Title: RE: Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: Athrun Zala on May 21, 2006, 06:56:53 PM
well, Mario Galaxy IS game of the show to me
Title: RE: Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: Smash_Brother on May 21, 2006, 08:06:06 PM
They lost me at "Since development studios have an extremely limited time to flaunt their products at E3, it's fair to say the presentation of a game counts for a significant portion of our impressions."
Translation: The video, though likely fake in its entirety, was good so we gave it the award.
Title: RE:Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: Artimus on May 21, 2006, 08:09:41 PM
Quote Originally posted by: Smash_Brother They lost me at "Since development studios have an extremely limited time to flaunt their products at E3, it's fair to say the presentation of a game counts for a significant portion of our impressions."
Translation: The video, though likely fake in its entirety, was good so we gave it the award.
Not at all. The Games of Show were all playable. And they obviously don't judge based on presentation alone as Wii Sports got numerous mentions.
Title: RE:Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: wandering on May 21, 2006, 08:54:10 PM
I was disapointed that Mario didn't win....until I looked into Bioshock.
Title: RE:Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: Michael8983 on May 21, 2006, 10:13:49 PM
I'm surprised Zelda didn't get more praise. I'm worries that after being at THREE E3's people have begun to lose interest in it.
Title: RE:Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on May 21, 2006, 10:33:01 PM
Meh, who cares about the E3 reactions to Zelda, just wait til it launches.
Can't wait til november
Title: RE:Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: Michael8983 on May 21, 2006, 10:51:22 PM
"Meh, who cares about the E3 reactions to Zelda, just wait til it launches. Can't wait til november."
You're right. The E3 demo was supposably really limited too. Just the dungeon shown at the press conference and some fishing. I can see why it didn't get people that worked up. The full game will be a different story.
Title: RE: Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: Artimus on May 22, 2006, 06:09:49 AM
E3 is about quick play, and people have already quick played. Spore, for example, won GOS last year without being playable. This year it was playable but just got runner up.
Title: RE: Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: Spak-Spang on May 22, 2006, 06:14:35 AM
If Zelda Twilight Princess is indeed larger than OoT and is just as deep an experience...then it will become game of the year when it is launched.
The only question is...will it be game of the year for Wii or Gamecube...and that totally depends on just how smooth they are able to get the Wii controls.
Title: RE:Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on May 22, 2006, 07:23:29 AM
Not surprised to see Bioshock win, I thought either Too Human or Bioshock would steal the show. Bioshock is one of the few games for Xbox 360 that I've been really looking forward too even before E3.
Title: RE:Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: Crimm on May 22, 2006, 06:31:29 PM
Too Human had a good shot at it, coming in. However, the demo at E3 blew hardcore. It suffered massive frame rate jitters, and wasn't "as compelling as private demos given the weeks before the show."
Title: RE: Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: trip1eX on May 23, 2006, 09:26:29 AM
E3 is alot of smoke and mirrors. Trailers are a dime a dozen as are promised features.
Credit Nintendo for at least putting up playable demos and being short of the trailer bs.
Title: RE:Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: Spak-Spang on May 23, 2006, 07:22:27 PM
Quote Originally posted by: trip1eX E3 is alot of smoke and mirrors. Trailers are a dime a dozen as are promised features.
Credit Nintendo for at least putting up playable demos and being short of the trailer bs.
I have to agree with you here. I laugh at how many times media gush over games potential during development, and as they get to see products early...and then the reviews reflect a completely different and horrible game.
It is like they will say anything during the previews to build hype and keep good relations with the developers and publishers.
A great neutral example of this is Red Steel. We have no idea how this game will REALLY turn out. Yet it has mostly received glowly previews.
Title: RE:Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: cubist on May 23, 2006, 07:46:43 PM
yeah...framerate problems were really apparent at the little circle set-up at E3 for Too Human. The art direction looked great, but the fluidity in character animation were too reminiscent of Eternal Darkness...too stiff and mechanical...i was a bit disappointed...
Title: RE: Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: King of Twitch on May 23, 2006, 09:51:06 PM
I don't get why IGN's wii videos are coming out in HD
Title: RE: Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: couchmonkey on May 24, 2006, 05:25:25 AM
Bioshock looks cool, yet I can't help but get the "Yet another FPS" vibe from it. Seriously, the first reel of game footage at Microsoft's press conference seemed to be 80% first-person shooters. I know it wasn't, but it sure felt that way.
Title: RE: Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: Mario on May 24, 2006, 05:28:57 AM
Anyone could make a short movie that's sole purpose is to win game of the show, and bring it to E3 with a list of promises, then after it wins awards expose the crappy journalists.
Title: RE: Mario Galaxy is First Runner Up for IGN Game of Show/Wii Wins Hardware
Post by: mantidor on May 24, 2006, 05:53:07 AM
Ive heard good things about System Shock and System Shock II, and Bioshock is the spirtual succesor to these titles. The games from what I understand arent generic FPS.
