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[noob smokes]

Now bring back the classics sony


Im talkin socom killzone sly jak

 

[noob smokes]

Also yall gettin really heated over this lil robot winning goty is funny asf

 

[OGM_Madness]

No room for Indiana Jones on the tombstone?

First, ask Geoff “Dorito Pope” Keighley why there wasn’t room for Indiana Jones on The Game Awards

 

[SweetTooth]

This is egregious.

It's no better than Crash Bandicoot 3 from the 90s in platforming chops.

Let alone any 3d Mario from Sunshine and up.

Typical Nintendo fan: It COULDN'T be better because its name is not MARIO!!

 

[R6Rider]

Not Mario Galaxy’s fault either

You mean that Mario game with the terrible camera?

 

[Heisenberg007]

There weren't 104 awards to give out back in the 1990s and 00s when these games were more prominent (and better).

Nintendo games like Super Mario Bros. Wonder (which I love, btw) are way more recent. This isn't really a valid excuse.

 

[touchfuzzy]

That's great for Astro Bot, though the article seems to exist only to try and rile up Nintendo fans? Like, most GOTY awards of any platformer* (*since 2013) when really the only other major contender here is Super Mario Odyssey, which would've walked away with 100+ awards if it didn't release the same year as another generational Nintendo game.

 

[ZiggyPop1991]

Let Sony fanboys have their oh-so-desperately needed 5 minutes of fame, after Elden Ring wiped the floor with both God of War and Horizon 3 years ago, while Baldur's Gate 3 and Tears of the Kingdom destroyed Spiderman 2 in 2023.

Lol. Honestly, if I was Sony I wouldn't be mad having those three games in my first party portfolio going up against 3rd parties. Us gamers win in the end anyways. But this statement screams people low key see Sony as the standard despite Nintendo being right there also for years.

 

[Topher]

Let Sony fanboys have their oh-so-desperately needed 5 minutes of fame, after Elden Ring wiped the floor with both God of War and Horizon 3 years ago, while Baldur's Gate 3 and Tears of the Kingdom destroyed Spiderman 2 in 2023.

 

[Hudo]

I mean, Astro Bot is good but I know at least 5 3D Platformers that I think are far better.

 

[Three]

Let Sony fanboys have their oh-so-desperately needed 5 minutes of fame, after Elden Ring wiped the floor with both God of War and Horizon 3 years ago, while Baldur's Gate 3 and Tears of the Kingdom destroyed Spiderman 2 in 2023.

Oh, you crazy.

 

[iamvin22]

Not Mario Galaxy’s fault either

It isn't but Mario losses out.

Is what it is.

 

[diffusionx]

It isn't but Mario losses out.

Is what it is.

look, I'm just saying, it's not apples-to-apples and needs context.

It's like, if you follow football, people were saying Saquon Barkley could break Eric Dickerson's recored for yards in a season. Except if he did so, he would have done it in a 17 game season, whereas Dickerson did it in a 16 game season, and he broke a record that OJ Simpson set in a 14 game season.

The records are not equivalent.

 

[hemo memo]

Metaphor is a platformer? News to me.

 

[iamvin22]

look, I'm just saying, it's not apples-to-apples and needs context.

It's like, if you follow football, people were saying Saquon Barkley could break Eric Dickerson's recored for yards in a season. Except if he did so, he would have done it in a 17 game season, whereas Dickerson did it in a 16 game season, and he broke a record that OJ Simpson set in a 14 game season.

The records are not equivalent.

I'm not saying they are equivalent. Just things have changed. I'm sure 25 years from now another platformer will beat out astro due to how many outlets select it as goty.

 

[PauloRoberto]

Metaphor is a platformer? News to me.

Balatro isn't either... all games were TGA Game of Year 2024 candidates.

 

[Unknown?]

There weren't 104 awards to give out back in the 1990s and 00s when these games were more prominent (and better).

That's to Zelda's benefit. It wouldn't be close to 99% if more outlets were around.

 

[R6Rider]

Metaphor is a platformer? News to me.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

So what you're telling me is this style of game is not "out of fashion" at all and major developers that used to release this type of game should actually do so instead of seeking some blue ocean? Or at minimum continue to cater to both?

I still have yet to play the full retail game, but I absolutely loved the pack in on Ps5... It made me nostalgic for the days of pack in games, getting the Genesis bundled with Sonic, SNES with Mario, etc... An amazing game to play right away.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Yes, you were crying because Sony apparently abused you and their game just won. I get it. No need to illustrate it.

