Gamespot Best of 2006 Awards

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Best Action Adventure game:
Dead Rising (X360)

Nominees:
Bully (PS2) - 8.7
Dead Rising (X360) - 8.4
Okami (PS2) - 9.0
Saints Row (X360) - 8.3
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii, GC) - 8.8, 8.9

Best Shooter:
Gears of War (X360)

Nominees:
Call of Duty 3 (X360) - 8.8
Gears of War (X360) - 9.6
Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3) - 8.6
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (X360) - 9.2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (X360) - 9.1

Best Fighting game:
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (X360)

Nominees:
Dead or Alive 4 (X360) - 8.8
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max (PSP) - 8.2
Tekken: Dark Resurrection (PSP) - 9.2
The King of Fighters 2006 (PS2) - 7.3
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (X360) - 8.2

Best Platformer:
Daxter (PSP)

Nominees:
Daxter (PSP) - 9.1
Kirby Squeak Squad (DS) - 7.7
Mega Man Powered Up (PSP) - 8.5
New Super Mario Bros. (DS) - 9.0
Yoshi's Island 2 (DS) - 9.1

Best Driving game:
GTR 2 (PC)

Nominees:
Burnout Revenge (X360) - 8.8
GTR 2 (PC) - 9.0
Ridge Racer 7 (PS3) - 8.0
Test Drive Unlimited (X360) - 7.8
Toca Race Driver 3 (PC, Xbox, PS2) - 8.5

Best Puzzle game:
Exit (PSP)

Nominees:
Exit (PSP) - 8.0
Gunpey (PSP) - 7.7
Mario vs Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (DS) - 8.2
Mercury Meltdown (PSP) - 8.2
Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii) - 8.0

Best Rhythm/Music game:
Elite Beat Agents (DS)

Nominees:
Elite Beat Agents (DS) - 8.9
Gitaroo-Man Lives! (PSP) - 7.7
Guitar Hero II (PS2) - 8.7
SingStar Rockes! (PS2) - 7.2

Best Role-playing game:
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PC, X360)

Nominees:
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (PS2) - 8.2
Final Fantasy V Advance (GBA) - 8.5
Final Fantasy XII (PS2) - 9.0
Neverwinter Nights 2 (PC) - 8.6
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PC, X360) - 9.3, 9.6

Best Traditional Sports game:
Madden NFL 07 (Wii)

Nominees:
FIFA 07 (Xbox) - 8.7
Fight Night Round 3 (X360, PS3) - 8.3, 8.2
Madden NFL 07 (Wii) - 8.4
MLB '06: The Show (PS2) - 9.0
NCAA Football 07 (Xbox, PS2) - 8.8

Best Strategy game:
Company of Heroes (PC)

Nominees:
Company of Heroes (PC) - 9.0
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords (PC) - 9.0
Medieval 2: Total War (PC) - 8.8
Star Wars: Empire at War (PC) - 8.7
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade (PC) - 8.8

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Originally Posted by SpoDaddy

Best Action Adventure game:
Dead Rising (X360)

No.

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Best Fighting game:
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (X360)

No.

Daxter as best platformer is pretty heinous too.

I heard it was a pretty good game, though.

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Originally Posted by Tain

I heard it was a pretty good game, though.

It is pretty good, but it's not better than any of the other nominees (except maybe Kirby).

Yay, Elite Beat Agents rules.

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Originally Posted by SpoDaddy

Best Traditional Sports game:
Madden NFL 07 (Wii)

:wtf:

I've seen worse lists. Madden for Wii is funny, though. Plus, UMK3 is fighting game of the year because Tekken isn't online(fucking lazy Namco)

Dead Rising is better than Okami and Zelda? Other than that, I dont think the rest of the list is too far off.

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Best Rhythm/Music game:
Elite Beat Agents (DS)

I don't even like rhythm games and I know guitar hero was better.