The people have spoken! You've read our editor's picks, and now may the world hear yours! Exactly 2,245 votes were received for this years game of the year awards. The results were delayed because a few fanboys took it upon themselves to vote for Zelda hundreds of times and nothing else from the same IP/Browser version over and over, five seconds apart. Justice was served though: They'll have to ask someone how it turned out as they are now automatically redirected to the infamous lemon party (tee hee - look it up) when they try to reach Destructoid. That'll teach em. So without further ado, here are the Destructoid Reader Picks for 2006.
So what do you think about your collective results? Are you all on the same boat or did your fellow countrymen let you down? Discuss.
Publisher/developer of the year:
Nintendo
Runner up: Square Enix
Most addictive game:
Elite Beat AgentsRunner up: Wii Sports
Game with best in-game music:
Guitar Hero 2
Runner up: Elite Beat Agents
Best license-based game:
ScarfaceRunner up: Godfather
Game that made you want to tear your eyeballs out:
Genji (massive damage!)Runner up: Red Steel
Party game of the year:
Wii Sports
Runner up: Guitar Hero 2
Most controversial game of the year:
Bully
Runner up: Rule of Rose
Best game that your girlfriend
will love (but you'll be ridiculed for):
Elite Beat AgentsRunner up: Viva Piñata
Note: A handful voted for
Poniez. HAHAH! PONIEZ! Hell, we'll ridicule you!
Game character your mom
will catch you jacking off to:
Any male character in FFXII
Runner up: Lara Croft
Note: 22 people wrote "Robert Summa"
Game of the year:
Final Fantasy XII
Runner up: Zelda: Twilight Princess
Almost runner up: Gears of War (lost by 17 votes!)
His facial expression says it all:
Console of the year:
Nintendo Wii
Runner up: Nintendo DS
FYI: The 360 was third followed by the PS2... not the PS3. Okami FTW!
Contest:
6:00 PM on 12.30.2006
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It is the most brutal rhythem game I have ever played.
will catch you jacking off to:
Any male character in FFXII
Runner up: Lara Croft
Note: 22 people wrote "Robert Summa"
...You mean only 21 other people voted for Summa?
I intend to get an S on it, then post the replay on YouTube.
As for the rest of the reader's choice stuff, I'm actually not infuriated by it like I usually am reader's choice stuff. Kudos, also, for giving those fanboys what they deserve.
Game of the year? :P
Cause I totally would have voted for it instead of the Wii.
ZOMG MY ANONIMOUSNESS HAS BEEN SPOILED!
I just got PoR and I'm loving it.
Is this all we voted for, no more categories?
Now, XII's well and good, but... really? It's sort of convoluted to get GotY, isn't it?
FF rules the interpipes, I guess.
EBA, on the other hand, had me singing Material Girl. To myself. While not playing the game. Not to mention that stage was HOTT.
What'd you do, ban all the Zelda spammers and leave the FF ones alone? This is horse shit. Give it to Zelda, give it to Gears, I don't care, but that piece of shit FFXII doesn't deserve crap. It's not anywhere near in league with Link and Marcus.
STILL ONLY 21 OTHER PEOPLE WOTED FOR SUMMA?!?!?!?!?one-and-a-question-mark!?!?!?!