Finally, some Year End Awards I can actually care about.

PedroSteckecilo

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My favorite of the year end awards has finally arrived, RPGamers Best of 2008, all about RPG's.

http://www.rpgamer.com/awards/2008/index.html

It looks like The World Ends With You has pretty much swept the awards, with Valkyria Chronicles actually taking the title "RPG of the Year".

Any thoughts?

Fallout 3 has come in 2nd or 3rd in pretty much every category for you JRPG haters out there.
 

-Seraph-

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I'm surprised about the best music award. As much as i loved crisis core I didn't expect it to win there, even if the remixes are exceptionally well done. Pretty impressed how TWEWY just cleaned out there, if I had a DS I would definitely play it.
 

sanzo

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I think Valkyria and TWEWY deserve the rewards they got. They really were amazing. Also, seeing this makes me want to pick up Persona 3 and 4
 

PedroSteckecilo

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-Seraph- said:
I'm surprised about the best music award. As much as i loved crisis core I didn't expect it to win there, even if the remixes are exceptionally well done. Pretty impressed how TWEWY just cleaned out there, if I had a DS I would definitely play it.
That's biased on the sites part, Final Fantasy VII and the Final Fantasy Series were basically the impetus behind the creation of the site.
 

Eclectic Dreck

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-Seraph- said:
I'm surprised about the best music award. As much as i loved crisis core I didn't expect it to win there, even if the remixes are exceptionally well done. Pretty impressed how TWEWY just cleaned out there, if I had a DS I would definitely play it.
Any time I've gone searching for a new DS game, they don't have TWEWY in stock. I may have to break down and order it online, now that it has the approval of a community I just learned about.
 

GonzoGamer

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While I do LOVE Valkyria Chronicles, I hesitate to call it the best RPG of 2008.
Definitely best Strategy Game, best looking game, and best PS3 exclusive of 2008 but it wasn't really an RPG. I would've given the top mark to Fallout 3 though their support of the product kind of sucks: anyone try the FPS Op. Anchorage yet?

Either way, I'm glad to see VC getting some well deserved hype.
 

Xvito

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Codgo said:
harhol said:
Finally... an awards ceremony where the nominees & winners aren't deeply offensive.

I do find Fallout 3's nominations for Best Graphics and Best Story a little odd though.
Yeah bit funny that, Fallout 3 ain't ugly but the animation work is terrible and the story wasn't amazing. The ending was also criminal.
I thought the story was above average to say the least... Except for the very end, which sucked.
Not that it has much competition story-wise :/
 

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PedroSteckecilo said:
Clemenstation said:
A little late for a 2008 year-end list no?

How did Eternal Sonata do? I bet it dominated. /sarcasm
Eternal Sonata was '07... or do you mean the PS3 port?
Was it seriously? Huh... so RPGamer is a little late, I'm a little early, everything evens out.

I was really just looking for an excuse to rag on Eternal Sonata. Because it is not a very fun game.
 

sanzo

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Clemenstation said:
PedroSteckecilo said:
Clemenstation said:
A little late for a 2008 year-end list no?

How did Eternal Sonata do? I bet it dominated. /sarcasm
Eternal Sonata was '07... or do you mean the PS3 port?
Was it seriously? Huh... so RPGamer is a little late, I'm a little early, everything evens out.

I was really just looking for an excuse to rag on Eternal Sonata. Because it is not a very fun game.
It really isn't
 

Vlane

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Atlus won the award for Publisher of the Year? Now that makes me a happy man.