AIAS Awards (Results)
 

Its the sixth annual Interactive Achievement Awards presented by The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS). Thats what it means... and here are the results. I am pretty much happy with the awards. They seem pretty fair....what do you guys think?

Computer Action Game of the Year
Grand Theft Auto III
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: Rockstar North

Computer First Person Action Game of the Year
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: 2015 Inc.

Computer Game of the Year
Battlefield 1942
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Digital Illusions

Computer Role Playing Game of the Year
Neverwinter Nights
Publisher: Infogrames
Developer: Bioware

Computer Simulation Game of the Year
The Sims Unleashed
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA Maxis

Computer Sports Game of the Year
Madden NFL 2003
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA Tiburon

Computer Strategy Game of the Year
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment

Console Action Adventure Game of the Year
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: Rockstar North

Console Fighting Game of the Year
Tekken 4
Publisher: Namco
Developer: Namco

Console First Person Action Game of the Year
Metroid Prime
Publisher: Nintendo of America
Developer: Retro Studios

Console Game of the Year
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Publisher: Ubi Soft
Developer: Ubi Soft Montreal

Console Platform Action Adventure Game of the Year
Ratchet & Clank
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
Developer: Insomniac Games

Console Racing Game of the Year
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA Black Box

Console Role Playing Game of the Year
Animal Crossing
Publisher: Nintendo of America
Developer: Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Console Sports Game of the Year
Madden NFL 2003
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA Tiburon

Family Game of the Year
Mario Party 4
Publisher: Nintendo of America
Developer: Hudson Soft Co. Ltd.

Game of the Year
Battlefield 1942
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Digital Illusions

Handheld Game of the Year
Metroid Fusion
Publisher: Nintendo of America
Developer: Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Innovation in Computer Gaming
Battlefield 1942
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Digital Illusions

Innovation in Console Gaming
Animal Crossing
Publisher: Nintendo of America
Developer: Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Massively Multiplayer / Persistent World Game of the Year
The Sims Online
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA MAXIS

Online Gameplay Game of the Year
Battlefield 1942
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Digital Illusions

Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
Developer: Sucker Punch

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
Developer: Sucker Punch

Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Publisher: Nintendo of America
Developer: Silicon Knights

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Animal Crossing
Publisher: Nintendo of America
Developer: Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Publisher: Ubi Soft
Developer: Ubi Soft Montreal

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Medal of Honor: Frontline
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EALA

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Medal of Honor: Frontline
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EALA

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Stormfront Studios

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

Yay GTA and the Sims!!! :D

WHAT?!:frust: :boo: :boom:

This was one of the saddest games I ever played. There were so many RPGs that were better.

So what exactly does Animal Crossing play like? I thought it was some kids game......its an RPG????

Animal crossing...it sounds like a game where you help frogs cross the street...;)

Never played the game, but I know it's more than just helping animals across the street and the game goes on even after the console is shut off.

The only game on that list I played was Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. It looks like they may not have playeed many games in those categories, but that's just what I think. Thanks for the info.

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Thanks for sharing that, I agree with some of them.

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YES! finally somebody gives this game the rcognition it deserves!!!
IT is KING!!!

_RED_ stuff

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Yup! :D That game rocks...... seeing the Sega GT 2002 was a great game as well, I was worried that NFS HS2 would be over shadowed but it didn't happen! YEAH! :)

heh I've been playing Hot Pursuit 2 for hours today, Great Fun.

Ploice choppers dropping bombs and firing rockets at you, ok that was a little too far, but as I said, It's fun! :happy:

I really don't think it deserved these awards. Metroid Prime was a better game. And I didn't think the gameplay was outstanding. (And I own an X-Box)



I didn't think this game great. It was the best of the Lord of the Rings games but it didn't look all that great.

I agree

I agree with you on the Splinter Cell thing, Metriod Prime is a much much better game...... but still GamePlay wise, the new stuff that Splinter Cell showed us was quite mind bending. As a FPG (First Person Game).... Prime didn't brake the ground (I am talking about actual Gamplay wise..) That is something new that we never saw before. Still I think MP is a better game then SP and those awards just could have been on MP's side.

As for LOTR, I think I agree with the Judges, the game is visually stunning and the cut scenes from actual MOVIE to GAME is just mind blowing. How they transferred a movie into a game is outstanding. But still... opinions are opinions. :)

I agree with you their, splinter cell was all about graphics IMO, the gameplay was arkward and stupid at times.

The graphics are probably better then I give them credit for, but I am a huge lord of the rings fan and just expected something truly amazing (didn't get that with any of the games) But the movie to game scenes were done well, I'll give em that.

I agree with all of the awards except the Animal Crossing one... Is this for year 2002? Because I believe Suikoden 3 came out late 2002, didn't it?

Medal of Honor: AA deserved the PC First Person game of the year.. That game was excellent, although I'm not sure I agree with Battlefield: 1942. It was a good game, but only for multiplayer. A lot of people are going to look at that award and think it has a better single player experience than MoH AA, which is entirely untrue.

great info, hero i agree wit u, BF1942's single player mode wasnt very good (it was good but not better than MOHAA).

I agree with there, MOH AA was so addictive, it well deserves PC first person shooter games of the year.

The only game on the list that I've played is The Two Towers. I liked the cutscenes and the other aspects of the graphics and I think it did deserve some award for it.