I just listened to this part yesterday, and count me in with those (though it was probably just me) screaming at my iPod about God of War 3 for best looking. I'm not saying it should have won, obviously the guys were trying to lead more toward artistic design than just graphics, but come on, that thing is a technical monster with the cacophony and destruction and set pieces and backdrops and on and on and on. Plus, those Titan designs were pretty well gorgeous, and the frame rate never faltered. If anything, that should have taken up NFS:HP's spot since that got there on technical merit.
I was shocked to see Kirby's Epic Yarn on there under Best Looking. It is a very unique looking game. And I agree with Halo: Reach being a great multiplayer.
Jesus fucking christ the amount of shit the main game of Bioshock 2 is getting in this podcast! Can I just say right now, pay no attention to any of this stupid crap getting slung at it right here, I love these guys but they are completely ignorant with Bioshock 2. If you haven't played it and your opinion is it's probably bad, you should play it.
Well, I think that It's clear that we need to spam the bombcast email address in regards to the omission of GoW3 from the best looking game category. I really think they need to amend this list with it at least as a runner up. Gametrailers, in their best graphics award, sums up perfectly why it should at the very least be considered as best graphics of 2010. No other game delivered the combined amount of scale and detail that GoW3 brought. Plus it brought the 60fps that they were missing from NFS.
@AMDman: Uh...the category isn't "best graphics," it's "best looking." The dudes didn't forget about God of War III. They just felt that it didn't have an aesthetic to it like some of these other games did. The game they most liked looking at won the award, and God of War wasn't it. Not saying they're right, it's just the way they felt.
I personally think God of War III is technically impressive but tends to be too far away from the action, and I don't like the style of it. I wouldn't have picked Kirby, but oh well.
@ddensel said:
" So if Alan Wake isn't the best new character, not the best debut, doesn't have the best song ( Children of the Elder God), isn't the best X360 game or has the best graphics, how about a Rodney Dangerfield award? Alan Wake > Halo "
Agreed. I thought that game was really great, even though it lost some steam near the end. I wasn't impressed with Reach's campaign at all, except for the space battle. And I liked Halo 3.
I'm listening to old podcasts and would just like to comment more than 3 years later how wrong Brad was about that DLC category ;)
I can't believe the guys kowtowed to him on Minerva's Den. Nor can I believe how hardline Brad was about that being the best when he didn't even finish Bioshock 2 proper.
As a fan of both games and DLCs, Lair of the Shadow Broker is the better DLC. It expanded and added way more to the experience than Minerva's Den.
Heh. Remember when they gave console-specific awards? Sort of funny that Halo Reach won stuff despite none of the staff being all that pumped about Halo, but I guess they did play it for that Extra Life marathon.
Also, almost four years later I still maintain that Shadow Broker was robbed.
Heh. Remember when they gave console-specific awards? Sort of funny that Halo Reach won stuff despite none of the staff being all that pumped about Halo, but I guess they did play it for that Extra Life marathon.
Also, almost four years later I still maintain that Shadow Broker was robbed.
Indeed. Minerva was a good time, even if the twist was wholly predictable, but I found myself much more attached to the happenings in Shadow Broker. It even actually has a pretty cool boss battle in there to boot, which are typically a little scattershot with that series.
There's been plenty of times during the goty deliberations where Brad has said things that made me upset but this isn't one. He's wrong but you can totally have a debate between Minerva and Shadow Broker.
Man, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX beat Super Meat Boy? This site is such bullshit.
Both are incredible games. Super Meat Boy is more incredible, though.
Also, and his isn't directed at you because I know you're kidding, but it's sort of astonishing how many people are still angry over GOTY decisions years later.
Man, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX beat Super Meat Boy? This site is such bullshit.
Both are incredible games. Super Meat Boy is more incredible, though.
Also, and his isn't directed at you because I know you're kidding, but it's sort of astonishing how many people are still angry over GOTY decisions years later.
It's not that astonishing. We're not talking purely about opinion here. We're talking mostly about perspective. For example, I remember Brad and some of the other guys shooting Alex down on trying to get Hotline Miami in the top 10. Alex was the only one that wanted it in there. So it didn't get in. Thing is, Brad didn't play the game at that time. As we could've seen later on when he did play it, he thought it was amazing. I dare bet he would've vouched for it if he did earlier.
I remember they talked about Minerva's Den vs something else for like an hour and I was almost screaming at the podcast saying "alright already, STFU about it now".
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