Here it is everyone! We’ve collected your nominations and now it’s time for the final vote for Best of 2007. Just type your vote up in the comments. On January 1, we will count up the votes and post the results.

Best Fiction
Not only the best story or plot, but also the best characters, dialog, and setting.
- Heavenly Sword
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
- Folklore
Best Visual Wow Factor
Not necessarily the most technically sophisticated, or the highest paper specifications, but the title that delivers the biggest overall “wow” factor
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
- Heavenly Sword
- Call of Duty 4
Best Pioneer
The game that did the most to push the field of video game entertainment forward?
- Rock Band
- Heavenly Sword
- Eye Of Judgement
- Unreal Tournament 3
Multiplayer
This covers competitive play, co-op, and social networking features. Which is the best overall?
- Warhawk
- Unreal Tournament 3
- Call of Duty 4
- Resistance
Best “Other”
This covers areas not included by the other categories.
- LocoRoco Cocoreccho!. For most “out there” and “bizarre”
- Everyday Shooter. For best “indie feel”
- flOw. For experimental game play
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Most Overrated/Overhyped
- Assassin’s Creed
- Lair
- Heavenly Sword
Most Underrated/Underhyped
- Heavenly Sword
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
- Folklore
Biggest Surprise of the Year
- Announcement Packed E3
- Unreal Tournament 3
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
- Eye of Judgement
Biggest Disappointment of the Year
- Lair
- Assassin’s Creed
- PES 2008
Best PS2 Game Compatible with PS3
- Manhunt 2
- God of War 2
- Persona 3
Game of the Year
- Rock Band
- Call of Duty 4
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
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Written by: Darrin
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#1 by Darrin on December 25th, 2007 [ 17049 Points ]
My vote:
Fiction: Folklore. Not exceptionally great, but it’s the best.
Wow Factor: Ratchet & Clank
Pioneer: Rock Band
Multiplayer: Abstain. Still waiting to play UT3 + CoD4.
Other: LocoRoco
Overhyped: Assassin’s Creed
Underhyped: Folklore (Uncharted + Ratchet have low sales but huge hype + ratings)
Biggest Surprise: E3
Biggest Disappointment: Lair. The reviews were excessively harsh on this, but it was still a big disappointment.
Best PS2 Game: Manhunt 2. Would also be my vote for best fiction and most underrated, but it’s not qualified being a PS2 title.
GOTY: Rock Band. Ratchet is close behind, but the ability to learn to play drums is just too cool.
#2 by John on December 25th, 2007
Best Fiction: Heavenly Sword
Best Visual Wow Factor: Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Best Pioneer: Rock Band
Multiplayer: Warhawk
Best “Other”: LocoRoco Cocoreccho!
Most Overrated/Overhyped: Lair
Most Underrated: Heavenly Sword
Most Underhyped: Folklore
Biggest Surprise of the Year: E3
Biggest Disappointment of the Year: Lair
Best PS2 Game Compatible with PS3: God of War 2
Game of the Year: Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
#3 by Trigga_Tybalt on December 25th, 2007
Best Fiction
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Best Visual Wow Factor
- Call of Duty 4
Best Pioneer
- Unreal Tournament 3
Multiplayer
- Call of Duty 4
Best “Other”
This covers areas not included by the other categories.
- LocoRoco Cocoreccho!. For most “out there” and “bizarre”
Most Overrated/Overhyped
- Lair
Most Underrated/Underhyped
- Folklore
Biggest Surprise of the Year
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Biggest Disappointment of the Year
- PES 2008
Best PS2 Game Compatible with PS3
- God of War 2
Game of the Year
- Call of Duty 4
#4 by Gary on December 25th, 2007 [ 1770 Points ]
BEST FICTION: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
BEST VISUAL WOW FACTOR: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
BEST PIONEER: Heavenly Sword
MULTI-PLAYER: Resistance: Fall of Man
BEST OTHER: Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
MOST OVERRATED/OVERHYPED: Assassin’s Creed
MOST UNDERRATED’UNDERHYPED: Heavenly Sword
BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE YEAR: Announcement packed e3 I had to choose one but none of them stood out as surprising for me.
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR: Assassin’s Creed
BEST PS2 GAME COMPATIBLE WITH PS3: Erm…no place for FFXII? It will have to be God of War 2.
GAME OF THE YEAR: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.
#5 by Segitz on December 25th, 2007 [ 1460 Points ]
Best Fiction
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Best Visual Wow Factor
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Best Pioneer
- Unreal Tournament 3 (because of mods on a console)
Multiplayer
- Warhawk
Best “Other”
- None of the Nominations^^ (still SSHD!)
Most Overrated/Overhyped
- Assassin’s Creed
vs.
