WTF/electronica/

I'd also like to big up Crackdown. It's a really, really good game. I played it much more than Gears, no matter how fun and pretty Gears was. It was also made by a British studio, so I would imagine there was some nationalism involved in the voting.

cdammers

no clearly they are run and judged by people who don't play games.

I put $5 down on they read user reviews on gamestop or eb.com to pick their choices.

Spoony

1. Half the titles are yet to be released. How can a game be in the running for best of the year when no-one has played it?

2. Why any multi-platform games are labelled "PS3", even ones which are only available on systems other than PS3 at the time of the awards.

I have always hated these awards ceremonies. They are clearly run by idiots.

DarrenIndeed

Don't they know there are *TWELVE* months in the year? Do they automatically disqualify GH3, RB, and Mass Effect from the running? How do they figure Orange Box is a PS3 title when it's only on the 360 and PC at the moment?

Wii Sports? Are you serious?

Who are these people? Someone slap them please.

yonderTheGreat

TearsandScreams

2SBs

Shenanigans.

Ken

That's how I justify my call of "shenanigans". Wii Sports winning that much? Yah,... right.

Ken

Are you $&*@$ kidding me?
Are you seriously O(&%(* kidding me?
OMFG are you ()&*%%) seriously $)(%& kidding me?

SchoolBusDriver

WiiSports should have won casual, and maybe sports, and that's it. All the "innovation" is in regards to the console, not the game itself, and others on the list benefit from the same mechanics.

I don't understand this at all.

Heliophage

rolf :D thats rediculous

cnas

BurningRevenge

Ragnarawk FTW!

GuitaRPG's are the future!

Check out the BBC news coverage of the game:
[news.bbc.co.uk]
And the trailer is on YouTube:
[www.youtube.com]

Also you can download the demo from the 2007 showcase here:
[www.daretobedigital.com]

JadeHammer

*visits www.realtimeworlds.com

edhe (xbl)

Chrinkster

A total and utter failure. I'm all for big award shows for games and such, but this does more harm to the industry than it does good.

In closing, I'm absolutely disgusted.

Tulkamir

People are wrong.

monkeybeach

Meldy

Actually, I think that basically says it all.

pixelator

Toasticus

sinny

Employee #2: That almost makes me feel better. OK not really.

Torusan

Maybe I'm blind or something, but that's how I see it.

And Okami isn't old news.

Cola82

4dSwissCheese

~

Hiroken

Use of Audio? Snarf? And why is it even on the list for multiplayer?? Being in the same city gets you nominated? riiiiiight.

I'm honestly surprised Gears didn't win something. The dialog is terrible, but it looks and plays great, and actively encourages players to cooperate, see, e.g., multiplayer achievements.

-p-

psxndc

OmegaKulu

ShineyBlueShoes

ShineyBlueShoes

Anyway, it's also strange that Ratchet won an award since the game just launched today and Okami has been out for well over a year.

Oh well, interesting read if nothing else. But will these awards mean anything in the long run? My guess is no.

incredibilistic

While I do disagree with some of the choices, it feels like a good deal of the disappointment coming from this crowd is because this list is "outdated". But looking at the list, there isn't a single "new" game missing, at least not one thats worth any sort of award.

Why does this feel like too many Halo fans are upset that it was excluded from the BAFTA glory?

Sesstuna

Luke Plunkett

And I was wondering how Kane and Lynch got on there.

Yuki

crackdown beats gears...

wii sports beats zelda...

and a playstation 2 game has better graphics than a 360 show stopper....

riiiiiiiiiiight.

hal2600

okenny

sinny

I do believe that it, honestly, deserves the casual game award, but the rest...not so much. Yeah, it uses the controls that the Wii is built for. Really. I played it for a month or so, then threw it in the drawer to sit and rot.

Innovation? Yeah, it uses the Wii controls. That's kind of like having a game marked as innovative if it rumbles, back when rumble came out. Great job. Real innovation.

Now that, as opposed to Okami, which took games to a completely different art/culture level (at least for the US), or Eye of Judgment, which uses an add-on to make a card game come to life...well...

Then again, I guess I'm jaded since I've had my Wii since launch...*shrug*

sariah

Well beside 'it prints money' apperently a new gif just for Wii sports 'Wins award in any genre is place as a contender!'

daknight

TalKeaton

Technical Achievement... God of War II??!?!

*walks away scratching head*

Ken

Look at this:
The PC World Gamers Award

Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
FIFA 07 (PS2)
Football Manager 2007 (PC)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PSP)
Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)
Wii Play (Wii)

The only PC game in the list won the PC World Gamers Award, SHOCKING...

Volomon

I thought the same exact thing: Crackdown was the worst on the list, and Wii hardly seems like the "simulation" that the category should reward.

LedRush

Volomon

Shijirou

PepeTheOne

I wanna know who adds the titles and who does the voting...! How did these games make the cut since they aren't even out yet. Seem Bias/Unfare in my opinion. Looks like the movie awards all of the winners are based on the judges vote not the consumers' vote. But it's a funny read anywhooo?!

JorgieX

Jest

MeanMF

okami? that's yesterday's stuff.

would wish these reward shows would come sooner.

Strider_Seven

...seriously, if a game is known more because it had a beta for another game than for the game itself that doesnt speak well....
and some of the competitors in the same category are far superior like ...all the rest

sinny

Luke Plunkett

Providence

phinehas

YagamiIori

vizion

Stormrider