The 2004 Edge Awards

[Warbie]

Taken from NTSC-uk

(Winner listed first, runners up in no particular order)

The 2004 Edge Award for Best Game
Half-Life 2 (PC)
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure (Gamecube)
Halo 2 (Xbox)

The 2004 Edge Award for Innovation
Half-Life 2 (PC)
Katamari Damacy (PS2)
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure (Gamecube)

The 2004 Edge Award for Best Visual Design
Half-Life 2 (PC)
Far Cry (PC)
Katamari Damacy (PS2)

The 2004 Edge Award for Best Audio Design
Thief: Deadly Shadows (PC)
Katamari Damacy (PS2)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)

The 2004 Edge Award for Best Online Experience
Halo 2 (Xbox)
Monster Hunter (PS2)
Final Fantasy XI (PS2/PC)

The 2004 Edge Award for Best Developer
Rockstar North
The Creative Assembly
Sony London

The 2004 Edge Award for Best Publisher
Nintendo
Rockstar
Ubisoft

The 2004 Edge Award for Best Hardware
Nintendo DS

Gametrak
Mawaru: Made in Wario (Game Boy Advance)


3 first places for HL2 - not bad at all

 

[Harryz]

Its on the front page.

 

[Warbie]

I must be going blind in my old age - where is it?

 

[Harryz]

You have to scroll further down. Although it doesn't give the full list. Its titled 'Edge Awards - Half-Life 2 Scoops Three'.

 

[Warbie]

ah - well ....... mine has them all

 

[jimbo118]

rockstar best developer gimme a break

 

[Harryz]

rockstar best developer gimme a break

I don't see why not. They've released info about that San Andreas through Gamespot's weekly San Andreas Saturday and released info sensibly. They released 3 trailers, 3 months before the game is released; not showing massive amounts of gameplay, leaving the gamer thirsty for more footage. Although they're not close to the community as Valve is IMO. The official site was a nice treat with the flash maps.

 

[jimbo118]

no i mean in terms of their game development not their fan treatment,thats what the awards for right,their game development

 

[Warbie]

no i mean in terms of their game development not their fan treatment,thats what the awards for right,their game development

We'll find out when this months issue comes out and read their reasonings - best not to jump to conclusions.

 

[Psychanalysis05%]

When the best online experience awards go to three console games, you know something is going horribly wrong.

 

[Warbie]

Yeh :/

I think WoW would have got in there had it come out a little sooner.

Other than that, online pc games have been a little stale recently. I'm playing CS:S (which is hardly 'new') and ET, sometimes Rome/DoW. Rehash after rehash. (but still good fun )

Monster Hunter, on the other hand, looks great and fresh (from what i've seen of it) FF online is also very good.

Street Fighter and PES 4 on XBox live are also really good. For variation in online gaming you have to look to consoles these days :/

 

[Psychanalysis05%]

I can't WAIT for that new online mech combat game for PS2 by the Armored Core guys. I can't remember the name of it though. It looked AWESOME when I saw it in Edge at the beginning of this year. Now I just need a ps2...

 

[Direwolf]

From what little thats been starting to hit the net about Monster Hunter a lot of people aren't impressed. Apparently the best way to play the game is to run around looking for mushrooms and berries instead of fighting anything.

 

[Gray Fox]

UBI soft best publisher, ah man and to think I had respect for THE EDGE, damn I bough BG&E, and it seems UBIsoft had thousands of faulty copies distributed in holland and knew about it, yet warned no one, the problem was on the third disk and the bastards didn't even put it online for download, and the stores wouldn't accept it back, the mother****ers. And they are incredibly Nintendo biased.

 

[Warbie]

Nintendo got best publisher Grey - Ubisoft was a runner up (and are a fine company. Base your decision on one slip up if you want).

I don't think they're biased either - they just recognise quality. Like it or not, Nintendo are still the most respected developer around, and for good reasons.

 

[Sparta]

I don't think they're biased either - they just recognise quality. Like it or not, Nintendo are still the most respected developer around, and for good reasons.

Amen brother, amen.
How long has it been now? 15-16 years they've been around making great games? or longer? i'm not sure.

 

[Warbie]

Amen brother, amen.
How long has it been now? 15-16 years they've been around making great games? or longer? i'm not sure.

Not sure m8 - bloody ages

I remember playing SMB when it first came out - nothing like had been seen before

Nintendo introduced the first d-pad, the first shoulder buttons, analoge as standard with the N64 (which is still considerably more precise than the dual shock analogue), and games that utilise it well - not to mention the absolutely massive catalogue of games and hardware

Nintendo own.