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Game of the Year is: Uncharted 2, lawl - How can such a generic, crappy game win.

Even MW2 would have been better.

As for Halo Reach, another example of whoever decided doing "First look" based on CGI or Cutscenes should be shot.

I rather see an amazing CGI shot then some alpha or beta footage. In-game stuff can come closer to release when it's closer to the final game.

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As for the GOTY award, lawl.

Dude you take potshots at UC2 all the time and you've never even played it, at least Sethos has! :laugh:

Fully deserving of GOTY, the effort put into audio alone makes it better than everything else (and yeah I know you don't like the gunshots Sethos, I'm talking about the mastering of music/voice overs/etc). It just shames me IW can be such a big developer and totally **** up their audio mix.

AC2 and Batman while awesome games lacked some of the polish UC2 had. Plus as Larry mentioned AC2 starts to drag a bit later on.

I rather see an amazing CGI shot then some alpha or beta footage. In-game stuff can come closer to release when it's closer to the final game.

That doesn't go down too well around here, see KZ2. But whadda ya know it ended up the best looking console game :p

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*cough*

At the time. Not anymore though.

Glad to see Flower win though, whenever people ask what to buy on the PS3 I recommend it. Shows how fun a simple game can be (Y)

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At the time. Not anymore though.

Glad to see Flower win though, whenever people ask what to buy on the PS3 I recommend it. Shows how fun a simple game can be (Y)

Yeah Flower is awesome, that last level on a hit of acid would blow your mind - Not that I condone this business before the anti-drugs RWI team jumps me.

KZ2 still beats out some of the tech Uncharted 2 uses, it's lighting and smoke/explosion engine are much better. I can't wait to see how KZ3 looks, if they manage to polish up that engine and improve it (add some colour?), I'm sure it will kick ass again.

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i was happy for rocksteady. they deserved it. a small studio to put out such terrific game. they are indeed the studio of the year.

wasnt impressed with crackdown at all. batman 2 looked great as we all expected it to expand into the city.

i cant wait for star wars force unleashed 2. that trailer looked great.

and of course halo reach was absolutely fantastic. im pumped! you guys do realize that video was showcasing the engine right? thats hoe the game should look like!

other stuff was so so.

i wasnt dissapointed UC2 got the GOTY but i think MW2 still deserved it. they have created an amazing single player, multiplayer and coop experience on both platforms. they deserved it. uncharted 2 was amazing and mp was fun but nothing great as mw2 mp.

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Game of the year "UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves" what? Not sure if I enjoyed the show or not but it was all over the place. I'm glad they have the VGA awards show. A few years ago it wasn't even recognized but since its a billion dollar industry everybody is trying to jump on board. I laughed when NHL hockey for a second straight year takes sports game of the year. And then the Madden freaks had to boo ! Thats classy. So many systems to play games on and the wide range of game categories and players is amazing. To each his own I guess.

GAME OF THE YEAR

UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog)

STUDIO OF THE YEAR

Rocksteady Studios

BEST SHOOTER

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Publishing / Infinity Ward)

BEST RPG

Dragon Age: Origins (Electronic Arts / BioWare)

BEST FIGHTING GAME

Street Fighter IV (Capcom / Capcom/Dimps)

BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME

UFC 2009 Undisputed (THQ / Yuke's Media Creations)

BEST HANDHELD GAME

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar Games / Rockstar Leeds)

BEST GRAPHICS

UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog)

BEST MUSIC GAME

The Beatles: Rock Band (MTV Games / Harmonix)

BEST DRIVING GAME

Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft Game Studios / Turn 10)

BEST ACTION ADVENTURE GAME

Assassin's Creed II (Ubisoft / Ubisoft Montreal)

BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME

NHL 10 (Electronic Arts / EA Canada)

BEST SOUNDTRACK

DJ Hero (Activision Publishing / FreeStyleGames)

BEST XBOX 360 GAME

Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve)

BEST Wii GAME

New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)

BEST PS3 GAME

UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog)

BEST PC GAME

Dragon Age: Origins (Electronic Arts / BioWare)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft Game Studios / Bungie)

BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Publishing / Infinity Ward)

BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW

South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! (Microsoft / DoubleSix)

BEST CAST

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition (Activision Publishing / Raven Software)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN MALE

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition (Activision Publishing)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN FEMALE

Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen / Activision Publishing)

BEST VOICE

Jack Black as Eddie Riggs (Brutal Legend / Electronic Arts)

BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME

Shadow Complex (Microsoft Game Studios / Chair Entertainment)

BEST COMEDY GAME

Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (D3Publisher / Vicious Cycle)

BEST DLC

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (Rockstar Games / Rockstar North)

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME FUELED BY DEW

Flower (ThatGameCompany)

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME

God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment / SCE Studios Santa Monica)

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Crackdown 2 trailer reminded me of Prototype, really don't think it was a good trailer to show at all :/

But I guess I enjoyed the first one on my own as well, really couldn't give a damn about Co-Op.

