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Untitled Goose Game wins the DICE Awards Game of the Year award
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that's why consumers have their own awards and devs have theirs.
Truly an accomplishment.
Which do you think is more worthy of accolades, a Charlie Chaplin short or Battlefield Earth?
Ah, so you have an axe to grind regarding Death Stranding which is where this is coming from....
I can't tell if some reactions here are purposely dense or just unaware how great Untitled Goose Game is, and how refreshing it was to play. Makes sense that devs that make cookie cutter games would love a game like this.
Yup. We spent a weekend too, trolling a small community as a fucking goose! It's simply an amazing experience.
The irony.
Knee jerk reaction is to think it's silly, but then when I think about it, I'm glad a game where you're not killing stuff won.
You can dimish UGG as a meme game, the same way I'd say Death Strafing is a walking simulator.
As much as I appreciate it, I am actually genuinely curious what criticism people are trying to get across when they use the term 'meme game'. It's a throwaway remark that I'm struggling to pin down.
Which is another issue one can raise: shorter, less involving titles have better chances to get played and leave an impression on a developer who is likely in a middle of crunch. Honestly, i never looked into who's eligible to vote in DICE awards.
From my second-hand limited exposure to these titles (haven't played any of the candidates). Outer Wilds was in development for longer, for all that matters, and probably has a lot more complex systems and mechanics to build and manage.
That's not my intention. But if i put what i know of Goose and say Outer Wilds next to each other then my impression is that there is a clear difference in the triumphs achieved between the two. This doesn't diminish what Goose did, only highlights that others did more. Can't we acknowledge this difference?
I think it's mostly used in the same way walking simulator was - to disparage a product that a person isn't interested in and doesn't enjoy that it's doing well. It can be used by them to brush aside and disregard any arguments about the game's quality because to them it's obviously just a joke game and shouldn't be taken seriously.
Can't speak for anyone else, but I was piggybacking off its usage in this thread to highlight a game that is mostly mentioned as a meme. I wasn't calling UGG one.
If by interesting you mean true, then sure. Btw, I have no time for people who try to downplay the merits of Death Stranding, so if that's your angle, don't bother.
What do you think you're saying here? Are you actually drawing a serious comparison between the games and those movies? Huh.
Small hint:
He can only wear one hat at a time. Don't give him a choice.
Sometimes a film or game can be superficially simple and small in scope, but be executed with sublime elegance and cleverness. Meanwhile, sometimes a passion project can be huge and ambitious and involve a massive amount of time and money and effort and still be an artistic failure.
This is like TLOU was only everywhere because it made people sad
I know 2019 was the weakest since 2014, but good grief.
JFC, I am feeling an incredible amount of second-hand embarrassment from the people in this thread that are actually mad UGG won.
Then there is no point in even posting on a discussion forum. What kind of nonsense is this?
Lmao for this thread. The game is like perfect for what it is. Yes it is short and not a big budget title. So? This is exactly why I hate game criticism. Games have to be certain genres and usually at certain budget to get over 90 at metacritics. If we are talking about something like indie game or a puzzle game it is automatically 80 at best. Now compare that to any other critics? Is country music compared to classical music or metal music? Does only big label publishers win awards? Game criticism is ridicilous. What we have here is perfectly executed and fun, fresh, very much of a new kind of a game and it doesn't compare because it is not AAA or harcore enough.
Btw it wasn't my game of the year but one of the best certainly.
Btw it wasn't my game of the year but one of the best certainly.
It means they're likening it to stuff like Goat Simulator
Ah so it's okay for you to downplay one game because it's not made for you, but the moment your game is criticized then all discussion is off limits.
Totally cool thing to do.
See that comparison has always felt a bit shallow, since it's structured a lot more like a slapstick Hitman.
What I find odd is that until this thread, I didn't know people made funny pictures and gifs of UGG. Just makes the great game better.
Goose isn't a meme game, its a game that had tons of memes about it. In that sense is far more akin to Dark Souls than Goat Simulator. Theres a solid foundation of a game there, it isnt something made to cash in social media attention. Which doesn't contradict the fact that it got a lot of it either.
That would be true if people started noticing Last of Us for the "you know Ellie we truly are the last of us" thing i guess
That would be true if people started noticing Last of Us for the "you know Ellie we truly are the last of us" thing i guess
lmao the fucking airs people put on while airing their driveby-tier "meme game" takes
"ppppp-preposterous! i have no time for people who downplay the merits of the game i like, but I will continue to do exactly as such about the game i dont like! pishposh!"
pairing a plastic monocle with clownshoes
I have friends who do judging for the AIAS panels, and they take the process pretty seriously. Game devs aren't immune to popularity however. But for something so broad as game of the year, I'd really have to see the judging criteria to agree with this particular winner. I think it's a little sad that Outer Wilds lost out, since I feel like it was more interesting and innovative overall than Goose was.
I do feel like some of the award categories are a bit awkward for direct comparisons and should be divided up, like the strategy/sim and family games ones.
I do feel like some of the award categories are a bit awkward for direct comparisons and should be divided up, like the strategy/sim and family games ones.
Family games i'm almost sure its just mirroring The Games Award. Since its a quite silly category to have and shouldnt exist. What exactly constitute a family game? Single people can't enjoy stuff like Luigis Mansion?