The Game Awards 2021 - December 9th

[ferratilis]

This is the only AAA game I've had genuine fun with in quite a while. And it's not even nominated for GOTY at Game Awards lol.

 

[The_Mask]

Yeah, I heard this is the first racing game in forever that is actually a lot of fun. Haven't tried it myself yet, but I will give it a shot at one point.

 

[Ash]

Hey did anyone play Returnal? The devs made some p. decent games in the past. Curious about that one.

 

[vortex]

Hey did anyone play Returnal? The devs made some p. decent games in the past. Curious about that one.

Will it come to PC?

 

[Gargaune]

Man, did Deathloop ship with candy in the box? I gave it half an hour on YouTube and it looked plain boring, and I usually like Arkane's work. More pressingly, how did it get a Best Art Direction nomination over bloody Cyberpunk? I know CDPR's screwed up almost everything else, but eyecandy's the one great thing about Cyberpunk whereas Deathloop looks like Dishonored in a polyester tracksuit.

Best Debut Indie
[...]
The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers)

Ah, this is the standalone version of the Skyrim mod. Good to see the fella pull through, I'm happy for him.

Best Community Support
[...]
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

lol

 

[Alfgart]

Man, did Deathloop ship with candy in the box? I gave it half an hour on YouTube and it looked plain boring, and I usually like Arkane's work. More pressingly, how did it get a Best Art Direction nomination over bloody Cyberpunk? I know CDPR's screwed up almost everything else, but eyecandy's the one great thing about Cyberpunk whereas Deathloop looks like Dishonored in a polyester tracksuit.

Because niggers and wokeism

 

[Catacombs]

Okay, here are my predictions

RIP the 20 points that got knocked off your IQ after going through this list.

 

[Sarathiour]

Best Community Support
[...]
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

lol

The real joke is that it's going to win .

 

[bertram_tung]

reminder that trans people are mentally ill

 

[Jenkem]

Disco Elysium qualified for none of those in 2019 (didn't even get a console version until this year) and it was not only nominated but won in 2019. The judge panel must hate Russia or have an axe to grind against Pathfinder.

gee I wonder why the gaming media, who hates actual gameplay and wants games to push certain agendas, would prop up DE like this...

 

[Jenkem]

New gameplay predictions: Dragon age 4, Bioshock 4, Ken's Levine new game, Starfield, maybe Bloodborne 2 announcement
What do you think?

Paradox is gonna show off the revamped (ha!) Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2 and it's going to look amazing.

 

[lycanwarrior]

Not exactly fair bc many of those user reviews are low bc of technical issues, framerate and, of course Denuvo. Much like on Steam.
Dishonored 2 used to have a lot of negative user reviews focused solely on optimization.

Oddly enough, the Steam reviews have been more positive:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1252330/DEATHLOOP/

I don't care either way since the game is not my cup of tea. But just goes to show that user reviews aren't always consistent or definitive.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

People say WotR is niche but its steam peak player number is more than Deathloop and It Takes Two combined. I think it's just the journals being oblivious, as they always are.

is this "lets pretend consoles don't exist and PC isn't actually the minority" hour?

 

[Sarathiour]

People say WotR is niche but its steam peak player number is more than Deathloop and It Takes Two combined. I think it's just the journals being oblivious, as they always are.

is this "lets pretend consoles don't exist and PC isn't actually the minority" hour?

I wish

 

[Jutsun]

I don't care either way since the game is not my cup of tea. But just goes to show that user reviews aren't always consistent or definitive.

Well, it's usually like this. Public opinion is very inconsistent and fluctuates quite a lot. It's not consistent across platforms in the same way it isn't consistent across players because tastes vary.

And it's not definitive either because it can change over time, especially taking into account that nowadays games can change a lot in the course of a few patches.

In any case, I'm curious to know all you guys' opinion: do you think that the public reception and the reviews can help predict who will actually take the awards?

 

[purupuru]

is this "lets pretend consoles don't exist and PC isn't actually the minority" hour?

My point wasn't that WoTR is necessarily more popular than those two games (though I would bet it has sold better than Deathloop), only that it is not some super niche unknown game, but most likely one of the most successful crpgs in recent years, second only to DOS2.

 

[vortex]

For new games announcements there should be gameplay video along cinematic trailer to represent what the gameplay is about.

 

[Morgoth]

 

[El Presidente]

Won't lie, this forced praise for Deathloop just pushes me into feeling just as unearned aversion for it. Which is bad, it means that I'm still touched and somehow determined by this garbage.

But really, for anyone here who is into Arkane's stuff, imagine scoring that higher than Dishonored 2, giving it more accolades, saying how it's the culmination of their work. It's fake, dishonest, forced.

It's uh, you know... Dishonored?

 

[Ash]

These prestige-faking pompous awards are so narrow in scope (in terms of what games are considered candidates) they have no right to exist.

 

[Boleskine]

"The Game Awards"

Geoff Keighley may be a nice guy but he's an absolutely soulless shill.

edit - LOL! I posted almost this exact same thing four years ago. I think my brain is rotting.

"The Video Game Awards"

Geoff Keighley seems a nice guy but he is a shameless corporate shill.

 

[Roguey]

To conclude this, and expand on what “clashing concepts” means — Ken Levine and Ghost Story Games were considering revealing their IP as part of TGA, though, there was a turnaround in ideas, instead appointing their reveal for Q1, 2022; against the backdrop of an hour long panel

Levine forever changing his mind at the last minute.

 

[vortex]

But I don't want just a Bioshock teaser, I want all of it baby!

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

Ah yes, Ken Levine’s “new” studio that has existed for a “mere” five years without announcing a single project.
Seriously, what the fuck are 2K doing keeping this devwing open? Total fucking nonsense.

And to think that FF3 died so Ken could become… this.

 

[Morgoth]

To conclude this, and expand on what “clashing concepts” means — Ken Levine and Ghost Story Games were considering revealing their IP as part of TGA, though, there was a turnaround in ideas, instead appointing their reveal for Q1, 2022; against the backdrop of an hour long panel

Levine forever changing his mind at the last minute.

More like rewriting his own game's entire story in two months after he heard the new Bioshock is taking inspiration from The City & The City.