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Someone try to explain this to me.

jshackles

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Balatro, garbage?

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Outside of Stellar Blade and Unicorn Overlord, everything else you listed is a boring sequel, remaster, or remake.
 
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Power Pro

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Heimdall_Xtreme said:
How is it possible that this thing is nominated for game of the year.


This piece of garbage...




And not this??






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Does Geoff have mental retardation? ??
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I actually played Balatro a LOT, and I empathize with you quite a bit. After a while, I didn't think it was a good game...just an addicting game. I wasn't enjoying myself, it was just too addicting to put down, so I forced myself.

Definitely not GOTY contender
 
ProtoByte

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Power Pro said:
I actually played Balatro a LOT, and I empathize with you quite a bit. After a while, I didn't think it was a good game...just an addicting game. I wasn't enjoying myself, it was just too addicting to put down, so I forced myself.

Definitely not GOTY contender
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Addiction seems to be what people want in gaming right now. It's really quite ridiculous to watch.
 
Loomy

Loomy

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Have you actually played Balatro?

You all complain about the lack of creativity in the industry, but you want to play the same thing over and over again.
  • SH2 & Persona 3 are remakes
  • Stella Blade, while incredibly polished, does absolutely nothing that hasn't been done countless times before, and better in most cases
  • Dragon's Dogma is a very good, very average game
Zelda and Unicorn Overlord just lost to the numbers game. This isn't as controversial as you're making it out to be. Embrace variety. Especially when it's genuinely good.
 
Y

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Looks like by commitee, the default game of the year nomination line up for TGA will always include one indie or low budget game. What really dissapoints me is including Erdree which is a DLC. Even if Elden ring was a great game, the Erdree should have not been qualified due to the fact its a DLC. Stellar blade should have taken its place.
 
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consoul

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It's popular and highly addictive, which is enough I think.

Would I vote for it? No.
I get why it's there though.
 
Bumblebeetuna

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Silent Hill 2 and Stellar Blade for GOTY 😆😆😆😆

Astro is bad enough.

This thread will make sense after the show when we are confused wondering how Balatro DIDNT win GOTY.
 
FunkMiller

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Balatro is an incredibly good game. It wouldn't be my GOTY, but to claim it shouldn't be in the conversation, given how popular it is, is more than a little silly.
 
S

Sophist

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No way this game is pushing the medium forward which the GOTY should be about. Next year they will nominate a technical demo.
 
Arsic

Arsic

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I thought it’d be doo doo then played it. It’s damn good!

GOTY material? Hell no, but better than the diarrhea clouds of dragons fugma 2.
 
FeralEcho

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This year a fucking card game. But just wait till they getaload of the Pong remake next year, it'll blow minds. GOTG coming up next year.

If Rockstar knows what's good for them they should delay GTA6 to avoid Pong next year.They should be terrified of it.

Seriously....wtf am I not seeing here? It's a fucking card game, we've seen a million of them. Is it because of the gay pride Ace card? I heard those things elevate the status of a game from uninteresting to brave.

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Thief1987

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It seems mandatory for one indie game to appear in the list, they just took one with the highest critics score, because it doesn't matter which one it will be, everyone know that it won't win in any case.
 
jshackles

jshackles

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FeralEcho said:
This year a fucking card game. But just wait till they getaload of the Pong remake next year, it'll blow minds. GOTG coming up next year.

If Rockstar knows what's good for them they should delay GTA6 to avoid Pong next year.They should be terrified of it.

Seriously....wtf am I not seeing here? It's a fucking card game, we've seen a million of them. Is it because of the gay pride Ace card? I heard those things elevate the status of a game from uninteresting to brave.

All Star Sport GIF by Milwaukee Bucks
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It's a poker hand rogue-like deckbuilder. It's hard to compare it to any other game because it's quite unique. Like TommyCronin6969 TommyCronin6969 said, it's one of the most innovative and original games since Tetris (and similarly addicting).
 
Fbh

Fbh

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It's a fantastic, well designed and addictive game?.
I'd rather have Balatro win goty than a fucking remake.

But also they've always liked to have at least one indie or smaller budget game in the nominees. They nominated Stray one year and that one wasn't even half as good as Balatro
 
bender

bender

What time is it?
FeralEcho said:
This year a fucking card game. But just wait till they getaload of the Pong remake next year, it'll blow minds. GOTG coming up next year.

If Rockstar knows what's good for them they should delay GTA6 to avoid Pong next year.They should be terrified of it.

Seriously....wtf am I not seeing here? It's a fucking card game, we've seen a million of them. Is it because of the gay pride Ace card? I heard those things elevate the status of a game from uninteresting to brave.

All Star Sport GIF by Milwaukee Bucks
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RavageX

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I don't like seeing Quantum Leap used as meme stuffs.

Reviewers and game awards aren't worth a damn these days. That should answer the question.
 
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SHA

Member
Chinese games aren't welcomed, this is funny. The show is driven by journalists opinions.
 
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HRK69

HRK69

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MasterDerico said:
Why do u care ?
Whats your favorite game of the year ? Done, its your goty. It's all that matters!
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I'm not suggesting that OP is doing this, but I've been seeing a lot of people pulling the 'BbBbBut ItS GaME oF THe YeAR' argument lately

It's like a badge of honor for some. Especially when they guessed it right. You'll also see people pull up their previous posts, quote it and say 'called it!'
 
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