2009 Inside Gaming Awards - Best Art Direction Nominees

[Charliem1994]

Do you know what game is going to beat all these games and more to come? The Last Guardian.

[spartanaman44]

Where is Halo......

[CamoJackv2]

Borderland's pwns! I didn't know about it either but I just gotfrom Gamefly a few days ago and maaaaaaan is it addicting! I've had more fun with it for a few days than Mw2 as a whole! 9/10 for borderlands 8/10 for Mw2

[Borntoplaygames256]

idk in my opinion AC 2 and borderlands. looks great. i say ac and borderlands ^^

[TheWitcherFanboy]

Its either The Saboteur or Borderlands,both games are great,but the Saboteur is better artistically...

And as far as AC 2,big deal,they just made a reconstruction of Renaissance Italy,not like they did something original.

Murumasa...no comment.

[socialgarbage2]

The makers of Borderlands must have paid a ton of cash to get it in so many categories. Is it really that great of a game? I've never even heard of it until this morning, so it can't be all that. I still fail to see how this was such a great year for gaming. It was kind of lame. Must just be another propaganda statement like from so many other industries, trying to convince us that mediocrity was really stellar, in order to pick the profits back up.

[IAmARad]

Borderlands? Not so much, no... And what is some N64 looking piece of crap on this list?

[Migdog14]

ASSASSINS CREED 2 ALL THE WAY

[vivipwnsn00bs]

borderlands ftw

[mrthe300sparten]

Assassin's Creed 2 hands down

[metalrise101]

Borderlands

[pgf95]

borderland,and murumassa is a flash game

[CursedKrade]

Muramasa, it's like sex for your eyes.

[ABSOLUTEFAT]

Saboteur

[thepunisherabv]

two words The Sabotour

[highest902]

AC 2

[healerdoc]

Muramasa demon blade

[XxTHEDEADxSILENCExX]

assassins creed 2

[doublephantom2]

Murumasa even tho I have never heard of it till today

[MousseGallon]

Murumasa

[kdotmj]

Assassins creed 2 all the way

[joshc007]

AC2

[wwfls4]

DUDE AC2 ROCKS!

[Gytixas]

GTA 4 yeay

[cheeseeguy]

batman

[kiki10020]

AC2

[Allegrettiq]

assassins creed 2

[tromackda1st]

this is an odd question, but what's the music at the end?

[MrJusopi]

Batman AA

[aidzo5999]

i agree 100 percent

[MaxOfS2D]

Where the fuck is Zeno Clash

[ThePanterWithoutTheH]

Well it aint there

[AlchemyOmega]

borderlands

[followin1010]

ac2

[shalkana]

Assassin's Creed 2

[NoPRoDiGi]

Borderlands AND Saboteur.

[linkassassin360]

wtf? No brutal legend? That game was the most art inspired game I've ever seen!

[nitres155]

ac2

[Atkamon]

Assassin's Creed 2

[TheKidzYouWantToKnow]

borderlands

[TheAusman101]

Borderlands

[KingOfZilla]

the saboteur

[ShimshonHaGibbor]

Assassin's Creed 2

[drewtlove]

No Brutal Legend?!

[KHALEDRULEZ]

ac 2

[CoolKidX85]

AC2

[TMARama]

Arkham Asylum

[UltiMota]

Borderlands. Just for the fact that they made it look pretty good when they changed it to cel-shading.

[TheGussieboi]

AC2

[josephexell]

borderlands

[HitpointsHp]

AC2 sucks. lol. All of those are better than AC2.

[TheDeafNinja]

i vote borderlands because it has brought something new to the table and it looks beautiful and fully pulls off what the game is chaotic good job borderlands

[TheKingOfDreams777]

AC 2

[rbrtchng]

really..U2 has better art than AC2, but if it's not a choice then the best art is probably muramasa.

[Mcninjaguy]

Assassin's Creed 2

[aaaaa3000]

no uncharted 2? in that case assassins cread

[jmid23]

AC2

[ejsponge61]

Gotta be Borderlands or Saboteur. I love Borderlands, but Pandemic just shutdown......

[dellrif]

borderlands

[faaip0de0oaid]

obiously AC2 !!!!!!!!

[TheBarbzArcade]

Either Murumasa, or Borderlands....I'll probably go with Borderlands...

[XxDarkPatxX]

Assassins Creed 2, no doubt about it

[worderr]

Truely AC2

[SvNNL]

Definitely AC 2. The Details in-game with buildings and events and all of that shit is incredible.

[danieldjr412]

What's the beat in the background of this video?

[childrenofthegrave1]

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[guyblackknight]

this is a very tough decision between BA:AA & AC2......

[Kerman250]

AC2

[tyuo9980]

undoubtably AC2.

[MrChurchSir]

Assassin's Creed II. Makes you feel like you are in Italy.

[Jackuqe8]

AC2

[extinction208]

assassins creed 2 has unique art. i wouldn't call it "beautiful" per say but it seems every screenshot in that game looks like a painting.

[esheasells]

saboteur is a quality game i vote that. ac 2 is awesome tho

[darthmars1]

MURUMASA

[darthmars1]

Borderlands, Comic book artsyle PERFECTED!

[TehDDC]

What the fuck...

Brutal Legend is not in this category. Out of all the things that made Brutal Legend such a unique experience, it was the fantastic art direction from Tim Schafer, in making spectacularly unique environments and characters! Batman, though also really good, should be replaced with Brutal Legend.

