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GOTYpicks 2019 - Tracking and Discussion Thread
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Let's be honest here, there are probably 10 websites/publications that people care about when it comes to GOTYs.
Or are people really gonna tell me that they waited all day to hear what some random website they've never heard before had to say?
People do care about the overall winner with most GOTY awards. There are plenty of threads made about it even outside of goty season.
All these random website wins account towards the larger aggregate which people have had no issue referencing in previous years when talking about X game winning 250 GoTY awards and so on.
Which is kinda bs when you think about it. Take Zelda for example. It won every major GOTY, yet is not the most awarded game of all time because that year there weren't as many goty lists as other years.
I mean even CD Projekt themselves used GOTY Picks, and their lots of 'random website they´ve never heard before' when promoting the fact that The Witcher 3 had become the most awarded game of all time back in the past so I don´t see why people shouldn´t take notice too.
You're right but ..
this is also right V
I haven't heard of big chunk of the websites that gave TW3 GoTY wins either, which holds true for almost every year I suppose. If it's acceptable there, it's equally acceptable here. With Death Stranding it's more fun to see people's reactions because the vitriol (IMO) the game received here.
If it's any consolation, it received the 2nd highest percentage of the GoTY awards in the charts.
Top 10 GOTY winners by percentage:
1. Witcher 3 - 58%
2. BOTW - 57%
3. RE4 - 57%
Of course it could have been higher if it wasn't for for all those reviews marked (PL) in 2015, a bunch of which don't show up in subsequent years :p
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There are only 9 polish websites on that blog. The next year has 11. Didn't show up? You have something against Witcher 3 or Poland?
Nah, thoroughly enjoyed the game. However I see Soulnado's point too.
There is no point he just made an observation. The most awards ever counted were in 2013. You passed a judgment that polish websites suddenly appeared only for Witcher 3 which is hilarious.
It seems that this year will be a repeat of Uncharted 4 vs Overwatch with Death Stranding vs Control.
Control's going to win the majority of the big awards, just like Overwatch did, but Death Stranding will beat it by a fair margin because of the readers picks.
Control's going to win the majority of the big awards, just like Overwatch did, but Death Stranding will beat it by a fair margin because of the readers picks.
Sure that was an exaggeration. But...
If it works for publishers it works for us as well ;)
Zelda fans can't accept a game with more awards rs and,no,it didn't won "every" major award,or we gonna ignore the fact of What Remains of Edith Finch won BAFTA,one of the biggest if not the biggest,and well deserved,a masterpiece of game.
Also,the same people arguing these no name sites no one care are the same who says OpenCritic is better than Metacritic, because of the no weight system,the fact is,you can ignore these sites and look just the ones you think is worth,it is just an aggregate and as should be,there is no weight,a GOTY is a GOTY.And of course,the community choices are as important as the critics,you can also ignore it if you want.
Too soon to say that,both won 5 critics and we will have probably more 250 critics.Overwatch won 1 more than Uncharted 4,so almost a tie,a good example can be 2010,Mass Effect won more reader's,but Red Dead Redemption took the critics.
Also,I don't know if you remember,but last year you said in a thread (I think was RDR2 OT) Red Dead Redemption 2 would sweep,predicating something like 60% awards over 20% to God of War,and I said God of War would come on top after playing the game and close to finish it,we had a debate and I remember I said we would know in a few months.
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And I doubt Control will win more critics.
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#2 and #1 will most likely be either outer wilds, control or RE2. their review for death stranding doesn't read very positive, honestly.
If I am not wrong,in the most recently top 100 games of the decade,didn't Death Stranding score the higher in their list ? Of 2019 games
you're right, it's high on their top of the decade list (#53). i guess we'll see in two days.
RE2 and Sekiro gettin robbed left and right this year. Can always count on the years where Japanese games were the highest rated for critics to pull their 'out of left field' picks.
Control is awesome, but the critic consensus when it came out was anything but that. How about appreciating these games when they actually come out and can gain some sales off it instead of having last second change of hearts during goty-time.
Control is awesome, but the critic consensus when it came out was anything but that. How about appreciating these games when they actually come out and can gain some sales off it instead of having last second change of hearts during goty-time.
maybe it's about them being a new website? they started this year if i'm not mistaken, but they're a very good publication. a lot of good content, interviews, and their reviews are very well written.
JVL game of the year : Death Stranding
No, the game is actually fucking amazing. What's with these shitty takes?
No, it's just an incredible game and people love it. So they are voting for it.
It's getting annoying how many people can't fanthom people would just like the game. Hell, I hate the game and legit think it's the worst game I played all year, but that doesn't mean others can't love it.
Is it though. What is with these snarky comments when DS wins something as if the fact that it pisses off its detractors a worthy achievement on its own.
Of course there are people who legitimately like it and that's fine but there are also a number of trolls who are in it for the lols. I keep hearing it in podcast with individuals saying that they want DS to win at the Game Awards just to see the madness that would ensue.
In the great scheme of things I guess it doesn't matter at all. Kojima is the only one who gets high off all the adoration. For me it's just an observation and we all have our opinions on this matter. Personally I hope that future games are far from being like Death Stranding, Kojima can keep his self proclaimed genre.
Of course there are people who legitimately like it and that's fine but there are also a number of trolls who are in it for the lols. I keep hearing it in podcast with individuals saying that they want DS to win at the Game Awards just to see the madness that would ensue.
In the great scheme of things I guess it doesn't matter at all. Kojima is the only one who gets high off all the adoration. For me it's just an observation and we all have our opinions on this matter. Personally I hope that future games are far from being like Death Stranding, Kojima can keep his self proclaimed genre.
I guess that's all what you wanna see because you hate the game.
And it can be seen here:
Yeah definitely. And I have many gripes with this game. I know that not everyone will feel this way but personally I find it insulting to expect the player to watch the same cutscenes over and over again hundreds of times just because there is potentially some cutscenes scattered between that helps advance the plot and understandably very few people would want to skip those. Then there is the question of responsiveness and transversal.
Regardless I fully expect Kojima to win GOTY at the Game Awards tomorrow. I don't think that his divisive game deserves it but whatever, it is what it is.
I don't. A lot of GOTY awards overall? Yes. At Geoff's show tomorrow? No.
It's a good game. So it deserves it whatever it gets.
Publishers can be desperate, there are Goty editions for games that will make anyone's eyes roll, doesn't mean we have to be as well ;)
I want death stranding to win equally because it's a great game and equally because reading all the salt is oddly satisfying.
The turnaround on Death Stranding from the moment the first reviews started to hit to now all these GOTY awards is very strange. It's definitely my Goty, I just think the reviews for it were very strange
It will be funny to see Kojima haters reaction if DS wins both GOTY picks and TGA. People have been hating the game long before it was even out, and after reviews they used the handfull of bad reviews to validate their point that the game sucked, like that crappy IGN review.
I am pretty confident that this game will be seen as a classic in the future, but looks like we wont have to wait for this game have the recognition it deserves.
I am pretty confident that this game will be seen as a classic in the future, but looks like we wont have to wait for this game have the recognition it deserves.
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