Was 2nd place DLC from FO:NV?

Incredulity is unbecoming.

Congratulations Bethesda. Skyrim is great. Although I will withhold judgement on the "best rpg" of 2011 until I grab the Witcher 2.

From who?

Witcher 2?

It beat out Zelda and Dark Souls too...

Witcher 2, Dark Souls, etc.

I personally think Skyrim is far better than Dark Souls, and I haven't played Witcher 2. So, Skyrim is RPG of the year for me.

ermmm..for which year ?

if its 2011 then its a fix

if its 2012 it taking the urine

praise where praise is due
or its just sychophancy.

Witcher 2, Dark souls, uuhhh straining to think of more. I'll scraqe the bottom of the barrel and say Dragon age 2 xD

I dont really keep up with games nowdays but there's three off the top of my head. There was probably a Final Fantasy game or three as well.

There was a DLC competition as well, that's what Old World Blues won. New Vegas wasn't eligible cause that was 2010, it's DLC were mostly 2011 though.
And yeah I dunno who Skyrim had to compete against for 2011.

Didn't Dragon Age 2 come out this year? Between that and Witcher 2, there is some competition.

DA2 should never win goty come on now

id say its skyrim with DKS a close second

Donkey Kong Surfing?

Wtf why didn't that win...

Yep, I was aware of that. Just trying to find context for Bethesda's win (did they win because they produced a superior product or because they successfully launched a huge title in an area with little to no competition?).

I actually liked DA2.

But yeah, it's not as good as Skyrim, Dark Souls and (from what I've heard) Witcher 2.

Am I the only one to remember Deus Ex: Human Revolution came out this year?

Witcher 2, Dark Souls, and possibly Dragon Age 2 were the only competition. In my opinion it's not even close, Skyrim destroys those titles.

Deus Ex was good, but I couldn't help think of it as anything other than a stealth/action game.

Witcher 2? Never heard of it.

Cheers

Skyward Sword and Skyrim are the only real contenders this year for best RPG, some might say witcher 2 and I've never played it but games that limit you to begin a single person aren't really deserving of being called an RPG, you hear me Dragon Age 2?

Then again I haven't played Dragon Age 2 either since I called that it would be a bad game... horrifically bad and terrible the moment they mentioned you wouldn't be able to create your own main character and I was right =P! People said I was wrong at the time tho.
Then again I also called that Skyrim would mainly be a white tundra with only few bits of forest here and there, I think I was pretty much on the ball with that one... people said it'd be mainly forests and not mainly snow... yeah.
as for heh... dark souls, sorry but after playing Demon's Souls there is no way I was going to play a sequel. I don't see how people can think that's a good game, to me it's just a poor attempt at trying to recreate phantasy star online's ultimate difficulty by leaving out all the good things about phantasy star online (except good boss fights) and keeping in the bad things about phantasy star online. Mindless hack-and-slash on the most part with predictable enemy movement and difficulty only being the ability of enemies to kill you in one or two hits.
Skyward Sword I haven't played but I may do in the future, it looks good unlike many of the RPGs this year.

So in the end the only good RPGs this year are Skyrim and Skyward Sword... the difference then just comes to personal preference I'd say, Skyrim is more serious where as Skyward Sword is more family friendly.

My wife has been playing Skyward Sword and it looks pretty good and it actually works but Spike doesn't really like Nintendo so its chances where pretty slim to win.

And the real question I have is - Did any of the competition have close to the number of issues and glitches as Skyrim? Nope. Not even close... I love Skyrim, but when I have three broken quests (one of which totally preventing me from completing companions quest), numerous other crazy glitches, and a game that now freezes after five minutes of play, and I know I'm not alone on this... So how the hell did it win? Dark Souls' only real issues were during online play (fixed as far as I know), and Zelda has virtually no issues. Unfortunately DA2 was too arcade style, and suffered from massive environment recycling so that's out, and I haven't played Witcher 2, but still... RPG of the year, GOTY, and dev of the year makes no sense when you look at these facts. Any 10/10 award is total BS. Any journalist that didn't knock a point off Skyrim for the insanely rampant glitches is full of [censored], and was just too afraid to tell the truth on this one. It's like the people who would never acknowledge COD has been a glitch filled $60 map pack ever since World at War (although some people seem to finally be acknowledging this), and that FFXIII is the biggest hand holding boring linear piece of trite to ever come out of Squaresoft.

Where's the journalistic integrity? Had I bought this game based on reading a 10/10 review I'd have been pissed, but I bought it of my own accord, despite being aware of Oblivion, FO3, and FO:NV's status. I wasn't surprised at all by the issues, but just because I expect them doesn't mean they should be dismissed. Meanwhile games like Batman: AC and Uncharted 3 are virtually glitch free because they've been polished to a blinding shine, but are being overlooked in favor of something that can barely run for more than two hours without a serious problem. Am I really the only one that sees the total lack of balance in these "professional judgements"? Again, I love Skyrim, but this seems outrageous to me. I always have misplaced high hopes that Bethesda will clean up its act and release a well polished game one day, but as long as they receive praise like this they'll probably never solve that issue - and it's a shame.

Oh man. That came on my birthday too.

Ok, it's official: DX:HR got robbed.

I fail to see how Zelda can even compare but there we go.

How many people can you play in Skyward Sword then?

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I was expecting to thing The Witcher 2 was my RPG of the year.. and it almost almost does.. But Skyrim just pips it for the total playing experience. TW2 burns brighter.. but lasts not even half as long...

Just to reiterate - That's exactly my point. It actually works. How can you win best of any category with something that consistently breaks, on all platforms? It's freaking mind boggling!!!