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The Last of Us Part 2 surpasses The Witcher 3 and is now the most awarded GOTY game of all time
- Thread starter Tiago Rodrigues
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Pixar should have won Best Picture for Toy Story 3. It's pixars best movie and just incredible, brave cinema.
I'll stop digressing. But I watch Toy Story 3 every year. It's flawless...
Then you can understand the frustration people might have for games like Super Mario Galaxy, Hades, Disco Elysium, etc not ever holding the coveted 'most GOTYest GOTY game' whilst games such as TLoU:P2, The Witcher 3, and even Dragon Age 3 are almost shoe-ins for the title?
I agree, Toy Story 3 is one of Pixar's finest films but even it could never have hoped to achieve the same awards success as... an almost entirely forgotten film about a literal Monarch getting over his speech impediment. That's what people mean when they point to how Western-oriented action adventure games with a probable focus on making you feel 'down' win practically every single year. Add on to that the very real fact that TLoU:P2 is a game made through crunch, and the unfortunately very real issue of some (not all, especially here) people still having a grudge over the 'politics' of the game and it's a recipe for resentment when people shout to the high heavens about how this game is 100% objectively the 'GOAT' or something.
It's why I personally think that GOTY (on any sort of grand scale) is, and always has been, a dumbass proposition. That every year we pit games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Disco Elysium directly against the likes of TLoU:P2 and Red Dead Redemption 2 have shown how ridiculous it is but, hey, it's good marketing.
While this is an impressive feat are there more outlets now than in 2016? I feel like in a few years time another game will knock off TLoU2
exactly my words...
best game I've ever played and really far far far ahead of almost anything in not all but many aspects.
Hades
Disco Elysium
Celeste
Life is Strange
Gone Home
Journey/Walking Dead (same year)
These are the only indie titles that managed to be Top 5 goty winners as far back as 2005. Winning is an impossibility.
Wasn't the biggest fan of the first game but the second one was a totally different experience for me and holy shit it just struck me that I actually 'only' played it on a Pro, i.e last gen console but it's one of the best looking games I've played.
Definitely earned it. A lot of heart in the game. I wish more AAA titles could hit these emotional highs and lows.
The combat encounters in that game are nothing short of jaw dropping. The AI, physics, controls, and visuals come together in a way that's just something I've never played before.
Well warranted!
Well warranted!
Best told story in a game and the most kinetic blood in your teeth murder goodness gameplay out of any title i've ever played, nevermind this year. I'm desperate for Factions2 to drop.
Another fantastic punch of an ending. Abby is fuckin dope and a godamned snack, Laura Baily and Ashley J fuckin knocked it out. I completely get it if it was too dark or depressing or bleak for people this year. Any year really - not everyone likes a story that doesn't wrap up nicely or kindly but i adore it.
Totally deserved. Can't wait for whatever it is they do next
Another fantastic punch of an ending. Abby is fuckin dope and a godamned snack, Laura Baily and Ashley J fuckin knocked it out. I completely get it if it was too dark or depressing or bleak for people this year. Any year really - not everyone likes a story that doesn't wrap up nicely or kindly but i adore it.
Totally deserved. Can't wait for whatever it is they do next
I just finished it recently. Best open world game this generation by far.
No really.
It is just missing the open world bits like long travel and returning to the same area that make open world games crap.
Btw I found TLOU1 way more depressing and impactful. If people played the first one and noped out because of 2020 and all the stuff going on? I feel you can probably do ok.
No really.
It is just missing the open world bits like long travel and returning to the same area that make open world games crap.
Btw I found TLOU1 way more depressing and impactful. If people played the first one and noped out because of 2020 and all the stuff going on? I feel you can probably do ok.
I don't know how accurate this site is with its compilation, but BOTW is definitely an exception in that regard
2020 GAME OF THE YEAR
2020 Game of the Year - from media outlets * Video Game Awards Only - The Video Game includes Console games, PC games, Handheld games, and...gotypicks.blogspot.com
Sheesh in the last decade SIE Games won majority of the GOTYs with 5 in the last 10 years:
2013 - The Last of Us
2016 - Uncharted 4
2018 - God of War
2019 - Death Stranding
2020 - The Last of Us Part II
2011-2020 GOTY Breakdown by Publisher:
SIE - 5
Nintendo - 1
CDProjectRed - 1
EA - 1
TellTale Games -1
Bethesda -1
They've created some of the most immersive, breathtaking, impactful and memorable moments I've ever experienced in gaming. TLOU2 has taken the spot of my favorite piece of media ever.
SIE studios are still growing, evolving and building their craft. I can only imagine what they'll be able to deliver throughout the PS5's lifetime.
Yeah SIE has become my favorite publisher and I am looking forward to seeing them grow and release some amazing games with the PS5. Also even though TLOUP2 wasn't my personal GOTY Naughty Dog crafted an amazing game so these awards are very well deserved.
Eh, considering ND's anti-blackness its basically a net zero for me.
ND is a very special team. TLOU2 is a one of a kind experience. Congrats to them.
Also. Suck it CDPR transphobic trash.
Also. Suck it CDPR transphobic trash.
Lets not crown another studio that abuses its workers and has problematic representation.
lol at 'divisive' being used as a pejorative. Imagine spending your time playing only the things that everyone likes. Live a little.
Is a fair point. Was speaking more to the audience for each but the extent to which that fight went still makes you wonder why they bothered with it. It's about as subtle as a brick to the face with the things it invokes.
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Death Stranding still feels so random. It's not a bad game but...GOTY material?
I expected a good story but man did they nail the gunplay. Although I shouldn't be surprised after Uncharted 4.
I haven't played it myself as the gameplay just isn't my cup of tea but it did win the most GOTYs in 2019. I may give it a shot one day when its either dirt cheaper on PS+.
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I did play it and it's tedious at first...and rewarding in the end but still...i always felt like i was expecting something bogger to happen and it never happened.
But it's just me.
Play it. It deserves to be played for sure!
Absolutely.
Zen like experience, honestly. I spent tens of hours just plotting and executing deliveries to unlock all the stations. Suitably off-the rails Kojima story (good and bad), some incredible perfomances and character moments. It's a truly unique and sometimes beautiful game and an easy considering for GOTY.
Then again, that's a great box quote: "If you crunch your employees, your game better be as good and as polished as TLOU, otherwise, just take your fucking time"
My feelings on TLOU2 are so outside the mainstream feelings on this game. It was such a breath of fresh air listening to giant bombs GOTY and actually hearing people not blinded by the hype and visuals actually critique what is mostly a miserable game with some terrible writing mistakes. This should not be the most awarded GOTY ever.
Meanwhile Hades is one of the best playing and written games of all time that refuses to waste the players time and is an actual GOAT and the game that will influence game design for years to come from 2020.
Meanwhile Hades is one of the best playing and written games of all time that refuses to waste the players time and is an actual GOAT and the game that will influence game design for years to come from 2020.
So basicaly, you complain about peopel being blind by TLOU and then make a coment that peopel should vote for Hades because you like it?
You see were the problems is rigth? Not everybody shares the same taste that you or giant bombs.
i liked TLOU2 because of the story and gameplay. i wasn't blinded by hype, graphics, etc.
maybe ppl just have different opinions from you?
