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Lightning Strikes
12/10/20 9:56:36 PM
#351:


PrivateBiscuit1 posted...
Lmao I can't believe they gave TLOU2 so much.

Like the game awards are a joke anyway so who honestly gives a shit, but I'm baffled it won so much.

Most of them were obvious locks, and it deserved them. The only two that actually mattered (other than Action Adventure but that was a relatively weak field) were Direction and Game. Narrative was iffy but not really a strong contender to oppose it.

Its a great game that achieves a lot for sure. But its just more of the same - more crunch, more AAA action adventures winning it. Hades was such a great alternative, and I doubt there will be one that strong for a while.

Well, see you next year when BOTW2 takes it all.

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UshiromiyaEva
12/10/20 9:58:23 PM
#352:


Basically my entire timeline right now is people saying they should have just been doing something else instead of watching that.

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Bane_Of_Despair
12/10/20 9:58:56 PM
#353:


Last of Us sweeping basically everything is kinda lame, was really pulling for Hades

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davidponte
12/10/20 10:00:32 PM
#354:


Hades deserved to win at least a few of those but there is something delicious about the game that the gamers hated getting the most accolades at the gamer show.

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UshiromiyaEva
12/10/20 10:01:15 PM
#355:


Oh yeah, last year ended on fucking Fast and the Furious, right?

This year on a CG trailer for an already announced game.

Has the Game Awards ever actually had a hype ending trailer world premeir, or is that just people thinking about E3?

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Murphiroth
12/10/20 10:03:21 PM
#356:


Not Dead Space from the Dead Space guys looked cool
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Pirateking2000
12/10/20 10:03:22 PM
#357:


UshiromiyaEva posted...
Oh yeah, last year ended on fucking Fast and the Furious, right?

This year on a CG trailer for an already announced game.

Has the Game Awards ever actually had a hype ending trailer world premeir, or is that just people thinking about E3?

God of War? I think that was revealed at TGA

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LiquidOshawott
12/10/20 10:04:51 PM
#358:


UshiromiyaEva posted...
Oh yeah, last year ended on fucking Fast and the Furious, right?

This year on a CG trailer for an already announced game.

Has the Game Awards ever actually had a hype ending trailer world premeir, or is that just people thinking about E3?

I remember the 2010 one had the premiers of Skyrim and Arkham City and both games were very good

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Jakyl25
12/10/20 10:05:33 PM
#359:


Lightning Strikes posted...
Well, see you next year when BOTW2 takes it all.


If BotW2 didnt get a new trailer tonight then its a March 2022 game
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UshiromiyaEva
12/10/20 10:06:35 PM
#360:


2010 would have been the Spike TV awards right? VGAs aren't that old.

God of War was revealed at E3, unless the VGAs had some CG nothing trailer just to announce it existed.

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davidponte
12/10/20 10:06:53 PM
#361:


O/U 1.5 awards for Cyberpunk next year?

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andylt
12/10/20 10:08:55 PM
#363:


A full* summation for those who missed bits (*not bothering with the esports sorry lol)

The Last of Us Part II won Game of the Year, Game Direction, Narrative, Audio Design, Performance (Laura Bailey), Innovation in Accessibility, and Action/Adventure
Among Us won Mobile and Multiplayer
FF7 Remake won Score and RPG
Ghost of Tsushima won Art Direction and Players' Voice
Hades won Indie and Action
Tell Me Why won Games for Impact
No Man's Sky won Ongoing Game
Fall Guys won Community Support
Half-Life: Alyx won VR/AR
MK11 won Fighting Game
Animal Crossing won Family Game
Flight Simulator won Sim/Strategy
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 won Sports/Racing
Phasmophobia won Debut


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PrivateBiscuit1
12/10/20 10:11:13 PM
#364:


Hades freaking revolutionized the entire rogue-lite genre and is far and away the most creative installment of it ever created and it probably should have gotten some kind of recognition for it. Like it's dumb to get upset over the VGA's, but I feel it should be more of a celebration of games where they could recognize multiple ones instead of one game.

Edit: Wait, you guys made it seem like Hades didn't win anything. lol Nvm

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12/10/20 10:11:20 PM
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Pirateking2000
12/10/20 10:13:06 PM
#366:


Man DOOM got fucked over

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PostContestUlti
12/10/20 10:15:29 PM
#367:


Pirateking2000 posted...
Man DOOM got fucked over
Doom is too manly for the people who vote on this stuff. There is nothing woke idiots hate more than "whatever men like".

Jokes aside, Doom 2016 was the better game.

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UshiromiyaEva
12/10/20 10:15:43 PM
#368:


Someone make one of those meme images over the stabbed Mario screenshot where Sephiroth is Keighley, Mario is gamers, and the sword is TLoU2.

