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Friday 29 June 2012

E3 2012: Best of - Nominees


Just a list of my favourite games from E3, sorted into a number of different categories that I found interesting and that I hope you do too.  

Best Original Game/New IP
The Last of Us
Beyond: Two Souls
ZombiU
Watch_Dogs
Star Wars 1313

Best Xbox 360 Exclusive
Halo 4
Fable: The Journey
Gears of War: Judgment
Forza: Horizon
DBZ: Kinect

Best Wii U Exclusive
Nintendo Land
ZombiU
Project P100
New Super Mario Bros. U
Rayman: Legends

Best PS3 Exclusive
Beyond: Two Souls
God of War: Ascension
PlayStation All-Stars
The Last of Us
Dust 514

Best Handheld Game
Assassin’s Creed Liberation
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Soul Sacrifice
New Super Mario Bros. 2

Best Downloadable Game
Quantum Conundrum
The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: Dawnguard
Hawken
Unfinished Swan
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD

Best Surprise
Splinter Cell: Black List
Star Wars 1313
Beyond: Two Souls
Watch_Dogs
Dead Space 3 can remain a solitary experience 

Best Open World Game
Forza: Horizon
Need for Speed: Most wanted
Sleeping Dogs
The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: Dawnguard
FarCry 3

Best Racing Game
Forza: Horizon
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
F1 2012
Sonic & All-Star Racing Transformed
Little Big Planet Karting

Best Fighting Game
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Dead or Alive 5
PlayStation All-Stars
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Persona 4 Arena

Best Use of Motion Control
Fable: The Journey
Dance Central 3
Dragon Ball Z: Kinect
Wonderbook
The Avengers: Battle for Earth

Best 3rd Person Shooter
Gears of War: Judgment
Resident Evil 6
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Dead Space 3
Spec Ops: The Line

Best MMO
Defiance
RaiderZ
The Elder Scrolls Online
Dust514
PlanetSide 2

Best RPG
Fable: The Journey
Ni No Kuni
The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: Dawnguard
The Elder Scrolls Online
RaiderZ

Best Action Adventure
The Last of Us
Tomb Raider
Assassin’s Creed 3
Beyond: Two Souls
Splinter Cell: Black List

Best FPS
Halo 4
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
FarCry 3
Borderlands 2
Crysis 3

Best Multiplayer
Halo 4
Gears of War: Judgment
Splinter Cell: Black List
Resident Evil 6
Dead or Alive 5

Best Trailer


Biggest Disappointment
Ryse was absent
Respawn didn’t unveiled their game
Fortnite was a no show
Nothing new from Kojima
The rush to ‘Second Screen’

Game of Show
Halo 4
The Last of Us
Assassin’s Creed 3
Tomb Raider
Beyond: Two Souls

Be sure to let me know what you think of these games and this list below in the comments. Also come back next week for a list of what I felt were the standouts of each category.

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