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ResetEra Games of the Year Awards 2018
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Feels like 2018 was a weak year seeing this list. Though granted I've barely played any of the games. I see many games pretty high up that I thought were generally regarded as disappointing or not as good as its predecessor. What a caught from the conversations here and Giant Bomb I've heard almost no positive vibes about games such as Detroid, Far Cry and to some extent AC (I thought the previous film was higher regarded. Yet here they are really high up or rewarded with some best category rewards.
Also seeing Spiderman so high up this list is kind of telling. It's an incredible fun game with amazing swinging and a fun story. But other than just an extremely fun game I don't see it as a game of the year contender in a more stacked year.
It looks like it was a good year for indie games (which I didn't play at all :-( ) and a rather middling year for the traditional AAA games.
Also seeing Spiderman so high up this list is kind of telling. It's an incredible fun game with amazing swinging and a fun story. But other than just an extremely fun game I don't see it as a game of the year contender in a more stacked year.
It looks like it was a good year for indie games (which I didn't play at all :-( ) and a rather middling year for the traditional AAA games.
This isn't really a fair measure. They competed in different fields.
It was weak for me personally, RDR2 didn't spark any interest in me and I have no issues waiting for the PC Release to play it in better quality on my gaming Rig. Spiderman, heck, it's Spiderman, can it get more boring than that, maybe I'll get it at a big discount at some point. God of War was a nice title but not really GotY material for me, especially after the amazing year 2017 GotYs look so much weaker to me. Same goes for Smash Ultimate sadly, I enjoyed it very much but I eventually dropped it, now I have Switch Online for another 10 months, might play a bit of Splatoon online I guess.
Octopath Traveler is the main Sleeper hit for me, along with Into the Breach. I spend about 80 hours with each game and I still get back to them from time to time. Celeste was also a blast but at some point I stopped playing it as it got ridiculously hard and also frustrating, well at least I finished all the B-Sides. Gris was also fun but of course a little bit too short, it reminded me a lot of Journey but in 2D, would love it to see more games of that caliber in the future, that aren't afraid to break the norm of "kill enemy X to win"
All I heard here, this year, about Mario tennis aces is how disappointing the game was. And then it wins sport game of the year. That's era for you.
Also, ranking wiiu when it's already discontinued by last year feels like a jab.
Also, ranking wiiu when it's already discontinued by last year feels like a jab.
It just came out on PC so more people should be able to play it now.
I for one was not going to buy an Xbox One for the one game I wanted to play on it.
Thank you all for the work. I didn't vote, but it's entertaining to see the list and compare it with my own. It was a good year, from indies to big AAA productions, passing through some incredible games made in Japan. A few important companies were a minor disappointment, but only someone who puts too much value on a single system, or a single developer, could look at 2018 with anything but fond memories.
PS: Change remake category next year, please. It's clear there's a problem with that.
PS: Change remake category next year, please. It's clear there's a problem with that.
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Looks more like RDR2 is loved by a vocal minority
If RDR2 managed to easily come ahead of titles like MHW, Smash Bros Ultimate, Celeste, Dragon Quest XI and AC Odyssey, it is loved by a lot of more than a vocal minority lol.
So the greatest remake we've yet seen of one of the greatest games ever made is robbed of winning Best Remake.........by Hollow Knight.......which is not a remake in any way shape or form........good job guy's,lol.
I'm still flabbergasted that remakes aren't recognised as new games and get omitted from the top 20 as a result.
Kiwami 2 is a massively different game compared to the original, trust me.
Kiwami 2 is a massively different game compared to the original, trust me.
The thing I don't quite understand is why it states remasters are eligible in the voting OP, and has Shadow of the Colossus listed in the eligible games list, but not Kiwami 2, despite SotC missing out on being included in the final main list anyway.
Personally I think Remakes should be permitted. We're talking about games that have by and large been massively overhauled, with entirely new engines. It's more of a difference than a port or remaster.
------ Game Eligibility -------
Eligible games:
- Playable content released this year is eligible. This includes new games, remasters, ports, and so on.
- DLC, including expansion packs, are eligible to be voted on as long as it's playable. Destiny: Curse of Osiris is eligible. Horse Armor is not.
- Episodes of games released this year are eligible.
