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@ koehier83
why would it have to be based on other awards given?
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In year of sequels and cash-in's its nice to see some new talented getting commended for very good work. I cant think of another game that deserves the award. Before you say Uncharted 2, that game was pretty much uncharted 1 with new cutscenes and uncharted 1 was just every other game they could copy.
why would it have to be based on other awards given?
@ Letters numbers and spaces are ok
You wanna give any reasons for your comment and perhaps your nominations?
In year of sequels and cash-in's its nice to see some new talented getting commended for very good work. I cant think of another game that deserves the award. Before you say Uncharted 2, that game was pretty much uncharted 1 with new cutscenes and uncharted 1 was just every other game they could copy.
Well, considering none of the games are flawless, it's not that strange that Batman won. It was nominated by several websites and at the VGA's, I believe. I would imagine it comes down to which flaws stick out most to whom and where people had the most fun. As for the other awards given indicating the best game, I would imagine Gameplay (which Batman won) would be one of, if not, the most important. Clearly these guys had more fun playing Batman than they did Uncharted (despite Uncharted's fun B-movie plot and solid action). I did too for that matter.
I don't get the love affair with Arkham Asylum. It was mildly good at best. Definitely winner of the 2009 Hype Train award for video game hypecellence.
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 took home the GAME Award, which is voted on by the public."
The populace of gaming will settle for anything
The populace of gaming will settle for anything
@hpv
I'll admit, despite my previous post, Arkham Asylum was NOT my favorite game of the year. When I said it was "flawless" that wasn't necessarily the highest praise I could have given it. What I meant was that it was extremely polished. Everything it did, it did extremely well. It just didn't do a whole lot.
I played Arkham Asylum shortly after I finished my first playthrough of Mass Effect, and in my mind, those two games are opposites in the respects I'm talking about. Arkham Asylum was relatively simple and basic but polished as all hell. Mass Effect was huge and expansive and epic and ambitious, but very buggy and kinda fails in the execution. Both games are very good and I enjoyed both immensely (ME more, but that's just personal opinion). So despite AA being somewhat rudimentary, it's REALLY good at that, and that's why I think it deserves the praise.
I'll admit, despite my previous post, Arkham Asylum was NOT my favorite game of the year. When I said it was "flawless" that wasn't necessarily the highest praise I could have given it. What I meant was that it was extremely polished. Everything it did, it did extremely well. It just didn't do a whole lot.
I played Arkham Asylum shortly after I finished my first playthrough of Mass Effect, and in my mind, those two games are opposites in the respects I'm talking about. Arkham Asylum was relatively simple and basic but polished as all hell. Mass Effect was huge and expansive and epic and ambitious, but very buggy and kinda fails in the execution. Both games are very good and I enjoyed both immensely (ME more, but that's just personal opinion). So despite AA being somewhat rudimentary, it's REALLY good at that, and that's why I think it deserves the praise.
I'm not that surprised to see their choice. Isn't Batman one of the few successful games from England? Shocker that it wins a British award. I'm not saying it doesn't deserve it though, but you have to admit the coincidence is worth a mention.
I personally hated Unchartered 2. I thought it was very pretty but lacked anything new and was essentially a game we'd seen a million times with great graphics. I couldn't understand how Unchartered was winning awards and Batman AA wasn't.
Anyone claiming bias that a British award went to a British game, we could do the same for the fact that the game developed in America won the American based awards. But then we'd be silly for claiming there was a bias.
Anyone claiming bias that a British award went to a British game, we could do the same for the fact that the game developed in America won the American based awards. But then we'd be silly for claiming there was a bias.
Hey batman, I'ma let you finish, BUT UNCHARTED 2 WAS THE BEST YIDYA GAME OF THE YEAR!
My vote would have gone with demon's souls, but it wasn't even released in the uk so didn't really stand a chance.
Very few xbox exclusives in there. Ps3 has noe gaymz apparently.
My vote would have gone with demon's souls, but it wasn't even released in the uk so didn't really stand a chance.
Very few xbox exclusives in there. Ps3 has noe gaymz apparently.