- Heavenly Sword (because it is a tie)
Most Underrated/Underhyped
- Folklore
Biggest Surprise of the Year
- Announcement Packed E3
Biggest Disappointment of the Year
- Assassin’s Creed
Best PS2 Game Compatible with PS3
- God of War 2
Game of the Year
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
#6 by T0SH on December 25th, 2007 [ 796 Points ]
Best Fiction – Heavenly Sword
Best Visual Wow Factor – Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Best Pioneer – Eye Of Judgement
Multiplayer – Call of Duty 4
Best “Other” – flOw. For experimental game play
Most Overrated/Overhyped – Lair
Most Underrated/Underhyped – Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Biggest Surprise of the Year – Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Biggest Disappointment of the Year – Lair
Best PS2 Game Compatible with PS3 – God of War 2
Game of the Year – Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
#7 by Chadness on December 25th, 2007
Best Fiction
- Heavenly Sword
Best Wow Factor
- Ratchet & Clank Future
Best Pioneer
- Rock Band
Multiplayer
- CoD4
Best “Other”
- Ratchet & Clank Future
Overrated/Overhyped
- Lair
Underrated/Underhyped
- Heavenly Sword
Biggest Surprise
- E3
Biggest Disappointment
- Lair
Best PS2 Game
- Persona 3
Game of the Year
- Ratchet & Clank Future
#8 by Tommyboy on December 25th, 2007
wait a second ..in order to make such a decision…wouldnt you have had to of played every nominated game????
ANSWER: YES
Because if your going to say any other game besides Call of Duty 4 for Game Of The Year …then you clearly have not played it.
and what if your not a fan of FPS..?? you certainly won’t vote on one.
it’s a VERY bi’est pole here…not even worth taking into account at all.
#9 by Burten on December 26th, 2007 [ 550 Points ]
Best Fiction : Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Best Visual Wow Factor : Call of Duty 4
Best Pioneer : Rock Band
Multiplayer : Warhawk
Best “Other” : Everyday Shooter. For best “indie feel”
Most Overrated/Overhyped : Heavenly Sword
Biggest Surprise of the Year : Announcement Packed E3
Biggest Disappointment of the Year : Lair
Best PS2 Game Compatible with PS3 : God of War 2
Game of the Year : Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
#10 by Emrah on December 26th, 2007
BEST FICTION: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
BEST VISUAL WOW FACTOR: COD4
BEST PIONEER: Unreal Tournament 3
MULTI-PLAYER: COD4
BEST OTHER: Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
MOST OVERRATED/OVERHYPED: Assassin’s Creed
MOST UNDERRATED’UNDERHYPED: Heavenly Sword
BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE YEAR: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR: PES2008, hands down. C’mon, we were expecting to play some next-gen football game and Konami ruined it. These are the same guys that will publish MGS4, god help us. Lair? So what, I won’t ride a dragon. But PES2008 is a game I was planning to play all year long, or more.. (I didn’t buy it, seeing the demo.) Please stop voting for lair, come to your senses, PES has brought sadness to our souls.
BEST PS2 GAME COMPATIBLE WITH PS3: God of War 2.
GAME OF THE YEAR: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
#11 by Specter on December 26th, 2007
Best Fiction: Uncharted Drake’s Fortune
Best Visual : Rachet and Clank: ToD
Best Pioneer: UT3
Best Multi-Player: Warhawk
Best Other: CoD4
Most Overrated/Overhyped: Assassin’s Creed
Most Underrated/Underhyped: Uncharted Drake’s Fortune
Biggest Suprise of the Year: Uncharted Drake’s Fortune
Biggest Disappointment: Lair
Best PS2 game compat with PS3: God of War 2
Game of the Year: Uncharted Drake’s fortune.
#12 by Glitch on December 26th, 2007
I haven’t played a lot of games recently, so I Can’t vote for or against most of nominated the games with a good conscience.
However, I can vote for the following:
Multiplayer: Warhawk.
Bigest Disappointment: L.
#13 by Glitch on December 26th, 2007
Hmm… Dont know what happened. I’ll try again:
Biggest Disappointment: Lair.
#14 by Lifendz on December 26th, 2007
Best Fiction:
Heavenly Sword
Best Visual Wow Factor:
Call of Duty 4
Best Pioneer:
Heavenly Sword
Best Multi-player:
Resistance Fall of Man
Best Other:
Everyday Shooter
Most Overrated:
Assasin’s Creed
Most Underrated:
Ratched and Clank
Biggest Surprise:
Uncharted
Biggest Disappointment:
Lair
Best PS2….
God of War II
Game of the Year:
Uncharted Drakes Fortune
#15 by Segitz on December 26th, 2007 [ 1460 Points ]
Tommyboy…
not every gamer is a shooter gamer… As good as CoD might be, I’d still vote for Uncharted or whatever, as for me, it is the better game overall.
