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I'm more excited with new game announcement and new trailer. When it comes to the award, I don't care that much , but I'm still happy Stellar blade receive two nominations for best action game and best music but the game truly deserves GOTY nominatio. I love Elden ring, but for me, Erdtree should not be qualified and Stellar blade should have taken its place.
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TheRaidenPT
Member
What a joke of a list, why don't they make DLC of the Year and Remake of the Year? I ain't taking the TGA serious though since last year. How you want any of us to take this seriously when you put Elden Ring DLC in there?
Plus with making the event so late for Europe, nobody is ain't watching that if they gotta work the next day man.
I ain't tuning in, so I'll just watch the trailers in the next morning after waking up and get my daily workout in.
Plus with making the event so late for Europe, nobody is ain't watching that if they gotta work the next day man.
I ain't tuning in, so I'll just watch the trailers in the next morning after waking up and get my daily workout in.
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digoutyoursoul
Member
E3 died so this guy could have it all. Snake.
RetroGamingUK
Member
ShadyAcshuns
Member
They should just call it the Retard Awards.
I have the same pick.My stupid votes in this stupid voting, I skipped half of the categories
Mortisfacio
Member
Looking at the nominations list is weird compared to 2023. Multiple 2023 titles I'll replay. I don't think there's a single 2024 game I'll play a 2nd time. Kind of a forgettable year, for me.
Rocinante618
Member
Too many categories to comment on so just going to pick the first one - game of the year
- Astrobot: way too easy, this is a borderline a kids game. Few cool mechanics but nothing fully explored, no way this comes close to Mario Odyssey which had so much stuff to do and was very finely tuned to give a nice easy to complete, hard to master experience, Mario Odyssey also had much tighter integration of its mechanics in the gameplay/gameworld.
- Balatro: cool title, nice twist on Poker but clearly an indie title and shouldn't be on this list. My indie game of the year is Animal Well. I'm not a fan of RNG.
- Black Myth Wukong: A sweeping orchestra, a project full of passion. Great artwork, great amount of bosses and enemies, fun, visually cool gameplay, not too punishing like From games (apart from Erlang), mostly appealing to the mass market gamer. The animation work after each chapter and detail on those scripts was amazing, I thoroughly enjoyed this and for me this is GOTY on this list. This is my pick as games should be like this - fun but also tell a cool story and challenging.
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree: I really love Elden Ring and I liked the DLC as well, I think it's a bit frustrating and kinda forgettable if you compare the DLC with the main game. I think DLC getting nominated is fine as long it's big and chunky like Erdtree.
- FF Rebirth: I am not really a FF fan - lol, haven't played a single one (apart from FF16 which I hated after the prologue - felt very MMO like). I have no opinions on this as I am waiting for the last part to be out.
- Metaphor: ReFantazio: I'm not a JRPG fan and this isn't really a game that caters to the mass market gamer but I do like the arstyle and apparently the story is cool so I'll try it someday.
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diffusionx
Gold Member
Is Black Myth Wukong the lowest Metacritic rating (~81) ever? How much yuan was deposited into Geoff's account for it?
March Climber
Member
The youtube comments are claiming that Geoff was paid off by Bandai Namco for Elden Ring.
Yes, Bandai Namco.
A small part of me wants to tally how many claims of ‘being paid off’ there will be and from who.
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Pejo
Gold Member
I wish for several of those categories I could NOT vote as my option. Best "social justice" game being one such category. I have never and will never play those games, so why even account for my opinion on it? E-sports and e-celeb categories too. I only remember I voted for the anime girl in the one category full of literal whos.
I can't believe that we had so many good games released this year, and most of them are ignored completely in favor of categories that nobody cares about. They need some better categories in this vote.
I can't believe that we had so many good games released this year, and most of them are ignored completely in favor of categories that nobody cares about. They need some better categories in this vote.
