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  • handsomeboy1996

    Posted Jul 16, 2009 5:44 am PT

    i think soul calibur iv is better
    and advanced war rocks!

  • saevon

    Posted Jul 15, 2009 7:36 pm PT

    AN COM ON MORTAL KOMBAT VS. DC UNIVERSE SHOULD HAVE WON BEST FIGHTING

  • saevon

    Posted Jul 15, 2009 7:35 pm PT

    I NO LITTLE BIG PLANET IS THE BEST

  • Ace2206

    Posted Jul 12, 2009 8:56 pm PT

    I gotta say gamestops choices this for 2008 were really bad. The other games they enlisted were better than the ones they chose. They chose Braid over Mirrors Edge or Little Big Planet!

  • 1DerekR1

    Posted Jul 2, 2009 8:07 am PT

    I'd have said SC IV was the best fighter. It's much deeper than SSB.

  • boyd803

    Posted Jun 29, 2009 11:28 pm PT

    definitely not jumper

  • mdt_papa

    Posted Jun 27, 2009 6:14 am PT

    wrong gta IVbest action /adventure game

  • carlHCjr2

    Posted Jun 22, 2009 4:30 pm PT

    MEtal GEAR SOLID???????
    Im tired of that game

  • carlHCjr2

    Posted Jun 22, 2009 4:29 pm PT

    Mortal combat vs DC universe RULEZ

  • nikola96

    Posted Jun 19, 2009 4:50 am PT

    Mortal combat vs DC universe RULEZ

  • 1995_1996_1997

    Posted May 29, 2009 3:38 am PT

    mgs4 rulez

  • jagus12

    Posted May 7, 2009 6:00 pm PT

    What does Gamespot has with Braid... I mean, its a good, funny game, but no way its over Little Big Planet...

  • NoctisLucis

    Posted May 7, 2009 1:16 am PT

    dont get on Braid to but comon, how many games you know like MGS4? .......of course it deserve all the prices becouse it was a game develope over and over again in the same base achiving somthing close to perfection, hope that teams like the ones from dead space, and assasins creed , and some other good ones, get some similar philosophy so the overall game standard open the door to improve instead of get stuked in repetitive unoriginal works who just try to be a good money making chance.

    good games always have that extra lucid hand who knows what to do in my opinion. like all good work needs a master craftman who guides eaither this is film music or make a dam violin !!

  • hapydirtyhippie

    Posted May 4, 2009 10:38 pm PT

    i really dont see whats so great about braid

  • emkplayboy6

    Posted Apr 20, 2009 11:08 am PT

    Just got this game cant wait to play it, only spend 30 bux! weeeeeeeeeeee

  • kd_kash

    Posted Apr 18, 2009 10:45 pm PT

    MEtal GEAR SOLID???????
    Im tired of that game

  • CitrisLightning

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 5:46 pm PT

    What Braid above Little Big Planet. Come on Really.

  • mayceV

    Posted Mar 27, 2009 10:11 am PT

    oh and little big planet how could I have forgotten?

  • mayceV

    Posted Mar 27, 2009 10:09 am PT

    braid developers must have payed GS a lot of money to put them on top of mirrors edge and prince of persia

  • penguins227

    Posted Mar 22, 2009 2:07 pm PT

    Audiosurf was the best!!! Rock band 2 just had more songs... audiosurf's concept could not have been improved more. You could choose any song!! It was made by a random student, not a big company!! That is awesome in itself!

  • Lacrosse3

    Posted Mar 19, 2009 5:52 pm PT

    Dead Space is the way to go bro.

  • acfjosh

    Posted Mar 15, 2009 10:20 am PT

    Why didnt crisis core win anything or god of war

  • pigpen4483

    Posted Mar 14, 2009 7:37 pm PT

    omg sooooooooo many good games for the best shooter cat. I would have gone with either crysis or gears 2, but left 4 dead was super awesome also

  • foxnassif

    Posted Mar 12, 2009 9:07 am PT

    harkosh ebn farkosh ma et2alesh 3aleh 7omar yeb2a man yakoon

  • wiiwiiwii22

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 2:55 pm PT

    que chilero

  • nerdboyxx

    Posted Mar 2, 2009 10:48 pm PT

    and aha braid won how the hell did that happen when it was up against mirrors edge AND lbp man these are rigged arent they.

