jacyp
Winter Lover
Hey guys, I'm surprised I didn't see this posted here, since Greg usually post this kind of stuff in all forums related to Civ 5.
The game won a Video Game BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Award in the category "Strategy": http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/video-games-awards-nominees-in-2010,1656,BA.html#jump11
So I was wondering what you guys think about this?
I will copy my opinion from 2K forums:
This is the list of the contenders of the category:
I really wonder what Fallout is doing there, since it's an FPS (or TPS, according to your preferences) mixed with open world RPG.
The presence of FIFA Manager are also debatable since the sports games have their own category and Football Manager 2011 is there along with other sport games, so there's no reason for FIFA Manager (who compete directly with FM 2011) to be in a Strategy category.
That leave us with 3 games where the action is real time, and 1 game where the action is turn based. We all know very well that a lot of gamers love TBS while disgust RTS and vice versa, and that's exactly why we, the ones who know games, classify such games in different categories: it's a different kind of fun, it's a different effort from the player, it's a different strategy thinking, it's a different pace.
1,2,3 strikes, this "award" is out. I don't think whoever organized this mess have any idea about games at all, I wonder who votes in this award and what are the criteria.
But even if we are to discuss who's the best with the games on the list, even Plants vs. Zombies (a tower defense, for those who don't know) is way more entertaining than Civ 5 on its release. Also, SC 2, with all its demerits, was at least finished when it was released.
So while I don't believe in any type of scheme to give this award to Civ 5, I do believe that people who organized such award has little real knowledge of games, given the anomalies that I can see.
The game won a Video Game BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Award in the category "Strategy": http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/video-games-awards-nominees-in-2010,1656,BA.html#jump11
So I was wondering what you guys think about this?
I will copy my opinion from 2K forums:
This is the list of the contenders of the category:
I really wonder what Fallout is doing there, since it's an FPS (or TPS, according to your preferences) mixed with open world RPG.
The presence of FIFA Manager are also debatable since the sports games have their own category and Football Manager 2011 is there along with other sport games, so there's no reason for FIFA Manager (who compete directly with FM 2011) to be in a Strategy category.
That leave us with 3 games where the action is real time, and 1 game where the action is turn based. We all know very well that a lot of gamers love TBS while disgust RTS and vice versa, and that's exactly why we, the ones who know games, classify such games in different categories: it's a different kind of fun, it's a different effort from the player, it's a different strategy thinking, it's a different pace.
1,2,3 strikes, this "award" is out. I don't think whoever organized this mess have any idea about games at all, I wonder who votes in this award and what are the criteria.
But even if we are to discuss who's the best with the games on the list, even Plants vs. Zombies (a tower defense, for those who don't know) is way more entertaining than Civ 5 on its release. Also, SC 2, with all its demerits, was at least finished when it was released.
So while I don't believe in any type of scheme to give this award to Civ 5, I do believe that people who organized such award has little real knowledge of games, given the anomalies that I can see.