#16 by Emmu on December 27th, 2007
Best Fiction- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Best WOW Factor (in terms of looks only, i literally said WOW)- Heavenly Sword
Best Pioneer- Heavenly Sword
Multiplayer (without a DOUBT): Call of Duty 4
Best “Other”- N/A (haven’t played any)
Overrated/Overhyped- Lair
Most Underrated/Underhyped- Heavenly Sword
Biggest Surprise of the Year- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Biggest Dissapointment- Lair
Best PS2 compatible with PS3- God of War 2 (sublime)
Game of the Year(despite a few online hiccups)- COD 4 (BESTTT)
#17 by SL33PY on December 27th, 2007
Best Fiction – Folklore
Best WOW Factor – Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Best Pioneer – Unreal Tournament 3
Multiplayer – Unreal Tournament 3
Best “Other” – flOw. For experimental game play (most bang for my bucks on any ps3 game)
Overrated/Overhyped – Assassin’s Creed (no other game in the list just hangs, for no apparent reason)
Most Underrated/Underhyped – Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Biggest Surprise of the Year- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Biggest Dissapointment – Assassin’s Creed
Best PS2 compatible with PS3- God of War 2
Game of the Year – Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
#18 by Rich on December 29th, 2007
Best Fiction – Heavenly Sword
Best Visual Wow Factor – Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Best Pioneer – Unreal Tournament 3
Multiplayer – Warhawk
Best “Other”- Everyday Shooter. For best “indie feel”
Most Overrated/Overhyped – Lair
Most Underrated/Underhyped – Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Biggest Surprise of the Year – Announcement Packed E3
Biggest Disappointment of the Year – Lair
Best PS2 Game Compatible with PS3 – God of War 2
Game of the Year – Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
#19 by Mike on December 30th, 2007
Fiction: Heavenly Sword
Visual Wow factor: Uncharted
Best Pioneer: Rock Band
Multiplayer: Call of Duty 4
Best “Other”: Ratchet & Clank Future
Overrated: Assassins Creed
Underrated: Ratchet & Clank
Surprise: Uncharted
Disappointment: Assassins Creed
Compatible PS2 game: God of War II
Game of the Year: Uncharted
#20 by Mike on December 30th, 2007
“Because if your going to say any other game besides Call of Duty 4 for Game Of The Year …then you clearly have not played it.”
I own it, it is definitely my favorite multiplayer game of the year which is nothing to scoff at with Halo 3, Team Fortress 2, and Warhawk being great online games. But the single player is extremely repetitive on subsequent runs through the game because of the “clown car” enemy spawning. I’ve played through most of the game on veteran and it just spams you with enemies rather than increasing the intelligence of the enemies. If this were a 360 site, my GOTY vote would be going to Bioshock because of those problems with COD4′s campaign (and Halo 3 being about as long as the HL2 episodes).
“and what if your not a fan of FPS..?? you certainly won’t vote on one.”
So…? I’m not a fan of games with elves in them so I won’t be voting for an RTS or MMO any time soon. Why would someone vote for a game that fails to interest them?
The only real problem is the “overrated” category. Lair got the reviews it deserved, and I’m not sure who expected it to be great given how negative the previews were. Assassins Creed was deemed a AAA game well over a year ago just because Ubisoft hyped it as such, but the reviews and feedback from a lot of people who played the game certainly don’t back that up.
#21 by Mattias on December 31st, 2007
Fiction: Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Wow Factor: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Pioneer: Rock Band
Mulitplayer: Call of Duty 4
“Other”: flOw – For hypnotizing gameplay
Overhyped: Liar
Underrated: Folklore
Biggest Suprise: E3
Disappointment: Lair
PS2 Campatible: God of War II
Game of The Year: Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
#22 by Sakinah on December 31st, 2007 [ 26489 Points ]
Fiction: Folklore
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Wow Factor: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Pioneer: The Eye of Judgement
Mulitplayer: Call of Duty 4
Overhyped: Liar/Assassin’s Creed
Underrated: Folklore
Biggest Suprise: Folklore
Disappointment: Lair
PS2 Campatible: Tekken Tag Tournament. ( The disk is so scratched up it won’t play on my PS2 but it’ll start up immediatly on the PS3.
Game of The Year: Uncharted: Drake’s Fourtune
#23 by Pc on December 31st, 2007 [ 1935 Points ]
I’ll just vote for GOTY……Uncharted !!!!
#24 by Darrin on December 31st, 2007 [ 17049 Points ]
Mike, good point regarding Lair + AC. AC may have been a better title, but it received far more buzz and hype than Lair.
Also, overhyped and overrated probably should have been different categories. One implies excessive preview buzz and the other implies excessive critical reaction to the final product.
#25 by Wayne on January 1st, 2008
Best Fiction
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Best Visual Wow Factor
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Best Pioneer
- Rock Band
Multiplayer
- Warhawk
Best “Other”
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Most Overrated/Overhyped
- Heavenly Sword
Most Underrated/Underhyped
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Biggest Surprise of the Year
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Biggest Disappointment of the Year
- Lair
Best PS2 Game Compatible with PS3
- God of War 2
Game of the Year
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune