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The Game Awards 2021 Nominees
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Topher
Identifies as young
Nah, I think the number of nominees is fine. I don't agree with all the nominations but these are just opinions. There is no right answer here. Our opinions are no more valid than the judges.
JoeBudden
Member
FH5 is very clearly getting snubbed imo. It has a very strong case for GOTY yet theres bullshit like Deathloop nominated lol
They'll never let a racing game win GOTY
FrankWza
Member
Metal Gear Solid RemakeBTW, here's the 2022 GOTY nominees. Heard it here first.
Its literally just the 2021 Most Anticipated Award nominees, plus 1 wildcard spot since 6 games get nominated for GOTY.
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SpongebobSquaredance
Unconfirmed Member
Metroid Dread, Forza or Psychonauts 2
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Move on from the culture war noise in this thread. Thank you.
xiskza
Member
Yup. Totally agree.
xiskza
Member
I'm not too suprised but I agree with you.
BbMajor7th
Member
I hope Returnal grabs at least one gong - the vitriol towards that game prior to launch was nuts and the about turn in community sentiment is wonderful to see. A few cheeky awards would just be the icing on the cake. As for DEATHLOOP and Psychonauts 2? Well, this thread has made me want to go back and play them some more.
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DarthPutin
Member
I'd put in Returnal in the running instead of Deathloop or Ratchett, definitely add Returnal for best art direction.
Isn't Deathloop for best narrative a little weird? I don't remember anyone praising the narrative in particular, it seems very limited.
Didn't try Forza, maybe it also deserves a nom, but, like, if they nominated it for best narrative it would be weird, right? Ditto here.
Isn't Deathloop for best narrative a little weird? I don't remember anyone praising the narrative in particular, it seems very limited.
Didn't try Forza, maybe it also deserves a nom, but, like, if they nominated it for best narrative it would be weird, right? Ditto here.
GhostOfTsu
Banned
I feel sorry for all the people who will get tricked into buying Deathloop after all the fake praise by the media.
I played for about 3 hours and I saw everything the game has to offer. The rest is all repeat the same levels over and over again in the correct order. Tedious and boring.
Play Hitman 3 and Returnal if you like that style. Both came out in 2021 and should get the noms instead. Why they chose Deathloop if the better games were right there? Lame.
I played for about 3 hours and I saw everything the game has to offer. The rest is all repeat the same levels over and over again in the correct order. Tedious and boring.
Play Hitman 3 and Returnal if you like that style. Both came out in 2021 and should get the noms instead. Why they chose Deathloop if the better games were right there? Lame.
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
Ah, I see the OP added the other categories.
sainraja
Member
I don't see how it was a limited open world game lol. It pretty much nailed the best way to do open world racing games. FH is basically the new Burnout. The only thing Burnout didn't have was car tuning. You'll have to elaborate what you mean by "detailing cars" but if you're talking about the styling — yeah FH definitely offers more there, but I thought we were just focusing on gameplay mechanics. If we had gotten a sequel to Paradise, I am sure it would have been much more.
Burnout allowed you to do the following as well (just going to quote you and BOLD those): "hunting cars, racing cars, crashing billboards,
Burnout Paradise had other aspects too that FH does not have ATM.
Lukaku's First Touch
Member
All shite games, nothing worthy of my time.
Mercenary09
Member
Embarrassing. "My favorite game didn't get nominated so the whole industry is a joke." Jez Corden is such a fanboy I swear. Where was his complaining in 2019 when Disco Elysium, the highest rated game that year with a 92, wasn't nominated but Outer Worlds, with an 85, was? Oh right Microsoft owned Obsidian and Disco Elysium wasn't on Xbox so he had no problems with that one.
Airbus Jr
Banned
Look i havent played fh5 but i do have played fh 2, 3 and 4
Those 3 game didnt win goty right so what gives 5 to be any different cos from what i observe 5 does pretty much the same from the previous entries except for different location, i duno windows central seems to be pushing hard at fh5 to win goty this year so help me out on that
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KyoZz
Tag, you're it.
Indeed my bad, you are right.
Graphically that's for sure, but the story of Furi is very, very well tell. And the emotion it make you feel at the end don't need fancy graphics, it just hits you right to the heart
If you didn't had the chance I recommend you give it a try, especially if you liked Returnal
The Eradicator
Member
Yeah, Deathloop actually doesn't really have a story per se. There's no plotlines, or proper story structure, just characters. Nominating it for best narrative is just ridiculous.
The Eradicator
Member
Of course Jez Corden is going to cry about Forza. It's almost a carbon copy of FH4, so I'm not sure where the "creativity and ingenuity" is supposed to be.
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The Eradicator
Member
Deathloop wins my personal award for most overrated game of 2021. And I platinumed it, so I have given it more than a fair shot.
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
Look I haven't played Rift Apart but I played multiple previous entries in the Ratchet & Clank series.
None of the previous ones won GOTY, right? So how this new one is any different because from what I observe Rift Apart does pretty much the same thing as the previous entries except for a different protagonist.
