The 2006 Game Developer's Choice Award Nominees 35
While most websites and organizations have already handed out their 2006 awards, arguably the most respected awards have yet to be decided. Early next month, the Game Developer's Choice Awards will be distributed in a ceremony at GDC. Today, the nominees for last year's best of the best have been announced. The best game category is another shootout between Gears of War, Twilight Princess, and Oblivion, with Clover Studios' Okami joining the other three in the fight for the ultimate award. Each of these games did very well otherwise; Oblivion netted four nominees, Okami and Gears three each, and Zelda following up with a respectable two.
I kinda agree....kinda (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:A Complete And Utter Joke (Score:1, Insightful)
Searches around for numerous discussion boards filled with Xbox 360 owners talking about Gears of War.
Sees almost nothing but bitching and complaints about:
* Network disconnects
* Lag, lag, lag
* No one playing ranked matches
* People desperately waiting for a patch
* People angrily complaining about the patch
* Fundamentally broken online gameplay
Although you do have to hand it Epic, they did go head to head with a mediocre shooter with guys in shiny metal armor against the vast library of other quality Xbox 360 games last November/December like Viva Pinata, and, uh...
Oblivion? (Score:4, Insightful)
FF XII? (Score:4, Insightful)
Personally I'd give it to Oblivion, but all four of those games (haven't played Okami) deserve high praise.
Really, it's been a great year for gaming! I mean, besides those games, I'm busy with Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for DS and Guild Wars: Nightfall for PC. Most years have far fewer deserving candidates for "best game" than 2006. 2005 had what? Shadow of the Collossus and Guild Wars/WoW?