The Bafta Award Winners are.....

[Thyunda]

"Special Award

Markus Persson"

Good to know gaming award shows are as much of a complete joke as every other form of entertainment.

God forbid somebody earn recognition for going from a no-name bedroom developer to becoming a gaming household name.

 

[deathbydeath]

... moar Bastion, please?

 

[Abedeus]

Game Innovation

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Online Multiplayer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Story

The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim

Game journalism at it's finest.

Well no game really stood out this year in terms of innovation or story. Games like Half-Life, portal 1, old rpg's etc still stand above this year's games.

Did you play Bastion? An innovative presentation of an amazing story.

Honestly the only thing that stands out to me is that Dark souls wasn't even nominated for best game, and L.A. Noire and FIFA were.

Funny thing - bought Bastion on sale, still haven't played it...

I had Skyrim, ME3, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Darkness 2 (also haven't touched..), Batman Arkham City...

It was, more or less, a very good year for PC gaming... even if most of those games were sequels. Also, Portal 2, Magica, Trine 2, Binding of Isaac...

 

[Chairman Miaow]

Game Innovation

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Online Multiplayer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Story

The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim

Game journalism at it's finest.

Well no game really stood out this year in terms of innovation or story. Games like Half-Life, portal 1, old rpg's etc still stand above this year's games.

Did you play Bastion? An innovative presentation of an amazing story.

Honestly the only thing that stands out to me is that Dark souls wasn't even nominated for best game, and L.A. Noire and FIFA were.

Funny thing - bought Bastion on sale, still haven't played it...

I had Skyrim, ME3, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Darkness 2 (also haven't touched..), Batman Arkham City...

It was, more or less, a very good year for PC gaming... even if most of those games were sequels. Also, Portal 2, Magica, Trine 2, Binding of Isaac...

Magicka definitely had innovation up the wazoo. Not so much Portal 2, and I haven't played Trine or Binding of Isaac.

 

[Kahunaburger]

I wouldn't be able to get past it's japanese aesthethics and storytelling, so I wouldn't know.

Well, there's your problem.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

Game Innovation

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Online Multiplayer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Story

The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim

Game journalism at it's finest.

Well no game really stood out this year in terms of innovation or story. Games like Half-Life, portal 1, old rpg's etc still stand above this year's games.

Uh, how about Catherine? It combined a story about infidelity with puzzle-oriented gameplay.

I wouldn't be able to get past it's japanese aesthethics and storytelling, so I wouldn't know.

I wouldn't make blanket statements then.
"I haven't played any games that stood out this year in terms of innovation or story." would be much better.

 

[5-0]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a371399/bafta-video-game-awards-2012-winners-in-full.html

In Italics Below:

Action

Assassin's Creed Revelations
Batman: Arkham City
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Portal 2
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Artistic Achievement

Batman: Arkham City
L.A. Noire
LitteBigPlanet 2
Rayman: Origins
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Audio Achievement

Batman: Arkham City
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Dead Space 2
The Nightjar
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Debut Game

Bastion
Eufloria
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
L.A. Noire
Monstermind
RIFT

Design

Batman: Arkham City
L.A. Noire
LittleBigPlanet 2
Portal 2
Super Mario 3D Land
The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim

Family

Dance Central 2
Kinect Sports 2
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
LittleBigPlanet 2
Mario Kart 7

Game Innovation

Bastion
Child of Eden
From Dust
L.A. Noire
LittleBigPlanet 2
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Mobile & Handheld

Dead Space iOS
Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint
Peggle
Quarrel
Super Mario 3D Land
The Nightjar

Online - Browser

Gardens of Time
I Am Playr
Monstermind
Resistance 3
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
The Sims Social

Online - Multiplayer

Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Dark Souls
Gears of War 3
LittleBigPlanet 2

Original Music

Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Batman: Arkham City
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
L.A. Noire
The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Performer

Aaron Stanton (Cole Phelps) - L.A. Noire
Mark Hamill (The Joker) - Batman: Arkham City
Nolan North (Nathan Drake) - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Stephen Fry (Narrator) - LittleBigPlanet 2
Stephen Merchant (Wheatley) - Portal 2
Togo Igawa (Dipolomat, Advisor and Military General) - Total War: SHOGUN 2

Special Award

Markus Persson

Sports/Fitness

Dance Central 2
DiRT 3
Fl 2011
FIFA 2012
Kinect Sports 2
Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012

Story

Batman: Arkham City
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
L.A. Noire
Portal 2
The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Strategy

Dark Souls
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Football Manager 2012
From Dust
Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
Total War: SHOGUN 2

BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital

Dreamweaver
Joust!
Tick Tock Toys

GAME Award of 2011

Batman: Arkham City
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
FIFA 2012
L.A Noire
Minecraft
Portal 2
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Best Game

Batman: Arkham City
FIFA 2012
L.A. Noire
Portal 2
The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword


I am quite surprised that MW3 and Skyrim did not win a single thing and happy that Portal 2 did so well.

