>this year has been so bad that no one even knows who will be nominated for GOTYIt's so strange going from an obvious GOTY last year to just giving it to whoever this year.
>>750693175>pic unrelated
Gta 6
Yea gta6 is whoever game from small indie studio that nobody knows
>>750693175Pragmata is my GOTY so far. The Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee remake may be second, if it ends up being good. I also like RE9 and the Fatal Frame 2 remake. GTA6 is going to be a lot of peoples GOTY and it isn't out yet.
>>750693175If the gaming industry wasn't a corrupt shitfest, that game wouldn't have won a single award.
It's Palworld, baybee!
Crimson desert and honestly if it doesnt get GOTY its a fucking sham.GTA6 will of course be a much better game technically but its just an iteration on GTA.CD is such a unique game, even if it does blatantly copy mechanics from other games, as well as top quality and devs support are above and beyond.
>>750693175Once GTA 6 it's out all the good games will release. Surely.
>>750693418>Crimson desert and honestly if it doesnt get GOTY its a fucking sham.LOL fuck off with that derivative jingling keys game!
>>750693445You have not even played it you retard. Stop talking bullshit. A game like this is beyond your ability to play.
What actually happened >A council of 24 journalist and 1 vote from an open internet poll 'decided' [game] from a list decided by those journalists is [GOTY]
>>750693418Crimson Desert is OK but it absolutely doesn't deserve a GOTY.
>>750693227>>750693273release too late
>>750693418>CD is such a unique gamewhat's unique about it?
>>750693175There isn't a runaway winner (unless whichever publication/group presumptously decides on GTA) so I think a lot of sites and journos will make oddball picks for clicks or maybe just be more sincere with their choices. Certainly more interesting than a landslide or bribed victories
>>750693175hack chinese writeroverrated slop
>>750693175This year was stacked with solid 8/10 games, depending on your own personal tastes a few of them might even feel like 10/10>>750693294>>750693418>Pragmata>RE9>Crismon DeserrtEach would win an award if the votes were up to players, but journos have different valuesRE9 is the only one with a real chance of being nominated in any meaningful category
>>750693482>doesn't deserve a GOTY.Why not. it has shit loads of unique content, varied amount of things to do, vast world, beautiful engine/visuals and massive amounts of system mechanics.I dont know of any other game that has this type of stuff as a GOTY contender.Anon above said pragmata, I only played the demo and quit, mini game in a TPS is a meh for me but i will play it in the future at some point.>>750693545Too much to mention. Its just a heavy system based game that has so much different systems content and things to do, all of which is freeform and being given to the player constantly, i have never seen a game with such in depth content.To a retard who hasnt played it like the faggot above it will look like a ubisoft like checklist of shit to do. You even see retards saying its all fetch quests and shit like that but its not that at all.It also has probably the best combat system i have ever seen in an action adventure while simultaneously having a power fantasy where you can fuck up vast amounts of mook enemies, kind of like a misou game and then having massive amounts of unique bosses with mechanics and strats you need to figure out like a souls game.Like you may be asware, journos shat on it because not only is it a big brained game, a game made for actual gamers, It doesn't tell you what to do, doesn't hold you hand and has so many systems and expects you to invest time learning that its not until 100+ hours that the game really opens up and even then there is more and more new content being given to the player.No journo could possibly have even got close to learning how the game works. All they would have done is rushed the main story and called it a day.
>>750693418A safe copycat game is undeserving of GOTY, I don't know what you're smoking. Even if we excuse the disastrous launch quality, a part of GOTY has to be innovation and uniqueness. Games like E33 and Elden Ring were just that.
You're kidding right? GTA VI will sweep every category it's in.
>>750693710>RE9 is the only one with a real chance of being nominated in any meaningful categoryRE9 is weak though. its a weak RE game. So weak personally where I play RE games back to back I only played it once. Only other recent RE game I played only once is RE3R.Care centre is brilliant, grace part is great and leons combat is fun but overall its just a weak experience, raccon city is wasted, story is whist and its disjointed switching back and forth between both characters.Id doesnt deserve GotY
>>750693771GTA6 won't be at the awards this year.
