Edge Issue 145 thread

[marcus]

EDIT Scores originally posted by Concept -

Shamelessly taken from Rllmuk. In turn, taken directly from hero_of_canton's post on gamesradar...

Super Mario 64 DS (DS) - 8
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2) - 8
Shadow of Rome (PS2) - 7
Viewtiful Joe 2 (GC version tested, PS2) - 8
Eye Toy:Antigrav (PS2) - 7
Sawaru: Made In Wario (DS) - 8
Sid Meier's Pirates! (PC) - 6
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines (PC) - 6
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War (PS2) - 7
Blinx 2: Masters Of Time And Space (Xbox) - 5
Mario Power Tennis (GC) - 5
Baten Kaitos (GC) - 7
Feel The Magic (DS) - 6
Daigasso! Band Brothers (DS) - 7
Chokkan Hitofude [One Line Puzzle] (DS) - 7
Alien Hominid (PS2 version tested, GC) - 7
Crash N Burn (PS2 version tested, Xbox) - 7

Time Extend: Shenmue (DC)
Making Of: Colin McRae Rally

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No scores yet, but I was emailed this from Future which is the Edge awards for this year, and also its cover.

The 2004 Edge Awards
(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)

[Treble]

Hang on, Rockstar win Best Dev, but GTA: SA doesn't make the top 3 in either the 'Best Game' or 'Innovation' categories...?

And Four Swords is better than....

>_<

...no, don't bother Trebs.....don't bother....

[Moodmon]

Great, a stutter fest sweeps the boards. Bet they don't even mention some of the problems people have been having with it.

Is it relevant? Who cares, I wanna bitch

[Chadruharazzeb]

Hang on, Rockstar win Best Dev, but GTA: SA doesn't make the top 3 in either the 'Best Game' or 'Innovation' categories...?

That's what struck me about the list. And they get PAID to write this guff.

[Paul3704]

Doesn't quite ring right to me either.

Nintendo have no games in the categories listed above, but are still best developer? How?

[Commander Marklar]

Because they are? Doesn't mean to say any of their games are worth an award though, except for Four Swords

[E. Randy Dupre]

Nintendo won Best Publisher, Paul.

It's not that difficult to understand. They may not have released any game that Edge think ranks in the top three, but if they've got a higher level of consistency than other publishers then there's absolutely no contradiction.

The justification for giving Rockstar Best Dev is less apparent, but I'll wait until reading the comments that go with the awards before deciding whether it makes sense or not.

[Paul3704]

I got it in my head I read developer instead of publisher, my error.

I also meant the Rockstar issue as well, doesn't quite ring right.

Like Randy, I'll read it first.

[kona]

Rockstar also made Manhunt, which was highly praised in Edge. So again it might be a matter of consistency. Valve, Bungie only made one game.

[Chadruharazzeb]

Manhunt came out last year though.

What's on their minds??

[Rushy]

GTA:SA didn't innovate it merely evolved thats why it ain't in the innovation category.

Plus I think the 3 games featured in the best games are all better than GTA:SA but thats just my personal opinion.

[Mad Gear]

Nice to see Katamari getting plenty of recogntion.

Roll on Katamari2!!!11

[Chadruharazzeb]

Have they not reviewed MGS3 yet? Stupid gits

[Treble]

GTA:SA didn't innovate it merely evolved thats why it ain't in the innovation category.

Plus I think the 3 games featured in the best games are all better than GTA:SA but thats just my personal opinion.

Yeah, got it. So.....why are Rockstar best devco again.....?

[JibberX]

Bit of old fashioned patriotism maybe?