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God of War wins TGA's Game of the Year award!
- Thread starter Bundy
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Glad to see God Of War win. I feel if Rockstar could have achieved what SSM did with actual gameplay they would have walked away with it hands down.
Compared to the first? You are in a camp doing errands that don't correlated. I can't see any epic moment or a sequence in the actions you are doing there. That's why I said the game looks boring sometimes.
I'm happy to see unbiased people yelling the truth.... The truth.... BOY I COME FROME A LAND CALLED SPARTA!
You are simply tasteless giving your track record, please stop raging against something you hate because isn't on your preferred platform and take more time playing fantastic game like GoW.
Deserved. Personally it was also a close race between RDR2 and GoW this year. I would put RDR2 a little bit higher as GoW but just a tiny bit.
It's better in narrative but I cannot think of a single other way it's better.
If you value gameplay then God Of War is the clear choice.
Ah, okay. God of War is the better game overall. But I respect your opinion :-)
I remember this guy from B3D... he has always had these conspiracy theories on Sony. Best visuals because it's a PS game. GoTY because it's a PS game etc.
Anyway, well deserved. GoW is one of the best games I have ever played. The best reboot of a series ever IMO. I honestly started to lose interest prior to this.
Crazy that some people actually consider this an "upset". Just goes to show how easily people hop on the latest hype train.
God of war is one of the defining games of this generation. It deserves every award it receives.
God of war is one of the defining games of this generation. It deserves every award it receives.
Really? How did you come up with that conspiracy?
In 2014, Sony did not have any nominations in GOTY category.
In 2015, The Witcher 3 beat Bloodborne.
In 2016, Overwatch beat Uncharted 4.
In 2017, The Legend of Zelda: BOTW beat Horizon: Zero Dawn.
Enjoyed it, finished it, was a pretty game, but also was repetitive and fairly linear. Not quite sure what you think it defined.
First God of War I completed was GOW3 Remastered. It was an epic game but Kratos was the most unlikable main character I've played in a long while and at times completely disgusted at some of the decisions like the one which stood out was when kratos just sent Poseidon's wife chained up into the meat grinder. I was literally saying " What the fuck". I also didn't quite like the combat and going from that experience to the New God of War was just completely different level. They somehow managed to make Kratos actually an interesting character haunted by his past actions, made me so engaged with following on the journey with his son. It's not just the change in story but Combat took to a complete evolution. Far more engaging experience requiring person to be more environmentally aware, combat that actually felt heavy, satisfying to play around with with some incredible movesets and movement that for the first time has been great to control. SSM have shown to be completely capable of improving not just one aspect but several making it a far more cohesive game to play combined with one of the most ambitious camera work, I can see why it won game direction and also Game of the year.
In the year of people buying again Nintendo games with their tight gameplay it's only logical that great gameplay won against mediocre gameplay. The team deserved it but I am really happy that Cory won best game direction. I think he is going to really love that particular award.
Well deserved to Corey and the team. Happy it beat RDR2. Too many issues I had with that game for it to edge onto GOTY territory. GOW was tight as fuck on every level.
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Did you stop watching the show at halftime then came back at the end? GoW won best action\adventure game and best direction. RDR2 won best audio, music and narrative. That doesn't feel like RDR2 took everything at all. If anything I'd say the 2 awards GoW won matter a lot more than the 3 RDR2 won.
Agreed. God of War is so smooth, and it feels great to play. The Story is great, the characters are outstanding, it has a sequel review thread (https://www.resetera.com/threads/god-of-war-review-thread-2-when-a-boi-became-a-man.82783/) and it's in my top 5 of all time.
That's not some knee jerk reaction either. As both a game, and something that grew up with me I feel attached to Kratos journey now more than ever. I played Mario when I was 5 and Mario's the same. I played the initial God of War when I was a bit younger, and angry at everything around me. I was personally in a dark place. Now some 13 years later I play the latest God of War and Kratos has matured just like I feel I have and it's a unique feeling. I can't say that about any other game. I'd love to, I've played so many games. The timing on this was just right to me and game of the year won game of the year. No shocks here.
As for Red Dead. I love Red Dead for what it wants to be. Amazing world and characters. Arthur Morgan is one of my favorite new characters and I didn't expect to get attached to him like I did. Unfortunately Rockstar's decisions to keep their game tedious killed it for me. If I wanted to play as a tank I'd play a game about tanks. Arhur handles like a soggy turd driving around on a carpet and he makes me feel like I'm drunk when I try to shoot.
