Winners in bold. Watch the clips and comments on G4tv.com. Game of the Year: Assassin's Creed II Borderlands inFamous Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Best Original Game: Borderlands Brutal Legend Flower Scribblenauts Shadow Complex Best Gameplay Innovation: Borderlands - gun tech Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - death perks Demon's Souls - multiplayer Red Faction: Guerilla - new geo-modding Scribblenauts - vocabulary Best Action/Adventure Game: Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Assassin's Creed II inFamous Batman: Arkham Asylum Best Shooter: Borderlands Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Halo 3: ODST Killzone 2 Left 4 Dead 2 Best New Character: Ezio Auditore da Firenze - Assassin's Creed II Chloe Frazer - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Claptrap - Borderlands Eddie Riggs - Brutal Legend Cole MacGrath - inFamous Best Art Direction: The Beatles: Rock Band Borderlands Assassin's Creed II Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Brutal Legend Best Animation: Assassin's Creed II Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time Fight Night Round 4 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Street Fighter IV Best Writing: Assassin's Creed II Batman: Arkham Asylum Brutal Legend Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Best Original Soundtrack: Assassin's Creed II Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Flower Halo 3: ODST Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Best Sound Design: The Beatles: Rock Band Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Killzone 2 Left 4 Dead 2 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Best Downloadable Game: 1 vs. 100 Battlefield 1943 Flower Shadow Complex Splosion Man Best Downloadable Content: Burnout Paradise - Big Surf Island Fallout 3 - Broken Steel Fallout 3 - Point Lookout Grand Theft Auto IV - The Ballad of Gay Tony Grand Theft Auto IV - The Lost and Damned Best Racing Game: Dirt 2 Forza Motorsport 3 Fuel Need for Speed: Shift Best Role-Playing Game: Demon's Souls Dragon Age: Origins Mario & Luigi: Bower's Inside Story Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Torchlight Best Music/Rhythm Game: DJ Hero Rock Band Unplugged The Beatles: Rock Band Guitar Hero 5 Lego Rock Band Best Fighting Game: BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny Street Fighter IV Best Handheld Game: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars LittleBigPlanet Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box Rock Band Unplugged Best Sports Game: FIFA Soccer 10 Fight Night Round 4 MLB 09: The Show Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Wii Sports Resort
How on earth did Broken Steel beat the two GTA IV DLCs? I mean, it was great and all, but the sheer content of both the GTA ones was staggering.
Well, one thing about Dragon Age that may have held it back is that, as great as it is, we've all played it before back when it was called KOTOR and Mass Effect.
I just bought the two GTA4 downloads and thought they were boring. The effort put into the new storylines was impressive, but the games are more of the same. I also feel like the storyline cutscenes actually bring the game to a grinding halt rather than enrich the experience. I like GTA4 on the whole but it was quite the overrated and repetitive game.
Most of the list I'm fine with, but I really don't see how Flower won best soundtrack, beating out Uncharted 2! Best art direction should have gone to either Uncharted 2 or Assasin's Creed II, I think Brutal Legend's art direction was pretty darn by the numbers for the subject matter.
So what? He's right. SHENANIGANS! Not to sound like a Dragon Age fanboy, but that game was really very, very fun. It's pretty much everything Bioware's done ever, then done again, done more, and done better, and done with Claudia Black. I rest my case.
No argument from me there. I'm currently on my third play through, and still finding new stuff. I'm merely trying to get inside the head of the reviewers. And yeah, having Claudia Black is a huge, huge plus.
Broken combat AI, some generic world elements (ie Tolkien cliches) and in-game DLC shilling could have held it back, I suppose. Haven't played the others, so I don't know how they directly stack up, but I wouldn't have regarded DA:O as a lock for the best game of its genre.