Game of the Year Awards: The Nominees
By CJduke 2 Comments
Here of the nominees for my game of the year awards from 2012:
"The Moosey Retro" Award for Best Non-2012 Game
Alan Wake
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Saints Row The Third
To the Moon
"Time Should Freeze When Gaming" Award for Game I Didn't Get To Play in 2012
Halo 4
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
FTL: Faster Than Light
Dust: An Elysian Tale
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
"My Parents Think It's Real" Award for Best Looking Game
Sleeping Dogs
Hitman: Absolution
Journey
Dear Esther
Far Cry 3
"Details, Details!" Award for Best Art Design
Dishonored
Diablo III
Torchlight 2
Journey
Guild Wars 2
"Prime Real Estate" Award for Best Setting
Rook Island (Far Cry 3)
Dunwall (Dishonored)
1989 Miami (Hotline Miami)
Hong Kong (Sleeping Dogs)
American Revolution (Assassin's Creed III)
"Actual Acting" Award for Best Voice Acting Performance
Nolan North as Captain Martin Walker
Melissa Hutchinson as Clementine
Dave Fennoy as Lee Everett
Michael Mando as Vaas
Michael Wincott as Death
"Take a Bow" Award for Best Overall Voice Acting
Assassin's Creed III
Far Cry 3
Mass Effect 3
The Walking Dead
Spec Ops: The Line
"The Theme" Award for Best Song
Hydrogen (Hotline Miami)
Alive Inside (The Walking Dead)
And the Heavens Shall Tremble (Diablo III)
Far Cry 3 Main Theme
Nascence (Journey)
"It's Gonna Be Epic!" Award for Best Soundtrack
Journey
Mass Effect 3
Hotline Miami
Diablo III
Far Cry 3
"Uh Uh Uh Uh" Award for Best Melee Combat
Hotline Miami
Darksiders 2
Assassin's Creed III
Sleeping Dogs
Diablo III
"Pew-Pew-Pew-Pew" Award for best Shooting
Spec Ops: The Line
Far Cry 3
Mass Effect 3
Shoot Many Robots
Sleeping Dogs
"Its 2012 You Can't Join My Game!?" Award for Best Co-op Multiplayer
Diablo III
Torchlight 2
Far Cry 3
Mass Effect 3
Journey
"Going Pro" Award for Best Competitive Multiplayer
Gotham City Imposters
Natural Selection 2
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Far Cry 3
Assassin's Creed III
"Creativity" Award for Most Creative
Journey
Asura's Wrath
Hotline Miami
Gotham City Imposters
Dear Esther
"They Wrote on the Walls in Blood" Award for Best Use of Gore
Spec Ops: The Line
Hotline Miami
The Walking Dead
Dishonored
Diablo III
"Vents are Your Best Friend" Award for Best Stealth
Mark of the Ninja
Dishonored
Assassin's Creed III
Far Cry 3
Hitman: Absolution
"Broken Controller" Award for Hardest Game
Hotline Miami
Hitman: Absolution
Xcom: Enemy Unknown
Diablo III
Natural Selection 2
"Purposely Blind Yourself" Award for Best Sunlight
Assassin's Creed III
Far Cry 3
Hitman: Absolution
Spec Ops: The Line
Journey
"Cryo Sleep Does not Work on Robots (uhhehehehehe)" Award for Funniest Game
Sleeping Dogs
Hitman: Absolution
Gotham City Imposters
Shoot Many Robots
"Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions" Award for Best Action
Spec Ops: The Line
Far Cry 3
Assassin's Creed III
Sleeping Dogs
Mass Effect 3
"The Final Stage" Award for Best Boss Fights
Torchlight 2
Diablo III
Asura's Wrath
Darksiders 2
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
"Hit M Once Every 30 Seconds" Award for Best Open World
Assassin's Creed III
Darksiders 2
Sleeping Dogs
Far Cry 3
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
"The Addiction" Award for Best Gameplay
Hotline Miami
Dishonored
Far Cry 3
Xcom: Enemy Unknown
Diablo III
"Heroes of Our Time" Award for Best Main Character
Asura
Captain Martin Walker
Lee Everett
Agent 47
Death
"Steal the Spotlight" Award for Best Supporting Character
Clementine
Haytham Kenway
Sam (Far Cry 3)
Yasha
Kenny
"The Power of the Dark Side" Award for Best Villain
Blake Dexter
Vaas
Deus
Haytham Kenway
Hoyt
"Bring Your Whole Crew" Award for Best Cast of Characters
Mass Effect 3
The Walking Dead
Asura's Wrath
Assassin's Creed III
Far Cry 3
"It's 2012 WTF!" Award for Biggest Disappointment/Annoyance
Checkpoint system (Hitman)
Inferno (Diablo 3)
Lack of Choice (Mass Effect 3)
Save File Bug (The Walking Dead)
Story Missions (Assassin's Creed III)
"The People's Champ" Award for Best Developer
Yager
Tell Tale
thatgamecompany
Runic
Firaxis
"Tears of Joy" Award for Best Story
Spec Ops: The Line
The Walking Dead
Mass Effect 3
Dear Esther
Asura's Wrath
"Standing Ovation!" Award for Best Ending
Journey
Dear Esther
The Walking Dead
Hitman: Absolution
Spec Ops: The Line
"It Came Outta Nowhere" Award for Best Surprise
Far Cry 3
Asura's Wrath
Journey
Spec Ops: The Line
The Walking Dead
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