Game critics best of E3 awards

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11 Jun 2003, 12:25 PM
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Game critics best of E3 awards

From Gamerfeed:

Best of Show
Half-Life 2
(Valve LLC/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)

Best Original Game
Full Spectrum Warrior
(Pandemic Studios/THQ for Xbox/PC)

Best PC Game
Half-Life 2
(Valve LLC/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)

Best Console Game
Halo 2
(Bungie Studios/Microsoft for Xbox)

Best Peripheral/Hardware
EyeToy
(Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 2)

Best Action Game
Half-Life 2
(Valve LLC/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)

Best Action/Adventure Game
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
(Ubi Soft Montreal/UbiSoft for All Game Systems)

Best Fighting Game
Soul Calibur 2
(Namco for All Console Systems)

Best Role Playing Game
Fable
(Big Blue Box/Microsoft for Xbox)

Best Racing Game
Gran Turismo 4
(Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 2)

Best Simulation Game
Full Spectrum Warrior
(Pandemic Studios/THQ for Xbox/PC)

Best Sports Game
Tony Hawk's Underground
(Neversoft/Activision for All Console Platforms)

Best Strategy Game
Rome: Total War
(Creative Assembly/Activision for PC)

Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game
The EyeToy Games
(Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for PlayStation 2)

Best Online Multiplayer
City of Heroes
(Cryptic Studios/NCSoft for PC)

Special Commendation for Graphics
Half-Life 2
(Valve LLC/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
11 Jun 2003, 12:32 PM
Jeremy

Seeing Fable get the RPG nod is nice. Good to see the Xbox seemingly have some RPG plans in the future.
11 Jun 2003, 12:36 PM
Tain

I'd be baffled if anything but HL2 won the game of show.
11 Jun 2003, 12:41 PM
Schlep

I'm still baffled that a video tape can win game of the show. :p
11 Jun 2003, 12:47 PM
Drewbacca

A videotape telling of great things in the near future for us, Schlep. How could that NOT win game of the show?

I mean, with these other games we're already disappointed at the quality, right? But for Halflife 2 we won't have these problems for a while now, giving us time to relish (and ketchup! HAHAHAHA!) in the glory.

I can't believe I thought of that ketchup thing. Pure gold.
11 Jun 2003, 01:14 PM
Hero

Quote:

Originally posted by Tain
I'd be baffled if anything but HL2 won the game of show.

I'd be baffled that a videotape could win as 'game of show'

wait...I was beaten to the punch =|

Quote:

Originally posted by Andrew
I mean, with these other games we're already disappointed at the quality, right? But for Halflife 2 we won't have these problems for a while now, giving us time to relish (and ketchup! HAHAHAHA!) in the glory.

Oh, I get it; so when Half Life 2 is on demo, THEN people can talk crap about it. It's overrated, over-hyped, just another FPS, blah blah blah?
11 Jun 2003, 01:27 PM
Saint of Killers

If a video is much more impressive than anything playable, why shouldn't it win?
11 Jun 2003, 01:56 PM
Schlep

Were any of you who are saying how impressive the video was compared to anything else, actually there to play the games at the show?

I watched the videos of HL2 and Halo 2, and thought, "Yeah, that was awesome...wish I could play it," and moved on to what I could play. I certainly had more fun playing Viewtiful Joe, Crystal Chronicles and I-Ninja than I did watching either trailer.
11 Jun 2003, 02:08 PM
Diff-chan

Any site that doesn't give Half-Life 2 game of show is run by idiots. That's pretty much all there is to it. No game at E3 looked half as good.
11 Jun 2003, 02:33 PM
Saint of Killers

Quote:

Originally posted by Schlep
Were any of you who are saying how impressive the video was compared to anything else, actually there to play the games at the show?

I suppose this is directed at me, but I can't see where I said that the Half Life video was better than any of the playable games. I'm merely pointing out that if someone or something (in this case, Game Critics, although pretty much every gaming website in existence seems to agree with them) feels that a video is the most impressive thing at the show, there is no reason they shouldn't give it their best of show award.

Quote:

I watched the videos of HL2 and Halo 2, and thought, "Yeah, that was awesome...wish I could play it," and moved on to what I could play. I certainly had more fun playing Viewtiful Joe, Crystal Chronicles and I-Ninja than I did watching either trailer.

You having more fun with other games doesn't invalidate Game Critics' opinion. Feel free to make a Schlep's Best of E3 Awards.
11 Jun 2003, 02:44 PM
Schlep

Quote:

Originally posted by Saint of Killers Feel free to make a Schlep's Best of E3 Awards.

Already did. Although it was out of boredom, for my own personal use, and to say I borrowed from AFX style would be a huge understatement.
12 Jun 2003, 07:14 AM
Viper

Schlep: That made for entertaining reading. Thanks for the link. I'm glad to know that you only need one GBA to play multiplayer Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. I've been looking forward to trying that game out for quite a while, but don't know any other GBA owners. That won't effect my appreciation of the game, though, will it? :D
15 Jun 2003, 09:48 PM
Mfkzt

Quote:

Originally posted by Schlep
I'm still baffled that a video tape can win game of the show. :p

Most people are suckers for hype. Notice how everyone gets pumped up over the same games? It's the herd mentality at work.
15 Jun 2003, 10:31 PM
Omni

Quote:

Originally posted by Mfkzt
Most people are suckers for hype. Notice how everyone gets pumped up over the same games? It's the herd mentality at work.

Or the "Half-Life 2 looks really good" mentality.
15 Jun 2003, 10:42 PM
Captain Vegetable

I hate, with a white hot, firey, fury of a passion, "Best of..." lists that award more than one award to the same game.

If Half-Life 2 wins game of show, TAKE IT OUT OF THE RUNNINGS FOR EVERY OTHER CATAGORY!
16 Jun 2003, 04:34 PM
Shinobi128

Quote:

Originally posted by diffusionx
Any site that doesn't give Half-Life 2 game of show is run by idiots. That's pretty much all there is to it. No game at E3 looked half as good.

Play gave game of the show to Project Good and Evil. They also gave PC game of the show to Doom III.

:confused:
16 Jun 2003, 04:39 PM
Omni

Quote:

Originally posted by Captain Vegetable
I hate, with a white hot, firey, fury of a passion, "Best of..." lists that award more than one award to the same game.

If Half-Life 2 wins game of show, TAKE IT OUT OF THE RUNNINGS FOR EVERY OTHER CATAGORY!

But if it wins Game of the Show, wouldn't it technically be best say...Action Game of the Show as well. ;)
16 Jun 2003, 04:52 PM
OGcritic

Quote:

Originally posted by Schlep
I'm still baffled that a video tape can win game of the show. :p

It's not like it's the first time. I believe Metal Gear Solid 2: SoL one when only a video was show of it in 2001(?).
17 Jun 2003, 12:40 AM
Saint of Killers

Quote:

Originally posted by Shinobi128
Play gave game of the show to Project Good and Evil. They also gave PC game of the show to Doom III.

:confused:

Play is run by Dave Halverson, which should explain everything.
17 Jun 2003, 12:51 AM
Captain Vegetable

Quote:

Originally posted by OmniGear
But if it wins Game of the Show, wouldn't it technically be best say...Action Game of the Show as well. ;)

NO! "BEST GAME OF SHOW" is genreless! It's the most well executed, prettiest, and overall BEST GAME OF THE SHOW!!! That doesn't qualify it for the best game in it's genre! DAMNIT!!!!!

;)
17 Jun 2003, 01:05 AM
Green

But there were vids of a Valve guy playing HL2...