RPGCast - Episode s06: "Game of the Year 2011"

[sabin1001]

RPGCast - Episode s06: "Game of the Year 2011"

Put the kids to bed before listening to this one. A conversational review through all the big RPG topics of last year, this RPG Cast also answers all the important questions about same sex marriage in Skyrim.

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RPG Cast Awards

And just to keep us honest from last year:

Prediction: RPG of 2011 - What game do you think will be the best in 2011

Nominees

Adriaan - Dragon Age II

Macstorm - Dungeon Siege III

Rosestorm - The Witcher 2

SeventhCircle - Mass Effect 3

Sabin1001 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim


Prediction: Most Over Hyped of 2011 - What do you think won't live up the expectations in 2011

Nominees

Adriaan - Diablo III

Macstorm - The 3DS

Rosestorm - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

SeventhCircle - The 3rd Birthday

Sabin1001 - Star Wars: The Old Republic


Game series we'd most like to see Double Fined
Michael Apps - Shining Force
Glenn - Star Control 2
Adriaan - Too Human
Sam - Suikoden and Magical Starsign
Chris - Bribe Nintendo to bring out Earthbound 2
Alex - The rest of Falcom's Kiseki series (legend of heroes)
Winner - Star Control 2

The Backtrack award - The best RPG from before 2011 you finally got around to playing for the first time

Sam - Fallout 3/New Vegas
Chris - Grubbins on Ice
Adriaan - Cthulu Save the World
Michael - Saga Frontier 2
Alex - Persona 4
Glenn - Atelier Rorona
Winner - Saga Frontier 2
Developer with the Best/Worst Use of GP (Budget)

Adriaan - Super Giant Games with Bastion/Dead Island
Michael Apps - War in the north (worse)
Glenn - Atelier Totori (best)
Glenn - SaGa 3 DS (best)
Alex Worst - Namco Bandai - We don't need to tell people that we made some games.
Alex Best - Compile Heart - Not wasting it on making a new battle system or anything like that.
Sam - XSEED for publishing Wizardry and only giving you half the game?
Winner - Namco Bandai for having no advertising budget
The "it sucked the first time but gave it a second shot...and it still sucked!" - Ivan Real

Adriaan - Ys III - SNES
Sam - Hyperdimension Neptunia
Alex - Agarest Zero
Michael - Lord of Arcana
Chris - White Knight Chronicles 2
Winner - White Knight Chronicles 2
Missed Out Award - The RPG you most wanted to play but didn't

Sam - Tactics Ogre
Chris - The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Adriaan - Xenoblade Chronicles
Glenn - Xenoblade Chronicles
Alex - Atelier Totori
Michael - Gods Eater Burst
Winner - Gods Eater Burst

Biggest surprise of the year

Alex - Xenoblade (for existing!)
Adriaan and Sam - Hunted: The Demon’s Forge (they like it!)
Chris - Ocarina of Time
Michael - Dungeon Siege III
Glenn - Bastion (Because Adriaan was right about it)
Winner - Hunted (wow...just wow)
“Year of the PC Award” - Best PC RPG, celebrating the return of the PC to relevance
Alex - Aselia
Glenn - Binding of Isaac
Michael - Avadon: The Black Fortress
Winner - Avadon
Worst/Most Offensive Attempt at Multiplayer

Sam and Chris - Dungeon Hunter Alliance
Adriaan - Torchlight (for not having multiplayer)
Michael - War in the North
Glenn - Disgaea 4 (for promising having interesting multiplayer but not)
Winner - Bugs in the North
The Honorary Sam Marcello “Best Sex Award”

Dinner with a Werewolf - Same sex love finds a home in Skyrim
Story of the Year

Adriaan - Radiant Historia
Sam - Atelier Totori
Glenn - The Witcher 2
Michael - Tactics Ogre
Chris - Deus Ex
Alex - Xenoblade
Winner - Xenoblade
Biggest Bonehead Move - What was the dumbest thing this year either in an RPG or from the industry or press

