It's cute, but GOTY, come on. It's a 2d mario game. Wait and buy a used copy for 30 bucks.In a good way, or a bad one?I'm trying to hold out for the switch 2 before I buy in but the temptation to buy an oled switch is huge.
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The Game Awards' 2023 GOTY Nominations
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GoldenTiger
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Oh I thought you meant the game was WTF not its inclusion
.I liked the first one but I do agree with you about the typical open world. I just went for the story and did some of the side quest stuff. I still liked it but as all these open world games, they get too repetitive too quickly.
The inclusion, it's not bad, but kinda simplistic. We need to hold these companies to a higher standard I think lol.Oh I thought you meant the game was WTF not its inclusion
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Can't say I agree with that list at all really. Though I haven't played all of the games, things like the new Zelda and even Spider Man 2 really don't seem like GOTY material to me. I liked Spider Man, I consider it one of the better games over the past year or so that I played, but it isn't something that memorable either.
I think it has a lot to do with many games being so similar and not a lot of truly great games coming out these days. I think Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty should have been higher, I'd even put Jedi Survivor up higher. Alan Wake 2 was nice but being number 3? No way.
And number 26 is Venba, which looks like a 2D point and click adventure with mini games. It looks, well, awful. I don't have anything against these games but this example looks quite awful. Cooking mini games? We all know it got put on there because they describe it as a game about an immigrant family who moved to Canada and you cook pixelated .jpgs of food.
I think it has a lot to do with many games being so similar and not a lot of truly great games coming out these days. I think Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty should have been higher, I'd even put Jedi Survivor up higher. Alan Wake 2 was nice but being number 3? No way.
And number 26 is Venba, which looks like a 2D point and click adventure with mini games. It looks, well, awful. I don't have anything against these games but this example looks quite awful. Cooking mini games? We all know it got put on there because they describe it as a game about an immigrant family who moved to Canada and you cook pixelated .jpgs of food.
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If anybody wants to watch the cringe, it starts at 19:30 EST.
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You're not supposed to remind us how cringe it is until like a quarter of the way through it. But yea I'm gonna watch Winter Cringe Fest 2023. I'm hoping to see some Death Stranding 2 gameplay, Shadow of the Erdtree trailer, a few other games and hopefully a few good surprises. I'll probably be disappointed though.. atleast for like 90% of the show.
Alan Wake 2 looks like the big winner...
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I have to be honest, I didn't think anyone actually watched this.
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Flute guy. He fucking slayed it.
I do, Feb 24 looks packed.
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Never played a CRPG, never will. Turned based combat belongs in board games.
yeah I'm not a fan of turn based combat either...
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I don't like turn based combat either, but I have a lot of friends that play BG3. It seems like the game is extremely good because I hear nothing but praise for it. Still no way in hell I'll ever play it.
I'm sure there are quite a few people like us, it's not the most mass appealing genre.
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Probably because the Japanese outside of Hideo Kojima don't give a shit about The Game Awards. We'll probably hear something about it at the Taipei Game Show in February.
seems like Hidetake Miyazaki and Geoff Keighley have a pretty good relationship as well...lots of From Software exclusive reveals in past years TGA's and Summer Game Fest's...Keighley was at From Software's new studio for a visit recently...most likely the game is not coming out as soon as people hoped for...I was expecting a Feb 2024 release
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TGA's went from a random show stream that everybody always forgot about every year, to being the Oscars of video games and flooding my news feed.
Annoying. There was a brief period in the last 5-10 years where everyone collectively stopped caring about game awards and I miss that.
Annoying. There was a brief period in the last 5-10 years where everyone collectively stopped caring about game awards and I miss that.
felt like the Oscars...every year more and more A list celebs show up...this year live on stage were Matthew McConaughey, Timothee Chalamet (Dune), Jordan Peele...the cast of the Fallout TV series also showed up, Jonathan Nolan, Anthony Mackie
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Developers blast the celeb-laden Game Awards as 'an embarrassing indictment of a segment of the industry desperate for validation… with little respect for the devs'
https://www.pcgamer.com/developers-...-validation-with-little-respect-for-the-devs/Apparently, they only gave award winners 30 seconds for their acceptance speeches before starting the music telling them to wrap it up. There is a clip of VA Neil Newbon accepting his award for voicing Astarion in BG3 where he went on for about 2 minutes and the music got obnoxiously loud. Sam Lake looked particularly annoyed when he was shooed off the stage when Alan Wake 2 won for best story.
https://x.com/MagsthePirate/status/1733053459191005461#m
https://nitter.poast.org/MagsthePirate/status/1733053459191005461
https://x.com/TheDayceJohnson/status/1732966778563633175#m
https://nitter.poast.org/TheDayceJohnson/status/1732966778563633175
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These people don't understand this is just a show to make money from sponsors. They think it's the Oscors or something. It's not.
It's essentially an enhanced "Best Games of the Year" article that was made to get clicks for their sponsors turned into a high budget show that sells more expensive advertisments.
Some guy talking about how great he is is taking time away from playing a game trailer or other marketing material that is what makes this show money.
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It's because no one actually gives a shit. The awards are just a filler between trailers and announcements and a way to get more funding for the show, there's no reason they need more than 30 seconds. As far as the celebrity appearances go, the fact most of these celebrities are actually in the games and probably getting a cut of the profits gives them just as much right to be there as the developers.
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Last year when Al Pacino walked on stage I was like wtf? Geoff must be your neighbor or you're having a really slow work week, Al.
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Al Pacino’s work weeks have been very slow compared to his peers like Robert Dinero or Clint Eastwood or any other old ass actor that is still alive.
they should rebrand the Game Awards...most people tune in for the trailer reveals versus awards anyhow...Geoff Keighley has 2 big gaming showcases ever year- Summer Game Fest in June is one...they should rebrand the December show as Winter Game Fest...forget the awards and make it all about the trailers