The Outerworlds isn't generic, but it's definitely on the safer side of things considering the genre it falls in has some of the highest selling games of all time.
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IGN announces Game of the Year 2019 nominees (Control, Disco Elysium, Pokemon, RE2, Zelda, etc.)
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Be a good game that a lot of people enjoyed.
Calm down man, they're allowed to not like it.
You're way too invested.
Replace Pokemon with Astral Chain and you got yourself a pretty solid list.
Would give it to Fire Emblem, personally.
Really need to get around to trying out Outer Wilds.
Would give it to Fire Emblem, personally.
Really need to get around to trying out Outer Wilds.
well apparently more than one person, since it didn't make the list that's chosen by the whole staff.
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Just because it's an RPG doesn't make it "safe" lol. Otherwise Death Stranding is also safe because it's open world, which is the current hotness.
I mean it got 81, less than tons of other games left off. Can't be so great....
Lots of games fulfill that criteria. I don't understand why Pokémon was singled out. I can think of at least ten Switch exclusives that deserve it more.
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We should be awarding games that are great.
Ah, I didn't realize this was the Metacritic GOTY.
It wasn't just the reviewer though. If you follow the IGN folks on Twitter, a lot of them also didn't like it or straight up didn't play it because of the review.
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And they disagree with you. It's pretty simple.
For what it's worth, I do too.
lol I know tone doesn't come through, I'm not angry. I'm more being flippant. I just think it's a meh list and Death Stranding's absence from being a nominee makes it feel even more jokey to me.
Not saying this didn't happen with other games on that list but DMC V was a tale of two halfs. The first half was badass and levels where typically cool, the second half was a bit of a snoozer and levels blended together. Just for my own personal GOTY list, if the second half was as good as the first it would easily be top 3. I think I have it sitting 9th or 10th currently.
Im more shocked Luigis Mansion 3 isn't on the list compared to Link's Awakening Remake or Pokemon if they wanted to fill another slot with Nintendo exclusive.
Not even close. There was a year where Shadow of Mordor and Dragon Age were getting GOTY awards.
That very same year had Bayonetta 2 and Mario Kart 8. Those were winning awards because nobody took the Wii U seriously.
Pokemon is great and tons of fun. I couldn't make it past the first 2-3 hours of Gears or Death Stranding, so to me, Pokemon is a way better game than those 2.
You should read their review. It is especially amusing now with context.
The Wild Area is amazing. The Gym Battles are absolute hype, like pure gaming bliss. Lots of QOL updates too.
The difference between those two is that Outer Worlds does not try to change the way we interact with that style of Western RPG. It's very much, "one of those". It's a good game and I enjoyed my time with it, but I very much forgot it the instant I was done with it.
There is nothing else like Death Stranding in the open world format.
It's funny how scores either matter or don't matter depending on convenience.
2014 is the unquestioned champion of weak years for me. I liked 2019, but I get some of the skepticism towards it, just because its hits are pretty conservative, not much that feels fresh, with the exceptions of Control and Outer Wilds (maybe Disco Elysium and Slay the Spire too, haven't played those personally). The Outer Worlds succeeds because it is so dedicated to being a Bethesda-like. RE2 and Link's Awakenings are literal remakes, a beat-for-beat one in Zelda's case. Pokémon and Fire Emblem are good (very good, for Fire Emblem) entries in their franchises, but still totally within the traditional bounds of their franchises. Sekiro is great, bit it's our third release in the FROM formula this gen.
