![]() ![]() ![]() We'll be playing these games for many months. Meanwhile, Half-Life 2 and its episodes arguably did for gaming what the likes of X-Files and Buffy did for TV series' presenting a compelling over-arching plot with lots of characters, twists and side-stories, and upping the narrative ante for everything that followed. Portal, especially, reminds me of what it was like to discover Castle Wolfenstein all those years ago - it forces you to reconsider the way in which 3D space can be represented on screen, and how you can interact with it. ![]() It really explores the FPS from every angle, providing a huge narrative adventure, a great multiplayer experience and an innovative puzzler - and each is definitive. It's a bargain alright, but that's only part of the story - Orange Box has so much more to offer than value. Winner The Orange Box A really close call this one, but Valve's collection of Half-Life flavoured treats prevailed. ![]() I was expecting many more for Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction, despite its extremely familiar design, non-existent multiplayer and lack of any sort of certainty about its target audience. There was also a smattering of votes for PlayStation Network downloads like flOw, Super Stardust and Locoroco Cocoreccho. Runners-up Evolution's slick offroader, Motorstorm, edged in front of the likes of CoD 4, Heavenly Sword and Unchartered, but possibly would have been beaten by several PS2 titles if I'd have made this a PlayStation 2 and 3 category. When you get 32-players on a lag-free connection, it's just pure adrenaline-churning gun fun. The combination of excellent ground and air combat together with a gameplay system that manages to be both highly customisable and perfectly balanced make this a remarkably accomplished package. Winner Warhawk Sony's flight shooter survived rumoured development difficulties and the scrapping of its entire single-player component to become perhaps the first essential title of the PS3 era. ![]()
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