Heavy Rain Wins Most Awards at BAFTA; Mass Effect 2 Wins Best Game

by Jeanine Celestin, posted on 17 March 2011 / 1,288 Views

Quantic Dream's critically acclaimed interactive drama Heavy Rain came out with the most awards at the BAFTA Video Games Ceremony that occured earlier this evening. Heavy Rain won awards for Best Original Music, Story, and Technical Innovation.

The game has already won previous awards such as 2010's Game of the Year from CNN and Gaming Union. It has also won GameSpy and IGN's 'Best PS3 Game of 2010' as well as our own Best Adventure Game for 2010. Heavy Rains's big wins are perhaps not surprising as the thriller has already gained much praise and many fans worldwide, and plans have been announced to make a film adaptation of the game, simply titled Rain.

Other notable BAFTA wins include Bioware's Mass Effect 2 winning Game of the Year, God of War III winning the Artistic Achievement award, and Super Mario Galaxy 2 took home best Gameplay.


12 Comments

Bornyn
Bornyn (on 17 March 2011)

Mass Effect 2 is fantastic game. I'm happy

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Xelestial
Xelestial (on 17 March 2011)

@LordTheNightKnight- I chose to write a story about the fact that Heavy Rain won the most awards...If you didn't want to read a story about it, why did you click @_@ If you look at the source, you can read about the many other award winners.

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DonFerrari
DonFerrari (on 17 March 2011)

And i'll just ignore this year nominations and winners on the sole reason of the shit threatment they gave GT5. Nominated only in Sports and losing for a blood yearly relesing game.

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nicktwilight
nicktwilight (on 17 March 2011)

i can not agree more with the award for best gameplay!Super mario galaxy 2 is the only true game from the games above.pure joy from start to finish,inovative ideas,fresh thigns in every level and the return of yoshi made it awesome for a gamer to play.

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d21lewis
d21lewis (on 17 March 2011)

CGI's bribe money actually worked? I totally agree with the two picks from the title, though. Two of the highlights of my gaming year.

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sapphi_snake
sapphi_snake (on 17 March 2011)

Some really nice winners there.

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GuiltySpartan77
GuiltySpartan77 (on 17 March 2011)

And Mass Effect 2 gets game of the year oh what some other stuff about heavy Rain.

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binary solo
binary solo (on 17 March 2011)

TBH I don't think the story would stack up as a movie. I really liked the game, having finally finished it, but what makes it really great and compelling is the jeopardy that all the characters can die and the game moves on, and that your choices during conversation affect the storyline. Without those elements the story itself is somewhat of a B-grade thriller. Great for the game to win so many video game awards though.

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Raider84
Raider84 (on 17 March 2011)

Heavy Rain deserves the praise and then some. I have unlocked 4 different endings thus far, the most recent one being the best as I kept all the characters alive. I played exclusively with the Move and it was an exhilarating experience!

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cory.ok
cory.ok (on 17 March 2011)

heavy rain deserves all the awards that it gets

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LordTheNightKnight
LordTheNightKnight (on 17 March 2011)

Um, three awards, not even including the top prize, should not be enough for ANY GAME to dominate a story.

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starcraft
starcraft (on 17 March 2011)

Game of the Year. Well done Mass Effect!!!

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