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The Game Awards 2015 Thread: Keighley's Last Supper
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Thank you. Glad I didnt sit through this.
Thanks, i need to watch this for Miller alone
WrenchNinja
Member
She told everyone the truth, David Hayter is Snake.
TurtleSnatcher
Member
The hall was empty, lots of unfilled seats. Hopefully 2015 isn't the last TGA
It was like that last year. It's all about streaming audience not live.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Little late on this so gonna play catch up
Fuck Konami
Lmao at Jade (was she drunk?)
Metal Gear Solids? XD
Oh and did anyone partake in the Geoff drinking game? take a swig everytime he says "Ahhh" if so RiP
Fuck Konami
Lmao at Jade (was she drunk?)
Metal Gear Solids? XD
Oh and did anyone partake in the Geoff drinking game? take a swig everytime he says "Ahhh" if so RiP
How many viewers it got on Twitch?
8BitsAtATime
Member
Squids
Saw it up at around 140k, but then who knows how many of those could have been Bots.
As a Shakespeare mark, I just wanted to say that you're a awesome dude.
TurtleSnatcher
Member
Also was on many other platforms I believe.
GlamFM
Banned
Feel good choice I guess. Coolio.
yeah, think they went with every stream service they could find, but he asked about twitch, and that was the highest I saw that I can remember, and I know there's been rumors of bots kicking in once twitch streams get to a certain viewer threshold.
SchrodingerC
Member
About a 1/3rd of the show tonight was all about throwing some
both on screen and on twitter.
both on screen and on twitter.
Thank you!
I want to read this. On what page does it start?
Killroyskbg
Member
Just woke up here in europe. Any full video with a decent bitrate? Only got 144p or where the comentary ruins it by talking over everything.
Edit nwm IGN replay is where i gave up on 144p.
And it died... Thx IGN
Edit nwm IGN replay is where i gave up on 144p.
And it died... Thx IGN
uncleniccius
Member
I just woke up.. It feels like this was a little lacking in announcements compared with other years sadly.
Collateral22
Member
H3CZ finally got to meet Shaq
Krappadizzle
Member
You cray. Shaq-Fu 2. Awwww yeah.
Psychonauts 2, Shadow Complex and Batman were pretty nice surprises I wasn't expecting
Acquiescence
Member
Those retweets too.
I feel like I'm dreaming.
That Geoff Keighley, what a mug huh? Somebody should've told him to just set up a Patreon and have other people fund this award show instead of using the money from his own pocket. Let's all point and laugh at this clueless hack, huh huh huh.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Is there not a lost of reveals and winners yet?
I've seen Jade Reynond throwing shade and the W3 dev's reaction was GODLY, plus the Kojima news. Any other momentous moments?
I've seen Jade Reynond throwing shade and the W3 dev's reaction was GODLY, plus the Kojima news. Any other momentous moments?
LurkerPrime
Member
List of categories, nominees, and winners. Second source because Gamespot sucks.
Hopefully I didn't miss anything.
Game of the Year
Esports / Social Quarantine Zone
Esports Player of the Year
Hopefully I didn't miss anything.