>every studio and publisher knows GTA 6 will collect most accolades this year>they are smart so if they have anything really good ready, it'll be pushed for a 2027 releaseIt's not rocket science.
Control Resonant
>>750693721>Why not. it has shit loads of unique content, varied amount of things to do, vast world, beautiful engine/visuals and massive amounts of system mechanics.Offering a lot of substance alone isn't really taken into account for GOTYA game with braindead gameplay but good presentation and low friction like Wolverine will receive way more votes than the best game in each of 5 different genre combined (Fighting, Racing, Grand Strategy, etc.) regardless of how much content and polish each of those offer
>>750693762>Elden Ring were just that.You are joking right?ER was my GotY but at its core it was just a souls game in an open world with a different aesthetic.>disastrous launch qualityIt wasnt disastrous. it had bugs sure and then the devs kind of never understood conventions we expect like there wasnt even a storage chest for loot but it was far from disastrous.>copycat>innovation and uniquenessThat is the thing though. Yes it clearly is inspired by and copies mechanics from other games but it meshes all these mechanics together to create something new while also having its own unique mechanics and systems.Even things ike a bank, investing, trading, camp upgrade and dispatch missions, some of which have been in other games in one way or another, in this game its unique and I have never seen a game like this, action adventure have things like a baking system. Essentially a stock market and trading system.Then puzzles, combat and the games overall fantasy/magic/sci fi mix is unique to only this game (as far as I am aware) I have never seen another game that has mechs and robots with dragons and sword and sorcery. All in one game.Like steam punk sci fi punk and fantasy combined.
>>750693175What good games have come out this year? Pragmata was ok, nothing special. Been thinking about getting the Onimusha reboot, is it good?
>>750693919>Offering a lot of substance alone isn't really taken into account for GOTYThat is true. to me a GoTY contender is a game that pushes the medium forward and/or offers something new to the industry/medium.crimson desert does both in many ways but not as a standout like say BotW which itself copied things like say dottted base camps and a new take on ubisoft towers but then had the physics and chestry system.So a game can both have old mechanics and new things and still be worthy of a GotY.As far as I am aware claire obscur didnt offer anything innovative too. its a 4 niggas in a row game.i have not played it thougj. i dont play TBC games.
nominees will be pragmata, onimusha, control resonant, ocarina of time and gta.gta will of course win because it's a popularity contest.
>>750693830>The Game Awards 2026 requires games to be commercially available on or before November 20, 2026 at 9 p.m. PTIt's in, they chose to release it one day before eligibility ends. It's over.
>>750694129>It's in, they chose to release it one day before eligibility ends. It's over.You got that backwards anon. Eligibility date was set to appease Rocksaar.
>>750693971That's not even half of the noteworthy ones.
My GOTY is Control 2, Blood of the Dawnwalker was good too as was Gothic 1 remake
>>750693175Pragmata should win since it's a new ip trying something new and it succeededRE9 seems fine but they were just pumping out a regular formula
>>750694170The show would be a sham if it didn't include the biggest game
>>750693175Why are their heads so big?
>>750694185>Control 2,Does this have mechanics like gravity rush?i have only seen the announcement gameplay. I wasnt a fan of control It was decent but not my type of thing. So much i didnt even play the DLC despite having the super edition from PS+I know control 2 is a different type of game. melee focused like a hack n slash rather than TPS with magic like the 1st game.
>>750693175Final Fantasy Resonance > Adventures of Elliot > Mina the HollowerI haven't ever given a shit about GTA outside of playing the demo for GTA 2 on my friend's PC when my mom dropped me at his crib to wait for the bus in elementary school, it's a shame these bangers are going up against what the community considers a "nuke" and won't get recognition since they released this year.
>>750694292Epic’s MetaHuman Creator default proportions are shit and developers are noob and don't correct it.
>>750694034>As far as I am aware claire obscur didnt offer anything innovative too. its a 4 niggas in a row game.Neither did GoW and LTOU part 2.Movie-like qualities are WAY overrated by The Game Awards.
