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Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2009, Day One
" Giant Bomb needs to play Persona 3. I actually might have liked that game better. Then there would need to be a "Best 2007 game of 2010" award, though. Or 2008, if you were playing FES. "Stupid is as stupid does...
IMO, P4 was MUCH MUCH better than 3: The battle system was slightly more refined and the mood wasn't as bleak and wrist-cutting-ish. The characters were also much more likeable and... affable, I believe the word is?
Here's wishing that P5 is RPG of the Year 2010...
OR the change coincidentally lead to them picking Persona. Whichever way you want to look at it.
and you're saying that they had to change it because the old meaning makes no sense anyone. Well, then just don't include it or name it something else.
" Might not fully agree, but atleast they didn't do anything as stupid as Gamespot picking Demon's Souls as Game of the Year ... so far that is ! "Gamespot is not stupid for picking a great game and giving it GOTY, just because you do not agree with it does not mean it is stupid.
" @AndrewB said:Calm down, champ." Giant Bomb needs to play Persona 3. I actually might have liked that game better. Then there would need to be a "Best 2007 game of 2010" award, though. Or 2008, if you were playing FES. "Stupid is as stupid does...
IMO, P4 was MUCH MUCH better than 3: The battle system was slightly more refined and the mood wasn't as bleak and wrist-cutting-ish. The characters were also much more likeable and... affable, I believe the word is? Here's wishing that P5 is RPG of the Year 2010... "
I actually agree that 3 was better. The dark theme-ish was great, and the characters were ironically not as emo as Persona 4's.
Plus, better social links, much better plot... What's not to like?
I preferred 4, but 3 was an excellent game. I'd imagine that much of 4's like on this site is based largely on that it was viewed with often times great commentary. Either way, both are great games. I really hope that a lot of Giant Bombers play 3. Junpei and Chidori's story was my favorite part, but I gotta give a big hand to Aigis.
"It just hit me. How did THIS not win the best song award?
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that was the biggest WTF endding to a video game ever
it was also the best endding ever
Games with better soundtracks than the winner's and far, far better than the runners-up's:
01. Little King's Story
02. Machinarium
03. Sakura Note
04. Half-Minute Hero
05. 7th Dragon
06. Inazuma 11 2: The Threat Of The Invaders
07. The Wizard Of Oz: Beyond The Yellow Brick Road
08. Muramasa: The Demon Blade
09. A Witch's Tale
10. Tekken 6
11. Mario And Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
lol. where was all the outcry for persona 4 last year? Because it obviously didn't win best game of 2008 in the year it was released lol. where was everyone and all of their, "this is awesome guys" back then? i am glad that everyone had a lot of fun with persona 4 videos on this site. I had a lot of laughs with them. I think Persona 4 should have won, "Best Game of 2008 That Was In a Long Running Quick Look Seires On Giant Bomb That Was Hosted by Jeff and Vinny in 2009."
I kind of wish you guys did the awards like you did last year, and had the nominees go up first then announce the winners later :). The site for the awards was also really cool looking.
Also the podcast thing is really weird, I was hoping that there would be a podcast of you guys deciding for each section, but instead it was basically explaining why each winner got it, but this article basically says the same exact thing.
W/e though it really doesn't matter, this site is awesome and I agree with the winners you picked :).
" lol. where was all the outcry for persona 4 last year? Because it obviously didn't win best game of 2008 in the year it was released lol. where was everyone and all of their, "this is awesome guys" back then? i am glad that everyone had a lot of fun with persona 4 videos on this site. I had a lot of laughs with them. I think Persona 4 should have won, "Best Game of 2008 That Was In a Long Running Quick Look Seires On Giant Bomb That Was Hosted by Jeff and Vinny in 2009." "It was released on December 9th, and I don't think I even finished my first playthru in 2008.
Shatter for the Soundtrack win. Most the time, this type of award goes to some epic orchestrated madness. Good to see/hear some variety.
" @AndrewB said:Oh, heaven forbid I have a different opinion! Fuck off." Giant Bomb needs to play Persona 3. I actually might have liked that game better. Then there would need to be a "Best 2007 game of 2010" award, though. Or 2008, if you were playing FES. "Stupid is as stupid does...
IMO, P4 was MUCH MUCH better than 3: The battle system was slightly more refined and the mood wasn't as bleak and wrist-cutting-ish. The characters were also much more likeable and... affable, I believe the word is? Here's wishing that P5 is RPG of the Year 2010... "
" @Slab64: They changed the meaning so that Persona fits as the winner. What's the disagreement here? OR the change coincidentally lead to them picking Persona. Whichever way you want to look at it. and you're saying that they had to change it because the old meaning makes no sense anyone. Well, then just don't include it or name it something else. "Yeah, I guess coincidence is closer to what I mean, basically that it was a smaller field of games they were choosing from for the award this time...pretty much the only games that bled over to 2009 from '08 were P4, Fallout 3, and Fable 2, as opposed to the previous year including every major game they weren't able to cover before they were a site.
I wouldn't want them to get rid of the award going forward, though...I think it is a good reflection of the way people actually play games in real life, as opposed to for journalistic purposes. We don't just toss a game aside if we can't get to it in the year it is released.
They just don't match up. If anything, Persona 4 should have won this with no Runner-Ups and nominate the other 2 for Best DLC.
" @Slab64: Yeah, it's a great name that deserves recognition. They recognized it for about 9 months, that's plenty. The other nominations seemed to be games that came out last year whose DLC came out this year. So it's still 2009 content. They played a bunch of Fable and Fallout in 2008, they were nominated for GOTY after all. They just don't match up. If anything, Persona 4 should have won this with no Runner-Ups and nominate the other 2 for Best DLC. "Best DLC would be an excellent category, hopefully we'll see that one. Fallout has a good chance of turning up there...
" Games with better soundtracks than the winner's and far, far better than the runners-up's: 01. Little King's Story02. Machinarium03. Sakura Note04. Half-Minute Hero05. 7th Dragon06. Inazuma 11 2: The Threat Of The Invaders07. The Wizard Of Oz: Beyond The Yellow Brick Road08. Muramasa: The Demon Blade09. A Witch's Tale10. Tekken 611. Mario And Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story "
Agree with your top spot, LKS's OST is awesome, but I doubt any of the Giant Bomb team played the game throughout to realise that though.
As far as the awards - meh
I'll admit a lack of familiarity with those soundtracks, but I think there's plenty other good ones being glossed over... Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Assassin's Creed II, Borderlands.... It was a good year for music in video games, that's for sure.
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