2004 Otto Awards: Final Results!

[digitalpress]

Two weeks of nominations and three weeks of voting are finally over, the victors have emerged victorious. You voted the following as the BEST OF 2004:

Best Game of the Year: Katamari Damacy
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49752

Best First Person Action Game: Halo 2
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49743

Best Handheld Game: Mario 64 DS
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49745

Best PC Game: Half-Life 2
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49748

Best Online Game: Halo 2
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49747

Best Fighting Game: Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49742

Best Classic Gaming Redux/Compilation: Mega Man Anniversary Collection
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49738

Best Role-Playing Game: Paper Mario 2: The Thousand Year Door
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49749

Best Driving Game: Burnout 3 Takedown
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49740

Best Music in a Game: Katamari Damacy
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49746

Best Action Game: Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49736

Best Sports Game: Mario Power Tennis
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49750

Best Graphics: Doom 3
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49744

Best Surprise: Katamari Damacy
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49751

Most Addictive Game: Katamari Damacy
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49753

[dbiersdorf]

Heh, only at Digital Press would Katamari Damacy win GOTY.

[spoon]

Visual Concepts blew away anything added in Mario Power Tennis this year. In my heart, ESPN is #1.

[Mayhem]

Heh, only at Digital Press would Katamari Damacy win GOTY.

Actually the writers (ie. including myself) over at NTSC-UK made Katamari game of the year as well

Admitedly that's partially due to not everyone agreeing on Halo 2, GTA or Metroid Prime 2, so we went for something we almost all agreed on was "a very good game" (even though we only gave it 8/10).

[Cryomancer]

Think of it this way, if only one game made from the year was able to exist...it should be Katamari.

[slip81]

I'm glad Katamari got best music.

[SamuraiSmurfette]

here's a question...do the companies who developed these winning games actually receive an award of some type from us?

[ubersaurus]

I will always consider you to be the best, Sam Sho Special.

I really need to stop supporting the games no one will ever play in these contests.

[digitalpress]

I will always consider you to be the best, Sam Sho Special.

I really need to stop supporting the games no one will ever play in these contests.

Aww, don't say that. Most of the world wouldn't have rated Katamari Damacy "best of" in so many categories... we're at least a little off the beaten track here. There will always be the games that "no one plays" but this crew is the most likely to discover them, if not sooner, then certainly later.

[Gamereviewgod]

No Metal Gear 3? For shame people.

[Overbite]

I agree with no catagory, but I cant complain (too much)


however HALO 2 for best online and best fps makes me sad.

[GobopopRevisited]

I agree with no catagory, but I cant complain (too much)


however HALO 2 for best online and best fps makes me sad.

...why? Oh, because its not "hardcore gamer" enough, my bad. Halo 2 may not be the greatest, but its online play is second to none. (save MMORPG genre... which I have yet to see one worth spending $15 a month on) Yes I did vote Halo 2 in Online play. And its campaign wasn't all it was hyped to be, but it WAS better than the first... At least you got variety. But we all know a Good FPS lies in Multiplayer, so, I voted for Halo 2 in FPS too

You should play it

And I withdraw my own personal pick for overrated pick of the year (Spider-Man 2...) In favor of The Digital Press' fetish for all things Katamari Damacy... Damn you Katamari and your "wannabe" under-the-radar ways!

[hydr0x]

other than Halo 2 winning online game i am truly proud of our community

[Sotenga]

Wait... WHAT THE... no Gradius V??!? Boo! Fie, fie upon the lot of thee!

... aw well... at least Katamari Damacy came through for most of the categories it was nominated in.

[Lady Jaye]

A fetish for Katamari? Yeah, I guess you could say that... (esp. considering that I bought myself the OST from Play-Asia a couple of weeks ago)

[Crush Crawfish]

Heh, glad to see katamari won. In my opinion, It deserved every award it won. But no Shadow Hearts 2 or Megaman X8? You people should be ashamed of yourselves!