GameSpot's Best & Worst Awards for 1997



Dubious Honors

Dubious Honors:
It might be a misnomer to call this section what it is. Or even an oxymoron. Whatever the case, it's certainly no honor to be inducted here, and if we had trophies for these awards (which we don't) we doubt they would make it onto the mantle. Is it cruel to discredit the fruits of the labor of so many people, some of whom must certainly be talented individuals? Sure it is. But somebody was responsible for all the castor oil we had to swallow last year, so let them learn a lesson: Make no concessions or excuses, just great games.

Oddly, many of the games that earned their way onto the Dubious Honors list were initially among the most promising titles of the year. You often expect to find some obscure title as Worst Game, but that wasn't the case in 1997.

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