Uncharted 3, new Bioware game, VGA etc.

[Stark]

I guess it might confuse people who mistook the awards for anything but a popularity contest?

[Ford Prefect]

Yeah, the real winner should have been Kratos. He's just such an interesting and multifacited character.

Look, you really don't want to get me started on this, because I actually do think that Kratos is an interesting and multifaceted character. I wouldn't pick him over ... actually no I would pick him. It's religious. :v

[Stark]

Kratos is hands-down more interesting than Mason, because he actually does things. But CoD is the bigger franchise, so it wins.

[Chardok]

I actualyl sat throught he entire VGA show...god it was awful. the only presenter worth a flip was NPH. Denise Richardson was...oh, god...just...what? And there was a really bizarre backstage "interview" where the guy who plays the thing demonstrated his "Strength" by lifting the interviewer straight up into the air....and she was wearing a miniskirt so...yeah...then they laughed. GOTY Red Dead...I can get behind that. I think ME2 was a better game with a better story but Red Dead was really really good.


Best performance by a human male, though...NPH in Spiderman: SD? Really?! REALLY?! He was up against ROB WEITHOFF (John Marston) and somehow NPH got picked? That is just...WHAT?! REALLY?!

[CaptHawkeye]

The VGA's have been and always will be a ridiculous nerd appeasement farce. It's hilarious to watch them try soooo hard to be a "cool" award show.

[adam_grif]

They're a pathetic attempt at Nerd appeasement. Every discussion I've seen of it was "OH MY GOD THAT SHIT WAS SO TERRIBLE." You should have seen the thread on NeoGAF. It was like getting a live MST3k riff on the event, but I had to hit F5 every now and again.

@Chardok: Sam Worthington got a nomination for Mason

[General Zod]

I actualyl sat throught he entire VGA show...god it was awful. the only presenter worth a flip was NPH. Denise Richardson was...oh, god...just...what? And there was a really bizarre backstage "interview" where the guy who plays the thing demonstrated his "Strength" by lifting the interviewer straight up into the air....and she was wearing a miniskirt so...yeah...then they laughed. GOTY Red Dead...I can get behind that. I think ME2 was a better game with a better story but Red Dead was really really good.


Best performance by a human male, though...NPH in Spiderman: SD? Really?! REALLY?! He was up against ROB WEITHOFF (John Marston) and somehow NPH got picked? That is just...WHAT?! REALLY?!

RDR bored me to tears, the only reason I'll accept it got GOTY is because Rockstar bribed the judges. Frankly the entire list of awards is a joke.

[Chardok]

@Chardok: Sam Worthington got a nomination for Mason

Yeah, that was nuts too. I knew he wouldn't win, even with the Star Power of ZOMG CoD!1!1!1oneone behind him. But honestly....NPH....ridiculous. Hell, Nolan North should have ACCIDENTALLY gotten one by now.

[Chardok]

RDR bored me to tears, the only reason I'll accept it got GOTY is because Rockstar bribed the judges. Frankly the entire list of awards is a joke.

You shut your dumb, stupid, ugly, fat face.



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[Whiplash]

I actualyl sat throught he entire VGA show...god it was awful. the only presenter worth a flip was NPH. Denise Richardson was...oh, god...just...what? And there was a really bizarre backstage "interview" where the guy who plays the thing demonstrated his "Strength" by lifting the interviewer straight up into the air....and she was wearing a miniskirt so...yeah...then they laughed. GOTY Red Dead...I can get behind that. I think ME2 was a better game with a better story but Red Dead was really really good.


Best performance by a human male, though...NPH in Spiderman: SD? Really?! REALLY?! He was up against ROB WEITHOFF (John Marston) and somehow NPH got picked? That is just...WHAT?! REALLY?!

RDR bored me to tears, the only reason I'll accept it got GOTY is because Rockstar bribed the judges. Frankly the entire list of awards is a joke.

Um, voting is done by the general public.

[General Zod]

RDR bored me to tears, the only reason I'll accept it got GOTY is because Rockstar bribed the judges. Frankly the entire list of awards is a joke.

You shut your dumb, stupid, ugly, fat face.



