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On a more depressing note, the concept artist for Skyrim and Fallout 3 (Adam Adamowicz) died of cancer just before the awards. Kind of a shame only a few sites are reporting his death, seeing as how popular the games are.
Lots of nominations for Portal 2, but not enough wins in my opinion.
Because it totally should've taken Game Direction
Because it totally should've taken Game Direction
@catsithx The thing is, I don't even own Skyrim. Hence my 'anti-gamer' reference. My PC sucks, and I'm broke on money. I'd get it for my 360, but both Big Huge Games AND Bethesda Softworks are close to my house, so I feel like I'd be betraying Bethesda if I got Reckoning, and betraying Big Huge if I got Skyrim.
Lot's of things impressed me in Skyrim. Story wasn't one of them, Outstanding Achievement in Story seems like an odd win for them.
@L3ED: You won't betray neither developer chosing one game over the other. You are a costumer, not their husband. It's OK.
Besides, you alwas can buy these games used.
Besides, you alwas can buy these games used.
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming? whats that mean?
Winner:Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
i assume because of the toys?
Nominees:
Bastion - why even nominated?
L.A. Noire - i assume due to the facial animations?
Portal 2 - cloud support etc? what else would it be?
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - what was the innovation in this game?
Winner:Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
i assume because of the toys?
Nominees:
Bastion - why even nominated?
L.A. Noire - i assume due to the facial animations?
Portal 2 - cloud support etc? what else would it be?
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - what was the innovation in this game?
What "Achivement" in story did bethesda create with skyrim? Why did they get an "Outstanding Acvhiement in Game Direction" award when it was some of the worst thought out balance and newcomer unfriendly induction of lore?
I'm not saying skyrim is bad or doesn't deserve these on some scale, but I really think that what it created wasn't impressive by any means. Bethesda still doesn't understand the concept of "Tell through gameplay" which I think both Dark Souls and L.A. Noir did a better job with. And that's both an example of a game with a minimalistic story and a game almost entirely focused on story.
I'm not saying skyrim is bad or doesn't deserve these on some scale, but I really think that what it created wasn't impressive by any means. Bethesda still doesn't understand the concept of "Tell through gameplay" which I think both Dark Souls and L.A. Noir did a better job with. And that's both an example of a game with a minimalistic story and a game almost entirely focused on story.
God dam fucking allstate ad can go fuck its self. Its almost enough for me to leave.... Its worse then early 90s pop ups....please make it stop
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
That's hilarious. This game wasn't engineered in any way shape or form. It's was bodged into existence.
It's taken 3 months to release a patch just to get the blinking thing working.
Skyrim was not game of the year 2011. They've still got a lot of patches before it could be eligible for game of the year 2012.
The whole awards thing for Skyrim is a giant pigging joke.
That's hilarious. This game wasn't engineered in any way shape or form. It's was bodged into existence.
It's taken 3 months to release a patch just to get the blinking thing working.
Skyrim was not game of the year 2011. They've still got a lot of patches before it could be eligible for game of the year 2012.
The whole awards thing for Skyrim is a giant pigging joke.
Never mind The Witcher 2 is in one of the list, still strange as orks must die is nominated and while it's a good game it's really nothing that stands out.
Skyrim is just really, really overrated in my opinion. Lackluster story, lackluster combat, tons of things to do but also tons of bugs. And th graphics, voice acting and animations still aren't all that hot. Sometimes I get the feeling that The Elder Scrolls are so highly regarded because there is really not a similar game to compare them to.
This list depresses me....
Uncharted and skyrim didn't deserve half the awards they got.
Also @dhaos
I agree. Down with the nasty pop ups! >@<
Uncharted and skyrim didn't deserve half the awards they got.
Also @dhaos
I agree. Down with the nasty pop ups! >@<
All this whining because Skyrim won. It's funny how everyone was praising Skyrim as the next big thing and as soon as it releases and gets good review scores, everyone shits all over it. Its an excellent fucking game. I recommended Skyrim to 3 people. I told them to give it a chance. Now all 3 of them can't stop talking about it. These were 3 ppl who don't even play RPGs of any kind. This just proves that every time something becomes popular, people will find every reason not to like the game because of its popularity. Its kind of sad.
@fps
I never praised them.
I do think it is a good game, but it has issues and problems that hold it back.
It does deserve some recognition, but just look at the awards it did win. Most aren't very fitting, and had runner-ups more deserving.
For me, story/writing of the year is ghost trick by a mile, and it wasn't even nominated.
My point is, it is a good game. It is not the best game, and is over hyped to oblivion.
I never praised them.
I do think it is a good game, but it has issues and problems that hold it back.
It does deserve some recognition, but just look at the awards it did win. Most aren't very fitting, and had runner-ups more deserving.
For me, story/writing of the year is ghost trick by a mile, and it wasn't even nominated.
My point is, it is a good game. It is not the best game, and is over hyped to oblivion.
@Ronin4Life It probably shouldn't have won for its story, but overhyped to oblivion is a bit much. It definitely has its share of glitches. But how many of those are gamebreaking. I remember reading articles in the past of ppl who enjoyed glitches in Bethesda games. Skyrim is mostly hated now because it gets talked about a lot. This happened when Uncharted 2 was praised, When anything COD related gets praise, even Skyward Sword has been hated on. If nobody talked about,Skyrim or bought it, ppl would called it underrated and complain FPS games gettin all the attention.
@Ronin, Dhaos
I agree, down with the Allstate ads. They are soooooooo awful. I mean, to the point I cannot even read anything in landscape view. It scales to my phones width, and causes it to take up at least 1/3 if not 1/2 of the freaking screen. Even in letter view it follows my scrolling and covers up everything I try and click! AGRRRGGHHRKJFLKFJLFJL JLKJDL:KJDDLK JSLKJD
Anyhow, I am a tiny bit disappointed that Deus Ex: Human Revolution has not nudged out any awards or praises, considering it was a pretty good game. I guess it did not break any new ground, but it was a fun romp.
I agree, down with the Allstate ads. They are soooooooo awful. I mean, to the point I cannot even read anything in landscape view. It scales to my phones width, and causes it to take up at least 1/3 if not 1/2 of the freaking screen. Even in letter view it follows my scrolling and covers up everything I try and click! AGRRRGGHHRKJFLKFJLFJL JLKJDL:KJDDLK JSLKJD
Anyhow, I am a tiny bit disappointed that Deus Ex: Human Revolution has not nudged out any awards or praises, considering it was a pretty good game. I guess it did not break any new ground, but it was a fun romp.
Skyrim winning the Story category over Bastion left me speechless. Did Skyrim have a story? I was too busy exploring around killing Dragons to even notice.
@joe
...they seem to have vanished at this writing....
Did we win?
@fps
Well, the oblivion bit was more a play on the name of the third elder scrolls game than an actual quantitative measurement of hype on my part. ^_^;
...they seem to have vanished at this writing....
Did we win?
@fps
Well, the oblivion bit was more a play on the name of the third elder scrolls game than an actual quantitative measurement of hype on my part. ^_^;
@dhaos
The shortest war ever!
VICTORY!!!! ^0^
lol.
Seriously, it would be cool if they took the ads down because of us. ^_^;
The shortest war ever!
VICTORY!!!! ^0^
lol.
Seriously, it would be cool if they took the ads down because of us. ^_^;
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