BrutalGamer’s Game of the Decade Awards

What would you pick?

2009 is all over, consigned to the memory of a night of drunken debaucher and urination in the streets so we look back at the 00′s and see which games have stood the test of time.  What truly rocked the world once the PR hype settled and who made the biggest impact on our gaming lives.  Each member of staff had a chance to pick so some categories have several and some have single choices.

Sports

NHL ’09 – Moosehound
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 – Cod
FIFA 10 – Spoon
WWE SmackDown: Here Comes The Pain (PS2) - Ognawk
Skate (series) - Viatrophy

Platformer

Super Mario Galaxy - Ognawk
Ratchet & Clank Series - Moosehound & Cod
Sly Cooper Series – Spoon

First Person Shooter

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Moosehound, Ognawk & Cod
Halo Trilogy – Spoon
Halo 2 – Viatrophy

Third Person Shooter

Red Faction: Guerilla - Ognawk
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Moosehound
Uncharted 2 – Cod
Max Pane – Spoon
Gears of War (1) – Viatrophy

Action Adventure

Crackdown - Ognawk
Uncharted 2 - Moosehound, Cod & Viatrophy
God of War 2 – Cod
Shadow of the Colossus – Spoon

Racing

Burnout Paradise – Ognawk, Spoon & Moosehound
Project Gotham Racing 4 – Cod
Forza Motorsport 3 - Viatrophy

RPG

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask - Ognawk & Viatrophy
Fallout 3 - Moosehound
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Cod
Final Fantasy X – Spoon

MMORPG

World of Warcraft – Ognawk
Guild Wars - Moosehound & Viatrophy

Adventure

Professor Layton & the Curious Village – Moosehound
Braid – Cod
Indigo Prophecy – Spoon & Viatrophy
Henry Hatsworth In The Puzzling Adventure (DS) – Ognawk

Puzzle

Braid - Ognawk
Professor Layton & the Curious Village – Moosehound
Portal – Cod & Viatrophy
Peggle – Spoon

Family

Boom Blox - Ognawk
Rock Band (1,2, Beatles) – Moosehound
Little Big Planet – Cod & Viatrophy
LEGO Indiana Jones – Spoon

Best Soundtrack

World of Warcraft – Ognawk
GTA: Vice City - Moosehound & Viatrophy
Persona 4 - Cod
Halo 3 – Spoon

Best Graphics

Uncharted 2 - Moosehound, Ognawk & Cod
Crysis/Warhead – Spoon & Viatrophy

Best Art Design

Little Big Planet - Ognawk, Viatrophy & Moosehound
The Saboteur – Cod
God of War – Spoon

Biggest Innovation

Xbox Live / Battlefield 2′s Online System - Moosehound
Mirror’s Edge – Cod & Viatrophy
Noby Noby Boy (PS3) – Ognawk
Bullet Time – Spoon

Beloved Platform

Nintendo Gamecube – Ognawk
Playstation 2 – Moosehound, Spoon & Cod
Xbox – Viatrophy

Best Multiplayer

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Ognawk, Cod & Moosehound
If this were about co-op, I would have to go with Left for Dead but for all round multiplayer experience I will have to give the edge to Halo 3. If we are going to talk about online games, who could suggest anything other than World of WarCraft? – Spoon
Halo 2 – Viatrophy
The amount of time I spent playing this game is truly unreal, playing literally thousands of matches on it per month – when other friends were revising for major exams, I found myself fiending off of the magnificent multiplayer Halo 2 had.

Most influential person

Gabe Newell (The PS3 hating bastard that he is – responsible for Valve and Steam) - Moosehound
Hideo Kojima (MGS Franchise) - Cod & Ognawk
Shigeru Miyamoto (Mario & a billion other great ideas!) – Spoon

Most influential game

Half Life 2 – Moosehound & Viatrophy
Little Big Planet - Cod

Most influential studio

Valve - Moosehound
Sony Computer Entertainment / EA - Cod
EPIC. Their Unreal engine remains the standard. – Spoon

Overlooked Gem of the 00′s

Boom Blox - Ognawk
ICO - Moosehound & Spoon
Shatter - Cod
Mirrors Edge - Viatrophy

Overall GOTD

Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Moosehound & Viatrophy (mainly for the addictive multiplayer)
LittleBigPlanet – Ognawk
World of Warcraft – Spoon

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