SHH! Best Game of Last Gen Award.

[DACMAN]

Vote

Best Graphics

Best Sound/Music

Best Story

Best Multi-player

Best Gameplay

Best PS2 Game

Best Xbox Game

Best Game Cube Game

Best Over All

 

[Kritish]

Call of Duty 3

Best graphics
Sound/Music
Best gameplay
Best overall

 

[Electro UK]

Best Graphics: Resident Evil 4 I guess

Best Sound/Music: Black without a doubt, brilliant soundtrack mixed with awesome gun sounds.

Best Story: Oh I'm gonna get flammed for this one! MGS3, come on horrorfan, DACMAN, don't hold back.

Best Multi-player: Super Smash Bros Brawl without a doubt

Best Gameplay: Well that's a broad question... no idea realy

Best PS2 Game: MGS3

Best Xbox Game: Halo

Best Game Cube Game: Resident Evil 1

Best Over All: MGS3

And now to hide before the insults come my way.

 

[Fran]

Vote

Best Graphics - Resident Evil 4

Best Sound/Music - Guitar Hero 2

Best Story - Metal Gear Solid 3

Best Multi-player - Halo 2

Best Gameplay - Resident Evil 4

Best PS2 Game - Guitar Hero 2

Best Xbox Game - Halo 2

Best Game Cube Game - Resident Evil 4

Best Over All - Guitar Hero 2

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Well, not gonna go through all the categories, but I felt the best overall game of last gen is easily GTA: San Andreas. Huge world, great gameplay and story, plenty of variety and amazingly long.

 

[Addendum]

Best Graphics- Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory for Xbox

Best Sound/Music- Beyond Good and Evil

Best Story- Beyond Good and Evil

Best Multi-player- I don't play multiplayer

Best Gameplay- Halo

Best PS2 Game- Rygar The Legendary Adventure

Best Xbox Game- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Best Game Cube Game- I don't have a Gamecube

Best Over All- Can't decide between Psychonauts and Beyond Good and Evil

 

[DACMAN]

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Best Graphics - Conker Live and Reloaded

runner up: Splinter Cell Choas Theory

Best Sound/Music - Halo 2

runner up: Halo

Best Story - Halo

runner up: Max Payne

Best Multi-player - Halo 2

runner up: Ghost Recon 2

Best Gameplay - HULK Ultimate Destruction

runner up: Halo

Best PS2 Game - Spider-Man 2

runner up: Max Payne

Best Xbox Game - Halo

runner up: Halo 2

Best Game Cube Game - HULK Ultimate Destruction

Best Over All - Halo

 

[DACMAN]

Call of Duty 3

Best graphics
Sound/Music
Best gameplay
Best overall

No, last gen.

 

[Warhammer]

Best Graphics: Final Fantasy XII/Halo 2

Best Sound/Music: Final Fantasy X

Best Story: Final Fantasy X/Kingdom Hearts/Kingdom Hearts 2

Best Multi-Player: Marvel vs. Capcom 2/Super Smash Bros. Melee

Best Gameplay: Halo 2/Gran Theft Auto: San Andreas

Best PS2 Game: Marvel vs. Capcom 2/GTA: San Andreas/Kingdom Hearts 2

Best Xbox Game: Halo

Best Game Cube Game: Super Smash Bros. Melee

Best Over All: Marvel vs. Capcom 2/Halo/Final Fantasy X

Great, but hard thread, DACMAN.

 

[DACrowe]

Best Graphics: Either Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube) or Final Fantasy XII (PS2)

Best Music: Too hard to call.

Best Story: Metal Gear Solid 3 (PS2). Runner ups go to Kingdom Hearts (only the first one on PS2) and The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (Gamecube)

Best Gameplay: GTA: San Andreas (PS2, Xbox) or Twilight Princess (but I played it on Wii)

Best Multi-Player: Super Smash Bros. Melee, easily

Best PS2 game: MGS3

Best Gamecube GAme: Again, I'd like to say Twilight Princess but as a Wii player I'll go with either RE4 or Super Smash Bros. Melee

Best Xbox Game: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas OR Halo

Best Overall Game: Tough call, I'd prefer to go by genre but if I had to choose I guess Resident Evil 4 (and again this goes back to me counting Twilight Princess as a next gen. game).

