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Giant Bomb GoTY 2016- Agent 47, take out that Doom Marine
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The GB east guys really like overwatch. And Jeff is kinda the only one who put major time into TF2
Brad and Jeff really liked it and raved about it early in the year. I don't see how it doesn't make top 10
This whole sequence of events seems entirely possible.
The Illiterati
Member
Other games that are contenders:
Picross 3D: Round 2(lots of love for this)
SuperHot This will make the list.
Inside(Jeff is against so this will get argued down the list, but is a sure lock IMO)
Rec Room
Picross 3D: Round 2(lots of love for this)
SuperHot This will make the list.
Inside(Jeff is against so this will get argued down the list, but is a sure lock IMO)
Rec Room
Yeah, this is definitely the top 5 unless they just kind of forget about the Witness.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
I can see SuperHot being in the top ten, but not Rec Room.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Rec Room is in Early Access and is not eligible.
People keep bringing it up.
People keep bringing it up.
I'm so pumped for the video podcasts; you could always feel the rage and desperation as a beloved game gets fed into a Jeff-shaped woodchipper, but now we get to watch the heartbreak for ourselves!
Jeff-shaped wood chipper = I read the Wikipedia entry...
AuthenticM
Member
let's do this
I can't see any other game taking home GOTY over Doom for the Giantbomb guys. Titanfall 2 will be top 5 for sure.
The Illiterati
Member
Sorry I don't read the Giant Bomb threads. Only listen to the podcast.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
No worries I'm just trying to get out ahead of it in here. I wonder if Early Access stuff will qualify in whatever "Best VR Thing" category they ended up with.
giant_frying_pan
Member
It's the best time to decide the game of the year!
The Witness is nearly a year old at this point, and that kind of hurts it. It's also easily deconstructed as a never-ending series of IQ tests without a lot of interesting feedback or narrative elements.
I suspect it will get pushed off in favor of other staff members' passion-games. I think Brad and Jeff will be okay with just putting it on their personal Top 10 lists and leaving it off the staff Top 10. But we'll see.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Y'all are crazy, The Witness is absolutely on the list and it ain't no number 9 or 10.
funkystudent
Member
My 2 predictions.
Brads number 1 will be the sites GOTY
There will be a Gears of War 4 versus Uncharted 4 fight that will be painful to listen to. I would be shocked of U4 makes their list TBH. It will be Jeffs filibuster to keep it off
Brads number 1 will be the sites GOTY
There will be a Gears of War 4 versus Uncharted 4 fight that will be painful to listen to. I would be shocked of U4 makes their list TBH. It will be Jeffs filibuster to keep it off
RecRoulette
Member
Uncharted is probably going to struggle to stay on the list this year, watch it slip to 7-8
WiiRevolution1
Member
Cool thanks!
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Hitman will be GOTY. Those in denial are the Mario Maker naysayers from yesteryear. You can bet your bottom dollar, folks.
It would be crazy to me if Uncharted 4 is excluded to make room for Gears of War 4.
PuppetMaster
Member
the way Jeff was talking on one of the casts, his pick did not make #1
So I am guessing Hitman wins
Which is fine because it is my GOTY too!
So I am guessing Hitman wins
Which is fine because it is my GOTY too!
funkystudent
Member
at 11:45:
Jeff: "I really, really, really like the Witness. It's really great."
Brad: "It's fucking awesome, it's a fantastic game."
5 star review
In the next podcast Jeff calls it amazing and Dan says it's really good as well.
It's going to be in the top 10, and a good chance in the top 5 unless it was just so far back in the year they forgot about it.
Highly doubt gears makes it over uc4. Either both go out as a trade off or uncharted 4 makes the top 10 and depending on how much Alex and vinny liked it, it might sneak in to top 5. I know dan and brad liked it very much but who knows about the rest. Jeff will be indifferent as usual since he most likely didn't play it for more than 30 minutes
PuppetMaster
Member
I am a Mario Maker nay sayer.
Evil won last year. This year an actual good game will triump!
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Hitman or Doom would make me happy. Well deserved W for either
petethepanda
Member
I've had a garbage fucking month so I'm looking forward to this week of Content.
Definitely expecting Hitman at #1.
Definitely expecting Hitman at #1.
Yeah, I think The Witness is probably #4 or #5. Hard to imagine it falling much lower than that.
It's always rubbed me the wrong way the way that they blanket warn against any spoiler, any game at any time in these.
Would it be that hard to have all the naturally spoiler awards (biggest surprise, best story, best moment etc) be put into one podcast that is clearly labeled the spoiler cast? Then, should it be appropriate to discuss something in detail that is in spoiler territory in the non-spoiler cast, you give the proverbial "fast forward 2 minutes if you don't want this spoiled" statement?
I'm glad they do these, but their approach to spoilers where likely 100% of the audience has not played all the titles is poor.
Would it be that hard to have all the naturally spoiler awards (biggest surprise, best story, best moment etc) be put into one podcast that is clearly labeled the spoiler cast? Then, should it be appropriate to discuss something in detail that is in spoiler territory in the non-spoiler cast, you give the proverbial "fast forward 2 minutes if you don't want this spoiled" statement?
I'm glad they do these, but their approach to spoilers where likely 100% of the audience has not played all the titles is poor.
Giantbomb are against spoiler culture. Just another reason to love them.
They were quite effusive about Threes as well.....another puzzle game that was released early in the year and forgotten when GOTY time came around. I can't think of the last time they put a puzzle-heavy cerebral game into the Top 10. They just seemed to be more predisposed towards action, FPS, RPG, etc.
Ultimately I think it depends how much Brad/Jeff want to stump for it, and if they have other games they would rather ramrod into the Top 10.
ThreePiMatt
Member
Pretty much everyone on staff has played and enjoyed Hitman and Doom. But very few games have gotten the level of video coverages as Hitman has. I think it has to take the top slot.
I'm not sure what that means, but to say knowing about surprises or great moments (even early on in a game) ahead of time does not detract from their impact is absurd.
Generally, one does not have a 'Holy shit' moment in a book, movie or game if someone told them about it ahead of time.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Prepare to be wrong two years in a row. Also, MM is the best game this generation, handedly.