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Nightmare Asylum Awards 2011
Topic Started: Feb 4 2011, 02:39 PM (1,402 Views)
andaryu
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Due to the failure of the previous contest, I've been thinking of a simple yet fun contest we could do where everyone on the site could participate. After reading January's Nintendo Power, I got the perfect idea.

Let's hold the first NA Awards 2011 contest. The rules will be simple and once we get things underway you may actually learn a thing or two about another member's personal favorite game. This is also a great chance to discuss that game amongst everyone, and there's no time limit so members can get to the topics when they have the chance.

Rules:
-Try to nominate new games only from this generation (PC, 360, Wii, PS3, DS, PSP)
-Can Nominate as many games as you want.
-Can Nominate the same game as much as you want.

Prizes:
-Best Game will be featured in it’s own banner/theme for the site.

If anyone has any better Rules/Prizes idea please share! Anything to make it more enjoyable. Here are the categories.

Categories___________________________________________________

Best Game (Game of the Generation)
Best Downloadable Game
Best Graphics
Best Music (Best Original Score)
Best Adventure Game
Best Voice Acting / Sound Effects
Best Shooter
Best Music / Rhythm Game
Best RPG
Best Strategy Game
Best Sports Game
Best Action Game
Best Platformer
Best Puzzle Game
Best Multiplayer Game
Best New Character
Best Story
Best New Idea
Best Retro Revival
Best Indie Game

Nominations__________________________________________________
Last Updated: 3/31/11

Best Game (Game of the Generation)
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
- Final Fantasy Dissidia
- The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks
- StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
- Starcraft: Brood War
- Team Fortress 2

Best Downloadable Game
☆WINNER☆ - Mega Man 9 & 10
- Minecraft
- VVVVVV
- Braid
- Flower
- Castle Crashers
- Castlevania Harmony of Despair
- Trine

Best Graphics
☆WINNER☆ - Crysis
- Resident Evil 5
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Final Fantasy Dissidia

Best Music (Best Original Score)
☆WINNER☆ - Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Final Fantasy The 4 Heroes of Light
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
- Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
- Mega Man 9
- Eternal Sonata

Best Adventure Game
☆WINNER☆ - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- Eternal Sonata
- The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
- 3D Dot Game Heroes

Best Voice Acting / Sound Effects
☆WINNER☆ - Final Fantasy Dissidia
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Blue Dragon
- Final Fantasy XIII

Best Shooter
☆WINNER☆ - Counter-Strike: Source
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Ikaruga
- Team Fortress 2
- Vanquish

Best Music / Rhythm Game
- Chime
- AudioSurf
- Guitar Hero

Best RPG Game
☆WINNER☆ - Final Fantasy XIII
- Z.H.P
- SMT: Strange Journey
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Final Fantasy The 4 Heroes of Light
- Blue Dragon
- Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
- Eternal Sonata
- Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver

Best Strategy Game
☆WINNER☆ - StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
- Starcraft Brood War
-Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions

Best Sports Game
- Gran Turismo 5
- Mario Kart Wii
- Mario Sports Mix

Best Action Game
- Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
- Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
- Mass Effect 2
- Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Best Platformer
☆WINNER☆ - Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Super Meat Boy
- Mirror's Edge
- Kirby’s Epic Yarn
- Mega Man 10
- Donkey Kong Country Returns

Best Puzzle Game
- Braid
- 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
- Puzzle Quest

Best Multiplayer Game
- Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
- Starcraft II
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
- Final Fantasy Dissidia
- Super Smash Brothers Brawl
- Mario Kart Wii
- Spiral Knights
- Team Fortress 2

Best New Character
- Dr. Fetus (Super Meat Boy)
- Benny (Fallout: New Vegas)
- Aqua (Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep)
- Ventus (Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep)
- Cosmos (Final Fantasy Dissidia)
- Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)
- Jiro (Blue Dragon)

Best Story
- Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
- Kingdom Hearts Re: coded
- Blue Dragon
- Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Best New Idea
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- 3D Dot Game Heroes
- Scribblenauts
- Demon's Souls

Best Retro Revival
- Final Fantasy The Four Heroes of Light
- Mega Man 9
- Mega Man 10
- New Super Mario Brothers Wii
- Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
- Donkey Kong Country Returns

Any additional categories would be great, but let's not go overboard. I'm also gonna work on some graphics for the contest.

