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Astro Bot Rescue Mission wins the award for best game at the 2019 BAFTA Children's Awards
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Without VR, Astro Bot is a pretty good platformer that wouldn't stand out in any discernable way.
With VR, it's probably the best PlayStation game of the generation.
oh i was just making a thread for this news. very awesome, congrats to the the team.
here's a list of the nominees:
here's a list of past winners:
here's a list of the nominees:
- ASTRO BOT RESCUE MISSION by SIE Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
- CHIMPARTY by NapNok Games/ Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
- LEGO DC SUPER-VILLAINS by TT Games/WB Games
- OVERCOOKED 2 by Ghost Town Games/Team17
here's a list of past winners:
- 2007: Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party
- 2008: Lego Batman: The Videogame
- 2009: LittleBigPlanet
- 2010: Rabbids Go Home
- 2011: Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
- 2012: Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
- 2013: Skylanders: Giants
- 2014: Mario Kart 8
- 2015: Splatoon
- 2016: Lego Dimensions
- 2017: Pokémon Go
- 2018: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
there's only one gaming category at the bafta children's award.
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Nah, it's VR implementation is what elevates it to GOTY status
It has a more limited audience due to it being a VR game, but it's a game that wouldn't work half as well without how it uses VR tech for gameplay purposes. It finishes what Lucky's Tale started, and then some.
Well deserved. This would be magical to play as a kid. But it's also the best game for adults. ;)
Deserved.
It's a fantastic game that very often puts a smile in your face while playing.
Congratulations to the team.
It's a fantastic game that very often puts a smile in your face while playing.
Congratulations to the team.
It wouldn't have won anything without VR.
With VR its one of the best gaming experiences this gen.
I'm sure VR is what made it so special. Most games without it would just be another run of the mill game.
Deserving of a reward and I hope many more rewards are to come. VR is what made the game so special and I'm glad to see it getting the recognition it well and truly deserves.
Well deserved.
Astro Bot Rescue Mission would be an entirely different game without VR.
Astro Bot Rescue Mission would be an entirely different game without VR.
I just want to quote this post again, we'll see a lot more of this sentiment when HL:Alyx hits.
Literally would be a completely different game without VR, so I fail to see how anyone who's not a dimension traveller from that universe could possibly know.
For what it's worth (which is very little, as per the above), my money is on "would have been a really good platformer that would still fall short of the Mario standard and probably wouldn't be considered for game awards."
Nice to see AB still getting some love one year later. Such an incredible game.
Can't wait to see what ASOBI has planned next.
Can't wait to see what ASOBI has planned next.
I felt like you needed to get another alert for this statement, just for the sheer stupidity of it. Astro Bot without VR wouldn't be Astro Bot. It's a game designed from the ground up for the tech.
Why not call it at least "Family Game Award" or something along those lines? "Children" sounds so condescending in this context.
I don't think many on gaming enthusiast forums know how much clout a BAFTA nomination, let alone a BAFTA win, carries here in Europe.
Same! Pound for pound the most joy I've had in a video game last year.
Wait, didn't Astro Boy come out last year? I bought it with PSVR on a black friday sale...
but absolutely deserved. No game has made me chuckle giddily when by myself.
but absolutely deserved. No game has made me chuckle giddily when by myself.
'Family' TV shows and the like are generally known as 'Children's TV' in the U.K. These Children's BAFTA awards cover things like that. CBBC (Children's BBC), Horrible Histories, pre-school TV shows and stuff.
They do cover some more varied family entertainment though. Spider-Man Enter the Spider Verse won an award. But the children's game award generally leans more towards games aimed at a younger crowd than the regular BAFTAs. It's things like the LEGO games or Skylanders and such often.
It's pretty bloody great that they host awards like these. A BAFTA means a lot. 'BAFTA Award winning' is a pretty powerful thing to have after your studio name!
Why are you giving a children's award to a game that shouldn't be played by children in the first place