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[DeepEnigma]

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition​

• Astro Bot by Team ASOBI
• Helldivers 2 by Arrowhead Game Studios (Winner)
• Monument Valley 3 by ustwo games
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II by Ninja Theory
• Star Wars Outlaws by Massive Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design​

• Frostpunk 2 by 11 bit studios
• Helldivers 2 by Arrowhead Game Studios (Winner)
• Monument Valley 3 by ustwo games
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II by Ninja Theory
• Still Wakes the Deep by The Chinese Room

One of the very things I, and many who have played this game too damned much have said, is that the audio design and music in this game is highly underrated.

Especially the audio design department. All the little nuances, the sounds they developed feeling punchy and rewarding, the ominous tones of the music that is very similar to The Expanse or Black Mirror how they play in the background.

Very impressed with it, and phenomenal audio doesn't get enough love.

 

[ReyBrujo]

MLB

 

[xenosys]

For the longest time, i have felt out of touch with the gaming critics who hand out 93s like candy, but it's clear that the critics are simply aligned with game developers, and I am the dinosaur wondering just how the fuck a basic ass platformer can not only win GOTY but also Best Technical Awards from both critics and developers themselves.

You mean the same game critics that haven't given a single game an aggregate 90+ in almost 5 months?

 

[Hookshot]

Astro Bot has had good legs since it's last sales update in November, appearing on charts almost every week. I wouldn't be surprised if it's close to 2m at the moment.

It'll be lucky to do 4m lifetime without a PC release, and knowing Sony and PC ports as of late, they'll manage to fuck that up as well.

it's getting bundled in March. it'll now sell as many as the bundles they make. could go from under 2 mill to 20 mil in a year.

 

[Alebrije]

Sony has GOTY. And online GOTY. That sales a lot of consoles...both exclusives on consoles.

Exclusives matter and always will do

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Wukong rightfully won for Art Direction, but Astro Bot won for Technical Achievement. Astro Bot has nothing on a game like Wukong in terms of advanced graphics such as ray tracing, caustics, or Nanite. What it does have, however, is a highly advanced physics engine and a killer integration of different technical aspects such as fluid dynamics, mass, and material property that actually contribute to the gameplay. There's a whole level consisting of Astro turning into a sponge where he must absorb large amounts of water to do things like extinguish fire or us his higher mass to progress through the level. You also have one where you have turn into a mouse-sized creature to solve puzzles and have to switch up between your regular form and your diminutive one.

Haven’t this been done before? By other games?

One thing thats never been done before, performant ray tracing and path tracing like in Indiana Jones. I mean, they have made ray tracing playable on amd cards.

 

[Unknown?]

Astro Bot has had good legs since it's last sales update in November, appearing on charts almost every week. I wouldn't be surprised if it's close to 2m at the moment.

It'll be lucky to do 4m lifetime without a PC release, and knowing Sony and PC ports as of late, they'll manage to fuck that up as well.

No one on PC is going to buy this. Come on now, it won't even do half of PS5 sells there.

 

[Topher]

No one on PC is going to buy this. Come on now, it won't even do half of PS5 sells there.

The game has PlayStation console as a central theme of the Astro games so I'm not really thinking it would do well either assuming Sony bothers to port it.

 

[Alan Wake]

Great and well deserved! Happy to see Indiana Jones winning some awards too. My top 3 last year.

 

[mckmas8808]

Explains why Sony has the sales.

But some people of GAF are still confused LOL!!!

 

[mckmas8808]

Astro Bot has had good legs since it's last sales update in November, appearing on charts almost every week. I wouldn't be surprised if it's close to 2m at the moment.

It'll be lucky to do 4m lifetime without a PC release, and knowing Sony and PC ports as of late, they'll manage to fuck that up as well.

So what's wrong with 4m lifetime sales, for a game that costs $30-$40 million? Assuming the average game sale is $40 that's over $160 million in revenue.

 

[nowhat]

just how the fuck a basic ass platformer can not only win GOTY but also Best Technical Awards from both critics and developers themselves

Dude, have you played the game? That one level with the jewels in it, but basically any level - the amount of interactivity, the physics, is through the roof. Without dropping a single frame.

