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GOTY Community Choice: Round 2 - Reckoning

Posted on Tuesday, December 11 @ 01:25:41 Eastern by Daniel Bischoff

When it came time to pit Corvo and Connor against each other, we knew it'd be a knock down drag out fight, but this was a nailbiter for the Assassin order. Would the young up-and-comer be able to sneak up on the New World's hooded hero? Before we could find out, it was time to tally up the votes for Journey and fan favorite X-COM: Enemy Unknown.

Despite an early lead, X-COM couldn't keep the red cloaked figures in the desert from teaming up with the alien threat. X-ray down? Apparently those sounds the Journey-people make mean "I don't think so!" Journey moves on to our Final Four, 25-8.

In the beginning it appeared as though Corvo and the Dunwall gang would use their magic powers to hunt down and kill not just the Templars, but the Assassins too. With voting halfway done, the two games sat nearly even, with Dishonored just ahead by a few votes. Late-comers Chunibrow, mouths, and usaglory weren't having it though, voting Connor and Ubisoft into the lead. In the final stretch, Corvo appeared to be sneaking up on a white hood. Just as Corvo was about to strike he got hit in the head with a tomahawk and died. Assassin's Creed III makes it into our Final Four, defeating Dishonored, 17-16.

With that, only two spots remain in the final round. Who will it be? Vote in the comments for the following two match ups. We'll be deciding GameRevolution's Community Choice Game of the Year soon!

Mass Effect 3 VS The Walking Dead: Season 1

Sleeping Dogs VS Guild Wars 2

Tags: Game of the Year, Community, Best of GR

Comments

LawnGnome
Joined: Apr 2007

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 8:42 pm
Mass Effect 3
Guild Wars 2

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Sourdeez
Joined: Feb 2012

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 8:45 pm
Walking dead!

Sleeping Dogs(GW2 devs have refused to optimize and work on performance of the client or to announce dx11 support in the future)

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Sourdeez
Joined: Feb 2012

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 11:26 pm
lol thumbsdown for speaking the truth? Sounds like a normal day in the USA.

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R0ADK1LL
Joined: Jul 2009

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 8:58 pm
Mass Effect 3
Sleeping Dogs

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sliverstorm
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Mother.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUohwell.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 9:36 pm
lol, what brought this out of you Sliverstorm? The previous match-up? The current one?

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sliverstorm
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 10:21 pm
The absolute scandal that was Dishonored's defeat at the hands of ACIII.

Although, I guess it means that Connor was the better assassin in the end, seeing as he single-handedly killed my faith in the democratic process.

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Nick_Tan
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 10:18 am
Don't you know? America has the face of democracy but is really run by a corporate oligarchy. But you didn't hear that from me. Shhhhh.....

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LinksOcarina
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Mass Effect 3
Sleeping Dogs

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Guernica
Joined: Mar 2009

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 9:28 pm
ME3
GW2

If it was season 1-5 I think I'd choose twd over me3.

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cheesegod99
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 9:32 pm
Season 1 encompasses EPISODES 1-5 (ie, all Walking Dead released to date)

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Guernica
Joined: Mar 2009

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 9:46 am
Ooooh I didn't realize this. Then my vote is for TWD unless it's already been counted.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 9:36 pm
What cheesegod said. Or are you thinking of the TV show or something?

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Guernica
Joined: Mar 2009

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 9:47 am
I confused Ep1-5 with Season1-5. My vote would be for TWD then unless it's too late.

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cheesegod99
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Walking Dead
Sleeping Dogs

If all y'all folks voting for Mass Effect haven't played Walking Dead "because it's only a downloadable, how could it compete with a AAA game" then you are objectively incorrect.

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LinksOcarina
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 8:02 am
I played Episodes 1 and 2 so far.

To be honest it reminds me of Mass Effect in some ways through story decisions. I just prefer Mass Effects story and gameplay more because I am a RPG nut.

