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Not only that, he also included instagram, facebook, and twitch polling in that goty awards and then he decided to change the rule when Elden Rings was in favour to win 2022 goty over Ragnarok.
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Will Elden Ring over take TLOU2 as the most awarded goty of all time?
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LiquidMetal14
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This would be big for us on here. More important than anything.,
Jimmyisback
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Exactly. Definitely a black mark for sure.
RafterXL
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People can argue about which award counts and which shouldn't but if 600 awards were counted, like in 2020, ER would take home 450 of them. It's dominating like no game has ever come close to with these awards, sitting at nearly 75% and already has over 300. So, yeah, it's not only going to pass TLoU2 but, more importantly, it's going to destroy it percentage wise.
Basically, the best game ever made is now going to go down as the most awarded in history. And I don't wanna hear that it doesn't matter when Naughty Dog used "over 320 GotY awards" as part of their marketing.
Basically, the best game ever made is now going to go down as the most awarded in history. And I don't wanna hear that it doesn't matter when Naughty Dog used "over 320 GotY awards" as part of their marketing.
Fredrik
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Hold on now! I love Elden Ring but it’s in no way the best game ever made!
It’s the #2, Super Metroid is still the #1.
DenchDeckard
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DenchDeckard
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Well they shouldn't be counted. Are they being counted?
Are there over 600 awards this year vs 2020.
RafterXL
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The site actually isn't up. He took down the 2022 results. When he thought GoWR was going to win he was counting them and then ER surged ahead he removed it and hasn't put this years results back up. He's a known Sony fanboy and been questioned ever since the 2020 results and now he pulls this.
People have been questioning him on it for a while now, but the fact GoWR started losing and he ripped the results down immediately after says it all, really.
Fredrik
Member
I just tweeted my GOTY award, be prepared to see the count increase, I have 2 followers!
DForce
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These are some of the awards being counted.
151. Into The Aether (US)
https://www.youtube.com/@intothecast
155. Swapping Joysticks (UK)
https://twitter.com/SwapJoysticks
193. Ultraverso (BR)
https://twitter.com/siteultraverso
184. Si No Sabes, Pacote Metes (ES)
https://twitter.com/Pacot_es
224. The DMGT (US)
https://www.youtube.com/@DMGT
296. Story Mode Gaming (AU)
https://twitter.com/StoryModeAUS
306. The Smash Hit Chronicles (US)
https://twitter.com/TheSHChronicles
There are more.
People aren't questioning these awards for Elden Ring and only had a problem when it happened with The Last of Us Part II.
It really proves my point that people were questioning the reviews because Last of Us was getting a lot of awards on the website.
Edgelord79
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Amount of awards a game receives is completely irrelevant and out of touch with reality sceptical to the distinct minority who actually follow this stuff.
The better question is will it sell more copies. In the context of this specific comparison, it’s more telling than awards.
The better question is will it sell more copies. In the context of this specific comparison, it’s more telling than awards.
Sentenza
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This is hilarious.
I have a twitter account that:
1) I hardly ever use (and when that's the case it's just some random comment or retweet)
2) I never share with people/promote around
And I still have like 80 followers. Guess I should start giving away my own GOTY Award or some shit.
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Banjo64
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I voted no, but didn’t expect it to be this close.
Elden Ring deposing TLoU 2 would be fantastic. Never again would I have to hear people parrot ‘most awarded GOTY’ as if that explains away the dreadful writing.
To do it against GoW as well, you’ve just got to applaud From Software.
Elden Ring deposing TLoU 2 would be fantastic. Never again would I have to hear people parrot ‘most awarded GOTY’ as if that explains away the dreadful writing.
To do it against GoW as well, you’ve just got to applaud From Software.
Kataploom
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BS, for how long was Super Metroid trending topic on Twitter? See? And nobody remember now but he can't even crawl
GhostOfTsu
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I was looking at it a few weeks ago and Elden Ring was getting tons of random and fishy accounts to inflate the numbers. Obviously they want to beat TLOU2 and Witcher 3 record.
Now they are saying they changed the rules but I don't think they went back to delete them.
They won't keep the same energy for these. They just care when it's Sony exclusives.
Fredrik
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Imagine if Starfield and Zelda TOTK would’ve been released in 2022 as well. Would’ve been a historical showdown.
