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The Game Awards GOTY nominees revealed
- Thread starter Ghost
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But Inquisition won. That makes it one of the worst GOTY winners ever!
Yes I know a ton of games release every year, yes the best game doesn't always win, yes it has to do with demographics, and yes the award means fuck all if you're able to deduce your own list of what games had an impact on you that year. I can go on and on. But I shutter to think that when we look back at 2014, I'll see Inquisition's box art in a frame.
You can look back at 2014 and this past year and clearly see that this year was FAR better for games. So yeah, if there aren't a lot of top notch games in a given year, it's safe to say it was a weak year even if there were one or two standout titles. Especially this year, where Mario and Zelda are going head to head when they could've contended any other year without having to meet head to head and win it.
Since everyone will inevitably post their opinions as facts, I shall do the same and post what's wrong with these nominees.
*Please note despite the sorta sarcastic paragraph above, these are my 100% true opinions.
-Splatoon 2 not being a nominee for GOTY. It has become my favorite game of all time at 310+ hours played. The amount of fun I've had is unmatched.
-Splatoon 2 not nominated for best ongoing game. I don't know much about the other games, but as far as I'm aware PUGB has only had bugfixes, a few weapons, and cosmetics. So it should be replaced. Splatoon 2 has had two new maps, two retro maps from Splatoon 1, new Co-Op map, a new weapon type, a new special, and a new weapon set each week. This is truly a travesty.
-The handheld category not having Splatoon 2, Mario Odyssey, and BOTW on it. All 700+ hours on my Switch have been on portable, therefore Switch is a dedicated portable. What's even the point of this category when it's already dead next year? Shameful.
Danganronpa V3 not being in best story. The final chapter is the single greatest story event in all of gaming. I don't even know why any others get nominated here. They all lose.
And Finally: Yomawari: Midnight Shadows as well as A Rose in the Twilight not being in GOTY, best art, best sound, and best experience. A failure to end all failures.
Seriously though. I don't connect with most of these but mostly nice choices I guess.
*Please note despite the sorta sarcastic paragraph above, these are my 100% true opinions.
-Splatoon 2 not being a nominee for GOTY. It has become my favorite game of all time at 310+ hours played. The amount of fun I've had is unmatched.
-Splatoon 2 not nominated for best ongoing game. I don't know much about the other games, but as far as I'm aware PUGB has only had bugfixes, a few weapons, and cosmetics. So it should be replaced. Splatoon 2 has had two new maps, two retro maps from Splatoon 1, new Co-Op map, a new weapon type, a new special, and a new weapon set each week. This is truly a travesty.
-The handheld category not having Splatoon 2, Mario Odyssey, and BOTW on it. All 700+ hours on my Switch have been on portable, therefore Switch is a dedicated portable. What's even the point of this category when it's already dead next year? Shameful.
Danganronpa V3 not being in best story. The final chapter is the single greatest story event in all of gaming. I don't even know why any others get nominated here. They all lose.
And Finally: Yomawari: Midnight Shadows as well as A Rose in the Twilight not being in GOTY, best art, best sound, and best experience. A failure to end all failures.
Seriously though. I don't connect with most of these but mostly nice choices I guess.
Actually, does anyone know the nomination criteria? This can't just be a popularity contest. There needs to be some sense of impartiality.
It means the game he liked the best.
He's used words like "illogical," "strawman," and "fallacy" in every post, hoping it would eventually be true. The same likely applies to "important."
He's absolutely ridiculous and it reached meltdown status a while ago.
I almost want PUBG to win now and I don't even think it should be allowed to be nominated!
Even better is not being upset at any of them winning. Its not like any of them are bad games, and none of them are without their share of issues.
Its actually kindof sucks that gaming is so much about picking a one-true-winner, when every game on those lists, as well as others that didn't make it, are worthy of recognition and praise. Especially since its so common to see games lifted up by way of crapping on the others.
I think it's kind of crazy that Splatoon 2 (a finished product) isn't making the cut, but PUBG just slides up in there because of the traffic it generates.
Ya that category is a joke this year, they left out P5 even which is primarily a narrative driven game. I kind of figured Danganronpa V3 was too small to get their attention, but it deserves a nod dammit.
-aigis, imo
But all of these points you are making are your opinion. In fact, you even qualify every single point with "I'd say" or "I would say" - further confirming this whole time your holier than thou crusade against my opinions was complete bullshit.
