Capcom: Ha! After the rubbish they've been spewing out they're lucky to even get a mention. Their Street Fighter 2 remake isn't exactly to their credit either.
Nintendo: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... But seriously. How many times are we going to go through the motions before Peach hires a body guard?
Konami: You had to bring Metal Gear into this, didn't you? Well, yeah, I have nothing against konami and I won't say much on Metal Gear Solid 4 because I haven't finished it. Why haven't I finished it? Because trying to play the game and sit through the cut scenes is such a chore. Maybe I'll watch a let's play. I'm pretty sure the game is meant to be a movie anyway.
Rockstar Games: If they'd gotten Red Dead Redemption out a little sooner then maybe. They've been making Grand Theft Auto for years now. How many games have there been? Six? Come on! The Saints Row series made this kind of game entertaining in two. Why is it taking you so long?
BioWare: Oh, hello BioWare. What's this? Dragon Age? Wow, it certainly is well written. But, oh, look at this. Your combat system still sucks. So basically nothing new from you either.
Valve: Half Life 2? Why are you asking me to judge Valve on Half Life 2. Nothing Valve has ever done matters except Portal. I thought everybody understood that.
Tacmo: Oh, so that's who made Ninja Gaiden. Well other than being difficult I can't say it really stands out in my mind. I like that chick from Red Ninja more.
Ubisoft: Haven't played Prince of Persia. Have they done something else? Oh right. They made those annoying games about the assassins where I spent a lot of time doing everything EXCEPT being an assassin. Sorry, crap games don't get my vote.
Activision: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Naughty Dog: Well they've come a long way from making Crash Bandicoot. Uncharted looked nice but if it got any more derivative I think it would become a singularity of cliches and destroy the world.
EA: The Sims is still boring. I still can't play SPORE online so that's not winning them any awards. Mirror's Edge was pretty good though. They can still go shove a fork up their arse, though because I'm not happy with them.
Bungie: ... No. Just no. Not now. Not ever.
Twisted Pixel: I'd be willing to give them an award just for the name of the company. Never played their game though.
So that leaves Adidas... Uh, Eidos and Batman: Arkham Asylum. My oh my was this a great game or what? It seems like it's taken forever for anyone outside the comic industry to do justice to the Dark Knight. Now we've got the Nolam films and THIS. This game was brilliantly crafted in so many ways. Mark Hamill's voice acting for the Joker is perfect. Everything about this game's style is so well designed. The environment is dark and gothic, the music sets the mood well and everybody looks sinister and intimidating. The story throws back to some graphic novels so I won't say it's original but boy oh boy is it a great set up for Batman to face off against an impressive collection of his villainous foes. Unfortunately most of those "boss fights" suck but I can forgive them because the combat in general is so much fun and so fluid and beating heads into the ground gives such a satisfying feel. But let's not forget about the stealth sections either. Very few games can so skillfully combine stealth and brawling action into the one game but this title achieves it.
I have a lot of praise and very little complaints for Batman Arkham Asylum. I'll keep my review brief because I've already written a much longer one and you can find it on my profile. So I'm going to say that with Batman in mind and remembering that Eidos also brought as Deus Ex and the Lego Star Wars games, they get a point from me.
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