MAX PAYNE??!?! GAME OF THE YEAR?! my god NO!!!!! ok, you guys got to seperate awards here, most inovative engine: Max Payne, overall: HELL NO!!!! Can't quite think of the bombest game out right now or that ever came out for 2000-2002, but if you guys are going to start a thread like this, then at least split the topics and such jeez, Max payne had a terribly see-through plot with a story-line that ended faster with a one eye-hooker at a motel six! (hehe, ok that was crappy but hey, im' just trying to get my point across)