Gamespot's GOTY awards! (Update: GOTY chosen)

Pugnate

http://www.gamespot.com/best-of/genreawards/index.html

Best Action Adventure Game:

Gamespot Editor’s choice:Assassin's Creed
Reader’s Choice: Assassin’s Creed




Best Adventure Game:

Gamespot Editor’s Choice:Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
Reader’s ChoiceZack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure


Best Shooter:

Gamespot Editor’s Choice:Crysis
Reader’s Choice: Crysis

Why Crysis? It's the shooter that pushes the limits of gameplay and technology in almost every way possible. Yes, it's got the most advanced graphics seen to date, but it's also a deeply rewarding shooter that requires you to think as much as react. Dropped into large levels, you're constantly making decisions, whether you're conscious of them or not. Which approach do you take to the objective? Go stealthy or guns blazing? How about using your nanosuit's powers to vault over a fence or onto a rooftop to hide from the enemy? Use cloak and stalk your prey? Do you even want to get in a firefight right now?

One of the most rewarding moments that we had in Crysis was during an escape from a military base at night. Running into the woods, we stumbled into a large squad of soldiers hunting us. The ability to make your own tactics on the fly let us suddenly slow down to use the suit's cloak powers, silenced weapons, and headshots to raise havoc in the enemy's ranks. Suddenly, the hunters were the hunted, and they were panicking at being picked off one by one. This wasn't a "stealth only" sequence; we could have gone guns blazing or bypassed the enemy altogether. It was this open-ended, emergent gameplay--the ability to let us tackle our challenges in whatever way we wished while requiring us to think on our feet that helped the game squeak past impressive shooters such as the highly addictive Call of Duty 4, the extremely polished Halo 3, the creepy and distinctive BioShock, and the jam-packed game known as The Orange Box--all of which are genuinely exceptional games in their own right that are absolutely, positively worth your while. But for being able to make us feel like an incredibly lethal and intelligent predator in a way that perhaps no other game has done, Crysis takes this award.

Best Fighting Game:
Gamespot Editor’s Choice: Virtua Fighter 5
Reader’s Choice: Virtua Fighter 5


Best Platformer:
Gamespot Editor’s Choice: Super Mario Galaxy
Reader’s Choice: Super Mario Galaxy


Best Driving Game:
Gamespot’s Editor’s Choice: Forza Motorsport 2
Reader’s Choice: Forza Motorsport 2


Best Puzzle Game:
Gamespot’s Editor’s Choice: Orange Box
Reader’s Choice: Orange Box


Best Rhythm/Music Game:
Gamespot’s Editor’s Choice: Rock Band

Reader’s Choice: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock


Best Role-playing Game:
Gamespot’s Editor’s Choice:Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

Reader's Choice: The Witcher



Best Strategy Game:
Gamespot’s editor’s Choice: World in Confict

Reader’s Choice: Supreme Commander


GAME OF THE YEAR:

Gamespot's editor's choice: Supermario Galaxy

Reader's Choice: Crysis



Aside from the surprising reader and editor recognition for Crysis, I am surprised that Bioshock doesn't get any merit on the list.

I am pleased that reader's recognized The Witcher to be the best RPG across all platforms. Also to me, Supreme Commander was a better RTS than World in Conflict.

Tav

The Orange Box is in the puzzle section? It should be in shooters, since the only puzzle game in it is Portal ...

LewieP

Pugnate wrote: »

GAME OF THE YEAR:
Gamespot Editor’s choice: Kane & Lynch
Reader’s Choice: Kane & Lynch

Fix'd

CZroe

Wait, no Kain and Lynch love?

I believe that their readers are easily coerced if they think that Crysis is superior to Call of Duty 4.

The_Scarab

Crysis is not the game of the year and should not win. It's good but many many other games are superior in every aspect.

Shooter Mcgavin

I think the "emergent gameplay" example they used in Crysis was a bad example. How many games have we seen before where you could sneak OR shoot? That's not exactly revolutionary.

Algertman

Random FPS #2,458 for teh winnz

scootch

crysis? pushes the limits of gameplay? wtf was I playing?

cj iwakura

I'm ecstatic that Persona 3 finally beat out Mass Effect somewhere.