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Dude you take potshots at UC2 all the time and you've never even played it, at least Sethos has! :laugh:

Fully deserving of GOTY, the effort put into audio alone makes it better than everything else (and yeah I know you don't like the gunshots Sethos, I'm talking about the mastering of music/voice overs/etc). It just shames me IW can be such a big developer and totally **** up their audio mix.

AC2 and Batman while awesome games lacked some of the polish UC2 had. Plus as Larry mentioned AC2 starts to drag a bit later on.

That doesn't go down too well around here, see KZ2. But whadda ya know it ended up the best looking console game :p

We've been over this argument a million times before. You don't need to have hands on experience with something just to have an opinion. Besides, I've played UC1 and Gears of War 2. Put them together and you've got UC2 :p

STUDIO OF THE YEAR

Rocksteady Studios

BEST FIGHTING GAME

Street Fighter IV (Capcom / Capcom/Dimps)

BEST HANDHELD GAME

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar Games / Rockstar Leeds)

BEST DRIVING GAME

Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft Game Studios / Turn 10)

BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME

NHL 10 (Electronic Arts / EA Canada)

BEST Wii GAME

New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft Game Studios / Bungie)

BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Publishing / Infinity Ward)

BEST DLC

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (Rockstar Games / Rockstar North)

Those were some of the votes I definitely made, and people lawl'd when I said Halo would win best score. BOW DOWN BEFORE TEH MIGHTY MARTY O'DONNELL!!

Also SFIV FTMFW. Happy that'll **** off quite a few people around here :p Oh and that SSFIV will win again next year too :p

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halo has to win something... or else the fanboys heads would explode.

and way to talk **** about something you've never played before munky.

The new MOH looks awesome, always loved that series.

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Like I said, don't need to play something to know it sucks. Just like I wasn't in WW2 but know that sucked. And before anyone chimes in with it's because it's a PS3 exclusive winning, it's not. It's because TR is obviously better ;)

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We've been over this argument a million times before. You don't need to have hands on experience with something just to have an opinion. Besides, I've played UC1 and Gears of War 2. Put them together and you've got UC2 :p

That goes to show hands on experience counts when you make statements like that ;)

Uncharted 2 is nothing like Gears of War 2, and there's so much more environment variety it's not much like UC1 either.

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That goes to show hands on experience counts when you make statements like that ;)

Uncharted 2 is nothing like Gears of War 2, and there's so much more environment variety it's not much like UC1 either.

well you could make it like gears of war 2, just put the next gen filter on and there you go, problem solved munky!

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When do I ever jump on you guys for your tastes? We talk about games which we can instantly tell if we'll like or not having been gamers for the best part of our lives.

I don't like UC1 and I knew before I bought it I wouldn't. I decided to ignore that gut feeling though and go with people's recommendations on NW and I still ended up hating it.

Just like Halo 3 which won GOTY god knows how many times in 2007, I aint ramming it down people's throats. You don't like it? Fair enough, didn't stop my enjoyment of the game or being proud of what Bungie made.

Dear oh dear.

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When do I ever jump on you guys for your tastes? We talk about games which we can instantly tell if we'll like or not having been gamers for the best part of our lives.

I don't like UC1 and I knew before I bought it I wouldn't. I decided to ignore that gut feeling though and go with people's recommendations on NW and I still ended up hating it.

Just like Halo 3 which won GOTY god knows how many times in 2007, I aint ramming it down people's throats. You don't like it? Fair enough, didn't stop my enjoyment of the game or being proud of what Bungie made.

Dear oh dear.

It's nothing to do with tastes (mine/yours/anyone elses) it's watching you be so uptight about your beliefs on something you haven't played :p

From the minute people started talking about UC2 all you've done is slate it or say it's just "x" or "y". You seem to have such an interest in passing word on a game you apparently have no interest in at all.

As a whole game package Uncharted 2 is nothing like Gears of War 2, you should go ahead and ask Larry that, I'll get shot down for "PS BIAZ!!112" and all that jazz, but he's probably the most neutral guy around here and I bet he doesn't respond to this saying his experience with UC2 reminded him of GoW2.

And the GoTY award is irrelevant, it's up to everyone to decide if they agree or not, I'm talking about your general remarks to UC2. If there's one thing that does get under my skin it's someone who hasn't played a game telling other people what it's like, especially if they're off-key with their assumption.

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