The Pavilion Video Game Awards

[Red Dragon]

Pretty much, end of the year topic. The Spike topic inpired the idea.

So now it's your turn! Argue and bicker over peoples' picks and enjoy!

I am sure I missed a section. Feel free to add whatever.

Must have been released in 2008. So no Starcrafts or WoWs.


Best Shooter

Best Fighter

Best Platformer

Best 2D Platformer

Best RPG

Best Stratagy Game

Best Simulation

Best DS Game

Best PSP Game

Best Wii Game

Best 360 Game

Best PS3 Game

Best PC Game

Best PS2 Game

Game of the Year


So....

My list:

Best Shooter
Left 4 Dead
Best Fighter
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
Best Platformer
n/a
Best 2D Platformer
n/a
Best RPG
Fallout 3
Best Stratagy Game
n/a
Best Simulation
Spore
Best DS Game
n/a
Best PSP Game
n/a
Best Wii Game
No More Heroes
Best 360 Game
n/a
Best PS3 Game
LittleBigPlanet
Best PC Game
Fallout 3
Best PS2 Game
Persona 3: FES

Game of the Year
Fallout 3

[American Hero]

Re: The Pavilion Video Game Awards

Put me down for MGS4.
For everything.

[DK]

Re: The Pavilion Video Game Awards

Uh, galaxy came out november '07. I'll put my picks up in a minute.

[American Hero]

Re: The Pavilion Video Game Awards

You could add Best Fighter to the list.

[DK]

Re: The Pavilion Video Game Awards

Best Shooter
Hmm, I'm not too sure how many shooters I've played this year, but Gears of War 2 gets a half an award because while horde is accessible and fun, the versus multiplayer matchmaking kills any sort of competitive fighting, and let's face it sometimes you do want to duke it out against your buddies for a change.

Duke Nukem 3d XBLA gets an honorable mention from me as well.

Best Platformer
Didn't play any this year

Best 2D Platformer
Nope

Best RPG
The only one I've played this year would be Lost Odyssey so I guess that wins by default, don't tell Loki but I thought the game was good.

Best Stratagy Game
Hell, X-com: UFO Defense's steam release should count for this.

Best Simulation
Rock Band 2 is much more polished than its predicessor, I think I said something along the lines of "Oh this should be a patch" a while back but its certainly more valuable than that.

Best Fighting Game
Soul Calibur IV, I will always cherish the one game I could beat down nearly every pavilionite with a crazy clown girl welding a razor blade lined hula hoop.

Best DS Game
didn't get any

Best PSP Game
didn't get any

Best Wii Game
I suppose Super Smash Brothers Brawl by default, what else could it be? Unless House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return came out this year, did it?

Best 360 Game
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Best PS3 Game
Of all the ones I played, I'd still have to say MGS4/MGO, if only to make myself feel better for paying 400 bucks for a system and game.

Best PC Game
I didn't buy any new ones that were from this year.

Best PS2 Game
Didn't buy one.

Game of the Year
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Biggest Dissapointment:
Dead Space

Most inoffensive sequel award:
Silent Hill: Homecoming

EDIT: I know there's no place for it on my list but I wanted to say I really enjoyed GTA4 and it's one of my favorites of the year as well. I remember in particular one night where me Tintenfisch Bigfoot and Magus just hung out in the game and we had a ****ing blast. Gotta do it again~~~

[Magus]

Re: The Pavilion Video Game Awards

EDIT: I know there's no place for it on my list but I wanted to say I really enjoyed GTA4 and it's one of my favorites of the year as well. I remember in particular one night where me Tintenfisch Bigfoot and Magus just hung out in the game and we had a ****ing blast. Gotta do it again~~~

AW HELL YEAH~

It's gonna take me the whole day to think of a list.

We're also inevitably gonna do a Grump Factory post about the Best/Worst of 2008 so I don't wanna divulge too much either~~

[Translucid]

Re: The Pavilion Video Game Awards

WHUT ABOUT BEST ONLINE.

because I think Left 4 Dead fits that bill.

[John Mora]

Re: The Pavilion Video Game Awards

Best Everything: Playstation Home

[Red Dragon]

Re: The Pavilion Video Game Awards

Uh, galaxy came out november '07. I'll put my picks up in a minute.

Whoops you're right, changed.