Chukhopops
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Elden Ring has already sold more copies than TLOU 2 (17.5M vs 10M based on last communicated numbers) and that’s before any price drop (I paid €20 for TLOU 2).
I think they are both great games but one is just above the other in every way.
Fredrik
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Pfff and how many game guides has gaming magazines printed for Elden Ring? There isn’t even a phone number to call for hints! Tiny niche game lols
DForce
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They couldn't live with the fact that TLOU 2 was winning awards, so they needed a reason to discredit every single award. lol.
Edgelord79
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I don’t follow sales numbers so I was unaware one sold more than another already. Guess one was preferred over the other. One of the telling things is that you would think TLOU 2 would have had a huge advantage due to the type of game it is and it’s accessibility to the masses as opposed to a Souls game.
Really says something about the breakthrough Elden Ring has made.
DForce
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Accessibility is catered to a small portion of the gaming community.
Elden Ring has a bigger audience on PC and TLOU series is a complete non-factor on that platform.
vaibhavpisal
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Edgelord79
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I’m not talking about Accessibility in the context of options within the game, rather about the historical difficultly between game types (action adventure game vs a difficult souls genre). Sorry for the confusion.
Fredrik
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Just to highlight the success. In less than a year Elden Ring is already FROM’s best selling game ever. Highest rated too. It’s also the publisher Bandai Namco’s best selling and highest rated game ever.
DenchDeckard
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Well, I agree. If we can get a total list of 2022 gotys and it equals or exceeds 2020s then we know somethings fishy
If its less and still dethroned last of us 2 then that's the greatest blessing.
We can dethrone the bullshit fake "most awarded game in history" title from last of us 2 and give it to the more deserving game.
Trazyn the Infinite
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Don't bother mate. I put the dude on block a while back. A more apt name for him would be DefenseForce as that is all he does when TLOU is ever brought up. He will continue to move goalposts and create strawman arguments ad nauseam.
DForce
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You're basically saying it wasn't acceptable in 2020 but it's acceptable now because it's going to dethrone The Last of Us Part II.
Many people in here didn't bother looking at the reviews because people weren't looking for an excuse to discredit Elden Ring's reviews.
This really proves my point. People didn't want to accept The Last of Us Part II winning awards in 2020, but now it's acceptable because it's going to dethrone TLOU 2. LOL
Thirty7ven
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People still acting like straight up losers when it comes to TLOu2.
Get over it
Get over it
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I literally cant think of a single thing Elden Ring does better than TLOU 2. TLOU 2 did more for its genre than ER did for its genre.
Exploration, i'll give it that by default.
Boss fights?
But this fight was more more talked about, more memorable, more consequential and more impactful than any fight boss in ER point blank period.
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Trazyn the Infinite
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I literally cant think of a single thing Elden Ring does better than TLOU 2. TLOU 2 did more for its genre than ER did for its genre.
Exploration, i'll give it that by default.
Boss fights?
But this fight was more more talked about, more memorable, more consequential and more impactful than any fight boss in ER point blank period.
Get better taste and new eyes.
Beer Baelly
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People only remember this scene
Trazyn the Infinite
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People only remember this scene
Literally. Outside of the die hard fanboys, the only scenes that were EVER mentioned or remembered were the fucking nightmare of a "sex scene" and Joel's death.
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No one asked for your new years resolutions.
Get better taste and new eyes.
Name a fight in Elden Ring more talked about than Abby vs Ellie. I will wait. The storybeats in TLOU 2 were more discussed than the boss fights in ER. Bunch of fights in that game and I cant recall a single one of them people talked about for months
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Ellie was a more impactful boss fight than anything in ER. Story matters. Take away the spectacle and art design from ER and you have a bunch of trash.
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Trazyn the Infinite
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No one asked for your new years resolutions.
Name a fight in Elden Ring more talked about than Abby vs Ellie. I will wait. The storybeats in TLOU 2 were more discussed than the boss fights in ER. Bunch of fights in that game and I cant recall a single one of them people talked about for months
Starscourge Radahn, Margit, the Fell Omen, Malenia, Blade of Miquella, Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy - do you want me to continue? All of them were talked far more even here on GAF (let alone elsewhere, which only further proves my point) than any of the "boss fights" in TLOU2 - because those bosses, aside from the one interesting concept with the Rat King, were fucking dreadful, mindless, and utterly forgettable.
