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WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The votes are now in and have been tallied up. Time to announce the winners:
The winner of Best Script is: Fallout
Runner up: Fallout 2
The winner of Best Gameplay is: Jagged Alliance 2
Runner up: Painkiller
The award for Most innovative goes to: Original War
Runner up: Giants: Citizen Kabuto
The winner of Best Graphics – Technical is: Far Cry
Runner up: Painkiller
The winner of Best Graphics – Creative is: Beyond Good and Evil
Runner up: Psychonauts
The award for Best Sound goes to: Painkiller
Runner up: Duke Nukem: 3D
The award for Best Soundtrack goes to: Spellforce
Runners up: Fallout & Beyond Good and Evil
The winner of the award for Best Developer goes to: Black Isle Studios
Runner up: Shiny Entertainment
The winner of the award for Best Publisher goes to: Interplay
Runner up: Rebellion
And finally, the Game of the Year Award goes to: Fallout 2
Runners up: Fallout & Prince of Persia Sand of Time
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Seeing as GOG has enjoyed a successful first year it seems like a good time to look back and honour the highlights of those titles that GOG have revived.
HOW TO VOTE:
- Vote in as many, or as few categories as you want. No minimum required.
- One vote per category only, please. EDIT: If more than one, only first nomination will be counted.
- GOG games only, please. However you can vote for games you don't own (through GOG).
- You can vote for a category just by mentioning its number and the game you're voting for.
EDIT: New Voting categories added!
Inspired by BladderOfDoom's thread and created with consent.
1. Best Script
For this category not only should the quality of the overall storyline be considered but also the quality of dialogue, narration and any other spoken and/or written material responsible for immersing you in the game world.
2. Best Gameplay
Arguably the most important of all; this category distinguishes the annoying from the engrossing, the time consuming from the tedious and the clunky from the seamless. While the specifics depend on the nature of the game, it should be clear to all when a game is a blast to play.
3. Most innovative
Innovation is a scarcity in the gaming world. Even though we often choose to look back on past classics with rose tinted specs, this has always been true. So this award is dedicated to those who dare to be different, regardless of how successful the results were.
4. Best Graphics – Technical
The beating heart behind any game is its engine. While many downplay the importance of graphics, they nonetheless provide the visual backbone upon which all the 'more important' qualities rely. This category isn't just about how realistic a game can look. It's also about how stable and versatile an engine is, how flawless the results it produces are and how easy it is to create mods using it.
5. Best Graphics – Creative
It's not how many polygons or pixels you have. It's how you use them. This award is dedicated to those titles that bring with them a unique artistic vision. Realistic graphics need not apply.
6. Best Sound
This category is for everything audio, save for the soundtrack. The quality of the voice acting and sound effects should be considered along with their quantity. After all, it doesn't mater how good a sound effect is, or how well a line is delivered if you have to listen to it repeatedly.
7. Best Soundtrack
This one needs little explanation. Bonus points for quality and if it's downloadable separately.
8. Best Developer
The people behind your most favourite games.
9. Best Publisher
Number of GOG titles, extras and pricing should all be considered.
10. Game of the Year
AKA: your personal favourite game on GOG so far.
11. Best Action Game
12. Best Adventure Game
13. Best Racing Game
14. Best RPG Game
15. Best Shooter Game
16. Best Simulation Game
17. Best Sports Game
18. Best Strategy Game
19. Best GOG User
It's not all about rep. It's about who you personally feel have made a big difference to this site by helping others and generally being useful and/or witty.

1. Best Script: Fallout
2. Best Gameplay: The Guild (I'm going to go ahead for TheJoe and list The Guild for everything for him.)
3. Most innovative: Soldiers: Heroes of WW2 (Have never played anything like this.)
4. Best Graphics: Far Cry
5. Best Graphics (Creative): Duke Nukem 3D
6. Best Sound: Far Cry
7. Best Soundtrack: Spellforce.
8. Best Developer: Best Way (SHOW22)
9. Best Publisher: JoWooD
10. Game of the Year: Soldiers: Heroes of WW2.
I'm done. =)
EDIT:
11. Best GOGer: Tough decision.....probably Aliasalpha.

This only makes me more peeved that I can't get my damn retail version working.

Best Script: Fallout 2 wins hands down.
Best Gameplay: Judge Dredd vs Death wins that one for me, as it was the only game I couldn't possibly stop playing until it was over. Yeah, I know it won't get any more votes.
Most innovative: Original War. Republic: The Revolution is a close runner-up, though.
Best Graphics – Technical: Far Cry (yeah, tell me you are surprised)
Best Graphics – Creative: Ummm... Giants: Citizen Kabuto. That one was insane! Divine Divinity is a much more polished runner-up.
Best Sound: Duke Nukem: 3D. Sound just seemed SO right in that one... Not to mention The King himself...
Best Soundtrack: Republic: The Revolution. Evil Genius as a runner-up.
Best Developer: Larian Studio!
Best Publisher: Rebellion. Hands down.
Game of the Year: Giants: Citizen Kabuto. This game is just... perfect. Divine Divinity, Original War, Fallout 2, Realms of Arkania and MM6 are all tough contenders, though.
p. s. BTW, may I suggest additional nominations "Best multiplayer" and "Best design" (not necessarily innovative)?

howsabout awards for users?!

Aw, hell; I first read the post and thought "Hey, Weclock gets that", and only then noticed who was the poster...

Can't get an online match to work anyways....=(

Thanks for the the thought, but I was thinking different categories, and as great as I might be, Ralackk sure does have a shitton of rep.

Don't we already have that in the form of rep?

How about recognition for those people who have lower rep, but help make this community so special.

Nice choices. And I actually liked Dredd vs Death to be honest. Although I played it long before it was released outside of the UK. So that might have helped.
I suppose I could include those categories, but I don't see many votes for multiplayer outside of the UT games. How would you define Best Design in a way that's not already covered?

Like the guy who produced all those covers? Yeah, I suppose so. I'll add that one then.

1. Best Script: Fallout
2. Best Gameplay: Jagged Alliance 2
3. Most innovative: Evolva (the idea was so right...)
4. Best Graphics – Technical: Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (so much detail, really good looking in all areas)
5. Best Graphics – Creative: Beyond Good and Evil.
6. Best Sound: Jagged Alliance 2 (good voice acting, always good to hear the sound of bullets hitting your enemies!)
7. Best Soundtrack: Fallout
8. Best Developer: Black Isle Studios
9. Best Publisher: Interplay
10. Game of the Year: Jagged Alliance 2

Good choices. I think that one of the Fallout games are practically guaranteed Best Script. But we'll have to wait and see.

That's what I was thinking.

Well, it's added now. So vote away!