BatavianBunny
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THE STEAM AWARDS: Finalists announced, voting Dec 22nd
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jediyoshi
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The beth games in general still work pretty well for it. My loop when about to stop playing was usually finish quest -> turn in quest -> vendor so my inventory is clean next time I start up -> oh I have enough to buy some new gear -> let's just test it out in a quest real quick.
Eolz
Member
Damn, that's a pretty terrible finalists selection. To be expected when there's million of voters, but still...
This.
'Game That Deserves A Sequel' category is conveniently missing.
Half Life
This.
Awards will never make the game not shitty. Give the award to Ground Zeroes instead.
'Game That Deserves A Sequel' category is conveniently missing.
Half Life
I clicked this thread just to look for that category...
Wouldn't be surprised if Valve intentionally withheld any categories where Half Life would/should be mentioned
WTF at the Test of Time Award.
It's great to see long term support, but I was thinking of way older games from 80s/90s that are done and dusted and still remain fresh when I was trying to find a name to put in.
- Age of Empires II HD - Acceptable at 15 years, though the HD edition is a bit weird.
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - 5 Years...
plus, it was never good.
- Sid Meiers Civilization V - 6 years / Brave New World (that made it truly great) - 3 years
- Team Fortress 2 - slightly better at 9 years, but it's such a different beast now. Unless we're saying the superior vanilla (vanilla=first round of major updates to each character) without all the excess has stood the test of time. I'm more on board with that but only 9 years?
- Terraria - 5 years, and hasn't it gotten a million updates too?
It's great to see long term support, but I was thinking of way older games from 80s/90s that are done and dusted and still remain fresh when I was trying to find a name to put in.
TheRedSnifit
Member
It's less "Best game that came out an arbitrary amount of years ago" and more "Games that came out years ago and you still play every day."
For me, TF2 and New Vegas absolutely quality more than Hovertank 3D or whatever.
KenzinFive
Member
I forget if I put Undertale for this or the sad game award. The former is perfect because
you can choose to literally hug the final villain of the story after you beat him in the True Pacifist ending and it's one of the saddest/most heartwarming things ever.
But either way, I'm hella confused by Far Cry 3 and 4. Those villains are interesting and memorable, but I never felt bad or sorry for them. I ended up having sympathy for Glados by the end of Portal 2, so I guess I'll vote for that.
Maybe it's relative to the lifetime of Steam, particularly when it got big. I nominated Mega Man because few are better examples of such.
And villain in need of a hug is desperately missing Undertale what the fuck. Actually are any nominees repeated?
EDIT: Yeah, at least Terraria repeats. What the hell?
Considering the resurgence AoE II is experiencing it better fucking win that award.
I don't think GLaDOS is the villain in need of a hug
CecilRousso
Member
I haven't understood what was interesting or even memorable about the villains in Far Cry 3, except that maybe Vaas had a look that stod out from the rest of the characters.
throwawayname
Member
The Just 5 More Minutes Award
CSGO and Fallout 4? Get the fuck out of here. Where is Factorio?
CSGO and Fallout 4? Get the fuck out of here. Where is Factorio?
jediyoshi
Member
I'm not sure about what part of Vaas wasn't memorable. Have a point of reference and criteria for other examples?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
December 22nd 10 AM PST The Villain Most In Need Of A Hug Award
Portal 2 - Mostly voting against giving awards to Uplay-infested games.
December 23rd 10 AM PST The I Thought This Game Was Cool Before It Won An Award Award
Stardew Valley - Unturned is garbage and Euro Truck Simulator is the breakout sequel; Starbound is basically alternate sci-fi Terraria. Stardew Valley is a genuine organic hit.
December 24th 10 AM PST The Test of Time" Award
Age of Empires II HD - By far the oldest of the five, and by far the best of the five.
December 25th 10 AM PST The Just 5 More Minutes Award
Sid Meiers Civilization VI - The series that birthed the "just one more turn" feeling
December 26th 10 AM PST The Whoooaaaaaaa, dude! Award
Bioshock Infinite - Can't in good conscience award MGS anything, haven't played Doom or GTA5
December 27th 10 AM PST The Game Within A Game Award Award
The Stanley Parable
Tabletop Simulator - Haven't decided which of these two, both are great.