But please, keep talking out your ass that your shallow little bloated sequel is somehow "amazing", the "best stealth game" and truly one of the "Greatest games of all time" like you seem to constantly remind everyone every other day here. I will continue to laugh at your utter failure to understand basic game design and how easily you are fooled by pretty graphics and animations and can't critically look at the rest of the package.
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RafterXL
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Elden Ring actually sold more in the first 30 days than TLoU2 has lifetime.
You live in a fantasy land. You're the same moron that claimed TLoU2 was more talked about than Elden ring when by nearly EVERY metric that statement is provably false.No one asked for your new years resolutions.
Name a fight in Elden Ring more talked about than Abby vs Ellie. I will wait. The storybeats in TLOU 2 were more discussed than the boss fights in ER. Bunch of fights in that game and I cant recall a single one of them people talked about for months
The only place that these things seem to be real are in your head. Go to any forum ER is far and away more talked about, go to Reddit and ER discussion and sub counts dwarf TLoU. Check Google stats and ER searches were greater in a SINGLE month than TLoU franchise in years.
Basically, you're full of shit and no one is buying what you are selling.
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Lol.
None of those bossfights were talked about more than the story beats from TLOU 2. ER is a game built around boss fights. All Im saying is none of them were as memorable as Abby vs Ellie.
Joels death alone was and has been talked about more than Elden Ring in fucking entirety.
Beer Baelly
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Name a single moment in Elden Ring that generated more discussion and passionate debate than Joels Death. Again I will wait.
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Madflavor
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Try finger but hole.
StreetsofBeige
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Didn't know LOU2 won 300 GOTY awards. And skimming this thread, no doubt it's fishy as there arent even 300 legit gaming sites all giving the game the award making it a 100% ratio. No doubt it makes sense most of them come from scraping the net from Twitter feeds and no-name sites or YT accounts just mentioning it. The insight the gameaward website owner is a Sony fanboy makes sense too given what happened.
RafterXL
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You know that had nothing to do with the game, right? Like literally, the majority of Joel death discussion was happening before the game Even released and most of it was people shitting on it. If it weren't for people talking about how stupid that was it wouldn't be talked about at all. Same with Abby. I actually enjoyed the gameplay, although it was 10 hours too long, but the story was mostly dogshit. The first game was better in every way other than the technical aspects.
And to your question, there are about a dozen, or more, boss fights that get talked about more every day than Joel gets brought up in a month. Malenia alone is discussed more than that entire game.
You have to live in absolute echo chamber to believe TLoU has had more cultural impact or discussion than Elden Ring.
Topher
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The sites that gave TLOU 2 are all documented. Like it or not, TLOU 2 dominated the awards in 2020. Elden Ring looks to do the same thing this year.
2020
We're tracking Game of the Year (GOTY) awards from around the world. Discover what media outlets and players voted as the best titles every year.
DenchDeckard
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What are you talking about?
I'm saying. If there's only 450 game if the year awards total this year and it still dethroned it, that would be amazing news for us all to show that some fraud ass freak year where there's over 640 and odd goty awards. Which is a freak outlying year in comparison to other years would be a triumph.
Surely we should be grateful for that.
Look at those numbers?
2020 was quite clearly rigged and complete bullshit.
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Jimmyisback
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Topher
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How in the world was an entire year's worth of GOTY awards from completely different outlets "rigged"?
Where are these 500 and 600 award totals even coming from?
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DForce
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How can 300+ GOTY awards for Elden Ring be acceptable, but 300+ GOTY awards for The Last of Us cannot?
If you think 2020 was clearly rigged and complete bullshit, then you have to use the same standards for Elden Ring. If you're going to discredit the 300+ awards because a few sites from little-to-know followers were counted then that means you should do that to Elden Ring, too.
The fact that you ignore this with Elden Ring and have a problem with it in regards to The Last of Us shows you're either biased or didn't want to accept the outcome in 2020.
Notice how I pointed out earlier today that Elden Ring received GOTY awards from "random twitter, youtube, and Instagram" accounts and no one said a word. This was used to discredit TLOU 300+ awards in 2020.
Care to explain how The Last of Us was rigged and Elden Ring is not?
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