Gaming BAFTA's 2007 - WTF?

ben_j_davis · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:00

I like the fact that they nominated games, which aren’t even finished yet. I’ve never heard of any other award ceremonies doing this, why make an exception?

Are movie or music nominamtions based on trailers or small samples? No they are not! If this was the case then PS3 games would have swept the board.

Special mention: The Orange Box (PS3) - Why the hell is it not PC or XBox?

Action and Adventure:
Crackdown (Xbox 360) (winner)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
God of War II (PS2)
The Orange Box (PS3)
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)

Artistic Achievement:
Okami (PS2) (winner)
Bioshock (Xbox 360)
Heavenly Sword (PS3)
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
Skate (PS3)
Viva PiÃ±ata (Xbox 360)

Best Game:
Bioshock (Xbox 360) (winner)
Crysis (PC)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360)
Wii Sports (Wii)

Casual:
Wii Sports (Wii) (winner)
Big Brain Academy for Wii (Wii)
Cake Mania (DS)
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
More Brain Training (DS)
SingStar (PS3)

Gameplay:
Wii Sports (Wii) (winner)
Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Sega Rally (PS3)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Warhawk (PS3)

Innovation:
Wii Sports (Wii) (winner)
flOw (PSN)
Okami (PS2)
Super Paper Mario (Wii)
The Eye of Judgement (PS3)
Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii)

Multiplayer:
Wii Sports (Wii) (winner)
Battlefield 2142 (PC)
Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
World in Conflict (PC)
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)

Original Score:
Okami (PS2) (winner)
Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
God of War II (PS2)
Lair (PS3)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Viva PiÃ±ata (Xbox 360)

Sports:
Wii Sports (Wii) (winner)
Football Manager 2008 (PC)
Colin McRae: DiRT (Xbox 360)
FIFA 08 (PS3)
MotorStorm (PS3)
Virtua Tennis 3 (Xbox 360)

Strategy and Simulation:
Wii Sports (Wii) (winner)
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Xbox 360)
Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360)
Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms (PC)
Rainbow Six: Vegas (Xbox 360)
World in Conflict (PC)

Story and Character:
God of War II (PS2) (winner)
Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
Heavenly Sword (PS3)
Okami (PS2)
The Darkness (Xbox 360)
The Simpsons Game (Xbox 360)

Technical Achievement:
God of War II (PS2) (winner)
Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
MotorStorm (PS3)
Okami (PS2)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)

Use of Audio:
Crackdown (Xbox 360) (winner)
Elite Beat Agents (DS)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
God of War II (PS2)
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Skate (PS3)

BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital:
Ragnarawk (winner)
ClimbActic
Bear Go Home

The PC World Gamers Award:
Football Manager 2007 (PC) (winner)
Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
FIFA 07 (PS2)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PSP)
Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)
Wii Play (Wii)

ScarySquirrel · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:02

I saw this on MCV just now but didn't know the full list so thanks for posting.

Nismo · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:04

Wii Sports won Strategy & Simulation!? :confused:

the_dead_parrot · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:08

Why is the simpsons game listed in "Story & Character" It is not even released until november

sunlitsix · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:11

wii sports won
casual
gameplay
innovation
multiplayer
sports
strategy & simulation
?!
HaHaHa.
Great awards by the looks of this list

greeny_fastcar · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:21

Looks like a whole load of horse **** to me. >_<

Kyle009 · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:38

Nismo said:
Wii Sports won Strategy & Simulation!?

i was wondering that too :eek:

Bonjour · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:40

lol @ Wii sports wiener strategy and simulation.

I suppose, at a stretch, it is simulating sport, but it's no way 'strategy and simulation' as the gaming community at large know it.

Larnica · 24 Oct 2007 at 11:02

greeny_fastcar said:
Looks like a whole load of horse **** to me. >_<

Yep, I dont think the Wii should have won all of them, specially not the simulation one....Yeah....Simulation :rolleyes:

The Running Man · 24 Oct 2007 at 11:20

wheres pokemon - which globally probably outsold over half the list combined?

Kyle009 · 24 Oct 2007 at 11:21

good to see bishock got best game though.

but some of the nominations/winners are laughable!

El_Watcher · 24 Oct 2007 at 12:02

sunlitsix said:
wii sports won
casual
gameplay
innovation
multiplayer
sports
strategy & simulation
?!
HaHaHa.
Great awards by the looks of this list

Yeah, and it didn't win technical achievement :confused:

I would love to know how you judge "Use of Audio" as a catagory, well they all use audio, but I don't think they are that much different in how they use it?

Oh and is that not a competitor in the last award

Kainz · 24 Oct 2007 at 12:09

Reminds of how Team Fortress won best game at E3 - in 1999

Baz · 24 Oct 2007 at 12:11

How did crackdown win anything??? Its an appalling game :confused:

ScarySquirrel · 24 Oct 2007 at 12:21

Baz said:
How did crackdown win anything??? Its an appalling game

It's great fun..............for 10 hours then it is boring.

scorza · 24 Oct 2007 at 12:24

Why wouldn't Wii Sports win Strategy and Simulation? It's a sports simulation game isn't it? and the best sports sim ... well, ever tbh.

ScarySquirrel · 24 Oct 2007 at 12:28

scorza said:
Why wouldn't Wii Sports win Strategy and Simulation? It's a sports simulation game isn't it? and the best sports sim ... well, ever tbh.

Depends how you define simulation. This is just my opinion but if someone told me I was about to play a tennis simulation I would expect the most realistic experience possible. That is just me though and I can appreciate that it is still a simulation of the game of tennis at heart, I just feel that the word simulation means trying to get as close to the real life aspect of the game.

On the other side of it, I certainly wouldn't call it a strategy game.

As for best sports sim ever. Pro Evo

Bonjour · 24 Oct 2007 at 12:29

scorza said:
Why wouldn't Wii Sports win Strategy and Simulation? It's a sports simulation game isn't it? and the best sports sim ... well, ever tbh.

As I stated before, though, it's not 'strategy and simulation' as we've grown accustomed to it.

Personally, I believe Wii Sports deserves all the accolades you can throw at it, but did think this one a tad tenuous.

scorza · 24 Oct 2007 at 12:33

ScarySquirrel said:
Depends how you define simulation. This is just my opinion but if someone told me I was about to play a tennis simulation I would expect the most realistic experience possible. That is just me though and I can appreciate that it is still a simulation of the game of tennis at heart, I just feel that the word simulation means trying to get as close to the real life aspect of the game.

On the other side of it, I certainly wouldn't call it a strategy game.

As for best sports sim ever. Pro Evo

Dictionary.com defines "simulation" as:

1. imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.
2. the act or process of pretending; feigning.
3. an assumption or imitation of a particular appearance or form; counterfeit; sham.
4. Psychiatry. a conscious attempt to feign some mental or physical disorder to escape punishment or to gain a desired objective.
5. the representation of the behavior or characteristics of one system through the use of another system, esp. a computer program designed for the purpose.

I certainly think Wii Sports fits into category 5. I read the category "Strategy and Simulation" as "Strategy games and Simulation games" i.e. they're too lazy to separate the categories out

Hence why Forza Motorsport is in there too - it's not really a strat game either is it?

NokkonWud · 24 Oct 2007 at 12:36

A load of rubbish.