  • nerdboyxx

    Posted Mar 2, 2009 10:45 pm PT

    omfg msg won again this is rigged! just because it was made back when old people actually had hair doesnt mean it deserves every award omg...

  • ss4brolyupth

    Posted Mar 1, 2009 2:51 pm PT

    braid common realy realy

  • EH_CC

    Posted Feb 22, 2009 8:45 pm PT

    I'll be honest, I have no idea how Braid beat out Mirror's Edge which i thought was friggin' brilliant. Shocking

  • sk8erwarlock

    Posted Feb 20, 2009 8:09 pm PT

    How did braid win platformer of the year?

  • faizsadasd

    Posted Feb 17, 2009 12:22 pm PT

    lol,i have all the ones that one i bought all at the same time

  • ACE-414

    Posted Feb 15, 2009 5:34 am PT

    i'm surprised Resistance 2 didn't win, it's a really good game (i'm not saying Left 4 Dead is rubbish, because that's a good game as well). As for best racer i'm sure MotorStorm: Pacific Rift or Race Driver: GRID would've won if Burnout wasn't there. And how the hell did 'Braid' beat 'Little Big Planet' that's got to be a fix

  • ACE-414

    Posted Feb 15, 2009 5:21 am PT

    i think Metal Gear Solid 4 is one of the best games there

  • welshy023

    Posted Feb 8, 2009 10:41 pm PT

    good choices

  • MandoWolf

    Posted Feb 1, 2009 4:53 pm PT

    These rankings and game of the year award are rigged.

  • geedotherodian

    Posted Jan 29, 2009 5:22 pm PT

    personally i would classify brawl as a party game before a fighting game. Dont get me wrong i love game and watch but i dont think of it as a serious fighting game.

  • inodou

    Posted Jan 22, 2009 4:05 pm PT

    I think professor layton and the curious village deserves the first place for the puzzle genre and i dont think the solar empire one looked as good as sid meiers civilization revolution in the rts genre

  • Hellfireknight

    Posted Jan 21, 2009 6:18 pm PT

    I don't totally agree with all of this, but I also didn't play all of these games. Personally my game of the year would have to be Fallout 3.

  • diddy101

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 3:27 pm PT

    Alll exellent choices very well thought out. I love Dead Space, SSBB, Burnout Paradise and MGS4 (my personal favourites.) The only suggestion should be for Little big planet to take the second place mark and for No more heroes to step down a couple of podiums.

  • DemonicFever

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 11:14 am PT

    Super Smash Bros Brawl totaly earned it's place.

  • sonicr2u

    Posted Jan 18, 2009 7:40 am PT

    The best platformer of my choice would be LittleBigPlanet. But besides that good choices!

  • davewilliams05

    Posted Jan 17, 2009 2:03 pm PT

    it sounds bruce campbell. also to all those ppl who are confused about braid winning, it really is a special game, but LBP is still great also, but is missing something.

  • brunoxDxD

    Posted Jan 15, 2009 9:06 am PT

    xD

  • Wolf-Chief posted Jan 15, 2009 5:00 am PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    Wolf-Chief

    Posted Jan 15, 2009 5:00 am PT (hide)

    why do they nominate stupid games like braid,instead of mk vs dc they choosed super mario bro. brawl

  • eanselk

    Posted Jan 13, 2009 2:31 pm PT

    Battlefield Bad Company shoulda been in the nominees at least.

  • booty56

    Posted Jan 11, 2009 8:39 am PT

    mgs4 and rock band 2 both rule... i wish they added cod 5

  • HassenNjah

    Posted Jan 10, 2009 9:32 am PT

    i knew that i made the right choice when i bought my xbox 360 not a ps3

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