Gamespot's Best and Worst Games of 2001 Awards

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Mon 04/02/02 at 13:36

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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!!

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Mon 04/02/02 at 14:39

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Prawn Star wrote:
> Is FFX already out?

Only in Japan and the U.S, these are awards from an American Site.