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I hadn't heard about this game before, and after looking some material about it, it seems like a platformer. So, would people recommend it for a horror fan who dislikes platforming? I loved Little Nightmares, but hated its platforming, mostly because of its imprecision and how the checkpoint system lead to needless and frustrating repetition.
I just finished God of War at the weekend, and while it took me a long time to really get into it, it was worth it in the end. Amazing game, one of the best I've played in a long time. Is there a way to check how long you've been playing it for? It felt very long, but I can't say whether it was closer to 20 or 40 hours for me and I'm curious.
Will get on to Spider-man next and then RDR. It was a great year for games I thought, although the comedown from 2017 was felt.
Will get on to Spider-man next and then RDR. It was a great year for games I thought, although the comedown from 2017 was felt.
Or people played older games from their backlog, or didn't fancy the open world nature of many of last year's games. The only new game I played last year was GOW. so I didn't participate in the voting.
Congrats to Sony Santa Monica for winning GotY. GoW is a great game and i'm happy it won. Hollow Knight not being allowed in the main list... that was disappointing to learn. I thought this year it would get the recognition it deserved.
Also, SotC is not allowed to be in the main list but Pokemon is, seems arbitrary to me. Really interested how REmake2 will be handled this year then.
Also, SotC is not allowed to be in the main list but Pokemon is, seems arbitrary to me. Really interested how REmake2 will be handled this year then.
Because this is also in the OP to the voting thread:
Remakes/remasters/ports were "eligible", as in, you were able to vote on them and include them in your lists, but only completely new games were eligible for the GOTY and Genre Awards.
Though looking at it now, I could certainly see how that could be confusing if someone missed the "ballot scoring" section what exactly they meant by "eligible" there.
I'd expect it to rise since 2019 has many more games fitting Era's taste, which'll probably ignite more voting. RE2, Sekiro, DMC 5, KH3, Outer Worlds, and maaaaaybe TLoU II and/or Death Stranding.
No, it's really not a horror game. It tells me that those running things who put it in that category haven't actually played the game.
I really don't know what the people running this poll were thinking with those categories.
I mean I wouldn't entirely rule it out as a horror game, there is a lot of psychological horror in it and the entire game revolves around self-mutilation. But for someone who doesn't like platformers I don't think I could whole-heartedly recommend it.
So sad shadow of the collosos got forgotten
wish song bundled it more throughout the year
Great game
should have gotten some awards
wish song bundled it more throughout the year
Great game
should have gotten some awards
The self-harming aspect doesn't make it a horror game. It doesn't belong in that genre.
Someone said earlier that RDR2 got 3 times more number 1 spots than your queeeen, so I don't know, maybe not?
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Looks more like RDR2 is loved by a vocal minority
Well, I'm intrigued now. The platforming might be tolerable, if the checkpoint system works better than in Little Nightmares, and if it's more precise and less floaty.
So did we know why Kiwami 2 was omitted and will REmake 2 be omitted next year?
It is really unfair to Yakuza Kiwami 2 because that game was pretty much a whole new game. It is one of the best remake if not the best ever made.
It is really unfair to Yakuza Kiwami 2 because that game was pretty much a whole new game. It is one of the best remake if not the best ever made.
For some bizarre reason, remakes got lumped in with remasters and ports. Which stings because I put Kiwami 2 at the top of my list, so it feels like it didn't get the recognition it deserved despite being a new game and vastly revamped compared to the original. A further inconsistency is that Pokemon Let's Go is a remake too, but wasn't classified as such.
There's no way in hell REmake 2 will be ineligible for the main top 20 this year. It's too noteworthy a release to be dismissed like that.
You and the team at Santa Monica deserve the love! The game is fantastic
Man that sucks a lot. Especially when Kiwami 2 had more points than Pokemon.
Yakuza gets robbed each year...
Someone stated earlier that RDR2 actually got 3 times more #1 votes than Spidey. That Spidey eventually came out on top anyway is impressive considering that RDR2 is on two platforms and also became the Xbox GOTY. Spidey must've been pretty much everywhere except rarely on top while RDR2 got the hate/love treatment and ended up on top more often but also ended up not even on the list at all among many voters.
Yes that's the point. Number ones from a select group of users buoyed it to the top, not ostensibly a broad base from many users.
(edit: no need for further snark)
Ports, remasters and remakes are it's own category and not eligible for the main GOTY, if I got it right.
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