Game of the Year
- WINNER: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Bloodborne
- Fallout 4
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Super Mario Maker
- WINNER: CD Projekt Red
- From Software
- Kojima Productions
- Nintendo
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Axiom Verge
- Her Story
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- WINNER: Rocket League
- Undertale
- Downwell
- Fallout Shelter
- WINNER: Lara Croft Go
- Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
- Pac-Man 256
- WINNER: Her Story
- Life Is Strange
- Tales From The Borderlands
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Until Dawn
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Bloodborne
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- WINNER: Ori and the Blind Forest
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Fallout 4
- Halo 5: Guardians
- WINNER: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Ashly Burch as Chloe Price (Life is Strange)
- Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft (Rise of the Tomb Raider)
- Doug Cockle as Geralt (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)
- Mark Hamill as The Joker (Batman: Arkham Knight)
- WINNER: Viva Seifert (Her Story)
- Cibele (Nina Freeman)
- Her Story (Sam Barlow)
- WINNER: Life Is Strange (DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix)
- Sunset (Tale of Tales)
- Undertale (tobyfox)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
- Destiny: The Taken King
- Halo 5: Guardians
- WINNER: Splatoon [Not noted on Gamespot]
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- WINNER: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Bloodborne
- Fallout 4
- Pillars of Eternity
- WINNER: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt [Not noted on Gamespot]
- Undertale
- Guilty Gear Xrd
- WINNER: Mortal Kombat X
- Rise of Incarnates
- Rising Thunder
- Disney Infinity 3.0
- Lego Dimensions
- Skylanders: SuperChargers
- Splatoon
- WINNER: Super Mario Maker
- FIFA 16
- Forza Motorsport 6
- NBA 2K16
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2016
- WINNER: Rocket League
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
- Destiny: The Taken King
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Rocket League
- WINNER: Splatoon
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- WINNER: No Man's Sky
- Quantum Break
- The Last Guardian
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Esports / Social Quarantine Zone
Esports Player of the Year
- WINNER: Kenny "KennyS" Schrub
- Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok
- Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer
- Peter "ppd" Dager
- Syed Sumail "Suma1L" Hassan
- Evil Geniuses
- Fnatic
- WINNER: Optic Gaming
- SK Telecom T1
- Team SoloMid
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- WINNER: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Dota 2
- Hearthstone
- League of Legends
- Total Biscuit
- Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles
- WINNER: Greg Miller
- Markiplier
- PewDiePie
- GTA V – Targets (Hoodoo Operator)
- Real GTA (Corridor Digital)
- WINNER: Portal Stories: Mel (Prism Studios)
- Super Mario Maker e-Reader Levels (Baddboy78 / theycallmeshaky)
- Twitch Plays Dark Souls (Twitch Community)
Mr. Enigma
Member
Gotta love Jade Raymond throwing shade at Keifer Sutherland, then immediately got the tables turned by fucking up the award announcement.
I actually really enjoyed it. Disappointed stuff like Quantum Break, the Batman Telltale game, and some other stuff was mostly cinematics rather than gameplay but things like the Industry Icon awards, the Satoru Iwata tribute, the Psychonauts 2 reveal, Shaq Fu, the Konami callout, etc. I loved it and I've been feeling good vibes from it.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
If you're watching "The Game Awards" primarily for news worthy world exclusive "unveilings" then yes maybe you should bow out and let it exist for reasons beyond December marketing fluff.
My suggestions as posted in the other thread:
I think the template is pretty good, it's just the execution that needs work.
- Musical acts should be gaming related, at the very least a band should show up and perform a song from a video game. Ideally we'd have the original game composers and/or artists performing music from a game that was released that year. Audiences are going to like music from MGSV over Chvrches and Deadmau5 every single time.
- Get a venue to match your audience size. A small full house always looks better than a half empty stadium.
- Shilling doesn't have to be so obvious. We are fine with sponsors, we're fine with Geoff saying "thanks to AMD and Bethesda etc" and playing ads between the awards and acts, but things like devoting a whole "green room" to AMD and Battlefront and having Justine ask all the guests "Hey have you played Battlefront?" was predictable and brought down the class level of the whole thing.
- Here's a great way to merge advertising and awards: Why not make certain awards sponsored by advertising partners? As long as they avoid obvious conflicts of interest it would be a way to make sponsorship more genuine, more relevant, and have more time to present awards.
- Make the ending memorable. Endings are so important and leave the final impression with viewers. Deadmau5 was a terrible, anticlimactic way to finish and left us confused after Geoff said there'd be one final surprise.
- Have a dress code. People dressed nicely will act nicely. I'm not saying black tie but shirts, jeans, and jandals are definitely not Game Awards material.
I think the template is pretty good, it's just the execution that needs work.
