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Writers Guild of America - Video Game Nominations!
[quote][url=http://www.develop-online.net/news/43004/Halo-4-and-ACIII-writers-nominated-in-WGA-Awards]The Writers Guild of America has revealed the nominees for the 2013 outstanding achievement in video game writing award.
Games nominated for the prize are Assassin’s Creed III, Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, Halo 4, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two and 007 Legends.
The WGA video game writing awards are now in their sixth year, and honours the best scriptwriters in the US game industry for their efforts in storytelling.
The full list of games and writer credits are listed below:
007 Legends: Written By Bruce Feirstein; Activision
Assassin’s Creed III: Story By Alex Hutchinson, Corey May, Matt Turner; Multiplayer Story By Richard Farrese, Jeffrey Yohalem; Lead Scriptwriter Corey May; Scriptwriter Nicholas Grimwood, Russell Lees, Matt Turner, Danny Wallace, Ceri Young; Ubisoft
Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, Scriptwriting by Richard Farrese, Jill Murray; Ubisoft
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, Writing Consultant Marv Wolfman; Disney Interactive Studios
Halo 4: Narrative Design Christopher Schlerf; Microsoft Studios
Uncharted: Golden Abyss: Written By John Garvin; Sony Computer Entertainment America
To be eligible for nomination, writers are required to have applied to be member of the WGA video game writers caucus at the time the script was submitted, and the game must have been released between December 1st 2011 and November 30th 2012 to qualify.
The 2013 Writers Guild of America Awards will take place on February 17th at simultaneous ceremonies situated in Los Angeles and New York.[/url][/quote]
What do you guys think of the nominations?
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AC3 I can see. Haven't delved into the SP yet but the game apparently has a multitude of layers of plot going on simultaneously. AC Liberation? 007 Legends? Uncharted: Golden Abyss? Mickey 2? These games were panned or outright mocked. Only Golden Abyss was any good, but action movie scripts don't belong. That any of the others might have better writing over games like Spec Ops: The Line? Seriously? I would like to nominate Journey to this regard as well.
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None of those games had any good writing, I think The Walking Dead should win an award for writing, it was very compelling and made you feel an emotional connection to the characters, deeper than I have cared about than most other characters in books, movies, and video games.
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1 ReplyThat these guys are clowns and I shouldn't take anything from the Writers Guild of America seriously.
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No Walking dead, no Spec ops... Do these people actually play games? Golden abyss? Seriously? That's like nominating a cheesy action movie for best picture!
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These selections are baffling...
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2 RepliesThe main quality I'd give Halo 4 is it's story. Even with it's problems, it's the first Halo game that actually took the EU seriously, and it has a plot that isn't watered down for the first time since Halo 2. It holds significance, and the Campaign itself has some fantastic dialogue. It has good character design (barring Palmer), and goes over the advanced concept of the Forerunners quite nicely. To each their own, 343i has my respect in this area.
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3 RepliesWGA, y u no Spec Ops: The Line? I'd suggest Dishonoured except the main plot was crap; only the backstory and all the narrative titbits littered through the levels were great. I did like Halo 4's story, however. Not all of it, but a lot of it was great.
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I am surprised Spec Ops: The Line is not on there. I have not played quite a few games on there, but I would easilly put Spec Ops above Halo 4. It had everything you could possibly want in a story: well developed character arcs, a concrete plot, an interesting villian, a unique setting, and a bit of 4th-wall breaking action.
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2 RepliesHalo 4? wut?
