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[Rubbish Hero]

What are your opinions on this awards show, thing?
Seems like a load of crap to me.

Pc ignored.

[Adria Teksuni]

Haven't watched it yet. We record these shows for the sneak previews and trailers, but the rest of it is indeed a load of crap.

[SardaukarElite]

I won't object to an opportunity to see more game trailers.

[Adria Teksuni]

@)#(&%*(&$@*( it didn't record. Gah.

[Kloopbloop]

VGA is better than its predecessors, Electronic Game Awards and Computer Game Awards.



But all three are better than Hercules.

[Xiphias]

Something on American TV?

[Adria Teksuni]

Yeah, Spike TV Video Game Awards. Basically more Spike TV being loud and obnoxious and saying "THIS R WHAT MENZ WANT!", but they do occasionally have the trailers and sneak peek goodies.

[DracoFulcrum]

The trailers looked good, but it's some old crap, if the game sells to every Tom, Dick, and Harry, it wins big. It's almost like the big game companies are force feeding you the same crap, ie: EA's Medal of Honer that looks like MW2.

[Trajan60]

What little respect I had for the VGAs was lost when they trotted out those airheads from Jersey Shore to give out an award.

[DracoFulcrum]

Yep Mike should have punched them out. People get famous for being a tool nowadays.

[Templar Vilmon]

Personally, I think the VGAs are the equivalent of handing out an Oscar to GI Joe and Transformers 2 because they were both big budget movies with lots of explosions. Plenty of great games this year got ignored, the Game of the Year was a PS 3 only title, and the most anticipated game for next year was God of War 3. The PC category got as much time as the "best make-up" technical awards get on other award shows like the Emmys or Oscars.



Then again, I'm a hardcore PC gamer. I'm on another gaming forum and the hardcore console players were quite pleased with the results.

[Panderfringe]

Templar Vilmon wrote...

The PC category got as much time as the "best make-up" technical awards get on other award shows like the Emmys or Oscars.
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Okay, let's humour you for a second. What amazing game came out exclusively on PC?

Also, Uncharted 2 definitely deserved that award. The game is amazing.

Modifié par Panderfringe, 14 décembre 2009 - 05:42 .

[Templar Vilmon]

You're kidding right? Demigod, Empire: Total War, Dawn of War 2, Sims 3, Champions Online, Aion, and Tales of Monkey Island for starters. Not all the Xbox titles were "Xbox only," so it would have been perfectly acceptable if crossover games like Borderlands were also on the list.



Also, Dragon Age deserves to at least be nominated for GOTY.

[Templar Vilmon]

Double post - sorry.

Modifié par Templar Vilmon, 14 décembre 2009 - 06:42 .

[Mordaedil]

The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past should win every year.

[SardaukarElite]

Templar Vilmon wrote...

You're kidding right? Demigod, Empire: Total War, Dawn of War 2, Sims 3, Champions Online, Aion, and Tales of Monkey Island for starters.

Demigod was a multiplayer game that didn't have working multiplayer. While Empire had enough bugs to be a Starship Troopers sequel. Dawn of War 2 is the first RTS I've seen which actually goes backwards as far as design innovation is concerned, and the Sims 3 is nothing more than a cash cow.

I love PC exclusives, but I have to admit this was a pretty bad year for them.

Templar Vilmon wrote...
Also, Dragon Age deserves to at least be nominated for GOTY.

That I can agree with. Odd that it wasn't really.

[Templar Vilmon]

Fair enough - but there were plenty of other games nominated and prominently featured that also had their share of bugs or weren't super-innovative. And if we're going to talk about games that are little more than cash cows, how could you not criticize the amount of time the VGAs spent on sports franchises like Madden? But of course, all dudes love sports and you just can't get the perky cheerleaders to jump up and down for a history sim like Empire Total War.

[SardaukarElite]

Templar Vilmon wrote...

Fair enough - but there were plenty of other games nominated and prominently featured that also had their share of bugs or weren't super-innovative.

Point.

Templar Vilmon wrote...
And if we're going to talk about games that are little more than cash cows, how could you not criticize the amount of time the VGAs spent on sports franchises like Madden?

Well, I haven't seen it, and wasn't really defending it as much as pointing out those games weren't really game of the year contenders.

Sports games are a strange breed anyway.

Templar Vilmon wrote...
But of course, all dudes love sports and you just can't get the perky cheerleaders to jump up and down for a history sim like Empire Total War.

You could put them in corsets though...

[Trajan60]

Templar Vilmon wrote...


Also, Dragon Age deserves to at least be nominated for GOTY.

Single player RPGs are always the thinking man's genre and are not going to be appreciated by the majority of the Halo-playing gaming community reveling in their single digit IQs.

[Xiphias]

SardaukarElite wrote...

Demigod was a multiplayer game that didn't have working multiplayer. While Empire had enough bugs to be a Starship Troopers sequel. Dawn of War 2 is the first RTS I've seen which actually goes backwards as far as design innovation is concerned, and the Sims 3 is nothing more than a cash cow.

What about Men of War and X3:Terran Conflict? Those were certainly the two games I spent most time with (alongside Dragon Age and games not released this year). Sure, the latter was rather buggy on release but that's a minor consideration and a lot of it had been fixed by the time they were considering for the awards. 

[SardaukarElite]

Xiphias wrote...

What about Men of War and X3:Terran Conflict? Those were certainly the two games I spent most time with (alongside Dragon Age and games not released this year). Sure, the latter was rather buggy on release but that's a minor consideration and a lot of it had been fixed by the time they were considering for the awards. 

I played Men of War and liked it. But realistically, it's not going to pick up a mainstream Game of the Year award, as it's not accessible enough. Not many RTS developers are brave enough to make a game where your men actually die after being shot. Additionally I think the game needed a lot more polish, the voice acting was atrocious for instance. I certainly think it deserves a lot more recognition than it has received. It's nice to see something that isn't a Dune II clone.

X3 was released last year. I haven't played it though.

[Archdemon Cthulhu]

Civilization 4 still gets more play from me than most games. This year with the exceptions of Dragon Age and Batman only. Should still be winning GOTY IMO. :-P