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The enemies were boring to fight and the only way they posed a serious threat is if they ganged up on you. Combat was ridiculously simple and there were far far too many fetch quests. I played up until the assault on some fort with a minigun and returned it. Oh, and far too much of your time is just spent walking everywhere.

[General Zod]

I actualyl sat throught he entire VGA show...god it was awful. the only presenter worth a flip was NPH. Denise Richardson was...oh, god...just...what? And there was a really bizarre backstage "interview" where the guy who plays the thing demonstrated his "Strength" by lifting the interviewer straight up into the air....and she was wearing a miniskirt so...yeah...then they laughed. GOTY Red Dead...I can get behind that. I think ME2 was a better game with a better story but Red Dead was really really good.


Best performance by a human male, though...NPH in Spiderman: SD? Really?! REALLY?! He was up against ROB WEITHOFF (John Marston) and somehow NPH got picked? That is just...WHAT?! REALLY?!

RDR bored me to tears, the only reason I'll accept it got GOTY is because Rockstar bribed the judges. Frankly the entire list of awards is a joke.

Um, voting is done by the general public.

All the more reason they're a complete joke.

[Stark]

Um, voting is done by the general public.

I think that makes it more hilarious that anyone had expectations beyond 'popularity contest'.

Popular votes go to popular candidate, news at 11.

Were any of the results at least interesting?

[Whiplash]

Sorry I'm actually willing to give this some credit, at least for GOTY.

Wouldn't the more popular game be Black Ops? What would you guys have picked?

[General Zod]

Um, voting is done by the general public.

I think that makes it more hilarious that anyone had expectations beyond 'popularity contest'.

Popular votes go to popular candidate, news at 11.

Were any of the results at least interesting?

Only if you consider the fact that blops got best character to be interesting in the hilarious sense.

[Stark]

Why? What's the relevance of a bunch of people you don't know or care about declaring a crappy game 'game of the year'? Does that shape your opinions?

[Artemas]

it shapes my opinions

negatively

[General Zod]

Sorry I'm actually willing to give this some credit, at least for GOTY.

Wouldn't the more popular game be Black Ops? What would you guys have picked?

Almost none of the games I'd have picked would have even gotten nominated, so I don't really see the point.

[Artemas]

Actually, i'm interested in what games you would pick, zod. I'm assuming its sort of based on whatever vague genres they've decided to use but whatevs i don't care how they did it

so without further ado i'll turn this thread into another "my favourite games (2010 edition)"

FPS: Bad Company 2 edit tie with metro
Strategy: Men of War -no thats from last year, World in Confl-no thats two years ago. um, dunno.
RPG: Alpha Protocol, if anything counts
Action-y shit: Asscred II, because i game on PC and can't have assbros yet or maybe that batman game i dunno

theres only like four genres in gaming, right?

oh wait: Eastern European STALKER like game: STALKER, Metro cuz it needed the two mentions

[Whiplash]

I'm just curious (not attacking anyone) because in a lot of thread about the mainstream AAA titles some of you end up bashing the crap out of them. Given how some of these threads tend to go, I'm shocked half of you even tried Halo: Reach or Black Ops. So I mean, what are these quality titles some of you are talking about.

Stark liked Metro 2033 and Alpha Protocol and that's all that comes to mind.

[Stark]

I would vote for those games. I don't know what I'd pick in 'action' that came out last year.

FPS: Metro
RPG: Alpha Protocol
Strategy: uh... RUSE? LOL
Action: uh... Onichanbara? No, that's old.

[General Zod]

Just for stuff that's been released in 2010: Yakuza 3, Alpha Protocol, Ace Attorney Investigations, Ass Bros, Persona 3 Portable and Chaos Rising.

I kind of want to put down Metro 2033 but I haven't really played enough of it because it doesn't like my laptop. So I can't really say anything about it until I can get a copy from Blockbuster.

[Chardok]

.

