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2009 Aggie Awards

BrainiacBrainiac
edited February 2010 in General Chat
Attention, all forumites! The 2009 Aggie Award Nominees have been posted at AdventureGamers.com! So far, nominees of note include:

Tales of Monkey Island - Best Story, Best Comedy Writing, Best Gameplay, Best Animation, Best Music, Best Voice Acting, Best Third-Person PC Adventure

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition - Best Concept, Best Voice Acting

Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures - Best Graphic Design, Best Music, Best Port/Enhanced Re-release

The nominees for Best Adventure of the Year have not yet been revealed, but you can bet at least one of the above will be on the list. Unfortunately, while CSI: Deadly Intent (both standard and The Hidden Cases) and the 360 ports of both Sam & Max seasons were mentioned in the eligible games list, they don't appear to gave garnered any nominations (which I suppose is not entirely unexpected).

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  • HaydenHayden
    edited February 2010
    Alright guys, reader's choice poll is up and it's ending soon. So get VOTING!!!!one

    http://adventuregamers.com/article/id,1127
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited February 2010
    I gave most of my votes to either Tales or Wallace and Gromit, with a couple to Blackwell and Time Gentlemen, Please as well.
  • HaydenHayden
    edited February 2010
    I voted for Tales in every category that it had a nomination in.
  • BrainiacBrainiac
    edited February 2010
    The first day of awards has been posted.

    Best Story: Tales of Monkey Island (Reviewers' and Readers' Choice)
    Best Comedy Writing: Tales of Monkey Island (Reviewers' and Readers' Choice)
    Best Drama Writing: The Blackwell Convergence (Reviewers' and Readers' Choice)
    Best Gameplay: Tales of Monkey Island (Reviewers' Choice) and Machinarium (Readers' Choice)
    Best Concept: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Reviewers' Choice) and Machinarium (Readers' Choice)

    Not bad so far, but the slight preview at the end indicates ToMI dominance is not going to continue into the next two days. Still, I'd say the series has done pretty well already.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited February 2010
    Machinarium definitely deserved the awards the readers gave it far more than Tales did. I would hope that Tales wouldn't win across the board, other titles did some things a good deal better than it did, and they deserve accolades for their achievements.

    For story, it was close(in my mind) between Silent Hill and Tales, but I eventually chose Tales.

    Comedy writing had Tales up against some really good competition, but again I have to say I preferred Tales in the writing department in the end.
  • HaydenHayden
    edited February 2010
    Tales must win Best Voice Acting and Best Music though.
  • AvistewAvistew
    edited February 2010
    I only voted for Tales for best voice acting and best comedy, if I recall. I might have voted for best music, but I'd have to remember what the other choices were.
  • HaydenHayden
    edited February 2010
    I voted for it in almost every category it was nominated in because I'm biased.
  • AvistewAvistew
    edited February 2010
    I kinda felt bad for voting altogether... Like, I voted Tales as best voice acting, but I hadn't played all of the games that competed, so was that really fair? Maybe there was a better one I hadn't even tried.

    Some categories I just didn't vote at all because I didn't know enough of the competing games.
  • Macfly77Macfly77 Moderator
    edited February 2010
    Today was the first day of Adventure Gamers' Aggie Awards.
    So far, the results in 5 categories have been announced and Tales of Monkey Island won the awards in the 3 categories in which it was nominated (best story, best writing/comedy and best gameplay), as well as people's choice awards in 2 of those categories (Machinarium won best gameplay).
    The result in 6 categories will be announced tomorrow and an additional 7 on Friday (including best adventure of 2009).
    Go TOMI!
  • BrainiacBrainiac
    edited February 2010
    The second set of awards has been posted.

    Best Setting: Emerald City Confidential (Reviewers' Choice) and Machinarium (Readers' Choice)
    Best Graphic Design: Machinarium (Reviewers' and Readers' Choice)
    Best Animation: Machinarium (Reviewers' and Readers' Choice)
    Best Music: Machinarium (Reviewers' Choice) and Tales of Monkey Island (Readers' Choice)
    Best Voice Acting: Tales of Monkey Island (Reviewers' and Readers' Choice)
    Best Sound Design: Dark Fall: Lost Souls (Reviewers' Choice) and Tales of Monkey Island (Readers' Choice)

    I kind of expected Machinarium to dominate the visual awards.
  • GinnyNGinnyN
    edited February 2010
    haydenwce27 wrote: »
    I voted for it in almost every category it was nominated in because I'm biased.

    I totally crack up with your honesty.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited February 2010
    As far as setting goes, Machinarium is easily #1 for me. For graphic design, I would have been happy with Machinarium or Wallace and Gromit won, because both did something pretty great in terms of visuals. It's harder to say with animation. While Tales was great with 3D animation, and really employed some great techniques in that realm, Machinarium basically told EVERYTHING with the animation. It's hard to compete with that kind of brilliance that comes from extreme focus.