 

[Shaki12345]

This ends all discussion. Astro Bot is now factually the Best Game Ever®.

 

[HJuggernaut]

its more indicative of 2024 being a shit year for games than astroboy being good

 

[ReBurn]

Astro Bot is a great game. Need more like it.

 

[Idleyes]

Alright, I'm sold. I'll give Astrobot a spin. It'll be the third game in my PS5 collection.

 

[jm89]

Let Sony fanboys have their oh-so-desperately needed 5 minutes of fame, after Elden Ring wiped the floor with both God of War and Horizon 3 years ago, while Baldur's Gate 3 and Tears of the Kingdom destroyed Spiderman 2 in 2023.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Is it the best 3d platformer then?

If not, system is useless and not worth paying attention to.

Though fanboys fighting over it is amusing.

 

[Horseganador]

Under that thought we can say then that God of War "wiped the floor" with RDR2 and Monster Hunter World in 2018 or that TLOU2 did it with Doom Eternal or Animal Crossing, you don't always win...but Sony and Nintendo almost every year have something goty quality to offer, something that Xbox can't say.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Is it the best 3d platformer then?

If not, system is useless and not worth paying attention to.

I mean it's not even that hard. There are weak years with not much competition where an Astro Bots or an It Tales Two can shine and there are years where those 2 wouldn't have stood a chance.

 

[tmlDan]

The real joke is that all of those outsold it by a wide margin. Helldivers II is the only real success Sony has had in the entirety of 2024 and it was just dumb luck.

What did Indiana Jones sell? not "played by", actual sales?

 

[mckmas8808]

The GOTY keeps winning

You gotta love it.

 

[RoadHazard]

It Takes Two being the previous record holder says all ya need to know, lol (that's a padded 88 meta/open critic game - scored by the same people that give these participation awards to copy cats - "beating" games with like 90-97 - which could be higher without certain hater clickbait outliers too).

How is that? ITT is amazing, by far the best co-op game I've ever played.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Great game, but M64, Galaxy 1,2, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Sunshine, and Odyssey are better.

No need to shit no either game, but yall fucking crazy.

First and foremost, the metric you pick for which game is best is how many GOTY awards it got?

Insane.

You do realize that this metric is influenced by:

1. Other games that released in the same year.
2. Total number of sites that give goty awards the year the game releases

So there were few tentpoles last year, so of course Astro won in a ton of places. What came out the year Odyssey did? Was it BotW?

Second, the further back in time you go the less goty awards there are to hand out. So as we proceed, this record will continue to be broken.

Why did you not simply use the Metacritic score as the metric to determine which one was better?

I know why you didn't use popularity. Because Astrobot sold like shit, did it not? Well? Now if you will recall, I am the one always touting it as an evergreen title. You know as well as I do that Astro will keep selling well over the years, but to be this braggadocios about it today? No child.

Astro was great but it was missing the ability to do more moves than just hump and hover. The next one needs to add in dives, triple jumps, and all the stuff Mario can do. Then it will be on par. Get out of here with this silly shit.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

I'm hoping it doesn't win Gaf's GotY

I mean I like the game and everything but everyone is glazing it so much

 

[fart town usa]

It won all the GOTY awards because the current landscape is so utterly devoid of quality games, especially platformers.

Astrobot has charm, the platforming itself is nothing special.

 

[Sooner]

The Astro games are the only 3D platformers I can remember where I honestly thought, "this is absolutely just as good as Mario" since Mario 64 released.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I just created 193 games media shell companies and gave all 193 GotY awards to Hitman 2. Hitman 2 is now the most awarded platformer in history.

Eat dirt Astro Bot and Mario Odyssey.

 

[PixelatedBeast]

Nintendo, Xbox and Steam fanboys are so mad, lol.

 

[MrJangles]

Sony did really make the greatest 3D platformers twice in a row.

You mean Team Asobi, not the walkman company.

 

[nial]

You mean Team Asobi, not the walkman company.

You're right! I meant SIE and not Sony.

 

[Thebonehead]

Looking forward to the DLC where you get to play Crazy golf with Abby hitting golf balls through Joels head

 

[reinking]

Astro was great but it was missing the ability to do more moves than just hump and hover.

Astro gets special abilities in each level.