CouncilorChief

@AjayRaz said:

Dead or Alive 5 made it for best fighting game? that's cool, even if it's probably because there wasn't many fighting games at E3. hopefully Watch_Dogs is playable next year or something if it doesn't come out by then. i'd like to see if that would get best of show.

Whatever comes out for next year's E3, it'd be hard for it to top Watch_Dogs.

The winners for the "Game Critics Awards Best of E3 2012" have just been announced. The Last of Us snagged most of the awards, including "Best of Show". You can view all the winners from the website: http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/

I'll list the nominees and bold the winners, just in case for those who can't access the link for some weird reason.

Best of Show

• Assassin's Creed III
• Dishonored
• Halo 4
• The Last of Us
• Tomb Raider

Best Original Game

• Beyond: Two Souls
• Dishonored
• Quantum Conundrum
• The Last of Us
• Unfinished Swan

Best Console Game

• Assassin's Creed III
• Dishonored
• Halo 4
• The Last of Us
• Tomb Raider

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

• Assassin's Creed III Liberation
• Epic Mickey Power of Illusion
• Infinity Blade Dungeons
• Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon
• New Super Mario Bros. 2
• Sound Shapes

Best PC Game

• Company of Heroes 2
• Hawken
• Planetside 2
• SimCity
• XCOM Enemy Uknown

Best Hardware/Peripheral

• Astro A50 Wireless Gaming Headset
• Rift VR Headset
• Wii U
• Wonderbook (Why was this nominated?)
• Skylanders: Giant Figures

Best Action Game

• Borderlands 2
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II
• Crysis 3
• Halo 4
• Metal Gear Rising Revengeance

Best Role-Playing Game

• Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance
• Ni No Kumi
• Persona 4 Golden
• The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim - Dawnguard
• South Park The Stick of Truth

Best Fighting Game

• Dead or Alive 5
• Injustive Gods Among Us
• Persoan 4 Arena
• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Best Racing Game

• F1 2012
• Forza Horizon
• LittleBigPlanet Karting
• Need for Speed Most Wanted
• Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed

Best Sports Game

• FIFA Soccer 13
• Madden NFL 13
• NBA 2K13
• NHL 13
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2013

Best Strategy Game

• Company of Heroes 2
• End of Nations
• SimCity (Does this even count as a strategy game?)
• Pikmin 3
• XCOM Enemy Uknown

Best Social/Casual Game

• Dance Central 3
• Game & Wario
• Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes
• Nintendoland (Seriously?)
• Rock Band Blitz

Best Motion Simulation Game

• Dance Central 3
• Fable The Journey
• Game & Wario
• Just Dance 4
• Wii Fit U
• Wonderbook Book of Spells (honestly, really?)

Best Online Multiplayer Game

• Borderlands 2
• Call of Duty Black Ops II
• Halo 4
• Need for Speed Most Wanted
• Planetside 2

Best Downloadable Game

• Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
• Quantum Conundrum
• Retro City Rampage
• The Cave
• Unfinished Swan

I agree with most of the choices even if I don't agree with some of the nominations. The Last of Us definitely deserved "Best of Show", Naughty Dog knocked E3 out of the park with that one. As for Halo 4 winning "Best Action Game" and "Best Online Multiplayer", all I have to say is haters gonna hate. So this was a pretty good awards show for the most part. And before anyone starts complaining about Watch_Dogs not receiving any nominations, let me say that unplayable demos aren't eligible for the awards.

Do you agree or disagree with most of the winners?

@JasonR86 said:

@CouncilorChief said:

@JasonR86 said:

They forgot "Most Sexist Game".

O_o

?

Haven't been playing attention to the internet for a while?

Right I forgotten about that. I tend to stay out of it though.

@vince_kupo said:

I pretty much agree with the list. Looking back made me realized this year E3 wasn't as bad as most people said it was. I've seen a good number of games that I'm interested in. Plus, being primarily a pc gamers, I got interested in the WiiU. I'll play modable games on the pc and unique titles on the WiiU

Yeah, E3 2012 isn't as bad as most people tend to exaggerate it. Indeed, the press conferences were horrible and there were some games missing in action (The Last Guardian and Beyond Good & Evil 2), but a lot of really interesting games were shown.

@JasonR86 said:

They forgot "Most Sexist Game".

O_o

?

@big_jon said:

Lists look good.

I hope Luigi's mansion: Dark moon wins best mobile game, looks amazingly awesome.

That game just might convince me into buying a Nintendo 3DS. I was a big fan of the original Luigi's Mansion, a highly underrated game.

@Zekhariah said:

No shocks in there.

I still feel like Beyond is the gaming equivalent of a oscarbait movie, where a serious topic is broken over into a vapid story. Though maybe it was the presenter's overt voice inflection on the word beyond starting that impulse.

I'd be fine with "Ellen Page The Video Game" if Quantic Dream tone down the amount QTEs.

I forgot to say how happy I am to see Splinter Cell Blacklist and Dead Space 3 were snubbed.

Sooo... you agree with the nominees?

@connerthekewlkid said:

@CouncilorChief: wait was that in brads review of the game? :/

I always take Brad's review by a grain of salt.

@connerthekewlkid said:

@CouncilorChief: people thought the train segment was hard?

I don't know why either.