Post by: PIAC on November 26, 2003, 08:36:20 AM
F-Zero GX
wow. just wow. this game is probably the most pollished game i have seen in a LONG time, the fact that Amusement Vision some how got 30 detailed cars in detailed courses all running at 60FPS at blistering speeds is a technological achievement, not only that it has perfectly ballenced AI, where if you don't win a race you can recover from that in subsiquent races. also the music is superb, argh look at the time, i have to goto work :\, so i guess i'll be shorter than i planned
F-Zero GX goty? i surely hope so.
Post by: Fish on November 26, 2003, 08:49:15 AM
Eitherway, my choise is Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, because quite simply there is nothing I don't like about this game, I even enjoy sailing, which seems to be disliked by many. Only minus I really could give it is that I'm such a wuss and I am afraid of sea(Nothing like I don't go on cruises or stuff, it just the monsters man, the monsters
), I just keep hoping I won't get attacked by those large octos, and everytime that happens I start yelling like a little girl. *sniff*Also I think the story is awesome and really enjoy dungeons and boss battles, just wish they wouldn't have cutten away those two dungeons.
Runner up is Metroid Prime(Was released this year in PAL)
Post by: vudu on November 26, 2003, 08:56:43 AM
and i have to say i give the honors to wind waker. hands down it was the most fun i had playing a game all year. the music was good, visuals were good, and all the other stuff that's nice but not required. the only thing that's required is to have fun, and wind waker was definitely where it's at. the lack of dungeons didn't both me one bit, as i've always enjoyed trotting around town more than fighting enemies, anyway. i felt empathy for the characters and i wanted to see the two lovers hook up (not like that, perv), i wanted to see the mail get delivered, and i wanted to shoot tingle in the face for charging me so damn much to decipher a map. i haven't cared so much for npc's since majora's mask.
Post by: Berny on November 26, 2003, 09:02:04 AM
Ok, well, Fish, I concur. That was a b-e-a-utiful game. My favorite ever.
Post by: Ian Sane on November 26, 2003, 09:17:05 AM
On the third party front Skies of Arcadia Legends, Splinter Cell, Ikaruga, Soul Calibur II and Viewtiful Joe are potential candidates. However since Skies and Splinter Cell are ports I'm reluctant to give them the nod over an original title. Soul Calibur II is good but again it's basically just more Soul Calibur so again I want to honour something more original. Ikaruga is technically a Dreamcast port but since it was never released in North America I'll consider it a new game and thus a high contender. I've haven't played VJ yet unfortunately so I can't really discuss it. Hopefully I'll get it before the end of the year.
Actually a lot of what I considered to be potential GOTY candidates at E3 have been delayed until next year. I was picking titles like FF: Crystal Chronicles and Pikmin 2 as potentials.
This year was more of the year of the GBA in my opinion. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire, Fire Emblem, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Warioware, Mario & Luigi, and FFTA are all worth candidates not just for GBA GOTY but overall Game of the Year. Of course Super Mario Bros 3 will likely win despite being a 13 year old game and thus should be excluded in my opinion. The 1990 GOTY should not also be the 2003 GOTY. If you pick SMB3 than Ocarina of Time is the best Cube game of 2003.
Here's my short and sweet picks.
Gamecube: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
GBA: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Post by: KDR_11k on November 26, 2003, 11:04:17 AM
The Best Cube Game will go to Wind Waker, again due to popularity. I'd like to see the award go to VJ, but I doubt the jury would choose a minor third-party game instead of a huge first-party one.
Post by: Bill Aurion on November 26, 2003, 11:34:35 AM
(except maybe PoP, but I personally dislike it...)
Post by: Berny on November 26, 2003, 11:53:34 AM
Post by: WesDawg on November 26, 2003, 12:06:11 PM
My vote for GC GOTY goes to Viewtiful Joe and Overall GOTY goes to WW. It'll probably go to Prince of Persia or KOTOR or something though. I'm getting kinda cynical, but I'm just pretty sure that the Cube, despite its sales surge, will get over looked this year.
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Post by: ib2kool4u912 on November 26, 2003, 02:01:08 PM
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Originally posted by: nolimit19
what the hell is POP
Pop is Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
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Post by: Deguello on November 26, 2003, 09:20:10 PM
For the GC, I am really torn between Wind Waker, Mario Kart, and F-Zero. F-Zero is for all consideration perfect. The gameplay is Fast and Furious(tm), the control is fantastic, and the track designs are insanely genius. With loads of unlockables, Arcade connectivity, Multiplayer, Online competition (Internet scoreboard, which is, for all intent and purpose, an online mode) it is hard to resist. It may be difficult, but it is not impossible.
MArio Kart is downright fun. I don't care what IGN says. I don't care what the haters say. It's fun. It's like a slower F-Zero GX with insane weapons and frantic action. And I have never seen a videogame so animated. Nothing in the game ever stops moving, the framerate never takes a dive. The Multiplayer is godly, Shine Theif on Tilt-a-Kart is a lovable chaos. Welcome addition, and good on ya Nintendo.
And of course, Wind Waker, which I think suffers in the mainstream's eye because it was released so early in the year, and those (people that would call Zelda something similar but starting with a "C") jerks, but the game remains fantastic to today. It is a beautiful work of art, with cool dungeons, WAY cool boss battles, and an enormous expansive world to explore and find things in at your leisure. "Great" is insufficient for this game.
What I think the GOTY is immaterial, but if I had to choose one or be dumped in pirahna-fill acid, I'd choose Wind Waker. I love it, it's so baaad.
Of course, I turned down many games when I thought of my picks, but are no less fantastic. Viewtiful Joe, Soul Calibur 2, FFTA, Fire Emblem, Wario ware and Advance Wars 2 all are superbly stellar titels which everybody can pick up and enjoy for the start. Sorry for the long post, heh.
