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GTAIV named Time's GOTY
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The economy may be tanking, but Time magazine spared no expense on its annual year-end awards for 2008. This week, the news magazine delivered its verdict on the top 10 biggest happenings of the year, spanning 50 different categories. And as in years past, games were party to the proceedings.
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tatotiburon
- 378 days 19 hours ago
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Third magazine to give GOTY award to GTAIV, nice rockstar
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- 378 days 17 hours ago
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bu bu but it should have been fable 2! man i'm pissed!(sarcasm)lol! isn't time a current events and news magazine? are they a videogame mag now? i still believe it's LBP or MGS4 for the goty awards. well see. there are still a lot of game awards coming up. the one i'm waiting for is ign.com picks for game of the year.
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SiLeNt KNighT
- 378 days 16 hours ago
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1.3 - ridiculous!
tomorrow there will be an article in Time Magazine about how GTAIV caused some shooting. These guys are a joke when it comes to gaming. In fact they should publish my opinion on politics, same difference...
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- 378 days 16 hours ago
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1.4 - every thing I'll say is IMO
gta 4 was like 8.5 game
about goty,the first thing comes 2 mind is gears 2 and R2
mgs 4 was good but imo(don't jump on me,please,it's my opinion)it was the worst mgs game in terms of gameplay,design,pacing,intesit y and overall "FUN",mgs1,2 and specially 3 were much better,act 1 and 2 were awesome,the rest acts were booring,dull and was 80% watching more than playing and boss fights were average at(only rex vs ray and the final battle were awesome) best(crying,raging etc...is nothing compared to the end,the sorrow,etc...),lbp was very good also,must buy but still DKC,super mario world,earth worm jim are MILES better imo
dead spece was awesome too,must buy and 1 more thing.......SAINTS ROW 2 omg this game is SO fun,deep,wit and amazing,it's so underrated,buy it now,you'll love it the first minute you play it
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- 378 days 16 hours ago
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one of the biggest gta fans ever
the game was good but not on par with gta 3 series imo
gta 4 has the best city ever created,the main character will be remembered for years,the production values were very high
one thing that stop it from being one of the finest games ever and that is the gameplay was a bit realistic,it was kinda heavy,hard,not quick and responsive
rockstar,in next gta make it ps3 exclusive(50 gb)add a strong gameplay punch
BUT FIRST,LESTIN R NORTH
ps3 version of gta 4 was so blurry and has so much jaggies compared to 360 version,360 version looks and performs much better in everything(all the press screenshots was taken from 360 version of the game),call me a fanboy but it's the truth,Ign and others said ps3 version was better to drive more gta 4 sales,R made a very big payment deal,not only pay to give it a 10 out of 10 but even to say that ps3 version looks better(because 90% of gta fans played it on the sony brand),omg,omg,corroption,corr option
error,error
can't believe it
I bought gta 4 first on ps3,I said it has crappy graphics,after 5 months,I played the 360 version and I was like omg,the biggest F*** up ever,360 version looks so much better,sharper,cleaner,smoothe ,
much faster load times and now with install option it will load in a heart beat,also ps3 version after adding trophies,it takes more time to load than the already long load times in ps3 version
ps3 version almost freezez when driving fast in traffic,so much blur,ghosting,slowdown,jaggies ,I almost threw up,totally unplayable,maybe the worst port I've seen since the ps1/n64 era
believe me,just play it on 360 or pc after playing it on ps3 for a long time,you'll indeed notice a very big difference
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Wenis
- 378 days 15 hours ago
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I just still can't get over how much a step back GTA IV was from a the masterpiece that was San andreas. Makes you wonder if Rockstar knows that gameplay wise, maybe theres not anymore room to expand? So they fall backwards, and the next GTA they advance a bit more (like III-Vice City) Then even more (like Vice City-San andreas). I sure hope not.. But i'll definately be expecting a LOT more from the next GTA or the franchise is dead to me.
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ZackFair
- 378 days 13 hours ago
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1.7 - "gta lbp and mgs4 were all overrated rentals"
Funny you talk about LBP and MGS4, then mention the most overrated, flawed, short, horribly presented 'RPG' we've seen in a long time.
Then again, it must be difficult to come up with new arguments as lesser Xbots with low intelligence.
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jammy_70
- 378 days 10 hours ago
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this game was NOT FUN ENOUGH to be game of the year!
yer the technology and graphics and sound (well the soundtrack i think it terrible!) as good but MGS4 is just better
i guess its alright just a wee bit overhyped!
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superaktieboy
- 377 days 4 hours ago
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1.9 - GTA IV as GOTY
is just wrong.. the only good bit about it is the storyline.. after that it gets boring.. unlike GTA SA.. which i still play on my lappy.. GTA SA > GTA IV
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- 378 days 18 hours ago
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Can't say it's totally well deserved but congrats Rockstar!
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In my opinion, mgs4 is the best game of the year.
