Game of The Year Awards!
By CJduke 5 Comments
So since I bought and played a lot of games that came out this year I decided I would do my own awards for fun. These are the categories and the nominations. Some things to note: I only own a PS3 and PC. Also, I do not know when the winners will be announced, but they will definitely be posted by January 1st.
"My Parents Think its Real" Award For Best Graphics
LA Noire Battlefield 3
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
RAGE
"Details, Details!" Award for Best Art Design
Portal 2 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Dark Souls
Bastion
"Prime Real Estate" Award for Best Setting
Banoi- Dead Island Arkham City- Batman Arkham City
Skyrim- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Sprawl- Dead Space 2
"Nolan North's Disciple" Award for Best Voice Actor
Logan Cunningham- Rucks (Bastion)
Steven Merchant- Wheatley (Portal 2)
Doug Cockle- Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings)
Mark Hamill- The Joker (Batman: Arkham City)
"Nolan North's Leading Lady" Award for Best Voice Actress
Sonita Henry- Ellie Langford (Dead Space 2)
Ellen McLain- Glados (Portal 2)
Grey Delisle- Catwoman (Batman: Arkham City)
Erika Heynatz- Elsa Lichtman (LA Noire)
"Take a Bow!" Award for Best Overall Voice Acting
Batman: Arkham City
LA Noire
Portal 2
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
"The Theme" Award for Best Original Song
The Pantheon (Aint Gonna Catch You)- Bastion
Skyrim Main Theme- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Arkham City Main Theme- Batman Arkham City
Want You Gone- Portal 2
"It's Gonna Be Epic!" Award for Best Soundtrack
Batman Arkham City
Bastion
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Witcher 2: assassins of Kings
"Uh-Uh-Uh" Award for best Melee Combat
Dark Souls
Batman Arkham City
Dead Island
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
"Pew-Pew-Pew" Award for Best Shooting
RAGE
Battlefield 3
Dead Space 2
LA Noire
"Its 2011 and You Can't Join My Game!?" Award for Best Co-op Multiplayer
Portal 2
Dead Island
Renegade Ops
Dark Souls
"Going Pro" Award for Best Competitive Multiplayer
Trackmania 2: Canyon
Dark Souls
Mortal Kombat
Battlefield 3
"Creativity" Award for Most Creative
Bastion
Portal 2
LA Noire
Dark Souls
"They Wrote on the Walls in Blood!" Award for Best use of Gore
Dead Space 2
Mortal Kombat
RAGE
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
"Vents are your Best Friend" Award for best Stealth
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Batman Arkham City
"Broken Controller" Award for Hardest Game
Dark Souls
Mortal Kombat
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Trackmania 2: Canyon
"Year of the Dragon" Award for Best Fantasy
Dark Souls
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
"Its so Beautiful" Award for best Sunlight
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
RAGE
Battlefield 3
"Cryo Sleep Does not Work on Robots (uhehehehe)" Award for Funniest Game
Orcs Must Die!
Portal 2
Dead Space 2
"Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions" Award for Best Action
Battlefield 3
RAGE
Dead Space 2
Renegade Ops
"The Final Stage" Award for Best Boss Fights
Batman Arkham City
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Dark Souls
"Hit 'M' Once Every 30 Seconds" Award for Best open World
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Dead Island
Batman Arkham City
LA Noire
"The Heroes of Our Time" Award for Best Main Character
Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings)
Batman (Batman Arkham City)
Cole Phelps (LA Noire)
Isaac Clarke (Dead Space 2)
"Steal the Spotlight" Award for Best Supporting Character
Glados (Portal 2)
Rucks (Bastion)
Jack Kelso (LA Noire)
Ellie Langford (Dead Space 2)
"The Power of the Dark Side" Award for Best Villain
Letho (The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings)
The Joker (Batman Arkham City)
Dr. Harlan Fontaine (LA Noire)
Wheatley (Portal 2)
"Bring Your Whole Crew" Award for Best Cast of Characters
Batman Arkham City
LA Noire
Portal 2
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
"The Future" award for Most Innovative Feature
Battlelog- Battlefield 3
Auto Texture Changes- RAGE
Facial Motion Scan- LA Noire
Story Narration- Bastion
"Its 2011 WTF!" Award for Biggest Disappointment/Annoyance
Skyrim's Voice Acting
Dark Souls Weapons (all the boss weapons sucked)
RAGE's Mission Structure
No Player vs AI option in Mortal Kombat
"The People's Champ" Award for Best Developer
Besthesda
Valve
Supergiant Games
CD Project RED
"Bargain City" Award for Best Downloadable Game
Orcs Must Die!
Bastion
Renegade Ops
Terraria
"Tears of Joy" Award for Best Story
LA Noire
Portal 2
Dead Space 2
Bastion
"Standing Ovation!" Award for Best Ending
Portal 2
Batman Arkham City
Bastion
LA Noire
"Time Should Freeze While Gaming" Award for Game I Wanted to Play But Didn't
Assassins Creed: Revelations
Uncharted 3
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Saints Row The Third
Gears of War 3
GAME OF THE YEAR
Will be posted in my list of top 10 games after the awards