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Onyxmeth on 21 December 2008
MikeB said:
bugrimmar said:
I think that the reason why motorstorm didn't get nominated is that it was pretty much the same as the original one.

It's not, there's a bigger difference between the original and Pacific Rift than most other racers which received sequels.

The game is well enhanced in almost every aspect, in addition there's a lot more varierity in environments. Really you need to play this game, if you liked the original Motorstorm, you will probably love this one!

Maybe that's why Burnout Paradise is the obvious choice then, because IGN thinks that way too. The game with the most changes to the formula wins. Obviously that's Burnout.

 



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Paul_Warren on 21 December 2008
Onyxmeth said:
bugrimmar said:
^good point.

but i still think that the 10's have to go somewhere, and be justified somehow. IGN doesn't give 10's often. They've only given a 10 to like.. 5 games maybe? I'm not sure. But if they don't reward that 10 with a hefty award, I doubt they'll be credible for much longer. Besides, if we go by your perspective, they wouldn't give a 10 if they didn't like it THAT much in the first place.

While I loved Fallout 3 to death, and it should be GOTY, IGN's ratings simply have to be justified here. I just cannot see how anything can win apart from GTA4 and MGS4.

The thing is you're saying that they need to respect the opinion of the one reviewer that decided to give these two games a 10 and award them for it. I say it'll be up to the voters to decide, and I say that because they obviously didn't make them do anything they didn't want to do in the section awards. They let the Wii team vote in World of Goo. They let the 360 team vote in Fallout 3. They let the PC team vote in Sins. I honestly think they'll let them choose their own GOTY, and I have a good feeling the majority will choose Fallout 3.

 

 

      If it comes down to the voters, I think that will knock out Galactic Civilizations II, Metal Gears Solid 4, Gears of War II, and World of Goo because they were only on one to two systems in the case of Goo.  Which will mean the winner will come down to GTA IV and Fallout 3.  By far the better console version of Fallout 3 was on 360 while GTA IV PS3 is considered to be the best version of  the game by quite a few critics.  The PS3 version of Fallout 3 had a lot of bugs at release and probably didn't finish as high as GTA IV in IGN PS3 Game of the Year voting.  So, I think GTA IV would win if it came down to the voters because it was multi-platform and performed better across all of its platforms than Fallout 3.  Also, it is much more popular.



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colonelstubbs on 21 December 2008

PS3 games getting the rewards they deserve hopefully...



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Pretendo on 21 December 2008

If GTA4 wins I'll cry. MGS4 deserves it.
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bugrimmar on 22 December 2008
Onyxmeth said:
bugrimmar said:
^good point.

but i still think that the 10's have to go somewhere, and be justified somehow. IGN doesn't give 10's often. They've only given a 10 to like.. 5 games maybe? I'm not sure. But if they don't reward that 10 with a hefty award, I doubt they'll be credible for much longer. Besides, if we go by your perspective, they wouldn't give a 10 if they didn't like it THAT much in the first place.

While I loved Fallout 3 to death, and it should be GOTY, IGN's ratings simply have to be justified here. I just cannot see how anything can win apart from GTA4 and MGS4.

The thing is you're saying that they need to respect the opinion of the one reviewer that decided to give these two games a 10 and award them for it. I say it'll be up to the voters to decide, and I say that because they obviously didn't make them do anything they didn't want to do in the section awards. They let the Wii team vote in World of Goo. They let the 360 team vote in Fallout 3. They let the PC team vote in Sins. I honestly think they'll let them choose their own GOTY, and I have a g ood feeling the majority will choose Fallout 3.

 

 

the website allowed the publishing of the 10s as IGN's official stand. I doubt they'll ignore it as the opinion of 'one reviewer'. Aside from that, IGN has traditionally loved giving exclusives the game of the year. Last year, for example, it gave the nod to Mario Galaxy, even though Call of Duty 4 was multiplatform and it won on the 360, just like fallout did.

So based on IGN's past awards, I doubt that multiplatform means much. If it does, how can Mario Galaxy beat COD4? Anyway, my main point is always going to be that they have to justify the 10. 10 is not an ordinary score. They have to. They're compelled to do it ever since June.



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perpride on 22 December 2008

MGS4 will win. I believe in IGN.



bugrimmar on 22 December 2008
MikeB said:
IGN would have given Metal Gear Solid 4 an 11 out of 10 if they could, so I think it's probably their Game of the Year.

 

yeah the amount of love IGN has for MGS4 is beyond real. you can feel the love while reading the review.



bugrimmar on 22 December 2008

@onyx: read the comments on both mgs and fallout:

MGS4 comment: What a difference a year makes. 12 months ago, the contenders for Game of the Year could be counted on one hand. This year, you'd be hard-pressed to whittle the list down to candidates that would fit on all of one's fingers and toes. Crowded though it may be, one game delivered on a level that blew everyone here at IGN away. Hideo Kojima's final (No, really, this time! Maybe...) Metal Gear Solid managed to tie almost every plot point together, piled on the cinematic flair and played more accessibly than any previous game in the series. In short, it was awesome, and simply must be experienced.

