Comments on: Machinima.com Announces Nominees for Inside Gaming Awards 2011

By: Tedster

Tedster — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:31:32 +0000

Why the heck Word War III is not on the “most original” list? It is far more innovative than 90% of the games there. And for a change, it makes you think…

By: Fagin

Fagin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:59:34 +0000

Okay, I know a lot of you have serious gripes with DAII, but how could it not be nominated for best score!!! The music in that game is wonderful!

By: Mr. Tastix

Mr. Tastix — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:54:06 +0000

Varric Tethras outdoes every other damn character in that list. The others are actually pretty compelling but out of all the bad things Dragon Age 2 offers, it makes up for at least some of those with Varric. And he’s a dwarf. ’nuff said.

Best narrative for me would be The Witcher 2, from that list. And GOTY would be down to DX:HR simply because I believe the GOTY needs to incorporate all the aspects of a great game (which would include all the current award categories). Skyrim is a good game, it has better gameplay than DX:HR (in my opinion), but it has an incredibly piss-poor storyline, a lot more bugs (most of which are funny, but still bugs) and I still prefer DX:HR’s art direction.

Just my personal opinion, of course. I’ll be happy so long as DX:HR or Skyrim get GOTY. Both games have their goods and bads, I just feel DX:HR has more of them.

By: AmstradHero

AmstradHero — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:41:41 +0000

DEHR for GOTY? No way. It’s a game with reasonable stealth mechanics, but marred but a design that favours only stealth and hacking despite it claims that it supports all play-styles (and I did a pacifist playthrough), writing that foreshadows all the “twists” hours beforehand, a stupid zombie-filled late game, and an appalling ending. I enjoyed the stealth aspects of its gameplay and I will applaud it for allowing decent stealth until I’m blue in the face, but its many other flaws mean it’s not GOTY material.

Also, Adam Jensen is about as compelling as a brick. He has about as much character as someone from Skyrim, which isn’t saying much. The fact that he spends half the game acting like a complete idiot when the player (and as a result Jensen himself) can easily know exactly what is going on make his reactions completely disconnected from your experience and making him look like an ignorant moron.

By: GAMERDUDE

GAMERDUDE — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:46:40 +0000

GOTY: Skyrim, even on youtube and other game forums the majority all say the same thing.
I find it well deserved, even the music was breath taking and well put in to any situation.
Theres soo much to do in this its mind blowing.
I play other games too all of them are great in their specific genre, we all should be thankfull this year for the amazing work all game companies have done for us this year.

So as a fellow gamer i speak to all game creators, ‘thank you soo soo much.’

By: Draghoul

Draghoul — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:24:01 +0000

As long as Bastion wins best OST I’m fine.
I know that the Skyrim and Skyward Sword OST’s are pretty good and all, but seriously, have you f-kin’ heard the Bastion OST? I’d go so far as to call it at least one of the top 10 OST’s of all time. Maybe that one’s just me, though.

My personal votes:
Best game: Skyrim or deus ex, probably
Best narrative: I’m pretty sad Bastion wasn’t nominated for this. I guess it’s the difference between narrative meaning story or story telling. I have to go with Deus ex, maybe skyward sword on this one.
Indie game: bastion.
Character: wheatley
DLC: peer review or vietnam
Original score: bastion
Sound design: Maybe bastion to make up for the narrative snub (VO counting as sound design then?), otherwise Portal

By: Ossama

Ossama — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:48:10 +0000

GOTY:Batman arkham city
nothing else BLA BLA BLA

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:28:22 +0000

I honestly think that Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword deserved more love. But the winners were all well deserved.

By: Wafflez

Wafflez — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:16:37 +0000

Game of the Year Skyward Sword.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:06:52 +0000

Game of the Year: Skyward Sword
Best Art Direction: Skyward Sword
Best Original Score: Skyward Sword
Best Game Cinematography: Skyward Sword (even though it’s not nominated)
Best Sound Design: Skyward Sword (I mean, come on! the entire soundtrack is orchestrated!!!)

By: Christianwwe100

Christianwwe100 — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:44:08 +0000

Game of the year: Portal 2
Best trailer: Assassins Creed Revelations E3 Trailer
Best Multiplayer: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3
Best Narrative: Portal 2
Best Art Direction: The Elder Scrolls V:SKYRIM
Best Animation: L.A. Noire
Best Game Cinematography: Gears of War 3
Best Indie Game: Bastion
Most Compelling Charcter: Wheatley- Portal 2
Best DLC: Call of Duty Black Ops- Rezurrection
Best Downloadable Game: Orcs Must Die!
Most Orginal Game: From Dust
Best Original Score: Portal 2
Best Sound Desing: Battlefield 3 (why no gears of war 3?)

By: Madra

Madra — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:35:36 +0000

People hate on MW3 too much, most of you never played it (or play it constantly “hypocrites”) and you are just on the bandwagon of CoD hate… The story is magnificent the online is, not amazing,but it is a nice fall back to other games. I don’t think it will win anything but stop with the hate, there is a reason it sold more games on launch day than BF3 sold in the first month, it appeals to a wider audience and ALOT of BF3 player enjoy it.

By: Madra

Madra — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:28:55 +0000

Soap was one of the best characters in any game I have ever played and I’m not a big CoD fan… but he had a heavy impact on me in MW3, Makarov was intense… the writing for his character and the way the actor’s voice played in it was just amazing.

By: Madra

Madra — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:25:39 +0000

I agree, I love Uncharted 3, but nominees should be multiplatform.

By: Madra

Madra — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:23:17 +0000

It really doesn’t fit in any more categories than it is in.

By: Madra

Madra — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:22:23 +0000

fanboy much??? I agree that BF3 is better, but MW3 has a completely different multiplayer experience that I play for fun (FFA, Barebones, Mosh Pit, and HCTT)… I play BF3 when I am playing with my clan and friends. It is more serious and more intense action.

By: Madra

Madra — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:18:09 +0000

Agreed.

By: Madra

Madra — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:17:19 +0000

The reason Skyrim is in it for art is the way things were done, the Nordic armors, the writing and drawing on the walls, and the non-human (dragons, khajiits, wild game) were well made. I don’t think it will win, but it does have great art.

By: crash53456

crash53456 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:17:57 +0000

GOTY: Batman: Arkham City
Best Trailer: Dead Island
Best Multiplayer: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Best Narrative: L.A. Noire
Best Art Direction: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Best Animation: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Best Game Cinematography: Gears of War 3
Best Indie Game: Bastion
Most Compelling Character: Wheatly – Portal 2
Best DLC: Call of Duty: Black Ops – Rezurrection
Best Downloadable Game: Bastion
Most Original Game: Catherine
Best Original Score: The Legend of Zelda” Skyward Sword
Best Sound Design: Portal 2

By: Kalipso

Kalipso — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:39:24 +0000

I don’t know about you guys but the best trailer is GTA V trailer :P
and yeah skyrim will win i think