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Game Developer's Choice Nominees Announced
The International Game Developers Association has announced the nominees for the 2005 Developer's Choice Awards. The list includes some pleasantly surprising decisions, such as the inclusion of the quirky Katamari Damacy in the running for Best Game of the Year.
...when it doesn't have Metal Gear Solid 3 anywhere on it. I'd have put it in any of Best Game, Character Design, Game Design, Visual Arts, or Writing. I'd say it's probably the best game I've played in two years, maybe more.
It's got a great story (which manages to tie in well with all the other games), some of the most memorable characters I've ever seen, great music, good sound, impressive voice acting, and at least one really, really impressive one-on-one battle (versus The End, who feels like battling a real human at times). Then there is the whole camouflage mechanic which, while mostly unrealisitic, is pretty unique and interesting. And cut scenes that are actually interactive in a limited way, one that I found really appealing.
To top it off, the game is actually fun to play, which is what we all wanted anyway.
I also appreciated the fact that I could complete the game without killing any enemy soldiers and was able to use tranquilizer darts and stun grenades to defeat all the bosses. This gave me a special ranking at the end for not killing any humans (which apparently excludes bosses, since they do actually die, but that's a quibble). This is indicative of what I feel is one of MGS3's strengths: the freedom to get from point A to point B using any of a variety of methods. Despite being a completely linear game in the large sense, most players will have unique experiences because they'll do the various small tasks using different strategies.
To get back on topic...list is flawed when it doesn't include MGS3. Sorry.
Curmudgeon Gamer: Not happy
No, no, the upside-down skulls were on spider legs. And the flying skulls had jetpacks, not wings.
I'm not kidding.
Honor Among Slackers. A veri
Best Game: Ratchet and Clank 3. This is the most fun I have had playing a game in a while. What game has been made recently that's more fun than R&C3?
Audio: Doom 3 is the best use of audio to create atmosphere that I have ever experienced in a game.
New Studio: What Crytek did with Far Cry as their first game is extremely impressive.
Character Design: Katamari Damacy. Your father in that game is one of my favorite characters of all time.
Technology: Doom 3. There were more than a handfull of moments in that game where I almost could not believe that what I was seeing on my screen was really there.
Writing: Ratchet and Clank 3. Most of the nominees have really terrible writing. HL2? Give me a break. The game was awesome, but the writing? R&C3 was funny and quirky, and did quite a bit to make the overall experience of the game more fun.
Because the last contest I read about had only EA games listed as nominees and winners.
:)
Like The Sims, Fifa "pick a number", etc
I believe these to be well thought out nominations.
I just hope my current favourite game WoW will win
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