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EMI, best of 2000! 27 Dec, 2000 / Comments: 7

By DJG


Gamespot UK has awarded EMI "Adventure game of the year 2000" beating out Devil Inside, Blair Witch Vol. 1, and In Cold Blood.
As polished, accomplished and gorgeous to look at as a golden pile of pieces of eight, Escape hoisted the Jolly Roger and confirmed that predictions of the adventure genre's death were entirely premature.

Hooray for Adventures!

Source: p40dixie

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  • ududy on 30 Dec, 2000, 12:44…
    Gamespot, not the UK version, indeed nominated "The Longest Journey" over EMI as best adventure of 2000.
  • C Shutt on 29 Dec, 2000, 03:16…
    Of course it's dying. The fact that something as terrible as Escape from Monkey Island could be considered "Adventure of the Year" should be proof of that.
  • Maximar on 28 Dec, 2000, 16:08…
    The Longest Journey was released early this year in the UK. It was the last European country where it was released (some very clever strategy from Funcom). So, yeah, it should have won this! And I don't understand why it wasn't even nominated. BTW Why do the magazines have to mention EVERY time a good adventure game pops up that it took them totally by surprise? When are they going to realize the genre is NOT dying, I wonder.
  • Sopabuena on 28 Dec, 2000, 15:58…
    Either in cold blood, BW V1 or the Devil Inside are adventure games
  • spaff on 28 Dec, 2000, 10:03…
    nah i think it was meant to come out in the summer... dunno
  • TaXicab on 28 Dec, 2000, 06:54…
    i think in UK the longest Journey came out last year(?) im not too sure about that though.
  • Chunkey Monkey on 28 Dec, 2000, 05:04…
    Pfft The Longest Journey should have won that award.