go magika! fantastic game that feels like a steal for 10 bucks. fun as hell

uguito-93:
Still surprised by the complete absence of AAA games

I'm not, given how often someone at The Escapist points out how AAA titles too expensive to afford the risk of serious innovation. (Which is an observation I agree with, by the way.)

plugav:

uguito-93:
Still surprised by the complete absence of AAA games

I'm not, given how often someone at The Escapist points out how AAA titles too expensive to afford the risk of serious innovation. (Which is an observation I agree with, by the way.)

I would have to agree with this. Occasionally you get a good AAA game, but a lot of them are kinda... meh.

Regarding A Flippin' Good Time: christ, what a ripoff of VVVVVV that looks like.

Speaking of innovation, that list itself doesn't seem so innovative, with the number of reuses going on for some titles.

my vote is for magicka

Selvec:
Magicka made the list? That games complete crap. Its nothing new at all.

More proof that Extra Credit needs to be taken very lightly.

If I may ask, sir, why do you find Magicka to be crap? When you say it's nothing new, where have you seen specific design elements in it before?

Also I must point out that "it's crap" is a universal claim as to the quality of a thing. Magicka clearly isn't universally crap due to the fact that I and others enjoy it. Perhaps what you meant to say is something along the lines of "I found it to be crap", meaning that your statement is your own opinion.

Really surprised to see that . . . But that was yesterday didn't get a nod for narrative.

Selvec:
Magicka made the list? That games complete crap. Its nothing new at all.

More proof that Extra Credit needs to be taken very lightly.

I've had an awesome time with my friends on that game. It's hilarious.

And are you kidding? Nothing new? I think you're talking about a different game here. I've certainly haven't seen anything like it.

If this is Terrorist killer, then I have lost all faith in Extra Credits
Link: http://mostplays.com/play/Terrorist_Killer_23174

Otherwise the list is good. I like magicka.

Fate of the World for narrative delivery?
I bought that game and played through it a couple of times. Sure it was interesting to fiddle around with (albiet nothing I haven't seen before) but was there really narrative to speak of? Certainly there was a message, but message and narratives do not float in the same boat.

restoshammyman:
my vote is for magicka

Agreed, it got a bad rap for the multiplayer being unplayably buggy at launch, but that has been resolved. I would love to see it gain the reputation it deserves as an excellent game that is always forcing the player to innovate. Also its funny as hell and is approaching critical meme-mass. Theres an entire Monty Python chapter, an entire Star Wars chapter...

Extracredits:
Also, as a note:

We could only include games that were submitted, so if a AAA company didn't submit we couldn't consider their game no matter how deserving it was.

What was the variety of games like that were submitted?

Magicka and A Flippin' Good Time look the most interesting to me.

Selvec:
Magicka made the list? That games complete crap. Its nothing new at all.

More proof that Extra Credit needs to be taken very lightly.

not new at all?
name one other game that has the same combat system.
or anything even remotely close to it.

Selvec:
Magicka made the list? That games complete crap. Its nothing new at all.

More proof that Extra Credit needs to be taken very lightly.

Extra Credits is the smartest show on the Escapist, and makes a genuine effort every week to inform, then discuss topics related to gaming. Even if you don't agree with their opinions, you have to acknowledge their respectful delivery, and extensive details to support said opinion. You, on the other hand, have delivered a useless opinion, with no detail or reasoning to speak of.

This, my good friend, is why you should kindly go back to playing your repetitive shooters and let people with more than a few brain cells to rub together do the thinking.

On a more positive and productive note, Wikipedia has a list of games released in 2010 here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_in_video_gaming . After a quick skim through the list, while I found some fun games, I didn't see much that really broke the mold. For example: I liked Assassin's Creed 2, and have fond memories of it, but it wasn't reinventing the wheel or anything, just offering a good ride on the old trusty wheel. If anyone thinks a game in that list is really stellar, they should say so (Though, it wont affect the Awards here, it'll be good discussion).

Irridium:
Seeing Mount and Blade Warband up there for unbelievably awesomely fun makes me happy.

Me too. Granted, I haven't had much fun with With Fire and Sword yet, but I didn't have fun with Warband at first either, so hopefully, something will just click again.

It probably doesn't qualify, but the first thing I thought of when I saw the "Must Unbelievably Awesomely Fun" (I think that's a typo, BTW. Seems like "must" should be "most") heading was Saints Row 2. I don't care if it's totally mindless: spraying sewage all over half the city and then running around flashing everyone is loads of fun.
Anyway, I should check out those three games that did get into that category out. I do play games first and foremost to be entertained, after all. So games that are described as "unbelievably awesomely fun" sound like games I want to play.

Speakercone:
If I may ask, sir, why do you find Magicka to be crap? When you say it's nothing new, where have you seen specific design elements in it before?

Also I must point out that "it's crap" is a universal claim as to the quality of a thing. Magicka clearly isn't universally crap due to the fact that I and others enjoy it. Perhaps what you meant to say is something along the lines of "I found it to be crap", meaning that your statement is your own opinion.

*sigh*

His statement already was his own opinion. Unless the thing being discussed literally is feces, we already know that a statement claiming something to be crap is an opinion, because he can't prove that the game is crap any more than you can prove it's not crap. And we can infer from context that it's his own opinion and not somebody else's because he's the one who posted it.

Next time, just agree politely instead of trying to make everyone you disagree with post redundantly. Or at least quote people who say things like "go magika! fantastic game that feels like a steal for 10 bucks. fun as hell" and tell them to change the way they post as well (even if you agree with them), because the only difference between those two statements is one person liked the game and the other didn't. But both opinions are presented exactly the same way, and only giving the person you disagreed with grief over the way they wrote their opinion is quite unfair.

Glad to see Mount and Blade on here. I was worried that I was the only one who played it.