Sweeping the board at most of the nominations, Uncharted 2 has proved a runaway hit with both critics and fans
Whilst it may be indirectly rewarding on of Uncharted 2′s greatest strengths, the Writers Guild of America has given the writer of Naughty Dog’s “blockbuster” game the coveted award, Amy Hennig. I say coveted because there is actually only one award in the Video Game category. Though I suppose being a writers guild they are a tiny bit limited.
It’s nice to see actual decent writing being rewarded for a video game title, as a lot of the time the supposed snobbery of the other media industries takes over and means gaming gets stuck with very little recognition. Having said that, in the video gaming circles, Uncharted 2 hasn’t exactly done badly this year..
For example, at DICE 2010 (Annual Interactive Achievement Awards), Uncharted 2 came away with Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in game direction, Adventure Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Animation, Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Story- Original, Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition, Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering and Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design…That is one hell of a list. And that is just one award ceremony!
Don’t get me wrong, from playing Uncharted 2, I think that for nearly all of these which I understand it is very deserving of recognition, and games equally good at what they do were well rewarded. And their recognition by the Writers guild probably furthers their reputation even more. Someone needs to get them a bigger shelf.
