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I hope expedition 33 wins only so that streamer that told people to not vote for it gets angry
I’m not even going to ask who that streamer is. All Gamers must suffer
Whichever one you picture in your head, you’re probably right.
Expedition 33 clears. Hades 2 was great but as a sequel it wasn’t as novel as expedition 33. Didn’t play the others but they’re all sequels so I think that also applies to the rest of them.
Silksong is a sequel, but is such a refinement and expansion on what made Hollow Knight so good that I think it wins out. I’m about 25% through Clair Obscur though, so maybe it picks up more later, but it has a good deal to go for me personally.
All I’ll say is that expedition 33 is a wild fucking ride
Silksong I didn’t play because I just don’t have the hand eye co-ordination for more intense games but I know it’s an amazing game just from the little I’ve seen
Definitely loving E33 so far! I just adore everything about Silksong, I know it rubbed some people the wrong way but it was perfect for me.
It’s a tossup between E33 and Silksong for me. Both 10/10 and I can’t rank em
expedition 33 seems most likely to me, but silksong could take it.
I think Silksong being too difficult will cost it the title. Artistically I’m 100% on board but when even Hollow Knight completionists found it harsh it’s not going to be appreciated by enough people to make it to the top
i am today years old just realizing the GOTY thing is separate from steam awards…
Yeah, The Game Awards is just the Geoff Keighly Smile-Time Variety Hour
it’s the only place the Muppets are still respected and given a platform please put respect on Geoff Keighly’s Smile-Time Variety Hour
I have come to enjoy the pageantry of it all to be honest.
At least there’s some consistency.
WORLD PREMIERE
True
We get some trailers, we get a performance, awards are awarded
Hideo Kojima will probably show up and tease the Death Stranding movie
Standard fare
Lots of groups do GOTY, among other common categories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_video_games
This one is one failsons make work program
Big year for AAA foot-fetish-type games
Kingdom Cum On Feet 2: Toeliverance
is there something i didn’t know about donkey kong?
do the apes wear shoes?
yeah like 8 billion of them
The only game on this list that I’ve played is Hades 2 and it has thoroughly infected my brain in a way that only Hades 1 has. Idc if it wins or not, it is far and away the best game of the year for me
Is Hades 2 out of early release? I was holding out for the whole game
It came out officially a few weeks ago. It’s gotten several patches since then coming out with bug fixes and story fixes
Lathing Hades II or Silksong winning GOTY just to stick it to AAA
Also wanting one of those two to win, despite having played none of the games on the list, just because I enjoy watching people run those games.
Hey, I’ve actually, for once, played a GOTY nomination during the year it’s nominated for! (Silksong, of course it’s Silksong.) That has never happened to me before!
Tough year. Hard to call it between Hades 2, Silksong and Clair Obscur
where is crusader kings 3?
Been playing Hades II recently, it’s good folks
My personal GotY will be Silksong, though Clair Obscur is also good from what I’ve played. Haven’t played the others on the list.
Clair Obscur is pretty good, I’ve been playing it lately and it’s rather addictive. I do find the dodge/parry system to be frustrating at times, though. I wish the timing was just a tad more forgiving and legible. I love Elden Ring and I can dodge fairly consistently when playing it, but in Clair Obscur the dodge/parry windows are much harder to read.
I don’t know how to explain how I feel about it. The impression I get is that Elden Ring’s windows feel somehow more tactile and weighty, like you can “feel” much better when an enemy is about to attack, even during feints and long wind-ups.
Other than that, it’s a pretty enjoyable game, with AAA-level production values and an intriguing setting and story. That’s the only one from the list I have played so far.
There’s an audio cue for when to parry or dodge for every attack, once you notice it and learn the timing window you can pretty much guarantee a perfect parry with your eyes closed, every time. After that it’s just not letting yourself get faked out and remembering the combo sequences of a couple of faster enemies.
haven’t played either game but i know what you mean, some devs just have extra sauce on their animations in a way that’s hard to articulate but very easy to “feel”
I swear I’m the only person in the world that absolutely hated Clair Obscura (although that wasn’t entirely the game’s fault).
I personally really hated everything past Act 2
spoiler
the ending especially with the choices being ‘millions must die to save one family’ and ‘oh you didn’t want the sentient people to die?? well fuck you you chose wrong’ lol (I chose Verso first playthrough btw but felt really bad about it & thought ‘ok maybe Maelle’s will be better’ and no)
I enjoyed it but it’s very overhyped, not GOTY at all
It should be euv imho
EUV is pretty good for a paradox release, but that’s for a paradox release lol.
There’s still a lot of issues to fix, and balancing to do.
Paradox games should be automatically disqualified. If your game only becomes “Good” around the fifth DLC release (Out of 20 or more) and you are expected to get your hands on all of them, that’s not good.
Don’t they usually have awards for best DLC anyway? I’ve never played a Paradox game except for a little bit of HoI once, but it sounds like they’d be more deserving of that kind of award.
as an ex-paradox fanboy i hate paradox fanboys.
their monetization model is straight up exploitative and they abuse the studios they act as publisher for regularly.
on top of that, their games give a whitewashed view of history and reinforce people’s bad historigraphical and historical practices. there’s a reason there’s a smattering of braindead fucking neonazis festering on the paradox forums…
I never got into Death Stranding tbh. It’s still in my library so maybe I’ll try it again one day.
I enjoyed both, but the first was a lot better and I couldn’t bring myself to 100% either game.
The first game really makes you feel like the world is against you, but the second nothing remotely feels like a threat. BTs? Drive past em. Mountain? Drive up it. The narrative is worth playing through but the world around it is just boring. It was a good game but felt more action oriented than the first, and much less of an art piece. The first really felt like this massive undertaking in a harsh, lonely world.
second nothing remotely feels like a threat. BTs? Drive past em. Mountain? Drive up it.
everytime I hear this complaint about DS2 I’m appalled because I remember maybe 1-2 story-required deliveries that made (or otherwise really recommended) you use the vehicles. you choose your delivery route in the game no one is making you make it easy!!!
Regardless of choices there’s a huge difference between self-imposed challenges vs forced limitations. Even if you decide not to use them, knowing the option is always there takes so much away from the world.