What, literally every medium has their own award show thingy. Gaming isn't alone in this. As long as you like what you like it's all good, right?
I think Nioh should've replaced Wolfenstein in regards to Game Design. Simply for the ki pulse alone. Such a great, new mechanic, and twist to stamina management.
I watch this every year, but I don't see it ever being anything other than the video game equivalent of Teen Choice Awards.
Just because you don't like Inquisition doesn't mean it wasn't worthy of GOTY. It's like getting upset that The Witcher 3 won GOTY when it was "so totally overrated, guys!"
Matter of opinion. I think what this boils down to is that 2017 had more games that YOU liked. You didn't like Dragon Age: Inquisition. You'd probably be flabbergasted if DA: I won GOTY over something like Breath of the Wild. Is Breath of the Wild a good game or a bad one? Does it deserve GOTY more than Shadow of Mordor, another acclaimed title with a rocky post-honeymoon period, did? Matter of opinion.
End of the day, each year has consistently quality games regardless of whether we personally liked them. One could argue that 2014's Wolfenstein: The New Order was a better game than anything 2017 had to offer. That would be a valid opinion. Which one is "better" is purely subjective.
Get Even had arguably the best story, acting, and soundtrack of a videogame of 2017. You don't see me getting ratty because it was "robbed" of its GOTY nominations.
Sure, and maybe you're right that because I swim around in the gaming pool I just notice the gaming one-upsmanship more than with other mediums.
The Game Awards has categories for games to be valued specifically as art.
That's not really the stated purpose of the GOTY category.
Oh shit Geoff, thanks for clearing this up for me. Since you wrote the categories for the awards yourself 1)where can I find "the stated purpose" of said categories and 2) why would you only have one category that recognizes an artistic medium as art?
I'm just glad P5 made it on the list.
Can't remember the last time there were so many Japanese titles up there.
They're literally on the goddamn website smartass.
And there are multiple categories for "artistic" aspects.
Here's a hint: GOTY recognizes art for artistic merit. It doesn't say "recognizing the product with the most sales or largest fanbase".
All amazing games that easily should win on that Dragon Age Inquisition year....... Now it's between Mario and Zelda, honestly.
That's not the only thing the GOTY category recognizes games for.
Things repeated multiple times in this thread I agree with:
1. PUBG shouldn't be nominated before an actual final release
2. Splatoon 2 not being nominated for any category is fucked up. Edit: Nevermind, someone pointed out the Multiplayer and Family categories that I somehow missed!
3. I'd be happy if Zelda, Mario, or Persona 5 won. While Horizon Zero Dawn is a really good game, does not stack up to those three.
1. PUBG shouldn't be nominated before an actual final release
2. Splatoon 2 not being nominated for any category is fucked up. Edit: Nevermind, someone pointed out the Multiplayer and Family categories that I somehow missed!
3. I'd be happy if Zelda, Mario, or Persona 5 won. While Horizon Zero Dawn is a really good game, does not stack up to those three.
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Titanfall 2 should win "worst release date window of the year".
You're splitting hairs in a weird way that will go down a rabbit hole I refuse to go down. It's obnoxious.
Yakuza 0 not getting a GOTY nom is disappointing, but expected. But Y0 not even getting a nom for Best Narrative? What a farce.
The category literally names two aspects that it recognizes.
Creative merit is only one half of it.
The only obnoxious person is the one whining about their favorite game not being nominated.
I didn't like the ending of D3 at all personally. I was pretty disappointed that they went with that kind of twist.
Regardless, the answer to "why isn't niche game nominated" is 99% of the time that none of the panelists played it.
That's a problem with video game awards. I mean all award shows are just a group of people's opinions, but at least with something like the Oscars there's an understanding that they watch everything (I think.) Whereas there's no chance anyone involved in this production touched "Yomawari: Midnight Shadows."
Conspiracy theory:
EA intentionally released it at a horrible time in order to cause low sales and pressure Respawn to sell to them (and it worked).
Splatoon 2 is a choice in the Family and Multiplayer categories.
PUBG shouldnt be in the list, unless the list is for "most cheaters found in any given multiplayer match."
https://www.google.com/search?q=important
"(of an artist or artistic work) significantly original and influential."
How influential do you think Nier will be? How influential will PUBG be? I know PUBG is influential, tons of games are trying to copy its success already. So by the very definition of the word, it seems like PUBG is more important.