I don't at all expect it to be nominated for GOTY at The Game Awards, but story? Music? Maybe. That's why the nominees being announced this early is just dumb.
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The Game Awards 2019 Nominees Announced Live Tuesday 11/19 (9 PST/12 EST)
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I don't at all expect it to be nominated for GOTY at The Game Awards, but story? Music? Maybe. That's why the nominees being announced this early is just dumb.
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Gonna make a hot take here.
No Nintendo-published games (or in fact, any games available on Switch) will be nominated for GOTY.
FE Three Houses and Smash will both get genre award nominations, and will lose to The Outer Worlds and Mortal Kombat Xi respectively.
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Yeah I think these are the likely noms for GOTY except replace Fire Emblem with something like Star Wars or DMC or something. I don't think they will nominate Fire Emblem it's still too "anime" and niche for TGAs.
Ah yes, just according to plan, Valve will reveal and simultaneously release Half Life VR on 11/19, the anniversary of Half Life, just in time for a Game Awards nomination.
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In sheer quantity, yes. That's often not what critics are looking for. They want original songs. Smash has like 1.
It came out too late last year and is a multiplayer game on top of that. A damn shame but it is what it is
If Smash has a reveal for the Game Awards.
I can't see it not winning.
Idk man Persona 5 got a nomination in 2017(plus a banging orchestra perf of life will change). If that can get in FE is not niche
December games are nominated next year so Smash should be as well.
They are but they also tend to be forgotten by most folk in favor of games that actually came out that year. Maybe Smash can grab the win for Fighting Game of the Year but I wouldn't be a betting man on that
Remember Persona 5 got nominated for GOTY in 2017 and wouldn't that also count as a "niche anime" game too? Anything is possible.
for a game that's basically "Video Games: The Game" it's somewhat disappointing that Smash doesn't get as much GOTY awards in the west as it deserves. Smash Ultimate is honestly my game of the decade. It really deserves a win.
Well I forgot about that, but I think P5 was kind of a special case of Japanese game that it was cool to like.
this would be the year to give it a win honestly. no big AAA story game that people unanimously love.. just give it to smash.
I hope my boy Deacon gets some love. Absolutely loved that game and pre-release footage and post release reviews told me I wouldn't. Glad I took a risk.
But there are still AAA cinematic / narrative heavy single player games this year. Honestly, I'd be happy with Smash just winning Fighting Game of the Year. It absolutely deserves it
I get it though. You like it or you don't. I'm glad you guys consider it the second coming of jesus, however for me, as someone who does not like competitive gaming or fighting games, it's not interesting at all. Game Awards are voted by media, and i'm guessing there will be a lot who will not vote for Smash. I do believe they will get nominated for GOTY though. It's simply too popular.
Give it? It's voted by like 100 media outlets. Sekiro / Resi 2 got good scores everywhere.
Guess I better get mine in...
Yes, it's eligible.
Why does it feel like Ultimate has been out so much longer than it actually has?
there's so many other games that can be billed as "you like it or you don't", though. Fighting games in general have always had a helluva hard time winning GOTY awards. Even if you personally don't like it (which is fine!) I have to agree with the dude I originalyl quoted in that there really hasn't been another game that came out this year that's been as universally beloved across most gaming sub-communities as Smash Ultimate. Personally, my GOTY is Death Stranding. Usually my personal GOTY doesn't match up with whatever game wins the most GOTY awards anyways. That all being said, I really think that this Smash deserves a nomination moreso than any other game. Even the ones I personally enjoyed the most. Especially with all the crazy DLC fighters.
That's just my two cents though. I feel your comment about me considering the game to be the second coming of Jesus a bit unnecessary, though. Everyone knows that 1993's Cool Spot was the second coming. If anything Smash would be the third.
New categories this year:
- Best Strand Game
- Best Connection Game
- Best Game from a new developer that once worked in a notorious japanese software house
- Best game with babies and cetaceans
- Most celebrity cameos in a game
- Special DHL Award
- Best Strand Game
- Best Connection Game
- Best Game from a new developer that once worked in a notorious japanese software house
- Best game with babies and cetaceans
- Most celebrity cameos in a game
- Special DHL Award
Best graphics should go to SW:JF (i.e. SW:1313). And that's despite the ray-tracing featured games like Control, Metro and BF:V. Control should win best tech though.
One of the few exceptions to the rule and, even then, it couldn't win the majority of GotY awards the year it came out. It's not exactly controversial to say that AAA cinematic / narrative heavy single player games are by and large favored for GotY awards over other games
Yeah but Overwatch showed it's not a rule set in stone and Smash is at least as 'exceptional' as Overwatch.
ANd We know for a fact Smash has been winning awards- Sakurai showed us in the last stream.
Hopefully they won't because it is better than any game released in 2019
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Well of course it's not a rule set in stone. It just shows us that it's possible for a multiplayer focused game to win the award. But that's really it. Possible. Still unlikely compared to other types of games
Now that is true. Smash will definitely some awards, just less than it otherwise would have had it come out at a different time in the year
Although my personal favorite fighting game this year was MK11, I'd be totally okay with Smash Ultimate getting Fighting Game of the Year. That game gets so much right so it'd be nice to see it get some awards love since it wasn't eligible last year.
So you didn't ask me but I'll answer anyway...
For me Outer Wilds is my GotY (unless Control/SWJFO really, really impress me)
Game of the Year - I think whether this gets nominated will be indicative of whether there is an indie quota of a sort. I don't think this is a year where there are a lot of utterly brilliant games, rather a lot of very good games. I think there's usually a fairly obvious major issue with all of the big AAA games (bar Sekiro) and I think that ought to allow something like Outer Wilds a chance.
Best Independent Game - It will surely be nominated and feels like it will be in a fight with Disco Elysium
Best Debut Indie Game - Same as Best Independent Game
Best Student Game - Presumably it doesn't count but it was begun as a student project
Best Action/Adventure Game - It's an adventure game in the purest sense and it is exceptional on that front
Best Narrative - There is something really special about how this game evolves its story and the mechanisms by which it does so. It unfolds naturally and non-linearly as you uncover the mystery, it keeps delivering surprises right to the absolutely incredible end
At least if Smash doesn't score a single nomination we can definitively call December a dead month for these awards
...Huh, I hadn't noticed that before. Does Smash Ultimate have a single original song other than remixes of Lifelight? I can't think of any.
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Nope. Everything is either a remix of an original song or of Lifelight.
