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God Hand a score of 3 out of 10 during its original release, the website ranked the game at #100 for their "Top 100 PlayStation 2 Games" list in 2010. "Independent PlayStation Magazine" listed "God Hand" among the "11 PS2 Games You Need to Play (But Haven't)". "God Hand" was a nominee for "Best Fighting Game" at the 2006 "Spike Video Game Awards". Rab Florence of the Scottish television series "VideoGaiden" claimed "God Hand" to be one of the best games ever made. The presenter summarized his review by stating, "What an epitaph for Clover Studio: We made one of the best