My sleeper pick is Ghost of Tsushima, but deep down I want The Last of Us to win just for the salt.
Wouldn't be mad at Animal Crossing or Hades though.
Wouldn't be mad at Animal Crossing or Hades though.
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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I mean TLOU2 is also one of the highest rated games of the year by the people mostly deciding what is nominated and what wins.
Hades is my GOTY which is weird because I love Supergiant but I don't think I'd never picked one of their games as GOTY until now, I actually expected DOOM Eternal to be my GOTY going into 2020.
Funnily enough the last time this happened to me was in 2016 when DOOM became my GOTY when I expected Dark Souls III to be an easy winner.
Funnily enough the last time this happened to me was in 2016 when DOOM became my GOTY when I expected Dark Souls III to be an easy winner.
Cause 5 people played in 2018. Among Us was the breakout hit of the year, it's fine to be nominated.
I can already taste the salt.
Are we seriously going the "rigged" route?
It's a shame but non unexpected, if only because Fortnite, CoD and Destiny seem to be nominated every year and Apex was in the mix for 2019, meaning there was just one slot open and a whole host of games to choose from (I think NMS deserves the nom in this case)
AC deserves a nomination only for the cultural impact it had during this year. And it is also a great game with 90 metascore which is more than 4 of the nominees.
Hades is Supergiant's best game and it isn't close. It feels like everything they were building up to. It is Bastion on absolute crack. Definitely my personal Game of the Year.
As for what will win this, I think it is between Animal Crossing, The Last of Us, and Hades. The others don't have a shot.
How? Because an awards show placed popularity above quality and disingenuous partisans want to use that as some sort of validation to their weird cause?
Cause that's what im getting out of this tripe.
Keighley said it's about impact, not date. Among Us didn't become what it is until this year, so it deserves to be mentioned this year.
An FF game making into the GOTY List after so many years makes me so happy :)
I know it's not gonna win but IMO it's a huge success for Nomura and the team, props to them!
I know it's not gonna win but IMO it's a huge success for Nomura and the team, props to them!
Played it, and I don't think it cracks into that list. I also don't think a significant portion of the gaming populace gave it a try which undoubtedly hurt its chance of being nominated.
Can see the internet imploding with alt right hatred if TLOU2 wins or loses. TLOU2 should sweep this.
Hades is pretty much a Nintendo game since it's not on PS/XB yet so I imagine Nintendo fans will split between that and AC.
ff7r/doom eternal seems questionable to me, and i didn't play it and it's for the elite but curious if half-life alyx deserves a spot.
New Horizons is the weakest Animal Crossing, but I think it's probably the GotY because it's the most 2020 game in the list. Society in the future will be able to tie memories of playing Animal Crossing to 2020 in ways they won't with the other games.
TLOUP2 was by far the best game on that list and should win.
Game of the Year
The Last of Us Part 2
Best Performance
Ashley Johnson, The Last of Us Part II
Best Multiplayer:
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Best Ongoing Game:
Fortnite
Best Art Direction
Ghost of Tsushima
Best Score/Music:
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Best Narrative:
The Last of Us Part II
Best Independent Game:
Hades
Best Mobile Game
Genshin Impact
Best Game Direction
Hades
Game of the Year
The Last of Us Part 2
Best Performance
Ashley Johnson, The Last of Us Part II
Best Multiplayer:
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Best Ongoing Game:
Fortnite
Best Art Direction
Ghost of Tsushima
Best Score/Music:
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Best Narrative:
The Last of Us Part II
Best Independent Game:
Hades
Best Mobile Game
Genshin Impact
Best Game Direction
Hades
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Doom Eternal disappointed me but the critical consensus was great so it makes sense, the rest is hard to argue (maybe Tsushima but people love it).
I would take out TLOU from score and put Tsushima in its place but overall seems like a solid list imo.
I would take out TLOU from score and put Tsushima in its place but overall seems like a solid list imo.
13 sentinels got nominated for best narrative and Persona 5 royal got nominated for best RPG.
All in all the best outcome I can realistically hope for.
But damn, that RPG category has stiff as fuck competition
All in all the best outcome I can realistically hope for.
But damn, that RPG category has stiff as fuck competition
Among us is nominated? Didn't that come out in 2018?
Edit: could have just been as ongoing game, no harm done though.
Edit: could have just been as ongoing game, no harm done though.
What? TLOU2 absolutely deserves a place on that list. There's a good reason that it's leading the vote in this forum as well. Take off your blinders. IMO, the most questionable entry on the list is FF7.
I was mixed on Transistor. They are different games. I think the general consensus is clearly yes though.
Metacritic:
Hades = 93
Transistor =83
For reference.
There should be multiple categories for acting to allow more VAs to get recognition. Britt Baron and John Bentley not getting nominated for FFVII is disappointing.
It's also one of the best reviewed and most successful games of the year?
It's also one of the best reviewed and most successful games of the year?
for me, personally
one of the weaker lists ever :v
I enjoyed doom eternal a bit and ff7 remake was a nice nostalgia trip but it was a fucking chore to play at the worst times
didn't care for any of the others (didn't play tlou 2 but did not care for tlou1 at all)
I'm mildly interested in trying GoT but it looks like it has so many AAA tropes I cannot stand and it is carried by its setting and presentation more than its gameplay
one of the weaker lists ever :v
I enjoyed doom eternal a bit and ff7 remake was a nice nostalgia trip but it was a fucking chore to play at the worst times
didn't care for any of the others (didn't play tlou 2 but did not care for tlou1 at all)
I'm mildly interested in trying GoT but it looks like it has so many AAA tropes I cannot stand and it is carried by its setting and presentation more than its gameplay
I'm voting FF7R. As much as I fully expect TLOU2 to win, I don't think it's the best game this year cause of story reasons and I found a lot of Abby's parts boring. FF7R was a blast from start to finish and I still think it's the best overall game this year
