Game of the Year: Part 1

Its that time of year again. Everyone is bringing you their 'games of the year', and we felt obliged to do the same. But instead of producing a definitive list, we thought we'd do something a bit different - the whole of the Nometet writing team was asked to choose their favourite games in a number of categories, so...

Without further ado, we proudly present part one of the Nometet.com Game of the Year awards!

Part 1: the genre awards

First off, best sports game (any platform):

Statistically: NBA 2K9

Alex Denning: NBA 2K9

Nometet: Celebrity Sports Showdown

Sam Atkins: Everbody's Golf World Tour

Roger Batchelor: FIFA 09

Rhys Simons: FIFA 09

Unmouldeddoor3: Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games

And the winner is: FIFA 09

The addition of the constantly updated Adidas Live Season means FIFA 09 never gets out of date, and is always playable. Alongside the brilliant graphics and great gameplay, its a worthy award winner - Alex

Best RTS (any platform):

Statistically: Command and Conquer Red Alert 3

Alex Denning: Tom Clancy's Endwar

Nometet: no comment

Sam Atkins: Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings

Roger Batchelor: no comment

Rhys Simons: no comment

Unmouldeddoor3: Command and Conquer Red Alert 3

And the winner is: Command and Conquer Red Alert 3

When Red Alert 3 came out in October on the PC, we loved the quirky features, the fun, distracting cartoony style. Most of all, it was the light-hearted style that won us over, and that is what has won Red Alert 3 for the PC one of our coveted awards.

Best shooter (any platform):

Statistically: Dead Space

Alex Denning: Left4Dead

Nometet: Crysis Warhead

Sam Atkins: Dead Space

Roger Batchelor: Battlefield: Bad Company

Rhys Simons: Gears 2

Unmouldeddoor3: Far Cry 2

And the winner is: Dead Space

No other shooter in 2008 brought the intensity and horror that Dead Space did. From the sense of dread and isolation you feel at all times, to the simly breathtaking sound design; Dead Space is world class - Sam

Best driving game (any platform):

Statistically: Burnout Paradise

Alex Denning: Burnout Paradise

Nometet: Need For Speed Undercover Wii

Sam Atkins: Race Driver: GRID

Roger Batchelor: Pure

Rhys Simons: Wipeout HD

Unmouldeddoor3: Trackmania Nations United

And the winner is: Burnout Paradise

It could have been very easy to forget about Burnout Paradise, as it was released nearly a year ago. We haven't, and it is the brilliant open world Paradise City, the free DLC packs and the excellent gameplay experience in Paradise that earns it the award best driving game - Alex

Best RPG (any platform):

Statistically: Fallout 3

Alex Denning: Fable 2

Nometet: Fable 2

Sam Atkins: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES

Roger Batchelor: Last Remnant

Rhys Simons: No comment

Unmouldeddoor3: Lord of the Rings Online

And the winner is: Fable 2

This can't be a game made by Lionhead Studios. It actually was released with just about everything that they said would be in it and turned out to be a masterpiece. Equal parts Sweeny Todd and a children's story, Fable 2 turned out to be all around beautiful and fun to play - smerlus

Quite a mixed bag, but at the end of the day, the results were just about what you would expect. Don't worry though, in part two, we'll look at some more interesting categories, with some very interesting results. Stay tuned.

Thanks to Nometet, Sam Atkins, Roger Batchelor, Rhys Simons and Unmouldeddoor3.