...why was Hannah Montana nominated in the rhythm game category? There had to be some other option.

Same with Orange Box in puzzle. I guess it fits, but that seems like a stretch.

SumDeus

No Bioshock or Mass Effect for Xbox 360 GOTY award? WTF!?!

bruin

Hm, so far we've been posting all of the year-end lists in this thread, so there aren't a million of them. If you want to copy/paste the OP here into a reply there and a mod close this thread that would be cool. If not that's also cool, whatever.

cj iwakura wrote: »

...why was Hannah Montana nominated in the rhythm game category? There had to be some other option.

I haven't played it myself but I've heard that game is actually good!

Lunker

cj iwakura wrote: »

I'm ecstatic that Persona 3 finally beat out Mass Effect somewhere.

...why was Hannah Montana nominated in the rhythm game category? There had to be some other option.

Same with Orange Box in puzzle. I guess it fits, but that seems like a stretch.

Hannah Montana Music Jam for DS is essentially a licensed version of Jam Sessions that also lets you pluck individual guitar strings instead of only strumming. I've half a mind to pick it up one day; I've made a few threads about it and got nothing but laughs, but it's no joke.

EDIT: Bruin is also a member of the Cool Kids' Club.

Blackjack

cj iwakura wrote: »

I'm ecstatic that Persona 3 finally beat out Mass Effect somewhere.

Seriously.

syrion

I put Gamespot in my BlockSite plugin in Firefox. I can no longer see anything (even links!) which originate there.

My life is better because of this.

Strifer

I would rather have Persona 3 beat out my PAL wallet. There, I said it. Regardless, I am happy that P3 got recognized, the same with The Witcher.

Though God Hand should be Game of the Year this year and every subsequent year until they give us something akin to God Hand 2 - Shinji Mikami, I am looking at you.

SwashbucklerXX

Hurrah for both Persona 3 and The Witcher! Both games have been sadly overlooked most places.

It's enough to make a gal think that Gamespot has some credibility left, after all.

bombardier

I hate GOTY stuff. It's just a big opinion/dick waving contest.

But really, Crysis in the lead as GOTY? Who's played it? The 5 people with rigs good enough to enjoy it on full settings? The demo was pretty generic. There's a slew of better games this year.

SirUltimos

So... Halo 3 didn't win for shooter? Is this the only place it didn't win?

bruin

SirUltimos wrote: »

So... Halo 3 didn't win for shooter? Is this the only place it didn't win?

No, it's actually been losing to BioShock and COD4 all over the place

Which it really should not

TubularLuggage

Crysis shouldn't have won best shooter, but at least Halo 3 didn't win.

Rikatix

COD4 is so superior to Halo 3 in every way. Not to be hatin on Halo because I obsessed over it for months, but COD4, to me, had much less hype and blows Halo3 out of the water in terms of gameplay. COD4's multiplayer is far superior to Halo3's which is the main reason i bought Halo. Even the single player mode, COD4 just seems better to me all around.

Witchsight

Seems like some pretty good picks all around... I thought this was funny in the Dubious Honors catagory for most dissapointing game.

Kane & Lynch at 51% votes

Lair at 31%

...and the winner is... Tiger Woods? At 3% votes? That was anticlimatic.

Viscountalpha

SumDeus wrote: »

No Bioshock or Mass Effect for Xbox 360 GOTY award? WTF!?!

Oh Microsoft didn't put up a big enough bag of money for those two titles.

Strifer

I haven't played any of this year's "hottest" titles, so I have no idea whether they are really good or just plain bad, but I cannot escape the feeling that Halo 3 is such a hot cookie this year because it is Halo 3. Doubly so after the cock-blocking at the end of Halo 2.

Please indulge my craving for truth.

EDIT: It's like an unconditional response - you say Halo 3, they go "Woaahaa-aahoo!!!" I'd like to use a Harry Potter games comparison here, but I am not that cruel.

EDIT2: I happened to be browsing Evil Avatar forums during the Halo 3 release period. I do not want to start a flame war, though it seems otherwise.

TheSonicRetard

All I can say is that I disagree with gamespot's awards.

Raslin

Wow, they picked world in conflict and persona 3... I gotta say, that gives them a couple points... even if they lost a good thousand for the whole gertsmann thing.

