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[Sify64]

Best of E3 != Most Anticipated.

Zelda Wii U had a more impressive showing at E3 but Uncharted is more anticipated.

Usually, the best games are the most anticipated, right? The top ten includes Zelda Wii U, Bloodborne, Witcher 3, Batman Arkham Knight, Uncharted 4, MGSV, Xenoblade X which I'm sure you can agree with me that these games are the most anticipated games of next year.

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

No Smash Bros in best soundtrack? Is it because a lot of it is remixes/covers?

 

[CrunchyFrog]

Best Action/Adventure

Alien: Isolation
Assassin’s Creed: Unity
Bayonetta 2
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Sunset Overdrive

One of these things is not like the others.

Best Score/Soundtrack

Alien: Isolation
Child of Light
Destiny
Sunset Overdrive
Transistor

Lack of Shovel Knight in general is pretty bad, but especially here. Could've bumped either A:I or CoL, but the inclusion of Transistor makes up for it.

That dev of the year category though. Of the picks, about the only one you could KIND of make an argument for outside of Nintendo is Blizzard for both Hearthstone and the game-resuscitating Reaper of Souls. Nintendo will have had Smash Bros, Mario Kart 8, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Mario Golf World Tour, NES Remix 2, and Tomodachi Life from in-house studios, and as a publisher Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Pushmo World, and of course Bayonetta 1/2.

 

[Juke Joint Jezebel]

Glad they put all the remasters in their own category and didn't put them in the GOTY one. Remakes/remasters have no business in being in anything but their own category in my opinion.

 

[Messofanego]

Games for Change

Mountain
Never Alone
The Last of Us: Left Behind
This War of Mine
Valiant Hearts: The Great War​

Games for Change, I totally get Never Alone (passing a near extinct culture's values and folktales to survive in further generations) and This War Of Mine (grim look at war conflicts from a civilian perspective where morals are not so certain), but the others are more confusing. Still, glad Never Alone and This War Of Mine are getting recognised

Best Shooter

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Destiny
Far Cry 4
Titanfall
Wolfenstein: The New Order​

Best Narrative

South Park: The Stick of Truth
The Walking Dead: Season Two
The Wolf Among Us
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Wolfenstein: The New Order​

Nice to see that Wolfie love.

Best Score/Soundtrack
​

Alien: Isolation
Child of Light
Destiny
Sunset Overdrive
Transistor​

Mick Gordon robbed for Wolfie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agBdkmz4nGA#t=3m24s​

 

[Surface of Me]

Do hope to play Bayonetta 2 at some point. Would be cool to see it take GOTY.

It deserves a lot more credit than it gets. I think part of the problem may be its presentation in the game though, as part of the music slowly bleeds in depending on the activity on screen so it ends up coming across in pieces. Its really great though. I think there is also more appreciation for soundtracks made for the game versus ones with a more licensing.

Little Big Planet was another that had a really great soundtrack with a lot of licensed music.

Sunset Overdrive had lots of tracks made for the game

My favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hcZE4pNLk0

 

[MvmntInGrn]

Sunset Overdrive had lots of tracks made for the game

My favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hcZE4pNLk0

I know. They are really excellent too.

 

[Ansatz]

I'm happy Bayonetta 2 was chosen for the Nintendo quota, it's the title that could use more exposure.

Mario Kart 8 is my goty, best online too.

 

[neogaffer1]

Usually, the best games are the most anticipated, right? The top ten includes Zelda Wii U, Bloodborne, Witcher 3, Batman Arkham Knight, Uncharted 4, MGSV, Xenoblade X which I'm sure you can agree with me that these games are the most anticipated games of next year.

But not necessarily. Correlation != causation. For example, Sunset Overdrive last year had a pretty memorable CG trailer but there was barely any hype for it up until earlier this year. Likewise, Hardline had a good showing this year but no hype (mostly because of the shoddy beta test that happened at the same time, but still).

Edit: Also Rainbow Six Siege, one of the best moments of the show, pretty low hype levels right now.

