Now that summer is over, the game of the year talks start. Here's what I have so far:
Game of the year: ??? (I'm siding with Prince of Persia 2 right now)
GCN GOTY: Metroid Prime: Echoes
PS2 GOTY: Metal Gear Solid III: Snake Eater
XBox GOTY: Ninja Gaiden
PC GOTY: Unreal Tournament 2004
RPG of the year: Tales of Symphonia
FPS of the year: Unreal Tournament 2004 (although you could make the case for Far Cry or even Doom 3, which created the next big engine)
Action GOTY: Ninja Gaiden
Adventure GOTY: Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure
Sports GOTY: Madden 2005
RTS GOTY: Rome: Total War
Fighting GOTY: Def Jam Fight for NY
MMORPG of the year: City of Heroes
Racing GOTY: Burnout 3
Innovation of the year: Four Swords' gameplay
Peripheral you most need: Red Octane Dance Pad
Technology of the year: Doom 3 engine
Graphical Achievement: Doom 3
Soundtrack of the year (non-licensed): Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Letdown of the year: Fable
Story of the year: Acclaim shuts down
Annoying Fad of the year: Street Racing Games
New trend we hope continues: GOOD Compilation Packs
New trend we hope dies: Use of the "free-form" tag to describe everything not related to exploration of a world (free form fighting my ass! Fighting games have more moves and more variety and they're NEVER "free-form"!)
It was a good year for: Movie game fans
It was a bad year for: Acclaim
Biggest sellers:
1. Madden 2005
2. GTA: San Andreas
3. Halo 2
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