2008 Bezzie Game Polls

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

I've gathered the suggestions in the Best Game thread into categories for nominations (in the spoiler space). I figured I'd set up one poll per category and one poll with all the games in. I also think we should send a printed certificate to the developers of our chosen Game of the Year.

However, I think we need some other polls too. Worst Game and Biggest Disappointment spring to mind, and I would like to seek nominations on those categories. Anyone have any other suggestions?

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Retro/Arcade
Bangai-O Spirits
Geometry Wars 2
New International Track and Field
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
Rez HD
Space Invaders Extreme

Action/Shooter
Dead Space
Devil May Cry 4
Gears of War 2
Far Cry 2
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Left 4 Dead
Mirror's Edge
Ninja Gaiden 2
Omega Five
Mercenaries 2
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
The Club

RPG/Open World
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Grand Theft Auto IV
Fable 2
Fallout 3
Mount & Blade
The World Ends With You

Racing
Burnout Paradise
Mario Kart Wii
Moto GP 08
Pure
SBK08
Trackmania United Forever

Sports
Euro 2008
FIFA 09
MLB Power Pros 2008

Puzzle/Strategy
Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin
Boom Blox
Braid
Football Manager Handheld 2009
N+
Ninjatown
PicPic
Sam and Max Season 02
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People
World of Goo

Other
More Game Party
Wii Fit

Music/Rhythm
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Rhythm Tengoku Gold
Rock Band 1/2 (combined entry)

myp · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:01

Bezzie Game of the Year - the game we enjoyed most as a group online. Nominations: CoD 4; GTA IV; UT3; Halo 3.

Most Divisive Game of the Year - Nominations: Mirrors Edge; Far Cry 2; (Some others that have slipped my mind).

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Both good ideas, myp. If anyone wants me to add games to either of those lists just post here; I am compiling an ongoing list in the mod area.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

myoptinsel wrote:

Most Divisive Game of the Year - Nominations: Mirrors Edge; Far Cry 2; (Some others that have slipped my mind).

Left 4 Dead.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:53

Ooh, good one.

Runcle · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:39

you could probably put GTA4 in that as well.

What about a Best Game award that doesnt include Fallout 3 because its obviously going to win Award?

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:40

If there's awards, can I win one, please?

Zio · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6093

MaliA wrote:

If there's awards, can I win one, please?

How about an award for the Beex Member Who Most Uses The Forum Like A Personal Blog?

That way, I'm in with a shout too!

myp · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 13:24

It'd be a two-horse race. Zio, you'd be a non-starter.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25844

I didn't actually put my top five games of the year in the other thread because I was actually waiting to see what I thought of Animal Crossing and the thread was started before it was released but as it is now out I will give you my five suggestions. I am sure nobody will vote for any of them but myself and possibly Romanista, but there ya go.

Och Aye!

Animal Crossing
Wii Music
MarioKart
Rock Band
PicPic

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Mimistletoe wrote:

Animal Crossing

This raises the question, what sort of game is Animal Crossing? Openworld/RPG?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

Cute-em-up.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 15:04

Nintendo-printing-their-own-money-by-releasing-the-same-game-three-times-em-up.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38588

second-life-for-consoles-with-better-gfx-em-up

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Banhammer-for-unhelpful-BeeXers-em-up.

kalmar · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 15:22

Stop-saying-'em-up-on-the-end-of-other-things-than-'shoot'-in-an-ironic-fashion,-it-stopped-being-funny-about-15-years-ago.
em up.

romanista · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 15:24

myoptinsel wrote:

Bezzie Game of the Year - the game we enjoyed most as a group online. Nominations: CoD 4; GTA IV; UT3; Halo 3.

surely: MKWii, Fifa 09, Swos!

romanista · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 15:25

Mimistletoe wrote:

possibly Romanista,

Och Aye!

Wii Music
MarioKart
PicPic

Aye!

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

kalmarzipan wrote:

Stop-saying-'em-up-on-the-end-of-other-things-than-'shoot'-in-an-ironic-fashion,-it-stopped-being-funny-about-15-years-ago.
em up.

But mine both rhymed with 'shoot', and was an accurate, sensible suggestion.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 15:30

romanista wrote:

myoptinsel wrote:

Bezzie Game of the Year - the game we enjoyed most as a group online. Nominations: CoD 4; GTA IV; UT3; Halo 3.

surely: MKWii, Fifa 09, Swos!

