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"Gamespot's Best and Worst Games of 2001 Awards"

Gamespot tweaked/updated their top games of the year with a video and a few bits here and there. To save going through countless pages or hearing it through a fuzzy video here are the reults.

(Nominees listed below the award type)

-Best Music
Frequency (PS2)
Grand Theft Auto 3 (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
Super Smash Bros: Melee (GC)
Mat Hoffmans pro Bmx (PS1)

Winner- Metal Gear Solid 2

-Best Sound
Halo (Xbox)
Grand Theft Auto 3 (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
Gran Turismo 3 (PS2)
Soul Reaver 2 (PS2)

Winner-Sour Reaver 2

-Best Story
Final Fantasy X (PS2)
Conker’s Bad Fur Day (N64)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
Max Payne (PS2)
Ace Combat 4 (PS2)

Winner-Final Fantasy X

-Best Graphics, Technical
Dead or Alive 3 (Xbox)
Final Fantasy X (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
Max Payne (PS2)
Gran Turismo 3 (PS2)

Winner-Dead or Alive 3 (Xbox)

-Best Graphics, Artistic
ICO (PS2)
Twisted Metal Black (PS2)
Final Fantasy X (PS2)
Max Payne (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)

Winner- ICO
[Where is Silent Hill 2!!!!]

-Most Innovative
Grand Theft Auto 3 (PS2)
Frequency (PS2)
Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast)
Pikmin (GC)
Typing of the dead (Dreamcast)

Winner-Grand Theft Auto 3

-Best game no one played
Victorious Boxers (PS2)
Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves (Dreamcast)
Frequency (PS2)
Metal Slug X (PS1)
Saiyuki (Xbox)

Winner-Victorious boxers

-Best in game water
Wave Race: Blue Storm (GC)
Balder’s gate dark alliance (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
Splashdown (PS2)
Transworld Surf (PS2)

Winner-Wave Race:Blue Storm

-Biggest Surprise
Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
Advance Wars (GBA)
Grand Theft Auto 3 (PS2)
Tony Hawk pro skater 2 (GBA)
Zelda gamecube’s new look

Winner-Metal Gear Solid 2

-Best Action Adventure game
Castlevania: Circle of the moon (GBA)
Devil May Cry (PS2)
Grand Theft Auto 3 (PS2
Resident Evil:CVX (PS2)

Winner-Grand Theft Auto 3

-Best Driving
Extreme G3 (PS2
Gran Turismo 3 (PS2)
Project Gotham racing (Xbox)
Rumble Racing (PS2)
Wave Race: Blue storm (GC)

Winner-Gran Turismo 3

-Best Role Playing game
Balder’s gate: Dark Alliance (PS2)
Final Fantasy X (PS2)
Golden Sun (GBA)
Paper Mario (N64)
Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast)

Winner-Final Fantasy X

-Best Music/Rhythm game
Dance Dance Revolution (PS1)
Frequency (PS2)

Winner-Frequency

-Best Platform game
Conker’s Bad Fur Day (N64)
Jak and Daxter (PS2)
Klonoa 2 (PS2)
Rayman Revolution (PS2)
Warioland 4 (GBA)

Winner-Conker’s bad fur day

-Best Sports, Traditional
Fifa 2002 (PS2)
Madden NFL 2002 (PS2)
NBA 2K2 (Dreamcast)
NFL 2K2 (PS2)
NHL 2002 (PS2)

Winner-NBA 2K2

-Best Sports, Alternative
NBA Street (PS2)
SSX Tricky (PS2)
Tony Hawk’s pro skater 2 (GBA)
Tony Hawk’s pro skater 2X (Xbox)
Tony Hawk’s pro skater 3 (PS2)

Winner- Tony Hawk’s pro skater 3 (PS2)

-Best Fighting game
Capcom vs SNK (PS2)
Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves (Dreamcast)
Guilty Gear X (Xbox)
Street Fighter 2:Turbo’s Revival (GBA)
Super Smash Bros: Melee (GC)

Winner- Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves

-Best Shooting game
Ace Combat 4 (PS2)
Halo (Xbox)
Max Payne (PS2)
Star Wars :Rogue Leader 2 (GC)
Twisted Metal Black (PS2)