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Chunibrow
Joined: Mar 2010

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
ME3
GW2
WWJD
WYSIWYG

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 12:56 am
Don't forget GIGO (Garbage In Garbage Out).

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sg4real
Joined: Apr 2011

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 9:38 pm
Mass Effect 3
Sleeping Dogs

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napsterxxl
Joined: Mar 2006

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
Walking Dead
Guild Wars 2

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Zajix
Joined: Nov 2012

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
Mass Effect 3
Sleeping Dogs

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t1pz0r
Joined: May 2008

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 10:10 pm
Walking Dead
Sleeping Dogs

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213EDD
Joined: Sep 2007

Posted: Dec 10th, 2012 at 11:20 pm
Mass Effect 3
Guild Wars 2

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Klandathu
Joined: Apr 2008

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 12:26 am
Mass Effect 3

I haven't played Sleeping Dogs or Guild Wars 2, so in all good conscience I can't really vote on that one.

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Rainemaida
Joined: Jun 2003

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 12:48 am
Walking Dead
Sleeping Dogs

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Lok-Nar
Joined: Feb 2012

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 1:37 am
Mass Effect 3
Sleeping Dogs

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Axelownz
Joined: Apr 2011

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 2:02 am
Walking Dead

This was a really tough one. Other than the ending ME3 was amazing, but Walking Dead was as well. Ended up tossing a coin Walking Dead won the toss

Never played Sleeping Dogs or Guild Wars

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Insolent
Joined: Dec 2007

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 2:37 am
Walking Dead

Haven't played GW2 or SD so won't vote on those.

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cgoodnig
Joined: Dec 2012

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 3:54 am
ME3
Did not play the other two.

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MasterRabbi
Joined: May 2007

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 5:53 am
Walking Dead
GW2

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usaglory
Joined: Mar 2009

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 7:12 am
ME3
Sleeping Dogs

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Jobin_Wendy
Joined: Mar 2012

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 7:26 am
Walking Dead
Sleeping Dogs (finished it... miles above what I assumed would just be a GTA clone)

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DigitalJeff51
Joined: Oct 2012

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 8:10 am
Walking Dead

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Alex_Osborn
Joined: Jan 2012

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 8:20 am
Daniel, your decision to put ME3 and TWD against each other (the two best games of the year) was incredibly cruel.

Couldn't you have saved their showdown for the semi-finals?

I just want you to know that I am taking this decision as a personal attack :P

In all seriousness though, this is where the voting gets REALLY tough, and I trust the GR community to make the right decision.

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Stickyellowsock
Joined: Oct 2009

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 9:59 am
walking dead
sleeping dogs

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Lien
Joined: Feb 2008

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 10:05 am
Wow... Here i thought that matching up mass effect 3 against walking dead would be a landslide decision. But instead, the vote are close to even!

Mass effect 3
Sleeping dogs

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LinksOcarina
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
It's not close at all yet, Walking Dead is up by 4.

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hempy420
Joined: Apr 2012

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 11:24 am
The Walking Dead
Sleeping Dogs

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DaVillain
Joined: Apr 2011

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Braaaaiiiiinnnnnssss...I mean...THE WALKING DEAD
Sleeping Dogs, only because thats about as close as im going to get to visting Hong Kong.

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Toddy
Joined: Sep 2011

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
The Walking Dead
Sleeping Dogs

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Kurlkurry
Joined: Apr 2012

Posted: Dec 11th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Mass Effect 3
Sleeping Dogs

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profeesound
Joined: Dec 2012

Posted: Dec 13th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
The walking dead
Sleeping Dogs

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thegralph10
Joined: Dec 2012

Posted: Dec 14th, 2012 at 1:37 am
walking dead
sleeping dogs

because mass effect 3 ending was an outrage when it first came out so they had to put DLCs,
walking dead is my choice because walking dead ending was more sad and better, because you feel more remembered unlike shepard who just sacrifices himself without anyone being like "SHEPARD NOOO!"

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