 

[Foshy]

Transistor absolutely deserves to win every single category it's in. Should be overall GotY too but oh well

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Did you play the first hour of the game and come to this conclusion or did you bother to play until the late game? Because that game gets incredibly difficult if you don't know what you're doing.

Yeah, man... I totally was branding enemies within the first hour of the game. Nice job reading my post. Why would you not know what you're doing after playing for a few minutes or having come from the Batman games? Once you know what you're doing, it's incredibly simple.

Oh, nevermind, you didn't even play the damn game at all. Because it's the exact same system from the Arkham games--I'm actually convinced WB made Rocksteady turn over their combat system code to Monolith for this game, because there's literally no difference between the two outside of some of the late game powers Talion gets.

They copied the system, but not the execution. If you've played both games, you would know. Mordor is about 1000% more forgiving and less tight on timing. You have to just not be paying attention at all to die in the game.

Nemesis system is a massive game changer. If you look at the list, Telltale has their point and click-esque games, Nintendo has... Nintendoness, Blizzard did, what? Hearthstone and a WoW expansion? And Ubi Montreal is just a joke. It's arguable that the only big gaming innovation from that list is nemesis system from Monolith (I would've had Respawn up there instead of Ubi for the parkour in Titanfall, but I digress).

The Nemesis system is cool. Unfortunately, it doesn't really come into play unless you die a bunch, which ties into my comments above.

This isn't me, but this video kind of illustrates what I'm talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AV9W2ZdmjU

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Games for Change, I totally get Never Alone (passing a near extinct culture's values and folktales to survive in further generations) and This War Of Mine (grim look at war conflicts from a civilian perspective where morals are not so certain), but the others are more confusing. Still, glad Never Alone and This War Of Mine are getting recognised

In the year of GamerGate there is definitely a case to be made about the wonderfully written female characters in Left Behind. The Guardian did an excellent review for it.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/17/last-of-us-left-behind-review

The Last of Us: Left Behind is the story of Ellie's relationship with her best friend, Riley, back in Boston, intertwined with a lesser-explored period of Ellie and Joel's journey across the continent years later. It flashes back and forth between time periods, exerting the same masterful command of tension and pacing (and your heart-rate) that Naughty Dog established in last year's full-length game. Throughout, you never leave Ellie's point of view. This is the first portrayal of a friendship between adolescent girls that I've ever seen in a video game (excepting Gone Home's documented one), and it's wonderfully done. Theirs is an ordinary and beautiful teenage friendship under extraordinary circumstances, potently relatable despite the shambling infected and ruined urban landscape.

I can't tell you much about the individual moments that struck me without lessening their impact. I can tell you that I was reminded of what it feels like to be a teenager, how intense everything is, the difficulty of leaving behind childish things that still give you joy, that struggle to keep close to your friends when you're both changing so much. In just a few hours it communicates the intensity of a best friendship, the fights and the shared silliness and the reluctant need for each other. Any complaints about Left Behind's length are comprehensively outweighed by its emotional density. It says so much in its few hours.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

I'm kinda sad that D4 wasn't in best soundtrack

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

Bayonetta 2 as GOTY contender? FUCK YES, PLEASE!

 

[E-phonk]

mine:
Best Online Experience: Dark Souls II
Best Family Game: Mario Kart 8
Best Sports/Racing Game: Mario Kart 8
Best Role-Playing Game: Dark Souls II
Best Fighting Game: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Best Action/Adventure: Bayonetta 2
Best Shooter: Far Cry 4
Games For Change: The Last of Us: Left Behind
Developer of the Year: Nintendo
Best Independent Game: Shovel Knight
Game of the Year: Dark Souls II

Best Mobile/Handheld Game, Best Performance, best Remaster, best score/soundtrack and best narrative undecided.

 

[Carcetti]

Unless Never Alone turns out to be magnificent, This War of Mine should dominate the Games for Change list. It's brutally powerful stuff.