I want to know what games you've ever played duph84... I'm 28 and a gamer since I could grasp an atari joystick. I have no console bias, I've got owned every gaming console from the nes days (sorry Tb16). U?ncharted 2's one of those few games that has made me not want to be wrong, or make a bad decision. It's like playing a well written movie where you can ad-lib on the fly. The end result is the same, but its a great ride getting there... the controls were there (much better than the first) and the pacing as well...
As someone that's been a comics geek and worked 3 years (would've been more :( ) in a comic store, Arkham was amazing. I own the animated series in its entirety (which it is more or less based on), and re-watched it after playing (harleys diary notes come from an episode in season 4) I loved every second of it, but I can't deny that Uncharted was a more complete game. I'd probably choose to replay Arkham more than Uncharted 2, but I know when I choose to re-play uncharted, I'm not going to stop til the end. It plays naturally, and the story and scenery make you want to see whats next, like its the first time. "New" is hard to do, but when you can't respect near "perfection" at what people have been trying to do for 10 years, for a game that finally gets a character right in a flawed world, its your perception... not the rest of us.
As someone that's been a comics geek and worked 3 years (would've been more :( ) in a comic store, Arkham was amazing. I own the animated series in its entirety (which it is more or less based on), and re-watched it after playing (harleys diary notes come from an episode in season 4) I loved every second of it, but I can't deny that Uncharted was a more complete game. I'd probably choose to replay Arkham more than Uncharted 2, but I know when I choose to re-play uncharted, I'm not going to stop til the end. It plays naturally, and the story and scenery make you want to see whats next, like its the first time. "New" is hard to do, but when you can't respect near "perfection" at what people have been trying to do for 10 years, for a game that finally gets a character right in a flawed world, its your perception... not the rest of us.
Though I too would have went with Uncharted 2, it's seems Vatman while garnering alot of praise got snubbed quite a bit this year do good to see that game win a big time award.
Its only because Batman Arkham asylum, is made by a british studio, the reason that LBP won all the game baftas...
Arkham Asylum wasn't subpar by any means, but the atrocious boss fights made the game easily forgetable.
I actually voted for Batman: AA in the nominations because it was the only game out of the nominees that I'd even barely played (demo, seriously).
But if you look at the nominees for most of the categories, MW2 was in them. It was even up for "Use of Audio".
But if you look at the nominees for most of the categories, MW2 was in them. It was even up for "Use of Audio".
Tell me your not being serious? Your now blaming the fact tha Batman was made here as the reason Uncharted 2 didnt win all the awards?
CONSPIRACY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONSPIRACY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its pretty childish and narrow minded to think that britain would give a bafta to a game just because its british. Everybody is entitled to an opinion and theirs was to give the award to batman.. good for them! Maybe the british prefer different things to the americans?!
maybe because games like Batman and LBP are made in britain the studios are more in touch with what the british public enjoy playing?
Man, it's good to see an awards show not blindly following everyone else. Batman deserved to win - might not be the best game of the year, but I enjoyed it more than Uncharted 2.
Come to think of it, I still need to finish UC 2. I stopped after that section in the mountains where you're jumping between vehicles.
Come to think of it, I still need to finish UC 2. I stopped after that section in the mountains where you're jumping between vehicles.
It's interesting how the fact that these are British awards is proving a target issue for people who disagree with the results.
It's the British Association of Film and Television Arts Awards. Regarding them supposedly "favouring British developers", I believe that it would be accurate to say that's the point.
It's the British Association of Film and Television Arts Awards. Regarding them supposedly "favouring British developers", I believe that it would be accurate to say that's the point.
please take your childish whining somewhere else, they were both great games and were on everyone's game of the year lists, just because its made by a british developer it ant win a british award?
It's probably more of a cultural thing. In America they love it when one game or movie completely dominates everything, in Britain it's nice for everyone to get something.
Uncharted did really well, it won more awards than any other game, so why not let something else that was equally good take home an award? In this case it was best game.
I doubt they would give it to them just because the developer that made it is British, if you didn't notice Arkham was an amazing game. Hurt Locker won best film at the BAFTAs and it's very much an American made film.
Uncharted did really well, it won more awards than any other game, so why not let something else that was equally good take home an award? In this case it was best game.
I doubt they would give it to them just because the developer that made it is British, if you didn't notice Arkham was an amazing game. Hurt Locker won best film at the BAFTAs and it's very much an American made film.
