Sorry for the delay, I was busy doing something else important. But here it is my Best and Worst of 2007, much of the hard work that I've been doing for the past one-two days that make this longer and straight to the point. I enjoy making this feature as much as reading it. My Game of the Year nonimees category will be on Sunday or Monday along with pictures attached to each game for each individual category. The results will hit after Christmas Day or Boxing Day, if I have the time to do it. So enjoy my feature!
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One can say 2007 is exactly similar to 1998, because of how much unpresented games. The way of how much anticipated hits are compared to 1998. Those anticipated games of 1998 were: Metal Gear Solid, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Half-life, Starcraft. and Baldur's Gate. The expectations of 1998 compared to 2007 is just nostagic. What seems to be a good year, just got even better in late 2007, games that included Mass Effect, Halo 3, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and tons of exciting games out this year!As the dust settles and hitting closer to 2008, many award shows, award such prestigous awards to those most favourite games voted by game publications and even the readers can get a chance at this. Such award shows include: Spike's TV: Videogame Awards and also many game publications such as Gamespot and others offer their game show of their own. Without any awkward monments and no regrets, the editors voted their favourites and cast them as nonminees. Recently, Gamespot's Best and Worst of 2007's nonminees, appeared on Thursday and it was kinda surpirising that some games that aren't that hype enough, shown up and the unexpected has come. While some may disagreed on some or all of them. There are only their pick on what Best and Worst are. You can decide your own awards by making an award show of your own or cast your vote in Gamespot's Readers Choice. Many people like me, decided me make our own award shows, not because we disagree on them but we just want our own opinions and just want to have fun with making these awards.
I present to you, my Best and Worst of 2007. I'm pleased to present you, my first Best and Worst Awards. In which I recognize the most prestigous and most remarkable achievements in video games, good and bad, from the past 12 months in gaming. Inspired by Gamespot's Best and Worst Awards, some of their awards are hand-picked by me and some are created just for these awards, spread across four different award categories. Most of these awards are opinionated.I will be picking the top four-five games in each category for our Special Achievement, Dubious Honors, Genre, and Platform awards, then counting down the top 10 games of the year for my final Best Game of 2007 award.
About These Awards
These awards are inspired by Gamespot and my E3 awards. My decision-making process in determining the best games in each category,and the categories themselves, was as focused, involved and intensive as ever. I considered that every game released that has a high rating of 8 and 9 to be in my awards and other key facts. Not only based on those ratings, but some that are plain fun but score below the eight score. Even though, I didn't play these games, I just use my first impressions by watching videos of these games and reading the reviews. Also, in some cases, only specific versiions of games were nominated or multiple versions of gameswere nominated for diffent platforms.
Special Achievement
In many ways, the Special Achievement awards reveils most of the most influential games of this year, also alongside with
distinguished themselves in very particular ways, either as being outstanding in a particular, traditional area, such as having exceptionally impressive technical graphics or good voice acting, or as being at the forefront of an emerging game industry trend. 2007 was very much a year for games with highly distinctive attributes, which made choosing our special achievement awards a very challenging task. Remember, only four games are hand-picked and cast as my top four in these sub-categories.
Best Original Music
In this era, many can comprehend that music is in every game. Either good or bad, the mood of music attracts the player's attention through the story and truly impressed them. Some of us may say that some of these games have impressive music in them, basically not only using ambience but composing a original score to smoothen the length of the game. To the charming tunes of Super Mario Galaxy, the Eastern-strains of Assassin's Creed to the John Carpenter's ****in Bioshock. Heres the nonminees for Best Original Music.
Assassin's Creed
Bioshock
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Super Mario Galaxy
Surpirisingly Good Game
One can say, even those games will such scores can be downright fun. I doesn't neccessary mean that its a bad game or not, if your playing it and having fun, you can have a heck of a time enjoying it, You've seen games like this. We've seen games like this. But every so often, the games that seem to have everything going against them somehow turn out to be good...much better than anyone could have expected. Here's the list for 2007.
Stalker: Shadows of Chernoybl
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
GrimGrimoire
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Best Story
Over the past decade, many games enchanted us with just chemistry in the stories they based upon. They combine the multimedia elements and production values of movies with the length and depth of novels--and, of course, they're interactive, which ideally lets you experience the story in a game as vividly as possible. Without a story, whos telling the narrative or the game will be downright terrible. Some stories feel like your in a battlefield and some have such nostagia in them that you want even more. Here are the list for Best Story.