 

[Death Metalist]

My choices.

Best Online Experience: Destiny. (Even though I dislike the game alot, I only faced lag once or twice)
Best Family Game: Mario Kart 8.
Best Sports/Racing Game: Mario Kart 8
Best Role-Playing Game: Didn't play any game on the list.
Best Fighting Game: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Getting the game later, during this month)
Best Action/Adventure: Bayonetta 2
Best Shooter: Wolfenstein: The New Order
Best Remaster: GTA5. (If it weren't for the buggy mess that is MCC, that would have been my choice)
Games For Change: The Last of Us: Left Behind
Best Performance: Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf
Best Score/Soundtrack: Destiny
Best Narrative: The Wolf Among Us
Developer of the Year: Nintendo
Best Mobile/Handheld Game: Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
Best Independent Game: Shovel Knight
Game of the Year: Bayonetta 2

 

[misho8723]

Hmmm.. I think that Metro Redux should of been in the Remaster category.. it not only had improvements in graphics, but fixes to AI & gameplay, new rooms, some loading screens were removed, all DLCs, etc.. TLoU and Tomb Raider had only graphical changes, no?

And Dark Souls II as GOTY ? It was a really good game, but most of the Souls fans I think would say it was a letdown from Dark Souls 1.. there were better games this year, like Divinity Original Sin or Alien Isolation

 

[mattmagician]

I'll go ahead and throw in mine as well:

Best Online Experience: Destiny.
Best Family Game: Mario Kart 8.
Best Sports/Racing Game: Mario Kart 8
Best Role-Playing Game: Bravely Default (Could be Dragon Age though, once I play it.)
Best Fighting Game: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Best Action/Adventure: Bayonetta 2
Best Shooter: Destiny (As a non-FPS fan, I only seem to come back to Destiny...)
Best Remaster: GTA5. (Just too darn good.)
Games For Change: The Last of Us: Left Behind
Best Performance: Melissa Hutchison as Clementine
Best Score/Soundtrack: Transistor
Best Narrative: The Walking Dead: Season Two
Developer of the Year: Nintendo
Best Mobile/Handheld Game: Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
Best Independent Game: Shovel Knight
Game of the Year: Bayonetta 2 (Surprised that Hearthstone is even on this list, honestly)

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Eh, not bad.

 

[Messofanego]

Unless Never Alone turns out to be magnificent, This War of Mine should dominate the Games for Change list. It's brutally powerful stuff.

It's magnificent and evocative. Both are brilliant in different ways.

 

[Cyclone]

Anybody have a link to the video where Geoff Keighley is in his bedroom while announcing people are talking about?

 

[Messofanego]

Anybody have a link to the video where Geoff Keighley is in his bedroom while announcing people are talking about?

Is he a camguy now?

 

[DieH@rd]

Anybody have a link to the video where Geoff Keighley is in his bedroom while announcing people are talking about?

Here you go
http://www.twitch.tv/thegameawards/b/590885576

And it is not a bedroom, it's his production offices for the TGA show.

 

[grandjedi6]

Because the amount of PS people who would vote for Uncharted is magnitudes higher than the amount of Nintendo people who would vote for Zelda.

Best of E3 != Most Anticipated.

Zelda Wii U had a more impressive showing at E3 but Uncharted is more anticipated.

Hahaha, oh boy. That's no where close to being true. The feverousness of Zelda fanboys/girls is only matched by those of Metal Gear fans. Maybe.

 

[DieH@rd]

Q&A with Geoff aboutTGA
http://www.twitch.tv/thegameawards/b/591048582

 

[Man]

Heartstone for Goty.

 

[Azdoune]

Nothing for infamous??!

 

[BY2K]

World Premieres info coming soon.

https://twitter.com/thegameawards/status/537415353098174464

 

[munchie64]

World Premieres info coming soon.

https://twitter.com/thegameawards/status/537415353098174464

I wonder how long "not long" is.

 

[BY2K]

I wonder how long "not long" is.

Considering the show is next week, not that long.

