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AIAS Honors Call of Duty 4, BioShock, The Orange Box in GOTY Awards
by Chris Faylor, Feb 08, 2008 10:38am PSTDuring an awards ceremony last night, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences named Infinity Wards' Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC, PS3, X360) as 2007's Overall Game of the Year. The title also took three other awards: Console Game of the Year, Action Game of the Year, and Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play.
Valve's The Orange Box (PC, PS3, X360) was named Computer Game of the Year, while Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, Game Play Engineering, and Character Performance all went to Portal, one of the three new titles contained within the bundle.
Harmonix's Rock Band (PS2, PS3, X360) was honored as Family Game of the Year along with awards for Outstanding Innovation in both Gaming and Soundtrack. Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) took Handheld Game of the Year.
2K Australia and 2K Boston's BioShock (PC, X360) received nods for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Original Music Composition, Story Development, and Sound Design. Crytek's Crysis (PC) was recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering.
Other award recipients included Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)--Adventure Game of the Year--and EA Black Box's Skate (PS3, X360), named Sports Game of the Year and Cellular Game of the Year. For more, scope out the full breakdown.
Those seeking a more Shack-flavored take on such matters, meanwhile, are urged check out our Editors GOTY Picks and Community GOTY Awards.
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Best action game? O.o Compared to Crysis and Bioshock, with the sheer variety, enviromental interactivity and solid physics and combat mechanics offered by both?
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Assassin's Creed
God of War II
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Super Mario Galaxy
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
My disagreement isn't whether or not the games are good, they are, but what is defined as an Adventure game. Adventure games in my opinion are defined more by cerebral puzzle solving using non-violent actions than by attacking enemies. Most of the games above have a majority in action oriented combat which is why they are called action-adventures. In years to come awards shows like DICE and IGDA's will be televised and its important to properly categorize the games but also promote the wide spectrum of different games. True adventure games are largely missing from the nominations and people won't hear about them unfortunately.
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Nope, don't have a list, but.. if they're winning an award here, the dev or the pub was willing to pay for the privilege.
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