- Musical acts should be gaming related, at the very least a band should show up and perform a song from a video game. Ideally we'd have the original game composers and/or artists performing music from a game that was released that year. Audiences are going to like music from MGSV over Chvrches and Deadmau5 every single time.
- Get a venue to match your audience size. A small full house always looks better than a half empty stadium.
- Shilling doesn't have to be so obvious. We are fine with sponsors, we're fine with Geoff saying "thanks to AMD and Bethesda etc" and playing ads between the awards and acts, but things like devoting a whole "green room" to AMD and Battlefront and having Justine ask all the guests "Hey have you played Battlefront?" was predictable and brought down the class level of the whole thing.
- Here's a great way to merge advertising and awards: Why not make certain awards sponsored by advertising partners? As long as they avoid obvious conflicts of interest it would be a way to make sponsorship more genuine, more relevant, and have more time to present awards.
- Make the ending memorable. Endings are so important and leave the final impression with viewers. Deadmau5 was a terrible, anticlimactic way to finish and left us confused after Geoff said there'd be one final surprise.
- Have a dress code. People dressed nicely will act nicely. I'm not saying black tie but shirts, jeans, and jandals are definitely not Game Awards material.
Candescence
Member
Any summary of the announcements and non-award stuff showcased?
Pleasantly surprised that Splatoon won best shooter AND best multiplayer, but Undertale won nothing? Fucking bullshit. It should've won both of those categories handily. Rocket League is great, but it don't hold a candle to Undertale.
Pleasantly surprised that Splatoon won best shooter AND best multiplayer, but Undertale won nothing? Fucking bullshit. It should've won both of those categories handily. Rocket League is great, but it don't hold a candle to Undertale.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Just woke up, nothing from Nintendo?
Edit: Just saw the Iwata tribute, very emotional.
Edit: Just saw the Iwata tribute, very emotional.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
I don't mind spoilers but i'm out of the loop on Arkham Knight. I remember Mark Hamill saying he was done doing voice over for the joker in the batman games at one point? I could be wrong on that but I just remember it being reported before Arkham Knight was released. Was that just a ruse to keep people wondering if he would ever appear in Arkham Knight?
Bots are better than you
Banned
Hmm, Best Art Direction should have gone to Bloodborne, FROM created a greatly disturbing, truely lovecraftian world with Yharnam, the Nightmares and the dungeons.
I had to check twice for Splatoon winning best shooter, unexpected. Splatoon winning two awards is even more unexpected.
I love the game, and it's the best attempt at a new IP from Nintendo since Pikmin (imo), so i'm fine with the game being awarded.
Although in those categories, it's always a hard decision. I guess from all nominees, Splatoon certainly was the "freshest".
GotY Witcher 3 and Best Dev CD Project Red ... well.f*cking.deserved! My personal GotY, too!
Since i wasn't around for the show or the discussion here due to living in Europe and having a job so no staying awake, what's about that discussion about the Iwata tribute?
SPOILERS END
I had to check twice for Splatoon winning best shooter, unexpected. Splatoon winning two awards is even more unexpected.
I love the game, and it's the best attempt at a new IP from Nintendo since Pikmin (imo), so i'm fine with the game being awarded.
Although in those categories, it's always a hard decision. I guess from all nominees, Splatoon certainly was the "freshest".
GotY Witcher 3 and Best Dev CD Project Red ... well.f*cking.deserved! My personal GotY, too!
Since i wasn't around for the show or the discussion here due to living in Europe and having a job so no staying awake, what's about that discussion about the Iwata tribute?
SPOILERS FOR ARKHAM KNIGHT, DON'T HIGHLIGHT if you have not played the game yet!
Joker reappears as a hallucination, caused by Batman being infected with Joker-Titan-Blood. Think of it as a twisted version of Zelda's Midna, who has a comment, a threat or a sick joke for nearly everything that Batman does or sees in the game.
While cool in the beginning, it was annoying even beyond OoT Navi-levels.
But since i guess that was intended, it was a great performance from Hamill!
While cool in the beginning, it was annoying even beyond OoT Navi-levels.
