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My 2008 GOTY Awards!

by skonell

Here are my 2008 GOTY awards! NOTE: I did not include Chrono Trigger in my Game of The Year category mainly because it was a port of a game that came out in 1995, but I did include it in the Best Portable Game category because it was the first time Chrono Trigger has been on a handheld. Best Graphics: -Metal Gear Solid 4 -Gears of War 2 -Fallout 3 -Far Cry 2 -Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts And the...

Here are my 2008 GOTY awards!

NOTE: I did not include Chrono Trigger in my Game of The Year category mainly because it was a port of a game that came out in 1995, but I did include it in the Best Portable Game category because it was the first time Chrono Trigger has been on a handheld.

Best Graphics:


-Metal Gear Solid 4
-Gears of War 2
-Fallout 3
-Far Cry 2
-Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

And the winner is: Metal Gear Solid 4
Runner Up: Gears of War 2

Best Story:


-Fallout 3
-Metal Gear Solid 4
-No More Heroes
-Grand Theft Auto IV
-Silent Hill: Homecoming

And the winner is: Metal Gear Solid 4
Runner Up: Fallout 3

Best Racing Game:


-Burnout Paradise
-Midnight Club: Los Angeles
-Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
-Mario Kart Wii

And the winner is: Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
Runner Up: Burnout Paradise

Best Multiplayer Game:


-Gears of War 2
-Left 4 Dead
-Call of Duty: World at War
-Grand Theft Auto IV
-Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2

And the winner is: Call of Duty: World at War
Runner Up: Left 4 Dead

Best Portable Game:


-God of War: Chains of Olympus
-Final Fantasy IV
-Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
-Chrono Trigger DS

And the winner is: Chrono Trigger DS
Runner Up: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

Best RPG:


-Fallout 3
-Fable II
-Persona 3 FES
-Persona 4

And the winner is: Fallout 3
Runner Up: Persona 4

Best Music:


-Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
-Call of Duty: World at War
-LittleBIGPlanet
-Metal Gear Solid 4
-Silent Hill: Homecoming

And the winner is: LittleBIGPlanet
Runner Up: Metal Gear Solid 4

Best Downloadable Game:


-Castle Crashers
-Mega Man 9
-Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
-Duke Nukem 3D
-Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

And the winner is: Duke Nukem 3D
Runner Up: Castle Crashers

Best Wii Game:


-No More Heroes
-Super Smash Bros Brawl
-Okami
-Mario Kart Wii

And the winner is: No More Heroes
Runner Up: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Best PS3 Game:


-Resistance 2
-LittleBIGPlanet
-Metal Gear Solid 4
-Motorstorm: Pacific Rift

And the winner is: Metal Gear Solid 4
Runner Up: LittleBIGPlanet

Best Xbox 360 Game:


-Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
-Fable II
-Gears of War 2

And the winner is: Gears of War 2
Runner Up: Fable II

Best Multiplatform Game:


-Fallout 3
-Saints Row 2
-Silent Hill: Homecoming
-Call of Duty: World at War

And the winner is: Fallout 3
Runner Up: Call of Duty World at War

2008 Game of the Year:


-Fallout 3
-Silent Hill: Homecoming
-Metal Gear Solid 4
-Call of Duty: World at War
-LittleBIGPlanet
-No More Heroes

And the winner is:

Metal Gear Solid 4


Runner Up: Fallout 3

Metal Gear Solid 4 was an amazing experience! With one of the best stories ever, great graphics, sound and gameplay it was a pretty much a no brainer on what my GOTY should be.

Also, expect a video blog to come in the next few weeks!

Later guys.