Post your nominations if your interested!
Edited by andaryu, Mar 31 2011, 07:15 PM.
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Mighty Oracle
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Best Game (Game of the Generation): Starcraft: Brood War
Best Downloadable Game: Minecraft
Best Graphics: I... don't know.
Best Music (Best Original Score): Mega Man 9
Best Adventure Game: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Best Voice Acting / Sound Effects: Final Fantasy XIII
Best Shooter: Counter-Strike: Source
Best Music / Rhythm Game: No idea.
Best RPG: Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
Best Strategy Game: Starcraft: Brood War
Best Sports Game: lolwut
Best Action Game: Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Best Platformer: Donkey Kong Country Returns
Best Puzzle Game: N/A
Best Multiplayer Game: Super Smash Bros Brawl
Best New Character: Jiro (Blue Dragon)
Best Story: None particularly stand out.
Best New Idea: Scribblenauts
Best Retro Revival: Mega Man 9
Edited by Mighty Oracle, Feb 10 2011, 05:21 PM.
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Mighty Oracle
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Also andaryu, why did you conflate RPG and strategy? The two have absolutely zero to do with each other.
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Polantaris
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Best Game (Game of the Generation) - No idea.
Best Downloadable Game - Trine
Best Graphics - Crysis (No matter how much I dislike this game, it does look great on max settings)
Best Music (Best Original Score) - Eternal Sonata
Best Adventure Game - 3D Dot Game Heroes
Best Voice Acting / Sound Effects
Best Shooter - Ikaruga (DLC on the 360)
Best Music / Rhythm Game - Chime (Steam DL)
(We should split RPG and Strategy game, they can lead to completely different beasts)
Best RPG Game - Eternal Sonata
Best Strategy Game - Starcraft 2
Best Sports Game - N/A (Don't play em)
Best Action Game - Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
Best Platformer - Super Mario Galaxy 2
Best Puzzle Game - Puzzle Quest
Best Multiplayer Game - Spiral Knights
Best New Character - Lightning (FFXIII) (Haven't played enough Story-based games to think of a good character).
Best Story - Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
Best New Idea - Demon's Souls
Best Retro Revival - Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
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andaryu
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I'll add the new nominations here shortly. Thanks for all the nominations everyone and keep them coming! This seems to be going very smoothly, I'm happy with the results.
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Also andaryu, why did you conflate RPG and strategy? The two have absolutely zero to do with each other.
Like I said in the first post, I took the idea directly from Nintendo Power. I even took the same categories so ask them them why they stuck the two together! :XD:
Edited by andaryu, Feb 6 2011, 08:34 PM.
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Polantaris
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I would say (as I did in my nominations post) that we split them up simply because they are two completely different genres. I bet Nintendo Power got lazy =P
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The only time RPGs and strategy games are alike is in the case of games like Fire Emblem.
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andaryu
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Okay let's split the two categories up. I'm all for taking suggestions to better improve the contest. I'll add Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions for my strategy nomination.

Should we make a Best Fighting Game category? I know there are not a lot of fighter fans here so probably not.
Edited by andaryu, Mar 3 2011, 02:00 PM.
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Super Slash
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Yeah, I don't think a category for them should be included, for the same reason you stated.
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I added the latest nominations and split up the category for Best RPG and Best Strategy Game.

Polan, how is Trine for PS3? I've seen it on the network and it looks interesting. Also, for Best Multiplayer game you nominated Spiral Knights. What's that? Never heard of it, but it has an awesome name.
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Spiral Knights is some kind of Zelda-like MMORPG. He wanted me to try it out; I made an account but I keep forgetting to try it.

For strategy games, I nominate Starcraft Brood War and Starcraft II. If that's too weird, just SC2 will do.
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