Doubtful. Most of their new studios won't this have anything big for a few years and halo just isn't the powerhouse it once was.
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Will 2020 be the year that Microsoft finally delivers a GOTY contender?
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Frank 🙏 Tell them we're not ready for Halo Infinite.
It will be one of the most ambitious games of 2020 with cyberpunk 2077 and TLOU2.
5 years of development, as a dev you know better than us what it means😁
So, your point of views, the popularity of the games is more important than the games himself for the GOTY ?
No. I'm saying halo as a game just hasn't been as good as it used to be. Imo, bungie made better halo games than 343 has.
And from what I've read on forums over the years, sales for halo 4 and 5 were considerably lower. No idea if thats true mind you. Just what I've read.
Not hard to do since there's not much racing games made these days lol
Ah yes that true.
Halo 4 is 8-10M in sales
halo 5 all we know is that made 400m$ in 3 weeks and made 5m sales in 3 months.
But yeah Infinite need to be +90 MC
That, and Forza is the only one most critics tend to remember.
Nah. Ori will get the most acclaim, but it's still not going to be a GOTY contender.
The original only got a single award in 2015.
The original only got a single award in 2015.
I mean I love Forza, just wish more dev made racing games like they used to.
I'd give em a chance in 2021 or 22 when their more recent aacquisitions have had time to make finished products. Halo: Infinite might be amazing, but it's releasing in a year stacked with big new IPs, and the Halo name doesn't hold the same weight it once did.
I do hope I am wrong, though, since I will likely be picking up a XSEX instead of upgrading my PC for Hellblade II alone. I mean, I am sure the launch window games will offer some good stuff, but I am more excited about 2021 and beyond for sure.
I do hope I am wrong, though, since I will likely be picking up a XSEX instead of upgrading my PC for Hellblade II alone. I mean, I am sure the launch window games will offer some good stuff, but I am more excited about 2021 and beyond for sure.
No. Though I do find it weird that so many people are excluding Halo and Ori, whilst including Ghosts as a goty contender. I can't wait to play it, but I feel Infinite and Ori are way more likely candidates.
2021 they'll definitely have a contender - Hellblade 2, Horizon 5, or Fable 4 will be in the running at least.
2021 they'll definitely have a contender - Hellblade 2, Horizon 5, or Fable 4 will be in the running at least.
Cant see ghost as GOTY. Not with the way the gameplay looked last e3. Looked very stiff.
I just want to say that I am pretty excited about Gears Tactics and it because I love the genre could very well be my GOTY. But like no chance it will actually be with the critics.
I'm not sure if it will come out in 2020 or not but I believe their next Fable game has a chance. Seems like they're pouring a lot of effort into it.
Well I'm rooting for Halo Infinite but the competition is against them, TLoU, cyberpunk, FF7R, RE3R, and maybe The Wolf among us 2. So yeaaah..
Doesn't have to win, just be a contender for nominations. Ori can do it. Maybe Halo if 343 finally got their shit together. (We already know GOTY 2020 will be a pissing contest between Cyberpunk and TLOU.)
I don't think it's that tiny. Especially since it's going to be on PC as well. That is assuming it's as good as Halo 5 multiplayer wise and better campaign wise.
That's a pretty strong lineup, but with Cyberpunk, TLOU2, FFVIIR, Elden Ring, RE3, and potentially BOTW2 I just don't see it happening.
To answer your question, yes but will they win? Not in the year that both TLoU2 and Cyberpunk 2077 release. I'm sure both Halo and Ori will review well though.
Halo is likely the only one that would garner that kind of attention I think. Even though Ori, Gears Tactics and Wasteland all have the potential to be GOTY contenders I don't see the media at large championing any of them the same way they would a Halo.
This thread made me realize just how few GOTYs MS wins compared to Sony and Nintendo. What even was the last highly contested MS GOTY contender? I can't think of any that don't start with H and end with alo.
Halo: Infinite and Ori make a serious bid for GOTY and could stand toe to toe with TLOU or Ghost of Tsushima. The others not some much.
I think TLOU has no way of going wrong - but Cyberpunk does. It could end up just being a shooter in a cool setting with some driving sections and a glorified upgrade system.
I think TLOU has no way of going wrong - but Cyberpunk does. It could end up just being a shooter in a cool setting with some driving sections and a glorified upgrade system.
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Thanks! :)
I think XGS has quite some potential contenders/nominees for GotY categories in 2020.
- Ori and The Will of The Wisps for ... everything
- Halo Infinite for ... everything
- Wasteland 3 for RPG
- Gears Tactics for strategy
- Age III DE for strategy
- Psychonauts 2 for family
- Minecraft Dungeons for family
- Flight Sim for simulation
- Tell Me Why will likely get a lot of positive mentions as well for story / diversity
To me, the diversity XGS will bring in 2020 is looking really good. They are going for a broad line-up instead of that "one" big game. I think it's fair to say both Halo Infinite and Ori and The Will of The Wisps are - from a media perspective - expected to do really well.
Great competition next year. So many good games are on the horizon.
Because the gameplay is really slow, complicated and different from what most people are used to.
I was expecting they would do a "casual mode" but I think they said they won't.
We can take have a bet. To debunk that people buy a console for exclusives.
Ban me for a month if I'm wrong.
Ori was a contender on my list first time around already and Gears 5 made many end of year lists in 2019. So they aren't far away and certainly heading in the right direction. I actually think Flight Sim will end up on many GOTY lists but because of the genre it won't get onto the Keighley list. So from what we know, I think the following have a shot of being on the GOTY list in their release year:
Ori 2
Flight Sim
Tell Me Why
Age of Empires 3
Hellblade 2
Forza (it's pretty much the best driving game in any year it releases anyway)
Dark horses:
Halo Infinite
Wasteland 3
Either way, it's a real step up in quality. You can tell just from the production values. Even Gears 5 had a sheen on it that 4 did not and you could tell a lot more more was spent on it.
Ori 2
Flight Sim
Tell Me Why
Age of Empires 3
Hellblade 2
Forza (it's pretty much the best driving game in any year it releases anyway)
Dark horses:
Halo Infinite
Wasteland 3
Either way, it's a real step up in quality. You can tell just from the production values. Even Gears 5 had a sheen on it that 4 did not and you could tell a lot more more was spent on it.
But Sekiro did and that is a cinematic, 3rd person action game.