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Giant Bomb GoTY 2016- Agent 47, take out that Doom Marine
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CosmicQueso
Member
Get out.
Nope.
Him and Drew do not talk about politics ever, full stop. I don't think Dan has ever even said the name Donald Trump all year.
misses bull
Banned
chrominance
Member
A big reason why so many of their videos have this style now is because it takes much less time and resources to do, and the audience doesn't mind (and in fact I think actively wants) the inherent tradeoffs. I do miss the more produced end-of-year videos from yesteryear but Vinny throwing an axe at dudes in Hitman is a great example of the "unscripted chaos is just as good or better than canned jokes" ethos.
RecRoulette
Member
Every year there's a game on a ton of the top 10 lists that I completely ignored and feel like I need to pick up, and this year that game is Event[0]. Probably going to dive in since it's only $12 on Steam right now.
Infinite Justice
Member
Same.
I was wondering why no one was saying it but then Drew finally did.
The risk of going at it alone i guess (unless your Jeff lol). But i think he did a fine job otherwise
Yea it seems the writing is on the wall (bonus points if its in blood), but we'll see for day 5
Rip and Tear until it is won!
The best old games category seems like it's getting really silly based on the picks this year. The Witcher 3 and Mario Maker are both games that were on the best games list in 2015, and it's logical to assume that the same people who liked them in 2015 will go on to play and enjoy them through 2016. To award them again in 2016 just because people continued to play them feels like it trivializes the category. Personally, I think everything in the best games list from the previous year should be disqualified for the old games category in the current year.
The category came down to old games Jeff played vs old games Vinny played and Vinny decided to go to bat for The Witcher over Rondo of Blood and Shenmue.
Infinite Justice
Member
The category was always the games of last year they liked in the new year (either due to continued support/content, missing the GOTY period or neglect) though. The only thing at changed it was the time requirement due to Windjammers winning it.
Also
petethepanda
Member
The Style vs Looks divide continues to feel kind of meaningless, style needs to be more defined.
Infinite Justice
Member
Its currently Jeff, Brad, Vinny, Alex and even Drew lol
Will see if Jeff does a heel turn or something
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I can't believe they actually picked fucking helmut kruger lmao.
But that's exactly my point. The Witcher 3 and Mario Maker were not neglected, they were both on the GOTY list from the previous year. In the case of Mario Maker specifically, nothing changed about it other than the fact that Jeff said he continued to play it some in 2016. All I'm saying is that I think the slots in that list should be reserved to recognize games that were either missed or significantly improved from previous years, not winning games from the previous year that continued to be played and/or added some new content. If you follow that to it's logical conclusion, it would mean that eventually the list would just transform into "Best games from last year that are still fun," which is meaningless.
Edit: I guess it doesn't matter because the category is pretty nonsensical regardless. What I'm arguing for would probably actually be best as multiple categories like "Best New Content" and "Most Improved Game." It doesn't make much sense to try to enforce some logical constraints on a category that's really a catchall anyway.
petethepanda
Member
Finally starting Hitsmas. That Yoshi text alert :lol
#contentoverload
#contentoverload
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Somehow Infinite Warfare will win GOTY.
*rubs hands*
Zomba13
Member
I feel that best style is pretty well defined. Or at least, what it should be. The game with the best look and sound and trimmings that all come together in a cohesive and striking way. Something like Superhot is the definition of Best Style. It isn't the best looking game but everything comes together to be a sleek, cool piece of audio-visual interactive entertainment. It looks cool, the gameplay is slick as fuck, the menus are great, the way it says SUPER HOT, all just oozes a distinct style. I could see arguments made for things like Inside, Abzu, Doom and a bunch of others where it's not just "looks pretty" but how everything comes together with that look.
That category sucked because they were too separated out and uninformed. None of them except Alex played TLG, none besides Vinny played Witcher 3 's DLC's, etc.
The discussions are best when they've all played the same things and are on the same page.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Having
on that top 3 best looking games is kinda insulting to almost every game that was on the list before.
DOOM--------
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Awesome. Let me know if it's good. Maybe I can play it yet.
I don't think it is. Maybe you're confusing it with best styyyyyyyle
My guess for Best Moment/Sequence is
Doom's Intro sequence, which they already brought up during the styyyyyyyle award iIRC...
I suppose you can say I'm an adult. I'm retired though, so I have a lot of free time.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Oh yeah I don't think Titanfall is winning the category, I just meant the moment they'll choose from it as a contender.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Guys, spoiler tag correctly. Don't spoiler tag something without saying which game. Thanks.
I don't find it attractive. Good looking, very sharp, yes. But not compared to a lot of other games.
I don't find it attractive. Good looking, very sharp, yes. But not compared to a lot of other games.
I mean it looks alright but outside of the models it looks so boring and generic.
Oh. I thought maybe there was a logical/categorical reason other than simply your personal dislike. I feel that way about 75% of the best looking winners from previous years.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Jeff has to be stopped, he has too much power and too bad of opinions!
Not sure where you're getting that idea from. It's already listed as #1 on the personal lists of both Drew and Vinny. I think it might actually be the highest majority pick for GOTY that I've seen in recent years.
petethepanda
Member
So the setup for Hitsmas is kind of amazing? Like, this kind of makes it into a legitimate party game, to the point where I hope the devs take note.
Well... Vinny and Drew have DOOM as #1 on their personal lists.
Felix Lighter
Member
Doom is Vinny and Drew's number 1 and Dan's number 5. So far it's not looking like it's going to take much bullying.
serenewarfare
Banned
I'm even more confident now that DOOM is winning GOTY.
But I loved that Drew pointed out that Brad's argument against Uncharted 4's visual merits could easily be thrown at DOOM.
But I loved that Drew pointed out that Brad's argument against Uncharted 4's visual merits could easily be thrown at DOOM.
The Right Deal
Banned
Though I'm rooting for Hitman, I think DOOM was locked in on Day one deliberations when someone brought up the multiplayer and Jeff just laughed it off. nothing else stands a chance, now. These staff lists just further cement it.