Nominees
Michael - Buggy releases (Hunted, War in the North, Skyrim PS3)
Alex - Also SEGA and VC3. I'm not bitter. Michael - Sega? do something bad? NEVER!
Chris - EA for owning Bioware
Adriaan - Putting every release in Q4 2011 and them moving all of them to 2012.
Glenn - Releasing Dragon Age 2 so fast
Sam - Kitase talking about how clothing damage in 3rd birthday is “realistic”
Winner - 3rd Birthday
The "Everyone Else is Wrong" award - the RPG that you can't believe people like or dislike (also Most Reviewed Game in hopes you'd believe us and buy it)

Nominees
Michael - Tactics Ogre, because I don’t understand the people who think the PS1 version is better
Glenn - Torchlight (saying it’s as good as Diablo 2)
Alex - Gods Eater Burst
Adriaan -Hunted: The Demon Forge (buy it for $10)
Sam - Rune Factory Tides of Destiny (The harvest moon fans insist it’s good, they must not be familiar with the difference between hd graphics and good gameplay)
Winner - Trails in the Sky (I don’t know how this happened)
Most Disappointing Game

Nominees
Michael - Ar Tonelico 3
Adriaan - Dead Island
Glenn - Dragon Age 2 and Torchlight and Trails in the Sky
Alex - White Knight Chronicles 2
Sam - Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny
Chris - Dungeon Hunter: Alliance
Winner - Dragon Age 2 and Torchlight and Trails in the Sky and Ar Tonelico 3 and Dead Island and Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny and White Knight Chronicles 2 and Dungeon Hunter: Alliance
Best Overall RPG

Nominees
Michael - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Glenn - Bastion
Adriaan - Bastion and Skyrim (Skyrim had more HLA than Oblivion)
Chris - Skyrim
Sam - Atelier Totori
Alex - Xenoblade
Winner - Xenoblade
Prediction: RPG of 2012 - What game do you think will be the best in 2012

Nominees
Chris - Diablo III
Adriaan - Mass Effect 3
Sam - Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Michael - Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 3
Alex - The Last Story
Glenn - Mass Effect 3
Winner - Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 3
Prediction: Most Over Hyped of 2012 - What do you think won't live up the expectations in 2012

Nominees
Glenn - Grand Knights History
Adriaan - Diablo III
Alex - Mass Effect 3
Sam - Mass Effect 3
Chris - Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Michael - Pandora’s Tower

[Drav]

3 hours and 40 mins up in this *****.

[omegabyte]

Since we talked so much about Radiant Historia and the fact that it's hard to find came up, I thought I'd mention that Atlus has just announced that they're doing a second print run of the game. So if you haven't bought it yet, more copies should be available in March. Make sure you get it this time, because I'm sure they'll sell fast.

[Rosestorm]

I have a giant shoe in my mouth after this, seeing as how skyrim was my game of the year, with the witcher 2 as a close second. Also Glenn, its a PC RPG so of course I played it

[Firemyst]

Since we talked so much about Radiant Historia and the fact that it's hard to find came up, I thought I'd mention that Atlus has just announced that they're doing a second print run of the game. So if you haven't bought it yet, more copies should be available in March. Make sure you get it this time, because I'm sure they'll sell fast.

Can you pre-order a second print of something? I don't want to miss this. If it's not possible, it should be.

[Macstorm]

Can you pre-order a second print of something? I don't want to miss this. If it's not possible, it should be.

Order it now, it ships in March.
http://www.amazon.com/Radiant-Histor...9006819&sr=8-1

[Rosestorm]

I will throw my hat into the ring, and say Mass Effect 3 for rpg of 2012 and Diablo 3 for most over hyped

[KisakiProject]

I'm gonna throw it out there that RPGcast needs more snarky Glenn Wilson.

[Nyx]

I'm gonna throw it out there that RPGcast needs more snarky Glenn Wilson.

I agree! Except when I have to yell "Shut up, Glenn!" when he flusters me. :P