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More GOTY Awards 59

Posted by Zonk from the awards-awards-awards dept.
More awards are available at Voodoo Extreme (who has separate categories both for PC Games and Console Games) and at the mega-hub Gamespy, who gives Halo 2 the top nod for Game of the Year 2004.
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  • Correct me if I'm wrong but... (Score:5, Insightful)

    by kryogen1x ( 838672 ) on Monday December 27, 2004 @02:39PM (#11193382)
    [i] Justin: Few games come tailor-made for success like Halo 2, but it still surprised me with how damn good it ended up being. Once again Bungie innovates in several ways -- new vehicles, dual-wielding, the deadly melee weapon -- that are sure to be poorly ripped off by lesser games for years to come.[/i] You mean to say other games before Halo 2 didn't have vehicles, dual weapons and melee weapons?
    • Argh I fsck'd up the formatting. It should read:

      Justin: Few games come tailor-made for success like Halo 2, but it still surprised me with how damn good it ended up being. Once again Bungie innovates in several ways -- new vehicles, dual-wielding, the deadly melee weapon -- that are sure to be poorly ripped off by lesser games for years to come.

      You mean to say other games before Halo 2 didn't have vehicles, dual weapons and melee weapons?

    • I can't think of one game that did all of those before Halo, but there where plenty of other FPS that used one or many of those features. Halo just happens to implement them all relatively well and with a clean design, which is where it's sucess comes from.
      • What I'm saying is, the guy makes it seem like Halo was the first time those features were used in a game. Halo only has those features bundled in one game. Innovative? I think not.
      • Unreal Tournament and Tribes 2.
      • What about Goldeneye for N64? It had vehicles (just a tank though), dual wielding weapons (dual RCP-90s anyone?), and melee weapons (knives, and karate chop!).
      • Uh...a little game called Counter-Strike.

        Maybe you've heard of it? The terrorists had Dual Pistols at the same time the Vehicle patch came out, and you've always had a knife.

        Gamespy continues to suck.
        • Gamespy continues to suck.

          Maybe, but...

          Look at their 2004 Gamer's Choice awards (voted by site visitors). Totally predictable. PS2=GTA:SA. XBox=Halo2, PC=HL2,Doom3,WoW. Whatever. Gamers are lemmings, I guess.

          Now, look at their top 10 games (the story referenced by Slashdot). Yes, yes, the usual suspects are all there. Yes, Halo 2 is #1, followed by HL2 and other, predictable, console-oriented titles. But, wait, what do I see: at number 10 is Katamari Damacy, which only got 3% of the Gamer vot
    • As far as new vehicles in halo 2, there really is only one new vehicle, and that's the Covenant equivalent to the warthog. The others were either slightly modified or left the same, although jacking someone's vehicle is always fun.

      I remember vehicles being used on a larger scale in Tribes 2. As far as multiplayers, Halo 2 has decent ones, but surely they could have thrown bots in for those who like to play vs the computer.

      All in all it is a fair bit of opinion on what GOTY should be for a FPS. Halo 2 may

  • Stating The Obvious (Score:3, Funny)

    by jmole ( 696805 ) on Monday December 27, 2004 @02:49PM (#11193460)
    Obviously the people on Voodoo Extreme don't own PCs .
  • How to get your story on slashdot? State they are the best site!
    Under "Other Awards:" on 2004 PC Game of the Year Awards [ign.com].

  • Opinion or advertising? (Score:3, Insightful)

    by kryogen1x ( 838672 ) on Monday December 27, 2004 @03:38PM (#11193979)
    Halo 2 is the kind of game that not only brings accolades to itself, but elevates its platform. It's proven to be the game to own -- thus making Xbox, Xbox Live, and its headset things that no self-respecting gamer would be without.

    Ok... how much is this guy getting paid by Microsoft?

    • It's a killer app, and an amazing game that a whole lot o' people love and enjoy. Word of mouth alone would sell a trillion copies of H2.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_app

      Is it that hard to understand?
      • Word of mouth sold the game alone. At least 2 million people, 1 in 15 of the Xbox owners pre-purchased the game WITHOUT playing it OR reading a review before hand, and 1 in 3 (YES! 1/3rd, 33%) purchased it for their Xbox within the first 3 weeks.

        Hell, if the game was an empty box, it still would have sold that much. Hype of Halo 1 sold this game. Every Xbox owning friend I personally know is disappointed, though. EVERY one.
        • I'd suggest you get new friends :) Every single person I've talked to in real life loves this game even more than the first one. If it wasn't good, people wouldn't still be playing it with a passion.

          Halo 2 lived up to the hype and more, that's why it continues to sell in bucket loads, that's why people are logged into Live 20 hours a day playing it, and that's why it will continue to be a definitive online game until Halo 2.5/3 is released.

          YMMV.
    • Self respecting gamer here. Don't own an Xbox.

  • Best Sports Game (Score:3, Insightful)

    by Aggrazel ( 13616 ) <aggrazel@gmail.com> on Monday December 27, 2004 @05:50PM (#11195059) Journal
    How can UT2k4 be the best sports game?

    Sounds like they don't play real sports games at all.

  • Without MS? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Khuffie ( 818093 ) on Monday December 27, 2004 @06:27PM (#11195334) Homepage
    You know, I wonder if all these people here who are complaining how Halo sucks (who also tend to immediately mention the name Microsoft in their post ) would think of it had Microsoft not bought Bungie, and had it come out for the Mac as planned.

    Whether you like Microsoft or not, the Halo games are friggin' great, and some of the best FPSs to date. And yes, I've played a shitload of FPS, both PC and console.

    And a game doesn't need to be 'innovative' to be GOTY in my opinion. What happened when a game can just be just pure fun to be considered great?

