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  Best Game Design Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft Montreal) Braid (Number None) Fallout 3 (Bethesda Game Studios) ... : manlyman
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    -Braid -Little Big Planet -Left 4 Dead -GTA IV -MGS4 -Braid -Braid -The World Ends W... : EvilDolemite
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      Oh! GDC. Yeah, ED I think you're pretty accurate. I'm glad to see Far Cry 2 got some nods. I really want... : AxeMan808
      • Curious categories for them to get nominations : MrLobo
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    2008 kinda sucked for games. : jason bergman
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      I'd disagree. Less innovation and new IPs maybe. But its something that happens when a new console gen... : MrLobo
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        I think he's being sarcastic. :) : Rice-Rocketeer
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          Actually, I was serious. :) Outside of GTAIV and Fallout 3, most of the big names this year disappoint... : jason bergman
          • REALLY? That blows my mind! : Rice-Rocketeer
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            GTAIV and Fallout 3 would be my biggest disappointments, they are the exact same game as GTA3 and Morrowind.

            Feb 09, 2009 4:08pm PST
            GTAIV and Fallout 3 would be my biggest disappointments, they are the exact same game as GTA3 and Morrowi... : noobja
    • For me it did , with WAR online being the PoS disappointment it was (to me anyway ) , and AoC being GREAT... : malus72
    • I actually kinda agree. I think there was a ton of innovation such as spore, braid, LBP, probably more, ... : SlingBlaze
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    What a fucking awful list that seemed to stray as little as possible from the "safe hits" of the year. : mittense
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      Well, that's greatly exaggerated. I just would have expected somewhat more interesting/representative cho... : mittense
      • But hey, Sins is on there! : ArcKnight
      • What choices would you have swapped out for something else, if you were making the list? : Johnny Law
    • Voting for awards is a popularity measure : Shai-Tan
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    Why is MGS4 not in the Game of the Year category? It's the best game I've played for years. GTA4 is not ... : ArB
    • It's a game? : Sailor of Fortune
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      I feel bad plugging my own article instead of writing a more concise answer here, but: http://www.polycat... : mittense
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        I hate GTA4. I bought it only a few days ago and I'm already trying to sell it. The controls are inferior... : ArB
        • Okay. : mittense
        • Wait until you have to work for like the 5th generic mob family that you can't tell apart. Oh and the gam... : sammyl
        • its pretty polished, and i think the technical achievement is good but the storyline is monotonous and b... : Chandler55
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          Rockstar set the bar ridiculously high as far as the look and feel of Liberty City goes. Nothing out ther... : zerog83
          • The engine and the city itself are really impressive, I just don't think it's a very good game. : ArB
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        see but SR2 was fun! : cltcprd
        • I agree. I'm glad GTA4 went more serious and less sandbox-focused because Saints Row 2 does the wacky san... : mittense
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      Looks like they picked two token exclusives and the other popular games. The guy who chose it either h... : walker270
      • clearly they hate the Japanese : veras
    • I second this. MSG4 was one of the best gameplay experiences I have ever had. : conandan
    • It's the best game cutscene I've played for watched in years. : Dynotaku
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    Why is GTA4 in the best technology category? Why is Far Cry 2 in the best game design category? : sanchez
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      Why is Far Cry 2 in the best writing category? : Arcanum
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        I wasn't even aware that Far Cry 2 even had a story : phate81
        • They hired Stephen King to write the phone assignation missions. : FirstPersonCooter
        • youneededtothinktherewasntastorysotheydidntgiveyouone.someonehadtobethebadguychina. : 60days
      • The dialogue writing (note: not the delivery) was quite good, so I guess maybe that. : Johnny Law
    • Actually, some parts of far cry 2's design are nothing less than revolutionary. Cue Chris Remo post h... : aaarrrgh
    • GTA4 is one of the first games to apply the Euphoria Engine, and displayed it rather well for one of the ... : Shivawn
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    I swear to god, if MGS4 wins Best Writing, I will choke a bitch. : Arcanum
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      Why? Have you played MGS4? : walker270
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        Yes. The writing is fucking terrible. The story is mostly decent, but the way it's written sucks. : Arcanum
        • The bar is pretty damned low for video games, though. We didn't have a PS:T/BG2-caliber game last year, ... : walker270
    • Agreed. Some of the cut scenes in MGS4 were borderline retarded. : AscorSix
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      As if any game comes close to the scope and awesomeness that MGS4's plot did. Your taste or not, it was f... : MoreVespeneGas
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        Plot != writing. To use a car analogy, the overall plot of a game or movie or whatever is like the desig... : Arcanum
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          ah well, ill take plot over writing anyday, the internal memory i have of mgs is awe and amazement so if ... : Chandler55
          • When a friend and I played through, we spent quite a bit of time actively ridiculing Hideo Kojima. : Arcanum
        • MGS4 is the equivalent of the car Homer designed : 60days
        • Bad analogy != accurate analogy. The writing is quality. : MoreVespeneGas
    • This was a shitty year for writing and I wouldn't award any game the writing award if it were up to me, b... : Chris Remo
  • shitty list : MoreVespeneGas
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    World of Goo deserves more praise than it's getting. I want a sequel. : SolveChrist
    • I'm sure they'll make one since that game made a good amount of cash, but personally I'd like to see 2D B... : mikecyb
  • Eden! : Ebu
  • Tbe World Ends With You :D : Deathlove
  • i approve of the list for the most part. BFBC could've snuck its way on for audio though :D : xsoulbrothax
• I'll be attending the award ceremony. GOTY pick...it's very hard to decide but in terms of sheer achievem... : freakynipples69
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  LOL@ how shitty that list makes this past year feel. : brickmatt
  • Seriously, all sequels, and most didn't live up to expectations. Sad. : brickmatt
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  Was WoTLK not eligible because it was an expansion, or did they just hate it? : lpearl
  • It's not a game, it's a lifestyle : Sailor of Fortune
  • too busy playing it perhaps, or didn't want to increase Blizzard's moneyhats. : Fyunch Click
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  Dead Space better win best audio or heads will roll. : ahlee
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    I was surprised Bad Company didn't get a nomination for best audio, it had the best sound effects of any ... : Sailor of Fortune
    • Bad Company did a lot of things right. Hell, even the story was good, in a campy way. I don't know if I w... : ArcKnight
• No Burnout Paradise >:( : Dave-A