Dimulai sejak 1998, Game Developers Conference ialah ajang pertemuan developer terbesar di Bumi serta tempat menilik evolusi industri gaming. Tahun ini, GDC akan kembali dilangsungkan di bulan Maret, tanggal 2 sampai 6. Dan demi mengapresiasi rekan-rekan sejawatnya, panitia mempunyai daftar permainan terbaik di 2014 berdasarkan penilaian mereka sendiri.
Judul-judul yang akan segera Anda simak merupakan game inovatif, dengan desain, narasi, teknologi dan penyajian audio terbaik menurut para ahli. GDC menunjuk belasan nominasi permainan dalam sembilan kategori untuk memperebutkan gelar Game Developers Choice Awards 2015, ditambah ‘honorable mention‘.
Daftar nominasi lengkapnya dapat Anda baca di bawah. Kronologis kategori sedikit saya sesuaikan agar Anda lebih penasaran (Game of the Year ada di bawah sana). Nama developer dan publisher berada di dalam tanda kurung, kecuali Best Debut. Ini dia:
Best Visual Art
- Monument Valley (Ustwo)
- Hohokum (Honeyslug and Richard Hogg/Sony)
- Child of Light (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
- Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
- Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Honorable mentions: Never Alone (Upper One Games/E-Line Media), The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts), Transistor (Supergiant Games), Broken Age: Act 1 (Double Fine Productions), Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
Best Audio
- Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
- Hohokum (Honeyslug and Richard Hogg/Sony)
- Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
- Transistor (Supergiant Games)
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)
Honorable mentions: Child of Light (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft), Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft), D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die (Access Games/Microsoft), Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo), Crypt of the Necrodancer (Brace Yourself Games)
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Best Narrative
- 80 Days (Inkle Studios)
- This War of Mine (11 bit studios)
- Kentucky Route Zero: Episode 3 (Cardboard Computer)
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros.)
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)
Honorable mentions: Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare/Electronic Arts), Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft), Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 1 (Gearbox Software/Telltale Games), D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die (Access Games/Microsoft), Hatoful Boyfriend (Mediatonic/Devolver Digital)
Best Debut
- Yacht Club Games (Shovel Knight)
- Respawn Entertainment (Titanfall)
- The Astronauts (The Vanishing of Ethan Carter)
- Stoic Studio (The Banner Saga)
- Upper One Games (Never Alone)
Honorable mentions: Dynamighty (CounterSpy), Hinterland Games (The Long Dark), 1337 & Senri (Leo’s Fortune), MachineGames (Wolfenstein: The New Order), Hipster Whale (Crossy Road)
Best Handheld/Mobile Game
- Threes! (Sirvo)
- Super Smash Bros. 3DS (Sora Ltd. and Bandai Namco/Nintendo)
- Hearthstone (Blizzard)
- 80 Days (Inkle Studios)
- Monument Valley (Ustwo)
Honorable mentions: Bounden (Game Oven), Bravely Default (Silicon Studio and Square Enix/Nintendo and Square Enix), Desert Golfing (Blinkbat Games), Velocity 2X (FuturLab), Fantasy Life (Level-5/Nintendo)
Best Design
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros.)
- Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games)
- Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare/Electronic Arts)
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo EAD Tokyo and 1-Up Studio/Nintendo)
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
Honorable mentions: Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo), Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega), Destiny (Bungie/Activision), Monument Valley (Ustwo), Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Best Technology
- Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros.)
- Wolfenstein: The New Order (MachineGames/Bethesda)
- Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments)
- Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Honorable mentions: Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft), The Last of Us: Remastered (Naughty Dog/Sony), Sunset Overdrive (Insomniac Games/Microsoft), Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega), Infamous: Second Son (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony)
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Innovation Award
- Bounden (Game Oven)
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros.)
- This War of Mine (11 bit studios)
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)
- Monument Valley (Ustwo)
Honorable mentions: Crypt of the Necrodancer (Brace Yourself Games), Extrasolar (Lazy 8 Studios), Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments), Elegy For A Dead World (Dejobaan Games), 80 Days (Inkle Studios)
Game of the Year
- Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros.)
- Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
- Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Honorable mentions: Titanfall (Respawn/Electronic Arts), Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft), Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft), Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare/Electronic Arts), Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Sora Ltd. and Bandai Namco/Nintendo)
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Secara mengejutkan, nama Shadow of Mordor muncul dimana-mana, mengantongi lima kategori berbeda (sesuai pilihan pribadi saya). Lalu disusul oleh Alien: Isolation – permainan survival horror paling tak biasa dan menyegarkan tahun lalu – serta Destiny, yang sebenarnya memperoleh rata-rata skor biasa saja. Pemenang akan diumumkan ketika acara GDC 2015 berlangsung nanti.
Alternatifnya, silakan simak game console dan PC terbaik versi Trenologi berdasarkan website agregat skor Metacritic.
Sumber: GDConf.com.