    As for those who say "but Goldeneye had dual wielding too!" clearly haven't played Halo 2. Dual wielding here doesn't mean "each hand holding the same gun". Instead, you can pick and chose between the guns in your hands. This opens up a myriad of combinations and really lets you discover really cool and ass-kicking combos out there. Also, if you're dual wielding, the right trigger fires the gun in the right hand, and the left trigger fires the gun in the left hand, so effectively you can fire with one gun only until the ammo in it depletes, and while its reloading, fire with the other gun.

    Besides, the vehicles are all great, and jacking really adds to the gameplay. There's nothing better than someone in a Banshee getting too close to the ground and you jacking it from him.

    And online multiplayer is great, especially for those of us that don'y play 24/7. Live does a great job of matching you with people of your own skill so you never feel overpowered in any single game, which means you're having fun playing and not dying 10 seconds after respawning.

    What else can I say? If you don't like it, try taking out your Halo 2 disc and cross out the 'Microsoft' logo with a marker. See if you'll like it better then ;).

    • Re:Without MS? (Score:3, Interesting)

      by johannesg ( 664142 )
      Also, if you're dual wielding, the right trigger fires the gun in the right hand, and the left trigger fires the gun in the left hand, so effectively you can fire with one gun only until the ammo in it depletes, and while its reloading, fire with the other gun.

      ...because, as we all know, humans have three arms: one for aiming and shooting, one for holding a weapon, and one for inserting a new clip. Sure, it takes a little bit of concentration, but otherwise...

      Hey, if you give up on the idea of reloading

      • Re:Without MS? (Score:1, Insightful)

        by Anonymous Coward
        Sounds to me like you played the game (if at all) with the intent to hate it. Clearly, 2 million copies sold the first day because everyone wanted more reason to hate MS, what with all of the money they throw at their projects and hope that only the idiots use it so no one will ever catch on to the real schemes.

        Clearly, you should take time away from Half-Life and be objective about games rather than comparing them and saying, "Well, it's not Half-Life, so it must suck."
        • Oooh, I complain about some utterly unrealistic crap in Halo 2 and now I am on the list of people who hate the game and Microsoft!

          Let me be perfectly honest with you: I played Halo and thought it was ok, but rather boring (the same room again and again and again got old after a while). Based on the strength of that game I would certainly not have bought Halo 2, even if I owned an XBox (which I don't). So based on this I largely feel indifference towards Halo 2.

          The fact that two million copies of Halo 2

      • Re:Without MS? (Score:3, Insightful)

        by Khuffie ( 818093 )
        because, as we all know, humans have three arms: one for aiming and shooting, one for holding a weapon

        you can reload a real gun with one hand if you're good. (in the game one handed reloads are slow...much slower)

        On the other hand, you'll never 0wnx0r a game since everybody in the level is as good as you are. That's Microsoft alright: mediocrity rules.

        You can own a game. But that means because you're doing a good job, not because the other team sucks.

    • Re:Without MS? (Score:1, Insightful)

      by Anonymous Coward
      The Halo games are NOT "friggin great," they just have fun multiplayer.

  • Amazing (Score:3, Insightful)

    by swat_r2 ( 586705 ) on Monday December 27, 2004 @07:56PM (#11196023)
    It's amazing how many fanboys are crying in their milk over the GOTY annoucement. It's an awesome game. More power to you if you don't like it, but there's a reason it's doing so well. Just because you loathe it with a vengeance does not erase the fact that it's an amazing game which many people love and enjoy.

    And while you're at it do the following:

    1. Put down your milk and cookies
    2. Take off your MS bashing beanie
    3. Repeat after me: "there is no conspiracy."

    Rinse and repeat a few times, or you know - just go play your own personal GOTY.

  • Yawn... (Score:1, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Yeah, yeah... blah, blah, blah... mouse and keyboard rules... COUNTERSTRIKE is God... UNREAL did everything before everything else... First, HALO 2 is very, very good. GameSpy is right. There are remarkable ideas throughout the HALO series like The Flood. Plus, Larry Niven, author of RINGWORLD, did not patent a ring in space. In fact, he took the idea from Olaf Stapledon's STAR MAKER and LAST AND FIRST MEN. Second, copyright laws are very specific about what can and cannot be copyrighted because ideas ar
  • I don't get it? Maybe its the online social thing or maybe the machoism? I don't know. I have Halo 2, finshed it on hard(but not legendary obviously). Played through it a good few times. It's probobly the best game on Xbox of 2004. You could argue for Fable as well, I won't disagree.

    But to look me right in the eye, to my face, in all seriousness and tell me that GTA: San Andreas was not the best game of 2004 is quite plainly either outright lying or fanboyism gone mad!

    Now, I'm no fanboy. I gave up the con
    • How can you possibly call yourself "not a fanboy" with a straight face? The post above is the very definition of fanboy-ism: "X is the greatest! No other Ys or Zs can possibly compare to X! If you disagree that X is not the greatest then you obviously are dumb or ignorant and don't know what you're talking about." That is what your post sounds like to someone (me) that has never owned a console and doesn't play games at all (other than CoDUO on the PC.)
  • Not suprised but... honestly, as fps's go, thje pc is years ahead... before i rant let me say i've played halo2, and really enjoy it. great game, step in the right direction. GOTY? No way... for XBox sure, but not all systems. hl2 and d3 have better graphics... I've like dthe vehicles in UT2004 better, for Melee? JK Academy. Story? Tough, but I'd probably still pick hl2. Each to their own but... really Halo2 ,mauy be the best CONSOLE FPS, but in this market PC is where it's at.. btw excuse the spell

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