Yahoo has announced their Games of the Year awards, which culminated in their 2007 Overall Game of the Year. Here are the categories, winners and runners-up:
• Best Action Adventure Game: Super Mario Galaxy
• Runners-Up: Assassin's Creed, The Orange Box
• Best Online Multiplayer Game: Halo 3
• Runners-Up: Call of Duty 4, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
• Best Racing Game: Forza Motorsport 2
• Runners-Up: DiRT, Project Gotham Racing 4
• Best Sports Game: skate
• Runners-Up: FIFA 08, Madden NFL 08
• Best Shooter: BioShock
• Runners-Up: Call of Duty 4, Halo 3
• Best Party Game: Rock Band
• Runners-Up: Guitar Hero III, Warioware: Smooth Moves
• Best Role-Playing Game: Mass Effect
• Runners-Up: The Witcher, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
• Best Strategy Game: Supreme Commander
• Runners-Up: Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, World in Conflict
• Best Overall Game: Super Mario Galaxy
• Runners-Up: BioShock, Rock Band
EA has introduced fully functional microtransactions in the Closed Alpha for its upcoming free-to-play title, Skate.
What do you mean by "more money"? It's a free-to-play game. No one paid anything to be in the closed beta. All purchases made during the closed beta will be converted back to in-game currency for players to re-use however they wish after launch.
More money than what EA is giving them to make the game. Didn't think id have to spell it out. How's about they finish the damn game first before asking people to dump money into it. It's not like they need the cashflow to get across the finish line, it's EA not some indie studio, or crowdfunded project
Or maybe it's a playtest and they want to play test the store to make sure it works before launching. Because if they launched the game and the store was broke you'd all be making silly comment about that. "tHeY dIdn'T eVeN TeSt ThE sToRe bEfoRe lAunCh."
Is anyone really surprised? This is the same company that once considered charging for every time you reload your weapon in Battlefield. These guys are the worst.
Microtransactions in EA Skate include bundles worth up to 20 US Dollars, with in-game credits apparently being difficult to earn.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "With the Switch getting on in years and the prospect of a new Nintendo console growing closer, now seems like an excellent time to take a look back at one of its mascot’s two big evolutionary lines, particularly since we now find ourselves in the longest wait ever between 3D Mario games. Today marks the seven year anniversary for the release of Super Mario Odyssey, and with no full new entry in sight, it comfortably beats the roughly six year wait between Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine, which should also be good news to anybody who broke a mirror that day.
3D Mario has delighted fans since 1996, maintaining an astonishing level of quality and bringing innovations not just to the 3D platformer genre, but gaming as a whole. Needless to say, it’s a hard task to rank a series where every entry is beloved, but I shall nevertheless undertake this risky venture with my head held high. Wish me luck."
One of the worst marios.. i hated the fact it was only about finding the moons and very repetitive with the same bosses. There is no exploration in this one.
Galaxy 2 is still unmatched
I played, completed, and enjoyed Mario Odyssey, but I tend to agree that I don't think it's the best 3D Mario. There was sense of sameness that prevailed after the first couple of worlds... not in the levels, environments, or aesthetics, but in the routine of each world. It just felt like each new environment was just the beginning of another checklist of moons to acquire, and the sheer number of them took away the sense of accomplishment I got from the stars in Mario 64 and the like. I can't exactly put my finger on why that is. Galaxy gets my nod as the best one.
I enjoyed it too but i won’t even place it in my top10 mario games.. as you said you are just looking for stars and that irritating music everytime you find one.
Also the bosses are pretty much the same from begging to end. I would have have like some koopalings instead of these dumb useless rabbits
I played a little of this game and freakin' LOVED it! But I forced myself to stop because I hadn't played Galaxy 2, which I've been playing every day for the past week. Cripes, Galaxy 2 is way better than I expected it to be! Even though I dislike the Wiimote and nunchuck controls, and it annoyed me a lot with Galaxy 1, part 2 just feels better and slightly less gimmicky when it comes to the controls.
Sunshine at number 7 no way. I get it's not perfect but it deserves better to date there has not been another 3d Mario that's managed to capture that same movement it's the most acrobatic feeling Mario to date.
It's by and large better than 3d land/world and I'd argue that galaxy 2 didn't offer any trie innovation it was essentially a DLC pack to 1
Personally it's
1) Mario 64
2) Mario Sunshine
3) Mario galaxy
4) Mario Odyssey
5) galaxy 2
6) Bowser fury
7) 3d land/ world.
Eye of Judgment. Simply wicked. Chess gone mad. And sadly, not even nominated : )
Did Unreal Tournament just get overlooked or is it just average FPS? There is no way Halo 3 is a better multiplayer game then COD4.
almost every aspect of cod4 is better than halo 3, except for sales and campaign length. and where is uncharted on these lists, i know it isnt selling great, but i would have it for action adventure. i love how time magazine gave halo 3 game of the year, they obviously went by hype (not that halo 3 is bad, it is just worse than many other games)
Crappy list. Super Mario Galaxy bet Orange Box? Orange Box not even up for best shooter? They think Halo 3 is actually good?
Nice to see Rock Band made it onto the list though, definitely my game of the year.