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Added by Jeff Gerstmann on Jan. 15, 2009
The war economy!
Along with our own awards, we also asked you to pitch in and vote on your favorite game of the year. We figured we'd give you guys a few weeks to cast some votes and reveal the winner on January 15th. It seemed so far away, like some far-flung future where the police have been replaced by robots and cars drive themselves.
As it turns out, today is January 15th. I got a hand-written parking ticket yesterday from an actual, human cop. And as much as I tried to let go of the wheel while driving in this morning, the car simply would not steer itself. I was pretty disappointed.
But there's no disappointment involved when it comes to your voting. The votes have been cast and the winner has been chosen. Your game of 2008, as voted by you or people like you, is...
It's true. You all like Solid Snake's latest (final?) adventure. Unless you were among the 14 percent that voted for the #2 game, Grand Theft Auto IV. From there it breaks down into smaller chunks, with games like Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, and Gears of War 2 doing reasonably well. Others did pretty poorly, though. Infinite Undiscovery? Zero votes. Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit? Not one of you thought it was the best game of 2008. Not even Vinny.
Can't say I'm too surprised by that. If you listened to our year-ending podcast, you know that we tossed and turned over GTA4 and MGS4 for hours before making our choice. I probably would have been happy with either choice, and it's neat that it's winning a top award from all y'all.
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
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I'm a huge Metal Gear Solid fan, but I don't have a Playstation 3 to play MGS4. Stills seemed to be one of 2008's best titles, but I voted for Left 4 Dead, can't go wrong with killing zombies
wow I forgot about this, will we still be able to vote in other catagories?
LiquidPrince said:
I voted Burnout Paradise! The other 2% who also voted for Burnout, please stand up.
"Most people have good tastes =P"Less than 20% voted for MGS4. ;-)
I voted Burnout Paradise! The other 2% who also voted for Burnout, please stand up.
I voted GTA IV. My theory is that most of the people nerdy enough to be on this site are nerdy enough to be huge MGS fans, and that explains this.
Also I own and have played GTA IV and MGS4; so yes, I do know what I'm talking about.
Also I own and have played GTA IV and MGS4; so yes, I do know what I'm talking about.
Princess Debut just barely beat out Professor Layton. Man, our community's fucked up. :)
AndrewGaspar said:
Okay, some people have good tastes =P
"LiquidPrince said:"Most people have good tastes =P"Less than 20% voted for MGS4. ;-)
I voted Burnout Paradise! The other 2% who also voted for Burnout, please stand up."
Okay, some people have good tastes =P
I've played both, but I didn't complete MGS4 because... I didn't like it. I never have liked any of them really. The controls were a lot better in this one, but it's still just not for me. I voted GTA IV. Still, I respect MGS4 for what it did for its fans. I'm not a fan though.
I expected GTAIV to win since it's multiplatform therefore more people would have played it, but MGSIV isn't exactly surprising. I voted for banjo, I loved that game, but I obviously knew it wasn't going to win.
Chainblast said:
"MGS4 is a good pick, but Burnout Paradise all the way."Represent!
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