Help me out on that.
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Airbus Jr
Banned
Youre being buthurt on me for rachets being there and forza horizon is not ?
Like i said previously here ask the panelist and jury im not the one making these decision about which game getting nominated in these award
Have a nice day
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MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
I'm not but hurt about anything. I actually think that Forza Horizon 3 is a better game than Forza Horizon 5. My GOTY is not even on the list.
Your logic is just dumb, dumb.
I wish you a terrible day.
Airbus Jr
Banned
No..no..no...I'm not but hurt about anything. I actually think that Forza Horizon 3 is a better game than Forza Horizon 5. My GOTY is not even on the list.
Your logic is just dumb, dumb.
I wish you a terrible day.
You obviously used that terms in a sarcastic ways and used what i said earlier against me
I can sense the desperation there
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The Eradicator
Member
No, you're correct. I have no idea how this is considered GOTY material. It's quite forgettable.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
forza 5 don't display any of those... it's a great polished game but it's neither innovative or creative.
In fact it's super cringe and lame.
But the graphics, races and overal RACING experience might deserve GOTY anyway. Just not for these reasons
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Its all subjective but having played all the games up for GOTY (except Metroid) for me personally Forza is better then any of the games nominated
Again thats my personal opinion
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
I mean yeah sure. It's gameplay what matters in the end if cringe don't annoy you. And gameplay is fine.
I am just not big on racing games it seems
Boy bawang
Member
Yeah but Skyrim was a good game. Now that cyberpunk was more or less fixed, people realized that the core game just isn't that good.
MatrixReloaded101
Member
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Well for me GOTY means a game I want to keep playing and take R&C I put about 20 hours into and haven't turned it back on since.
While it was a great game it didn't have me wanting to go back for more with Forza I look forward to doing a lot of the accolades
And yeah the cringe is bad and honestly I usually play without sound and listen to my own music.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
That is fair thinking.
I myself for example like story telling, atmosphere and the feeling a game left me with. That's why Soma is one of my fav games from 2015 but I've not played it more than once.
SidViscous
Member
Folks who don't for Flight Simulator in the one measly category it got nominated for deserve to go to jail.
Wulfer
Member
I understand where your coming from but, your missing my point of hunting cars. FH worlds are so large that you do hidden barn activities. I love the fact that you can go discover new vehicles. Now I'm sure Burnout could have done this at some point (especially in today's open worlds) but, they didn't in the limited worlds we drove around in. When it takes you 45 mins to drive around a entire world that's a open world and The Crew and FH made that possible. Also, they made it where you can drive anywhere in that world. FH used this open space to add elevation driving which opened up new skills and abilities in that world. Could Burnout have done this with a new game? I believe they could have but, EA didn't believe in the idea of a large open racer. To much developer work and not enough return on the product. Thankfully Playground didn't think that way so, we have access to one of the greatest if not the greatest racer IP of all time!
sainraja
Member
In Burnout, you had to go after a car and take it down to earn it. If by hunting cars, you only mean barn activities; then that's one thing that Forza should add and make it part of the gameplay but this isn't what I was responding to and I am not missing your point - creating a bigger world does not make Forza invent a new category of racer. That was already done by Burnout. Forza basically took that and made it its own and have a "bigger" world for people to explore.
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
I still have yet to play so many of those games. I have no excuse in some cases because they're on Game Pass.
From what I have played and heard about, these look like good picks across the board. Humankind should win for simulation - it's the first sim game of its nature to do new things in so long.
From what I have played and heard about, these look like good picks across the board. Humankind should win for simulation - it's the first sim game of its nature to do new things in so long.
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
Elden Ring Network Test is my GOTY as it's the most fun I had in 2021.
Gunslinger
Member
Metroid will win but RE 8 best game of the year.
Helghan
Member
Do they give indie games a nomination for GOTY?
Hitchyhero
Banned
So looking at that tweet that links to Windows central.... It's been edited to explain why FH5 wasn't on the list. It says that even though it was eligible it had to be submitted by a certain date which was impossible to do so (in which case I don't think it was eligible). If the game awards just came out and said it wasn't eligible then they probably wouldn't get backlash. As of now no one really takes these awards seriously... Especially when you look awards past games got. I'd rather follow gamers opinions then these sites media sites that give crap games 10/10 (for early access)
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GymWolf
Member
You know the world is fucked up when the worse game from arkane in the last 15 years get so many nominations but stuff like dishonored and prey get ignored by everyone.
A good, sometimes even great game with the usual unbeatable god tier level design, but still...
Ps5 incessant marketing did wonders for this game.
A good, sometimes even great game with the usual unbeatable god tier level design, but still...
Ps5 incessant marketing did wonders for this game.
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ValiantTraveler
Member
Exactly what I voted for, and I haven’t even played Metroid.
Nier is on a league of its own when it comes to music.
kyliethicc
Member
You can vote on all the awards right now on their site.
Then the fully fan voted GOTY award called Player's Voice starts in a week or two.