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[IbizaPocholo]

Pac-Man 1980 Donkey Kong 1981 Pitfall! 1982 Mario Bros. 1983 Elite 1984 Super Mario Bros. 1985 The Legend of Zelda 1986 Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! 1987 Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) Tetris 1989 Super Mario World 1990 Street Fighter II: The World Warrior 1991 Mortal Kombat (1992) Doom 1993 Donkey Kong Country 1994 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 1995 Super Mario 64 (1996) Final Fantasy VII (1997) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 1998 Unreal Tournament(1999) The Sims (2000) Halo: Combat Evolved 2001 Metroid Prime 2002 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2003 Half-Life 2 (2004) Resident Evil 4 (2005) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 2006 Super Mario Galaxy 2007 Fallout 3 (2008) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 2009 Mass Effect 2 (2010) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 2011 Journey 2012 The Last of Us 2013 Dragon Age: Inquisition 2014 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2015 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End 2016 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2017 Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)

Also RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 SPOILER IN THAT VIDEO.

 

[Helios]

As if anyone needed more proof that GOTY awards are complete bullshit.

 

[MarkusR]

Remember most of them

 

[Armorian]

As if anyone needed more proof that GOTY awards are complete bullshit.

W3 deserved it.

 

[DiscoJer]

I'd say that's a pretty solid list up until 2008 (Fallout 3)

 

[LegendOfKage]

Somebody doesn't really care for Sega. So many memories, though. That was great.

Also RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 SPOILER IN THAT VIDEO. Thankfully I already finished the game, but you might want to warn people, IbizaPocholo

 

[Rest]

W3 deserved it.

Eh. I had way more fun with Skyrim than The Witcher III. But then again, they've got Uncharted on there more than once, and those are games I can't even stand because they're so boring.

 

[Afro Republican]

All the games in 2007 and they chose Mario Galaxy 1?

Also Xbox/PS2/Sega/Home Computers got shafted.

 

[Armorian]

Eh. I had way more fun with Skyrim than The Witcher III. But then again, they've got Uncharted on there more than once, and those are games I can't even stand because they're so boring.

All bethesda games are boring AF too me, I remember leaving dungeon in Oblivion in 2007, looking around enviroment, turning the game off and never playing it again LOL. Similar story with Skyrim (but this time I played the game for few h), Witcher on the other hand mix open world with storytelling quality of linear games, it was joy to play for me (even if controls are far from perfect). Maybe I just don't like sandbox games.

 

[Athena~]

At least wait after Smash released lol. People have not played it yet

 

[Jade Knight 08]

I'm shocked that zelda: ALTTP didn't win the award. I thought it did.

 

[Futaleufu]

There is a huge Nintendo bias on that list.

Mario Bros in 1983? Absolute bullshit. Star Wars arcade, Dragon's Lair, Pole Position or Spy Hunter have more merit.

 

[Killer751]

Somebody doesn't really care for Sega. So many memories, though. That was great.

Also RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 SPOILER IN THAT VIDEO. Thankfully I already finished the game, but you might want to warn people, IbizaPocholo

The Nintendo bias was very real up until the Playstation came out. These days its only Zelda that gets way more attention and hype than it deserved, but back then every major Nintendo release was treated that way.

 

[LegendOfKage]

The Nintendo bias was very real up until the Playstation came out. These days its only Zelda that gets way more attention and hype than it deserved, but back then every major Nintendo release was treated that way.

Oh, I remember, but not having a single Sega game in the entire list is a bit much for me. And I say that as someone who vastly preferred the SNES over the Genesis.

 

[nkarafo]

I never knew the first Mortal Kombat earned a GOTY in 1992. Was there a lack of games or something? I know Sonic 2 was released then. MK wasn't that good, the sequel was vastly improved and even that is arguable if it's as good as the 1991 GOTY Street Fighter 2.

 

[Futaleufu]

Oh, I remember, but not having a single Sega game in the entire list is a bit much for me. And I say that as someone who vastly preferred the SNES over the Genesis.

Daytona USA should've won 1994

 

[nkarafo]

Daytona USA should've won 1994

I don't think arcade games were considered anymore after computers and consoles took over since the mid 80's. And the console port of Daytona was abysmal.

 

[Killer751]

Oh, I remember, but not having a single Sega game in the entire list is a bit much for me. And I say that as someone who vastly preferred the SNES over the Genesis.

Yes, GOTY has always been a popularity contest. Quality never really factored into it.

 

[Geki-D]

What is the source for this? Just a random TYers list or is it actually based off an award show?

 

[Kenpachii]

Lol not even a single one of these are in it, imagine that.

What a joke.

League of legends.
World of warcraft ( probably biggest game market has ever known )
Gta 5
Fortnite.
myst
Pugb
minecraft

 

[David Ricardo]

[MEDA=youtube]surprise RDR2 spoiler[/EDIA]

Why would you post a video with a huge RDR2 spoiler without warning? It should be in the thread title.

 

[Lanrutcon]

Dragon Age : Inquisition has no business being in that video. None.

 

[cartman414]

W3 deserved it.

Not when neither Baldur's Gate 2, Planescape: Torment, nor Divinity: Original Sin 2 got it.

And Donkey Kong Country for '94? Not in a year that gave us Final Fantasy VI and Super Metroid. Heck, Donkey Kong '94 was always the better DK game.

BTW, where did this list come from?

 

[Clear]

Kinda sad that the 2 most fundamental of video-games genres, racing and shmups never seemed to get a look in.

 

[caffeware]

The Miyamoto list.

 

[Donkey Dong]

DKC and SMW2 are the only games I will obsess about until I die.

 

[kunonabi]

The last half of that list is depressing.

 

[Vader1]

Well I agree with a few of these. Most I would probably pick a different game for that year

 

[TheDuskwalker]

Wait, wasn't 2012 more for The Walking Dead instead of Journey? Also quite sure God of War has more 2018 GOTY awards, and more from bigger places, that RDR2. Doesn't really matter though as there is now so many GOTY awards and multiple games released in the same year getting GOTY editions it's become extra meaningless.

Still, it's sad back in the day pretty much every game was qualified for GOTY, now days stuff like fighting games are disqualified just for there genre despite being GOTY winners in the 90's, further runs home just how meaningless they've become.

Dragon Age : Inquisition has no business being in that video. None.

Made worse when you look up the list of 2014 games and see that the same ones giving it GOTY were giving other games much better critical reception.