I can't say I'm surprised by this, but I am disappointed.

People are losing sight of what games are supposed to be about these days.

hmm.. Well I'm not sure what you mean by that. I don't think PoP deserved so many awards, but it certainly should have gotten some of them.

It was developed the same way as one of Miyamoto's games for the most part. They worked on basic gameplay concepts they wanted to integrate first, spent a long time tweaking them and working on the game map, and didn't integrate the art style or story until near the end. I saw some of the early videos in Vegas and the game looked drastically different, but played almost exactly the same.

I think it's a terrific game and deserves a lot of recognition. I assume PaLaDiN is saying that the games industry shouldn't be about picking up awards (as opposed to being about making money) so what should it be about?

This saddens me lots. I hated this game with a passion.

PoP was alright but it got too much praise really. I still regreted that got PoP over Castlevania:Lament of Innocence.

I've read in some other threads that Paladin really didn't like POP. So i guess he doesn't think it deserved anything.

I think POP was a good game but i don't think it was better than some other games like Zelda and F-Zero.

PoP was a good game how ever, it wasn't the best game.

I think it was very deserving, as good as any other game this year with out a doubt.

Let me clarify.

At no point in PoP did I feel like I was playing a game.

All I was doing was following instructions and cursing my way through fights.

But oh well, that's just my opinion... I prefer my games to have some gameplay to them.

I've got the PoP PC demo lying around. I really should give it a try. If I like it, I'll get the GC version.

Its interesting when many of the gaming publications were handing out awards for 2k3, PoP was always nominated in almost every category. But they usually lost out to other games released earlier (though it did manage to win here and there.). My theory is that people really liked PoP, but because it came relitively late, the editors/directors just couldn't bring themselves to give it props when other good games came earlier.

Now it picks up more plaques than they know what to do with!

One could say this solidfies Ubisoft as one the top dogs. Looks like EA games is in for some stiff competition!

Geez....when is Viewtiful Joe gonna win any awards?

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One could say this solidfies Ubisoft as one the top dogs. Looks like EA games is in for some stiff competition!

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RABicle: I think he meant they might rival EA in SIZE soon enough. Either way, Everything or Nothing was supposed to be really good, so...