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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 4, 2012 17:24:28 GMT -5
 Hello, hello, hello once again ladies and germs! It is time once again to pass judgement on the year in terms of video games. This year there have been some new changes with FAN's end of the year video game awards. First off, obviously, is the name of them. This time I checked, and double checked, and triple checked, and no one else has named their video game awards the Gilded Gamepads, so ha! Secondly, we have some new award categories this year, bringing our total to a massive 32 awards, 5 more than last year. Finally the newest change is there will be double the winners this year as I have decided to separate votes from readers/normal forum members and FAN staff members. As such each category will have a reader's choice award and a staff pick award. You will have until midnight central time on Tuesday, December 11th to get your votes in. That's one week folks! As always you don't have to vote for every category, and you can send in votes both via PM and by posting in this thread. Also, just want to point out that there are two games intentionally not up for nomination this year. The first is Street Fighter x Tekken. The reason for this game being left out is well Capcom caused a giant clusterf*** around the game, and as such they shouldn't be recognized for the game. The other is Far Cry 3, and that's simply because that game literally came out today. I know earlier in the year I said that I would include it despite being delayed so late in the year, but you can blame Spike for this, as they just had to have their VGAs so early this year(and remember, our game awards is partially a "take that"/"fixing" to/of the VGAs), so almost none of us have had a chance to play and digest Far Cry 3. Sorry.  And remember, for a game to be nominated, it had to be released in North America this year and also had to be an original release, ports/rereleases that did not have major significant changes do not qualify(sorry, Persona 4 Golden). And without further ado, the nominees, folks: Game of the YearBorderlands 2 Dishonored Journey Mass Effect 3 The Walking Dead
Studio of the YearArkane Studios Four Leaf Studios Lab Zero Games Telltale Games Thatgamecompany Best Multiplatform GameAssassin's Creed III Borderlands 2 Dishonored Mass Effect 3 The Walking Dead Best Xbox 360 GameDust: An Elysian Tail Fez Forza Horizon Halo 4 Trials Evolution Best PS3 GameDyad Journey Papo & Yo Tokyo Jungle The Unfinished Swan Best Wii/Wii U GameThe Last Story New Super Mario Bros. U Rhythm Heaven Fever Xenoblade Chronicles ZombiU Best PC GameDiablo III FTL: Faster Than Light Guild Wars 2 Katawa Shoujo Torchlight II Best PS Vita GameGravity Rush LitleBigPlanet PS Vita Sound Shapes Uncharted: Golden Abyss Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Best DS/3DS GameKid Icarus: Uprising Pokemon: Black & White 2 Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask Resident Evil: Revelations Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Best Mobile GameAngry Birds: Star Wars Horn Lili The Room Super Hexagon Best First Person ShooterBorderlands 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Halo 4 Tribes: Ascend Best Third Person ShooterHitman: Absolution Max Payne 3 Spec Ops: The Line Starhawk Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Best Action-Adventure GameAssassin's Creed III Darksiders II Dishonored Kid Icarus: Uprising Sleeping Dogs Best Role-Playing GameDiablo III Guild Wars 2 The Last Story Mass Effect 3 Xenoblade Chronicles Best Sports GameFIFA Soccer 13 Madden NFL 13 MLB 12: The Show NBA 2K13 UFC Undisputed 3 Best Driving GameDyad Forza Horizon Need For Speed: Most Wanted Trials Evolution WipEout 2048 Best Adventure GameJourney Katawa Shoujo Papo & Yo The Walking Dead Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Best Platformer GameFez Gravity Rush LittleBigPlanet PS Vita Mark of the Ninja Sound Shapes Best Fighting GameDead or Alive 5 Persona 4 Arena Skullgirls SoulCalibur V Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Best Puzzle GameEscape Plan Lumines: Electronic Symphony Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask Puddle Quantum Conundrum Best Strategy GameAwesomenauts Crusader Kings II Pokemon Conquest Quarrel XCOM: Enemy Unknown Best Rhythm GameDance Central 3 Just Dance 4 Rhythm Heaven Fever Rock Band Blitz Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Best Downloadable GameFez Katawa Shoujo Mark of the Ninja Skullgirls The Unfinished Swan Best Indie GameFez Journey Katawa Shoujo Mark of the Ninja Skullgirls Best DLCHarley Quinn's Revenge(Batman: Arkham City) Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty(Borderlands 2) From Ashes(Mass Effect 3) In Motion(Portal 2) Dawnguard(The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) Best Original ScoreHalo 4 Journey Katawa Shoujo Mass Effect 3 The Walking Dead Best GraphicsAssassin's Creed III Borderlands 2 Halo 4 Journey Mass Effect 3 Best Art StyleBorderlands 2 Dishonored Journey Katawa Shoujo The Walking Dead Best Art DirectionAssassin's Creed III Borderlands 2 Dishonored Journey Mass Effect 3 Best Male VoiceDameon Clarke as Handsome Jack Dave Fennoy as Lee Everett James McCaffrey as Max Payne Mark Meer as Commander Shepard Martin Sheen as The Illusive Man Best Female VoiceChloe Grace Moretz as Emily Kaldwin Jen Taylor as Cortana Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard Melissa Hutchison as Clementine Nikki Rapp as Lilly Caul Best Voice CastBorderlands 2 Dishonored Halo 4 Mass Effect 3 The Walking Dead So get to voting!  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2012 17:56:36 GMT -5
Votes sent. Sadly, not playing all of a certain episodic zombie game forced my hand to make another choice for some of my votes.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2012 19:49:35 GMT -5
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Post by Orange on Dec 5, 2012 1:12:53 GMT -5
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Dec 5, 2012 23:35:35 GMT -5
Get bent! Far Cry 3!
