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EDGE awards from issue #406

Game of the Year

1. Astro Bot
2. UFO 50
3. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
4. Animal Well
5. Metaphor: Refantazio
6. Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
7. Arco
8. Frostpunk 2
9. Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island
10. Helldivers 2

PlayStation Game of the Year

• Astro Bot (winner)
• Helldivers 2 (runner-up)
• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth (runner-up)

Xbox Game of the Year

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (winner)
• Dungeons of Hinterberg
• STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Nintendo Game of the Year

• Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island (winner)
• Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Paper Mario: The thousand-year door

PC Game of the Year

• UFO 50 (winner)
• Frostpunk 2
• Tactical Breach Wizards

VR Game of the Year

• Vendetta forever (winner)
• Batman: Arkham Shadow
• Thrasher

Best Expansion

• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (winner)
• Destiny 2: The Final Shape
• Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred

Best Visual Design

• Neva (winner)
• Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth

Best Audio Design

• Star Wars: Outlaws (winner)
• Balatro
• Still wakes in the deep

Best Narrative Design

• The Rise of the Golden Idol (winner)
• Lorelei and the laser eyes
• No case should remain unsolved

Best performance

• Alec Newman - Still wakes in the deep (winner)
• Troy Baker - Indiana Jones
• Russ Bain - Ghosts of New Eden

Studio of the Year

• Team Asobi (winner)
• Mossmouth
• GSC Game World

Publisher of the Year

• Playstack (winner)
• Panic Inc
• Kepler Interactive

Credit goes to supercommodore from the purple forum.

 

[GrayDock]

 

[clarky]

UFO50? neat game but come on now.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

All crap except Rebirth.

 

[Trilobit]

Animal Well was my personal favourite this year. Incredible game!

 

[xenosys]

Yeah, that looks like an Edge top 10 list.

 

[acm2000]

my word 2024 has been a lot of shite

 

[Brigandier]

Rebirth, Stellar Blade, Wukong, Silent Hill 2, Space Marine 2 and then Astrobot for me.

Astrobot is a great game but it's far too easy and levels are so short it's no way GOTY.

 

[nemiroff]

It does indeed look like an Edge list.

 

[GHG]

my word 2024 has been a lot of shite

 

[nial]

Astro Bot sweep.
Also

Nintendo Game of the Year

• Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island (winner)
• Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Paper Mario: The thousand-year door

bender

 

[Hunter 99]

No Stella Blade?! Like not even acknowledged...

 

[Topher]

All crap except Rebirth.

You've played all those games then?

 

[near]

Lorelei and UFO50 in top 3 and rightly so. I should get around to playing Astro at some point, maybe on sale.

 

[Ozriel]

No Stella Blade?! Like not even acknowledged...

You expect a game they gave 6/10 to appear on their GOTY awards list?

 

[Hunter 99]

You expect a game they gave 6/10 to appear on their GOTY awards list?

Didn't realise they gave it such a low score.stopped reading them about 2 years ago.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Rebirth, Stellar Blade, Wukong, Silent Hill 2, Space Marine 2 and then Astrobot for me.

Astrobot is a great game but it's far too easy and levels are so short it's no way GOTY.

That's a good list, Space Marine 2, Stellar Blade, and Wukong along with Rebirth are the great. Space Marine 2 is my personal favorite.

Astro Bot looks good but not really into it. If it had a legit setting and story like Ratchet and Clank than it would have been a lot better. Silent Hill 2 Remake is alright too with the exception of a few things.

 

[bender]

About timeAstro Bot sweep.
Also

bender

 

[ChoosableOne]

• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
• Arco
• Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island

These look interesting. Although the list is a bit edgy, it's nice that it puts the spotlight on different games. I've never seen a list that was universally accepted anyway.

 

[SJRB]

 

[strike670]

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a great game. My personal GOTY is Metaphor: Refantazio though..

 

[Salmonboy]

All crap except Rebirth.

The mini-game simulator with subpar graphics and copy-paste design? Is it that game with floating characters not connected to the gameworld?

 

[diffusionx]

Best list I’ve seen and not because I think Astro bot is goty

 

[SidViscous]

Glad to see my boy Astrobot at the top, feels like it was a success almost despite Sony, who gutted most other Japanese studios to fund their Bungie acquisition and make more Horizon spin-offs nobody wants to play.

Surprised to see Frostpunk 2 on a couple of the lists, I avoided it like the plague after hearing it was a right state upon release, even looking at the recent Steam reviews it seems like it's still not where it should be; I wonder what monster PC EDGE played it on.

 

[jm89]

Astro

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Rebirth, Stellar Blade, Wukong, Silent Hill 2, Space Marine 2 and then Astrobot for me.

That’s basically the top 6 in various orders for actual gamers. Those that are not journalists or trying to be hipsters.

 

[mitch1971]

No Stella Blade?! Like not even acknowledged...

Well, Ive not played the game so no nothing of what it's like as a game. However, the only articles or posts I see are about new scantily clad costumers. If it is that good, where are the articles on the great fighting mechanics or a well written story. It seems to be making waves in one aspect of the game that isn't really about the 'game'.

 

[Majukun]

classifica molto hipster, per carità contento che roba come animal well venga riconosciuta

 

[Buggy Loop]

That list

 

[Hunter 99]

Well, Ive not played the game so no nothing of what it's like as a game. However, the only articles or posts I see are about new scantily clad costumers. If it is that good, where are the articles on the great fighting mechanics or a well written story. It seems to be making waves in one aspect of the game that isn't really about the 'game'.

I see your point about the costumes being the only thing that gets attention but I've played it to completion twice and I loved the gameplay,boss fights and the music too.
It's my GOTY for 2024 (haven't played wukong yet to be fair) but it's the most fun I've had in a game since lies of p in 2023.

You should defo play it,it's imo a great game and a breath of fresh air.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Wukong developer after losing to UFO 50

 

[acm2000]

yes, obviously, since i was the one who said it.

 

[CliffBronger]

I've never even heard of UFO 50 until i read this thread.
Just looked it up on steam and reminds me of those 50 games on a cassette you could buy in the 80's for £1.99

Balatro 2nd for best audio design, I don't recall my 7.1 system rocking while playing that..

 

[SlimySnake]

This is what happens when you go full Edge.

Never go full Edge.

 

[Flabagast]

The list is not bad; even if I will never understand why people put Metaphor above Rebirth in the JRPG space

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

This is what happens when you go full Edge.

Never go full Edge.

Glad to see you get destroyed by the Astro Bot GOTY choice by Edge. Bravo!