Game Critics Awards Noms

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• For anyone who saw G:DAMM -- this nomination makes sense. It rocked. : vermiciousknid

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  "Games shown off-site and in private meeting rooms were eligible along with those shown publicly on the ... : Jack Mathews
  • Which has no bearing on what I posted whatsoever but oh well. : Stormrider
• Hmm, looking at last years list, that didn't seem to apply then either. I wonder why they have that the... : Stormrider
• AFAIK Doom III was played by some press people (like Gamespy). : r3tina
• It was playable only for E3 judges. Sneaky... : vermiciousknid

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• you're damn right. : Karnov
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  not just doom, all of them. : johnny rotten
  • i agree. dunno how these gaming press guys fool themselves into thinking that you can judge gameplay at ... : Steve Gibson
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    Actually some of them were in very playable forms at E3. I'd say it's not fair to those games to give D3... : Fred Garvin
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      I dont actually see a specific GAMEPLAY award unless you're interpreting BEST PC GAME = BEST GAMEPLAY aw... : johnny rotten
      • aye they need to be more specific on the categories or what the criteria is. "best of show" "best pc... : Steve Gibson
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        Unless it's a technical award what grounds could you give for choosing Doom 3 as best PC or action game ... : Fred Garvin
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          It had the most impressive demoing of a PC game? I dont buy into the whole 'it was just a movie thing e... : johnny rotten
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            Okay then, other than the visuals tell me what was so awesome about the gameplay that you did see that w... : Fred Garvin
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              VISUALS > GAMEPLAY And I must say it's a sad, sad state of affairs... : freshview
              • Welcome to the Land of Hype, populated by mainstream hack journalists and sycophantic game journalists. : Fred Garvin
              • Visuals are an essential part of the gaming experience. Immersiveness depends a lot on graphics, art... : [7]kami
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              Ah so singleplayer action fps are now ruled out of being elegible for best of Show? Tell me, how is Met... : johnny rotten
              • i greatly prefer quality over innovation. if you can sqeeze the two in the same package, great. but the ... : jet-poop
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  I totally totally agree - damn media hyping stuff (Rather than id themselves) They are going to suffe... : abrasion
  • It's always fun to be taken out of context. : Fred Garvin
• Yup...as impressive as those videos were, we don't know jack-shit about the gameplay. That'd be like no : Vorlonesque

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• Quake 1 was more blatently satanic. : cold_40

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• Doom 3^2 : Kniggit

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  Grr.. They are revisiting it. Who cares though, it will still rock. I would like to just be there be... : highlow
  • I believe that game was called 'Half-Life' : Kniggit

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• step 1) go to www.shacknews.com step 2) scroll down a bit step 3) notice the story about the Doom III ... : Kniggit

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• Right-OOAn. : belzebutt

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  In my unbiased opinion, it's the best game in the history of man. : Jack Mathews
  • what would your biased opinion be? god almighty? hehe : jaga
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    Master Chief > Samus : johnny rotten
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      wrong!! : Dimmona
      • Master Chief > Samus x 10 ? : johnny rotten
  • I'm holding you to this! I really think your game has the potential to be one of the best ever, and it l... : fluze
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  Nintendo's upcoming lineup (Mario, Metroid, Zelda, etc) are all going to be system sellers. I predict th... : insta
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    By the time that all happens: Tekki online will be out, sega gt2000 will be too, and then the glut of go... : Bob Jones
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      ...where are we today? : jaga
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        I'd imagine he'd be referring to PS2 being on a level by itself and then the XBOX and GC still close. St... : MrShmoo
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          No actually they have the same exact draw. MS is counting on the draw of it's new franchises and Sega's... : Bob Jones
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            you REALLY think those no-named games you just mention will sell as much as mario? come on, let's not co... : jaga
            • The "average" consumer is still wrapped up in the warped thinking that nintendo is "kiddie." I don't li... : Bob Jones
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              When you've got some sort of weird fanboy love for the console you own you don't need to make sense.. I ... : insta
              • And I do mean world market, not just the US. : insta
              • Gamecube will completely own 4th quarter '02 and 1st quarter '03 at the very least IMO. : cold_40
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      XBox is going to be huge this holiday season. I purchased an XBox based on what I saw at E3 (now I have ... : Serpico74
      • Shinobi, Gungrave, Devil May Cry 2, Ratchet and Clank all look pretty damn good. : Lord BEEF
• if Metroid can capture the same feel of the SNES classic, i'd buy a gamecube for it. : jerkinisnice
• Metroid looks awesome. I'm still kinda cringing with the FPS thing. But they might tunr out something sm... : ---D1cKy-Mo3---