>>750694286Yes? So they worked their schedule to fit with Rockstars, very considerate of them. TGA likes their money afterall, and Geoff has to provide for Kojima somehow
>>750694367>Adventures of ElliotSuch a great game that just came and wentBet it'll be in a ton of "hidden gems" lists 5+ years from now>it's a shame these bangers are going up against what the community considers a "nuke" and won't get recognition since they released this year.There is still hope GTA6 doesn't pull an E33 and sweep most awardsIt can claim GOTY and still let other categories have their time to shine
>>750694170>2025: 7/10 nepobaby game magically sweeps every awards>2026: Deadline is close to GTA6 release so GTA6 can win GOTY that can boost the initial release salesThey really are getting bold at being corrupt
>>750694381>Neither did GoW and LTOU part 2.Did tLoU2 actually win GotY?GoW did something new, very much.yes it follows the GoW/naughty dog formula of hidden loading screens, walk and talks in between battles and the combat, at its core is a roll slop/OoT imitation. Even so far as nearly copying souls games control scheme but then...combat is amazing , unique as fuck and the weapons of course very unique. Even the axe throw recall thing on its own is unique.then the story was top tier and as far as I am aware no vidya has done the 1 take thing that game did.It both innovated as well as used established game mechanics.Shit ragnarok quadrupled down on content but didnt with GotY same as for TotK because they are just iterations on what the previous games did.Same reason GTA6 wont be deserving of GotY (most likely)Gow 2018 did deserve GotY. It was my GotY.
>>750693418We already figured out their show was a sham after expedition 33 won 33% of the awards.Its going to take a few years before people start taking it seriously again before they can sell the awards to some billionaires "indy" game company again.
>>750694381>Movie-like qualities are WAY overrated by The Game Awards.yet kcd2 didnt win anything. its strange because its like the one good movie game to come out in 5 years
>>750694798The whole shit, keighly himself is a shillfest. i hate that guy he just backhanded snatched E3 and turned the whole vidya season into an advertfest.Still what is the deal with E33, why did it get or not deserve GotY?Lat years games were quite weak.
>>750693418Crimson Desert is a mediocre mess. I understand you having fun with it if you just like fucking around in a big open world and don't really expect there to be anything meaningful in it, but don't pretend that it's anything more than video game fast food.
>>750693721A good game is a game where you can't remove anything from it without making it worse, not a hodgepodge of 7 million different mechanics of which most are redundant. Like why the fuck do have 3 mechanics for picking up heavy stuff? (Your arms, green hippie magic, gray abyssal lasso magic)
>>750694924Another retard who has not even played the game yet has a shitty opinion about it.
>>750693175I mean, we all know GTA6 will win due to over hype, Crimson Desert might win a few awards and probably compete with DD2 (big might cuz it's azn) and OoTR will win a few due to nostalgia
>>750694969>(Your arms, green hippie magic, gray abyssal lasso magic)33 different systems. Arms, obvious carry small items around, green magic is for puzzle shit and the TotK ultrahand mechanic is for abyss items. Like storing them in the pots or moving electric shit around for abyss puzzles.
>>750693545I could've asked the same thing when Skyrim came out, Crimson Desert is this gen's Skyrim and I'm tired of denying that.A ragtag team of former MMO devs, make their move on single player development while taking their MMO dev knowledge assets and engine into it.That's something to be awarded.
>>750693175>no one paid millions for scores and awardsYeah even sony realized that all those fake trophies do no translate into sales. Xbox never did it in the first place and Nintendo only pulled that once for botw.The whole concept of a OMG BRO GOTY ALL YEAR and award shows in general are just self fellating and pushing bribes around.
it's the year of 6-7/10 games. Nothing really stood out. GTA will sweep most of the awards unless it's a total shitfest. I'd personally go for Pragmata as slightly better than all the rest.
Sengoku Rance came out on Steam this year so that counts
>>750695236I bought Oblivion as a teen because it was titled "Game of the Year Edition"Morrowind was better
Don't worry, I'm sure industry kikes will find another "stunning GOTY masterpiece" to suck off this year.Say hi to your discord server from me.
>>750694863E33 winning GOTY was fine and kind of expected.Sweeping awards including shit like best art directoion, best cast and best indies was fucking retarded.
