You really mentioned the Oscars in a Game Awards thread. You're just asking for it. I'm tempted to do it myself.
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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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You really mentioned the Oscars in a Game Awards thread. You're just asking for it. I'm tempted to do it myself.
I played none of those games but I think it'll be between AC, Hades and TLOU2.
And AC will likely win.
And AC will likely win.
🤷🏻♂️ I think it's true, still. Most of the games nominated launched after the initial covid peak.
You know the best writings from Kafka are unfinished.Resident Evil 3 should have been nominated if they were gonna include unfinished games
A mistake in hindsight. My ass is just chapped at the huge slap in the face Ori WotW is getting.
The Oscars have absolutely improved when it comes to expanding scope in nominations - but there's literally an entire subgenre of 'Oscar bait' where actors take on heavily melodramatic, 'transformative' roles for the sake of winning a Best Actor/Actress trophy. You very rarely see outstanding comedy performances get any attention. Animation was pigeonholed to its' own category because voters were embarrassed about Beauty and the Beast getting a Best Picture nomination. Until last year, it seemed impossible for anything not in the English language to take the top prize.
Which one actually made the news and trending hashtags on socials? There is one game everyone thinks about when you says "lockdown" or "pandemic" and it's ACNH.
The only category I feel passionately about is "Best Music." If FF7 doesn't win that, I riot. What a wonderful achievement.
Really wish Persona 5 Royal was a nominee in that category as well. The new tracks that were added were incredible.
Really wish Persona 5 Royal was a nominee in that category as well. The new tracks that were added were incredible.
It's an unfair advantage, but PSO2 getting 8 years of content crammed into 6 months means it is by far the most supported on going game, but it didn't even get a nomination.
It was up for ongoing last year with ShB release, but lost then. Sad because ShB is probably retroactively my GOTY for 2019 (played it this year).
It's a damn shame that it didn't even get a nom this time after how awesome the last story patches have been though.
Not a single Japanese game there. Seems they only nominate western games.
TLOU2 is very easily my GOTY, but I wouldn't be upset at any of the nominees winning.
I still haven't tried Hades because the "rougue-like" moniker really turns me off. I did really like Bastion (from the same devs) back in the day though, and the art style is nice. Idk, I might give it a shot eventually, but I'd prefer to wait for sales in case I really don't like it.
I still haven't tried Hades because the "rougue-like" moniker really turns me off. I did really like Bastion (from the same devs) back in the day though, and the art style is nice. Idk, I might give it a shot eventually, but I'd prefer to wait for sales in case I really don't like it.
They put Flight Sim in the Best Strategy/Sim award to give it something. Its turned into the best Sports/Racing Award.
You are right.
Patch 5.2 and 5.3 in FFXIV were great, the story was amazing. Definitely deserved a nom, at the very least.
I was replying more to the "seems to always get snubbed" part.
Probably deserved a nom.
If cultural impact and a game which brought people together in tough times is a criteria then give it a too a game which is free to play and available on all platform
When discussing GOTY nominations, the achievements of games that aren't story-based are just as important as those that are. And New Horizons appeals to a broad, diverse audience in a friendly, serene manner where the most drama you might experience is getting bamboozled by Redd's art forgeries.
Yep. Not to mention that studios tend to stack their quote-unquote Oscar contenders for release in the fall and winter, just as nominations are being considered. Some studios even go so far as to publish advertisements essentially begging critics to nominate their film. Harvey Weinstein in particular was notorious for that.
Good to see that we still haven't moved past the way we discuss videogames beyond the year 2013.
I truly hope we get to see some ludonarrative dissonace take in this thread as well lol
I mean I feel like those same discussions are had literally since every ND game since Uncharted 2.
Since TLOU2 will sweep various awards anyway, It'd be neat if they give narrative to either Hades or 13 Sentinels (going off impressions, I may be wrong for how this game approaches storytelling in a unique way) for utilising the medium to shake up how narrative is presented and progressed.
Hades constant drip feed of plot, character development and such, all structured around the rougelite loop was inspired and I'd hope to see more games approach plot in ways that aren't the usual cutscene formula.
