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Best of 2010 Awards: Xbox 360 Exclusive
by Shack Staff, Dec 29, 2010 3:00pm PSTXbox 360 Exclusive: Mass Effect 2
Though it is also available on the PC (and soon to be released on the PS3), for the purposes of this category, we were looking at console exclusives and of the bunch, Mass Effect 2 was the clear winner for the Xbox 360 this year. We loved the game's updated combat system, simplified--and console friendly--menu system, and consequences. The story captivated us as Shepard assembled a team of space toughs on his second quest to save the universe. We're eager to see which decisions and events affect the conclusion in Mass Effect 3.
I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite game on the Xbox 360.
Runner-up: Halo: Reach
Halo is Microsoft's definitive franchise and Bungie's final entry is our runner-up for best Xbox 360 game due to its enjoyable sandbox gameplay experience across campaign, Firefight, and multiplayer. We just hope the folks over at 343 Industries can follow in Bungie's footsteps because the bar has been set extremely high with Halo: Reach.
Nominees: Fable 3, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Alan Wake.
[Xbox 360 Exclusive is part of Shacknews Best of 2010 Awards. For more information, including selection methodology, see this introduction.]
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Also if Mass Effect 2 is so good why is it not even mentioned on the PC game of the year list? How much did MS pay you to write this Shack? lol
Yep, we treated the PC separately--as does a large portion of the industry. "Exclusives" are thought of in terms of PS3 vs. 360 this generation, plain and simple. So that's the way the awards look at them--which games are on one, the other, or both.
I can not like that as much as anyone else but it won't change that that's the perception.
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Here's the thinking: As we worked through the nomination process and started to see how things would work out it became clear that one game would pick up all the platform awards. We all had more games on our lists that we felt deserved recognition but it didn't seem right to mess around with things to artificially move a game ahead of the one that would win from the broad sample. So we looked at how to break things down into groups to break up the fields. I hit on hey, let's make it multi, ps3, and 360--thinking in terms of the console platforms.
It's an imperfect solution that served to bring some diversity to the awards and reflect more of the best games out there on these platforms.
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ME2 is not a fucking Xbox 360 exclusive!
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1. ME2 is NOT an X360 exclusive - I cannot fathom why you would decide this upon yourselves to call it that.
2. ME2 is an incredible game; but it doesn't fit under this category.
3. Uncharted 2 would like to have a word with you.
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2.) Splinter Cell Conviction was released on PC
3.) Fable 3 is coming to PC soon, but I can forgive that
This is much more a linguistics problem more than anything. If you have to add the qualifiers "console exclusive for current market only" then why are you bothering to use the word "exclusive", ( in fact ,adding all those qualifiers still implies that something only appeared on consoles) . It is simply the wrong word, and if you can't find some other justification for this category then omit it altogether.
And for those people saying that we should all pipe down. NO. This is what we are talking about when we say PC gamers are being marginalized through no fault of their own. I think it is a major problem when a website that purports to bring us correct and up to date information on video games, gives an XBOX 360 Exclusive award to a game that apparently was played on PC by the majority of its readers. (Judging by feedback and the observed community here)
/facepalm
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Just wanted to formally tell you that I TELL YOU HOW THE FUCK YOU PICK YOUR GOTY AWARDS!
This is what we're doing right?
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