    Music is another contested one, between Wallace and Gromit and Machinarium. Machinarium is the definite winner, but Wallace and Gromit's music is close behind. Tales is good, but just not great, at least not all the time.

    Voice acting would go to Telltale hands-down, no matter the series. They have always had extremely top-notch voice acting in all of their games.

    Not sure I honestly have an opinion on sound design, I don't think I voted in that one. I've never really "noticed" sound design as an outstanding element, good or bad. I might be inclined to say Machinarium(again) due to the amazing atmosphere, all the creaking bits and the robotic world communicating without a line of speech.

    ...Anyone notice that I liked Machinarium?
  • Macfly77Macfly77 Moderator
    edited February 2010
    Day 2 of the Aggies.
    Machinarium was more successful than yesterday, but TOMI still nabbed a few awards, winning the award for best voice acting and the readers' choice awards for best music, best voice acting and best sound design.
    Bring on day 3!
  • HaydenHayden
    edited February 2010
    haydenwce27 wrote: »
    Tales must win Best Voice Acting and Best Music though.
    Brainiac wrote: »
    The second set of awards has been posted.

    Best Setting: Emerald City Confidential (Reviewers' Choice) and Machinarium (Readers' Choice)
    Best Graphic Design: Machinarium (Reviewers' and Readers' Choice)
    Best Animation: Machinarium (Reviewers' and Readers' Choice)
    Best Music: Machinarium (Reviewers' Choice) and Tales of Monkey Island (Readers' Choice)
    Best Voice Acting: Tales of Monkey Island (Reviewers' and Readers' Choice)
    Best Sound Design: Dark Fall: Lost Souls (Reviewers' Choice) and Tales of Monkey Island (Readers' Choice)

    I kind of expected Machinarium to dominate the visual awards.

    Ha! Whaddaya know.
  • wefeelgroovewefeelgroove
    edited February 2010
    Whoops, forgot to vote. Though it's nice to see Machinarium getting lots of love. It deserves it.
  • Macfly77Macfly77 Moderator
    edited February 2010
    Day 3 of the Aggies and a few more wins for TOMI.
    Best Third-Person PC Adventure: website and readers' choice awards
    and, last but not least...
    Best adventure: website and readers' choice awards!
    Final tally: 6 Aggies and 7 readers' choice awards for Tales of Monkey Island!
    Kudos to Telltale!
    Now, let Sam & Max rule the 2010 Aggies!
  • HaydenHayden
    edited February 2010
    Yes! Tales of Monkey Island - Best Adventure of the Year!!
  • Macfly77Macfly77 Moderator
    edited February 2010
    Telltale follow themselves one year after Sam & Max Season Two took home the Aggie for Best Adventure of the Year.
    They also won as many Aggies and 2 more readers' choice awards than last year (TOMI won 6 Aggies and 7 readers' choice awards one year after Sam & Max's 5 Aggies and 5 readers' choice awards and Strong Bad's one Aggie).
    Aggies 2010: the year of Sam & Max Season Three?
  • HaydenHayden
    edited February 2010
    Macfly77 wrote: »
    Aggies 2010: the year of Sam & Max Season Three?

    The year of Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island?
  • Harald BHarald B
    edited February 2010
    Book of Unwritten Tales (english dub) too, so there will be stiff competition.
  • tmsmyth4tmsmyth4
    edited February 2010
    hurray for machinarium, thoroughly deserved. I enjoyed this more than any adventure game of the last 10 years, let alone 2009. cant praise this game highly enough-even being stuck was a pleasure, with such beautiful music and artwork to admire.
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited February 2010
    Harald B wrote: »
    Book of Unwritten Tales (english dub) too, so there will be stiff competition.

    The 2010 Adventure Gamers awards are going to be interesting, I think. Lots of stuff coming out which is pretty high profile in the AG community. Over on the AG forum they listed off an impressive handful of titles coming out this year.
  • Macfly77Macfly77 Moderator
    edited February 2010
    They mention potential front-runners for the Aggies 2010 in the thread about this year's Aggies but no one's mentioned Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm or Nick Bounty Season One yet. ;)
  • ChemBroChemBro
    edited February 2010
    Jake wrote: »
    The 2010 Adventure Gamers awards are going to be interesting, I think. Lots of stuff coming out which is pretty high profile in the AG community. Over on the AG forum they listed off an impressive handful of titles coming out this year.

    And that's a good sign. :D Thought a (long) while ago, that adventure games are dead....
  • KromsKroms
    edited February 2010
    I wouldn't be surprised if Portal 2 came-out this year. Well, knowing Valve, late 2010 is what they will actually aim for and miss, so maybe not.

    Anyways, Erik Wolpaw would be pretty tough competition in any year. That guy can write like - well, like nobody's business. If the next Monkey game comes-out in the same year Portal 2 does - yeah, that would be interesting to see.
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