Eternal Sonata
Mass Effect
Bioshock
The Orange Box
Best Graphics
This award is for both Techinal and Artistic. Many games sharked us just high density of pure graphical design that help changed
the course of history. All of these games look spectacular, whether they'are immersing us in the middle of wondrously realized worlds,to rendering battlefields. This year, with the new Direct X10 allowing to push ourselfs to the pure magicfient graphics along with emptlying your pockets to spend on them. DirectX 10 seems to have an application programming interface that works directly with PC game graphics that look so revolutionary and the nostagic is just through the roof. While Artisicly, the graphical design in this game impresses the players.Graphics technology continues to improve dramatically every year, thus lending artists an increasingly effective medium for realizing their artistic concepts in their games. But, as important as technology is, it's fundamentally useless without strong visual design and execution. In fact, a game with lesser technology can still rise above its peers with exceptionally strong artistic qualities. Here are the list for Best Graphics. Note: That there are two awards for this.
Crysis
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Super Mario Galaxy
Eterna Sonata
Most Improved Sequel
2007, has alot of improved games in this year. Many just revolutionize the setting, the engine and the game in general. In fact,
many of these games are anticpated this year, alongisde with low-profile games. Considering some sequels that end up boring and confusing why you brought it, it also improve with such features. Here are the list for Most Improved Sequel.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Halo 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Metal of Honour: Heroes 2 (Wii)
Funniest Game
Games are not only be fanastic but humourous too. Game Developers put more emphasis on realistic games and a pithc of old-fashioned humour. Still there are only selected few that have make us laugh our pants off. Everyone will enjoy a good laugh in the game either from parodies, stupid humour to just the ****cs. Here are the list for Funniest Game
The Orange Box
The Simpsons Game
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction
Best New Hardware
Last year in 2006, both the Nintendo Wii and Sony Playstation 3 came out in late 06 and its really worth the wait. These two
consoles introduced in that year were prestigious in their own nature. But in 2007, not many hardware arrived but only
pc graphics cards and a upgrade to the Xbox 360. 2007 is the year for PC gaming hardware, with a brand new graphics card and
a super-powered computer. Rock Band also introduced an unique ****of gaming, a drum set, a different guitar and microphone
that seems innovative. And lastly the video card that will take cash out of your wallet, DirectX 10. Here are the list for
Best New Hardware.
HP Blackbird OO2 Desktop PC
Rock Band Instrument Set
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT Video Card
Xbox 360 Elite
Eye-popping Control Scheme
Gorgerous graphics can be great alongside with a worthly soundtrack that will keep you in hours. But lets face it, its
all about control scheme. Control Scheme is one that will revolutionize the game and keep your in marathons sessions.
Many consoles have these new control schemes created by game developers themselves to make the game essential to its
own beneficts. Last's year console the Nintendo Wii and the DS used different control schemes to keep you occuiped
by hours and makes less excersize. Heres the list for Eye-popping Control Scheme.
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Dragonball Z: Bukohai Tenuaki 3 (WII)
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Assassin Creed
Best ****c Game
Over the years, ****c games are released over handhelds and consoles called a compiliation, which offers a selection of
old games that you have never heard before or played before. Its just great that developers are reviving some of the old
****c games and putting it on new consoles. Last year has a selection of compiliation games that will satisfied you for
hours. With the new consoles arrived last year, now these ****c games are avaliable now to purchase them online. You can
revisit the ****cs such as Super Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and etc. Sacrificing some cash to get these
games, some of these games are either too expensive or not worth your while. Lets revisit some of the ****c games of nonmiess of 2007.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Super Metriod
Best Haunting Game
Games that include a haunting atomsphere along with boo-scares are just one of the impressive games in my opinion. Some of them include such scareness that will wet your pants. Games like Resident Evil and Silent Hill are the popular games that scare you.While either boo-scares or psyological scares, it will haunt you for the rest of your life. Either from a unexpected window to
a some body laying on the ground. 2007, has a decent selection of gameslike Manhunt 2 but I think they need to be more scarer than ever. Ever since ****cs like Clock Tower came out, it was bannedbecause of how its too much for the American audience.
Some of these games are controvesial for being brutal and scarely at the same time. After Halloween, if you still need some
scaring, heres the selection for the best haunting game of 2007.
Bioshock
Manhunt 2
Dementium: The Ward
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition