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The Insomnia Awards (1962-2017)

Unread postby icycalm » 13 May 2017 17:02

I think I already have a thread about this, but can't find it right now. If anyone can find it let me know, so we can see what I have put in there, but in any case I wanted a new thread to make a clean start on this, because it's going to be a hell of a project.

The idea is to supplement the GOTY feature with a feature that recognizes achievement in several categories, such as art direction, graphics, music, sound, etc. So the purpose of this thread is first of all to figure out what these categories should be, and then to populate them with titles from 1962 to 2017 and beyond. I envisage this feature going live sometime before the end of the year -- three-four months before would be nice, so that by the time the scam sites start publishing their lists lots of people will be aware of the Insomnia one, and link it in the comments sections/discussion threads for all the scam lists.

So I am going to kick this off with a bunch of choices, and we can take it from there. It's gonna be a hell of a massive list that will stretch my knowledge to the limit, so suggestions will be very welcome.

2017
Best art: Zelda no Densetsu: Breath of the Wild
Best graphics: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Best music: Divinity: Original Sin II
Best sound: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Best acting: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Best voice acting: For Honor
Best story: No Truce With The Furies

Best free-roaming: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Best VR: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Best co-op: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Best versus: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

Best RPG: No Truce With The Furies
Best adventure: No Truce With The Furies
Best action: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Best shooter: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Best brawler: Nioh
Best strategy: Endless Space 2
Best tactics: Divinity: Original Sin II
Best sim: Ace Combat 7
Best FTG: For Honor
Best STG: Nex Machina
Best racing: Forza Motorsport 7
Best sports:
Best 2.5D: Nex Machina
Best 2D: Hollow Knight

Best handheld: Zelda no Densetsu: Breath of the Wild

Best developer: Ubisoft Paris
Best publisher: Ubisoft

Best hardware: Project Scorpio
Best app: Cemu

Best store: Steam
Best online service: Steam

Best publication: Insomnia
Best message board: Insomnia
Best critic: Alex Kierkegaard

Best clan: The Cult
Best player: icycalm
Best streamer: icycalm


2016
Best art: Persona 5
Best graphics: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Best music: Doom (2016)
Best sound:
Best acting:
Best voice acting: Darkest Dungeon
Best story:

Best free-roaming: Watch Dogs 2
Best VR: Batman: Arkham VR

Best co-op: Tiger Knight: Empire War
Best versus: Tiger Knight: Empire War

Best RPG: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Best adventure: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Best action: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Best shooter: Titanfall 2
Best brawler: Berserk Musou
Best strategy: Sid Meier's Civilization VI
Best tactics: Tiger Knight: Empire War
Best sim:
Best FTG: Street Fighter V
Best STG:
Best racing: Forza Horizon 3
Best sports: Steep
Best 2.5D: Street Fighter V
Best 2D: Darkest Dungeon

Best handheld:

Best developer: NetDragon
Best publisher: Oasis

Best hardware: HTC Vive
Best app:

Best store: Steam
Best online service: Steam

Best publication: Insomnia
Best message board: Insomnia
Best critic: Alex Kierkegaard

Best clan: The Cult
Best player: icycalm
Best streamer:


2015
Best sound: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Best co-op: Dying Light
Best versus: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Best handheld: Fire Emblem If

Best app: Discord

Best strategy: Planetary Annihilation: Titans
Best tactics: Planetary Annihilation: Titans


2014
Best art: Planetary Annihilation
Best music: Planetary Annihilation
Best sound: Alien: Isolation

Best VR: Alien: Isolation

Best co-op: Divinity: Original Sin
Best versus: Planetary Annihilation

Best RPG: Divinity: Original Sin
Best strategy: Planetary Annihilation
Best tactics: Planetary Annihilation


2013
Best music: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Best brawler: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance


2009
Best art: Demon's Souls


2006
Best art: Ookami

Best brawler: God Hand
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Unread postby icycalm » 15 May 2017 14:25

Replaced For Honor with PUBG for best versus in 2017, and added For Honor as best FTG.

I will mainly focus on fully populating the 2017 list first, and the work backwards year by year.
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Unread postby icycalm » 15 May 2017 14:59

Starting to flesh out the categories, as you can see from the 2017 entries. Found some categories by taking a look at this: http://thegameawards.com/nominees/

Still considering what other categories to add.
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Unread postby icycalm » 15 May 2017 15:04

Added a best publication category lol. It will be Insomnia all the way back to circa 2005, so it will be a boring category for the later years, but then it will get more interesting, as you go further back, because I will add Postback, Insert Credit, and so on, and further back sites like IGN and GameSpot (they were good around the turn of the century), and even further back magazines.
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Unread postby icycalm » 15 May 2017 18:35

I made some wild guesses and filled up 2017 completely. Still trying to think of more categories, but I am quite pleased with the ones I have up now. Other sites have stupid stuff like "best story" or "best voice acting", and I have seen nothing that approaches the breadth and depth of categories I've come up with so far.
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Unread postby icycalm » 15 May 2017 18:47

I even know for sure which has the best voice acting for 2017: For Honor. Play the campaign and you'll see. There could be a better title released on that front later in the year (or out already, for all I know), but it'd be a tall order.
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Unread postby earthboundtrev » 17 May 2017 13:51

Is this the other thread you were talking about icy?
http://culture.vg/forum/topic?t=5128
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Unread postby icycalm » 17 May 2017 14:04

Nope, I think I had another thread where I listed categories for awards for specific games, exactly like this one, with just less -- but still valuable -- content.
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