I knew it wouldn't be, but it should've been!
Hades constant drip feed of plot, character development and such, all structured around the rougelite loop was inspired and I'd hope to see more games approach plot in ways that aren't the usual cutscene formula.
I knew it wouldn't be, but it should've been!
Seems to be a tradition at this point for a Nintendo game to be snub for best OST. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 got snub and so did Smash Brother Ultimate last year.
Wow at people not thinking Animal Crossing is a serious contender. Cultural impact or not you have to think about who will be voting on these games. Yeah AC has tons of questionable things in it but i think it provided so much for devs/voters in these times.
Atleast you are being honest about it compared to some of the other posts here.
People reducing TLOU2 to a generic TPS or a game about killing are just exposing their asses.lol
Atleast you are being honest about it compared to some of the other posts here.
People reducing TLOU2 to a generic TPS or a game about killing are just exposing their asses.lol
Ah, I'd just woken up and didn't see it in the OP.
Either way it's pretty disappointing. It's literally one of the biggest crowning technical achievements in gaming this entire generation.
The Last of Us Part 2 was a huge disappointment for me. On the flip side Ghost of Tsushima was hands down the best game I played this year but Nioh 2 was also very good.
That's some tough competition, hopefully FFVIIR can win at least one award.
It definitely deserves best music.
It definitely deserves best music.
Oh yeah, FYC campaigns (For Your Consideration) are a standard in the industry. To the point where studios are often contractually obligated to run them for a movie, regardless of its' actual odds of nomination.
It's something I think we'll start to see more in games, especially if the perceived importantance of the TGAs continues to grow. There's probably room for a small publisher to spend the money on a hypertageted campaign at voters to get a game recognized.
Personally, The Last of Us Part II is the most impressive game this year. Everything in that game was downright mind-blowing.
But you can't deny the impact of Animal Crossing. On top of being an incredible game, it's the game that best represents this year. It was and still is a movement, its popularity spread like wildfire and helped millions of people to cope with staying at home. It's a game that allowed people to scape to their islands, and collect, and craft and build and share it with their friends and forget a bit of the real world.
To me, that's the GOTY 2020.
Fuck Tom Nook.
But you can't deny the impact of Animal Crossing. On top of being an incredible game, it's the game that best represents this year. It was and still is a movement, its popularity spread like wildfire and helped millions of people to cope with staying at home. It's a game that allowed people to scape to their islands, and collect, and craft and build and share it with their friends and forget a bit of the real world.
To me, that's the GOTY 2020.
Fuck Tom Nook.
Wait, XBC2 never got an OST nom? Like, I've never been a fan of the game because I can't get past the awful character designs and the resolution bugs me . . . but that OST slaps like hell.
Don't really feel like Doom Eternal deserves to be in the GOTY category. It felt like more of the same to me, which I know many will probably disagree with. I'd rather have Ori or Half-Life Alyx in that spot.
I play alot of games....
Ori was by far the best game I played this year. ):
Not too mad regarding half life alyx, its a great game - but idk bad timing with 2020
But yall sleeping on 13 sentinels, perhaps you werent ready for it but when 13 sentinels: Tomato edition comes out with platinum combat, you're gonna be like shit how I miss this
Ori was by far the best game I played this year. ):
Not too mad regarding half life alyx, its a great game - but idk bad timing with 2020
But yall sleeping on 13 sentinels, perhaps you werent ready for it but when 13 sentinels: Tomato edition comes out with platinum combat, you're gonna be like shit how I miss this
hades will win in my heart
it'd be really nice to see ACNH take it, but we all know which one of these games is going to sweep
it'd be really nice to see ACNH take it, but we all know which one of these games is going to sweep
TLOU2 is the boring pick (because the game is boring), but also most likely. Animal Crossing and Hades are outsider picks; could happen, in Animal Crossing's case because "it has been the best and most important game for people in this pandemic" and Hades because it's just that damn good. But I still think TLOU2 will win, it's extremely well-made on the surface and with great production values.
