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INDEX:
Introduction: >
Excellence in Visual Arts >
Excellence in Programming >
Excellence in Level Design >
Excellence in Game Design >
Excellence in Audio >
Original Game Character of the Year >
Game of the Year
Excellence in Visual Arts
Top Row:
Dan Arey and Evan Wells for animation in Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Fumito Ueda and team for art direction in Ico
Kazunori Yamauchi and team for modeling in Gran Turismo 3: A-spec
Bottom Row:
Lorne Lanning and Farzad Varahramyan for art direction in Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Tetsuya Mizuguchi and team for art direction in Rez
AND THE WINNER IS ... :
Ico
Hey hey hey ... off to a good start! I thought Ico would win, and guess what? IT DID!! So far I'm 100%! One for one ... hey let me rub it in now, soon I won't have any right to to.
Who’s Missing:
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Halo (tie)
Two of the best looking games of the year are not even nominated? AND ODDWORLD IS?? And Ico? And Jak & Dexter?? What the heck is going on?? Metal Gear Solid lets you destroy everything, and interact with all … and Halo is just as amazing. And Halo even supports HDTV’s, so where are they? Snubbed I tell you, snubbed.
Who Will Win:
Ico
The castle in Ico, the enemies, the characters, everything about it is enough of an artistic statement to win this award. It might be a hard battle with Rez in the mix, but Ico is one sentimental journey. The light effects are beyond belief, and the way the clothing blows in the wind will have you convinced that this is one of the best looking games ever.
Who Should Win:
Rez
Sega revives old school vectrex graphics in one of the most visually (and aurally) pleasing games you are likely to play. If the voters are daring they would see just how great the graphics in a game like Rez really are. It’s something you can simply trip out to. Which brings up an interesting question … just how many of the voters are tweakers? I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
KEEP GOING!
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