Last Hearth
Member
The final result will be 90% by the panel input and 10% by the voters from what I'm told.My stupid votes in this stupid voting, I skipped half of the categories
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
yeah thats true. And the panel is .... terrible
Madflavor
Member
Does Stellar Blade really deserve a GOTY nomination? I ask this as a huge simp for that game. As much as I loved the combat, soundtrack, and visuals, that game was really held back by some truly bad dialogue and voice acting, a barebones story, and terrible side quest design. Being nominated for Best Action Game and Best Soundtrack, was realistically the best we could've hoped for. If there was a category for Hottest Piece of Ass, Stellar Blade probably would've had that locked, but sadly this ain't the 90s anymore.
R6Rider
Gold Member
If people can ignore all the problems with other games yet want them for GotY, then I see no problem with Stellar Blade being an option.
bender
What time is it?
The bloat really drags down an otherwise good action game, but even without that I doubt it will be remember with the likes of DMC/3, NG or Bayo 1. The story is terrible but that's largely forgivable in an action game.
Wastelander92
Member
The Last of Us Part II Remaster robbed
Madflavor
Member
I wouldn't be opposed to it being nominated for GOTY, I'm just not surprised at all it didn't make the cut. I wouldn't call it a snub.
It's probably my #2 favorite game of the year despite my complaints.
LordCBH
Member
Geoff doesn’t need to be paid to suckle on From’s balls. He’s more than willing to do that for free.
Dick Jones
Gold Member
If Elden Ring DLC was standalone (playable without the base game) then I could see the argument for having it on the list. This however is fucking goofy.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
No, it didn't and outside of some niche cases, I don't see it winning many GoTY awards from other websites either.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Well, my comment about being paid off was in jest but it doesn't change the fact taht this is one of the lowest rated game to get this honor, maybe the lowest rated game.
SkylineRKR
Member
Stellar Blade peaks in the linear levels such as the opening (which you can open up further when you return at some point). I found both sandboxes, that both had a similar aesthetic, to be quite a slog. There is also no means of traversal by vehicle, booster or whatever.
Its combat is okay, but ultimately has the same deathtrap as FFXVI; enemies are way too spongy. You need to abuse meters to win quickly. Game was good but some horrendous dialogue, uneven level design, terrible fetch quests and drawn out boss fights bring it down a bit.
Aenima
Member
I was expecting a much worst list of nominees. For GOTY i would just removed the Elden Ring DLC and add Stellar Blade (My personal GOTY), in my opinion DLC has no place as a game of the Year cuz its not a standalone game, its a DLC, so if they want to reward good DLC, they should make a cathegory for it.
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
C'mon now Geoff & Co... DLC that requires the base game in order to be experienced nominated for GOTY over titles like Silent Hill 2, Yakuza Infinite Wealth, Unicorn Overlord, Stellar Blade and Tekken 8.
If you want to keep this energy, then where was the GOTY nomination for Phantom Liberty last year, huh?
If you want to keep this energy, then where was the GOTY nomination for Phantom Liberty last year, huh?
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SEGAvangelist
Member
They're waiting until next year for the relaunch.
Hawk The Slayer
Member
Best games are still
Space Marine 2
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Stellar Blade
Wukong
Ain't changing my mind just because of some weirdo journalist pick that don't even make good choices most of the time.
Space Marine 2
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Stellar Blade
Wukong
Ain't changing my mind just because of some weirdo journalist pick that don't even make good choices most of the time.
Hawk The Slayer
Member
This, Stellar Blade was still better than 99% of the other games this year anyway.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Fuck the Keighleyz.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Yea. Has some flaws, like being kinda easy and filled with invisible walls. But overall I'd say it's a very good game, one which manages to tell a story while having gameplay as the main focus the whole time.
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jburdick7
Neo Member
Yeah it’s very good. It has some quibbles but considering it’s the studio’s first AAA effort it’s pretty remarkable. That doesn’t excuse those quibbles by any means but it does make them more forgivable.
I don’t know if it would be nominated for more than best action game & best graphics/art direction most years but in a slower year like this it absolutely deserves to be nominated.
