[Bowling Pin]

[CubaLibre]

The Witness.
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[internisus]

Another Metroid 2 Remake

[Gironika]

if WATCH_DOGS would actually make a 2013-date, it might be a strong contender. Same thing applies for that Capcom-cyber-game as well, though I forgot the name of that one.
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[CONSUME_PRODUCTS]

gnu's not usable

[nuttyevans]

I'm looking forward to The Last of Us. I'm just going to go ahead and say Bioshock Infinite too.

[tacotaskforce]

I expect to begrudgingly enjoy Tomb Raider 9 and legitimately enjoy Bioshock Infinite. Also I'm probably going to enjoy at least two Wayforward games in 2013 which the rest of SB decries as inadequate because they all live in a fantasy land.
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[Gironika]

[The King]

Not a lot of pre-release hype for indie games.

Of games that are announced I'd say Rockfish (ios) is a contender, but I'd be surprised if was my actual pick at the end of the year.

probably either something I haven't heard of or The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 – Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie – Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa
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[Toups]

[firenze]

I would be fairly shocked if Dodonpachi Saidaioujou (360) isn't my favorite game of 2013, seeing as how both Daioujou and Daifukkatsu are among my favorite games ever. Haven't had the good fortune to play the arcade version, but I can't believe Cave going out with a bang on 360 will let me down.

I also have really high expectations for Platinum's 2013 schedule, particularly Wonderful 101 (which basically sold me a WiiU launch system). Metal Gear Rising and Bayonetta 2 if it shows up in 2013 also have my attention.

I dunno that remakes of 90s RPGs will be best-of-year material for me, but I'm very interested in both Soul Hackers and Dragon Quest VII on 3DS.

Hopefully something interesting for holiday new Xbox (and PS4?) launches?

Even though I'm not heavily into PC gaming, I'll probably become smitten with some random PC game, a la Torchlight II or Legend of Grimrock in 2012.

[The King]

Wait, Johann Sebastian Joust is being released this year.

GOTY 2013!
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[Felix]

oh that's right I never realized when I played it @babycastles that it was never officially released

[Brooks]

Nidhogg >:[

[thestage]

if 2012 wasn't the year where indies decided that the only way to retain their indie cred in the face of decidedly mainstream recognition was to simply not release their video games outside of parties for other developers and sycophantic bloggers, then 2013 certainly will be.

[The King]

Pre-release parties seem like a really smart way to market multiplayer indie titles.
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[Bennett]

[Dark Age Iron Savior]

Hudson did it first

[boojiboy7]

[CubaLibre]

I wasn't electing that as my anticipated 2013 goty, just answering Bowling Pin's question.
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[LandRoverAttack]

for me, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle by the looks of it
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[boojiboy7]

[Gironika]

[scratchmonkey]

I'd say that The Witness has as good a chance as anything as being my favorite game of the year. It could also be awful! It's got a low floor and a high ceiling.

GTAV is one where it should be my game of the year; I'm also pretty certain that it won't be. I've been playing through GTAIV and the expansions lately and should really bother to sit down and write something on them.

[thestage]

[Broco]

[CubaLibre]

Agree with that assessment. The Witness will have the added benefit of being explorable, which depending on the success of the art and level design could add a whole nother layer of good stuff, but also the drawback of having voiceover, which could make Blow's purple, leaden prose unavoidable and ubiquitous instead of isolated in little gameless story spaces that you can forget about while actually playing the game as in Braid. We shall see.
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[Felix]

yeah, the fact that he's not writing this one means it may actually be very good. Braid is a darned good game, Blow's just a terrible writer.

[Broco]

I for one like Blow's purple, leaden prose. I seem to be the only one who does. Dunno, it came across as refreshing in comparison to all the blandly competent writing out there: I like to see a distinctive prose style. I took it partly as the whining voice of the sad little protagonist and partly as a self-referential joke mocking how arty the game is. The game otherwise has a sense of humor so I don't think I'm entirely off base in viewing the totally humorless prose as itself a meta-joke.

[thestage]

it's really not that bad

[L]

[Gironika]