But since i guess that was intended, it was a great performance from Hamill!
Lord British
Member
Ditto, would be great to see a summary.
Yeah the tribute was great.
I was also disappointed waking up to no news
still there's TFH DLC and Xenoblade today so I'm all good. Oh and the new Splatoon map. Eventful day!Agreed. There is just so much attention to detail and it is so beautiful and horrifying game. From really out did themselves with BB. However Ori is still a good choice atleast from what I've seen of it.
Lucent
Member
I've never really listened to DeadMaus or whatever, but that performance...it was so bad.
I was watching the event on my xbox one with my friend and his brother through group chat and he was telling me that a lot of DeadMaus' music takes forever to build up and do anything that is crazy. So we were just kinda joking like "well, it did seem like it was going to be some game-inspired music for a minute there...remember when Bowser popped up at the beginning? And now there's Boos." And as it went on "Umm...so he's been laying ground work for a beat for like 5 minutes now. Is he gonna do something cool?" And it just sort of abruptly ended and we kinda just started laughing and were like wow...we were just in shock. I don't understand how he was getting so hyped in his music when it was pretty slow and it sounded like something you could create on Fruity Loops in a few minutes.
But anyway...I think I enjoyed the previous year's awards show more. And the only reveals I thought were really cool was the Tomb Raider DLC, Psychonauts 2 reveal, and Far Cry Primal. Never played a Far Cry game before, but this one looks like one I'll definitely want to try out.
And lastly, the whole Kojima not being able to attend because of a contract thing was dumb. I've never hated a gaming company so much before. I really hope that when he's finally released from Konami completely that he'll really break out and do what he wants to do. But of course never go crazy like Inafune. lol.
I was watching the event on my xbox one with my friend and his brother through group chat and he was telling me that a lot of DeadMaus' music takes forever to build up and do anything that is crazy. So we were just kinda joking like "well, it did seem like it was going to be some game-inspired music for a minute there...remember when Bowser popped up at the beginning? And now there's Boos." And as it went on "Umm...so he's been laying ground work for a beat for like 5 minutes now. Is he gonna do something cool?" And it just sort of abruptly ended and we kinda just started laughing and were like wow...we were just in shock. I don't understand how he was getting so hyped in his music when it was pretty slow and it sounded like something you could create on Fruity Loops in a few minutes.
But anyway...I think I enjoyed the previous year's awards show more. And the only reveals I thought were really cool was the Tomb Raider DLC, Psychonauts 2 reveal, and Far Cry Primal. Never played a Far Cry game before, but this one looks like one I'll definitely want to try out.
And lastly, the whole Kojima not being able to attend because of a contract thing was dumb. I've never hated a gaming company so much before. I really hope that when he's finally released from Konami completely that he'll really break out and do what he wants to do. But of course never go crazy like Inafune. lol.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I was thinking the same thing about the music. I thought it was gonna hit a high point, but that point just never came. I'm not sure why this guy gets hired for gaming events. I guess he must appeal to some people.
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
Agreed. But lets put it this way, if not for AMD and Battlefront, this award show isn't happening. Renting the hall, the video/graphics/techaudio crew/camera work probably cost over a million dollars in of itself. Geoff can't self finance a project like this, especially one that is free to watch and in of itself isn't designed to generate profit, so even if he could self finance that would be financial suicide since I doubt there is any significant rewards.
So the alternative would be to downsize. Get a smaller banquet hall, a good stage, keep the audience small but relavent: with developers and publishers, family close friends only, work with publishers to throw out some world premieres to keep it exciting, and have it be an hour tops with Kyle Bosmon hosting.. All of it would maybe cost less than a million to organize. Strike a streaming deal with twitch, get a few ads sold, hit up a few rich doctor relatives....profit?
Its like they are trying to match the production values of these 70 year awards show in one go. Its best to start small and simple and work your way up. If you go big, you need big money that only big sponsorship deals can provide, which kind of cheapens the prestige of an award event.