D.I.C.E. Award Nominees [Jan 14, 2015, 2:17 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The
International Business Times has the nominees for the 2015 D.I.C.E. Awards,
which will be handed out at next month's
D.I.C.E. Summit. Their game of the year picks are Destiny, Dragon
Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor,
and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, so there is 60% agreement with
the recent AIAS GotY
nominees. Here's the list:
Game of the Year
Destiny
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Far Cry 4
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Assassin's Creed Unity
inFAMOUS Second Son
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Sunset Overdrive
Titanfall
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Assassin's Creed Unity
Monument Valley
Sunset Overdrive
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Outstanding Character
Jonathan Irons - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Abigail "Fetch" Walker - inFAMOUS First Light
Delsin Rowe - inFAMOUS Second Son
Talion - Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Destiny
Far Cry 4
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Transistor
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Assassin's Creed Unity
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Destiny
Far Cry 4
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Outstanding Achievement in Story
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
South Park: The Stick of Truth
This War of Mine
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
The Wolf Among Us
Outstanding Technical Achievement
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Far Cry 4
inFAMOUS Second Son
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Sunset Overdrive
Action Game of the Year
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Destiny
Far Cry 4
Titanfall
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Adventure Game of the Year
inFAMOUS Second Son
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Wolf Among Us
Family Game of the Year
Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2.0 Edition)
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
LittleBigPlanet 3
Project Spark
Skylanders Trap Team
Fighting Game of the Year
Guilty Gear Xrd
Nidhogg
Super Smash Bros. Wii U
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Racing Game of the Year
Forza Horizon 2
Mario Kart 8
The Crew
Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
The Banner Saga
Bravely Default
Divinity: Original Sin
Dragon Age: Inquisition
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
Sports Game of the Year
FIFA 15
Madden NFL 15
MLB 14: The Show
NBA 2K15
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Boom Beach
Dungeon of the Endless
Endless Legend
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
D.I.C.E. Sprite Award
The Banner Saga
Hohokum
Monument Valley
Threes!
Transistor
Handheld Game of the Year
Bravely Default
Child of Light
Shovel Knight
Super Smash Bros. 3DS
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
Mobile Game of the Year
80 Days
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Kingdom Rush Origins
Monument Valley
Threes!
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Destiny
Elite: Dangerous
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
World of Tanks: XBox 360 Edition
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
Destiny
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Project Spark
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Dungeon of the Endless
Far Cry 4
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Titanfall
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Lumino City
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Monument Valley
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Any award shows/programs are just paid off advertising for companies. It's all opinionated at the end. So 1 doesn't win but the other does, does that make the first a shitty game? No, in fact some might think the opposite of the winners and nominees. It's just a matter of opinions and having the right muscle behind the vote.
Those GOTY nominations are bunk, DA:I and SoM I can understand, but not the others. Wolfenstein should be up there, as well as Divinity: OS. Other good ones are Alien Isolation and Banished.
If DA:I wins gets this I am going to weep for humanity; it has some seriously half baked controls/UI on PC, and the AI is dumb.
Creston wrote on Jan 14, 2015, 18:09:Flatline wrote on Jan 14, 2015, 17:46:
Well, I'm at the point where I have to seal the big breach (which will be like the end of the first act I suspect). We'll see if shit picks up after that.
Heh. Yeah, it actually does. Six new zones open up, coincidentally five of the best ones, you get something pretty damn cool, and the story gets a lot more interesting too.
Also, that binary choice, while definitely a Bioware'ian thing, is actually there for a reason in DA:I, but you'll find that out pretty shortly.
I think the mission to close the breach is actually one of the game's finest ones.
Really now. I know what I'll be doing Friday night then.
Flatline wrote on Jan 14, 2015, 17:38:
(err... that's not a spoiler right? It's on the goddamn box)
Box?? WTF is this "box" of which you speak? Sounds like some kind of filthy console peasant thing....
:p
Hrrmm, should I take their word, or should I take people like Angry Joe Show or Worth a Buy (both on YouTube) for legitimate, unbiased, unbought advice on what games I should try? Decisions, decisions...
Creston wrote on Jan 14, 2015, 18:09:Flatline wrote on Jan 14, 2015, 17:46:
Well, I'm at the point where I have to seal the big breach (which will be like the end of the first act I suspect). We'll see if shit picks up after that.
Heh. Yeah, it actually does. Six new zones open up, coincidentally five of the best ones, you get something pretty damn cool, and the story gets a lot more interesting too.
Also, that binary choice, while definitely a Bioware'ian thing, is actually there for a reason in DA:I, but you'll find that out pretty shortly.
I think the mission to close the breach is actually one of the game's finest ones.
Thanks for the info, I had pretty much given up on DA:I.
Flatline wrote on Jan 14, 2015, 17:46:
Well, I'm at the point where I have to seal the big breach (which will be like the end of the first act I suspect). We'll see if shit picks up after that.
Heh. Yeah, it actually does. Six new zones open up, coincidentally five of the best ones, you get something pretty damn cool, and the story gets a lot more interesting too.
Also, that binary choice, while definitely a Bioware'ian thing, is actually there for a reason in DA:I, but you'll find that out pretty shortly.
