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[Astray]

The game didn't come out in time to make the nominations of 2024 (which was kind of a weak-ish year tbh), and it has 0 chance of making it to this year's awards given how stacked 2025 has been.

 

[GHound]

You can't really force people to care about a video game.

 

[Bernardougf]

When people will stop caring about fake awards giving by the acces media...

Give it to indiana jones.. give it to concord..

It dosent matter people.. cmon.. it hasn't for a looonnng time

 

[Grildon Tundy]

I haven't played all the GOTY nominees, but the ones I have played I liked more than Indy. Probably would go the same way for the ones I haven't played yet.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Because GOTY, like reviews scores, are just someone else opinions and those don't matter.

 

[Kvally]

The game has been nominated at the more relevant awards ceremony, Joystick's Ultimate Game of the Year 2025. Nobody gives a fuck about the Geoff "Cuck and no Fuck" Keighley advertising awards.

Golden Joystick Awards 2025 Nominees

Ultimate Game of the Year

• Split Fiction
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Peak
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Blue Prince
• Silent Hill f
• Ghost of Yotei
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Hades 2
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

 

[coffinbirth]

MS should just stop releasing first/2nd party games in December. Or anything after November 15th.

All major third party publishers should do the same.

 

[Alebrije]

Because there are like 6 or more better games that are GOTY contenders and it depends taste, for me Dying Light:The Beast is a more fun Game than Indiana Jones or other GOTY contenders like Silksong.

 

[lughnasadh123]

It's late release date didn't do it any favors for starters. The biggest issue is a pretty good game releasing in a year of reeeeally good games this voting cycle that's going to leave out a lot of deserving games. Hell, the games that don't even get noms would make a fairly decent GOTY year list themselves.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I'm truly baffled by what people care about on here sometimes. That op post is just a complete word salad of who gives a shit to me.

 

[Spyxos]

Because it's not a really good game? I was on sick leave for two weeks, and that was pretty much the only game I played during that time, and even so, I didn't finish it.

 

[PlayStaytion]

Something about December games, not just this game specifically, I mean it's related to Xbox for sure.

 

[Sanepar]

It is a decent game, good game, but nothing more than a 8 there.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Great movie and graphics. Mediocre gameplay imo.
I was mainlining it just so I didn't have to do more combat than necessary to finish the story.

 

[Bondo]

Because it isnt THAT good?
Listen- Indiana Jones is a top 2 IP for me. Literally love and cherish the series, i been to Venice to take pics where Indy was- like that much of a fan.

The game looks and hold a great Indy feel. Its quality presenation. The gameplay? feels disconnected- just wasnt amazing. It was fun- GOTY though? no. The Vatican and Egypt were top notch in terms of feel.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Dude, Geoff's dad died choking at an iHop. Don't be like Jaffe, have some sensitivity.

 

[Negotiator101]

I am talking strictly The Game Awards which ends eligibility period in November, it is actually frustrating to think Indiana Jones is not even in the conversation for a nomination, same thing happened with Smash Bros and it will also happen to Metroid Prime 4, it will be interesting to see what Geoff will do about GTA 6 next year though if it meets its current launch date it will probably not be eligible for next year and he either going to extend the period or what? Skip it and put against Intergalactic in 2027?

I don't think it's quite good enough to be honest, IMO Arc Raiders is the best game this year but that was too late to be considered I imagine?

 

[Mr Moose]

I don't think it's quite good enough to be honest, IMO Arc Raiders is the best game this year but that was too late to be considered I imagine?

I think the cut-off date is mid November for The Game Awards.
Edit: last year was November 22nd, this year seems to be November 1st, so it just made it.

• Outlets posting awards and/or having an eligibility cutoff before November 1st for the current year will not be counted.
  • This is an effort to stop the forward time-creep that seems to be increasing every year. It's an unfortunately standard part of the industry that the last few weeks of December are generally omitted from dozens of notable awards, but not including the last two or three months will no longer be allowed.

Edit: Wait I might've clicked the wrong sites GOTY awards...

 

[Arsic]

 

[adamsapple]

I think the cut-off date is mid November for The Game Awards.
Edit: last year was November 22nd, this year seems to be November 1st, so it just made it.

• Outlets posting awards and/or having an eligibility cutoff before November 1st for the current year will not be counted.
  • This is an effort to stop the forward time-creep that seems to be increasing every year. It's an unfortunately standard part of the industry that the last few weeks of December are generally omitted from dozens of notable awards, but not including the last two or three months will no longer be allowed.

Edit: Wait I might've clicked the wrong sites GOTY awards...

November 22nd was the cut-off date for the Keighley's.

The 2024 games (and movie) that still have a shot at the 2025 Game Awards

Don’t forget these highlights from December

www.polygon.com

no games released after Friday Nov. 22 were eligible for consideration.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Immersive sim adjacent games

So what you are saying is that I should play this game right now?

 

[adamsapple]

So what you are saying is that I should play this game right now?

Of course.

 

[nemiroff]

Xbox.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Of course.

It's not the first time I see someone saying it's kinda like an imm-sim. Honestly, if that's the case, lots of props to MS for allowing it.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Aside from looking incredibly good, it does nothing extraordinary. Actually the combat is very basic. I doubt people would've liked it as much if it was a random non-licensed adventure game. Sure, that's not really fair, but sadly it is the reality.

This post pretty much nails it for me.

Game looked good but graphical fidelity isn't enough. The gameplay was mediocre (personally I think I would have liked it more in third person) and I was bored enough after a few hours to drop it.

 

[adamsapple]

It's not the first time I see someone saying it's kinda like an imm-sim. Honestly, if that's the case, lots of props to MS for allowing it.

It's not the deepest of imm-sim's that have ever come out but it's definitely one of the better ones in the last bunch of years.

The presentation is also fantastic and if you have any kind of love for the original Indy trilogy, this will feel like it fits right in there.

 

[Fess]

Another year, another batch of games. Can't relate to Geoff's idea of ending/starting a year in November.
Indy was my 2024 GOTY.
This year it's… Well, not sure yet, there is still November and December left of this year.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

While I love the game and can ignore its flaws, in the bigger picture it was just alright even by MG standards. Thinking about it now, never had an itch to replay it, despite regular replays through TNO/TNC and other immersive sims like Dishonored 1&2.

 

[viveks86]

Just echoing what everyone has already said. Good game. Good enough for me to 100% it including the DLC. But it was lacking in so many ways that it's simply not GOTY caliber. Negatives that hold the game back:

• Atrociously brain dead AI
• Lackluster stealth and combat (mostly due to the AI)
• Pointless mechanics and skills that you never need to use even at the highest difficulty
• Bugs that still haven't been resolved to this day
• Map traversal can become a chore (except Vatican)
• Boss fights are too basic and boring (except final boss in main story, which was alright)

 

[mèx]

It's not the first time I see someone saying it's kinda like an imm-sim. Honestly, if that's the case, lots of props to MS for allowing it.

Yeah, it's an imm sim for the masses basically. It's not as in depth as the heavy hitters imm sims, but I will take anything at this point.

I was honestly surprised that they went in this direction instead of the usual generic 3rd person cinematic linear romp.

 

[48086]

I don't know. I literally fell asleep playing it but heard good things about it.