And now, the game of the year awards which I’m just going to type down without much if any explanation.
- Best Farm simulation/Dungeon Crawler- Rune Factory
- Best Objections-Phoenix Wright:Trials and Tribulations
- Best obscene value for a package-The Orange Box
- Best dialog ever-Portal
- Best cube-Weighted Companion Cube, presented by Portal
- Best ending theme-Portal
- Best villain, physical-GLaDOS
- Best villain, concept or metaphor-Objectivism, as portrayed by Andrew Ryan
- Best multiplayer, realistic-Call of Duty 4
- Best multiplayer, arcade-Team Fortress 2
- Best game that took way too long to come out-Team Fortress 2
- Best “Jesus fuck, that’s not right” moments-Bioshock
- Best port of a game that was way too good already-Puzzle Quest:Challenge of the Warlords
- Best re-release license crossover co-op game-Lego Star Wars:The Complete Saga
- Best TV based game-Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
- Best crazy long RPG with an actual morality system that goes beyond “I’m a knight in shining armor” and “I eat babies”, console-Mass Effect
- Best crazy long RPG with an actual morality system that goes beyond “I’m a knight in shining armor” and “I eat babies”, PC-The Witcher
And now, the absolute worst shit of the year.
- Worst abuse of tiered systems-Hellgate:London
- Worst abuse of paid downloadable content-Ace Combat 6
- Worst community playing a game that would be fun if it wasn’t for the 10 year olds at frat boys-Halo 3
- Worst case of hype-Crysis
- Worst game that could have been good if the rail shooting segments didn’t have lots of enemies who can kill you that never enter the range your gun can fire-Power of Destruction
- Worst voice acting and dialog-Two Worlds
- Worst spiritual successor that was nothing like the game that it was based on-Enemy Territory:Quake Wars
- Worst TV based game which isn’t really a game because the only way to lose the game is to change your resolution in the options menu-CSI:Hard Evidence
- Worst game I’ve played this entire year-Monster Jam(Really, I understand how it felt to be the guy who took the tubgirl pictures now)
