Cut the bullshit, let's get to the rules, which remain mainly unchanged:
Most of the categories introduced remain as well:
- GOTY for a specific platform must be a system exclusive title
- With the aforementioned, multiplatorm titles have their own category to keep bitching to a minimum
- With the addition of remakes/revivals and their own section, these games cannot be awarded, nor are eligible, for a GOTY award for a platform or genre
- If a system was not played, a GOTY award will not be awarded (derp)
- 2011's Eligible platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, (3)DS
- Runners-up will be listed in the order of how well they permormed; the higher up the list, the more of a fight they put up.
Most of the categories introduced remain as well:
- Biggest Surprise - Something that completely floored me that it has to be mentioned...and given it's own award
- Don't Bother Releasing It - This is for those demos that were so damned bad, the game itself fell off of my radar.
- Worst Game of the Year - This ain't just for the best game of the year, but I'm awarding a Razzie to the worst game of the year.
- Most Anticipated for 2012 - Self explanatory.
- Best and Worst Idea - Essentially, things that came from people's thought-processing pool of thoughts that either were awesomely epic, or epically horrendous.
- Action/Adventure, First and Third Person Shooters, Role Playing Games and Platformers are all under the whole "Genre" moniker.
- Best HD Compilation - With an abundance of these little fuckers making a larger appearance, I've decided to give them some attention this year.
- Most Underrated Game - Working retail, you try your goddamned hardest to get people to listen to your recommendations, but all they want is the same fucking thing over and over. People are afraid of change, so this is where I give recognition to those games that were overlooked, and shouldn't have been.