gamepro.com — It's not easy to choose between two obvious Game of the Year candidates, but in reality, not everyone can afford to buy every game out there. So we pose the question: If you had to choose, would you buy BioShock or Halo 3? We break each game down into eight categories to see who emerges victorious.
Oct 11, 2007 View in Crawl 4
d4n747Oct 13, 2007
Actually, I would buy the Orange Box.
katana314Oct 13, 2007
VALVe created Portal. Also, let me try to list out what Episode 2 did that was new.-Introduced a new agile and strong enemy that has a special weakness to the gravity gun (reviewers seemed to love fighting him)-Introduced a new car with better handling-Added a radar system to said car-Introduced the concept of tossing chopper bombs back at the chopper.-Came up with new music (Half-Life has no "main theme" or "remixes"...coughrehashescough)-Added a Fast Zombie torso (admittedly seems very small to me, but makes for a few nice moments in the game. A small thing coming at you so fast is pretty freaky)-Allowed Vortigaunts to fight with you as allies, and included a gameplay mechanic to finish off antlions they stun.-Introduced a new type of antlion; the poison worker.-Has three new area types; antlion caves, woodlands, and radioactive swamps. Most full-length games seem to have...one.-Every physics puzzle is very new, involving delaying an elevator with more materials, and using a grenade to power a non-coded catapult.Whereas Halo...in all honesty all I see is more shooting.Let's not forget many people who compare TF2 and H3 multiplayer often prefer the former, including CAD. "I'd take this over a Halo any day."
krisjanisOct 14, 2007
i think everyone is missing the brilliant games like vampire rain and Tenchu Z with their groundbreaking graphics and superior gameplay they deserve to be GOTY *buried*
mointrigueOct 15, 2007
It seems silly to be trying to figure out GOTY this early. I'd wait until we've seen the release of Mass Effect, as it looks like it could be a contender as well.
smallzeeOct 17, 2007
what?
smallzeeOct 17, 2007
Halo 2 wasn't in the running...
cyberdependentOct 24, 2007
Oh, that's just a mean thing to say about a person! ;-) I haven't played an RTS since Starcraft, and havn't played an FF since FFI on the NES.