You are viewing an archived version of the site which is no longer maintained.
Go to the current live site or the Adventure Gamers forums
Adventure Gamers

Home Adventure Forums Gaming Adventure 2011 Aggie Awards big letdown!


 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 02-06-2012, 02:56 AM   #1
Schättenjager
 
Gabe's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 815
Default 2011 Aggie Awards big letdown!

Can you believe that,The Book of Unwritten Tales not nominated for best setting and best graphic design features?But instead there are games like BTTF and Ghost Trick unbelievable!
__________________
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Security is mostly a superstition.
It does not exist in nature." ---Helen Keller
Gabe is offline  
Old 02-06-2012, 11:37 AM   #2
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 278
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gabe View Post
Can you believe that,The Book of Unwritten Tales not nominated for best setting and best graphic design features?But instead there are games like BTTF and Ghost Trick unbelievable!

I didn't play the game so I can't comment on the setting but from the videos and screenshots i've seen of it the graphic design looks pretty mundane. Certainly nothing that leaps out.

Adventure Gamers is good for not stifling the genre by having too narrow a definition of it.
__________________
These are my opinions. Please don't get het up.
cbman is offline  
Old 02-06-2012, 12:22 PM   #3
Schättenjager
 
Gabe's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 815
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by cbman View Post
I didn't play the game so I can't comment on the setting but from the videos and screenshots i've seen of it the graphic design looks pretty mundane.




Mundane eh,dont make unnecessary comments without even bother to play the game.
__________________
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Security is mostly a superstition.
It does not exist in nature." ---Helen Keller
Gabe is offline  
Old 02-06-2012, 12:23 PM   #4
Spoonbeaks say Ahoy!
 
Ascovel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Poland
Posts: 1,053
Default

@Gabe Even assuming the game indeed deserved those nominations more than some of the actually nominated ones (and I do agree it looks great), is that sufficient reason to call the whole Awards a "big letdown"?
__________________
A Hardy Developer's Journal - The Scientific Society's online magazine devoted to charting indie adventure games and neighboring territories

Last edited by Ascovel; 02-06-2012 at 12:37 PM.
Ascovel is offline  
Old 02-06-2012, 12:36 PM   #5
Schättenjager
 
Gabe's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 815
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ascovel View Post
@Gabe Even assuming the game indeed deserved those nomination more than some of the actually nominated ones (and I do agree it looks great), is that sufficient reason to call the whole Awards a "big letdown"?
Actually it's others not even close enough only real contender is LA Noire.
__________________
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Security is mostly a superstition.
It does not exist in nature." ---Helen Keller
Gabe is offline  
Old 02-06-2012, 12:54 PM   #6
Hopeful skeptic
 
Jackal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Toronto
Posts: 7,743
Default

Maybe if you valued other people's opinions at all instead of only your own, you wouldn't feel so disappointed.

Anyway, reader poll is now up, so we'll find out what everyone else thinks now.
Jackal is offline  
Old 02-06-2012, 01:02 PM   #7
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 222
Default

a telltale game nominated for anything to do with graphics design is a joke so i am already not interested.

* my opinion of course *
Idrisguitar is offline  
Old 02-06-2012, 01:23 PM   #8
Hopeful skeptic
 
Jackal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Toronto
Posts: 7,743
Default

Huh? None of them were. Presumably you mean BTTF for Best Setting, but setting is much different than merely graphics.
Jackal is offline  
Old 02-06-2012, 08:25 PM   #9
Senior Member
 
Monolith's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 974
Default

I agree that it sucks Unwritten wasn't nominated, but I absolutely can't say the Aggie's is a let down.
__________________
"Oggi abbiamo erediteranno la terra! Domani, ci distruggiamo!" -S. B. Newsom

http://www.sbnewsom.com/
Monolith is offline  
Old 02-06-2012, 08:53 PM   #10
3rd person fanatic :)
 
MoonBird's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Finland
Posts: 404
Default

Black Mirror III Is my choice to almost any of those points. To The Moon is also great!
__________________
~Flight Of The Amazon Queen - Best adventure ever~
MoonBird is offline  
Old 02-07-2012, 01:31 AM   #11
Schättenjager
 
Gabe's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 815
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jackal View Post
Maybe if you valued other people's opinions at all instead of only your own, you wouldn't feel so disappointed.
Valuing other people's opinions quite debatable when they ignore incredible amount of work.
__________________
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Security is mostly a superstition.
It does not exist in nature." ---Helen Keller
Gabe is offline  
Old 02-07-2012, 02:45 AM   #12
Member
 
loobylou26's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: manchester, uk
Posts: 63
Default

I dont think its that the aggies are a let down, I rekon its more to do with the games that are coming out and the fact that adventure games dont come close to competing with the speed that other genres are pumped out IMHO if more adventures were released then the aggies would be better SIMPLES lol x
loobylou26 is offline  
Old 02-07-2012, 05:04 AM   #13
Member
 
TheLongestJourney's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Montreal
Posts: 65
Default

I haven't played all the games nominated that I'd like to (Stacking, L.A. Noire, To the Moon) so I can't complain about their inclusion or exclusion from certain categories but I did play both Portal 2 and Ghost Trick. So in the Best Character section for Portal 2 both GLaDOS and Wheatley were nominated, which I totally agree because they were hilarious and just thinking about them makes me want to replay the game. However, for Ghost Trick only Sissel was nominated. I really think Missile should have been included as well because you can control him in the game and he is just so awesome and positive.