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andylt
12/10/20 10:17:17 PM
#369:


PrivateBiscuit1 posted...
Hades freaking revolutionized the entire rogue-lite genre and is far and away the most creative installment of it ever created and it probably should have gotten some kind of recognition for it. Like it's dumb to get upset over the VGA's, but I feel it should be more of a celebration of games where they could recognize multiple ones instead of one game.

Edit: Wait, you guys made it seem like Hades didn't win anything. lol Nvm
The worst thing for me was how poorly they arranged which awards get speeches. Hades won two awards but they didn't get to make a speech, FF7 and GoT didn't get to speak either. Among Us on the other hand got to make two speeches and TLOU made several. Just poor management on that front imo.

Biggest Snubs: Doom Eternal went 0 for 5, Fortnite, Ori, Miles Morales and Valorant went 0 for 3.

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Pirateking2000
12/10/20 10:17:53 PM
#370:


PostContestUlti posted...
Doom is too manly for the people who vote on this stuff. There is nothing woke idiots hate more than "whatever men like".

Jokes aside, Doom 2016 was the better game.

I am mainly surprised DOOM didn't get action award. I know Hades won but I figured that was going to be DOOM's lock while Hades locked Indie

TLOU2 winning narrative and direction are probably the biggest jokes of the ones it got objectively speaking

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PostContestUlti
12/10/20 10:20:36 PM
#371:


Pirateking2000 posted...
TLOU2 winning narrative and direction are probably the biggest jokes of the ones it got
The main problem is gaming is turning into the rest of media, where the powers that be are just laughably out of touch with what people actually want. If they make a highlight video on youtube about TLOU2 winning game of the year, the dislike ratio will be like 90%.

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davidponte
12/10/20 10:20:57 PM
#372:


UltimaterializerX posted...
You dont think its a problem that shitting on the biggest part of the audience was rewarded?

You can shit on gamers forever and they'll still come back for more. We are the most oppressed group out there after all.

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12/10/20 10:22:15 PM
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PostContestUlti
12/10/20 10:38:29 PM
#374:


davidponte posted...
You can shit on gamers forever and they'll still come back for more. We are the most oppressed group out there after all.
Well the thing is, TLOU2 generated the most "buzz" this year. I understand why it won, polarizing or no. I just question if gaming needs to be in a spot where we reward companies who openly tell gamers how much they hate gamers.

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davidponte
12/10/20 10:43:14 PM
#375:


We'll see if that matters. If the next Naughty Game sells equally as well as the TLOU2, or better, then the gamers they 'hate' weren't the ones buying the games anyway.

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ESY16
12/10/20 10:51:43 PM
#376:


Here's an actual full list of winners (and nominees!) because omitting things you don't like is dumb and cringe:

Game of the Year
The Last of Us Part II Naughty Dog (WINNER)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo
Doom Eternal id Software
Final Fantasy VII Remake Square Enix
Ghost of Tsushima Sucker Punch
Hades Supergiant Games

Game Direction
The Last of Us Part II Naughty Dog (WINNER)
Final Fantasy VII Remake Square Enix
Ghost of Tsushima Sucker Punch
Hades Supergiant Games
Half-Life Alyx Valve

Most Anticipated Game
Elden Ring From Software/Bandai Namco (WINNER)
Halo Infinite 343/Xbox Game Studios
Horizon Forbidden West Guerrilla Games/SIE
God of War Sequel SIE Santa Monica/SIE
Resident Evil Village Capcom
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel Nintendo

Narrative
The Last of Us Part II (WINNER)
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Ghost of Tsushima
Hades

Art Direction
Ghost of Tsushima (WINNER)
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Hades
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
The Last of Us Part II

Score and Music
Final Fantasy VII Remake (WINNER)
Doom Eternal
Hades
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
The Last of Us Part II

Audio Design
The Last of Us Part II (WINNER)
Doom Eternal
Half-Life: Alyx
Ghost of Tsushima
Resident Evil 3

Performance
Laura Bailey Abby, The Last of Us Part II (WINNER)
Ashley Johnson Ellie, The Last of Us Part II
Daisuke Tsuji Jin, Ghost of Tsushima
Logan Cunningham Hades, Hades
Nadji Jeterm Miles Morales, Marvels Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Games for Impact
Tell Me Why (WINNER)
If Found
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
Spiritfarer
Through Darkest of Times

Ongoing Game
No Mans Sky (WINNER)
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Call of Duty: Warzone
Fortnite

Indie Game
Hades (WINNER)
Carrion
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Spelunky 2
Spiritfarer

Debut Indie Game
Phasmophobia (WINNER)
Carrion
Mortal Shell
Raji: An Acient Epic
Roki