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• Heh, I find your lack of faith disturbing. : highlow

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• It's the best of show. "Show" being the key word in that sentence. Like it or not, Doom III will likely ... : gregorybrown
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  "Sure, it looks pretty but - where is the game?" You've not even played it! : Bagpuss
  • No one else has either so how can they give it a gameplay award like best action or PC game? : Fred Garvin
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  haha you're funny. You talk about Doom 3 being just about looks and no gameplay and then you go to say t... : MrShmoo
  • He wants those DOA bouncing boobies! : highlow
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  I can see it becoming "Best in Show" but no way it should belong among any "Best [category] Game" nomine... : Tissen
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    I tend to agree... maybe at next years e3 when DOOM III has a working demo, it will take best game. : jaga
    • Exactly. And by then it will probably be close to release. Working demo -> Public beta : Tissen
• I also have to agree with PA on the issue of Doom 3. Technically it looks great, but I gotta agree that t... : Serpico74

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• No, it isn't obvious. : insta
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  am I the only one who doesn't want to shell out $100+ to play a game with a massive controller? I mean.... : MrShmoo
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    why do people fucking bitch about the price of the controller? to me it seems rather pointless, since a... : -=kodiak=-
    • hey watch yer fuckin language okay? little kids are readin this shit..heh : aliengrey
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      with an extra controller you can use it on all your other games. There may be 2, 3 if you're lucky games... : MrShmoo
      • well it's obvious you aint gonna buy the game... so whats the point in even bitching about it =P : -=kodiak=-
  • It's like buying a neo geo game or shelling out 200 bucks to play radiant silvergun. Some people, like ... : Bob Jones
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  Uh tekki is Steel Batallions in the US- it's listed under best Simulation. : Foozmelon
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    I'm talking about it not being nominated for best of show at the very least. Alot of it's gameplay was ... : Bob Jones
    • I don't think the game has enough buzz yet. It's not being marketed like the next Halo-it's a sim. Wh... : Foozmelon
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      newsflash... tech lovers are in the minority. : jaga
      • I keep forgetting that... I'll just quietly go back to fixing stuff over here. : Bob Jones
• Steel Battalion gets my personal Best of E3 award. It's just such a new game experience. And since it's ... : Lord BEEF

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  was thinking exactly the same thing. I just hope that the console mongers don't ruin the game of the yea... : gregorybrown
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    2 years ago the sweep of Best, Original, and PC was Black & White... : Jack Mathews
    • dude, this is 'id' were talking about. : -=ZooL=-
    • Villagers need a recount! : Tissen
    • dear god. I recently fired it up again now that I have a killer rig and uh.. didn't hold my attention mu... : SatansFist
    • SO Im guessing these awards are more or less meaningless... : cold_40
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      To be fair, when presented at E3, it did look like an amazing game. When it was released, it didn't even... : Lord BEEF
      • hence the reason why E3 awards mean nothing. : Foozmelon

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• ensemble rocks i cant wait : eon_

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  there is a best console game category as well. I just didn't post it because you guys are all Doom 3 fa... : Jack Mathews
  • plus, we are all pretty sure metroid will win it, right jack? =) : jaga