Attracting, and captivating, as many non-gamers as Wii Sports does is an achievement in itself. Having lasting appeal beyond the first few moments of your Wii's life, being an enjoyable single player pursuit, and being just so much fun make this truly unmissable.
Runner Up: Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
PS2 Game of the Year
Winner: Guitar Hero II
Synopses: Aaron Auzins
The sequel to the 2005 hit stands atop the mountain of quality titles released for the Playstation 2 system this year. While our other nominees are fresh and excellently executed concepts, nothing has the pick-up-and-play, casual appeal of Guitar Hero that converts even the most jaded non-gamer.
Packed with extremely recognizable songs that feature more variety than its predecessor as well as adding new multiplayer and training modes, Guitar Hero II should be a staple of any party and will keep dedicated players shredding into the night.
Runner Up: Bully
PS3 Game of the Year
Winner: Resistance: Fall of Man
Synopses: Ken Edwards
After trudging through all the next-gen ports at the launch of Sony's PS3, it is refreshing to come across an exclusive first person shooter to take out our aggressions on. Resistance shows off the power of the PS3 in a story driven single player campaign, plus massive 40-player online matches.
By far the best launch title, and PS3 game of 2006, Resistance might well be the tops for the system for some time. Online play is silky smooth and offers loads of diverse play. And lets face it, no one does weapons better than Insomniac.
Runner Up: Ridge Racer 7
PSP Game of the Year
Winner: Loco Roco
Synopses: Sean Dwyer
It's been a tough year for Sony's PSP handheld system. Despite its impressive hardware and wide array of multimedia functionality, the PSP has still ultimately failed to catch on with consumers.
Some might argue that Nintendo's stranglehold on the handheld market is unbreakable, but the real problem with the PSP seemed to be the lack of a killer app. Oh sure, there's been a couple of Grand Theft Auto games, and this year finally brought with it a non-card Metal Gear Solid title, but there's still been very little to set the PSP apart from any of Sony's other consoles.
LocoRoco may not be the kind of game that sells systems, but it is one of the first truly unique game play experiences for the PSP that you simply can't get anywhere else. What, at first glance, might have appeared to be a Katamari clone, actually turned out to be a fun and original platformer with a style all its own.
Article comments
1 - Phillip Winn
I really enjoyed Sketchfighter on the Mac, but it really isn't in the same league as Civ 4. Decent picks overall.
2 - sunny
plz send me magazine of ps2 games plz plz plz