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Overrated and overhyped game, i can't believe i skip work to play this boring @ss game and i am a huge GTA fan.
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Doesn't deserve this award , most Over-rated game , most over-hyped game seems fitting for GTA4
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- 378 days 18 hours ago
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Over rated pile of turd, MGS-4 the real GOTY !!
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Critics are out of touch.
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What a sad state of affairs.
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This reminds me of Barbra Walters when she recently awarded "the 10 most amazing people of 2008" to movie stars. seriously waaay over hyped.
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has no idea what's going on in video games
there was NO TANK in GTAIV, that really pissed me off...and the cell phone calls from brucie
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- 378 days 8 hours ago
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if you want tanks, play Battlefield: Bad Company.
GTAIV was about realism, like it or not. you don't see tanks rolling around in New York that often.
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- 378 days 17 hours ago
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Question * Did you finish GTA IV?
If your answer is NO click Disagree
If your answer is YES click Agree
Thanks for your participation
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Dragunov
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Well i finished it and inmediatly exchanged it, lame game, so boring
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MGS 4 is overated, see all you fanboys get mad cause it didnt win, you guys are over hyped a game, that is "okay" why, not enough gameplay.
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KarateExplosion
- 378 days 17 hours ago
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13.1 - You missed the mark
All us (fanboys) really like mgs4 for a reason. It was the best game I ever played. If you read the comments youll see 50 other people saying mgs4 shoulda won. I dont see any gta4 fanboys...... its cause the game wasnt good enough to generate any. Try again
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fanboys do not make a game, fanboys make a game seem better then it is, as much as i love FF7 its the same thing, GTA4 may not have been loved for ever and a day, but the game istelf was amazing, you have to keep in mind, its game of the year, not most memorable story of a life time. T_T
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I hope they mean the 360 version, cause the PC version is a large piece of dung. Either way, Time, MSNBC, and other media outlets need to keep their noses out of the gaming scene, they do it a discredit.
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suprise, suprise?
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pshizle
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blew donkey ballz
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Skaterboy Tell Em
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Blew hairy Donkey ballz with HIV
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GTA IV will win the Spike game of the year award, sorry folks. You know it's true.
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seriously?
I didnt even bother to finish GTA4...... :(
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ape007
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who thinks that saints row 2 was one of the best games in 2008
imo,hell yeah
and it was underrated as hell
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19.1 - yeah i think so to
but the hype of the gta4 just crushed it
to bad
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masterofpwnage
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how could this happen.
gaming this gen sux wow.
all the good games are underrated or exclusive to one specific console and gets bashed ass hell.
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LightofDarkness
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21 - Of course it's their GOTY
It's the only game they've heard of besides Doom, Mortal Kombat and Manhunt...
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Pac-Man was Time's man of the year in 1981.
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went on the sales figures.
And not the quality of the game.
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- 378 days 14 hours ago
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Fable2 + LBP + GTA4 = GOTY ???
Not for me. I'd give it to Fallout III since Gears2 MP blew it.
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- 378 days 13 hours ago
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San Andreas, Vice City, GTA3, LCS, VCS>>>>>>> ;VCSGTAIV.
GTAIV was complete crap. Do you guys want to know a huge big dark secret that I rarely tell anyone? I actually enjoyed playing Gears 2 (At my cousin's house who owns all systems) more than I did with GTAIV, and I am one serious PS3 fanboy.
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(Ignore the second time I posted "VCS", just a little typo)
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it dosent diserve it imo,
MGS4, LBP Fallout3, Gears 2, Fable 2, are the real contendors! (IMO, i dont own a 360, but still i know thoes games r good)
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- 378 days 3 hours ago
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As a GTA Fan I feel INSULTED with GTA IV! Its the worse GTA ever!
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okay thats annoying.....
it sucks.
hey im pretty against 360 but i would way rather gears of war 2 would win because at least they could support why.
they graphics are mediocore, campaign is nothing above okay, online is terrible, and there are pretty much no differences between GTA4 and the last one besides location....
i mean how would it not go to......
LBP- its new, revolutionary, and a blast to play online/with buddys/ or by yourself. its creativity at its best.
MGS4- i liked it but im not a huge mgs fan. killer graphics, huge amount of guns that can be customized, desent online (its not THAT bad), and many memorable moments.
others- resistance 2, fallout 3, gears 2, fable 2?
congradulations rockstar.
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3 - Ok Gamers, Listen Up
GTA 4 won because of its quality.
Everything that makes up a game (graphics, sound, programming, ect) were all maxxed out. For example, the size of the GTA IV world was large, we all know that. But it's GFX weren't like Resistance 2 or GOW2. Why? This is because open-world games aren't made to have breakthrough gfx. Resources are diverted elsewhere. As for the actuall INGAME size of GTA IV, the graphics were as good as they could possibly be.
That's why it scored well. Instead of explaining it to you, you can imagine how this concept applies to GTA IV's other elements like programming, sound, writing, and so forth. It was the best it could be.
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No suprise there.
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