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ResetEra Games of the Year Awards 2018
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It has been explained multiple times. It's just the term that was used for all remakes/remasters/ports. None of those counted towards the overall GOTY and thus have their own category instead. Hollow Knight is a port, and thus why it falls into that category.
Of course, that's naturally going to keep being asked, since it's simply labeled as "remake" as the results, so something about that being edited in would nice because otherwise I don't see that stopping at all.
That said, I didn't think much about it during voting, but it's weird that Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee is treated as an exception to this.
I'm aware GTA V or RDR 2 did not win, I'm just talking games that placed lower here than in general. They both finished 3rd compared to 2nd by the general population.
poor xb1. its best shot was probably 2012 thanks to how slow that year was. 2010 probably would have been drowned out even if it had a worldwide release.
If I remembered to vote I would have had DQ11 as my GOTY. Happy with it being in the top 10 at least.
For real, categorising remakes, ports and remasters under one "remake" heading is... I mean, the definition doesn't match remotely.
Good for Dragon Quest XI. Every fan of JRPGs need to play this game!
Fantastic work putting together this thread.
Fantastic work putting together this thread.
Nah. TLoU is Citizen Kane. But I'll give you Casablanca for GOW, how's that?
GTAV finished 3rd on GAF but that's because Bioshock Infinite was 2nd. That doesn't really line up with GAF/Era's supposed bias against multi platform games.
Edit: I understand what you're saying but it just doesn't seem conclusive to me.
it's kinda nuts how it mirrored last year:
god of war - breath of the wild
spider-man - super mario odyssesy
detroit - xenoblade chronicles 2
super smash bros. - horizon zero dawn
...also i forgot to list mlb 18 the show!! oh man, i knew i'd played more than 25 games in 2018.
I agree. A better term for those games should been made rather than just "remake".
But yakuza 0 is not a remake/remaster at all. It's it's own brand new game. A prequel!
I appreciate the effort but more thought should have been put into this.
Nah, it's weird that Kiwami 2 isn't also treated as an exception.
Full-blown remakes should be eligible for GOTY. They're entirely new games that are just based on an old one.
Nah...God Of War is The 'The Godfather' of gaming....literally :P
I honestly can't believe some posters are seriously trying to play the "Sony bias" card on Era of all fucking places.
Some people gon' get PTSD from these results it feels like.
Some people gon' get PTSD from these results it feels like.
Maybe it's just because console manufacturers put the work triple A multi platform publishers are not willing to do anymore. The EAs, Activisions and Ubisofts of the world are all either putting out multiplayer only grind fests, open world grind fests or games as service grind fests or all of the above. Activision had the Spiderman license for like almost 20 years, why didn't they ever put out a game even as half as good as this new Spiderman? Spiderman 2 was close but not enough. It took a PS4 exclusive to make this because Lord knows a triple A publisher would've never let this game ship without micro transactions and/or more Service-y for recurring payments.
Well that's why I didn't use GTA V as an example of Sony/Nintendo lean. I used BB, Bayo 2, and Journey for that. I only ever mentioned GTA V when just giving examples of multi platform games that did worse here, not necessarily Sony/Nintendo bias.
And that's fair. It's not exactly a conclusive science.
Buddy, you won't get any argument from me in regards to those publishers. Like I said, I think Sony and Nintendo are the 2 best publishers in the game right now.
Yeah it's really bothering me that Pokemon is #20 but Shadow and Yakuza Kiwami 2 aren't allowed. Even the quote they picked talks about it being a remake. Get that thing out of there.
I ain't got no damn time to be writing essays. This ain't no college class got dammit.
But seriously I can't even remember if I voted. But that did make stay away from voting at first.
For me, it was a much less interesting year in big games than 2017. Nier Automata was a breakthrough in games as a meaningful artform and at least generation defining. At best, GoW is a great game, but that's all it is.
There were quite a few good indie games, but those are always going to get fewer votes than AA/AAA titles.
Somewhere between the two. There's a wide expanse between Kiwami 2 (which is largely the original reimplemented in an updated engine) and Let's Go (which is a totally different looking and playing game that revisits the"story" and some moments from the original).
