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OT: Interesting choices. Nice to see at least a little diversity.
OT: Interesting choices. Nice to see at least a little diversity.
The Bafta Award Winners are.....
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What's so wrong about Zelda getting a nomination for innovation, it did quite a lot with motion controls I think it deserves some nod for that. Yet people take no quarrel with Bastion getting an innovation nod, a game that's just a top down hack and slash with a really good story. By the way I love Bastion and enjoyed it more then Zelda I just think it's silly how people are reacting.Kahunaburger said:
Game journalism at it's finest.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't there launch titles on the Wii that had the "swing wiimote sideways, your dude swings his sword sideways" thing?lord.jeff said:What's so wrong about Zelda getting a nomination for innovation, it did quite a lot with motion controls I think it deserves some nod for that. Yet people take no quarrel with Bastion getting an innovation nod, a game that's just a top down hack and slash with a really good story. By the way I love Bastion and enjoyed it more then Zelda I just think it's silly how people are reacting.Kahunaburger said:
Game journalism at it's finest.
Bastion, on the other hand, is kind of cool in that it does something cool narration-wise that to my knowledge hasn't appeared in games before now.
Zelda is one of the few games to use the sword mechanics within an exploration adventure setting and the way the sword is controlled has changed from the early games on the Wii, as for narrated video games that has happened before Gantlet is the first that comes to mind as it happens to be a top down hack and slash as well, as well as several older games that tend to tell story specifically through a narrator, I know of the many difference in the games it's just the example I'm thinking of. I'm not trying to say either game doesn't deserve this, I'm saying if a game can get a nod for having one guy read off lines to you, the game that uses an experimental control system should get it too.Kahunaburger said:Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't there launch titles on the Wii that had the "swing wiimote sideways, your dude swings his sword sideways" thing?lord.jeff said:What's so wrong about Zelda getting a nomination for innovation, it did quite a lot with motion controls I think it deserves some nod for that. Yet people take no quarrel with Bastion getting an innovation nod, a game that's just a top down hack and slash with a really good story. By the way I love Bastion and enjoyed it more then Zelda I just think it's silly how people are reacting.Kahunaburger said:
Game journalism at it's finest.
Bastion, on the other hand, is kind of cool in that it does something cool narration-wise that to my knowledge hasn't appeared in games before now.
As a side note why isn't Stacking mentioned in innovation.
I think this is the real question. Playable matryoshka dolls is definitely something new. Also Rock of Ages.lord.jeff said:
Not bad.
No awards are ever going to be to everyone's liking, but BAFTA at least shows respect for the medium.
I can get behind most of the winners.
No awards are ever going to be to everyone's liking, but BAFTA at least shows respect for the medium.
I can get behind most of the winners.
I'm quite disappointed that Human Revolution didn't win anything, depite its myriad of nominations.
Erm, unless my eyes are deceiving me Battlefield 3 didn't win GOTY, Portal 2 did. BF3 just picked up the GAME (a retail chain like Gamestop who're about to go into administration) award, chosen because their customers voted for it online.F said:
Have to say I can't really argue with any of the results, particularly happy for Portal 2 and Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.
And used a standard controller to do the movements. I think what makes SS stand out among those is the fact that it had Motion controls and decent ones at that too. Its story was better than most LoZ games of the past. It also added voice to a voiceless character. Personally I feel like the game put too much into the motion controls and that made its map smaller than previous 3d Zelda games. But I also feel that among those titles it was against it did the most innovative thing.RedEyesBlackGamer said:Uh, how about Catherine? It combined a story about infidelity with puzzle-oriented gameplay.Elmoth said:Well no game really stood out this year in terms of innovation or story. Games like Half-Life, portal 1, old rpg's etc still stand above this year's games.Kahunaburger said:
Game journalism at it's finest.
WAIT WAIT WAIT I just made a huge paragraph post about LoZ:SS then looked at the list again and realized that it didn't win for innovation that was Little Big Planet 2 that won that. Now I feel stupid for defending it.
I didn't insult you. I don't know where you got that idea.Elmoth said:And there are none, none that also interest me. I'm just stating my opinions, not fact. But I don't like you insulting me. I may not like Japanese games, but I don't have a console anyhow.RedEyesBlackGamer said:I wouldn't make blanket statements then.Elmoth said:I wouldn't be able to get past it's japanese aesthethics and storytelling, so I wouldn't know.RedEyesBlackGamer said:Uh, how about Catherine? It combined a story about infidelity with puzzle-oriented gameplay.Elmoth said:Well no game really stood out this year in terms of innovation or story. Games like Half-Life, portal 1, old rpg's etc still stand above this year's games.Kahunaburger said:
Game journalism at it's finest.
"I haven't played any games that stood out this year in terms of innovation or story." would be much better.
Oh god that made me laugh.Kahunaburger said:
Game journalism at it's finest.
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BF3 multiplayer may be great on PC but on consoles it plays like shit.
DICE Employee: "Well since we have to cut the console player count down to 24, don't you think we should modify the maps to better accomodate them?"
DICE Boss: "Mmmm... nope."
DICE Employee: "But the maps are designed for 64 players? Playing on them with only 24 players won't be any fun. 80% of the time they'll just be running around trying to get to the action. Don't you think-"
DICE Boss: "Hmm... what? Stop pestering me. I'm bird watching or whatever it the fuck it is I do instead of making reasonable decisions."
DICE Employee: "Well since we have to cut the console player count down to 24, don't you think we should modify the maps to better accomodate them?"
DICE Boss: "Mmmm... nope."
DICE Employee: "But the maps are designed for 64 players? Playing on them with only 24 players won't be any fun. 80% of the time they'll just be running around trying to get to the action. Don't you think-"
DICE Boss: "Hmm... what? Stop pestering me. I'm bird watching or whatever it the fuck it is I do instead of making reasonable decisions."