it in every way ... this coming from a guy that voted Psychonauts Xbox GotY, by the way.
fitbabits
12-12-2005, 07:35 PM
Shadow of the Colossus
God of War
Resident Evil 4
Psychonauts
TrackZero
12-12-2005, 07:35 PM
Shadow of the Colossus
holycrapper
12-12-2005, 07:40 PM
Makai kingdom, only ps2 game i have played all year
The Iron Weasel
12-12-2005, 07:44 PM
I have no business voting in this considering the only PS2 game thus far is killzone.
Atepsflame
12-12-2005, 07:45 PM
Tough call. As far as the wow factor goes, Shadow of the Collossus takes the cake. However, in terms of sheer fun and playability, I'd have to go with God of War. I would throw Guitar Hero in there but I suck at rythem games and am not much of a fan of them. It is fun to watch though...
Sazime
12-12-2005, 07:52 PM
Was Gran Turismo 4 this year? I thought it was, but real early this year. We Love Katamari. Soul Caliber 3. There ya go, I'm done.
DirtyChimp
12-12-2005, 07:54 PM
God Of War, God of War, and...God of War.
OSX
12-12-2005, 08:00 PM
Three way tie, Shadow of the Colossus, God of War and Psychonauts
Spigot
12-12-2005, 08:05 PM
Shadow Of The Colossus, Guitar Hero, Dragon Quest 8, God Of War and Incredible Crisis 2

I mean, We Love Katamari.
CylonLord
12-12-2005, 08:18 PM
Shadow of the Colossus
mkelehan
12-12-2005, 08:25 PM
RE4. What was amazing for the GC is super-amazing for the PS2. And it helps that it's one of the most fun games ever.
Stryfe01
12-12-2005, 08:25 PM
God of War
AnthraxKitty
12-12-2005, 08:32 PM
Voting for God of War. Might not have been the longest or most challenging game ever, but it had that "cinematic gameplay" down...something which isn't done very often.
Camel
12-12-2005, 08:52 PM
My vote goes for We Love Katamari.

I don't even own a PS2 to play it on (although my roommate does), but that didn't keep me from buying this gem. :D
danhoo
12-12-2005, 08:59 PM
God of War was good, but I gotta give it to Shadow of the Colossus, because I'll remember details about SoTC long after I've forgotten about the details in GoW.
Deadend
12-12-2005, 09:29 PM
Give SoTC 'Game We Love' award, give Guitar Hero 'Rawk!' Award, give God of War 'Sex ad Violence' award, and lastly give Dragon Warrior 8 the 'Best game to involve toon-shading, EVER' award. Or your own versions, GoTY by console is so lame, as Resident Evil 4 is in the running on PS2 and GC, and Psychonauts on multiple systems as well.

I think the limiting the best game awards by console is weak, as many of us have multiple systems now.

Just limit it to 5-6 games to give an award to. We can make up titles or ranks later. Maybe 5 great games and a GoTY?
Venkman
12-12-2005, 09:43 PM
RE4. Whoever pulled that off on the aging PS2 hardware deserves a hearty pat on the back. Technical brilliance. Awesome physics, frantic gameplay. Good length.

And zombies. Lots of zombies.

Most bestest game ever.
Southpaw
12-12-2005, 09:44 PM
God of War
Dragon Quest 8
Chris_D
12-12-2005, 10:12 PM
Tekken 5 for me.
bardockkun
12-12-2005, 10:15 PM
I'll go with the minority and say We Love Katamari. Basically same game as the first one, but hell i loved it.
chloroformcologne
12-12-2005, 10:33 PM
shadow of the colossus and guitar hero...........im glad video games are good again..........
Maskatron
12-12-2005, 10:54 PM
God of War. Mind you it's one of the few console games I've played this year. Something tells me I would like SoC, but I have not had a chance to try it.
Dark Hamlet
12-12-2005, 11:00 PM
Guitar Hero
We <3 Katamari
Lon Lon Rabbit
12-12-2005, 11:04 PM
Doesn't look like I need to vote for this to win, but Shadow of the Colossus.
Real special stuff.
Last of the Red Hot Mamas
12-12-2005, 11:11 PM
Resident Evil 4.
Player 1
12-13-2005, 12:12 AM
Shadow of War / God of the Colossus.

I really can't decide...

..aw heck..

Shadow of the Colossus.

(eagerly looks forward to unwrapping Guitar Hero in 12 days..)
TRiLoGY
12-13-2005, 01:46 AM
God of War!!!

But only because Shadow of the Colossus isnt out until the end of Feb!! :(
xDrZaiusx
12-13-2005, 01:57 AM
shadow of the colossus
bean19
12-13-2005, 02:31 AM
God of War
fix
12-13-2005, 03:24 AM
God of War. SotC is alright so far (I'm at the 7th Colossus), but it just doesn't feel quite as good as GoW.
JohnnyToxxic
12-13-2005, 04:48 AM
God of War or Dragon Quest 8.
Crittias
12-13-2005, 04:58 AM
Shadow of the Colossus for me!
boratika
12-13-2005, 05:53 AM
Killer 7.

Just though the votes were looking a bit too homogeneous.
Worldcrafter
12-13-2005, 07:03 AM
Shadow of the Colossus. PS2. GOTY. Nuf said.
OUX
12-13-2005, 07:09 AM
Final Fantasy XII!

(if Spike TV can do it so can I)
Judas
12-13-2005, 07:14 AM
Hmmm,

Seems alot of people like Shadow of the Collossus. It's a fine game. I'm surprised the San Andreas isn't mentioned, or GTA 4. It may be that whats been played recently is most on your minds. I'll try and be subjective here too.

My vote goes to the newest Barbie game.

