Gears of War 3 wins the Video, Gaming at 30 awards for best Xbox 360 Game (that we actually played) as well as the coveted Game of the Year.
There's a lot of good reasons to not pick Gears of War 3 as Game of the Year. Most publications gave it to Skyrim, but as you can tell from my Day 1 post, I felt that it didn't really deserve such high honors. There's better online experiences. There's better single player experiences. There's something special here, though. It's something that brought friends together to enjoy a game.
VG30 contributors got together weekly to play through the demo. Then six months later, we did the same in the campaign, and then Hoard, and Beast modes. And when we were all done with that, we came back when the Season Pass content hit, and even now we're planning on when we're going to get together next to play.
That's not something that's easily done for any game. It took players of all skill levels, of loves of different styles of games, different genres and environments, and brought us all together to enjoy ripping apart baddies with chainsaws. It was a lot of fun, and it has to be recognized by somebody just how great it is. Cliffy B, you've got a great team and I look forward to seeing what you do next.
