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GDC游戏开发者优选奖预测 荒野大镖客或成最大赢家

发布时间:2011-03-01 11:41:06 Tags:,,

很荣幸游戏业界能有如此众多奖项,但是全球尤为期待的是游戏开发者优选奖(Game Developers Choice Awards),现在让我们先预测下2011年将有哪几款游戏获此殊荣。

年度最佳游戏

提名:《荒野大镖客:救赎》、《质量效应2》、《使命召唤:黑色行动》、《地狱边境》、《刺客信条:兄弟会》

最具潜力:《荒野大镖客:救赎》

黑马:《刺客信条:兄弟会》

撇开精美的画面不提,这款由Rockstar出品的游戏单凭所呈现的西式开放社会便足令众人为之喝彩。也正是此特色使之凌驾于《刺客信条:兄弟会》和《质量效应2》之上,这两款游戏仍然要求玩家必须全力冲第一。而游戏邦觉得《地狱边境》之所以败下阵来,是因为其高度程式化只有某些玩家能够接受。我们不认为《使命召唤:黑色行动》会冲击这个奖项,因为《使命召唤:现代战争2》还令人记忆犹新。但是《刺客信条:兄弟会》的表现或许会令我们震惊,毕竟《刺客信条2》去年曾被《蝙蝠侠:阿甘疯人院》和《神秘海域2》挡在大奖门外。

最佳剧本

提名:《荒野大镖客:救赎》、《暴雨》、《质量效应2》、《万圣节大作战》、《辐射:新维加斯》

最具潜力:《暴雨》

黑马:《荒野大镖客:救赎》

我们感到很惊奇,《刺客信条:兄弟会》居然没获得提名,这款游戏获得过美国编剧协会奖最佳剧本提名。提名中有《暴雨》,《荒野大镖客:救赎》获此奖项颇有难度。同时,因与《辐射:新维加斯》和《质量效应2》等重量级游戏竞争,《万圣节大作战》更是希望渺茫。GDC可没有设立银奖。

荒野大镖客:救赎

最佳游戏设计

提名:《超级马里奥:银河2》、《质量效应2》、《地狱边境》、《荒野大镖客:救赎》、《战神3》

最具潜力:《荒野大镖客:救赎》

黑马:《地狱边境》

最佳游戏设计奖的获奖游戏不会与年度最佳游戏相同。事实上,如果质量较好的游戏没有获得年度最佳游戏,那么这个奖项就像是给这些落选游戏的安慰奖。去年,《蝙蝠侠:阿甘疯人院》被《神秘海域2》挤出年度最佳游戏,随后便获得最佳游戏设计奖。所以,如果《地狱边境》在年度最佳游戏的评选中败给《荒野大镖客:救赎》,那么很可能获此奖项。游戏邦认为,《超级马里奥:银河2》获此奖项仍较为艰难。

最佳技术

提名:《星际争霸2》、《荒野大镖客:救赎》、《暴雨》、《质量效应2》、《战神3》

最具潜力:《暴雨》

黑马:《星际争霸2》

这个奖项很难预测,因为提名的每款游戏在各自的技术风格中都有卓绝的表现。但是,在奖项颁发前数年,《暴雨》和《星际争霸2》长久以来都在大肆宣传其技术上的优势。我们相信获奖者将是二者之一。

最佳视觉艺术

提名:《战神3》、《地狱边境》、《使命召唤:黑色行动》、《刺客信条:兄弟会》、《荒野大镖客:救赎》

最具潜力:《战神3》

黑马:《荒野大镖客:救赎》

我们可以用排除法来预测这个奖项的获得者。《地狱边境》会首先出局,因为其剪影般的画面并不会造成视觉上的冲击。排除《刺客信条:兄弟会》是因为其画面与《刺客信条2》基本相同,而去年后者在这个奖项上不具竞争力。令人惊奇的是,《使命召唤:黑色行动》会获得该奖项提名,或许因为游戏中有某些血腥镜头,但事实上《荒野大镖客:救赎》比其更有竞争力。即便存在如此强劲的对手,《战神3》震撼的画面也足以使其荣登榜首。