Merry X-mas! :D
Spigot
12-13-2005, 07:35 AM
San Andreas came out LAST year. Otherwise I'd probably nominate it too.
King Drewsky
12-13-2005, 08:19 AM
Makai Kingdom
The Letter 3
12-13-2005, 08:20 AM
Glad to read votes for Guitar Hero! Great beat game. But then again it's hard to give GotY to a beat game... Well I suppose it can at least be nominated!
Metal Jesus
12-13-2005, 08:52 AM
Resident Evil 4
Dragon Warrior 8
DigitalFirefly
12-13-2005, 08:55 AM
Shadow of Colossus with God of War a close second.
Mason
12-13-2005, 09:30 AM
SotC, GoW, DQ8
BenSkywalker
12-13-2005, 10:44 AM
DragonQuest 8
Hapless
12-13-2005, 11:04 AM
I lack playing SotC so my vote is going to go for God Of War.
PantherModern
12-13-2005, 12:36 PM
God of War, hands down. Amazing, amazing control. Cool story, awesome presentation.

Shadow of the Colossus would be a close second.
Evil Avatar
12-13-2005, 12:46 PM
Killzone!!!
fitbabits
12-13-2005, 12:55 PM
Killzone!!!
Ha ha! You know, it could have been a contender had Sony shipped it with a decent engine and not hyped it up to be a Halo killer. There's something of a pattern developing here with Sony's hype seldom (if ever) being realized.
Imelman
12-13-2005, 02:47 PM
Shadow of the Colossus because I would love to see more games like it.

I thought that RE4 was a Game Cube game before it was a PS2 game and should thus be a candidate for GC GOTY and not PS2 GOTY. I also think Psychonauts should only be considered for Xbox GOTY for the same reason.
Kelegacy
12-13-2005, 02:54 PM
Shadow of the Colossus because I would love to see more games like it.

I thought that RE4 was a Game Cube game before it was a PS2 game and should thus be a candidate for GC GOTY and not PS2 GOTY. I also think Psychonauts should only be considered for Xbox GOTY for the same reason.
RE4 will get the GC GOTY hands down. I didn't pick it for PS2 because Shadow of the Colossus exists. If not, it would be a potential substitute.
Abash Alarmist
12-13-2005, 05:39 PM
Shadow of the Colossus
God of War
Resident Evil 4
Guitar Hero
Dragon Quest VIII
The Iron Weasel
12-13-2005, 07:33 PM
Ha ha! You know, it could have been a contender had Sony shipped it with a decent engine and not hyped it up to be a Halo killer. There's something of a pattern developing here with Sony's hype seldom (if ever) being realized.

Its really pissing me off how much potential was wasted with that game. I'm playing it now and you can feel that theres a great game in there, but the framerate and bugs just keep it down.
Kelegacy
12-13-2005, 07:37 PM
Its really pissing me off how much potential was wasted with that game. I'm playing it now and you can feel that theres a great game in there, but the framerate and bugs just keep it down.
That's why I think Killzone 2 will be a much better game. They attempted too much on an ageing console. Ambitious, yes, but that game on the PS2 was like putting your frail grandmother on a snowboard and sending her down a mountain.
bean19
12-13-2005, 07:43 PM
That's why I think Killzone 2 will be a much better game. They attempted too much on an ageing console. Ambitious, yes, but that game on the PS2 was like putting your frail grandmother on a snowboard and sending her down a mountain.

but less freaking awesome.
mightbe
12-13-2005, 07:51 PM
PS2 GotY Nominations: God of War, Guitar Hero, or Makai Kingdom.

Guitar Hero is by far and away one of the best games I own. Great experience (for the player and the watchers), good variety, solid controller, not too expensive, and near unlimited replayability.

God of war is the finest hack and slash game in existence. It may be the closest that a PS2 game has ever come to telling a heroic epic. Unfortunately, it's not terribly replayable and the final fight of the game didn't have the same cool heroic moments that dominated the rest of the game's boss fights.

Makai Kingdom is the finest strategy game to date on the PS2, with maybe the exception of Disgaea. With the ability to endlessly reincarnate your characters into other classes and have them inherit their abilities from the previous classes, there's a huge amount of customization available. The downside is that once you've played through the main game, there's just a handful of EXTREMELY difficult hidden bosses to find. I would've really liked to have seen a multi-player mode where players can pit their creations against eachother. NIS has stated again and again that multiplayer isn't a priority for them. Alas! I'm guessing this is my Shadow of Collosus; a game some people will always remember as near perfect, and some people will just never get it.

Why I'm not nominating Shadow of Collosus It was a graphically amazing game (the slowdown did bug be a fair bit) with some brilliant (if brief) moments. However, it didn't quite have the same amount of spark for me as it seemed to for others. I didn't like Ico either. But that probably just shows you I'm not a true adventure gamer.
mightbe
12-13-2005, 07:53 PM
Killer 7.

Just though the votes were looking a bit too homogeneous.

Whereas Killer 7 was looking a bit too homoerotic.
Imelman
12-13-2005, 08:20 PM
That's why I think Killzone 2 will be a much better game. They attempted too much on an ageing console. Ambitious, yes, but that game on the PS2 was like putting your frail grandmother on a snowboard and sending her down a mountain.

My grandmother happens to be an excellent snowboarder.
The Iron Weasel
12-13-2005, 09:17 PM
That's why I think Killzone 2 will be a much better game. They attempted too much on an ageing console. Ambitious, yes, but that game on the PS2 was like putting your frail grandmother on a snowboard and sending her down a mountain.

Also I think they went after the wrong crowd, they said "HEY HALO PLAYERS CHECK THIS OUT!" when they should have aimed at the MoH and CoD guys, its much more that type of game.