(Winner bold - nom italic)
Game of the Year Red Dead Redemption

Call of Duty: Black Ops
God of War III
Halo: Reach
Mass Effect 2

Studio of the Year Bioware, Mass Effect 2

Blizzard Entertainment, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Bungie Studios, Halo: Reach
Rockstar San Diego, Red Dead Redemption

Best Multi-player Halo: reach

Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Character of the Year Sgt. Frank Woods, Call of Duty: Black Ops

Ezio, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Best Dressed winner)
Kratos, God of War III (Biggest Badass winner)
John Marston, Red Dead Redemption

Best Xbox 360 Game Mass Effect 2

Alan Wake
Fable III
Halo: Reach

Best PS3 Game God of War III

Heavy Rain
ModNation Racers
Red Dead Redemption

Best Wii Game Super Mario Galaxy 2

Donkey Kong Country Returns
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Metroid: Other M

Best PC Game StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Fallout: New Vegas
Mass Effect 2
Sid Meier's Civilization V

Best Handheld Game God of War: Ghost of Sparta

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Super Scribblenauts

Best Shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops

Battlefield: Bad Company 2
BioShock 2
Halo: Reach

Best Action Adventure Game Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

God of War III
Red Dead Redemption
Super Mario Galaxy 2

Best RPG Mass Effect 2

Fable III
Fallout: New Vegas
Final Fantasy XIII

Best Individual Sports Game Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11

EA Sports MMA
Shaun White Skateboarding
UFC Undisputed 2010

Best Team Sports Game NBA 2K11

FIFA 11
Madden NFL 11
MLB 10: The Show

Best Driving Game Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

Blur
ModNation Racers
Split/Second

Best Music Game Rock Band 3

Dance Central
DJ Hero 2
Def Jam Rapstar

Best Soundtrack DJ Hero 2

Def Jam Rapstar
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Rock Band 3


Best Song in a Game "Far Away" by José González, Red Dead Redemption

"Basket Case" by Green Day, Green Day: Rock Band
"Black Rain" by Soundgarden, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
"GoldenEye" by Nicole Scherzinger, GoldenEye 007 (2010)
"Won't Back Down" by Eminem, Call of Duty: Black Ops
"Replay/Rude Boy Mashup" by Iyaz/Rihanna, DJ Hero 2

Best Original Score Red Dead Redemption

God of War III
Halo: Reach
Mass Effect 2

Best Graphics(lol) God of War III

Heavy Rain
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Red Dead Redemption

Best Adapted Video Game Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game

Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4(I can dig this one)
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions(lol)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II(lol)
Transformers: War for Cybertron(lol)

Best Performance by a Human Male Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

Daniel Craig as James Bond, James Bond 007: Blood Stone
Gary Oldman as Sergeant Reznov, Call of Duty: Black Ops
John Cleese as Jasper, Fable III
Martin Sheen as The Illusive Man, Mass Effect 2
Nathan Fillion as Sergeant Edward Buck, Halo: Reach
Rob Wiethoff as John Marston, Red Dead Redemption
Sam Worthington as Alex Mason, Call of Duty: Black Ops

Best Performance by a Human Female Tricia Helfer as Sarah Kerrigan, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Dame Judi Dench as M, James Bond 007: Blood Stone
Danica Patrick as Herself, Blur
Emmanuelle Chriqui as The Numbers Lady, Call of Duty: Black Ops
Felicia Day as Veronica Santangelo, Fallout: New Vegas
Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard (female version), Mass Effect 2
Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Yvonne Strahovski as Miranda Lawson, Mass Effect 2

Best Downloadable Game Costume Quest

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Monday Night Combat
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game

Best DLC Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare

BioShock 2: Minerva's Den
Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker

Best Independent Game Limbo

Joe Danger
Super Meat Boy
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

Most Anticipated Game Portal 2

Batman: Arkham City
BioShock: Infinite
Gears of War 3

[Whiplash]

J Ace Attorney Investigations

I should have given that game more credit when I played it. I knew it was 3rd person, but when I found out that there were no court battles I was like what the hell man. I guess it was in the title, but I never read anything in the previews that said 'no court battles', I didn't think I'd solve everything during the investigation. Anyway, I did like that all the cases were actually related to each other, that way you could see all sides of it, which was something that only Trials and Tribulations attempted. I should play it again.

Ass Bros

Sounds like a butt sex sim.

*sigh* who picked that Wii list. Not saying that the games were bad (outside of Metroid), but its like they just grabbed whatever.

[CaptHawkeye]

Dude. Halo Reach won Best Multi and Shooter over Bad Company 2? These people are smoking some mad ganja.