Best archaeological mysteries to solve with your sister: Fez
Most deserving of the term “murder simulator”: Hotline Miami
Most cringey: Walking Dead
You get a pass this time, but next time how about actually addressing the problem instead of merely deconstructing it? award: Spec Ops: The Line
Best use of scale: Asura’s Wrath
Best game to make me wonder whether I should look into anti-anxiety medication: Journey
Best game to make my life weird at social gatherings: Frog Fractions
Signed, Sealed, Delivered Award for Expectations Met: Borderlands 2
Roy Baty Award for Dangerous AI: Unity of Command
James Doohan Memorial Award: FTL
Best Expansion to World of Warcraft: Star Wars- The Old Republic
Chris Metzen Award for Awful Storytelling in a Game: Diablo 3
Terminator 3 Award for Irrelevant Choices in an RPG: Mass Effect 3
Best Edutainment Value: Frog Fractions
Kickstart My Heart Award for Best Kickstarter: Project Eternity
Best Story: Persona 4 The Golden
Biggest Disappointment: Sword of the Stars 2- Lords of Winter
Best Alpha that Unfortunately Stayed that Way: Endless Space
GAME OF THE YEAR: Borderlands 2
You better be! :p
The “Come On, Guys, You Got an Awesome Thing Going With Tim James’ Format, Don’t Blow It!” award: this thread :)
Best statement causing the reaction “what is that supposed to mean?”: The above post.
“Just One More Thing” Columbo Award: Persona 4 The Golden, True Ending
Best Game That I Played in One Sitting: Hotline Miami
Game That Caused Me to Utter The Most Expletives: Hotline Miami
Best Game I Played Based on Tom’s Recommendation: Guild Wars 2
Worst Game I Played Based on Tom’s Recommendation: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Best PC Game to Play on a TV With Other People in the Room: Kerbal Space Program
Game That Caused the Most Real-World Strife in My Social Circle: Borderlands 2
Best Game to Play After a Night of Drinking When I Just Need to Fall Asleep: Train Simulator 2013
Game With the Shortest Turnaround from “Firing Up For the First Time” to “Uninstalled”: Planetside 2
I stole the format from forgeforsaken. But I politely waited for him to skip a year before stealing it. ahem
Sine Mora for me. But it was worth 2 hours and a few dollars to learn about what kind of shoot em ups I prefer.
Best reason why I don’t mind being stranded somewhere - Fairway Solitaire
Ahem.
Yeah I should have made it a yearly thing. I appreciate that you throw me the credit. Doesn’t matter who starts it though as its just a fun thread.
Dude Just Enjoying the Format of the Thread and Hoping Folks Didn’t Veer Off into Some Sort of Conversational Exchange, But, Like, Okay, Whatevs: Tom Chick
Guy Who Should Have Gotten Credit Instead of Tim James: forgeforsaken
Best $6 I ever spent: THQ Humble Bundle. Holy crap that’s a lot of games for almost no money.
Biggest change in difficulty in a sequel: Torchlight 2. I played the first on a hard difficulty level and maybe died twice. In Torchlight 2 I played at the same difficulty level and died 143 times.
Hey, me too! I bought it after hearing people (not just Tom) talk it up and be all something about the music and something something, and really did not care for it at all. Which is to say:
Best Game I played but had no interest in: Sine Mora
Worst Game I played but still found interesting: Lollipop Chainsaw.
Also,
Best Game I played that I am amazed that I found interesting, but its really that good: Unity of Command
Best Game with Kids in Borderlands 2 (Tiny Tina)
Best Birthday Party for Boyfriend Game Borderlands 2 (Tiny Tina’s Boyfriend)
Worst new trend: Story based DLC that really is integral to the overall story of the game i.e. Mass Effect 3 Leviathon/From Ashes, Asura’s Wrath Nirvana.
The Jetpack Joyride Award for Best Free Game: Triple Town (plus it has a reasonable business model: one-time cost to unlock unlimited turns)
Best Game To Unexpectedly Steal All My Free Time: Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
The Portal Award, AKA Game With No Major Flaws: Mark of the Ninja
Best Game That’s Flown Under the Radar: Cargo Commander (excluding Mark of the Ninja)
Most Daunting: Planetside 2
Human Revolution Award For Silliest Bosses: Hotline: Miami
Best Old Game I Played For The First Time: Dungeon Keeper 2
Game I Bought But Will Probably Never Play Because I Don’t Have Time: Xenoblade Chronicles
Most Frustrating: FTL (oh great, the oxygen component JUST HAD to catch fire)
Best Game I’ll Probably Never Hit the Level Cap In: Guild Wars 2
Game I’m Most Excited To Play: Dishonored
Ooh, this is fun.
Stand out use of a thermos flask in story cutscenes: Xenoblade Chronicles.
Most mad NPCs with insane laughter after every conversation: Dark Souls
Best music to kill to Hotline Miami
Best music to die to Super Hexagon
Best music to solve puzzles to Botanicula
Best music to clean to Dustforce