My pick is Ghost of Tsushima. That very well may change when Cyberpunk 2077 releases but for now it's my favorite hands down.
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GOTY check, the year so far...
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It should be TLOU 2 as of right now. Cyberpunk will be my GOTY personally though barring some kind of massive unforeseen disappointment.
TLOU2 will win everything (including here) but for me Ghost of Tsushima is my current GOTY because it's just really enjoyable. Second place at present goes to FF7r
In fairness, the barrier for entry is really high. You need like a £700+ PC and a £500+ VR set-up for it?
TLOU2 closely followed by Half-Life: Alyx. Both are among the best games ever made. Fantastic experiences.
Years was good so far, but Half Life Alyx takes the cake by far far far. Anyone being able to play it should do it now. All those other releases were fine or even super good like Last of Us 2, but Alyx is gamechanging moment this year for me even though I play VR games like 3 years now.
I guess FFVIIRemake or RE3R, but in any other year they would rank pretty low. I like FFVIIR, but to say the game has issues is putting it lightly. I really enjoyed my time with RE3R though, but it's not exactly goty material.
/edit: Oh I forgot Streets of Rage 4, that one's gotta be high up there for me.
Ori is a second place for me. It's a pretty decent Metroidvania but not much more than than imo. It felt like a better, more polished version of the first game, but more a exercise in repetition more than a sequel.
/edit: I still have to play Paper Mario, Deadly Premonition 2 and Ghost of Tsushima (in the middle of this one). I think those all stand a good chance of being top 10/5.
Ranking the ones in the op so far I'd say:
FFVIIR
Ori
Doom Eternal
Animal Crossing
Last of Us II
/edit: Oh I forgot Streets of Rage 4, that one's gotta be high up there for me.
Ori is a second place for me. It's a pretty decent Metroidvania but not much more than than imo. It felt like a better, more polished version of the first game, but more a exercise in repetition more than a sequel.
/edit: I still have to play Paper Mario, Deadly Premonition 2 and Ghost of Tsushima (in the middle of this one). I think those all stand a good chance of being top 10/5.
Ranking the ones in the op so far I'd say:
FFVIIR
Ori
Doom Eternal
Animal Crossing
Last of Us II
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Yeah, Doom Eternal and FF7 Remake are not contenders for GOTY, imo. For two different reasons, mind you. After the perfection that was Doom 2016, Eternal was such a huge disappointment. All they had to do was improve the visuals and give us the same gameplay. That's all they had to do. But, nope. My opinion of FF7 Remake as a GOTY candidate has nothing to do with its quality and everything to do with the fact that it's the first installment in a remake of a decades old game that won't be completed by Square for several years. I just think that alone disqualifies it from consideration. GoT definitely should be up there with TLOU2, imo. It has a slight chance of stealing GOTY honors as a sleeper, though TLOU2 is probably going to run away with the honors, as it should. All my opinion, of course.
Animal Crossing, I guess. Don't really have a clear favorite; there have been a handful of games I really enjoyed (Xenoblade DE, Monster Train, Origami King) but no obvious standout.
Maybe I'll end up going with an older game leaving early access this year, like Hades or Factorio.
Or maybe Spelunky 2 will come out this year. Fingers crossed.
Maybe I'll end up going with an older game leaving early access this year, like Hades or Factorio.
Or maybe Spelunky 2 will come out this year. Fingers crossed.
Re. FF7R, that reasoning didn't stop anyone from giving RE2R accolades last year.
And so is FF7R, ain't it.
I don't want to get into the complete - incomplete argument again, so let's agree to disagree.
I don't really know to be honest.
Liked TLOU2 a lot for its gameplay and graphics, but was really not hooked with scenario (and literally didn't understood the end). So a very solid game, but not as good as i thought it would be.
FF7:R : good too, but still some big flaws and boring sections...
Ori : Very good, but the performances at launch were pretty bad, and not acceptable for a first party game.
And I don't see anything else that would fit for me.
Liked TLOU2 a lot for its gameplay and graphics, but was really not hooked with scenario (and literally didn't understood the end). So a very solid game, but not as good as i thought it would be.
FF7:R : good too, but still some big flaws and boring sections...
Ori : Very good, but the performances at launch were pretty bad, and not acceptable for a first party game.
And I don't see anything else that would fit for me.
Not really, no. Yes, it's a densely packed segment of the original that's been expanded into an experience that takes many hours to complete. But, that doesn't mean it's a complete package. You know the game is just the first of what will probably be three or four installments, essentially a glorified introduction in a game that didn't even reach its best story beats yet. Yes, it's a game and it's long, but for the purpose of weighing its value as a GOTY candidate (again, I'm not commenting on its quality at all), I think its incomplete status disqualifies its consideration.
Streets of Rage 4 is fantastic, everything else I played this year that came out feels quite average or has a lot of disappointment even if overall i still think its a great game (RE3, Deadly Premonition 2, ect)
SoR4 is super godlike tho, im so happy its as good as it is.
SoR4 is super godlike tho, im so happy its as good as it is.
Mine so far is Ghost of Tsushima, still playing it though, but I can't stop thinking about it and no other game has done that this year.
Split between Ori and RE3 Remake for me.
Ori is almost certainly he 'better' game, and a genuinely special experience but something about RE3 really got its claws in me and I ended up rinsing the whole thing.
On a side note, I've re-discovered two continuing games recently in No Man's Sky and Sea of Thieves, both of which would stand as contenders for my GotY. Both incredible experience currently the best they have ever been.
Ori is almost certainly he 'better' game, and a genuinely special experience but something about RE3 really got its claws in me and I ended up rinsing the whole thing.
On a side note, I've re-discovered two continuing games recently in No Man's Sky and Sea of Thieves, both of which would stand as contenders for my GotY. Both incredible experience currently the best they have ever been.
It's a video game that was released in the current year. You can totally choose it!
"Complete package" is some arbitrary nonsense.
Is it a new video game? Yes.
Is it a new release in 2020? Yes.
There you go, it's qualified for GOTY discussion.
