Another Corker.
By Rodentia
1 Resident Evil 4 (GC)
So far out in front that it might very well be running a different race.
Not by any means a revolution for the series, this was still Resident Evil after all - complete with brainless puzzles and a rubbish story line. And the over the shoulder viewpoint turned out to be more of a cheap trick to cut your field of vision rather than the innovation that those early screenshots promised.
But fuck me. Twenty solid hours of gaming that sliced a big grin across your face. Twenty hours of going "Fuck! Yes! In the face! Ooooh Shit! Get off!
Will you get off? Holy fuck would you look at that?" Twenty hours of absolute delight.
And the graphics are quite good too. So good in fact, you think for one minute that they might actually impress your girlfriend. Or your dad. So good that they are convinced to sit down with the controller and have a go.
Then they walk into a tree and can't get round it.
Still Resident Evil. The best fun we've had all year.
Just a storming game. Everything that Resi should be.
benedictw
Great fun, great graphics not a Mario in sight.
DJ Fudge
For a short while, this was the game that made my PS2 and X-Box owning chums VERY jealous. Undoubtedly the best Gamecube title to date, I felt privileged to be playing it. Essential.
Deggy3
Because in a year obsessed with the next generation this was a vindication of the existence of an overlooked system and an underachieving franchise (in qualitative terms) that showed everyone there was more to gaming than a race to the future. Plus it had a fuckwad of zombies.
Goatboy
Hated the boss battles (booooring) but everything else was beyond compare. The most spectacular video game I've ever played.
Gorecki
Great graphics and scares. Badass bosses.
grue
Stunningly good.
Mr Anderson
Extremely tight gameplay, and looks ace. My first RE game, but I've enjoyed it so far. Would have got more than 1 had it not been so bloody hard (or maybe that shows how crap I am?)
Ryan
Cheesier than a French supermarket, but great fun and an absolute blast from start to finish.
stx
A real horror show and still a good game.
supermonkeyworld
Most of the above also apply and surely no other game managed to squeeze so much out of the little Cube. The only thing i found annoying was the Dragons Lair style dodging moments.
Xstreme
Why? It's fun, that's why. Not since Halo have I gleaned as much enjoyment from unloading a shotgun into someone's face and screaming "Take that, you fucker!" rather loudly. Ahem.
dmj
Cos It’s fuckin brilliant.
Hardeep Deol
It's brilliant.
samui
There's not anything in it that makes me go "Wow!", but it's consistently excellent all the way though.
teamonkey
The shiniest slice of gaming glee since, well, a very long time.
Daniel Robinson
All the greatness of the first game but with more juicy killings and none of those tedious puzzles that make no sense.
Pabert
Great atmosphere drags you in.
disciple
The game that made me like RE again. Just brilliant, and proof that the Cubie is still more than capable of The Business.
Foozwah
Others have gushed enough about this already, but it's the only game this year that I've actually made time in order to play it properly; truly awesome.
Jimatargoed
Just 20 great hours of gameplay. The pace doesn't drop once. A hoot all the way.
russ
Interface still shabby, but the unflinching sense of caustic, calculated horror has set a new standard for immersive gaming.
Sickboy
Shit my pants.
Whitespy
And that list in full
1. Resident Evil 4 (GC)
2. World of Warcraft (PC)
3. Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
4. Mario Kart DS (DS)
5. God of War (PS2)
6. Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (Xbox)
7. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved (Xbox 360)
8. Advance Wars DS (DS)
9. Wipeout Pure (PSP)
10. Pro Evolution 5 (Multi)
11. Everybody's Golf (PSP)
12. Wario Ware Twisted (GBA)
13. Meteos (DS)
14. Zookeeper (DS)
15. Lego Star Wars (Multi)
16. Darwinia (PC)
17. Half Life 2 (Xbox)
18. Doukoutsu Monogatari (Cave Story) (PC)
19. Electroplankton (DS)
20. Psychonauts (Xbox)
21 Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)
22 FEAR (PC)
23 Rebelstar: Tactical Command (GBA)
24 GTA: San Andreas (Xbox)
25 Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS)
Honorary Mentions
You nominated over a hundred separate games this year and, perhaps inevitably, some quality games didn’t quite make the grade. Missing the cut this year, by the barest handful of votes, were Lumines, Yoshi Touch & Go, Osu! Takkae! Ouendan!, Phoenix Wright, Civilisation IV, Everybody Loves Katamari Damacy and Quake 4 among numerous others.
The PC is your gaming platform of choice picking up 24 separate nominations and 182 votes. Of the consoles the DS was far and away your favourite with 16 games nominated. The Xbox, PS2 and Game Cube had a creditable eight games each and the PSP trickled in with just four games being nominated (although with two of those making the top 15 and the others being just outside the top 25 it scored the highest average chart position) behind the, comparatively ancient, GBA’s six nominations. What does this tell us?
Not much, other than that the original spirit is alive and well.
December 2005
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