Joshua368

I... I liked Crysis a lot.

urahonky

SO glad Persona 3 is up there! Everything else gets a: "I can see why they put that there." from me.

Accualt

Where the fuck is Mass Effect?

DolbyDigital

LOLz @ most disappointing game!!11!!1

Look at the reader's votes.

TheSonicRetard

A_ccualt wrote: »

Where the fuck is Mass Effect?

Thats what I said. Fucking SMT best RPG of the year? BULLSHIT!

urahonky

TheSonicRetard wrote: »

A_ccualt wrote: »

Where the fuck is Mass Effect?

Thats what I said. Fucking SMT best RPG of the year? BULLSHIT!

TSR. You're treading on thin ice my friend.

cj iwakura

Mass Effect got more than enough GOTY nods. It's about time P3 got one.

Gyral

cj iwakura wrote: »

Mass Effect got more than enough GOTY nods. It's about time P3 got one.

This. And I enjoyed P3 more.

TheSonicRetard

Gyral wrote: »

cj iwakura wrote: »

Mass Effect got more than enough GOTY nods. It's about time P3 got one.

This. And I enjoyed P3 more.

SMT, but no uncharted? I'm sorry, I just can't agree with that.

Pugnate

Tav wrote: »

The Orange Box is in the puzzle section? It should be in shooters, since the only puzzle game in it is Portal ...

Yes I thought the idea of puttying all three games under one achievement a bit weird. To be honest no game can compare to the power of TF2, Ep2 and Portal in one package.

LewieP wrote: »

Pugnate wrote: »

GAME OF THE YEAR:
Gamespot Editor’s choice: Kane & Lynch
Reader’s Choice: Kane & Lynch

Fix'd

Haha... that's an ugly, ugly game.

The_Scarab wrote: »

Crysis is not the game of the year and should not win. It's good but many many other games are superior in every aspect.

Ever aspect? You are absolutely wrong.

Crysis lasted most PC gamers 10-14 hours... COD4 was about 5, so Crysis is a clear winner on length. It is also a winner in technical achivement, AI, emergent gameplay among other things.

Shooter Mcgavin wrote: »

I think the "emergent gameplay" example they used in Crysis was a bad example. How many games have we seen before where you could sneak OR shoot? That's not exactly revolutionary.

It might not seem that amazing on paper, but oh boy, it is amazing to turn the tables on your adversary. One minute you are being chased through the thick jungle, and the next you are cloaked and quiet, choke slamming the very enemy that was chasing you.

SumDeus wrote: »

No Bioshock or Mass Effect for Xbox 360 GOTY award? WTF!?!

Yea I was a bit surprised at the Bioshock omission.

TubularLuggage wrote: »

Crysis shouldn't have won best shooter, but at least Halo 3 didn't win.

You get points for the Halo hatred, but Crysis was the most fun I had with a shooter since F.E.A.R.

Viscountalpha wrote: »

SumDeus wrote: »

No Bioshock or Mass Effect for Xbox 360 GOTY award? WTF!?!

Oh Microsoft didn't put up a big enough bag of money for those two titles.

I didn't think that joke would get old, but after hearing it a billion times, it does. Then again, you probably weren't making a joke.

Raslin wrote: »

Wow, they picked world in conflict and persona 3... I gotta say, that gives them a couple points... even if they lost a good thousand for the whole gertsmann thing.

I wish they had picked "The Witcher" as their RPG.

Joshua368 wrote: »

I... I liked Crysis a lot.

Same here. Brilliant game.

A_ccualt wrote: »

Where the fuck is Mass Effect?

Lagging behind with technical issues.

Shoon

Kane and Lynch won!

TheSonicRetard

Shoon wrote: »

Kane and Lynch won!

thats an edit.

Chen

I like how they keep neglecting handheld games.

cj iwakura

Contra 4 and Phoenix Wright 3 got nominated for DS, but they're getting slaughtered by Phantom Hourglass.

Somehow, their PSP category ignored FFT and Disgaea.

The_Scarab

I love how Mass effect is somehow 'lagging behind with technical issues' and yet The Witcher gets a nod when it is running on the engine which powered Biowares last game, last generation, many many years ago.