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Donkey Kong is such an outlier as GOTY. They frequently need a nintendo game there to please the basement dwellers but still, Hades, HKSs and mainly ClairObscure are so far above DK it's almost insulting seeing them together in the same category.
I feel like Nintendo gets a consolation slot with whatever the best game was in their closed ecosystem, but it's not going to be competitive with the other candidates.
I also think they'll give GOTY to an indie given what an unbelievable year it was for indie titles. Probably COE33, just based on the quality and production value they accomplished with a relatively small team and budget. But Silksong and Hades are also outstanding.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 completely dominated the spring and summer. Nobody would shut up about it. This year's Baldur's Gate.
Feels like it's going to sweep most awards here just for that, and they've listed the other games just to be polite and pretend it's a contest.
I should get around to playing it at some point.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 completely dominated the spring and summer. Nobody would shut up about it. This year's Baldur's Gate.
First time I’ve heard of this game. Wild to see the deluxe edition cost less than the base game Itself though.
Welp, made the purchase, now I know what I’m doing after work.
Don't look up spoilers! The game is known for its story and yes it absolutely rewards exploration so look around every nook, and nothing is so hidden you will need a guide.
Last tip: Don't kill the White freaks - you'll know what I mean later. Though you will be fine if you do.
Enjoy!
It's an excellent game, enjoy!
Have tissues ready, and I'm not talking about wanking. Well, maybe that too, but mostly because they're really good at hitting emotional beats. It's one of two games this year that had me in tears.
The other is Goodnight Universe, which is very new and also very good, and it has a neat face tracking gimmick where some things require you to close your eyes or emote. It also works without and is still good (and you can obviously do the accompanied actions even without a cam to observe it).
This is a very good trend.
these awards seem as meaningful as oscars or whatever. Just rich people pretending they can tell us what is good.
Every award show ever: "Just give most of the prizes to whatever sold the most, with the odd curveball choice to make sure everyone comments to tell us that we are wrong to drive up those engagement metrics"
These awards are fascinating to me. As a child i thought how great it is when a movie won an oscar. You would see a dvd with 5 oscars on it and you go whoooooo.
And then you learn that a lot of these judges don't even watch the movies, you need to give them gifts and lick their asses to even be considered.
I like Hades II very much Haven't played most other nominees (I did play Split fiction and No Man's Sky, which are both great)
Blue Prince only being nominated for the two indie awards is an expected travesty. Merited a GOTY nomination imo and also a OST award nomination. Sad times.
I dunno. It's a very well-made game, but also kinda... understandable not on the same level as Hades 2, Silksong of Clair Obscur.
Plus it got a GOTY nomination or two, I bet. Which just doesn't put it high enough though.
Having played a fair bit of it, I can see why it isn't.
I can ignore the RNG fest that is drawing the rooms but for the love of god there so many interactions that have no business being as long as they are (for example anything related to computer terminals). If the game can clearly be better than it currently is then in my books it cannot be a GOTY nomination. In case of Blue Prince the game could absolutely waste less of the players time. It's the reason I gave up on it because there's no reason to play if I feel like the time I spend playing is just wasted time.
It's just one of those years. There were a lot of great games that came out this year.
I'm waiting for the montage clip of Geoff just saying "Clair Obscure expedition 33" & "Death Stranding 2 On the Beach" over and over and over.
Those two freaking dominated.
Then the inevitable yotube mashup with Geoff proudly proclaiming GOTY to Clair Beach 33: Expedition Death!
How on Earth did Death Stranding get 7 nominations? Crazy
Honestly didn't think it was as good as the first one.
The truck is a hammer and every single problem is a nail.
Why are we still caring about these stupid game award shows when it's clear that they're just padded with commercialism and favoritism?
I hate these awards and I hate the ones Valve hosts on their Steam platform. They are all just utterly meaningless. Just nothing but ways to get 'gamurrrs' to stir up pointless arguments about subjective things for clout.
It's just nice to have another reason to talk about video games. All contexts in which we talk about video games have inherent biases.
Yeah it's really hard to find so many trailers to know what is up and coming. Am I gonna buy any of them? Not till they discount to the $10 range but shit it's good to know what I can hope to drop price. Steam recommendations are not very good.
Year of the indie games!
I doubt the legitimacy of a game awards where Silent Hil F got four nominations.