Portal 2 and Battlefield 3 Win Big at BAFTA Video Games Awards

btarunr · Mar 19, 2012

BAFTA recognised Portal 2 as the Best Game in its 2012 Video Games Awards. The smash-hit from Valve, also went on to win Best Design, and Best Story. Battlefield 3, on the other hand, went on to win Best Online Multiplayer, Best Audio Achievement, and GAME Award of 2011. Batman: Arkham City bagged Best Action, and Best Performer (Mark Hamill, who voiced The Joker). Portal 2 has been a centerpiece at Video Game achievement awards this year.

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Kreij · Mar 19, 2012

You can see the entire list and all the nominees here

Portal 2 getting best story is a little surprising.

Ikaruga · Mar 19, 2012

Portal 2 is well deserved to be a Bafta winner.

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Mar 19, 2012

Currently playing Batman Arkham City.. quite engaging imo for an action game.

Kreij · Mar 19, 2012

Ikaruga said:
Portal 2 is well deserved to be a Bafta winner.

I agree, Portal 2 is a great game, but I always viewed it as a puzzle game wrapped in an interesting narrative to keep you entertained as you progress thought the puzzle levels.
Not a "story-driven" game, which is why the Best Story award was surprising.

Just my 2 cents.

ZoneDymo · Mar 19, 2012

BF3 is so over-hyped and over-appreciated by the industry.

Gublo · Mar 19, 2012

ZoneDymo said:
BF3 is so over-hyped and over-appreciated by the industry.

I would beg to differ. I bought battlefield 3 and played it for a bit. Not really my game in every aspect but i bought it for another reason. Someone was actually making something that would push a dead PC-market. Im not saying the market was dead as to say ppl where not buying games, but that the only games comming out to PC where console ports that had the system req's of a computer built 2009 (and looked accordingly).
We need developers like Dice to avoid ending up like the music industry:
Pushing out crappy artist that all sound the same (not going to go into the quality or musicality of these artists). :toast:

btarunr · Mar 19, 2012

I wish J. K. Simmons was at least nominated, poor Cave Johnson always has to make do with the 2nd place.

Ikaruga · Mar 19, 2012

ZoneDymo said:
BF3 is so over-hyped and over-appreciated by the industry.

While BF3 is beautiful indeed, - as an oldschool fps player -, I sadly have to agree on this one

It's not as bad as COD ofc, but it's still all about graphics and 90% of the players I know are saying the same.
On the other hand, you have to understand the devs and the publisher here, because it's not only a game but also a product. You simply can't sell a good fps game today where the players would need 6-7 years to hit the skill ceiling.
Kids nowadays can't take boiling lava, if you know what i mean

BumbleBee · Mar 19, 2012

somebody really likes LittleBigPlanet 2 lol

TheMailMan78 · Mar 19, 2012

Ikaruga said:
Kids nowadays can't take boiling lava, if you know what i mean

Or sewers with spikes.

BumbleBee · Mar 19, 2012

6 god damn nominations

Ikaruga · Mar 19, 2012

Kreij said:
I agree, Portal 2 is a great game, but I always viewed it as a puzzle game wrapped in an interesting narrative to keep you entertained as you progress thought the puzzle levels.
Not a "story-driven" game, which is why the Best Story award was surprising.

Just my 2 cents.

Well, it had a good story after all, but I understand what you mean, and I agree. There were other games with better story indeed.

BumbleBee · Mar 19, 2012

no Witcher 2, Saint's Row: The Third, Gears of War 3, Dead Space 2?

TheMailMan78 · Mar 19, 2012

BumbleBee said:
no Witcher 2, Saint's Row: The Third, Gears of War 3, Dead Space 2?

All those games sucked.

BumbleBee · Mar 19, 2012

really? 3 of those games have a metascore higher than Battlefield 3.

TheMailMan78 · Mar 19, 2012

BumbleBee said:
really? 3 of those games have a metascore higher than Battlefield 3.

None of those games have a decent multiplayer. Single player is a flash in the pan UNLESS its an epic original story like Portal 2. Hell it doesn't even have to be epic. Just very well told. As a single player game NOTHING holds a candle to Portal 2. As for multiplayer well.....BF3 destroyed all of them. Most people have at the very least of 100 hours in BF3.

BumbleBee · Mar 19, 2012

i'm glad everybody except you agrees with me haha

brandonwh64 · Mar 19, 2012

BumbleBee said:
i'm glad everybody except you agrees with me haha

I don't agree with you if that helps... :rolleyes:

BumbleBee · Mar 19, 2012

read the BAFTA comments. everybody is taking a crap on them. not even Crysis 2 got a nomination.. the one game that always seems to get a nomination and no one knows why.

TheMailMan78 · Mar 19, 2012

BumbleBee said:
i'm glad everybody except you agrees with me haha

Apparently BAFTA agrees with me too.

Console players hated BF3 because it takes skill and looked like shit on thier dated hardware. True story.

BumbleBee · Mar 19, 2012

good for them. don't be a jerk

TheMailMan78 · Mar 19, 2012

BumbleBee said:
good for them. don't be a jerk

I'm sorry but the British have restored my hope in their culture. I've had my doubts since they canceled Monty Python.

Frick · Mar 19, 2012

Yyyyeeeeessssss not a single award to Skyrim!

Kreij · Mar 19, 2012

If there was a category for "Longest and most boring diatribe by dudes in black robes", Skyrim would have won it due to the Greybeard quests. :laugh:

IMO, Skyrim is overall an outstanding game. It's just that if you break it into its component parts nothing really stands out as truly exceptional. Although Bethesda's attention to detail in the game's ecosystem is pretty amazing.

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