As the year comes to a close, and the holidays draw close, HDRL prepares to shut its doors until the ripe young days of 2008. Unlike last year, though, we decided to participate in the heated and often debated Game of the Year list war.
Since this is the first year, let’s establish the rules:
1) Remakes and enhanced ports are disqualified from the running for GOTY.
2) If a game wins one category, it is not disqualified from winning other categories.
3) Lists include both US and JP releases. In the case of games like Persona 3, since I played through the Japanese version when it released last year, it is disqualified from running this year.
4) Handhelds are not disqualified. I do a lot of gaming on my PSP and DS. There’s no way I’m disregarding them.
Without further ado, let’s get to the awards!
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