Well deserved Cory and the team at SSM.
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I'll play through RDR2 completely when it comes to PC, but I did play 5 hours at a friends house and thought it was incredible. Visually stunning, amazing presentation and atmosphere. Voice work, animations and soundtrack are superb. And I won't put these games on a side by side categorically and compare, but I'll tell you God of War is some of the most fun I've had in a game and I didn't want it to end, just left you wanting more. It's hard to argue against God of War having the superior controls, fluidity and game play.
Congrats! I haven't played RDR2 and I'm sure it's amazing, but GOW is a game that I truly enjoyed.
There's something special about it. It's not perfect either, but it's been a while since I last felt the kind of joy and wonderment I had while playing it. Truly great game, well deserved prize.
There's something special about it. It's not perfect either, but it's been a while since I last felt the kind of joy and wonderment I had while playing it. Truly great game, well deserved prize.
It is a great game, no doubt. Any other year, I would be rooting for it to win :)
God Of War was phenomenal, but Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the best, and most important video games ever created. It sets a new and astonishing standard for world building, transcendent verisimilitude, and is a true work of art.
God Of War won because it was the crowd pleaser equivalent of an Oscar winning movie losing to something far more important, well written, and requiring of a more patient and mature mind to appreciate.
Shit happens.
Even Cory knows deep in his heart that Red Dead was clearly, remarkably better.
God Of War won because it was the crowd pleaser equivalent of an Oscar winning movie losing to something far more important, well written, and requiring of a more patient and mature mind to appreciate.
Shit happens.
Even Cory knows deep in his heart that Red Dead was clearly, remarkably better.
Happy to see God of War win over Red Dead. I 100% completed God of War. I ended up quitting Red Dead after 30 hours. Red Dead is just a slog to play through, and I'm not just talking about the god awful controls.
What exactly was repetitive that is not repetitive in other 3rd person action adventures, if I may ask? And why do you mention "linear" as if it is something negative? Do all games need to have multiple endings and open worlds or something?
God of War won because it simply has better gameplay and controls and the main missions weren't so friggin narrow minded and fixed as RDR2's. It's a good thing RDR2 didn't win. Maybe we get better controls en missions in RDR3 now.
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God of War won because it's the game with better gameplay. It was the better game in the end. Cory, the gamers and the jury knew that ;)
I do not rate God of War highly (pretty much like Legend of Zelda last year), grinding for platinum made the game feel worse for me unlike Spider-Man. I would have preferred RDR2 to win GotY (and God of War win best performance, they definitely performed the best during awards show), but still a good game won this award.
QFT I'm almost finished with RDR2 it's narrative and atmosphere is amazing, but I do feel the overall package of GOW is just amazing. Like Zelda, I just couldn't put that game down.
Did you play it on easy and not fight any of the Valkyrie? The amount of secrets, hidden rooms and enemies makes this opinion just very strange IMO. God of War goes as deep as you want it to go. It's no open world, and I'm sure the sequel will be ever bigger, but it's a very well-crafted experience and repetitive is just something I never experienced at all.
Love the salt in this one. God of War is the better overall product. Too many people were turned off by the clunky controls of RDR2 and some of the mechanics in the game that were kind of pointless. Mission design was pretty lacking too. Having a really detailed world doesn't win you GOTY.
What I truly don't understand is why so many RDR 2 superfans seem to be so pretentious.
I didn't find the game to be either of those things, nor do I think those are negatives in and of themselves, especially when we're discussing an action adventure game with a substantial narrative element.
It excelled in virtually every category. Wonderful story, acting, characters and camerawork. Combat that was grounded, yet fast-paced, challenging, and had a surprising amount of depth. Level/world design and art direction that I found to lead to a great sense of discovery and wonder. Simply put, it defines the generation by being one of the best.
Terrible controls and input lag are too deep for us mere peasants to understand.
Thanks for all the kind words in this thread about the game, it really means the world.
And a huge shoutout to the rest of the nominees too, those were all straight-up master-class games and I've played the heck out of them myself, and don't plan to stop anytime soon. We're in an awesome time for some seriously talented devs to make some of the stuff on stage tonight!
And a huge shoutout to the rest of the nominees too, those were all straight-up master-class games and I've played the heck out of them myself, and don't plan to stop anytime soon. We're in an awesome time for some seriously talented devs to make some of the stuff on stage tonight!