In an article in Variety, a writer on the E3 judges panel has spoken out against some of E3’s most praised titles, claiming Mirror’s Edge is “gimmicky” and that Gears of War 2 should be “1.5”.
Ben Fritz said that he only voted for two of the twelve winning games from the conference: Spore and Pure.
"I wasn't offended by most of the choices either," Fritz posted on his blog. "Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, Dead Space and Left4Dead are all really good games with the potential, based on the limited time I got to see them, to be fantastic.
"The only winner I really disagreed with was Mirror's Edge for best original game. To me it seemed more gimmicky (A hot chick in the future who does parkour!) than substantive to me, the first person perspective really didn't work for a game where you're trying to manipulate a character through complex spatial puzzles, and the challenge often felt more about timing (can you jump off this ledge with enough speed at the very last second?) than brains."
Fritz then questioned the strength of Gears of War 2’s win of “best action game of E3”, by stating, “it’s so Gears of War 1.5”.
"The improvements are so minor over Gears 2 [we're assuming he means Gears 1 - ed] that I was really surprised to see my fellow critics pick it over Resistance 2, which strikes me as a much more dramatic leap forward in campaign and multi-player."
Surprisingly, he said he was disappointed that Fable 2 didn’t receive a single award.
"Speaking as someone who found the first "Fable" to be a colossal disappointment," he said. "I think "Fable 2" looks like it really will deliver on developer Peter Molyneux's promises."
By Gaetano Prestia
13/08/2008
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