Fallout 3 comment: Fallout 3 eventually took the 360's top prize in what was easily our toughest decision to make. The sense of immersion in this twisted, yet somehow believable, world is fantastic, but it's the freedom and memorable moments that put Fallout 3 on top. The VATS combat is fantastic. The role-playing and decision making is top notch. Just about everything Fallout 3 does is special. You could (and should) play Fallout 3 for dozens and dozens of hours and still turn it on the next day and find something new and exciting. It just doesn't get better than this on Xbox 360 in 2008.


if you analyze both comments, you can see that IGN were absolute fanatics over MGS. regarding fallout, it was their 'toughest decision'. obviously, that means the editors voted for a lot of different things. on the mgs side of things, it was pretty much unanimous.



bugrimmar on 22 December 2008
Onyxmeth said:
MikeB said:
bugrimmar said:
I think that the reason why motorstorm didn't get nominated is that it was pretty much the same as the original one.

It's not, there's a bigger difference between the original and Pacific Rift than most other racers which received sequels.

The game is well enhanced in almost every aspect, in addition there's a lot more varierity in environments. Really you need to play this game, if you liked the original Motorstorm, you will probably love this one!

Maybe that's why Burnout Paradise is the obvious choice then, because IGN thinks that way too. The game with the most changes to the formula wins. Obviously that's Burnout.

 

yep. i also think the lack of sales of motorstorm 2 is based on the fact that it's a semi-rehash.

 



Kantor on 22 December 2008

Action:

Metal Gear Solid 4. Like you said, it beat GTA4 for best PS3 Action Game, so this is clear.

Fighting:

Super Smash Brothers Brawl. Definitely. The only AAA fighting game this year.

Music/Rhythm:

Patapon. PSP GoTY, very high score.

Platform:

LittleBigPlanet. Absolutely certain. 9.5/10 and it's got Sackboy in it! Also, Braid was the only other great platformer this year, and it's not as good.

Puzzle:

If Braid counts in this category, it's won, otherwise World of Goo.

Racing:

Burnout Paradise. Yup best racer this year.

RPG:

Fallout 3. This is the highest score they've given to an RPG in years. They loved it. It's won.

Shooting:

I'm going to go with Resistance 2, since Gears 2 is mysteriously missing from several GoTY awards. It could definitely go to Gears of War 2 though.

Simulation:

Spore. They gave it a pretty high score, definitely higher than AC:CF.

Sports:

NHL 09. They reviewed it very well. It's a toss up between this and MLB 08: The Show.

Strategy:

This is a tough one to call. I'm going to say Sins of a Solar Empire, if only because it's PC GoTY. Valkyria Chronicles and Civilization Revolution will both be nominees.

Graphics Technology:

Metal Gear Solid 4. It has incredible graphics and won the PS3 Best Graphics Technology award. GTA4 did not look better on 360, and they don't want to give it to 2 Crysis games in a row. Gears 2 would have a shot if it won the 360 award (which it should have)

Artistic Design:

LittleBigPlanet. This won best Artistic Design on the PS3, and while I don't think it's an excellent game, you can't doubt that the design is very...different. In a good way.

Original Score:

Absolutely no idea. Fable II, Brawl, Patapon, it could go to any of them.

Use of Sound:

Fallout 3. X360 GoTY, winner of Use of Sound on X360, and it gives a really nice atmosphere.

Voice Acting:

Grand Theft Auto 4. Like you said, it's won all of the awards. Of course, MGS4 deserves it, but this is a pity award.

Story:

Grand Theft Auto 4. Same as above.

Family:

No idea. Buzz?

Local Multiplayer:

Super Smash Bros. Brawl or LittleBigPlanet. It's 50:50.

Online Multiplayer:

Resistance 2. From what I've heard (haven't tried the online yet), it's awesome, and IGN loved it as well.

New IP:

LittleBigPlanet. IGN adores this game. And it's a new IP.

Innovative Design:

LittleBigPlanet. You don't get much more innovative than that. I personally voted for echochrome, it's more innovative, but IGN's not giving the award to that.

Overall Game of the Year:

Metal Gear Solid 4. 10/10 from IGN. Or, as mentioned in the closing comments, 11/10. They've had nothing bad to say about the game since, they all still seem to love it. GTA4 also got 10/10, but the reviewer didn't seem to love it as much. Also, it got beaten in the Best PS3 Game Category by MGS4, got beaten in the PC category by Sins of a Solar Empire, and got beaten in the X360 Category by Fallout 3, so there's really no chance for it.

Now, a lot of people are saying Fallout 3 could win this award. IGN gave Fallout 3 a 9.6, and MGS4 a 10. However, this is not the only reason I think MGS4 will win. IGN has never given a GoTY award to a PS3 game, and this is the first year that a game of such excellent quality has been released exclusively to the system.

I think it will be an almost unanimous vote by the PS3 team, perhaps some members of other teams who own PS3s. Multiplats do not necessarily have the advantage over exclusives, as shown by the fact that the last three Games of The Year in a row have been exclusive (God of War on PS2 in 2005, Okami on PS2 in 2006, [it was exclusive then] Super Mario Galaxy in 2007)



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