GotY/XotY megathread archive

[Nasarog]

This thread will contain all the past posts for GotY/XotY from all the forums.

[TheDROCK]

I would agree with picking Stellaris as the game of the year, but I think I've gotten more fun out of Master of Orion so far.

[Nasarog]

TheDROCK の投稿を引用：

I would agree with picking Stellaris as the game of the year, but I think I've gotten more fun out of Master of Orion so far.

Agreed. That's who I voted for.

[Army Pea]

The4Xplorer の投稿を引用：

Eh, the more I play Stellaris, the more I wish there was more to some of the mechanics. I'm hoping that 2017 sees it finally living up to its (massive) potential.

I personally think that 2017 Stellaris is going to be much better than 2016.

I also think Stellaris 2018 will be when it really starts burning red hot.

[Nasarog]

Army Pea の投稿を引用：

The4Xplorer の投稿を引用：

Eh, the more I play Stellaris, the more I wish there was more to some of the mechanics. I'm hoping that 2017 sees it finally living up to its (massive) potential.

I personally think that 2017 Stellaris is going to be much better than 2016.

I also think Stellaris 2018 will be when it really starts burning red hot.

THat sounds good to me. Right now, it's got a slow brn going. It's getting better for sure.

[TheFunMachine.]

I think if Stellaris follows a similar trajectory to something like EUIV it will have a very long tale. It was released flawed as hell, but it also is perhaps the most exciting space strategy game on the block. What it does well, it does reeaaly well.

I'm very curious to see if Amplitude can hit as many high notes as they have with EL with ES2. Exciting studio to watch right now.

[RayFowler]

After all of the initial hype for Stellaris, the consensus now seems to be that it's a flawed game and everyone is presuming (hoping?) that it will be better in a year or two because of secret Paradox magic. All of the LPs for the game look like pop-up hell to me -- so much that most of them are ignored.

If that's the game of the year, then what that tells me is that 2017 must have been a pretty shitty year for 4X games.

On the other hand. I don't get that vibe at all when I read MOO:CTS reviews especially since the DLC. We all see the spurned fanboy reviews screaming for MOO2, of course, but then there's a lot of "I have a lot of fun playing this game".

[Army Pea]

Imirak の投稿を引用：

After all of the initial hype for Stellaris, the consensus now seems to be that it's a flawed game and everyone is presuming (hoping?) that it will be better in a year or two because of secret Paradox magic. All of the LPs for the game look like pop-up hell to me -- so much that most of them are ignored.

If that's the game of the year, then what that tells me is that 2017 must have been a pretty shitty year for 4X games.

On the other hand. I don't get that vibe at all when I read MOO:CTS reviews especially since the DLC. We all see the spurned fanboy reviews screaming for MOO2, of course, but then there's a lot of "I have a lot of fun playing this game".

I think 2016 was a great year for 4x.
Despite harsh criticism from the peanut gallery both Stellaris and NuMoo were received very well.
We got some good indie games like PS.
Several expansions came out for existing games that added a ton of content. EL tempest comes to mind as our expansion of the year winner.

Not to mention very anticipated games coming to EA , like ES2 and Sis.

Oh and Civ 6

Speaks for itself but I think 2015-2018 are going to be the golden years of 4x

[Nasarog]

Imirak の投稿を引用：

On the other hand. I don't get that vibe at all when I read MOO:CTS reviews especially since the DLC. We all see the spurned fanboy reviews screaming for MOO2, of course, but then there's a lot of "I have a lot of fun playing this game".

Our reeXamination is in the last stage of editing and will be up this week.

[Troy]

Imirak の投稿を引用：

After all of the initial hype for Stellaris, the consensus now seems to be that it's a flawed game and everyone is presuming (hoping?) that it will be better in a year or two because of secret Paradox magic. All of the LPs for the game look like pop-up hell to me -- so much that most of them are ignored.

I don't think that's the consensus at all. Maybe on these boards, but 87% of the 10k reviews its gotten on Steam are positive and of the 1200+ reviews Stellaris has gotten recently, 90% have been positive. I think the consensus is that it's a good game now and it will also get better as time goes on. Sure, the game has flaws, all games do. But Stellaris is good now and will be better later.

[Tragic]

Imirak の投稿を引用：

After all of the initial hype for Stellaris, the consensus now seems to be that it's a flawed game and everyone is presuming (hoping?) that it will be better in a year or two because of secret Paradox magic.

Actually the general consensus is that it is by far one of the best games in the entire genre ALREADY... and only getting better. I mean no game is perfect, but it is undeniably one of the best space 4x games.

[Biz]

stellaris can't even function as a good RTS game. that makes its prospects of becoming a good 4X strategy game very very very slim

it might become a decent victoryless empire simulator though if they make the act of sitting there watching things unfold interesting enough

[Army Pea]

Biz の投稿を引用：

stellaris can't even function as a good RTS game. that makes its prospects of becoming a good 4X strategy game very very very slim

it might become a decent victoryless empire simulator though if they make the act of sitting there watching things unfold interesting enough

Nah. I think a lot of detractors will be singing a much different tune by the end of 2017 when it comes to Stellaris.

Although if you are avidly convinced Stellaris is a bad game , odds are nothing will change your mind.

For the rest of us , it's an exciting time because of how Stellaris has improved with every patch /DLC.

[Nasarog]

Game of the Year, eXpansion of the Year, non-4X Strategy game of the Year.

We have started our internal debate for the candidates and our votes. We'll post up the results at the end of the year in an article and a podcast like we have in years past.

In the meantime, what are your candidates and why did you pick them.

Really curious to read this.

2017 4X-Games

- Dawn of Andromeda
- Eador: Imperium
- Endless Space 2
- Oriental Empires
- Sovereignty: Crown of Kings
- Stars in Shadow

2017 4X-Game Expansions

- Galactic Civilization III: Crusade
- Polaris Sector: Lumens
- Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn
- Stellaris: Utopia
- Stars in Shadow: Legacies

"Most Improved" 4X-Game

Open to any 4X game previously released based on improvements received "this year" to the game. Could be in conjunction with an expansion or not, but the improvements need to work with just the base game.

2017 Non-4X-Game

Any other game released this year that you think is good and deserves an award.

[cadfan17]

What are the options? Non reviewers don’t always remember things by yearly increments. We just buy and play whatever.

[Siddha]

cadfan17 の投稿を引用：

What are the options? Non reviewers don’t always remember things by yearly increments. We just buy and play whatever.

I think you are expected to know what new games you played and liked