Winner-Halo

-Most Disappointing game
Luigi’s Mansion (GC)
The Bouncer (PS2)
Agent Under Fire (PS2)
Zone of the Enders (PS2)
Dead or Alive 3 (Xbox)

Winner/Loser- Luigi’s Mansion

-Worst Game of 2001
Kabuki Warriors (Xbox)
Jerermy Mcgrath’s supercross world (PS2)
Kiss Pinball (PS1)
Paris Dakar Rally (PS2)
Tetris Worlds (GBA)

Winner/Loser- Kabuki Warriors (Xbox)

-Best Dreamcast game
NBA 2K2
NFL 2002
Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves
Phantasy Star Online
Unreal Tournament

Winner-Phantasy Star Online

-Best Gamecube game
Pikmin
Star Wars
Super Monkey Ball
Super Smash Bros: Melee
Tony Hawk’s pro skater 3

Winner-Super Smash Bros: Melee

-Best Xbox Game
Halo
Madden NFL 2002
May Payne
Project Gotham Racing
SSX: Tricky

Winner-Halo

-Best PS2 Game
Final Fantasy X
Gran Turismo 3
Grand Theft Auto 3
Metal Gear Solid 2
Tony Hawk’s pro skater 3

Winner-Grand Theft Auto 3

-Best N64 game
Conker’s Bad Fur Day
Dr Mario
Madden NFL 2002
Paper Mario
Tony Hawk’s pro skater 2

Winner-Paper Mario

-Best PS1 game
Dance Dance Revolution
Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix
Final Fantasy Chronicles
Metal Slug X
Tony Hawk’s pro skater 3

Winner-Tony Hawk’s pro skater 3

-Best GBA game
Advance Wars
Castlevania: Circle of the moon
Golden Sun
Tony Hawk’s pro skater 2
Wario Land 4

-Best GBC game
Dragon Warrior 3
Mario Tennis
Pokemon Crystal
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of seasons

Winner-Legend of Zelda: Oracle of seasons

Top Ten Overall
10) Super Smash Bros:Melee (GC)
9) Twisted Metal Black (PS2)
8) Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast)
7) Final Fantasy X (PS2)
6) Max Payne (PS2)
5) Gran Turismo 3 (PS2)
4) Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
3) Halo (Xbox)
2) Tony Hawk’s pro skater 3 (PS2)
1) Grand Theft Auto 3 (PS2)


Someone please tell me why Silent Hill 2 was completly overlooked!!

Res

MGS2 biggest surprise?

I heard it had a few plot twists I doubt it had the same blow over effect of GTA3 appearing out of nowhere (only Bonus saw that one coming...) and Celda...

Raiden didn't cause half the uproar that Link's new round face did... :-D

Ant wrote:
> Damn, sorry about that.

Anyone notice that in the top 10 the only GC game was
> Smash Bros, which came in 10th...although I guess it's only been out a month or
> so.

Is Halo really as good as they say it is??

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I would say no, but that's cause I couldn't get my hands round that damn dinner plate of a control. Great looks though!

oops missed the winning GBA game, It was advance wars :-)

Damn, sorry about that.

Anyone notice that in the top 10 the only GC game was Smash Bros, which came in 10th...although I guess it's only been out a month or so.

Is Halo really as good as they say it is??

MGS2 got best music???!!

Brilliant!! Excellent!! I'm really chuffed about it, because one of the reasons MGS is my favourite game of all time is the amazing soundtrack.

Dammit, roll on March!!

MGS2 got best music???!!

Brilliant!! Excellent!! I'm really chuffed about it, because one of the reasons MGS is my favourite game of all time is the amazing soundtrack.

Dammit, roll on March!!

For once I agree.

I suppose I should expand on that a little.

Really though, the others didn't stand a chance, with the GameCube and Xbox only out for a few months. Better luck next year Nintendo!

Wow, the PS2 picked up a lot of gongs.

How many games have Gamespot given full marks to? Highest I can see for the N64 is Zelda which they gave 10, and Perfect dark got 9.9.