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hasten   12-30-2007 at 08:37:24 AM

Did anyone else read Gamespots game of the year awards? Did anyone else feel like it was the last time they could even start to take the site seriously? They gave Shin Megami Tensei the best RPG and Cysis pretty much every award they could (which was a very good game don't get me wrong but not this great)... and I only looked at about ten awards before I just wondered what was going on. Did they play the same games this year as everyone else on earth? Am I the only one that feels like this is the worst list and the final straw for a site that many years ago was great? Just another finger pointing at the bias of the site. Sorry to rant on TH but it seems like the only place somewhat neutral on this.

I did like to see SMG as GOTY though, this edit is just to say that. Actually never mind I give Hour of Victory by far my goatie.


Message edited by hasten on 12-30-2007 at 08:48:31 AM
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spuddyt   12-30-2007 at 11:51:47 AM
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I've been avoiding that site ever since the kane and lynch review debacle

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jonisginger   12-30-2007 at 12:11:52 PM
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Everyone bums Crysis and its not that greater game. Nice (but demanding engine though)

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infornography42   12-30-2007 at 02:06:17 PM
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I stopped taking that site seriously years ago. I still did the GOTY thing just to see how the other readers voted. They were generally more on target than Gamespot editors were.

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trooper1947   12-31-2007 at 07:16:58 PM
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All I use that site for anymore is to check out the new games .... not their opinions .

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crom   12-31-2007 at 07:47:30 PM
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Crysis is an alright game, but it's not nearly as good as some of the other games that have come out this year, especially Portal, TF2, COD4, etc.

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STEMNIN   12-31-2007 at 08:05:58 PM
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I stopped going there years ago (was never really big on the site even then), when it was bought by zd/cnet.

Saw their list and wtf'd the same when they gave that rpg of the year. A game I never heard of and wished I never read about, imagine getting home from school only to play that... it's school again on my ps2! yay!

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robwright   12-31-2007 at 08:57:22 PM
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I'm a sucker for GoY awards, and I've always followed GameSpot's because whether I agree with them or not, I usually find them interesting and worthy of debate. On one hand, they had the gusto to give Grim Fandango GoY in 1998 -- wow! -- but on the other hand, they fell into the Gears of War hype for last year's GoY.

I guess Super Mario Galaxy is a justifiable selection for game of the year, but I was surprised to see some of the other genre and platform winners. Assassin's Creed won the best Action Adventure Game, which just floored me.

Funniest Game is the Orange Box? Huh? Sam & Max wasn't even nominated. I was also surprised that Halo 3 really didn't win anything. Like I said, interesting...

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justinmcg67   01-01-2008 at 12:14:10 AM
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Gamespot isn't even worth visiting any more. Anything they post or say I take worth a grain of salt...if not that of a dust mite.

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