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Game Developers Choice Awards - Final Ballot
by Elonka at 7:27 pm EST, Feb 11, 2003 |
] SAN FRANCISCO, CA - February 11, 2003 - The International
] Game Developers Association (IGDA) has announced the
] nominees for the Third Annual Game Developers Choice
] Awards. There are several categories, covering things such as "Rookie Studio of the Year", "Most Original Game Character", Excellence in Audio, Game Design, Writing, Level Design, Programming, Visual Arts, and Writing. As an IGDA member, I've been randomly selected as one of the official voters for this year's awards. I've done this before, and, as usual, there are several games on the ballot which I've never even heard of, let alone played. I'd like to make an informed decision though, so I'm asking around my circles of friends and colleagues for advice. If anyone on Memestreams would like to give me a review or opinion on any of the games on the ballot, please let me know, either by posting here or sending an Email to elonka@aol.com, by Wednesday, February 19th. If you do decide to offer a suggestion, please be as detailed as possible -- I'm not interested in comments such as, "I hear this game is good," or "It was fun" (except possibly for the Level/Game Design categories) -- I want discussion of the production values involved, since, after all, these are awards being given to encourage quality game development, and not just mass popularity. If there's enough interest, I'm fine on starting a thread for each of the categories, but for now, I'll just list the finalists for "Game of the Year": - BATTLEFIELD 1942 (Digital Illusions)
- GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY (Rockstar North)
- METROID PRIME (Retro Studios)
- NEVERWINTER NIGHTS (BioWare Corp.)
- TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL (Ubi Soft Montreal) Thanks in advance for any help, Elonka :) |
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RE: Game Developers Choice Awards - Final Ballot
by Rattle at 8:08 pm EST, Feb 11, 2003 |
Elonka wrote:
] - GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY (Rockstar North) This game is the best high tech stress ball that ever existed. |
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RE: Game Developers Choice Awards - Final Ballot
by crankymessiah at 10:49 pm EST, Feb 11, 2003 |
I can possibly help you with some other games. The only one of these I played was BF1942. The overall experience of the game was a blast. Production value wise it wasn't all that, but there weren't that many great games this year IMHO. |
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RE: Game Developers Choice Awards - Final Ballot
by Elonka at 6:04 pm EST, Feb 12, 2003 |
crankymessiah wrote:
] I can possibly help you with some other games. The only one of
] these I played was BF1942. The overall experience of the game
] was a blast. Production value wise it wasn't all that, but
] there weren't that many great games this year IMHO. I'm particularly curious about the game "Metroid Prime", which is up for several awards including "Game of the Year", but I've never even heard of it. This is probably because it's on one of the platforms (such as GameCube) that I rarely deal with. Do you know anyone that's played it? |
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RE: Game Developers Choice Awards - Final Ballot
by crankymessiah at 9:31 pm EST, Feb 12, 2003 |
Elonka wrote:
] crankymessiah wrote:
] ] I can possibly help you with some other games. The only one
] of
] ] these I played was BF1942. The overall experience of the
] game
] ] was a blast. Production value wise it wasn't all that, but
] ] there weren't that many great games this year IMHO.
]
] I'm particularly curious about the game "Metroid Prime", which
] is up for several awards including "Game of the Year", but
] I've never even heard of it. This is probably because it's on
] one of the platforms (such as GameCube) that I rarely deal
] with. Do you know anyone that's played it? I sure don't. BF 1942 was the only one in that category that I played. The other games that came out this year (I think, it all runs together anymore) that I did play quite a bit of were Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Jedi Knight 2, and Morrowind. |
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RE: Game Developers Choice Awards - Final Ballot
by Elonka at 11:18 am EST, Feb 13, 2003 |
crankymessiah wrote:
] I can possibly help you with some other games. ] ] I'm particularly curious about the game "Metroid Prime", which
] ] is up for several awards including "Game of the Year", but
] ] I've never even heard of it. This is probably because it's on
] ] one of the platforms (such as GameCube) that I rarely deal
] ] with. Do you know anyone that's played it?
]
] I sure don't. BF 1942 was the only one in that category that I
] played. The other games that came out this year (I think, it
] all runs together anymore) that I did play quite a bit of were
] Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Jedi Knight 2, and Morrowind. When I was checking on which games to nominate, nearly every person I spoke to said that Morrowind was a clear choice, and I know that I nominated it myself for a couple things, but it didn't seem to make it onto the ballot in any category. I'm not sure why that is... Perhaps there were more action/combat enthusiasts who sent in nominations, than RPG enthusiasts? |
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