(yes yes, there's that one bit in the DF video, when it actually can drop a frame or few, but really)

 

[Nydius]

I would call Astro Playroom a tech-demo and Astro Bot a glorified version.

I assume Astro Bot is the point where Asobi proved their worth and their next title might be their first proper game.

By your “logic” every single Mario game ever made has been a glorified tech demo for Nintendo hardware.

All the flavors in the world and you choose salty.

 

[onQ123]

The game has PlayStation console as a central theme of the Astro games so I'm not really thinking it would do well either assuming Sony bothers to port it.

Kids don't give a damn about the PlayStation theme in the game , my niece wanted to buy it for her kids on their Switch lol. Because they keep talking about the game because I let them play it when they was at my house.

 

[Grizzled Ghost]

Some interesting nominations. A few games I hadnever heard of. Definitely going to check out Neva and 1000xRESIST

But didn't Satisfactory come out years ago? And didn't Riven come out in... 1997?

 

[Mozzarella]

Amazing what games can be nominated when an awards show nominates everything that releases in a calendar year and not just everything before November.



"I didn't play it, but it's overrated"

Seriously?

I was citing a common meme as a joke.
I didn't play it because i don't like Indiana Jones and i don't like the Uncharted adventure game formula, i used to enjoy older Tomb Raider games in the past but not anymore.
Still, i highly doubt its better than FF7 Rebirth or Metaphor though. Feels to me like Indiana Jones has a lot of boomers and Gen X fans so it automatically gains buffs in these shows just based on that, they are the target audience, meanwhile the game did poorly in sales compared to the rest, seems like new generation doesn't care that much about Indiana James

 

[[Sigma]]

That Helldivers 2/Astro Bot combo cleaned up

 

[nicoGec]

Sony didn't update it. https://www.neogaf.com/threads/ltd-...it-4b-9-5m-ps5-units-sold-in-q3-fy24.1680745/

Still stuck at the 1.5 mil from November.

It was one of the best selling games in December and probably January, it’s probably around 3 mil at this point.

Anyways, deserved,.

 

[brenobnfm]

This meme has gone too far

 

[tTHANOSs]

You believe Sony are withholding updated sales figures from their financial reports so they can tweet out a milestone down the line?

Lots isn't updated. No updated numbers for Helldivers either.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Extremely happy for this, I wish Snoy would take a clue and move on from TLOU into Astro Bot. The industry would be a much better place.

 

[nial]

Extremely happy for this, I wish Snoy would take a clue and move on from TLOU into Astro Bot. The industry would be a much better place.

It's not like Sony has never produced these kind of games, something like Knack was released months after The Last of Us.

 

[Lionel Richie]

It's not like Sony has never produced these kind of games, something like Knack was released months after The Last of Us.

Knack was ass and a completely lazy effort to even pretend to have variety, it proves my point actually.

 

[nial]

Knack was ass and a completely lazy effort to even pretend to have variety, it proves my point actually.

I mean, you personally not liking it doesn't, but I'll bite.
Puppeteer, Tearaway, Ratchet & Clank, New Everybody's Golf, and Concrete Genie among others.

 

[Lionel Richie]

I mean, you personally not liking it doesn't, but I'll bite.
Puppeteer, Tearaway, Ratchet & Clank, New Everybody's Golf, and Concrete Genie among others.

Bite on these nuts buddy, I absolutely love Puppeteer, Tearaway, R&C until ACiT and Everybody's Something series. That's my point: I wish Snoy would do more of these.

 

[Sooner]

Extremely happy for this, I wish Snoy would take a clue and move on from TLOU into Astro Bot. The industry would be a much better place.

What are you even asking for? Naughty Dog to make Astro Bot?

And take what clue? Since Astro Bot won GOTY it should kill off another franchise they own from a seperate developer which also won GOTY (both games in the series)?

Maybe you think they should kill of the wildly successful HBO series and replace it with Astro Bot?

 

[Topher]

Kids don't give a damn about the PlayStation theme in the game , my niece wanted to buy it for her kids on their Switch lol. Because they keep talking about the game because I let them play it when they was at my house.

