I mean, none of the Giant Bomb/Vice guys really liked it, and Imran Khan didn't as well.
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The Game Awards 2020 GOTY Nominees revealed (Animal Crossing, Doom Eternal, FF7 Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades, The Last of Us Part II)
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I'm very surprised Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa didn't get a nomination for his performance in MK11 Aftermath.
I would expect a games journalist to either buy or have access to an appropriate VR system. "I didn't buy a Switch" wouldn't fly as an excuse if someone didn't nominate Animal Crossing either.
So two groups? There are a huge amount that are voting, not just VICE and Giant Bomb.
Great list for GotY. However, I would replace Ghosts of Tsushima with Half-Life Alyx.
Ghosts was pretty good but I felt like it didn't do much out of the ordinary, however HL: Alyx was something special.
Ghosts was pretty good but I felt like it didn't do much out of the ordinary, however HL: Alyx was something special.
I get that TLOU2 is a technical marvel, but I really didn't like the last third of that game. I thought it was too long and I just in general didn't like the direction it went in. The first game is one of my favorite of the PS3 era and I get the praise for this, but it just isn't something I'll consider to be my favorite game of the year. Give it all to Hades.
Your analogy doesn't work because movies are incredibly accessible, do you really think a VR title where the base cost for entry is like a grand is even in the same ballpark? People can't nominate things they haven't tried.
Hm, I don't really agree with that tbf, but you're entitled to that viewpoint.
Makes sense to me. I really tried with TLOU2, but I stopped because if I wanted misery, I could just turn on the news.
I think Hades, Animal Crossing, and Last of Us Part 2 all have a shot. Last of Us is my guess at the winner.
I'd be wary of using TLOU2 MC as proof it isn't divisive. We've seen games like Bioshock Infinite and Mass Effect 3 get huge 90+ Mc but prove too divisive at the end of the year to win GOTY.
He did. It's called the Metal Gear Solid series and Death Stranding.
I know nobody is really talking about best streamer nomination but come on.. they have do better with that list imo...
-Alannah? Really? REALLY?!?! Why????
-Who TF is Jay?!?!!?! Never heard of her!
-Tim and Nick? ehhhhhh.. only warzone streamers? I know they are big over the summer with warzone, but it gets boring sometimes
-Valkrae? Awesome! she blew up and i really enjoy her streams especially with Among Us. I think shes the winner here.
They have to better better on these nominations imo. As for GOTY, easily Last of US 2 is going to win. It's so obvious. Animal Crossing needs a miracle to win at this point yet I think it deserves to win.
-Alannah? Really? REALLY?!?! Why????
-Who TF is Jay?!?!!?! Never heard of her!
-Tim and Nick? ehhhhhh.. only warzone streamers? I know they are big over the summer with warzone, but it gets boring sometimes
-Valkrae? Awesome! she blew up and i really enjoy her streams especially with Among Us. I think shes the winner here.
They have to better better on these nominations imo. As for GOTY, easily Last of US 2 is going to win. It's so obvious. Animal Crossing needs a miracle to win at this point yet I think it deserves to win.
I will say that you're supposed to have that impression of it. And unlike a lot of anime games, every character has agency. Since there are 13 playable main characters, there's zero ability to have everyone's life revolve around "you", the singular protagonist. It's easily one of the best sci-fi stories in recent memory. I don't even like mechs, but they aren't actually the focus. It's the character dynamics that matter.
Sure, but that's due to the original game though. Remake doesn't do a good job at modernizing the character so he isn't a walking stereotype that spits out canned dialogue.
Actually that is only half right.
Award shows are 100% a marketing tool but they lean towards two different goals. Award shows like the Game Awards lean towards selling a product (in this case games) to us the consumers. Award shows like GDC lean towards attracting talent. Award shows have long history of being used as recruitment tools and that should not be forgotten.
I've seen a lot of critics not like it, that's just the ones I could come up with at the top of my head. Maddy Tyler at Kotaku didn't really like it either.
I've seen far more consistent praise for Hades and Animal Crossing.
I mean Alanah Pearce had a spoiler cast the day after it came out in which there were 5 people, 2 loved it 2 hated it and she was just meh on it.
There are plenty of games journalists that don't have all 3 consoles, much less VR systems. And many of them never get around to playing games that others nominate, simply because of time.
COD, Assassin Creed or similar games are nominated each year and they are basically the same game.
Out of 2020 those two games have entertained me (and millions more) via Let's Play or personal experience, more then any other on that list. The exception is Animal Crossing which I return to daily due to their gameplay loop.
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Doesn't matter anyway.
Overall, I feel most of the candidates in the categories where mostly expected, I would have liked to see Ori in the top 6 over GOTY though. Nice to see Hades in the Goty. It's my personal favorite.
I think it's between Animal Crossing and TloU2 though, and even if I did not enjoy Animal Crossing it checks off a lot of stuff and it's impact is probably hard to ignore. It probably helped more people through covid than I can imagine.
My biggest omissions are Xenoblade Chronicles and Paper Mario Origami King was not in the Score category, that's pitiful. If FFVII Remake can get nominate theb XC definitely should.
I also miss A Short Hike in the indie selection, I know it released on AA last year but that hasnt stopped nominees before.
Arent there more categories though? Or they get released at a later date?
I think it's between Animal Crossing and TloU2 though, and even if I did not enjoy Animal Crossing it checks off a lot of stuff and it's impact is probably hard to ignore. It probably helped more people through covid than I can imagine.
My biggest omissions are Xenoblade Chronicles and Paper Mario Origami King was not in the Score category, that's pitiful. If FFVII Remake can get nominate theb XC definitely should.
I also miss A Short Hike in the indie selection, I know it released on AA last year but that hasnt stopped nominees before.
Arent there more categories though? Or they get released at a later date?
TLOU2
One of the most ambitious games ever made and they mostly pull it off. Unbelievably good on pretty much every level.
One of the most ambitious games ever made and they mostly pull it off. Unbelievably good on pretty much every level.
This list is missing Demon's Souls, Ori and the Will of the Wisp, Half-Life Alyx and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. I'm usually pretty in-line with game awards nominee but this is the first year where I feel like it almost completely missed the mark.
Was COD: Cold War in the running this year? That game legit got no love.
Also, FF7 for GOTY is fair but art direction and narrative? The story was pretty sloppy tbh, and I don't really remember the art direction being that noteworthy.
Laura should be a shoe-in for this award. One of the best performances in gaming, ever.
Also, FF7 for GOTY is fair but art direction and narrative? The story was pretty sloppy tbh, and I don't really remember the art direction being that noteworthy.
Laura should be a shoe-in for this award. One of the best performances in gaming, ever.
Well we'll see. Animal Crossing gets some flak for issues like online and QoL things.
I really loved DOOM Eternal and think it's a better game than DOOM 2016 but it's got a lot of weird story bits that don't work and can feel very gimmicky. Not GOTY material!
It's so strange to me how much people are downplaying Animal Crossing.
I think TLOU2 will win but AC is absolutely real competition. The impact of that game is impossible to ignore.
Cyberpunk got delayed, and I'm assuming not enough people put the time into Valhalla for it to gather votes.
It's one of the most acclaimed games of the year. It's not the Mugen X Awards. :P
Should be Animal Crossing. My choice out of those is probably FF7R though GoT and Hades are up there. But it'll be TLOU2.
Animal Crossing, The Last of Us 2 and Hades would all be worthy winners. Would be nice to see an indie take it.
No like ... take Death Stranding. And then give it great gameplay systems and a coherent plot. That's what I'm looking for.
