Video Game General 6.5: Now with more surprise mechanics

I find amusing that they nominated Jump Force, considering how of a shit show that game has been since day juan.
And of course those fuckers will ignore the GOAT Kill la Kill If, since it is too sexy for them, smfh

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VG Awards personal want vs. expectations on nominees, Mostly want to see how many I get right on expectations

Narrative: Haven’t really played any of the games in this cat unfortunately, but I’m expecting DS to probably take this.

Best Art Direction: Want LoZ: LA remake to win but that’s the only game I played in this cat, it’s probably going to DS

Best Music: Want Cadence of Hyrule or DMC V to take it, I’m expecting Cadence to take this…yes I know that’s crazy with DS in the running.

Best Performance: Don’t have a hat in this…I thought Laura did pretty good as Kait in Gears 5, but let’s be honest…we know Norman is going home with this and if it ain’t him then it’ll go to Mads Mikkelson.

Games for Impact: Don’t have a hat in this…it’s probably going to Life is Strange 2.

Best Ongoing game: Don’t really have a hat in this but I kinda want Final Fantasy to win…but I’m pretty sure Fortnite is taking this.

Best Independent Game: Want Katana Zero, It’s probably going to Goose Game though.

Best Audio Design: Want REmake 2,…it’s probably going to DS and if not DS then probably CoD.

Best Role Playing Game: Why is Monster Hunter in this cat? That’s weird to me. I liked KH 3 but I know it wasn’t the best RPG this year, It’s probably going to Outer Worlds.

Best Racing Game: Kinda want Crash to win, but I’m expecting FIFA to take it.

Best Strat game: That is awesome that Wargroove got nominated, I don’t think any game is taking this award from Fire Emblem though

Best VR Game: I want Beat Saber to win and I expect it to win.

Best Multiplayer game: Don’t really have a hat in this…It’s probably going to CoD

Mobile: don’t care

Game Direction: Want REmake 2,…It’s probably gonna go to DS

Fresh Indie Game: Want Goose Game, expect Goose Game

Fighting Game: Want Smash, expect MK11

Family Game: Want Smash, Expect Smash

Esports Team: don’t care

Esports Player: Don’t care

Esports Host: Don’t care

Esports Coach: Don’t Care

Content Creator: Don’t Care

Esports game of the year: despite Blizzard’s bullshit this year I’d like Overwatch to win, I expect Fortnite to take it.

Esports Event: Would like Evo, expect Fortnite…if not Fortnite it’ll probably go to League

Community Support: Don’t really have a hat in this…I think Final Fantasy should get it purely on a whim and how that game has been carrying itself since Realm Reborn, again I expect Fortnite though.

Action Adventure: Want LoZ: LA remake, I would like to expect LoZ but fucking DS is in this cat. Hell I’d even prefer if Sekiro won this since both that game and Control I’m fully expecting to get robbed.

Best Action Game: Want Astral Chain purely because this is the only Cat this game got nominated in…fully expect DMC V to take it though. If CoD, Gears, Metro or Apex take this from either of those 2 games I’ll be annoyed since they’re really trying to stretch ā€˜action’ to also include ā€˜First/Third Person Shooters’

GotY: Want Smash, Expect Smash…To be honest any of these games could take it and I’d be ok CEPT FOR DS.

Well if I don’t want this to be the DS show I might as well put in some votes to try to upset the balance.

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UGG deserves to win best indie!

Best Art Direction needs to go to Gris. That game’s visuals are fucking captivating.

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EA published a good single player game with the Star Wars franchise with no microtransactions. That’s enough for it to get a GOTY nomination.

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I haven’t seen Gris in action so I’ll have to check that out.

When Gris debuted during a direct (can’t remember when this was) I was immediately drawn in by its visuals but didn’t want to play cause it seemed like one of those ā€œa story that happens to be a gameā€ where you do minimal stuff like Flower or Journey.

I ended up picking it up on sale earlier this year and played through it. So good.

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Gris is easily one of my favorite games this year in terms of art style.
Really beautiful.

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My picks

Summary

GOTY: Control or REmake 2

Action: Astral Chain

Action Adventure: Control or Links Awakening

Art Direction: Control, Links Awakening, Gris, Sayonra Wild Hearts. Any of these are the right answer

Audio: Dont really care. So we’ll say REmake 2

Community Support: FFXIV

ā€œContentā€ creator: IDGAF

Esports coach: idgaf

Esports event: idgaf

Esports GOTY: idgaf

Esports host: idgaf

Esports player: idgaf

Esports team: idgaf

Family Game: SMM2 or Luigi’s Mansion 3

Fighter: SamSho or MK11.

Indie: Gris or UGG

Game direction/m: Control or REmake 2

Game for Impact: Gris

Indie award 2: Katana ZERO or UGG

Mobile Game: Sayanora Wild Hearts

Multiplayer: Tetris 99

Narrative: Control

Ongoing: FFXIV

Performance: idgaf

RPG: Final Fantasy XIV

Music: Sayonara Wild Hearts or Cadence of Hyrule

Sports: CTR

Strategy: FE3H

VR: Trover Saves the Universe

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I have been holding out for Katana Zero on Steam because I plan to get a Switch. It’s been on my ā€œto buyā€ list way too long.

With all thos2 FFXIV noms in there for you Stu might as well nom it for multiplayer as well.

The award show is pointless. Again like Hollywood nothing more than circle jerks. Let me know when players get to vote…and ensure the votes aren’t rigged.

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You act like COD winning everything every year would be any better lol.

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I suppose. I’m only saying XIV out of reputation not out of experience with it. Since Realm Reborn I haven’t heard a single bad thing about it. Nothing but praise and a steady increase in members every month.

Gotta be doing something right.

Smash community will find some way to rig it so that melee wins every day…

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I’m just sayin might as well fill your multiplayer spot with the multiplayer game you nomed in other categories to.

Is 14 even in the mutiplay category? Should be, has mutlipler right in the genre name.

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Extra

DKC 25th anniversary stuff

It is not featured, no. So Tetris 99 by default. Cause even with the NSO bs it’s a phenomal game and a great twist on an arguably a stale genre (puzzles) and a genre that’s over stayed it’s welcome (Battle royale)

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…actually FFXIV is not in the multiplayer cat…huh…

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What is in the multi catagory?