All this time Nintendo emphasizes Gameplay over Graphics and the only award they get is Best Graphics...

Maybe they should contentrate more on the Star Wars aspect of games. That worked for Lucas Arts. ...At least WarioWare finally got some recognition.


Rookie Studio of the Year

• Infinity Ward for CALL OF DUTY

You won in my heart, Swingin' Apes. :¬|

At least POP didn't sweep the awards. Am I the only one that finds that game to be really generic and dull?

No, you're not alone. PaladiN's been the biggest anti-"PoS" voice for a while.

What the hell KoTOR doing with all those awards. That was just bland D&D game with fancy starwars stuff. Bah!

"What the hell KoTOR doing with all those awards. That was just bland D&D game with fancy starwars stuff."

Knights of the Old Republic was the most hyped up Xbox game of the year so thus it gets more credit than it deserves. See Halo and Splinter Cell for other examples.

KOTOR was an excellent game, it just wasn't anything new, especially considering it used the same engine as Neverwinter Nights and Icewind Dale, just zoomed in.

As for Prince of Persia, I finally got the chance to play through it and I loved it. It's stylish, original, intruiging, and most of all fun- I haven't enjoyed killing enemies this much (and looked so cool doing it) since Devil May Cry.

O Come on! What is this? Are you people NEVER satisfied?

Remember how Eternal Darkness and Animal Crossing took home some hardware last year? How Retro got rookie studio of the year? Didn't here any bitching then....

I dunno about you, but while one could say Halo and Splinter Cell got a little more hype than they deserved, KOTOR didn't need it. Its just that damn good. As far as I know, it didn't get a good ad campaign like the games mentioned earlier. Remember, its the members of the game development community who acknowledge the very best of the past year's games. So they don't know a good game when they see one? *Rolls eyes*. Whatever....

At least Viewtiful Joe got some props, as well as Wario Ware. Who knew developers had masochistic tendencies?

It'd be interesting to ask Shiggy on how they're getting accolades for graphics, not gameplay. Can anyone imagine the response?

P.S I'm making a prediction that either Half-Life 2 or Doom 3 are going to get a decent share of awards (like 2 or 3) at next year's DICE and GDC. And they'll be some more bitching about "Its over-hyped, it wasn't that good," blah blah and double blah!

"Remember, its the members of the game development community who acknowledge the very best of the past year's games. So they don't know a good game when they see one?"

Considering that at least 75% of all games made are total crap one could argue that most developers have no clue what a good game is. I'm kidding by the way. Kind of.

Ian: That reminds me of a Slashdot post from a dev from a "bad" devhouse. Nintendo apparently rejected two of their GBA games for bad gameplay and while the bosses were cursing like hell the employees knew Nintendo as right. It's the SUITS who don't know a good game, the devs hemselves do, but they have no authority.

Ugh. I can't believe BioWare got ANY award. I can't play any of their games without getting bored rather quickly. Who could stand being so bored? Well yay for everybody else. Boo BioWare and their Neverwinter Nights Star Wars mod.

Retro was a rookie studio though. Making a game they never made before. Neither is true of IF and CoD.