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God of War Wins Game of the Year at the 2019 SXSW Gaming Awards, Full List of Winners Here

TacomaSCDisaster

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Detroit: When it's not being cheesy and badly written, its being appropriative of the actual civil rights movement and acting like they came up with it on their own

BeSt StOrY
 
jroc74

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Its STILl winning awards?? lol Amazing game.

mutantmagnet said:
I'm impressed overall with the nominations in every category except the trending game.

That category stands out so poorly I hope they rethink what it should be and what should get nominated.

For better or worse a game like fo76 was trending way more than half that list.
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I agree. The Excellence in Gameplay nominees is an interesting list. For who is and isnt on it, lol.

Spider-Man even grabbing some more awards....Sony have made so many good moves this gen its unbelievable.

Arttemis said:
Glad to see No Man's Sky and Hello Games got recognition for the massive amount of support they provided.
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Yes, divisive situation but I agree. Its one game I remember in recent memory that actually got me to jump in after a rocky start. Drive Club is another.
domthybomb said:
How was Fortnite not even nominated for trending game?
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Seriously. Ppl still think some dances originated from Fortnite. How is that not trending?
 
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Dreenk

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I'm happy to see CrossCode getting any amount of recognition - the more exposure for such an excellent game (and GotY 2018) the better!
 

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I like this. Thoughtful categories, a lot of great nominees, and it's refreshing to see a GOTY thing that takes place in March as opposed to November/December.
 
McScroggz

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Happy to see CrossCode win.

Also lol at the trending award.

God of War 2 is going to be ridiculous.
 
Stiler

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Glad to see Detroit win for Narrative, it was an amazing game. The way the story and characters reacted to what you did and allt he things that could change. One of my favorite games of the year next to GoW.
 
Kiekura

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Remember when people were saying that RDR2 is going to sweep all awards?

Well RIP that.
 
Diablos

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It's a great game, but SSBU getting best gameplay given what it went up against baffles me a bit.
 
FallenGrace

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Mercenary09 said:
Lol I knew there would be people here with complaints about Detroit winning Best Narrative.
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I disagree with most of them including GOW (especially for best gameplay nomination, how was that listed but MHW not a nominee there? what?) and the board game award as well XD Happens at every award listing for me though, it's expected.
 
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Mercenary09

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Edgar said:
Remember when people said the honeymoon for RDR 2 is gonna end soon? And the legs will be short
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I mean I'd say the honeymoon is long over given how the highest rated game of this gen is getting looked over in so many places. The legs were never going to go away as it's a Rockstar game but it isn't doing as well as some expected. The thing is getting discounted all the time and has been slipping on sales charts. It's pretty bad when a almost 6 year old GTA5 is outselling it all the time.
 
mutantmagnet

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Parthenios said:
Fortnite for best player to player interaction over Smash Bros? You spend like 98% of the match hiding from everyone else and the other 2% building like like you're on meth and never actually interact with other players at all.
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Do you play Fortnite solo? It is a highly social game. The huge downtime after the first 3 minutes lends itself strongly to social interactions.

I play solo myself but I also keep team chat on so I can observe this. That said I'm not thrilled with Fortnite winning either especially because Apex Legends balances the needs of having tight gameplay while still offering room for social interactions. They could've snubbed it for a better Battle Royal.
 
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Mercenary09

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mutantmagnet said:
Do you play Fortnite solo? It is a highly social game. The huge downtime after the first 3 minutes lends itself strongly to social interactions.

I play solo myself but I also keep team chat on so I can observe this. That said I'm not thrilled with Fortnite winning either especially because Apex Legends balances the needs of having tight gameplay while still offering room for social interactions. They could've snubbed it for a better Battle Royal.
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These are 2018 awards so how exactly should Fortnite have been snubbed in favor of a game that just launched last month?
 

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Mercenary09 said:
Also cue the usual suspects saying this award show isn't credible because they didn't nominate RDR2 for Best Story.
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Detroit already made that category worthless.

These awards actually do seem pretty bad considering the choices. They didnt even nominate fortnite for trending game of the year. More people spent more time watching RDR2 gameplay? Really?
 
Edgar

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Mercenary09 said:
I mean I'd say the honeymoon is long over given how the highest rated game of this gen is getting looked over in so many places. The legs were never going to go away as it's a Rockstar game but it isn't doing as well as some expected. The thing is getting discounted all the time and has been slipping on sales charts. It's pretty bad when a almost 6 year old GTA5 is outselling it all the time.
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What places are those? Also 6 year old is outselling lots of titles from 2018, it's not a barometer for anything except gta itself.
 
Parthenios

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Nostradamus said:
Obviously you've never played Fortnite.
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mutantmagnet said:
Do you play Fortnite solo? It is a highly social game. The huge downtime after the first 3 minutes lends itself strongly to social interactions.

I play solo myself but I also keep team chat on so I can observe this. That said I'm not thrilled with Fortnite winning either especially because Apex Legends balances the needs of having tight gameplay while still offering room for social interactions. They could've snubbed it for a better Battle Royal.
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I played it enough when it launched on Switch and every now and then still, but yeah mostly solo, or in random squads without voice chat.
 
Sulik2

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Good for GoW. It really was the best game of last year and deserves all its accolades.

DriftingSpirit said:
Yeah, I think about that too.

The first game is the one of the most awarded games of all time and it is Sony's second fastest selling game in their entire history since entering the video game market. It is arguably the best game on PS4 and some consider it a masterpiece.

That is a ridiculous amount of success to follow up. Anything less than another GotY/GotG quality game may be seen as a disappointment to some. As for the sales, fortunately, the next game won't have to break records to do well. So, even if it is under the 3M in 3 days stat, it would still make a ton of money with even remotely close commercial success.

I think SSM can get it done though. They'll have the PS5 to help realize their ambitions (more of them compared to PS4 anyway) and do things they weren't able to do on PS4. This should help set the game apart from the first one, and I think the rest just falls under skill, budget, time, etc...
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At least they aren't From and have to follow up the actual best game ever released on a Playstaion platform and a top 3 game of all time in Bloodborne when they finally get around to a sequel.
 
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