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Results of the Boards.ie Game Awards 2007

  • 28-01-2008 4:38pm
    #1
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭


    Winners of the 2007 Boards.ie Video Game awards.

    Platform awards
    Playstation 2 - Ōkami
    Xbox 360 - Bioshock
    Playstation 3 - Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
    Nintendo Wii - Super Mario Galaxy
    Nintendo DS - Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
    PC - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
    PSP - Final Fantasy Tactics

    Genre Awards
    FPS - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
    Sports - Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
    Online - Team Fortress 2
    Action/Adventure - Super Mario Galaxy
    Racing - Project Gotham Racing 4
    RPG - Mass Effect
    Sim - This category was dropped due to lack of nominations...
    Strategy - Company of Heroes: Opposing fronts

    Miscellaneous awards
    Story - Bioshock
    Character - GlaDOS (Portal)
    Hottie of the year - Jade Raymond (Producer of Assassin's Creed)
    Soundtrack - Portal
    Villian - GlaDOS (Portal)
    Biggest Disappointment - The Playstation 3

    GAME OF THE YEAR
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare


    Sorry about taking so long this year folks, but we got there in the end:)
    You can see a full list of the past winners here


Comments

  • #2
    Grim.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,855 ✭✭✭Grim.


    gwan the cod \o/


  • #3
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,201 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Happy enough with those winners!

    Although how the hell did Pro Evo 2008 with the 'Sports Genre' with that horrific online play? Must have been slim-pickings there! :eek:


  • #4
    WellyJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭WellyJ


    basquille wrote: »
    Happy enough with those winners!

    Although how the hell did Pro Evo 2008 with the 'Sports Genre' with that horrific online play? Must have been slim-pickings there! :eek:

    Because it's still a fantastic game.

    Anyone with real life friends can still enjoy some fantastic multiplayer.


  • #5
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,201 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    WellyJ wrote: »
    Anyone with real life friends can still enjoy some fantastic multiplayer.
    They didn't mention that in the promotional material..

    ** grumble **


  • #6
    Creature
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,005 ✭✭✭Creature


    Good for COD4, great game.

    I'm happy so long as Portal didn't get the best FPS :rolleyes:


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  • #7
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,406 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    As much as I love CoD 4 mario galaxy kicks it's ass.

    And how the hell did Portal get best soundtrack with only only 1 bloody song!
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  • #8
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    And how the hell did Portal get best soundtrack with only only 1 bloody song!

    That one was a major disappointment for me too. Even if "still alive" is a fantastic song, the novelty factor of it wears off after listening to it a few times outside of the game.
    Metroid Prime, Bioshock and Mario Galaxy were all miles ahead with their incredibly immersive or just downright fantastic (Mario Galaxy) soundtracks.


  • #9
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,019 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Hmm despite having a wonderful online mode, I don't think CoD deserves Goty over Portal or Mario Galaxy.

    Other than that, can't really argue with anything.


  • #10
    dazftw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭dazftw


    Biggest Disappointment - The Playstation 3

    bahaha

    Captain price should have won the the best character tbh.

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  • #11
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,381 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    How did Jade win the best character? She's not even a character! Or is she... :confused:


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  • #12
    thelordofcheese
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,368 ✭✭✭thelordofcheese


    Not too sure about CoD 4 being GoTY but just how many horny nerds voted in Jade "i swear i'm not a cheap marketing ploy" Raymond as character of the year?

    Bloody hell lads, i know she has b00bs and all, but lets stop getting crazy here.


  • #13
    BlitzKrieg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,698 ✭✭✭✭BlitzKrieg


    interesting year.

    Just for a bit of feedback, how did people feel about how they were done this year? Also did the favourite/underdog tags help/annoy/didnt matter to your voting? I thought they might have got some people to stop and think before voting on if the game was their favourite or not in that catagory.

    I'm happy so long as Portal didn't get the best FPS

    God people cant seem to let that argument die, its one of two of the little annoying things that kept popping up.

    The other being the amount of complaints on the lack of nominations in the PS3 catagory.


  • #14
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    thelordofcheese wrote: »
    Not too sure about CoD 4 being GoTY but just how many horny nerds voted in Jade "i swear i'm not a cheap marketing ploy" Raymond as character of the year?

    Bloody hell lads, i know she has b00bs and all, but lets stop getting crazy here.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055210923
    21 apparently:p
    The award should really have been called hottie of the year, as it has always been purely for the hornier gamers among us.
    For every complaint that Jade Raymond was included, there would have been 4 people complaining that she wasn't included...


  • #15
    Grim.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,855 ✭✭✭Grim.


    tman wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055210923
    21 apparently:p
    The award should really have been called hottie of the year, as it has always been purely for the hornier gamers among us.
    For every complaint that Jade Raymond was included, there would have been 4 people complaining that she wasn't included...

    Jade Raymond FTW!!!! tbh :o


  • #16
    thelordofcheese
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,368 ✭✭✭thelordofcheese


    tman wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055210923
    21 apparently:p
    The award should really have been called hottie of the year, as it has always been purely for the hornier gamers among us.
    For every complaint that Jade Raymond was included, there would have been 4 people complaining that she wasn't included...

    Edgeworth was robbed, ROBBED I TELLS YOU!


  • #17
    jameshayes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭jameshayes


    tman wrote: »
    Biggest Disappointment - The Playstation 3


    :D


  • #18
    ShiverinEskimo
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭ShiverinEskimo


    thelordofcheese wrote:
    just how many horny nerds voted in Jade "i swear i'm not a cheap marketing ploy" Raymond as character of the year?