 

[AuthenticM]

Considering the show is next week, not that long.

It's next week ?!

 

[Nirolak]

It's next week ?!

December 5th is Friday next week.

 

[Tempesta di Fuoco]

Best Remaster
Grand Theft Auto V
Pokémon: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
The Last of Us: Remastered
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

Why is this a category and why the fuck is Pokemon (a completely remade game, as opposed to the other "remasters") in the same category as a bunch of up-ports?

 

[neojubei]

Best Remaster

Grand Theft Auto V
Pokémon: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
The Last of Us: Remastered
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

hmm interesting category. Its a toss up between GTAV and Last of Us

 

[Pixel Samurai]

Why is this a category and why the fuck is Pokemon (a completely remade game, as opposed to the other "remasters") in the same category as a bunch of up-ports?

Because there's a lot of remasters this year that were really great as seperate products and other games (like GTA) had a lot more done than higher resolution, arguably comparable Pokemon.

Chill out.

 

[CerebralTiger]

Why is this a category and why the fuck is Pokemon (a completely remade game, as opposed to the other "remasters") in the same category as a bunch of up-ports?

Yeah, should've been Metro Redux in place of Pokemon.

Then again, there's no category for remakes, so I guess it does make sense.

 

[Tempesta di Fuoco]

Because there's a lot of remasters this year that were really great as seperate products and other games (like GTA) had a lot more done than higher resolution, arguably comparable Pokemon.

Uh. What?

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Best Remaster
Grand Theft Auto V
Pokémon: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
The Last of Us: Remastered
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

Why is this a category and why the fuck is Pokemon (a completely remade game, as opposed to the other "remasters") in the same category as a bunch of up-ports?

Halo 2 is almost completely redone in MCC, and GTA 5 added hundreds of animations for the first person mode. The line between remake and port is often blurry.

 

[DJIzana]

Looks like Geoff had answered a couple of my questions. The most important one... apparently we'll get some Japanese game reveals.

 

[sn00zer]

So geoff posted a twitch link and no one is there...were more awards announced or something?

 

[Pixel Samurai]

Uh. What?

GTA completely retextured and had to plan for an entire open world game to be played exclusively in first person mode, along with the dozens of other significant enhancements they did.

Yes Pokemon was a remake from 2D to an existing 3D engine but that doesn't mean it doesn't belong next to these other remasters that had a lot of love put in them too.

 

[DJIzana]

So geoff posted a twitch link and no one is there...were more awards announced or something?

He did a brief Q&A. Said he was thinking about dropping a world premiere today but said he'd likely do it tomorrow instead. That and see my above post. Few other things as well... minor pieces of info though but yeah, to me, those two pieces were all I really care about.

 

[legacyzero]

Fallout 4 is all I need, Geoff.

Oh, and more No Man's Sky. That would be great.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Best remaster? Yeah... no. What kinda thing is that lol?

 

[freakzilla3000]

I am thinking Bayo 2 HAS to win GOTY. I am surprised as well that Super Smash Bros didn't make the cut.

 

[SargerusBR]

World Premieres info coming soon.

https://twitter.com/thegameawards/status/537415353098174464

What i want:
MGSV Phantom Pain trailer with release date
SW Battlefront gameplay debut or Visceral SW game debut
Fallout 4

 

[EmptySpace]

Games for Change, I totally get Never Alone (passing a near extinct culture's values and folktales to survive in further generations) and This War Of Mine (grim look at war conflicts from a civilian perspective where morals are not so certain), but the others are more confusing. Still, glad Never Alone and This War Of Mine are getting recognised


Nice to see that Wolfie love.



Mick Gordon robbed for Wolfie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agBdkmz4nGA#t=3m24s

i think games for change means change as in spare coins, no?

basically best cheap/downloadable game.

 

[wachie]

How is MCC in the best remaster category when the game was fucking broken like Driveclub?

 

[jediyoshi]

Whoa,

Quick, someone reboot Celebrity Deathmatch