User blog comment:Dr Mutran/Mass Effect 3 in VGA 2012/@comment-2250460-20121116022939/@comment-4237253-20121116225928

I think it's more of a preference issue for you. However, a good zombie story is never really about the zombies anyway. It goes much deeper than that, and this game has some of the most interesting characters I've seen in any game; I'd say it's up there with BioWare, who (save for some mishaps in Dragon Age II) always write amazingly well-written characters. I've honestly screamed at some scenes, and cried during others. Then again, I'm a total crybaby who cries whenever SPOILER ALERT Mufasa dies. END SPOILER ALERT It's one of the few games that actaully manages to make me terrified during every moment, for two reasons. One, they kill off characters very often, sometimes very unceremoniously. I know that mind sound bad, but it's absolutely perfect in a genre that's supposed to be an allegory for Man's greatest fear: death. Two, I really, truly, care about these characters. The protagonist is a good combination of an Everyman and a badass, with just the right amount of Pathos. Clementine is the single best child character in any game ever, and is the reason people play. They care about here. I just wish more games could nail that kind of writing.

So yeah. Sorry for unleashing my inner Walking Dead fanboy. However, from the perspective of a PS3 player looking in, I really do believe that Halo 4 should be up there. 343 seems to have really nailed it, and I love that. I wish we had more developers with the same kind of results. For me, my Game of the Year will always be The Walking Dead, and I strongly believe it should be the nominee, but Halo 4 really does deserve to be one as well.