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I don't care what anybody says, Starfield, FFXVI and TOTK are still the top games this year and GOTY should be decided between those 3
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Josemayuste
Member
Hey, where is Baldur's Gate III dude?
Kusarigama
Member
it's good to know that you had fun playing those but Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2 and Spider-Man 2 are solid contenders too, although the last 2 are yet to release.
Forgot to add Resident Evil 4 remake and Dead Space remake. Solid year.
Forgot to add Resident Evil 4 remake and Dead Space remake. Solid year.
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Portugeezer
Member
Stealth Starfield praise thread.
sankt-Antonio
:^)--?-<
BG3 shits on all of them.
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L*][*N*K
Banned
Right because Spider-Man 2 doesn't exist.
kazuyamishima
Member
Final Fantasy XVI is a very good game 
hope more people are enjoying it.
hope more people are enjoying it.
VanCityGamer
Member
What a silly premise. Please show me your evidence that the press only put 10-15 hours into Starfield. I’m calling major bullshit on that one. Maybe some of them just didn’t enjoy the game? It’s OK for differing opinions, you know. It’s not some conspiracy.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
No problem with the list.
But it might as well be
Lord Of The Rings: Gollum
1-2 Switch
TOTK.
You can change the first two games to anything released or due to be released this year, because as long as one of the options is the game that will win then it doesn't really matter.
TOTK should and will win any objective list. Fanboys will champion various titles but if we're honest, there's nothing that can realistically challenge TOTK.
But it might as well be
Lord Of The Rings: Gollum
1-2 Switch
TOTK.
You can change the first two games to anything released or due to be released this year, because as long as one of the options is the game that will win then it doesn't really matter.
TOTK should and will win any objective list. Fanboys will champion various titles but if we're honest, there's nothing that can realistically challenge TOTK.
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darrylgorn
Member
You forgot the GOTY in your title.
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POKEYCLYDE
Member
In my opinion, BG3 is a 95, Totk is a 93, Armored Core 6 is an 89, Starfield is an 87 and I haven't played FF16. Spiderman 2 will probably be low 90s.
They all deserve nominations, but I suspect it will come down to Zelda and Baldur's gate.
They all deserve nominations, but I suspect it will come down to Zelda and Baldur's gate.
KàIRóS
Member
My friend, they sometimes get games like 2-3 days before embargo, they have to edit a video, write a script and you expect them to play through the whole game?? I mean sorry to crush your reality but yeah most reviewers don't complete games for their reviews, and Starfield in particular is literally designed to last years and still discover new stuff.
Zheph
Member
either that or technical issues, apparently its impossible for anyone to not enjoy this game
Zheph
Member
It was pretty transparent for Starfield and no there is no magical thing that makes the game lasting years
Ginzeen
Banned
ToTK and BG3 are the strongest contenders. Everything else is a non factor.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
To some degree, yes. But it's better than BOTW, introduces a bunch of fun new mechanics and impressively pushes the switch to do things most people wouldn't think possible.
If it was merely an iteration on BOTW, it'd still be being talked about, but it's that and more.
Also, personally, I'd say it would be nice to recognize a game that wasn't in early access, or needed major updates over months or years to end up in the state that people would like their games to be in.
VanCityGamer
Member
But that isn’t what happened here. You might want to actually research a bit before making baseless assumptions. Reviewers had around 2 weeks with Starfield before embargo.
Fredrik
Member
Agreed.
But I haven’t played BG3 yet. And not FFXVI either.
So for me it’ll be Starfield or Zelda TOTK.
Unless Spider-Man 2 comes in from the left and bump them both down with great localization and no blood so I can play it with the kids.
No decision until the year is over. I don’t live in Geoff’s timeline where the year apparently ends in november.
But I haven’t played BG3 yet. And not FFXVI either.
So for me it’ll be Starfield or Zelda TOTK.
Unless Spider-Man 2 comes in from the left and bump them both down with great localization and no blood so I can play it with the kids.
No decision until the year is over. I don’t live in Geoff’s timeline where the year apparently ends in november.
nowhat
Member
How is it bad for a game to be in early access? It's not a model suitable for every studio/game for sure, but when it comes to studios like Larian, it obviously allowed them to finetune their game to what the fans actually want.
(and yes, BG3 is my GOTY so far, by a large margin)
balls of snow
Member
Bg3 wipe the floor with starfield. If its not your thing at least acknowledge its significance in pushing the genre forward.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
I don't think refining and improving upon an existing formula is as GOTY worthy as introducing the masses to an obscure style of RPG through amazing production values and gameplay.
Baldur's Gate 3 had developers talking about how they couldn't match that level of production value in their games.... I don't think TOTK generated that sort of discussion.
BTW all of this is giving serious parallels to the GOTY contender of last year
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Banjo64
cumsessed
I think TOTK generated a lot of discussion amongst devs for the unmatched sandbox/physics. Both are stellar GOTG games IMO, and either one winning GOTY is fair. Thank God for Nintendo and Larian.
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Banned
FFXVI*
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
I can't find the link now but I have seen developers saying that what TOTK is doing on Switch hardware, in particular with regard to object tracking for the rewind ability should be impossible.
You can see that pretty much everyone would like games to release finished and in a good working state. For players, even basic things like avoiding spoilers makes a game releasing in a finished state preferable, let alone the power that a good first impression makes versus seeing something for the second time in a polished state. I'm not hating on any particular game and yes, you can just wait for a couple of years until the v1.0 release happens, but it's definitely not the ideal situation.
But, I should say that I guess there'll be someone who says they like a drip feed of updates and improvements being added to a more bare bones experience. To each their own, I personally think that it's better for a product to be finished on day one. In recent times we've got used to games taking months or even years to reach maturity, I just don't personally think that's great.
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Ginzeen
Banned
They never said that. They basically said crpgs don't normally get big budgets so don't expect them to have the same production as BG3.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
lel yep. Bro is seeking approval for his trash taste
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
If you don't care what anyone says, why did you make a thread on an internet message board where people who you don't care about will have opinions?
Have you said your piece and now clicked on 'ignore thread' ?
Think about your thread titles in future friend
Have you said your piece and now clicked on 'ignore thread' ?
Think about your thread titles in future friend
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Rykan
Member
You should look up what the term objective means because it doesn't mean what you think it means.
Objectively, Baldur's Gate 3 currently holds the exact same critic score as TOTK. TOTK has a reasonable chance of winning, but saying that nothing can realistically challenge it is delusional.
Well, personally, I'd say it would be nice to recognize a game that doesn't reuse more than half of its assets from the previous installment.
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