Matrix Game of the Year

[Bill Durrant]

Okay, how about a vote for Matrix Game of the Year. Points for 1st(3) 2nd(2) 3rd(1). Can be a game previously released or this year. I'll add them up as we go along and announce the results bewteen Xmas and New Year (maybe even have a best newcomer award)

I'll start

1st WitP
2nd WPO
3rd BiN

[DuckofTindalos]

1st Place -> WPO
2nd Place -> WitP
3rd Place -> CoG

[general billy]

1)WITP
2)WPO
3)HTTR (Highway To The Reich)

[ASHBERY76]

1. COG
2. BIN
3. Star Chamber

[Gen.Hoepner]

1- WITP
2- WPO
3- SPWAW General's edition

[Sarge]

1st - WITP

2nd - L'nL BoH

3rd - COG

[watchtower]

1. WITP

2 WPO

3 Starchamber

[Oleg Mastruko]

Honestly, we can't play like that guys. WITP is not this year's release, so no matter how we all may love it (it's perhaps my favorite game of all times), it's out of this year's competition, period.

So my votes would be:

- GG WAW (released March IIRC)
- FPG (released February IIRC)
- CoG (released sometime during the summer)

If COTA official release sees the light of day during this year, I'd put COTA sharing the no 1 spot with GG WAW. Both COTA and WAW are very inventive designs in their respective fields, and it's hard to decide which is really better.

CoG is really much much bigger and more ambitious than FPG but is buggier and does not work as well as FPG for what it tries to portray. So, ambitions-wise and design-wise, I'd put CoG before FPG, but implementation-wise, and playability-wise I'd put FPG way before CoG.

O.

[Shannon V. OKeets]

I don't know enough about these games to vote. And I have no axe to grind here. So perhaps I can help resolve the issue of what games can be considered when voting.

The original proposal for the thread explicitly stated that older games should be considered. That is in conflict with common voting schemes for Most Valuable Player, Oscars, Emmys, and many other "best of the year" polls. However, there is nothing particularly sacred about how these polls are done. Since Bill Durrant started the thread, I believe he gets to set the rules on the voting.

If this causes you grief because it "doesn't seem right", then maybe a different view on what is being voted on would help.

As Bill defines it, the "Matrix Game of the Year" is the best Matrix game you have played this year. That is a pretty clear definition. When all the voting is done, it will be easy for Bill to calculate which of the games that were released this year scored highest - to meet the second definition that Oleg prefers.

I hope this helps.

[Oleg Mastruko]

LOL, no matter which rules you use, I stick to my vote. I played WITP more than any other game this year but still think it would be largerly unfair to other "true 2005" games to nominate WITP (ie vote for it).

O.

[Bill Durrant]

Not that I'm bothered as it is only a bit of fun but MVP is the most valuable player this year - he could have been playing in the league for years but was best this year. But heck - who cares.

Best Newcomer will definitely get a category but if most people still like WitP, for instance, over the new games then that ought to get recognised as well? However, most people who like WitP don't have time for new games[:)]

Oh to be a pollster[;)]

[sterckxe]

ORIGINAL: Bill Durrant

Not that I'm bothered as it is only a bit of fun but MVP is the most valuable player this year - he could have been playing in the league for years but was best this year. But heck - who cares.

Best Newcomer will definitely get a category but if most people still like WitP, for instance, over the new games then that ought to get recognised as well? However, most people who like WitP don't have time for new games[:)]

Oh to be a pollster[;)]

Ok - I'll play along

1st : COTA - I've been playing it all year, so this one counts by your rules (I'm a beta-tester)
2nd : Crown of Glory - sure, it has some problems, but it's the best Nappy game *ever*
3rd : World at War - beer & pretzels - abby beer and pretzels from Harrod's that is.

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

[Reiryc]

1st cog
2nd ggw@w
3rd gates of troy (was that released this year? I can't remember)

If we go with best all time from matrix my top 5 rankings are:

1st witp
2nd cog
3rd uv
4th httr
5th ggw@w

[general billy]

Perhaps.. what we need now, is a poll of the worst Matrix game of the year [:D]

[[RS]Wedge]

I picked up UV back in '03 and havent played it since. I picked up GGWaW a couple of weeks ago and have been playing it non stop. I have that stategy war gaming bug again and now Im trying to sit down and figure out how to play UV once again. I figured if I can get the hang of UV I will go ahead and buy WitP.

As of right now I cant get enough of GGWaW so that is my #1.

[Hertston]

Can't really see the point of the poll unless you have played all of them - HAS anybody played all of them? [;)]

I've really enjoyed Crown of Glory and Tin Soldiers:Caesar (I also bought BiN, GGWaW, Supremacy and Gates of Troy this year).

[wodin]

1st. Combat Leader
2nd Combined Arms.
3rd World in Flames.........................zzzzzzzzzzzzzz......................zzzzzzzzzz......

Oh what was that.........ohh what a lovely dream........

[ravinhood]

Perhaps.. what we need now, is a poll of the worst Matrix game of the year

There's no such thing, but, if you'd like to do a poll of Paradox's worst game of the year! [:D][:D][:D]

[Bill Durrant]

Running Total

War in the Pacific (June 2004) 17
War Plan Orange (Nov 2005) 11
Crown of Glory (June 2005) 11
GGWAW (March 2005) 9
COTA (soon[&o]) Beta vote 3
BiN (Sept 2004) 3
Star Chamber (Dec 2005) 2
Flashpoint Germany (Jan 2005) 2
HTTR, SPWAW Generals, Lock n Load, Gates of troy all on 1.

More votes anyone?

[jvgfanatic]

1. Spartan - though you can mark it as GOT so it gets 2 votes. I bought both at the same time and they are one and the same for me.
2. COG
3. GGWAW