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Edge – the print version – has published its 2008 awards, naming LittleBigPlanet as its game of the year.
You probably won’t be surprised by any of this, to be fair. Get more of the mag’s contents from NeoGAF.
Best game:
- LittleBigPlanet
- GTA IV
- Fable II
Best Innovation:
- LittleBigPlanet
- NXE
- Left 4 Dead
Best Visual Design
- LittleBigPlanet
- Street Fighter IV
- Far Cry 2
Best Audio Design:
- Dead Space
- GTA IV
- No More Heroes
Best hardware:
- Xbox 360
- PS3
- Wii
Best Publisher:
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Electronic Arts
- Sony Computer Entertainment
Best Online Experience:
- Left 4 Dead
- LittleBigPlanet
- Gears of War 2
Best Developer:
- Media Molecule
- Criterion Games
- Rockstar North
Viewing 23 responses
Esha said:
Hooray!
I always did like Edge, they’re a bunch of snooty gits but they’re more insightful than most too, so it all averages out.
Gekidami said:
How is Left 4 Dead innovent? Its a bog-standard run’n'gun like any other…
Psychotext said:
You should go for a job at Edge Esha…
…and I can’t for the life of me work out if I’m insulting you or not there.
airdom said:
I Never really liked Edge compared to Esha lol.
a 1.1m seller getting the goty for edge? im sure its a good ”game” even though i didn’t try it, but i think some games deserve it more than lbp
Syrok said:
Well, it’s certainly better then GTAIV which really only deserves the “Most Overrated Game Of The Year” Award.
Alpha Male Stu said:
Innovent?
You’re definitely not qualified.
G1GAHURTZ said:
Ahh… What a shame the best game isn’t on the best console, along with the best online experience.
Whizzo said:
“How is Left 4 Dead innovent? Its a bog-standard run’n’gun like any other…”
Er no, it’s not.
Nice British 1/2/3 in the developer category (hell the first two are both Guildford based), bit unexpected that.
airdom said:
i love how G1GAHURTZ is so biased on the 360
(i don’t wanna be a bitch btw, i have a 360 only haha)
its just funny
Mad-elph said:
G1GA is a fool… so closed minded that he’d buy a 360 can opener if he could.
onyxbox said:
Best hardware…. that’s a joke right?
Jeez, I’ll have to read Edge now to see how they justified that one.
Christ I’m on the fourth unit and 2 of them were manufactured end of October (this year).
Shocking build and design… what a joke.
onyxbox said:
btw: how did Gears 2 get into best online experience?
i get the feeling someone at Edge is getting stroked/blown by someone in MS
or Edge editors just love waiting 30mins (exaggeration) for match making to complete
crazy world we live in I tell ya’. Edge, most entertaining list I’ve seen yet.
airdom said:
360 pwns in the games. thats all there is to say.
G1GAHURTZ said:
Hey, they’re not my awards… They’re Edge’s.
All I’m saying is that the best developer of the best game would probably be making a lot more money if they’d have worked with the best publisher on the best console, that’s all!
Well, you never know… After FF and eventually MGS go to MS… why not??
Heh, come to think of it, I wonder how many people would be raving about how amazing LBP was if it was an MS exclusive!
Syrok said:
I would be. And I would probably by a 360.
onyxbox said:
For me… Fallout 3, MGS4 and Geometry Wars 2 are the best games this year.
LBP is a great game and very innovative but I have to admit it hasn’t hooked me, it’s more of a game I like to dip in and out of.
DaMan said:
Left for Dead = best online, what the fuck? oh fuck, and it’s in innovative as well??
and Fable2 being there is bullshit too.
ahem. gee…
theevilaires said:
best hardware lol hahahhaha there really is no hope for mankind lmao
Gamoc said:
I can see why Left 4 Dead is the best online, based on what I’ve read on forums it sounds fantastic in multiplayer. I don’t see why it’s innovative, though.
sennasnit said:
“All I’m saying is that the best developer of the best game would probably be making a lot more money if they’d have worked with the best publisher on the best console, that’s all!”
Yes if it was on 8 DVD9’s, i don’t think it would have worked, too many shooter fans, look what happened to banjo…
G1GAHURTZ said:
Ah, come on… It would probably have been brilliant on 360.
Imagine how many more users it’d have on LIVE over PSN.
Ok, so maybe every user generated level would be Halo themed, but at least it’d have a more active community.
Blerk said:
LBP would’ve worked much better as a downloadable title. They should’ve kept their initial idea of having two versions – a fully-formed DVD version and a cheaper, more lightweight PSN version (with the extraneous fluff available via DLC). In fact, they could still do that now – there’s nothing stopping them.
Curious_Orange said:
http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/the-edge-awards-2008?page=0%2C0
For the full breakdown of why they got the scores they did.
For such a bunch of nice and unpretentious guys, the Edge team don’t half have a massive hard-on for LBP, In my opinion, more for the fact that it’s original, arty and pushing the boundaries, rather than it being the actual best game.
Edge awards are the gaming equivalent of Cannes if you ask me. They represent a small and fairly pretentious niche that can’t help but applaud originality even when faced with superior but not quite as original alternatives.
It’s sort of like in 2000 when Dancer In The Dark, that Bjork film won the Palme D’Or. Was it a more original film than Gladiator? Well, certainly. Was it a more enjoyable, watchable film? Um… No..
It’s the same with LBP, is it more interesting and better crafted than say… Fallout 3? Yeah. Is it a more enjoyable long-term experience? Not in my opinion.