Lady Siara
Member
Well deserved. A great game that has had phenomenal post launch support.
Overwatch wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2016
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iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Good for Overwatch! I am glad its doing well
regardless I dont like the gameplay, its not for me. But I can def see why its great for other people.
Alaskanbullworm
Member
This pleases me
Honestly, I thought Overwatch was the safe and obvious pick for the year. It wouldn't have been my pick, but from the moment the nominees were revealed I thought I'd be incredibly surprised if anything other than Overwatch took home the award.
LurkerPrime
Member
Congrats to Blizzard for turning their greatest failure into a magnificent success. It is a worthy Game of the Year, one of my favourites without a doubt. It has enough personality and thrilling gameplay to keep it relevant for a looong time, I think.
The free weekends and open betas really helped spread the word. I only played it a whim during an open beta weekend and ended up falling in love with it.
Now I'm like... 150ish hours into it. I don't even like shooters normally--it's crazy good. The TF2 successor I never thought could happen. (Not because it is so similar to TF2, but because that's the last multiplayer shooter I ever got hugely into.)
The free weekends and open betas really helped spread the word. I only played it a whim during an open beta weekend and ended up falling in love with it.
Now I'm like... 150ish hours into it. I don't even like shooters normally--it's crazy good. The TF2 successor I never thought could happen. (Not because it is so similar to TF2, but because that's the last multiplayer shooter I ever got hugely into.)
Hierophant
Banned
i just really enjoy having a game with a super diverse cast take the win
RecRoulette
Member
Yeah, as much as I love Overwatch, I was shaking my head at that one.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Overwatch is a great game and all, but it being better than Uncharted 4? Yeah, no.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
Ugh, really? The game really lost the plot once they added the unpolished competitive mode that is still going through changes and adjustments because of how unbalanced it is.
The whole awards show was kind of off this year anyway so this doesn't really surprise me.
The whole awards show was kind of off this year anyway so this doesn't really surprise me.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
Nope. Golden Joystick got it right and hopefully gaf will too.
And they said multiplayer games wouldn't win awards! Ha!
It is a fantastic game. In a year of broken games that shouldn't have been shipped, and shoddy PC performance, Overwatch delivered exactly what they promised on DAY ONE. The level of release day polish is a bar that all developers should aspire to.
It is a fantastic game. In a year of broken games that shouldn't have been shipped, and shoddy PC performance, Overwatch delivered exactly what they promised on DAY ONE. The level of release day polish is a bar that all developers should aspire to.
Counterstrike won last year, any contenders this year?
And people who shit on OW competitive have no clue about the scene. Since it's extremely popular in Korea, Koreans are as usual absolutely insane.
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Deleted member 325805
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Brilliant game that I haven't played since Legion came out, probably not my GOTY, though.
Why was it off? Because the games you wanted to win didn't win or because of something else? Not trying to come off as hostile just wondering as I didn't notice anything "off".
Dusktildawn48
Member
Yeah like gaf we get it, you hate uncharted 4.
There were 2 parts in that thread. The second was the implication that Overwatch won't win because of precedent.
Why those games lost has no bearing on why future games will or won't win.
SatelliteOfLove
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BigSoftieFF
Member
Just a certain fan base...
Quality isn't the most important factor for these awards. Overwatch had the most impact even as a new IP, so this alone already made it the award winner, even if it would be a bad game (it's not bad though).
Good current example is Pokemon Go aka "best mobile game". It's an garbage game, but everyone plays it so it won the award. Quality wise probably noone would've voted for it.
Xamtheking
Member
A mp only hero shooter with bits of story, great character and map design, and only cosmetic microtransactions.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Great game. Probably my game of the year, definitely at least second. And I don't usually care much for multiplayer games.
It's going through changes and adjustments because it's a competive mode. Have you ever actually played a competitive game? They go through changes and adjustment all the time, literally. Balancing updates and changes are literally a staple of any competitive game ever made. Give me one example of a actual competitive game that just released and never touched again, yet it was popular and successful.
There was a crapload of games better than Uncharted 4 this year. Uncharted 4 was meh.
Wandering Robot
Member
After all the talk of precedence being in its way, really happy it won. Deserved.
Vindication
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Now I'm the king of the swingers, the jungle V.I.P
I reached the top and had to stop
And that's what bothering me
I want to be a man, man-cub, and stroll right into town
And be just like those other men
I'm tired of monkeying around
Now don't try to kid me, man-cub, I'll make a deal with you
What I desire is man's red fire to make my dreams come true
So give me the secret, man-cub, clue me what to do
Give me the power of man's red flower so I can be like you
Ooh-bi-doo, I wan'na be like you
I want to walk like you, talk like you, too
You see it's true, an ape like me
Can learn to be like you, too
AcademicSaucer
Member
Is "Uncharted 4 got robbed" going to be the 2016 version of "Bloodborne got robbed" ?
Although I think the award shouldve gone to Rainbow Six Siege (shame it wasn't even nominated), I'm glad a multiplayer game finally won the award on a major platform. I've lost most of my interest in single player experiences and so have a lot of other people and its only natural that multiplayer games (which so many people play for hunderds of hours) finally get some recognition as well.
Doesn't seem like it? At least judging from this thread. TBH I'm actually a little shocked by the backlash towards UC4, haven't followed the reception since launch but people were loving it back then. Bloodborne is as loved now as it was day one.
A multiplayer only hero shooter that's (a) the pinnacle of game design and (b) the most fun since Team Fortress 2. Literally the only complaint I have now since Ana got nerfed is the crappy 21:9 support.
Brutalitops
Banned
Every nominee was better than Uncharted 4 tbh
RenegadeXV8
Banned
then like Team Fortress 2 it should be free 2 play