GameSpy's Best of E3

[Laa-Yosh]

Heh, I'm saddened. But people rarely seem to hear of Irrational's games. System Shock 2 is my favorite game of all time but most people have never heard of it (it got basically all the game of the year awards when it came out but only sold moderately well).

I'm re-playing SS2 right now, and it's surprisingly good fun after what, 6-7 years?

 

[groper]

Here is the IGN's list.

IGN's Overall Best of E3 2006 Awards

Best Action Game: Assassin's Creed (PS3)

Best Adventure Game: Okami (PS2)

Best Fighting Game: Virtua Fighter 5 (Arcade)

Best First-Person Shooter: Crysis (PC) and Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Vegas (Xbox 360)

Best Music Game: Guitar Hero II (PS2)

Best Persistent Online Game: Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC)

Best Platform Game: Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

Best Puzzle Game: Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (Nintendo DS)

Best Racing Game: MotoGP 06 (Xbox 360)

Best Role-Playing Game: BioShock (PC,Xbox 360)

Best Strategy Game: Medieval 2: Total War (PC)

Best Sports Game: NBA 2K7 (Xbox 360)

Best Graphics Technology: Crysis (PC)

Best Artistic Design: BioShock (PC,XBOX 360)

Best Multiplayer Experience: Gears Of War (Xbox 360)

Technical Excellence: Spore (PC)

Most Innovative Design: Wii Controller

Best Hardware / Peripheral: Wii Controller

Best Booth: Nokia

Best Non-Playable Presentation: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)

Biggest Surprise: Sony's Underwhelming Press Conference

Handheld Game of the Show: Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS)

Console Game of the Show: BioShock (Xbox 360)

PC Game of the Show: Spore

Game of the Show: BioShock (PC,Xbox 360)

http://games.ign.com/articles/709/709355p1.html

 

[Tap In]

Here is the IGN's list.

yep

from watching all the conferences and the coverage and the videos and reading the reviews on Gamespot and other places on the net... this list about sums up the whole show. IMO

Some other notables from IGN:

Best Action Game Runner(s)-Up:
Gears of War (Microsoft), Lost Planet (Capcom) It's good to see LP getting some love.

Best FPS Runner(s)-Up:
Brother's in Arms: Hell's Highway (Ubisoft)

Best Role Playing Runners-Up:
Mass Effect (Microsoft)

Best Sports Runner(s)-Up:
Wii Sports (Nintendo)

Best Graphics TechnologyRunner(s)-Up:
BioShock (2K Games), Mass Effect (Microsoft)

Console Game of the Show Runner(s)-Up:
Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft), Mass Effect (Microsoft), Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)

Game of the Show First Runner-Up TIE:
Mass Effect (Xbox 360) and Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

 

[Deepak]

BioShock is an FPS or RPG?

Why are HS/Motorstorm/Resistance not there on IGN's list?

 

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BioShock is an FPS or RPG?

Why are HS/Motorstorm/Resistance not there on IGN's list?

I have seen several mistaken references by journalists about Heavenly Sword as being an "Arena Fighter" based on the playable level shown, I presume.

Most have been corrected by now, but perhaps they did not have enough presentation of the gameplay to put it firmly into a genre to grade it yet.

 

[mckmas8808]

An arena fighter? Wow. Didn't people know that it was 1 part of 1 level?

 

[scooby_dooby]

BioShock is an FPS or RPG?

open ended RPG FPS i think.

successor to system shock 2
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/systemshock2/review.html

 

[Graham]

Good to see supreme commander getting some much deserved attention. Where were the racing games though?

Heh, I'm saddened. But people rarely seem to hear of Irrational's games. System Shock 2 is my favorite game of all time but most people have never heard of it (it got basically all the game of the year awards when it came out but only sold moderately well).

Ditto tribes vengeance. Best multiplayer action game I have ever played (and still play). Blame probably can fall on the publisher, I had to import my copy from singapore.

Bioshock is apparently built on a modified version of the T:V engine.