Best Games of 2010, Special Awards
By spazmaster666 9 Comments
Continuing with the best of 2010 theme, here are some of my picks for best games of 2010 in several special categories. I already listed my top ten favorite games in the list I created so here I'll list the games that excel in a particular category. Let's get started . . .
Best Technical Graphics
Winner: Metro 2033 (PC)
Runners up: Lost Planet 2 (PC), God of War III (PS3), Heavy Rain (PS3), S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pyriat (PC)
Best Artistic Graphics
Winner: Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii)
Runners up: LIMBO (XBLA/PSN), Super Mario Brothers II (Wii), Alan Wake (X360), Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
Best Sound Design
Winner: Alan Wake
Runners up: Vanquish, Red Dead Redemption, LIMBO, Call of Duty: Black Ops
Best Music
Winner: Bayonetta
Runners up: Final Fantasy XIII, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Bioshock 2, Halo: Reach
Best Story
Winner: Mass Effect 2
Runners up: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, Red Dead Redemption, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Heavy Rain
Best Writing
Winner: Mass Effect 2
Runners up: Red Dead Redemption, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Heavy Rain, Fallout: New Vegas
Best Character
Winner: John Marston (Red Dead Redemption)
Runners up: Francis York Morgan (Dead Premonition), Eleanor Lamb (Bioshock 2), Mordin Solus (Mass Effect 2), Bayonetta (Bayonetta)
Best Voice Acting
Winner: Red Dead Redemption
Runners up: Mass Effect 2, Heavy Rain, Alan Wake, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Best Single Player Campaign
Winner: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Runners up: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Mass Effect 2, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Red Dead Redemption
Best Multiplayer Game
Winner: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Runners up: Halo: Reach, Battlefield: Bad Company II, Monday Night Combat, Call of Duty: Black Ops
Best Atmosphere
Winner: Alan Wake
Runners up: Metro 2033, LIMBO, Red Dead Redemption, Heavy Rain
Best DLC
Winner: Undead Nightmare (Red Dead Redemption)
Runners up: Minerva's Den (Bioshock 2), The Secret Armory of General Knoxx (Borderlands), Lair of the Shadow Broker (Mass Effect 2), The Signal (Alan Wake)
Best Zombie Game
Winner: Dead Rising 2
Runners up: Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, Call of Duty: Black Ops: Zombies, Dead Nation
Most Disappointing Game
Winner: Final Fantasy XIV
Runners up: APB, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, Alpha Protocol, Disney's Epic Mickey
Best Game That Nobody Played/Bought
Winner: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Runners up: Resonance of Fate, Vanquish, Amnesia: Dark Descent, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Special Award: So Bad, It's Good
Winner: Deadly Premonition
Special Award: Best(Worst?) Use of In-Game Advertising
Winner: Alan Wake
Special Award: Best Game to Do an Endurance Run On
Winner: Resonance of Fate
Special Award: Why Did They Make Another One?
Winner: Tony Hawk: Shred
Special Award: Best Implementation of Baby-Shaking Technology
Winner: Babysitting Mama
Special Award: Oh Shit, They're Still Making This?
Winner: Duke Nukem Forever
Special Award: The Greatest, Most Influential Figure in the Video Game Industry of 2010
Winner: Robert A. Kotick
So there you have it, some special awards for best of 2010, video games edition. Seven hours and counting before I head off on vacation . . .