Post by: vudu on November 27, 2003, 04:51:58 PM
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Originally posted by: WesDawg
My vote for GC GOTY goes to Viewtiful Joe and Overall GOTY goes to WW.
wha?? so your vote for gamecube game of the year is viewtiful joe, but your vote for overall game of the year is wind waker, which is a gamecube exclusive? that makes about as much sense as last year when splinter cell won overall game of the year, but wasn't even nominated for console game of the year.
Post by: Ian Sane on November 28, 2003, 05:59:31 AM
I believe it was the other way around. Splinter Cell won console game of the year and wasn't nominated for overall game. Actually if you follow the official awards the big hyped Xbox game of each year of the Xbox's existance has won the award (Halo, Splinter Cell) both times beating critical favourites (GTA3, Metroid Prime). Considering how things have gone the last two years odds are another hyped Xbox game will win again. So I figure that would be Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
Post by: thecubedcanuck on November 28, 2003, 06:18:29 AM
That is very good game fwiw.
As for GOTY, in all honesty, nothing has overly impressed me this year, with the execption of SSX3. It gets my vote.
KOTOR was really good, but not GOTY worthy, Wind Waker was far to boring, MK- DD is far to much an N64 copy and nothing on the PS2 jumps out at all.
Oh well.
On a side note, I read someone saying that True Crime was better than Vice City, I think that is the funniest statement of the year. Zombies and a frame rate that drops to 1fps at times, yeah right.
Currently playing SSX3, GTA vice city, Madden 2004 and Project Gotham racing 2
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on November 28, 2003, 07:51:13 PM
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Originally posted by: thecubedcanuck
MK- DD is far to much an N64 copy
lol except they changed it entirely lol
Of course, the year isn't even over yet (hey here comes R: Racing Evolution), but I think I'll take DDR Extreme as my any-system pick (it added a TON of spectacular songs, introduced the 'Marvelous' step, and resurrected 'nonstop' mode, as well as kept Oni mode), and probably Mario Kart (I gots a review in a day or two) or Ikaruga as my GC pick. If Ikaruga counts, that is.
Post by: Ymeegod on November 29, 2003, 03:30:42 AM
Post by: Smashman on November 29, 2003, 03:36:06 AM
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
F-Zero GX
Viewtiful Joe
Soul Calibur 2
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Just a few.
Post by: thecubedcanuck on November 29, 2003, 03:51:17 AM
MK- DD is far to much an N64 copy
lol except they changed it entirely lol"
It plays exactly the same though, after playing it for 10 minutes, it feels like you have played it a million times before, that is what I meant with my comment. I also dont mean it as a bad thing. I am a huge fan of MK64, I just dont see DD as anything worthy of GOTY simply because it is far to similar to MK64.
Hope that is a little better explanation.
Post by: Stimutacs Addict on November 29, 2003, 05:36:03 AM
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" Originally posted by: thecubedcanuck
MK- DD is far to much an N64 copy
lol except they changed it entirely lol"
It plays exactly the same though, after playing it for 10 minutes, it feels like you have played it a million times before, that is what I meant with my comment. I also dont mean it as a bad thing. I am a huge fan of MK64, I just dont see DD as anything worthy of GOTY simply because it is far to similar to MK64.
Hope that is a little better explanation.
so tru.
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on December 01, 2003, 10:30:13 AM
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Post by: rpglover on December 01, 2003, 11:24:11 AM
wind waker is very well done and should get it for how it presented itself- i dont know about everyone else but i thought the cell shading used in wind waker was well implemented- but not only are the graphics in ww are beautiful, people tend to forget how this zelda had (in my opinion) the best story out of any zelda- the story line in the game, while not epic rpg great, was very well done and nicely implemented for a zelda game
now as of viewtiful joe- i think this was one of the best games released all year- it is a fresh new take on a sidescrolling game and the vfx were used very well- they were important in both fighting and solving puzzles- the game was very fun and my personal favorite from capcom this year
on the gba front i would choose from golden sun 2, fire emblem (probably would be my personal favorite and vote), or wario ware inc.
Post by: Hostile Creation on December 01, 2003, 12:18:23 PM
WW and F-Zero are both very good games, though I prefer WW. I'm not sure about Mario Kart, but I intend to find that out by tonight or tomorrow afternoon.
Post by: SCF on December 01, 2003, 12:44:17 PM
),Zelda and Viewtiful Joe are my picks for top contenders this year. MKDD may play like the old N 64 like some say, but I think it doesnt that much, the characters u choose plus the kart affect ur stamina on the races, plus you need strategy, which one for running fast and which one is better in turning and trowing stuff. The game looks great, plays great and it is a blast in multiplayer mode. Zelda...Well you all know why Zelda owns. Some people may still whine and bitch abou it, but I sure know some that shut the hell up after they gave it a try. The graphics,sound,control and gameplay where all excellent done for this game. I think the sailing was good, it was something completly different for an industry that relies heavy on same old same old ideas.It also answered some questions about Hyrule and the story itself, and open lots of more of course.
Viewtiful Joe.. a completly different game with another style that was good for us to see that new ideas can still be made in this industry. Capcom like the big N took a risk and made this game and we all capcom fans thank them for it.
Of course there are more contenders out there and probably more opinions out there that are valid.I love videogames but I dont have the money nor the time to buy and play em all.(Althought I wish I could but that would have been ina perfect world.) What I did was look for original ideas, yeah you may think MKDD idea isnt that good, but I do. I think Zelda should receive a GOTY award but we all know that the game that will win it will be a FPS, or a really reallly hyped one that doesn't make the cut when you actually finish it.