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 7, 2012 0:53:37 GMT -5
Come on people, let's get those votes flowing in!
So far a rather lacking amount of participation compared to last year. With the current amount of votes I'd have to scrap the split awards and combine all the votes into one pool and do it in a winner and runner up format instead.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 7, 2012 2:34:21 GMT -5
Come on people, let's get those votes flowing in! So far a rather lacking amount of participation compared to last year. With the current amount of votes I'd have to scrap the split awards and combine all the votes into one pool and do it in a winner and runner up format instead. It's okay, just count my votes ten times. |
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Post by Joker on Dec 7, 2012 10:38:29 GMT -5
I'll be honest none of the games here have really grabbed me as anything amazing unfortunately. I don't actually think 2012 was a good videogame year.
Best game I played this year was Transformers FoC which kind of says everything to me about 2012 for videogames.
I'd have probably voted Dragonborn as best DLC though, not Dawnguard.
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Post by Hurbster on Dec 8, 2012 5:56:52 GMT -5
Dishonored is in way too few categories. And I cannot in all conscience vote for an unfinished game (ME3) for GOTY or Day 1 DLC (ME3 again).
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Post by Sektor on Dec 8, 2012 14:28:33 GMT -5
Dishonored is in way too few categories. And I cannot in all conscience vote for an unfinished game (ME3) for GOTY or Day 1 DLC (ME3 again). I've never understood the vitriol for Day 1 DLC. There's a 30 day waiting period for console versions of games, what's wrong with the developers making a little extra content in the mean time? |
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 8, 2012 14:41:34 GMT -5
Dishonored is in way too few categories. And I cannot in all conscience vote for an unfinished game (ME3) for GOTY or Day 1 DLC (ME3 again). ME3 is an unfinished game? Really? Come on now. The ending was bad, yes, but to call the game unfinished is laughable. And Dishonored is in pretty much every category it could possibly be nominated for, mate. In fact the only awards it is possible to be nominated in that it isn't is Best Original Score, Best Male Voice, and Best Graphics. Orignal Score wise it is one of the few games that I had to make the decision to leave off. Male Voice wise, let's be honest, there wasn't any really standout performances by a male character in Dishonored. There were a lot of serviceable performances(thus why it is up for Best Voice Cast), but nothing outstanding. And Graphics wise, come on man, there are some really bad textures in the game and a crap ton of jaggies everywhere. It has great style to it(thus why Art Style and Art Direction), but from a technical standpoint, it is pretty bad. If you think Dishonored should've been nominated for a platform award, sorry man, but that's the entire point of the Multiplatform award. The platform awards are, generally, reserved for platform exclusives only. |
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Post by Hurbster on Dec 8, 2012 16:02:33 GMT -5
I stand by my opinions and I certainly won't be changing them about ME3. And I played Dishonored on the PC, not the consoles. Hence the graphics.
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Post by Hurbster on Dec 8, 2012 16:07:23 GMT -5
Dishonored is in way too few categories. And I cannot in all conscience vote for an unfinished game (ME3) for GOTY or Day 1 DLC (ME3 again). I've never understood the vitriol for Day 1 DLC. There's a 30 day waiting period for console versions of games, what's wrong with the developers making a little extra content in the mean time? It makes a huge difference when the squad size has been so reduced. Just compare it to ME2. It's just pointless nickel and diming when the whole structure of ME3 is based on making money from the multiplayer boxes that you buy. |
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 8, 2012 16:10:06 GMT -5
Dishonored is in way too few categories. And I cannot in all conscience vote for an unfinished game (ME3) for GOTY or Day 1 DLC (ME3 again). I've never understood the vitriol for Day 1 DLC. There's a 30 day waiting period for console versions of games, what's wrong with the developers making a little extra content in the mean time? Because it's not extra content. It's stuff they made at the same time as the rest that they make you pay for. It's basically selling you something and then going "Hey, forgot to add this! Well, that's gonna cost extra even though it's part of the thing you already paid for". I don't mind paying for DLC, but making you pay for things that should already be in the game is BS. |
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Post by Sektor on Dec 8, 2012 16:48:07 GMT -5
I've never understood the vitriol for Day 1 DLC. There's a 30 day waiting period for console versions of games, what's wrong with the developers making a little extra content in the mean time? Because it's not extra content. It's stuff they made at the same time as the rest that they make you pay for. It's basically selling you something and then going "Hey, forgot to add this! Well, that's gonna cost extra even though it's part of the thing you already paid for". I don't mind paying for DLC, but making you pay for things that should already be in the game is BS. The Mass Effect DLC wasn't anything that "should've" been in the game. It was an extra character. Hell, I didn't even activate it for my first playthrough. And in most cases it isn't made along with the main game, it's made in the aforementioned waiting period. The actual game development doesn't continue until the day before release for console games, the game is finished long before that. It seems like everyone nowadays sees stuff that companies like Capcom do and automatically think that all DLC is a cashgrab or nickel-and-diming. |
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 10, 2012 12:40:30 GMT -5
Last day for getting your votes in, folks! Once the clock rolls to midnight central time tonight, the voting closes!
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Dec 10, 2012 16:24:28 GMT -5
Count my votes enough times for NHL to win.
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Post by Sero on Dec 10, 2012 21:22:26 GMT -5
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Post by King Ghidorah on Dec 11, 2012 7:46:24 GMT -5
I literally came in here to vote for anything Dragons Dogma and it did not make a single category. Boo-hens
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 11, 2012 10:15:41 GMT -5
And voting is closed!
I got more than enough votes to split it between readers and staff, but I will instead still just combine all the votes into one large pool and will do a winner and a runner up as doing it that way will lead to some interesting results.
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