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[kupoartist]

... if I remember correctly, aren't E3 awards given to the games on show? ( for instance, wasn't last years Doom III? ) Anyways, which game is most likely to receive "Best game at E3", and which would you personally want to win such an award?

My bets are on Half-Life 2 - its massivly anticipated, flaunting some of the most advanced and realistic graphics ever, and will have a lot to show after 5 years of development with no secrets being given away... (unlike somthing like MGS3, which may or may not have much said about it at all)

[dan da man]

Any game, it is so exciting, but my money is on MGS3 this year, konami or Kojima has give nothing away about this game, I think they will unleash mind blowing stuff at the E3.

[MakgSnake]

Seeing all the amazing games being shown at this year's E3, I'll make a long shot.

Snake Eater & Twin Snakes.

[Preventer Wind]

I would have to say MGS3. Since everybody knew Halo 2 was going to be there it would have to be pretty damn awesome to win it. But MGS3 is a bit of a surprise to most. And as Dan said nothing is really known about the game.

Oh and Doom III was the Best in Show last year https://www.e3awards.com/past.html

[Uchiha Sasuke]

I'm putting my money on MGS3nake Eater.I have both the trailers from Halo 2 and MGS3 and MGS3 gets my nod more so than halo.

[MakgSnake]

Originally posted by MakgSnake

Seeing all the amazing games being shown at this year's E3, I'll make a long shot.

Snake Eater & Twin Snakes.

I take my words back. NO LONG SHOTS, no nothing. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater would win the Best Of Show. It should. "The Twin Snakes" should be second. Seriously. These two games are mind bending.... from what I have seen. DAMN!.!

[Sleazy P Martini]

Halo 2......I finally saw the gameplay trailer.....un. freakin. real.

Stealing ghosts ala GTA ....sweeet!

Snake Eater gets my "second place" nomination.

[kupoartist]

well...Gamespy and IGN agree with me ... Halo 2 isn't far behind in either, and MGS3 is... in their somewhere. I'm just trying to collect movies of all so i can judge for myself... so anyone got a link to a Halo 2 movies that doesn't require me to sign up for anything. I dislike Fileplanet

[dan da man]

Originally posted by the_artist

well...Gamespy and IGN agree with me ... Halo 2 isn't far behind in either, and MGS3 is... in their somewhere. I'm just trying to collect movies of all so i can judge for myself... so anyone got a link to a Halo 2 movies that doesn't require me to sign up for anything. I dislike Fileplanet

Lets just wait for the official results.

[kupoartist]

Originally posted by dan da man
Lets just wait for the official results.

there are no "offical" results as such: the "E3 awards" are "not affiliated to E3 in any way" and the panel of that is made up from people throughout the internet gaming press - of which Gamespy and IGN are undoubtadly the most influential.

Got to say that Halo 2 looks hot from screenshots alone, and is always at least second place... going "over to bungie's place" to check it out now

(Snake Eater is... pretty good. Just nothing innovative apart from the setting. Plus "Snake Eater", regardless of any designation for bad-ass mercenary dudes, sounds like a porn movie to me. Still, its the game and not the name...)

[dan da man]

Originally posted by the_artist

[color=pink]there are no "offical" results as such: the "E3 awards" are "not affiliated to E3 in any way" and the panel of that is made up from people throughout the internet gaming press - of which Gamespy and IGN are undoubtadly the most influential.

Well if you check out the E3 webite, they have all the results from the other shows, like game of E3 2002, but your probally right, it comes from other sites, such as IGN.

[RobHardo]

I think they have already picked Socom 2, but im not sure..................Man I cant wait for that day! I'm gunna be all over S2

[Daedaelus]

Half-Life 2. Best of show.

[Preventer Wind]

Originally posted by the_artist
Plus "Snake Eater", regardless of any designation for bad-ass mercenary dudes, sounds like a porn movie to me.

+

That's just too funny.

[dan da man]

Originally posted by Iguana

Half-Life 2. Best of show.

I didnt expect that to win, why did it win the show? (I know that a stupid queston)

[kupoartist]

Originally posted by dan da man
I didnt expect that to win, why did it win the show? (I know that a stupid queston)

Try Gamespot for the individual Movies, or Gamespy has a full 500mb 25 min of it all for a look. I wasm't particuarly overwhelmed by the screenshots tbh, I just naturally though "ooh! Half-Life 2 = Sequel to Half-Life 1! and HL1 was great, so this will be as well!", but seeing this in action is just amazing.

If you have a look at the individual Gamespot movies, 02 and 06 are my favorites of what i have seen:

02 shows heavy use of physics in gameplay. Its awesome. The Best Bits are:
- The Player pushes a table in front of a door with a soldier in pursuit, and you see the the solider repeatedly kicking the door to get it out of the way! The player
- The Players uses an experimental weapon to rip the radiator of the wall, he uses it as a shield whilst climbing the stairs, deflecting bullets as he goes. Then he fires the damned thing at the soldier who's shooting, and kills him instantly
- The Player comes across an area full of soldiers, and shoots the supports that hold a girder in place. This girder then swings, pendulum style, dashing the red stuff of the guards everywhere . Then he uses a grenade to push a massive shipping container onto the one remaining soldier

06 Shows some nitty-gritty fighting, and some intelligent allies, that don't simply run at the enemy and start shooting (as in HL1) Best Bits are:
- The return of Barney! who says "Remember when we thought that Black-Mesa was as bad as it could get?" and "Cover Me Gordon", whilst backed up against a wall, and followed by some crouching behind a car to fire off his automatic weapon. Totally convincingly, and perfectly lip-synched.
- The Player throws a grenade behind some Soldiers. It Goes off, the go flying and one lands head fast next to the player.
- Allies act convincingly: they've got their backs against the wall, and look alert when they get in.
- The Player shoots a player who is on top of a high platform, and he falls several meters before crunching on the pavement.
- This weird flying thing appears, shoots a white coated guy dead, and causes the telegraph wires in the place to go all wibely. realistically of course.

Whats most interesting about all this, is that non of it, whatsoever is "scripted." No programer told the soldier to kick the door in. The AI was just responding to the situation it found itself in.

But don't take my word for it... try to see it for yourselves

[kupoartist]

https://www.e3awards.com/nom.html - the nominations for each catagory have been announced. No MGS3 to be seen at all, and it looks very much like a Half-Life 2 vs Halo 2 fight here (both pick up 3 nominations each, and 2 of these are in the same catagories - Game of the Show and Best Action Game, with nominations for Best PC and Console Games respectively)

Its kind of a shame that Halo 2 and Half-Life 2 face of like this really... both look like they're great games, and the videos shown at E3 are enough for most people to wish they could just play them now damnit! ... ah well, i'm not intending to get an X-box anyway, so i may just be waiting a very, very long time for one of these titles...

Nice to see Homeworld 2 get a nomination for best strategy game as well... i can't wait to play this either

[Vic Viper]

https://www.e3awards.com/nom.html

no metal gear !!

[kupoartist]

the results are here, and Half-Life 2 has won. Halo 2 is best Console Game though https://www.e3awards.com/win.html

[dan da man]

Im upset not to see any metal gear, maybe becuase they did not tell much info on MGS3, thats just wrong though, it was no surpirse halo 2 up there for game of the show, and half life 2 which is such a massive aticipated game from the orignal, love to see halo 2 to win.