Hmm...

Portal 2 best game? That's pretty surprising. Pleased to see Battlefield beat Call of Duty. And yeah, I'm surprised about Skyrim too.

 

[Mikeyfell]

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet beat Bastian?
Fuck that shit.

Catherine wasn't nominated for Story?
Fuck that shit.

J. K. Simmons wasn't nominated for Performance
Fuck that shit.

 

[RoboGeek]

Catherine wasn't nominated for Story?
Fuck that shit.

this being a UK award show Catherine didn't get released over here until 2012 so it did not qualify.

i found these awards pretty good overall better than they usually.

and a special shout to the one to watch award, i went to the dare to be digital bafta party on Thursday and played all the games that were nominated. They were all really a good games and all the guys who made them were really nice as well but tick tock was the best and deserved to win.

 

[Cranky]

Portal 2 for story? Whut?
I do have Portal 2 and payed it a lot. But the story isn't exactly awesome.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Game Innovation

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Story

The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim

Game journalism at it's finest.

an elder scrolls game has a story o.0?

news to me ......

and a LoZ game that's innovating, XD that's funny

DarkSiders was more innovative

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I was already sick of Fiddy Cent's ugly mug before this thread...

OT: Interesting choices. Nice to see at least a little diversity.

 

[lord.jeff]

Game Innovation

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Online Multiplayer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Story

The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim

Game journalism at it's finest.

What's so wrong about Zelda getting a nomination for innovation, it did quite a lot with motion controls I think it deserves some nod for that. Yet people take no quarrel with Bastion getting an innovation nod, a game that's just a top down hack and slash with a really good story. By the way I love Bastion and enjoyed it more then Zelda I just think it's silly how people are reacting.

 

[Kahunaburger]

Game Innovation

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Online Multiplayer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Story

The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim

Game journalism at it's finest.

What's so wrong about Zelda getting a nomination for innovation, it did quite a lot with motion controls I think it deserves some nod for that. Yet people take no quarrel with Bastion getting an innovation nod, a game that's just a top down hack and slash with a really good story. By the way I love Bastion and enjoyed it more then Zelda I just think it's silly how people are reacting.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't there launch titles on the Wii that had the "swing wiimote sideways, your dude swings his sword sideways" thing?

Bastion, on the other hand, is kind of cool in that it does something cool narration-wise that to my knowledge hasn't appeared in games before now.

 

[lord.jeff]

Game Innovation

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Online Multiplayer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Story

The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim

Game journalism at it's finest.

What's so wrong about Zelda getting a nomination for innovation, it did quite a lot with motion controls I think it deserves some nod for that. Yet people take no quarrel with Bastion getting an innovation nod, a game that's just a top down hack and slash with a really good story. By the way I love Bastion and enjoyed it more then Zelda I just think it's silly how people are reacting.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't there launch titles on the Wii that had the "swing wiimote sideways, your dude swings his sword sideways" thing?

Bastion, on the other hand, is kind of cool in that it does something cool narration-wise that to my knowledge hasn't appeared in games before now.

Zelda is one of the few games to use the sword mechanics within an exploration adventure setting and the way the sword is controlled has changed from the early games on the Wii, as for narrated video games that has happened before Gantlet is the first that comes to mind as it happens to be a top down hack and slash as well, as well as several older games that tend to tell story specifically through a narrator, I know of the many difference in the games it's just the example I'm thinking of. I'm not trying to say either game doesn't deserve this, I'm saying if a game can get a nod for having one guy read off lines to you, the game that uses an experimental control system should get it too.

As a side note why isn't Stacking mentioned in innovation.

 

[Crazy Zaul]

Why was LA Noire even nominated for any of them?

 

[Kahunaburger]

As a side note why isn't Stacking mentioned in innovation.

I think this is the real question. Playable matryoshka dolls is definitely something new. Also Rock of Ages.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Not bad.

No awards are ever going to be to everyone's liking, but BAFTA at least shows respect for the medium.

I can get behind most of the winners.

 

[lord.jeff]

As a side note why isn't Stacking mentioned in innovation.

I think this is the real question. Playable matryoshka dolls is definitely something new. Also Rock of Ages.

I have yet to play that one, but the trailers make it look like it belongs. I will also note I think Bastion deserves a nomination for artistic achievement as well, that game was a joy to look at.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

I'm quite disappointed that Human Revolution didn't win anything, depite its myriad of nominations.