Yeah, I agree it is too early for GOTY. Most games aren't even released yet, and we know how accurate and 'on-time' games release dates are. Unless we are talking about GOTY09/10...

For now, I can just say it's hard to beat GTA4. The only disadvantage GTA4 has is its released earlier in the year. People usually tend to 'forget' its greatness when the year ends!

I would also like to comment a sad state of affairs that all the games mentioned are conveniently sequels. Is the gaming industry running out of fresh ideas?

Verdict's still out for those games, much less whether they belong in the GOTY league but nevertheless, yes, we salute the bravery and vision. Hope the sales figures will fairly reward these developers

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Added on May 28, 2008, 1:11 pmwe are the making of our own demise?

This post has been edited by Lone*Wolf: May 28 2008, 01:11 PM

judging by the GTA4 record-breaking sales, looks like the trend is here to stay ...

like the movies, big games developers (or should I say consortium as they eat up small developers anyway) will churn out crowd-pleasing, mass produced, sales-guaranteed products.

most of the time, innovation is sacrificed as time is critical. fresh ideas takes time in terms of concoction as well as public acceptance.

hence innovation normally comes fr indy companies, who will not have the cash to realise their idea's full potential anyway to begin with.

unless they get eaten up by the big boys, which means their priorities change.

so starts the cycle again.