Mobile Game
Among Us (WINNER)
Call of Duty Mobile
Genshin Impact
Legends of Runeterra
Pokmon Cafe Mix

Community Support
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (WINNER)
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Fortnite
No Mans Sky
Valorant

VR/AR Game
Half-Life: Alyx (WINNER)
Dreams
Marvels Iron Man VR
Star Wars: Squadrons
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

Innovation in Accessibility
The Last of Us Part II (WINNER)
Assassins Creed Valhalla
Grounded
Hyperdot
Watch Dogs Legion

Action Game
Hades (WINNER)
Doom Eternal
Half-Life: Alyx
Nioh 2
Streets of Rage 4

Action/Adventure Game
The Last of Us Part II (WINNER)
Assassins Creed Valhalla
Ghost of Tsushima
Marvels Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

RPG
Final Fantasy VII Remake (WINNER)
Genshin Impact
Persona 5 Royal
Wasteland 3
Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Fighting Game
Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate (WINNER)
Granblue Fantasy: Versus
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows
Under Night In-Birth
Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r]

Family Game
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (WINNER)
Crash Bandicoot 4: Its About Time
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Minecraft Dungeons
Paper Mario: The Origami King

Sim/Strategy Game
Microsoft Flight Simulator (WINNER)
Crusader Kings 3
Desperados 3
Gears Tactics
XCOM: Chimera Squad

Sports/Racing Game
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1+2 (WINNER)
Dirt 5
F1 2020
FIFA 21
NBA 2K21

Multiplayer Game
Among Us (WINNER)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Call of Duty: Warzone
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Valorant

Content Creator of the Year
Valkyrae (WINNER)
Alanah Pearce
Jay Ann Lopez
Nickmercs
TimTheTatman

Esports Athlete
Heo Showmaker Su (WINNER)
Ian Crimsix Porter
Kim Canyon Geon-Bu
Anthony Shotzzy Cuevas-Castro
Matthieu Zywoo Herbaut

Esports Coach
Danny Zonic Sorensen (WINNER)
Dae-Hee Crusty Park
Fabian Grabbz Lohmann
Lee Zefa Jae-Min
Raymond Rambo Lussier

Esports Event
League of Legends World Championship 2020 (WINNER)
Blast Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals
Call of Duty League Championship 2020
IEM Katowice 2020
Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020

Esports Game
League of Legends (WINNER)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Fortnite
Valorant

Esports Host
Eefje Sjokz Depoortere (WINNER)
Alex Goldenboy Mendez
Alex Machine Richardson
James Dash Patterson
Jorien Sheever Van der Heijden

Esports Team
G2 Esports (WINNER)
Damwon Gaming
Dallas Empire
San Francisco Shock
Team Secret

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Paratroopa1
12/10/20 10:55:56 PM
#377:


I think the weirdest/funniest thing is that Microsoft Flight Simulator won an award
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ZenOfThunder
12/10/20 11:07:33 PM
#378:


Hades deserved more


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ZaziGuado
12/10/20 11:15:29 PM
#379:


The best announcement was Swedish Chef in Overcooked

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Safer_777
12/11/20 4:05:28 AM
#380:


So the most Woke game won the most awards. Also why is among us here? Isn't it an old game? And where is Cyberpunk? Wasn't it the most anticipated game for 2020?

But to be fair the list and the winners are okay.

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Corrik7
12/11/20 5:03:23 AM
#381:


Safer_777 posted...
So the most Woke game won the most awards. Also why is among us here? Isn't it an old game? And where is Cyberpunk? Wasn't it the most anticipated game for 2020?

But to be fair the list and the winners are okay.
Cyberpunk wasn't out early enough so its in 2021.

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Corrik7
12/11/20 5:04:05 AM
#382:


Paratroopa1 posted...
I think the weirdest/funniest thing is that Microsoft Flight Simulator won an award
It was a guaranteed win.

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MZero
12/11/20 5:42:58 AM
#383:


andylt posted...
Among Us won

lol

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Lightning Strikes
12/11/20 5:51:18 AM
#384:


Theres nothing especially woke about TLOU2. Hades is much more inclusive too!

The whole woke conspiracy thing comes from the same type of people just trying to make things about them. Ignore it my guy.