[blackbeard04]

batnan and ac2

[metaitachi]

AC2

[PhantomMenace999]

assassins creed 2

[Squeb2]

Borderlands

[musterdsandwich]

easy

borederlands

[cotepich1]

Assassin's Creed 2 kicks ass!

[Wofaze]

Aww, I would have voted Brutal Legend. Good nominees thou. Might pick The Saboteur

[m1lkasasstafidi]

Assassin's Creed 2

[mk1533]

really no blazblue for art?

[Exotic47]

Assassin's Creed 2

[Monavalefarm]

Would of voted TF2

[p1ng666]

assinins creed

[xvincx]

wait what? why isn't uncharted 2 and killzone 2 up here? those game are BEASTS in graphics

[Twitchy2014]

BATMAN!

[FranciscoJaviier]

ac2 is sick  gogoogogo AC2 FTW

[GauravA42]

why isnt UC2 up there??/

[MrZoro75]

Ac 2!!!!!!

[Rambo8996]

that demon blade thing just looks like a lack of caring on art direction. batman was alrite in art directions but was just a lacking game. border lands graphics are just overall wiedly kool. the sabotour graphics were a good idea but not my fav. i didnt buy assains creed for graphics. borderlands

[MaxClarkso]

I really think Borderlands deserves the win. It's just so unique and plain beautiful.

Even Assassin's Creed can't live up to that.

[Rosemints]

What about a boy and his blob!? That game had some amazing art work.

[Orangeshirt211]

There is no real art direction in AC2, its just set it The renniaunce real art direction is where its out of the norm like cell shading and making things a cool black and white.

[RomanLettore]

stupid frikin ads make me wanna kill myself

[Bengan148]

AC2, if you don't vonte on it you are just an 12 year old fanboy

[shadowfireshade]

i dont think even 12 year olds spell "vote" wrong bwahahaha

[Bengan148]

oh i'm so sorry that i accidentally pressed "N" while i was typing(!!!)

btw. your grammar is terrible, did you fail in english?

[Urlog922]

border lands i know 2 games that have graphs like these Crackdown and Borderlands

[coloradooo3]

4.Batman was GREAT, but didint bring anything inovative in to core graphics and design.

3.Borderlands is an REALY inovative path to make a game In CELLSHADEING, but it may get a bit tiring after some time, since nothing changes.

2.Assassins Creed 2 indeed has BEST graphics, and if it was the choice betwen these 3, AC would with without a doubt, cuz it brought Venece back to life

#1. Saboteur - Best inovative design this year. They made a smart choice giving player the ability to SHIFT the world.

[AfroMan1171]

WTF!?!?!?!

That game(Saboteur)ISN'T EVEN OUT YET

[coloradooo3]

exacly, so how can u make a contest without one contestan even showing? But they did so, before games release, which is very unfair.

[MameluckProductions]

Hard decision. ACII or Saboteur. =P

[bucks021]

i like the music

[Alty732]

wow you guys left out alot of btter games

[LebaneseGamer]

borderlands

[jakesteel90]

Is the sabotor ever out yet why would they put it here?

[GurkBurkSWE]

soooo... where's cod 6?

[StaticDonut]

Cod... dont have the best graphic... but it own in all other category.

[jocamar15]

How could Brutal Legend not be here? It had awesome art direction.

[m4dm3th0d]

this has got to be the TIGHEST race!!!

i cant decide!!!!

[imaloony8]

God damn this is a tough choice. Sabetoure, AC2, Borderlands, and Batman ALL look great. But in terms of art direction, I think AC2 captured the feel of Italy and made a feeling in its setting that almost no other game had. It was able to take one area are make it both realistic and fantasy at the exact same time, and they did a brilliant job of it.

[lacores210]

Assassins Creed 2

[WolfClant]

batman/ac2

[semperfimgs]

Borderlands

[TheLethalDwarf]

between the sabotuer and borderlands. i'm going with borderlands.

[OneTouch8700]

im torn between arkham asylum and assasins creed 2

[ormagoden666]

best art stlye gotta go with brutal legend

[ShadowsSpawn]

FFS... ART is not the Graphics... its the FUCKING ART! everyone crying about no uncharted 2 needs to read that this is the "art" award not the realest graphics award.

[wiiwouldntliketoplay]

Theres no doubt about it, Borderlands AC:2 was great but people are getting Art direction mixed up with graphics, they're different people!!

[IKatanaMaster]

Wtf?! Uncharted 2 wasn't there?

[Muzikcurezdapain]

I only picked this for uncharted 2. Oh well, Borderlands cause its a more original art style that fits the game perfectly

[ironman3338]

borderlands man images are awesome

[Rorshock520]

Psh, Blazblue...owait that's not on the list.

[ultimatownage]

AC2 seeing that Uncharted 2 isnt a nominee.

[durge666]

Saboteur or AC2 for me. Probably Saboteur though, partly cause I feel sorry for Pandemic, but mostly cause of the awesome black and white theme they've got. Liberated regions are all colored in, while oppressed and controlled regions are all black and white except for reds and yellows (I think there's some yellows).

[d46jakeh]

borderlands = epic graphics!

[ultramechadude]

BRUTAL LEGEND!

[kyuubifan5]

AC2 of course that game is increible

[Smellyhobo10101]

AC2 FOR SURE

[StuarttStewie]

Either Borderlands, or The Saboteur.