-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
God of War is Polygon's Game of the Year
- Thread starter HeisenbergFX4
- Start date
- Clickbait
Thiagosc777
Member
Plague Doctor
Member
IGN also gave it to GoW.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
off duty ninja
Member
So much for Polygon being progressive!
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
They removed the Kratos Bang Bus though, so...
GamesAreFun
Banned
There's a lot of indie games in their top 50, fair play for not sticking to the usual AAA titles.
Still would be nice if a non-cinematic, gameplay focused title was ever again awarded GOTY though. You might as well award TLOU2 for next year already.
Still would be nice if a non-cinematic, gameplay focused title was ever again awarded GOTY though. You might as well award TLOU2 for next year already.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
God of War is pretty damned gameplay focused. It has both.
GamesAreFun
Banned
Just noticed Captain Toad at #49, but it's not a new game this year.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
how fucking idiotic do you have to be to rate Fallout 76 higher than Octopath and Captain Toad?
fwiw i only have a Switch but #1 looks like a damn fine game. one day i'll get a PS4 and for sure will get that.
fwiw i only have a Switch but #1 looks like a damn fine game. one day i'll get a PS4 and for sure will get that.
Oddvintagechap
Member
yup.
just imagine TLOU2, GOW2, SpiderMan2.... even Horizon2 ...PFF. All I’m thinking about is the bigger budgets.
just imagine TLOU2, GOW2, SpiderMan2.... even Horizon2 ...PFF. All I’m thinking about is the bigger budgets.
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
I’m sure it will win most of the awards. Combined critical and financial success hard for the big media sites to ignore.
Games like Dragon Quest don’t stand a chance really even if they are amazing
Personally GoW is my game of the generation. I base that on every game having flaws and the flawed of GoW are far inferior to the flaws of other contending games, for me anyway.
Games like Dragon Quest don’t stand a chance really even if they are amazing
Personally GoW is my game of the generation. I base that on every game having flaws and the flawed of GoW are far inferior to the flaws of other contending games, for me anyway.
Last edited:
Sqorin Hammerfarf
Banned
I wonder how many of those they couldn’t beat the tutorial in...
Fbh
Member
Wow... the game with the Straight white guy with his straight (I guess?) white son?
Polygon alt right site confirmed!
Games was pretty gameplay focused IMO. 90%+ of my time was spent fighting, exploring and solving puzzles. One of the things I actually liked the mos is that it had that AAA cinematic feeling without those long stretches of walking and talking and constant cutscenes
Polygon alt right site confirmed!
Games was pretty gameplay focused IMO. 90%+ of my time was spent fighting, exploring and solving puzzles. One of the things I actually liked the mos is that it had that AAA cinematic feeling without those long stretches of walking and talking and constant cutscenes
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Yeah, Octopath blows away Fallout 76.
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
You mean a game based on a gruff, murderous white man, big swinging horse balls, and tons of senseless, graphic murder didn’t top Polygons list?
Color me shocked.
GamesAreFun
Banned
Polygon isn't a single person. And a lot of the criticism of Polygon was directed at articles by Arthur Gies, who moved on from the site to focus on his art.
Last edited:
ViceGrity2000
Neo Member
God of War deserved it. Grats. It is my GOTY as well.
Cactuarman
Banned
Would you mind explaining? I feel out of the loop. What does GoW suggest about Polygon's progressiveness? They gave the game a perfect score as well.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Without cheating and looking at a text list I see
2: Return of the Obra Dinn
3: dunno what this is, it looks gay though
4: Tetris Effect
5: Celeste
6: RDR2
7: That game from the guys who made FTL
8: Monster Hunter
9: Spooderman
10: Ass Creed Odyssey
11: Hollow Knight
12: Smash Bros
13: Fortnite
14:
15:
16:
17: Astrobot
18:
19:
20: Prey - Mooncrash
21: No Mans Sky
22:
23: Hitman 2
24:
25:
26:
27:
28:
29: SotC Remake
30: Dragon Quest Warriors
31:
32: Pokemon Lets Go Pikachu
33: That donut game which has donut in the title
34:
35:
36:
37:
38:
39: Nintendo LABO
40:
41:
42: Fallout 76 (what the fuck why is this here)
43:
44: Mario Tennis
45L
46L
47L
48:
49: Toad Explorer Wii U port
50: Ni No Kuni 2
Nymphae
Banned
Kerotan
Member
Personally I'd guess the success of all of them surpassed sony's expectations so they should double down on the sequels.
