BioShock,
BioShock,
BioShock ... you successful little monster you. The
Associated Press just came out with their annual best and worst video game honors and lo and behold, you've taken the top title as their game of the year.
Halo 3,
Rock Band or
The Orange Box couldn't take your GOTY title, instead they had to settle for "Most Overrated Game", "Best Game That Involves Getting Off the Sofa" and "Best Deal" awards. You have proven yourself to be this year's diamond
BioShock, this year's crowning achievement in video game storytelling, immersion and appeal that the industry needs. And you've been rewarded. Congratulations.
[Via
The Cult of Rapture]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
12-17-2007 @ 12:13PM
Gemini Ace said...
I disagree!
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12-17-2007 @ 12:14PM
erivera3 said...
What a joke, I disagree completely with almost every choice they made.
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12-17-2007 @ 12:19PM
Leatherface said...
BioShock is definitely GOTY for me, but to be honest there hasn't been all that much competition.
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12-17-2007 @ 12:19PM
Knuckles Dawson said...
Ah, my influence is ever present, with "raWr", complete with capital "W".
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12-17-2007 @ 12:40PM
Dustin Burg said...
raWr
12-17-2007 @ 1:21PM
Knuckles Dawson said...
Maybe, in time, you'll start actually using commas properly with consistency. ;)
12-17-2007 @ 12:27PM
TORO said...
Bioshock would definitely not win the "longevity" award ;)
But I guess it makes sense since the award IS for this year only
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12-17-2007 @ 12:32PM
xenocidic said...
haha halo 3 "most over-rated" well played, AP, well played.
p.s. I hate to say 'I told you so' ;> [re Bioshock GOTY]
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12-17-2007 @ 12:41PM
PilgrimXX said...
Last time I checked Bioshock is not available on the PS3.
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12-17-2007 @ 12:42PM
AFAI said...
Most overrated should be Assassin's Creed, coulda been fantastic... but ended up being mediocre at best.
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12-17-2007 @ 12:53PM
Will said...
I agree. Assassin's Creed didn't live up to all the hype. At least people are still playing Halo 3 -- which can't be said for Assassin's Creed or BioShock.
12-17-2007 @ 9:32PM
Big Ed said...
@Will
orly? I have Halo 3, and I have been playing Bioshock much more. I'm in the middle of my 4th game right now.
12-18-2007 @ 5:38AM
N said...
People aren't playing Assassin's Creed?
I'm pretty sure Major Nelson's Top 10 disagrees.
http://majornelson.com/archive/2007/12/17/live-activity-for-week-of-12-10.aspx
12-18-2007 @ 8:16AM
Jon said...
No, Assassin's Creed would be worthy of Over-Hyped, not Overrated. Halo3 is not worthy of half the blind review scores it has received, whereas many reviews for Assassin's Creed aren't very good at all.
12-17-2007 @ 12:58PM
killploki said...
how do you know there is no one still playing bioshock or assassins creed?
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12-17-2007 @ 12:59PM
ChromaTick said...
These awards line up exactly with my feelings.
I might have swapped Mass Effect for Bioshock. They were the top two in my eyes.
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12-17-2007 @ 1:13PM
dunnypop said...
just finished Bioshock on the weekend. I was pretty impressed... the ending was lackluster... but once you get all the powers. man I didn't want the game to end.
I haven't had enough time to give Mass Effect a run through.
I managed to play Rock Band with a bunch of friends, and I think that game is awesome... once my friends had some courage to use the microphone, hilarity ensued.
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12-17-2007 @ 1:17PM
xtremesniper said...
The part about Bioshock that kills it for me are the stupid puzzles you have to solve to "hack" things. It wouldn't bother me so much if they didn't make hacking certain things almost required if you don't want to be fried by security bots. I've stopped playing until I'm done playing other games. Not GOTY for me.
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12-17-2007 @ 2:21PM
J said...
I think Halo3 is the most overly-bashed GOTY..
Of course, I'm too busy having fun playing it to care all that much.
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12-18-2007 @ 2:31AM
erivera3 said...
Agreed, if these people would take the time to play it and realize how much it has to offer then maybe they wouldn't be bashing the hell out of it. Anyhow, Bioshock got reallllllllll boring and repetitive, and in no way should win game of the year especially with little to no replay value or multiplayer.