December 28th 10 AM PST The Im Not Crying, Theres Something In My Eye Award
Life Is Strange - Dontnod needs every dollar it can get since it obviously isn't going to make anything off Vampyr
December 29th 10 AM PST The Best Use Of A Farm Animal Award
Goat Simulator - Stardew Valley is the better game, but I hope it'll win the breakout award.
December 30th 10 AM PST The Boom Boom Award
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes - Deserves the exposure, unbelievable with 4 players
December 30th 10 AM PST The Love/Hate Relationship Award
Super Meat Boy - It's not love/hate, it's just love, but let's not award the terrorist souls fans who hijack every end-of-year thread or the awful humans who play Dota.
December 30th 10 AM PST The Sit Back and Relax Award
ABZU - Viridi is excellent but I want a deep discount on ABZU
December 30th 10 AM PST The Better With Friends Award
Gang Beasts - L4D2 is probably my sincere answer but I'd like a deep discount on Gang Beasts.
Portal 2 - Mostly voting against giving awards to Uplay-infested games.
December 23rd 10 AM PST The I Thought This Game Was Cool Before It Won An Award Award
Stardew Valley - Unturned is garbage and Euro Truck Simulator is the breakout sequel; Starbound is basically alternate sci-fi Terraria. Stardew Valley is a genuine organic hit.
December 24th 10 AM PST The Test of Time" Award
Age of Empires II HD - By far the oldest of the five, and by far the best of the five.
December 25th 10 AM PST The Just 5 More Minutes Award
Sid Meiers Civilization VI - The series that birthed the "just one more turn" feeling
December 26th 10 AM PST The Whoooaaaaaaa, dude! Award
Bioshock Infinite - Can't in good conscience award MGS anything, haven't played Doom or GTA5
December 27th 10 AM PST The Game Within A Game Award Award
The Stanley Parable
Tabletop Simulator - Haven't decided which of these two, both are great.
December 28th 10 AM PST The Im Not Crying, Theres Something In My Eye Award
Life Is Strange - Dontnod needs every dollar it can get since it obviously isn't going to make anything off Vampyr
December 29th 10 AM PST The Best Use Of A Farm Animal Award
Goat Simulator - Stardew Valley is the better game, but I hope it'll win the breakout award.
December 30th 10 AM PST The Boom Boom Award
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes - Deserves the exposure, unbelievable with 4 players
December 30th 10 AM PST The Love/Hate Relationship Award
Super Meat Boy - It's not love/hate, it's just love, but let's not award the terrorist souls fans who hijack every end-of-year thread or the awful humans who play Dota.
December 30th 10 AM PST The Sit Back and Relax Award
ABZU - Viridi is excellent but I want a deep discount on ABZU
December 30th 10 AM PST The Better With Friends Award
Gang Beasts - L4D2 is probably my sincere answer but I'd like a deep discount on Gang Beasts.
Most of these aren't bad, but I do get the feeling a lof of people misunderstood the Whoooaaaaaaa, dude! Award, as in they voted for something that blew them away rather than blew their minds.
Yeah, the Far Cry villains are just colourful psychopaths, not actually sad or sympathetic.
I think most people just haven't played anything with a sympathetic villain, and Far Cry has fairly memorable villains at least, so those are what people remember when a villain category comes up.
Yeah, the Far Cry villains are just colourful psychopaths, not actually sad or sympathetic.
I think most people just haven't played anything with a sympathetic villain, and Far Cry has fairly memorable villains at least, so those are what people remember when a villain category comes up.
Wok
Member
Okay, people, we cannot trust Stump, he is voting for his wallet!
Guess you're right. Civ laughs at "5 more minutes" and goes straight to "5 more HOURS".
jediyoshi
Member
Not what that post is saying, they're just judging them on a qualitative level and nothing more. Judging by all the nominations, it reads less of their sympathetic value and more of which villain was simply best.
MmmSkyscraper
Unconfirmed Member
Not really, rather it is a singular category with nothing else contending with it, unlike the other catagories.
They will either ignore it entirely or just flat out present it with an award without needing another round of people brigading
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Well, yeah, that was my point.
But since the category isn't "best villain" that kinda means it's a dumb way to vote.
Neither of which will please anyone. Yay!
CecilRousso
Member
Vaas just such a simple character. There weren't that much more to him then him being a psychotic drug-abusing killer, that wasn't even particulary well handled, considered the devs for some reason included another villain that took time away from Vaas, despite being an even worse character.
Mechanized
Member
Woah, hey now. Handsome Jack is insane, ain't no hug or tlc fixing that.