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lol never noticed it for Pokemon
"Pokemon Let's Go is a perfect, updated remake of Yellow"
come on now it's just embarrassing
"Pokemon Let's Go is a perfect, updated remake of Yellow"
come on now it's just embarrassing
TIL that I need to play DQ11.
Also, the delineation between what's a remake or not seems a little arbitrary.
Also, the delineation between what's a remake or not seems a little arbitrary.
What a great year. I don't look at a single game on that list and think "why the hell is this on the GOTY list?" as I have in some previous years.
*Sees CrossCode at #60*
You all are sleeping on this game something fierce. This game is easily one of the best games of the year in a year of really good games. I hope it can get a bit more publicity when it hits consoles, cause damn, it deserves it.
You all are sleeping on this game something fierce. This game is easily one of the best games of the year in a year of really good games. I hope it can get a bit more publicity when it hits consoles, cause damn, it deserves it.
For me the issue isn't that Hollow Knight isn't a remake/port/whatever. My issues are two-fold:
1) They have been working on that game since its more barebones release on PC with the console releases being close to or at final. The only difference between it and Dead Cells, which counted this year, is one was labeled as early access and the other wasn't.
2) Also who cares? If enough of Resetera wants to put a port on their list and the categorization doesn't allow it, then the categorization is bad.
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2a). Yakuza Kiwami 2 not getting in but RE2 likely getting counted in 2019 is hells of AAA bias.
1) They have been working on that game since its more barebones release on PC with the console releases being close to or at final. The only difference between it and Dead Cells, which counted this year, is one was labeled as early access and the other wasn't.
2) Also who cares? If enough of Resetera wants to put a port on their list and the categorization doesn't allow it, then the categorization is bad.
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2a). Yakuza Kiwami 2 not getting in but RE2 likely getting counted in 2019 is hells of AAA bias.
That's an awesome list of games, I'm happy to say I've played all the top-10 (though I have some more to go on a few). It's been a great year in games from a bunch of angles and seeing them all in one place reminds me that this medium is in a pretty darn good spot!
Now to get back to some of these...
Bryan's one of the most exuberant folks I've seen in the industry this year, really love his work as Connor and his and Amelia's streaming has been super consistent and impressively risen through the months.
Now to get back to some of these...
Bryan's one of the most exuberant folks I've seen in the industry this year, really love his work as Connor and his and Amelia's streaming has been super consistent and impressively risen through the months.
Amazing list guys. Thanks to those who voted.
I was gonna jump on the train of people complaining about Hollow Knight, but I didn't realize it didn't come out on most platforms until last year. Definitely deserves to be on this list, as it was robbed from having a chance due to its weird release window.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey in the best Switch games list is dumb though.
Last year, my most-played games were Path of Exile and Destiny 2.
I was gonna jump on the train of people complaining about Hollow Knight, but I didn't realize it didn't come out on most platforms until last year. Definitely deserves to be on this list, as it was robbed from having a chance due to its weird release window.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey in the best Switch games list is dumb though.
I didn't vote because I didn't necessarily care enough about anything that came out last year in particular. Two years ago I wanted Breath of the Wild to win, so I voted.
Last year, my most-played games were Path of Exile and Destiny 2.
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because it is available to stream in japan a version that probably 99% of people here never played
I believe you can play it on Switch via streaming in some regions. It stumped me at first too!
Edit: Poo, beaten by Jimmyfenix
Umm I fail to see the lies? Even though Witcher 3 was my personal GOTY that year it wasn't like Knack won and it's an obvious bias. Bayo 2 holds up, go play Dragon Age now. The tradition has carried on here. What 3rd party game would you say was "clearly" robbed from GOTY?
Thousands of posters have been banned since last year's voting thread.
About why voting was down.....
It's an involved process and kind of annoying tbh.
There MUST be a comment or get banned. The titles MUST be bolded. MUST follow this exact format and title.
I'm sure there was a reason for all of that, but it seemed like work for something I didn't really care THAT much about.
Dunno, thats my opinion. I eventually did it, but I could have easily not done it either tbh.
It's an involved process and kind of annoying tbh.
There MUST be a comment or get banned. The titles MUST be bolded. MUST follow this exact format and title.
I'm sure there was a reason for all of that, but it seemed like work for something I didn't really care THAT much about.
Dunno, thats my opinion. I eventually did it, but I could have easily not done it either tbh.
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