>>750693418Starfield didnt win GOTY and it was one of the best games of this shitty generation too. Reviewers and games journalists dont like games with content and gameplay systems like Crimson desert.
>>750696753Yeah, it was obvious from the start that the game's "success" was a result of industry plant bullshit and backstage deals.
>>750696898I have not played it but even I knew beforehand it would be a loading screen mess as the engine works on cells and yeah it was, loading screen after loading screen.
>>750694798E33 genuinely deserved all of those awards apart from the indie award, that should've gone to Silksong. I'd call it rigged if E33 didn't win.
>>750693175What is Blue Prince of 2026?What will be Mixtape of 2027?
>>750693971Terra InvictaCairnHoMM Olden EraEndless Legend 2Message from Deep SpaceHaven't played them yet, but Ace Combat 8, Galactic Racism, Phantom Blade Zero and Queen's Domain all look promising. Zero Company you should wait until we get a Long War mod.
>>750697414>What is Blue Prince of 2026?Highguard
>>750694034this doesnt explain astro bot which really was a sony nostalgia reskin of nintendo platformers
>>750697525>Cairnlmao
>>750693971Mewgenics. Remember how /v/eee was obsessed with it for a month? And Slay The Spire 2.
>>750697614The protagonist sucks, but it has the best rock climbing mechanics out of any game released, ever.
>>750697687wow amazing>it might have an ugly brown hag who looks like a man and the story might be about her depression, but it has the best pissing mechanics out of any game released, ever
>>750697724Gameplay is king, nigger.
>>750697396>E33 genuinely deserved all of those awardsNope. They were bought. Like it always happens when a goy awards show sucks off a game.
>>750697747and I'm telling you the gameplay is irrelevant when it's something as dogshit as "best climbing mechanics"literally nobody cares about climbingthe fact I even had to explain this further means you're too low IQ to engage with, which also explains why you're shilling this nigger gameno more (you)s
>>750693175Give it to Trails in the Sky SC remake
>>750697798Sure, if you're a fat slob or a NEET. Literally everyone at my work likes either bouldering or mountain climbing. Go /out/ sometime, piggy.
>>750697889What the fuck happened to my picture, gookmoot?
>>750697889>everyone at my work likes either bouldering or mountain climbing. niggas from fucking Liechtenstein.
>>750693526Nope
>>750693721>a wall of text>still failed to tell me what's unique about it
>>750693175I enjoyed this year's games more than last year's. Of course I didn't play THAT many of them for either year but I really liked Control Resonant, Avatar, Beast of Reincarnation and Mina the Hollower this year. Last year my personal GOTY would be Ninja Gaiden 4.
>>750697930turtleneck my beloved...he rated exodia at V17, which was a bit disappointing
>>750698028>ESL cant read>a paragraph of explanation is a wall of textOhhh shit its dickless mutt burger oclock
>>750698228>3 paragraphs = 1 paragraphAverage shill intelligence
i liked mina the hollower and look outside.
>>750693175My God those characters looks really bad
Onimusha deserves it the most, probably.I'm fine with Crimson Desert, though.
>>750693175they all gave up because of GTA 6.
>>750698574>Average shill intelligenceESL newfagNumber are there for a reason newfagThe 1st paragraph is a reply to another post.The 2nd paragraph answers your question, the first fucking sentence answers your question.A paragraph is used when the subject changes ESL The 3rd paragraph is related to a different topicKYS dickless mutt
>>750699142>Number are there>ESL
>>750699175>dickless mutt is such an ESL to him a typographical error means you are also an ESLPlease kill yourself. You dont even have a cock. I would if i was a dickless retard walking around with a nub stump where a cock should be.
>>750698752the games amazing and there is nothing wrong with the characters. find something else to complain about.
>>750699232uh oh ESL seething
>>750693175It's going to be Mixtape
>>750699259uhh ohhh american ESL has no cock
This was kind of a down year for games. 2027 or 2028 will be a banger. Usually every 3-5 years there will be a really, really good year for games.
Clair 33 swept the fuck out of everything last year like how you have parry every damn thing in the game.
>>750699819There hasn't been a good game for 20 years at this point
>>750693175Capcom has three games that could be nominated. Control resonant is also getting good reviews.