@starsneverpass
I've played a lot of games in my time. I'm 26 and have played games since I was 7 or 8, so I've played a lot. I also have no console bias and have owned the majority of consoles in my time.
I wasn't trying to attack Unchartered, I was saying I personally hated it. I was highlighting that opinions can be different. I understand a lot of people liked it, and that's fair enough. I disliked it. Please don't tell me my opinion or perception is wrong, as it is an opinion, and us all liking the exact same things would make for an awful world.
I've played a lot of games in my time. I'm 26 and have played games since I was 7 or 8, so I've played a lot. I also have no console bias and have owned the majority of consoles in my time.
I wasn't trying to attack Unchartered, I was saying I personally hated it. I was highlighting that opinions can be different. I understand a lot of people liked it, and that's fair enough. I disliked it. Please don't tell me my opinion or perception is wrong, as it is an opinion, and us all liking the exact same things would make for an awful world.
"Batman deserved to win - might not be the best game of the year"
then it doesn't deserve to win. Most people who said it should be goty said it makes you feel like batman. I guess you have to be into superhero comics to get the full enjoyment. I still feel people vote for the icon rather than the good not great game.
then it doesn't deserve to win. Most people who said it should be goty said it makes you feel like batman. I guess you have to be into superhero comics to get the full enjoyment. I still feel people vote for the icon rather than the good not great game.
Oh course, because all things British to BAFTA is great. If another game doesn't come out of the U.K. this year, AvP would win next year's BAFTA awards.
Arkham Asylum was my personal GOTY of last year. U2 was a damn fine game but as has been said Arkham Asylum was flawless. I haven't played a tighter or more fluid game in years.
For all that Uncharted did right, and despite my love for it and downright addiction to it, I enjoyed Arkham Asylum more. Plain as that. And yeah some of that did have to do with the copious amounts of fanfare. Sue me. But even beyond that I just think AA was a the better game. I just had more fun playing it.
For all that Uncharted did right, and despite my love for it and downright addiction to it, I enjoyed Arkham Asylum more. Plain as that. And yeah some of that did have to do with the copious amounts of fanfare. Sue me. But even beyond that I just think AA was a the better game. I just had more fun playing it.
Personally I would have picked different games for some of those awards but I can't argue with the winners. They're good choices and all deserve to win so congratulations to the people behind them.
I must admit though that some of the nominees were rather suspect...
I must admit though that some of the nominees were rather suspect...
@sprldr:
Demon's Souls has not been released in the UK/Europe and is therefore not eligible for a nomination.
Demon's Souls has not been released in the UK/Europe and is therefore not eligible for a nomination.
Uncharted 2 was edge-of-the-seat whereas I had trouble being interested in Batman's shallow but nicely presented gameplay so that I just gave it away before even finishing it. U2 ftw.
@sadiztic
Out of the nominated games, it was the one I'd have chosen myself. I'm not a huge fan of these 'game of the year' competitions because far too many put way too much stock in them, but I expected Batman to be a pile of ass and it pretty much kicked my teeth in for doubting it. To see a licensed game play so well and invoke such atmosphere? It's practically unheard of, and the fact that it's licensed isn't even giving it a free pass for being a great Batman game - it's just a great game overall.
@RichardBlaine
Heh, I'll get around to it at some point amigo. I've bought way too many games recently and found myself utterly sidetracked. I'll finish Yakuza 3 and FFXIII first, then spend a few hours polishing it off - alongside about 20 other titles I've sworn to finally finish.
Out of the nominated games, it was the one I'd have chosen myself. I'm not a huge fan of these 'game of the year' competitions because far too many put way too much stock in them, but I expected Batman to be a pile of ass and it pretty much kicked my teeth in for doubting it. To see a licensed game play so well and invoke such atmosphere? It's practically unheard of, and the fact that it's licensed isn't even giving it a free pass for being a great Batman game - it's just a great game overall.
@RichardBlaine
Heh, I'll get around to it at some point amigo. I've bought way too many games recently and found myself utterly sidetracked. I'll finish Yakuza 3 and FFXIII first, then spend a few hours polishing it off - alongside about 20 other titles I've sworn to finally finish.
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