地狱边境

最佳首发游戏

提名:《地狱边境》、《黑暗血统》、《Minecraft》、《周一格斗之夜》、《超级食肉男孩》

最具潜力:《地狱边境》

黑马:《超级食肉男孩》

在提名游戏中,《黑暗血统》获奖机会较少。我们之所以推荐《地狱边境》是因为这款游戏获许多奖项提名,其理应获此殊荣。尽管如此,独立游戏《超级食肉男孩》或许会杀出重围,这款游戏深受众多玩家喜爱。

最具创新

提名:《暴雨》、《星之卡比:毛线传说》、《Minecraft》、《地狱边境》、《Dance Central》

最具潜力:《Dance Central》

黑马:《Minecraft》

游戏邦了解到,《Dance Central》是唯一获GDC提名的Kinect体感游戏,其开发者是备受业界尊敬的Harmonix。如果《Dance Central》没有获此奖项,那么《Minecraft》便极有可能带走大奖。

最佳掌上游戏

提名:《战神:斯巴达之魂》、《Cut the Rope》、《合金装备:和平行者》、《游戏发展国》、《勇者斗恶龙IX》

最具潜力:《游戏发展国》

黑马:《战神:斯巴达之魂》

这几个提名游戏类型复杂,包括一款传统游戏、两款独立游戏和两款特许经营游戏。我们认为《游戏发展国》的玩家数量比《Cut the Rope》多,因而后者很可能不会获奖。《勇者斗恶龙IX》亦无法寄希望于其为数不多的玩家,因此也可能会出局,但我们很高兴看到这个系列的游戏终于能获得GDC大奖提名。玩PSP的玩家已经不多了,但今年最受PSP玩家欢迎的是《战神:斯巴达之魂》,而并非《合金装备:和平行者》。然而,战神系列的《奥林匹斯之链》已于2009年获得掌上游戏奖,因此相对来说《游戏发展国》今年的获奖机会更大。

暴雨

最佳音效

提名:《地狱边境》、《荒野大镖客:救赎》、《光晕:致远星》、《战地:叛逆连队2》、《质量效应2》

最具潜力:《荒野大镖客:救赎》

黑马:《战地:叛逆连队2》

如果《荒野大镖客:救赎》今年横扫GDC多项大奖,那么也可能将这个奖项一并收入囊中。《战地:叛逆连队2》也有很强的竞争力,不过今年似乎很多人都忽略了这款游戏的存在。

最佳下载游戏

提名:《万圣节大作战》、《地狱边境》、《超级食肉男孩》、《Minecraft》、《周一格斗之夜》

最具潜力:《地狱边境》

黑马:《超级食肉男孩》

获得这个奖项提名的游戏都不错,因此很难做出合适的选择。我们之所以认为《地狱边境》最具潜力,是因为它与《荒野大镖客:救赎》同样具有囊括多项大奖的潜力。如果不然,或许《超级食肉男孩》将会胜出,因为这款游戏深受玩家喜爱。

最佳社交/在线游戏

此次GDC还不计划评选此类游戏,不过游戏邦推荐大家关注今年在德克萨斯州奥斯汀举办的游戏开发者大会在线游戏奖。(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译,转载请注明来源:游戏邦)

2011 Game Developers Choice Award Predictions

We’re lucky enough to have multiple awards shows in this industry – like the Spike TV Video Game Awards, DICE Summit Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Game Awards – but we especially like the Game Developers Choice Awards. Here’s who we think will win the year for 2010.

Game of the Year

Red Dead Redemption; Mass Effect 2; Call of Duty: Black Ops; Limbo; Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood

Calling it: Red Dead Redemption

Wild Card: Brotherhood

Aside from being a truly masterful piece of software, Rockstar’s open world western is a game with very wide appeal. That sets it above Brotherhood and Mass Effect, which both fall in you-have-to-play-the-first-one territory and above Limbo, which is a highly stylized game that appeals to a select audience. We don’t think Black Ops has a shot because the memory of Modern Warfare 2 is too recent, but it could be that Brotherhood surprises us – after all, Assassin’s Creed 2 did get shut out last year between Arkham Asylum and Uncharted 2.

Best Writing

Red Dead Redemption; Heavy Rain; Mass Effect 2; Costume Quest; Fallout: New Vegas

Calling it: Heavy Rain

Wild Card: Red Dead Redemption

We’re shocked Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood didn’t make this list – didn’t it win a Writers Guild of America award?! – but with Heavy Rain in the mix, we’re almost sure Red Dead Redemption is out of luck. Almost. Costume Quest, meanwhile, should get mad props for even making the list against heavy-hitters like Fallout: New Vegas and Mass Effect 2. But they don’t do silver trophies at GDC.

