PC Gamer's Game of the Year 2020 is Death Stranding

[Abi]

Game of the Year 2020: Death Stranding

Truly no game encapsulated 2020 better than Kojima's journey to reconnect the world.

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Congrats to Kojima Productions. Lovely game, nice to see the recognition from PC outlets.

Rest of the awards:

Best Ongoing Game: Final Fantasy XIV
Best Action Game: Hades
Best Roguelike: Spelunky 2
Best Adventure Game: Paradise Killer
Best Co-op Game: Phasmophobia
Best Card Game: Monster Train
Best Innovation: Microsoft Flight Simulator
Best VR Game: Half-Life: Alyx
Best Multiplayer Game: Valorant
Best RPG: Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Best FPS: Doom Eternal
Best Strategy Game: Crusader Kings 3

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[Rodrigues solitaire]

Absolutely filthy list. What a year for PC gaming.

 

[hidys]

I bought this in the recent sale.
I need to play it at some point.

 

[Deleted member 420]

Huh

 

[entremet]

Huh

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PC port release date was this year.

 

[Gero]

The best choice

 

[Kyuuji]

Well deserved, it's a brilliant game.

 

[brjuntinaar]

Nice, it's a great game, good to see it getting some recognition.

 

[CannonFodder52]

Nice. It really is a tremendous game.

Glad to see they gave Paradise Killer the best adventure game award too.

 

[ty_hot]

Now KojiPro just need to release it on PS5 and Series X so it get it's third year of GOTY.

 

[My Blue Heaven]

keep on keeping on

 

[AshenOne]

Overall, absolutely deserved. Great port, support for it by its dev and some nice sales.

 

[Cactuar]

See the sunset
The day is ending
Let that yawn out
There's no pretending

 

[Lobster Roll]

Oh, the Alyx crowd is not going to like that.

 

[super-famicom]

Finally, Monster Train gets some recognition!

 

[KillLaCam]

I really wanna play more of this but I lost my save and can't get myself to push though the first region again. It was interesting but isn't the type of game that benefits from replaying parts

 

[Bundy]

The GOTY 2019 strikes back.
Well deserved.

 

[Jawbreaker]

It's the best game that released on PC this year, so it's well-earned. I adore Death Stranding.

Post-COVID, it's inarguably even more impactful.

 

[Shopolic]

Amazing choice!

 

[DeoGame]

Should've been Alyx, MSFS or Crusader Kings. It's a great port, but it's just that: a port. I wouldn't give Xbox GOTY to flight sim next year despite my love for the game.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Yikes!

 

[Deleted member 3017]

Huh. That's actually really cool. Congrats to Kojima Productions.

DS is currently in my PS4 backlog. I have a base PS4. Are the Pro enhancements enough that I should wait until I obtain a PS5 before playing?

 

[Fat4all]

heck yea gettum

 

[Deleted member 56803]

Gross. Should have been KRZ, Paradise Killer, Visage, Omori, or Suzerain

 

[Astandahl]

Thread already delivering in the first page.

 

[data west]

Almost everything in this article about Death Stranding could be applied to Snowrunners, but it's like PC Gamer's staff needs a big budget attached.

 

[Wilf Netherton]

Great to see Paradise Killer get more recognition. I'll pick up Death Stranding when the mood is right, glad to see it here.

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

Terrible choice in a year with Alyx and Cyberpunk (The PC version was fine).

 

[Siresly]

It's an outrage that my favorite game didn't win their awards. Why didn't they consult me?

 

[Karlinel]

So, the MMO crowd, is FF XIV better than WoW from a basically single player PoV?
And how does it run on ps5?

 

[Saicho]

at least someone remembers Death Stranding

 

[Wilf Netherton]

So, the MMO crowd, is FF XIV better than WoW from a basically single player PoV?
And how does it run on ps5?

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It's absolutely better in my opinion. FFXIV is an MMO that's worth playing for the story.

Can't say how it runs on PS5, I would be surprised if it has any problems.

 

[N.47H.4N]

The best part is that Death Stranding represent very well 2020, I am glad is still being well received, its one of the game I am sure will be more well received as the years go, instant classic, truly magic and especial game.

Terrible choice in a year with Alyx and Cyberpunk (The PC version was fine).

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I can't say for Alyx, but Death Stranding is so much better than Cyberpunk.

 

[Ausroachman]

Was my 2019 game of the year, so given current events it feels like it's more fitting in 2020

 

[evrythngwastakn]

AC best RPG huh?

 

[Dever]

Awesome.

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

I can't say for Alyx, but Death Stranding is so much better than Cyberpunk.

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I played both for the first time this year and I entirely disagree. 58 hours in Death Stranding and 41 so far in CP2077.

 

[ArjanN]

Best Action Game: Hades
Best Roguelike: Spelunky 2

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Glad to see this. I like Hades, but the actual roguelike stuff isn't it's stongest suit.

 

[7thFloor]

I liked Alyx a lot but this is it for me too

 

[shodgson8]

Odd pick in my opinion but they are more than entitled to theirs.

Would have expected Half Life Alyx considering it's a PC exclusive Half Life game that pushes tech, definitely my personal GOTY.

 

[QisTopTier]

This is a good ass list

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

2019 GOTY is 2020 GOTY!
Keep on keeping on!
Sam Porter Bridges delivers again.

With how 2020 turned out, this game hits so much harder with me now. It's such a different, sometimes frustrating, but unique experience.

 

[FusedAtoms]

Hell yeah thats awesome , was my game of the year last year and is possibly my game of the generation.

I was contemplating getting it on pc because I really want to play through it again but I've been holding out hoping for a ps5 upgrade with Dualsense features. Im probably going to just end up getting the PC version though pretty soon

 

[7thFloor]

Terrible choice in a year with Alyx and Cyberpunk (The PC version was fine).

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Cyberpunk is still buggy as fuck on PC, Death Stranding has great performance, next to no bugs, oh and it's a much better game
Alyx is really great though

 

[Deleted member 2533]

The best RPG this year was an Assassin's Creed game? Fine, as a game, okay, but with the renaissance the CRPG scene has enjoyed over the last half-decade, I'd have hoped for a more traditional choice.

 

[XR.]

Not a good year for RPGs, huh?

 

[Serene]

Personally hate Death Stranding as a game, but the PC port by all accounts was technically amazing so good on them for that

 

[Soundtrack2chaos]

Terrible choice in a year with Alyx and Cyberpunk (The PC version was fine).

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I mean, there's far more wrong with 2077 before we even bring up the bugs. For one: you can't go two seconds walking around in the game without receiving 3 phonecalls in a row because you walked into X fixer's hood, one of delamain's cars is nearby and oh hey,some Fixer wants you to buy a car 🤷🏾‍♂️

The PC version might be fine in comparison to the other versions of the game but the game itself also has a lot of non-bug related issues.

 

[Balmung421]

Deserved and that is a great list

 

[Transistor]

Cool. I loved it.