I think the mission to close the breach is actually one of the game's finest ones.
Clever Caviar wrote on Jan 14, 2015, 15:53:
Any reason why Alien Isolation gets no nods at all?
Not enough wheels greased. I like that you can tell what games they played since most of the lists look almost the same.
The winners will be the ones that pay the most for the privilege of winning another fake award.
Also Dragon Age Inquisition: I'm like 23 hours in and I get the feeling that the game hasn't really "begun" yet.
I enjoy the time I spend in the game, but I don't find myself drawn back to the game. Dragon Age always had this problem with me being "generic fantasy".
It's especially bad because I didn't spend 30 minutes creating my game states from DA:O and DA2 (all 30 minutes I spent playing DA2) and then import them, so everything is kind of bland and generic and I don't have a lot of attachment to anything. Maybe it's the nature of the ally choices. You know, the world is literally unraveling, and one faction will let the world rot because I decided that magic to fix a magical problem is probably the best solution. The binary shit is very... Bioware I guess.
But beyond that it feels like a rather milquetoast MMO. And so I don't find myself particularly drawn in.
Again, I enjoy the time I play it (until it crashes), and a patch could go a long way to fixing shit like having to walk close enough to a loot pile to look at it (seriously after 20 years you ditch the double-click to move to and activate thing?).
Well, I'm at the point where I have to seal the big breach (which will be like the end of the first act I suspect). We'll see if shit picks up after that.
I enjoy the time I spend in the game, but I don't find myself drawn back to the game. Dragon Age always had this problem with me being "generic fantasy".
It's especially bad because I didn't spend 30 minutes creating my game states from DA:O and DA2 (all 30 minutes I spent playing DA2) and then import them, so everything is kind of bland and generic and I don't have a lot of attachment to anything. Maybe it's the nature of the ally choices. You know, the world is literally unraveling, and one faction will let the world rot because I decided that magic to fix a magical problem is probably the best solution. The binary shit is very... Bioware I guess.
But beyond that it feels like a rather milquetoast MMO. And so I don't find myself particularly drawn in.
Again, I enjoy the time I play it (until it crashes), and a patch could go a long way to fixing shit like having to walk close enough to a loot pile to look at it (seriously after 20 years you ditch the double-click to move to and activate thing?).
Well, I'm at the point where I have to seal the big breach (which will be like the end of the first act I suspect). We'll see if shit picks up after that.
Fion wrote on Jan 14, 2015, 16:50:
Yea he is pretty generic. Nice to see the game for Innovation though, the Nemesis system is pretty awesome. It isn't like 'game changing' industry wise but it put a great spin on an otherwise average action game.
Oh I agree there but it made me laugh that literally the least memorable character of 2014 made it on the list for being memorable.
Even the elf-wraith wasn't particularly interesting. Considering he's the assmonkey who forged the ring (err... that's not a spoiler right? It's on the goddamn box) you'd think he'd like... be able to tell you about sauron and the hope of saving Middle Earth from ever changing and the hubris of the elves and all the other canon stuff that's actually interesting if you can get past the insanely dry origin myths of the Silmarillion.
SoM should have been a Silmarillion myth delivery system on top of the Nemesis system. It would have been more interesting.
Flatline wrote on Jan 14, 2015, 16:34:
Talion is an outstanding character?
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH... that's a good one. Dude is more generic than BEER branded beer.
http://platinumhomestaging.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/generic.jpg
I've only play SoM from the list, but I get the feeling the other characters are also just different brands of the same great 'broody and stoic' taste.
Yea he is pretty generic. Nice to see the game for Innovation though, the Nemesis system is pretty awesome. It isn't like 'game changing' industry wise but it put a great spin on an otherwise average action game.
Talion is an outstanding character?
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH... that's a good one. Dude is more generic than BEER branded beer.
http://platinumhomestaging.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/generic.jpg
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH... that's a good one. Dude is more generic than BEER branded beer.
http://platinumhomestaging.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/generic.jpg
I would happily vote Far Cry 4 if only they moved their arses and fixed the insanely bad 21:9 FOV...
Blue wrote on Jan 14, 2015, 15:40:Creston wrote on Jan 14, 2015, 15:30:
Dice as in the developer dice? Hmm, one game made with their engine...
D.I.C.E. = Show (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain)
DICE = EA developer (Digital Illusions CE)
Ah. I couldn't figure out why Dice was giving out awards anyway.
Any reason why Alien Isolation gets no nods at all?
::
Rockstar made $1 billion in 3 days with GTAV, yet they can't find the budget to port RDR to PC.
Rockstar made $1 billion in 3 days with GTAV, yet they can't find the budget to port RDR to PC.
Wallshadows wrote on Jan 14, 2015, 14:59:The only one I can see it deserving is Mobile Game of the Year...which it should get, judging by the competition.
Hearthstone should pick up a bunch of those awards but it won't.
Creston wrote on Jan 14, 2015, 15:30:
Dice as in the developer dice? Hmm, one game made with their engine...
D.I.C.E. = Show (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain)
DICE = EA developer (Digital Illusions CE)
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