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Nanis23
12/11/20 6:28:40 AM
#385:


Reading Youtube comments about Tchia

Are we really living in a era where people don't know about Wind Waker



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Mythiot
12/11/20 6:48:56 AM
#386:


PostContestUlti posted...
The main problem is gaming is turning into the rest of media, where the powers that be are just laughably out of touch with what people actually want. If they make a highlight video on youtube about TLOU2 winning game of the year, the dislike ratio will be like 90%.
TLOU2 was winning the Player's Choice Award before GoT was rallied. The "Anti-woke" internet isn't the majority, they're just really well-organized.
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Lightning Strikes
12/11/20 7:02:18 AM
#387:


Yeah TLOU is going to win most people's choice awards. Critics are actually much more likely to not pick TLOU than the popular vote! Just look at the Golden Joysticks, where TLOU won the popular vote and Hades won the Critics' Choice, that is the theme. Indeed of the handful of fan votes so far, the only one TLOU hasn't won was this one, because of a rally. It won't get them all of course, FFVIIR will win GameFAQs and I think Hades will win the Giant Bomb community vote.

Tbh popular votes are usually monumentally stacked in the favour of a handful of the biggest games for obvious reasons so frankly I'd rather the critics even though there's problems there too.

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Nanis23
12/11/20 8:03:20 AM
#388:


Finished reading the topic and surprised to see how few people even talked about the games announcements...and somehow cared more about the meaningless winners?

Who cares. I watched this for the reveals

I thought Tchia looked fine, although it's a clear rip off of Wind Waker
Shady Part of Me also looked interesting, and it's already out, but barely any review for this so I don't know
Ghosts n Goblins Resurrection looked good as a remake but is it needed? I thought it's a timeless classic that doesn't need one. Like the original Super Mario Bros
Capcom Arcade Stadium being free means..what exactly? that you download the arcade and it acts as a hub but every other game cost money? huh. It's unclear
The Mario World ad is the weirdest one I have seen from Nintendo lately. and it didn't even show anything new so..meh

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12/11/20 8:24:14 AM
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Nanis23
12/11/20 8:32:42 AM
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Oh yeah and also Super Meat Forever aka "The game I was super looking forward to but then it got delayed for years and I no longer do" finally got a release date

Probably the best news is that the Yakuza games are coming to PC
I have never played any, but I wanted to! so now I will be able to play almost the entire series

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Waluigi1
12/11/20 9:29:15 AM
#391:


I love how the meltdown over tLoU still continues. It's so entertaining to watch.

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LinkMarioSamus
12/11/20 11:14:15 AM
#392:


Mythiot posted...
TLOU2 was winning the Player's Choice Award before GoT was rallied. The "Anti-woke" internet isn't the majority, they're just really well-organized.

As I've always suspected.

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Pirateking2000
12/11/20 1:35:30 PM
#393:


Nanis23 posted...
Finished reading the topic and surprised to see how few people even talked about the games announcements...and somehow cared more about the meaningless winners?

Who cares. I watched this for the reveals

There was nothing particularly interesting to me on that front aside from Smash and Mass Effect which were the very beginning and end.


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UshiromiyaEva
12/11/20 1:49:30 PM
#394:


There were plenty of announcements that were, in theory, big. And some indie games I will very likely check out (wish PS4/5 put games on the store earlier so I could wishlist them like steam does, easy for indies to get lost in the shuffle.)

But...nothing big was announced that I really cared about whatsoever. Only exception was Mass Effect, a CG trailer with nothing in it that was announced weeks ago.

The biggest announcement at the show for me, no joke, was a date for the console version of Disco Elysium.

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MoogleKupo141
12/11/20 2:00:16 PM
#395:


UltimaterializerX posted...

You dont think its a problem that shitting on the biggest part of the audience was rewarded?


this is such a strange question

I would think youd want the people choosing these awards to do so based on the games themselves, not based on whatever dumb thing a developer may have said. If you want a remotely legitimate award show, whatever personal grievances anyone has with the people behind the scenes of the games shouldnt be a factor in the decisions.
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skullbone
12/11/20 2:01:51 PM
#396:


UshiromiyaEva posted...
Only exception was Mass Effect, a CG trailer with nothing in it that was announced weeks ago.

You keep saying this in every topic but the bigger announcement was that this game is apparently a direct continuation of ME3. Yes we knew a new game is coming but we didn't know that it's keeping the story going.

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Leonhart4
12/11/20 2:04:01 PM
#397:


The exciting news is that we'll finally learn which ME3 ending is canon

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UshiromiyaEva
12/11/20 2:04:02 PM
#398:


skullbone posted...
You keep saying this in every topic

This is the only topic...

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MoogleKupo141
12/11/20 2:04:40 PM
#399:


UshiromiyaEva posted...


This is the only topic...


so 100% of the topics

hes right!
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UshiromiyaEva
12/11/20 2:05:31 PM
#400:


Also I don't consider that a good thing necessarily? I would honestly prefer a whole new story, they just did a complete shitshow of a job last time.

Pretty much the only way I would prefer a literal "Mass Effect 4" is if you play as Garrus.

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