Fair point. Probably doesn't matter.

 

[xenosys]

So what's wrong with 4m lifetime sales, for a game that costs $30-$40 million? Assuming the average game sale is $40 that's over $160 million in revenue.

Nothing at all. What gave you the impression that I thought there was something wrong with that? A platformer that isn't Mario doing 4m is good.

Some people on this website get very defensive for no reason at all.

 

[onQ123]

Fair point. Probably doesn't matter.

This is probably the game that they should release on Switch 2

 

[Killjoy-NL]

By your “logic” every single Mario game ever made has been a glorified tech demo for Nintendo hardware.

All the flavors in the world and you choose salty.

Sure, maybe they are.

And what would I be salty about?

 

[Lionel Richie]

What are you even asking for? Naughty Dog to make Astro Bot?

And take what clue? Since Astro Bot won GOTY it should kill off another franchise they own from a seperate developer which also won GOTY (both games in the series)?

Maybe you think they should kill of the wildly successful HBO series and replace it with Astro Bot?

Yes I’m asking for Naughty Dog to move away from the cinematic walk ‘em up shit they have been doing since TLOU.

 

[Topher]

Yes I’m asking for Naughty Dog to move away from the cinematic walk ‘em up shit they have been doing since TLOU.

I don't. I think TLOU and TLOU 2 are fanstastic games and I hope we get more games like that from Naughty Dog in the future. Not every game from every game developer is going to make games that everyone likes.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Impossible. PlayStation doesn't have any games!

 

[Sooner]

Yes I’m asking for Naughty Dog to move away from the cinematic walk ‘em up shit they have been doing since TLOU.

Ok, cool. As long as no one listens to that kind of stupid suggestion, everything will be great.

 

[RoboFu]

The best list of nominees I've seen of any of the awards.

 

[RJMacready73]

Yes I’m asking for Naughty Dog to move away from the cinematic walk ‘em up shit they have been doing since TLOU.

They make great cinematic walk 'em up shit

 

[RJMacready73]

As good as the new Astrobot is, the original PSVR game is just on a whole other level, the mechanics and level design based around being able to look about you along with that incredible sense of being inside the game is just unmatched, it's such a shame that there wasn't a VR mode for this new one

 

[DeepEnigma]

They make great cinematic walk 'em up shit

TLoU2’s gameplay is fantastic.

 

[RJMacready73]

TLoU2’s gameplay is fantastic.

The gunplay/stealth/run mechanic whilst being hunted is unmatched, one of the best games I've played

 

[Lionel Richie]

I don't. I think TLOU and TLOU 2 are fanstastic games and I hope we get more games like that from Naughty Dog in the future. Not every game from every game developer is going to make games that everyone likes.

Hence why I'm not speaking for everyone, I'm speaking for myself.

 

[Topher]

Hence why I'm not speaking for everyone, I'm speaking for myself.

Fair enough.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Yes I’m asking for Naughty Dog to move away from the cinematic walk ‘em up shit they have been doing since TLOU.

Intergalactic looks more gameplay focused, they even said it's by far their most ambitious gameplay based game

 

[Lionel Richie]

Intergalactic looks more gameplay focused, they even said it's by far their most ambitious gameplay based game

Shame the main character looks like a realistic Ninja Turtle.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Shame the main character looks like a realistic Ninja Turtle.

Hah.

Well, I suspect it will grow on people. I mean, if I just saw Ellie from TLOU without context, I'd say the same thing.

 

[bender]

Fair enough.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

I think these nominees are worst than the choices at the game awards.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Hah.

Well, I suspect it will grow on people. I mean, if I just saw Ellie from TLOU without context, I'd say the same thing.

Game Ellie? She looks absolutely fine, good looking character and all. Series Ellie looks like she has 2 extra chromosomes though.

 

[Synastry]

Does anyone know how many GOTY awards Astro bot has won in total now?

 

[BigBeauford]

What the hell happened to Greg Miller. This is an all time bomb of a presentation job.

 

[Pimpbaa]

Stellar Blade only nominated once. Bah, worthless GOTY list.