 

[DorkyFresh]

Best Graphics - Resident Evil 4

Best Sound - MGS3

Best Music - Shadow of the Colossus

Best Story - MGS3

Best Multi-player - Halo 2

Best Gameplay - Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

Best PS2 Game - MGS3

Best Xbox Game - Halo 2

Best Gamecube Game - Resident Evil 3

Best Over All - can't decide

 

[gildea]

Best Graphics
Resident Evil 4

Best Sound/Music
Halo

Best Story
Prince of Persia (it was really charming and funny before the sequels ruined it)

Best Multi-player
Pro Evolution soccer

Best Gameplay
Grand Theft Auto 3 (though it was bettered by its sequels it really started the whole thing so it gets the nod)

Best PS2 Game
GTA 3

Best Xbox Game
Halo (the sequel made some great gameplay improvements but it's single player level design was a step back which hindered the great additions to the game)

Best Game Cube Game
Resident Evil 4 (its even better than twilight)

Best Over All
GTA 3.
As Super Mario Bros was to the 8 bits, Streetfighter II to the 16 bits, As tomb raider/metal gear solid was to the era when bits where sensibly less emphasised GTA 3 is to the gaming era just passed.

An award should go to microsoft though for simply dragging consoles online properly

 

[DACMAN]

GTA 3.
As Super Mario Bros was to the 8 bits, Streetfighter II to the 16 bits, As tomb raider/metal gear solid was to the era when bits where sensibly less emphasised GTA 3 is to the gaming era just passed.

Totally disagree. Mario=8 bit, sure. Sonic was the 16 bit king. The 32 bit king was Final Fantasy 7. 64 bit king was Mario 64 or Zelda OoT. This game era was Halo, easy.

 

[Addendum]

It's all a matter of opinion anyway, so it's not a big deal

 

[kytrigger]

BEST GRAPHICS: Final Fantasy XII/Resident Evil 4

BEST SOUND/MUSIC: Black/Halo 2

BEST STORY: Twisted Metal Black/Kingdom Hearts

BEST MULTIPLAYER: Halo 2

BEST GAMEPLAY: Prince of Persia (absolutely awesome when it first came out)

BEST PS2 GAME: God of War

BEST XBOX GAME: Halo

BEST GAMECUBE GAME: Resident Evil 4

BEST OVERALL GAME: honestly don't know. Right now I'd say God of War just because I'm a sucker for mythology, but not sure if I'd stick by it.

 

[Black Panther]

Call of Duty 3

Best graphics
Sound/Music
Best gameplay
Best overall

All right here for me, too.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Best Graphics - Resident Evil 4

Best Sound/Music - Halo

Best Story - Resident Evil 4

Best Multi-player - Halo 2

Best Gameplay - Resident Evil 4

Best PS2 Game - Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas

Best Xbox Game - Halo

Best Game Cube Game - Resident Evil 4

Best Over All - Resident Evil 4, with nothing coming close.

 

[SLVRSR4]

I agree with the one above me except in best xbox game which i felt was knights of the old republic

 

[Kalit]

Best Graphics: Resident Evil 4

Best Sound/Music: Resident Evil

Best Story: Deus Ex: Invisible War

Best Multi-player: Timesplitters: Future Perfect

Best Gameplay: GTA San Andreas

Best PS2 Game: Timesplitters (I havn't played Kingdom Hearts, or MGS 3.. I need to play them)

Best Xbox Game: Star Wars: KOTOR or Ninja Gaiden (I havn't played all the way through KOTOR, which I need to do)

Best Game Cube Game: Resident Evil

Best Over All: Umm... GTA San Andreas I guess? I wasn't too big a fan of last gen games I guess...

Now that I think about it, I havn't really played too many last gen games.

edit: But very good thread.

 

[gildea]

Sonic was the 16 bit king.

Nonesense.
Just look at all the 2d fighters that tried to steal sf2's limelight, mortal kombat, anything by snk heck even some stuff capcom released.
No one immitated sonic cos frankly in the harsh light of day it wasn't that good compared to something like super mario world.