ThatStupidLion
Member
so happy I just bought this off gamefly for 15$.
this will go down nicely over the holiday break with some weed and bottle of wine
this will go down nicely over the holiday break with some weed and bottle of wine
zenspider
Member
Ahhh.... I think I get what
GamesAreFun
is saying. Celeste, Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, Into The Breach or The Messenger - all of which are fantastic contenders for GOTY - are really gameplay focused experiences in comparison.
God of War does pack a lot of gameplay compared to it's contemporaries, but there's still RPG-lite padding throughout and serious pacing issues typical of AAA.
bilderberg
Member
hmmm, I'm only about two or three hours in and I kind of hate the game. Why do my tastes suck so much?
D
Deleted member 471617
Unconfirmed Member
Nice. God of War is also my 2018 game of the year. Sony has given me my game of the year for the last two years. Will see if they can three-peat for me in 2019.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Wait. Fallout 76 is up there? I’m confused.
totally deserved God of war had everything against it. People were sceptical about why it even needs to continue. Then the gameplay completely changed. The pilosphy of scale and huge boss fights was removed. People cried out loud after we knew about the no cuts in the camera direction which Ihave never thought would work this well.
And then a for dead remembered IP has risen from the ashes to become probably even the best God of War game so far.
They even redeemed the character of Kratos which no one thought was possible.
And then a for dead remembered IP has risen from the ashes to become probably even the best God of War game so far.
They even redeemed the character of Kratos which no one thought was possible.
bilderberg
Member
And these are the reasons why I'm starting to hate it. That and all the cutscenes and faux gameplay, but I'm early so maybe that'll change. I didn't think Kratos needed to be redeemed, and this kid is annoying as fuck. I just want him to shut up. Maybe this game just isn't meant for heartless people like me. It's so obvious the game is going to make these two bond, Kratos will learn about fatherhood, blah blah blah. I would have left the kid back at the cabin and told him to fend for himself. I bet their aren't even sex mini games with some Norse broads either. Man, video games suck now a days.
Javthusiast
Banned
IGN's too.
Jigsaah
Gold Member
Looking at their top 10...I'm surprised they actually chose a good game for #1. Spiderman was #9....ouch. Red Dead is #6 which i think is better than it deserves. Have you seen the character creator in that game?
zwiggelbig
Member
It seems like in a few years we will look back at metacritic and wonder why Red Dead 2 got such a big score..
zenspider
Member
But why?
This year was really eye-opening in that regard for me. God of War was that 'GOTY': I was thoroughly impressed with the direction and the spectacle, and has a blast for the first 20 hours, but by the end of the summer, Hollow Knight, Octopath Traveler, and The Messenger were much more fun and significant to me.
God Of War and RDR2 are still 'lowest common denominator' to a big degree. They're the superhero movies of gaming. The case for them as GOTY's should be more uphill than they are. I think 'Celeste', and my personal contentious GOTY Hollow Knight are just as deserving. Octopath deserves a serious look on the strength of it's soundtrack and it's clever structure alone.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Good choice. Seems like GotY is either GoW or RDR2 for most people/sites.
Vawn
Banned
Because God of War hit all the notes. Top-tier graphics, fantastic story and characters and great/fun gameplay.
I had the most fun with Octopath, but that's because it was comfort food for me. It was impressive for what it did with pixel art, but it didn't move the industry forward in the same way as God of War or Red Dead.
Hollow Knight was an awesome indie, but not drop your jaw amazing like GoW. It's also not a 2018 game.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
I had blast with God of War, I truly did but how exactly did “move the industry forward “?
kevin_trinh
Member
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
Nemesis Prime
Member
I finished God of War for the first time a few days ago, really enjoyed it. Graphics top notch, enjoyed the combat, but the story was on its own, just amazing. Can see why its GOTY for many, definitely mine.
The only thing I really disliked about the game was that they didn't answer a lot of the unanswered questions. Felt like they were trying to distance themselves from the old games. Things like how did he get there, how is he still alive after gow3, where is athena, where is the big ass sword etc... But also stuff they set up in the game, like when the dark elf told them they made a mistake (never expanded upon). Not really something I can count as a negative though, just something that I wished they answered (didn't have to be full answers but an idea)
Also wish it had platforming and a jump button but yeah
The only thing I really disliked about the game was that they didn't answer a lot of the unanswered questions. Felt like they were trying to distance themselves from the old games. Things like how did he get there, how is he still alive after gow3, where is athena, where is the big ass sword etc... But also stuff they set up in the game, like when the dark elf told them they made a mistake (never expanded upon). Not really something I can count as a negative though, just something that I wished they answered (didn't have to be full answers but an idea)
Also wish it had platforming and a jump button but yeah
Last edited: