Best Budget Game
The budget-game market sure has come a long way in recent months. Once the wasteland-like dumping ground for all the junk that game publishers couldn't give away, budget lines have recently proven to be a viable method of selling quality games, as the five finalists in this category exemplify. Be they superb sports titles, quirky puzzlers, or online fighters, this year's best of the budget set are an amazing testament to what you can do when you lower the price, but keep the quality high:
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Despite being priced well below its predecessors, Colin McRae Rally 2004 proved to be the best of the series at the time of its release.
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The best football game on the market for less than half of what the competition costs? What god did we please?
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See above, but replace the word "football" with "hockey."
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We certainly won't complain about a fun, fast-paced fighter with solid online play--though we could do without the pound sign.
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Admit it. For the King of All Cosmos' wisdom, you'd pay twice what Namco was asking.
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And the Winner is...
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