The sales for streetfighter 2 (inc variants) outsols sonic in the 16 bit home console era (and not even considering coin op revenue either). PLUS it was also multi format (can something really define an era on the weaker of the formats?)

To recap then sonic not as influential (by virtue of imitations) and not as popular (by virtue of sales)

Streetfighter also popularised a specific genre, sonic was just a poor mans mario.

The 32 bit king was Final Fantasy 7. 64 bit king was Mario 64 or Zelda OoT.

These are the same era due to the way the consoles were positioned and I might actually agree on some level here, can't forget about goldeneye either though.
I'm not certain on this era truth told.

This game era was Halo, easy.

Again no and saying 'easily' doesn't constitue an argument either.

It's the same reason streetfighter beats out sonic many many games tried to be GTA in the past generation and it's sales far outstrip anything halo achieved. Again GTA was also multi format. Again GTA was significantly more innovative than halo also.

Remember I am not discussing QUALITY, only what were the most influential games.

 

[DACMAN]

It's the same reason streetfighter beats out sonic many many games tried to be GTA in the past generation and it's sales far outstrip anything halo achieved. Again GTA was also multi format. Again GTA was significantly more innovative than halo also.

Totally disagree. You put Mario as the 8 bit king and it is obviously not a multi format game. Same with Zelda and 007.

And Halo, everyone want to be "the Halo killer". It is the bar in which all other FPS are held. GTA didn't start the sand box gameplay. Body Harvest did as far as I know. GTA just made it popular. They did nothing original. The story and feel of the game was ripped right from Scar Face. The gameplay was ripped from Body Harvest.

But if we're talking just sales, then yeah, you're right. Sales yes, innovation, no.

 

[gildea]

Totally disagree. You put Mario as the 8 bit king and it is obviously not a multi format game. Same with Zelda and 007.

You're right I did but the 8 bit era was so completely dominated by the NES that its a fair enough shout, plus there were hardly any killer aps for the master system that compared to mario.

I did say though i'm unsure of the 32/64 bit era. Due to the difference in the CD and cartridge media each console used there was far less multiformat games so it's more likely in that era that it wouldn't be a multiformat game.

this doesn't apply to 16 bits or the era just passed to them using all the same formats (cartridges and then DVDS) so it's more likely to be a multiformat game.

And Halo, everyone want to be "the Halo killer". It is the bar in which all other FPS are held.

No thats half life.

Halo's a great game but its not that infuential and has even less innovation in it. Halo like it's tagline says is an "evolution"

GTA didn't start the sand box gameplay. Body Harvest did as far as I know. GTA just made it popular. They did nothing original. The story and feel of the game was ripped right from Scar Face. The gameplay was ripped from Body Harvest.

Only for vice city was the story from scar face.
Body harvest was the GTA teams early work but yes, but it achieved nothing like the sophistication of the GTA series. Body harvest doesn't even have 'sand box' gameplay in it's truest sense due to the fact that it was still level based. But regardless it's the popularisation thats important!!

Far more games tried to 'be' gta than halo, partially due to the fact the halo had little to distinguish it (beyone quality) from any other FPS.

But if we're talking just sales, then yeah, you're right. Sales yes, innovation, no.

Sales AND influence.

 

[Smirnoff]

Vote

Best Graphics

Best Sound/Music: Metal Gear Solid 3

Best Story: Metal Gear Solid 3

Best Multi-player: Halo 2

Best Gameplay: Devil May Cry 3

Best PS2 Game: Metal Gear Solid 3

Best Xbox Game: Star Wars: Knights of The old Republic

Best Game Cube Game: The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess

Best Over All: Kingdom Hearts

There.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

Best Graphics: Morrowind 4 Oblivion

Best Sound/Music : Valkyire Profile 2 (georgeous score)

Best Story : Suikoden 3

Best Multi-player : Halo

Best Gameplay : Final Fantasy XII

Best PS2 Game : Kingdom Hearts

Best Xbox Game : Starwars KOTOR

Best Game Cube Game : Super Smash Brothers Melee

Best Over All: Kingdom Hearts

 

[Addendum]

The same developer that did Body Harvest also did the Grand Theft Auto series.

Quit acting like different developers did them