Best Game Design

Super Mario Galaxy 2; Mass Effect 2; Limbo; Red Dead Redemption; God of War 3

Calling it: Red Dead Redemption

Wild Card: Limbo

The Game Design category doesn’t fall in lock step with Game of the Year – it actually tends to function as a consolation prize if two really great games squared off for GOTY (e.g. last year, Arkham Asylum took home Best Design after losing to Uncharted 2). So if Limbo loses to Red Dead for GOTY, we can maybe expect it to take home this prize instead. Sorry, Mario Galaxy 2 – we really did love you.

Best Technology

StarCraft 2; Red Dead Redemption; Heavy Rain; Mass Effect 2; God of War 3

Calling it: Heavy Rain

Wild Card: StarCraft 2

This is a hard one to call – each of the games nominated did some amazing things for their respective genre with technological achievements. But both Heavy Rain and StarCraft 2 were a long time coming with so much hype about their technology years ahead of the final release. We think that’ll close the deal for at least one of these two titles, leaving the rest out in the cold.

Best Visual Arts

God of War 3; Limbo; Call of Duty: Black Ops; Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood; Red Dead Redemption

Calling it: God of War 3

Wild Card: Red Dead Redemption

This one we can work out by process of elimination. Limbo’s out because it’s all silhouettes – not exactly crazy-demanding in the visual department. We’re crossing off Brotherhood because it’s basically Assassin’s Creed 2 (which couldn’t close on this category last year, either). Black Ops was iffy for us because there were a lot of visceral visuals to admire in that game – but if Red Dead is poised to sweep (and it is), Rockstar’s way more likely to take this award home than Treyarch. But even so, God of War 3 was pretty amazing to look at – so amazing, we think it has the best shot even with Red Dead’s sweep in motion.

Best Debut Game

Limbo; Darksiders; Minecraft; Monday Night Combat; Super Meat Boy

Calling it: Limbo

Wild Card: Super Meat Boy

In a category dominated by indies, Darksiders doesn’t really stand a chance. We’re calling it for Limbo because it’s nominated in so many other categories, it’s hard not to see a pattern of fascination. Meat Boy might surprise, though – it, too, is an indie and it’s got a lot of love behind it from the community.

Innovation Award

Heavy Rain; Kirby’s Epic Yarn; Minecraft; Limbo; Dance Central

Calling it: Dance Central

Wild Card: Minecraft

Dance Central is the only Kinect game nominated for anything at GDC and the development community has mad respect for Harmonix. If that doesn’t cinch the win, Minecraft could walk away with this one for its sheer uniqueness.

Best Handheld Game

God of War: Ghosts of Sparta; Cut the Rope; Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker; Game Dev Story; Dragon Quest IX

Calling it: Game Dev Story

Wild Card: God of War: Ghosts of Sparta

Tough crowd here – you’ve got a classic, two indies, and two blockbuster franchises. We don’t think people played as much Cut the Rope as Game Dev Story, so it’s not likely. Dragon Quest also didn’t doesn’t have as much of an audience to bank on, so it’s out (but we’re glad to see the series finally nominated for anything at GDC). Hardly anyone plays their PSP anymore, so if they played anything this year it was Ghosts of Sparta, not Peace Walker. And God of War already got a Handheld Award for Chains of Olympus in 2009. So that leaves us… confused. But relatively certain Game Dev Story stands the strongest chance.

Best Audio

Limbo; Red Dead Redemption; Halo: Reach; Battlefield: Bad Company 2; Mass Effect 2

Calling it: Red Dead Redemption

Wild Card: Battlefield: Bad Company 2

If Red Dead sweeps, it’ll probably grab this award, too. If not, Bad Company 2 could pull off a pity prize since it’s the game everybody seemed to forget this year.

Best Downloadable Game

Costume Quest; Limbo; Super Meat Boy; Minecraft; Monday Night Combat

Calling it: Limbo

Wild Card: Super Meat Boy

So many good games here; it’s hard to choose. We’re going with Limbo because if not for Red Dead, it could’ve been set up for a sweep. If not that, then Meat Boy might win it on account of being equally beloved.

Best New Social/Online Game

This award category no longer exists at GDC. Look for it instead at this year’s Game Developers Conference Online Awards show in Austin, Texas. (Source: GamePro)


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