Even the mainstream gaming sites nominated Missile for Best New character.


http://www.gamespot.com/best-of-2011...ex.html?page=6

http://www.destructoid.com/best-of-2...s-218007.phtml
__________________
Currently playing: Lunar: Eternal Blue Complete, Batman: Arkham Asylum
Recently finished:Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Up Next: Fahrenheit
TheLongestJourney is offline  
Old 02-07-2012, 08:43 AM   #14
Hopeful skeptic
 
Jackal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Toronto
Posts: 7,743
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gabe View Post
Valuing other people's opinions quite debatable when they ignore incredible amount of work.
What an utterly absurd statement. An incredible amount of work went into every game on the list. You just wanted us to "ignore" the ones you don't agree with.
Jackal is offline  
Old 02-07-2012, 09:28 AM   #15
Schättenjager
 
Gabe's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 815
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jackal View Post
You just wanted us to "ignore" the ones you don't agree with.
I dont think so,you could extend your list for better outcome.
__________________
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Security is mostly a superstition.
It does not exist in nature." ---Helen Keller
Gabe is offline  
Old 02-07-2012, 09:35 AM   #16
Filmfreak
 
TimovieMan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Belgium
Posts: 1,049
Default

All this complaining...

The only thing in the Aggie nominations I don't agree with is the omission of To the Moon for Best Music. That's it.

The Aggies are just fine the way they are...
__________________
Currently playing: Again, Escape from Monkey Island (replay), King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
Next in line: King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, The Last Express, Time Hollow
Recently finished: King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder, The Curse of Monkey Island (replay), The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (abandoned), Mass Effect 3
TimovieMan is offline  
Old 02-07-2012, 10:03 AM   #17
Failed Birthday Elf
 
Intense Degree's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: London
Posts: 1,032
Default

To be honest, I think that things like the Aggies and the recent top 100 should outrage people to a certain degree.

There is a wide range of opinion on this site about what defines adventure games and opinion of specific games. There is probably no-one else on this whole site who I completely agree with on any of these points (including you wonderful staff people!), and many people who I completely disagree with. I expect most people are in the same boat.

Ultimately I have to recognise that it is not "my" top 100 and not "my" award ceremony so it would be frankly extraordinary if it reflected my own views and tastes.

Personally I don't see either the top 100 or the aggie nominations as a let down, even if I personally seriously disagree with them (and I certainly do on at least some areas).

After all people here don't want to see my top 100 or my award ceremony, but what the official site thinks and (for my money) more impartantly what the reader's poll shows.

I won't agree with all of it and I am already outraged that Gabriel Knight wasn't no. 1 in the top 100! but in a good way and I am not disappointed with the results of the actual site top 100 or the aggie nominations.
__________________
"Please don't spam. If you have nothing relevant to contribute to the topic, don't post, or I'll have to close this thread." - FantasySci5 in The Thread Must Die.
"That said, I bought a lot of biscuits in 2011 that I didn't really need" - Hammerite
Intense Degree is offline  
Old 02-07-2012, 10:26 AM   #18
Senior *female* member
 
Fien's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Holland
Posts: 3,706
Default

I have played only 5,5 games of the 67 ones on the AG list, and I would find it very hard to put those 5 or 6 in 17 categories. I'm not going to try.

How many games have others played?
Fien is offline  
Old 02-07-2012, 10:33 AM   #19
Hopeful skeptic
 
Jackal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Toronto
Posts: 7,743
Default

Fien, if you're referring to the reader poll, there's a "no answer" selection for each question. You don't need to nominate a game for every category, just the ones you feel are deserving.
Jackal is offline  
Old 02-07-2012, 11:08 AM   #20
I changed my title
 
Shany's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 653
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fien View Post
How many games have others played?
This was a slow year for me. From the list I've only played 2.5 games: Blackwell Deception, Puzzle Agent 2, and a bit of Edna & Harvey. I've also watched a playthrough of Portal 2 if that counts.

I'm disappointed Blackwell Deception didn't get nominated for Best Character (either Joey Mallone or even Jamie) and for Best Voice Acting. But I guess that's what the Reader's Choice is for.

I'm also slightly annoyed at the double nominations of characters from Portal 2 and Book of Unwritten Tales. It just seems unfair somehow (and I adored both GlaDos and Wheatley, I just feel like there should be a choice of only one).
Shany is offline  
 



Thread Tools

 


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.