UK Autumn Game Awards Announced

Posted by simoniker on Monday September 1, 2003 @08:54AM from the right-ho-footie-feck-off dept.

Thanks to Eurogamer.net for their 'Muffies' Autumn Game Awards 2003, which tries to differ from the official ECTS awards in "only [allowing] games for which actual real-time code was available", and basing their conclusions on serious time spent with each game at the ECTS and Playstation Experience shows. Stand-out winners include Best PC Game for the so far low-profile Ground Control 2, which "...looks set to be a true strategy classic", and Best Surprise to Rogue Ops, which they describe as "...Metal Gear Solid and then some." Finally, the overall Game Of Show award went to the Euro-centric Pro Evolution Soccer 3 from Konami.

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Re:Hoo-boy by easychord · 2003-09-01 10:36 · Score: 2, Informative

I'm no expert, but I think that we British normally use torrid negatively. We don't like it when it gets too hot, y'know.

Probably a bit lazy using it instead of drought, which is probably what he meant.

Real-time is just used incorrectly, in my opinion. He might mean interactive or "hands on". Probably short hand for "Graphics generated in Real-Time" implying that he doesn't always get to play himself and writes previews based on watching others play.