- JHOX
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I've always said that a great game has to have three out of four things. If it does two or three of these things very well than you can overlook the other areas.
Great story
Great environment/setting/exploration
Great gameplay
Great execution (voice acting, fixed bugs, the polished/finished feel)
I felt that The Walking Dead game had an amazing story, amazing setting, and amazing execution. The gameplay was very simple and minimal, but I honestly wouldn't change a thing about it. The easy puzzles and abrupt, jarring action sequences helped define this game to me. But if this same gameplay was thrown into a generic military or scifi space marine story it would've been garbage.
The story was fantastic IMO, I got the same feeling I did when I read the comics and watch the show.
The setting was awesome just because I already loved it from said sources.
The execution was done right as well, I thought the voice acting was top notch and I never had a single bug in the however many hours I played it.
I still don't know if it's my GOTY because I haven't played XCOM, Dishonored, Borderlands 2, or Far Cry 3.
Storywise, I would rank it at the top of the current generation above even Portal 2.
[Edited on 12.28.2012 10:32 PM PST]