My list wasn't definitive.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38588

kalmarzipan wrote:

Stop-saying-'em-up-on-the-end-of-other-things-than-'shoot'-in-an-ironic-fashion,-it-stopped-being-funny-about-15-years-ago.
em up.

What about 'beat'? Hmmmmm?

kalmar · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 15:41

Cras Cringle wrote:

kalmarzipan wrote:

Stop-saying-'em-up-on-the-end-of-other-things-than-'shoot'-in-an-ironic-fashion,-it-stopped-being-funny-about-15-years-ago.
em up.

But mine both rhymed with 'shoot', and was an accurate, sensible suggestion.

Yes, it was. I apologise.

metalangel · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 16:01

Doctor GlyNadolig wrote:

Mimistletoe wrote:

Animal Crossing

This raises the question, what sort of game is Animal Crossing? Openworld/RPG?

Tedium-'em-up.

It's a mixture of the world's 'lite'est RPG and The Sims. You run tediously around a tiny little village doing mindless, repetitve tasks for ungrateful animals (the other residents) in order to earn money to buy crap for your house.

It's ridiculously, disturbingly compulsive for the first few days until the crushing realization that there's utterly no point to the game and nothing to accomplish sets in. That the animals cuss you up for not playing enough/playing too early or late or whatever/not coming to see them enough doesn't really help things.

Compared to The Sims, it's pants, as at least The Sims let you make people have sex and then burn the resulting children in the garage.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 16:05

Doctor GlyNadolig wrote:

Biggest Disappointment

A couple of nominations: Left 4 Dead; Spore.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38588

SnowAngel wrote:

...at least The Sims let you make people have sex and then burn the resulting children in the garage.

M... Maddie?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 16:17

kalmarzipan wrote:

Stop-saying-'em-up-on-the-end-of-other-things-than-'shoot'-in-an-ironic-fashion,-it-stopped-being-funny-about-15-years-ago.
em up.

But-what-about-beat-'em-up?-surely-that's-still-ok?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38588

Zardasher wrote:

kalmarzipan wrote:

Stop-saying-'em-up-on-the-end-of-other-things-than-'shoot'-in-an-ironic-fashion,-it-stopped-being-funny-about-15-years-ago.
em up.

But-what-about-beat-'em-up?-surely-that's-still-ok?

*QI Sirens* Repeat

metalangel · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 16:37

davprezzie wrote:

SnowAngel wrote:

...at least The Sims let you make people have sex and then burn the resulting children in the garage.

M... Maddie?

Oh, you should see my Mister Psychopath and his house. The basement is a dungeon in which he imprisons nannies and plays darts, at the back of his house is a large, fireproof portakabin in which he burns children (which he gets from the adoption agency), and at the rear of the garden is an ever-increasing row of gravestones from his victims. Every night, the garden is absolutely crawling with the red (from 'death by fire', natch) ghosts of children.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38588

SnowAngel wrote:

davprezzie wrote:

SnowAngel wrote:

...at least The Sims let you make people have sex and then burn the resulting children in the garage.

M... Maddie?

Oh, you should see my Mister Psychopath and his house. The basement is a dungeon in which he imprisons nannies and plays darts, at the back of his house is a large, fireproof portakabin in which he burns children (which he gets from the adoption agency), and at the rear of the garden is an ever-increasing row of gravestones from his victims. Every night, the garden is absolutely crawling with the red (from 'death by fire', natch) ghosts of children.

*Hopes Perkies is talking about The Sims*

metalangel · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 17:21

I am. I found this excellent house on the Sims 2 Exchange that managed a basement (!!!!) and it was already fully and tastefully decorated so I just plonked it down and got to 'work'.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14404

Sorry to be boring, but what with the few suggestions here for actual categories, I'm going to add Biggest Surprise to counter Biggest Disappointment.

And get my post count up.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38588

biggest surprise? If I'm honest, Burnout Paradise. I love the older games (crash mode in particular) and really didn't want the free-roaming stuff to work. I was wrong though, cos it is all kinds of awesome.

Runcle · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 22:15

possibly fallout 3 for my suprise. Mainly because I dont like RPGS and also didnt like mass effect either but I love Fallout 3.

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