    Cos good lookin girls couldn't possibly make decent video game producers.


  • #19
    thelordofcheese
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,368 ✭✭✭thelordofcheese


    ShiverinEskimo wrote: »
    Cos good lookin girls couldn't possibly make decent video game producers.


    Having played Assasins Creed i guess not....


  • #20
    ShiverinEskimo
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭ShiverinEskimo


    thelordofcheese wrote: »
    Having played Assasins Creed i guess not....
    Fair enough. Just find it a shame that she produces one game you dont like and therefore is only there for her looks. Not that I'm a flag-waving feminist or anything but I imagine its opinions like yours that discourage female presence in the video game industry.

    Either succeed or be condemned to "only-here-for-eye candy" category forever.

    Slightly more on topic though - I've just landed home from a years travelling and have so much catching up to do on the gaming front. This thread has helped that considerably now that I know my targets. Sometimes the commercial "top 10" lists are filled with hype. Better to see the public vote.


  • #21
    mcgovern
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,267 ✭✭✭mcgovern


    CoD4 ftw!


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  • #22
    jonski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,411 ✭✭✭jonski


    I think if COD4 had been released a month earlier it would have won the online game award .....it feels like it has really taken off in the last few weeks and tf2 has died down .

    As for how the awards were run , it all seemed to go smoothly enough and I can't see of any other way that would be better .


  • #23
    Kur4mA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Kur4mA


    Yaaaa Gwan Teh Tf2!!!


  • #24
    0ubliette
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭0ubliette


    cod4 thoroughly deserves goty for its fresh take on FPS gaming and the innovation it brings to the genre, not to mention the fantastic AI, superb, original storyline and excellent voice acting.



    [/sarcasm]


  • #25
    seraphimvc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,358 ✭✭✭seraphimvc


    huh??!!i never know the existance of this voting!!or is it ever open to vote??

    edit:
    lord...i just find out we have game awards forum...better do some ads over here next time...


  • #26
    humanji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    BlitzKrieg wrote: »
    Just for a bit of feedback, how did people feel about how they were done this year? Also did the favourite/underdog tags help/annoy/didnt matter to your voting? I thought they might have got some people to stop and think before voting on if the game was their favourite or not in that catagory.

    I thought it went pretty well. The tags were a nice touch. I wouldn't of said that they'd influence my choices at all, but it's good to have a guide as to how the nominations went.

    All in all, it went pretty well. Huzzah for those who organised and for those who voted!


  • #27
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    mcgovern wrote: »
    CoD4 ftw!

    ftw = for the win...but it already won!?

    It'd be interesting to see how many people that voted for ps3 for disappointment of the year own a ps3? Im not saying that there isn't people who bought it and were disappointed but it would be interesting.

    Pro Evo winning the sports genre is a disgrace! I was the biggest pro fanboy there is and a game that lags on a console shouldn'd be released! They wouldn't of got away with it 5 years ago, they just have such a strong fanbase that they'll get away with it. Offline still lags on the ps3 when there is alot of people up one end of the pitch. Just not good enough... should have been up there for disappointment of the year


  • #28
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,406 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    0ubliette wrote: »
    cod4 thoroughly deserves goty for its fresh take on FPS gaming and the innovation it brings to the genre, not to mention the fantastic AI, superb, original storyline and excellent voice acting.



    [/sarcasm]

    Captain Pryce would have been more believable if he was a 2D piece of cardboard running around the levels.

    Did really enjoy CoD4 but for me Portal and Galaxy are so much more deserving.
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  • #29
    witnessmenow
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    Always going to be hard for a game that comes on only one platform to beat one that comes on all. Maybe even up twice as much people own COD compared to galaxy (no fact here , just guessing seeing as you could own COD on a ps3 ,pc or 360 ) so it was playing catchup from the start.


  • #30
    Kinetic^
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    COD4 and PGR4 = w00t!!! :D


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  • #31
    Steffano2002
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    I'm so proud to be the Moderator of the Forum for the "Boards.ie Game Of The Year 2007"! :D

    And I didn't even vote myself as I wasn't aware of such awards?!?! I'll be keeping an eye on the Game Awards forum from now on! ;)

    CoD4 FTW!!! :D


  • #32
    Maddzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 538 ✭✭✭Maddzy


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    And how the hell did Portal get best soundtrack with only only 1 bloody song!

    TBH the Portal OST has some other good tracks as well, if you are into ambient and electronica.


  • #33
    Mark Hamill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,792 ✭✭✭Mark Hamill


    I just listened to the Portal song on youtube and my god its sh*te. I don't know if its better if you have played the game the whole way through, but its not something that I could listen to walking down the street. After listening the Bioshock Soundtrack (which is free btw) I believe that should have won*.






    * i only wished I remembered to vote for it :o


  • #34
    humanji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    In fairness, unless you finished Portal, you won't get most of what's in the song. Still, didn't think it deserved best soundtrack.


  • #35
    Retr0gamer
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    Maddzy wrote: »
    TBH the Portal OST has some other good tracks as well, if you are into ambient and electronica.

    Well it stood our so much that I didn't notice it. If I was into that sort of music I would have given my vote and nomination to Silent Hill Origins.
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  • #36
    Simpology
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    Cod4, Portal, TF2 and bioshock are all great, although bioshock is a bit too easy :p


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