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Castle Crashers is XBLA game of the year Comments by Tom Bramwell

24 March, 2009

HD Remix also celebrated, but no GeoWars!

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bad09
24/03/09 @ 08:35
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FIX!
menage
24/03/09 @ 08:36
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Pff, Braid pooped all over it. CC was fun for the couple of nights it lasted. Braid will stick with me for a long time.
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DFawkes
24/03/09 @ 08:44
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I've never saw the attraction of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, I don't think it's that good. Certainly not better than any of the winners, but that is just my opinion.

Nice to see Braid get at least one nod, as well as Portal.
espadachin
24/03/09 @ 08:59
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good, loved castle crashers, voted for it.
LazyDan
24/03/09 @ 09:02
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Tough call, but overall I agree with those results. I disagree with menage, although Braid was one of the best games I've ever played - once it was done, it was done. Castle Crashers remains excellent multiplayer hilarity to this day.

For me, XBLA was the platform of choice last year by a mile.
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metalangel
24/03/09 @ 09:11
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Braid wins "most pretentious load of twaddle" forever. "Game that really should have used avatars" goes to Funtown Mahjong, which also won the "worst tutorial" gong. "Terrible yet compelling" goes to The Collector, while "biggest variety of grunty jump noises" goes to Miner Dig Deep.
DFawkes
24/03/09 @ 09:18
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Those sound like the words of someone who didn't quite get the time stuff in Braid, metalangel :p

Though I do agree about the Mahjong, it really should've used avatars and had a tutorial of some better description than a few pages of Pungs and Chows.
berelain
24/03/09 @ 09:25
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I'd probably agree with most of those.

Don't get the Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2, either. I mean, its just like the first Geometry Wars, only a bit more flashy. Seriously, it was not a contender when up against some of the other awesome releases on XBLA this last year.
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24/03/09 @ 09:30
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@DFawkes: I "got" the time stuff all right, and very clever some of it was too. But honestly, when you see all the hidden deeper meanings and symbolism that's been crammed in for its own sake, your stomach churns. That the press fawned over Blow and gave him a new soapbox every other day to talk about how great he/his game was didn't help matters. As for Mahjong, you need only look at the rendition of Koi Koi in 42 All Time Classics to see how to teach people to play a very complex, foreign game.
Murbal
24/03/09 @ 09:42
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Tried Castle Crashers last night - it was alright. Braid and GWRE2 are awesome though... The absence of the latter has me totally bemused.
Darkedge
24/03/09 @ 09:51
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REZ HD PISSED ON SFIIHD.
Just goes to show marketing budgets get gongs not quality.
MattyD
24/03/09 @ 09:56
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Bionic Commando? ANYONE? No? well sod you all then.
kinky_mong
24/03/09 @ 10:10
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REZ HD PISSED ON SFIIHD.

I concur. Absolutely fantastic update. I fired it up again recently to play Level 5 on my new HD TV and speakers and it was mindblowing.
Eraysor
24/03/09 @ 10:30
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How did Braid not win best game?!
RedSparrows
24/03/09 @ 10:31
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I voted for Geo Wars and Braid in most things.
Hurleybird
24/03/09 @ 10:32
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I'm frankly amazed that GeoWars didn't feature. For me:

Game of the Year: Braid
Best Versus Mode: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Best Single-Player Game: Portal: Still Alive
Best Remake: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Best Original Game: Braid
Best Innovation: Braid
Best Graphics: Braid
Best Family Game: Geometry Wars 2 (my kids love it - simple and addictive)
Best Co-op Mode: Geometry Wars 2
LazyDan
24/03/09 @ 10:49
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'Game which your family can play' is not what they mean by 'family game.' The BBFC 'U' certification is for that. By family game they inevitably mean soft, cuddly and childish.
optimusprym8
24/03/09 @ 10:51
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Best Co-op Mode!? WTF I *still* can't get a 4 player co-op game to work with three other people off my friends list, same with Catan.
Tomo
24/03/09 @ 13:42
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I still haven't got Braid :s

Or Castle Crashers :s
MisterCraig
24/03/09 @ 14:22
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Braid was my pick almost every time. Bionic Commando was an absolute beast though.

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tachikoma
24/03/09 @ 18:14
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Where is Rez, where is Geometry Wars 2.
Climhazzard
24/03/09 @ 20:46
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no geometry wars??? everyones mental.

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