 Virtue 's Last Reward received some awards from gaming publications , including : Handheld Game of the Year from GameSpot , Best 3DS / DS Story from IGN , Best Handheld Exclusive from Game Informer , as well as Best Story and Best Graphic Adventure from RPGFan . The game also received nominations for : Best Narrative at the 13th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards , and Game of the Year from Kotaku , Pocket Gamer , and GameSpot . Gamasutra , Game Developer , 1UP.com , and Amazon.com placed Virtue 's Last Reward within their non @-@ ranked lists of the Best Games of 2012 , while RPGFan listed it as one of the thirty essential role @-@ playing video games from the years 2010 to 2015 . 