Added Best Fighter

I wanted to add Best MMO, but really, what has their been? Age of Conan? Warhammer?

[Toaster]

Re: The Pavilion Video Game Awards

Best Shooter
Gears of War 2

Best Platformer
Mirror's Edge

Best 2D Platformer
Mega Man 9

Best RPG
Persona 4

Best Strategy Game
"Pon-Pon-Pata-Pon"

Best Simulation
...

Best DS Game
The World Ends With You

Best PSP Game
Castlevania: The Dracula Chronicles X (It was released in December 07 but my answer still stands)

Best Wii Game
World of Goo

Best 360 Game
Gears of War 2

Best PS3 Game
Valkyria Chronicles

Best PC Game
...

Best PS2 Game
Persona 4

Game of the Year
Persona 4

Biggest Disappointment
Metal Gear Solid 4. The most expensive fan-fiction ever.

[Caciss]

Re: The Pavilion Video Game Awards

Best Shooter
I think this goes easily to Gears of War 2, I don't know what other game in the genre really comes close.

Best Platformer
N/A

Best 2D Platformer
Does Braid count? I think it's the only one I've played this year, unless I can let Cave Story or Super Mario World win every year.

Best RPG
Fallout 3, definitely. Actually, probably my game of the year. I didn't play any other RPG's this year though, but I'm confident it'd still be F3.

Best Strategy Game
Starcraft, of course. olol

Best Simulation
I love the Civilization series, and despite not playing the one for consoles, I'll make an uninformed choice and say that.

Best DS Game
I sold my DS and don't regret it.

Best PSP Game
N/A

Best Wii Game
Super Smash Bros: Brawl, since it's the only one I've played.

Best 360 Game
Fallout 3

Best PS3 Game
N/A

Best PC Game
I don't think I played a newly released PC games this year, but, y'know, Starcraft.

Best PS2 Game
N/A

Game of the Year
Fallout 3

Biggest Disappointment
Dead Space, for being the best designed mediocre game I've ever played.

[Kefka Jr.]

Re: The Pavilion Video Game Awards

Best Shooter
Gears of War 2, of course.

Best Platformer
Beats me.

Best 2D Platformer
I'd like to say Mega Man 9, but my vote's going for Braid, too.

Best RPG
Was Persona 3 this year, or last? Otherwise, War of the Lions.

Best Strategy Game
I dunno.

Best Simulation
Sim is different from strategy??

Best DS Game
The World Ends With You. That's right, I ate that humble pie and it was great.

Best PSP Game
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions. Nice going, Square, you got two games on this list. I'm not ready to bury the hatchet, though.

Best Wii Game
Brawl, duh.

Best 360 Game
Gears. Or Precipice of Darkness. Or Braid? Nah, Gears.

Best PS3 Game
MGS4, the only one I've played.

Best PC Game
Charles Barkley's Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden

Best PS2 Game
Uh... Persona 3?

Game of the Year
I dunno, man. War of the Lions and The World Ends With You are the one I've played the longest, Brawl and Gears are the one I had the most fun with, and Braid is the one that I've thought about the most.
I don't know.

Biggest Disappointment
Ninja Gaiden II showed me just how lazy a team of masters can get.

Biggest Surprise
Braid used very little, and made me feel a lot. On the other hand, The World Ends With You was fun and fresh, despite being made mostly by a bunch of dopes.

[Toaster]

Re: The Pavilion Video Game Awards

Best DS Game
The World Ends With You. That's right, I ate that humble pie and it was great.

I totally forgot about TWEWY, man, that game was a huuuuge surprise. I was expecting it to be total garbage and if it weren't for you and BZ I would've ignored it. THIS is why I go to this place--I take a lot of stock in some of your opinions.

Biggest Disappointment
Ninja Gaiden II showed me just how lazy a team of masters can get.

Not having played Ninja Gaiden II, and having just completed Sigma walking away feeling like I had just wasted 20 hours of my life, I have to say that there is something inherently wrong with the formula and I'm guessing all of it's flaws were transferred from the original to the sequel--if not more so--rather than being addressed and corrected.

[John Mora]

Re: The Pavilion Video Game Awards

FFT:TWotL was last year.

[Kefka Jr.]

Re: The Pavilion Video Game Awards

See? This is what being poor in college does to people. All of the games I'm playing came out last year.

My answers still stand.