The best game I've played this year is probably Princess Peach: Showtime, which I know is a wild take to have. I just found it absolutely delightful from start to finish, and I played it to completion out of respect for Etsunobu Ebisu. Good-Feel is one of my favorite developers and any year they release a major game is a good year in my book.
I don't think Shadow of the Erdtree counts, but if it did, that would be my actual pick. What a game, they don't make them like that too often
“Why do you speak of certain reversals—machinery connected wrong, for instance, as being ‘ass backwards’? I can’t understand that. Ass usually is backwards, right? You ought to be saying ‘ass forwards,’ if backwards is what you mean."
The best game I've played this year is probably Princess Peach: Showtime, which I know is a wild take to have. I just found it absolutely delightful from start to finish.
Honestly this was me as well before a few days ago but the jury is still out about whether Zelda EoW is about to pass it. Both games are just insanely creative and enjoyable in the best possible way although Zelda seems a smidge more polished so far.
As for takes, it's not that wild by itself but the fact that your other top option is Elden Ring is almost surely a very rare combination 😆
For me personally I think it has to be Half Life Alyx. I was finally able to buy a Valve Index earlier this year and the amount of interaction in the game is just incredible. I can play it on my Quest 3 Headset but it looks better on the Index.
@FishyS I think Astro Bot will win the family category.
Late reply but I just started that game and it's incredible. Initially I was a little bit annoyed it wasn't for PSVR2 but after playing some of it earlier it doesn't matter at all.
@FishyS I'm a few hours into Echoes of Wisdom and I may be changing my tune as well! So far it's really compelling.
Princess Peach and Elden Ring are definitely a mismatched pair haha. Then again you've got different costumes, lots of movesets, wildly varying terrain, demon bosses from beyond time and space... they're basically the same game!
“Why do you speak of certain reversals—machinery connected wrong, for instance, as being ‘ass backwards’? I can’t understand that. Ass usually is backwards, right? You ought to be saying ‘ass forwards,’ if backwards is what you mean."
Here are "The Game Awards" 2024 Game of the Year candidates as of Oct. 1 (sorry, no DLC, no remasters, no re-releases). Using the previous decade of "The Game Awards" winners, to qualify I'm using a minimum "89" on MetaCritic (on at least 1 platform), minimum 45 MetaCritic reviews (from 1 platform):
Astro Bot - "94", 133 reviews Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - "92", 151 reviews Tekken 8 - "90", 98 reviews Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - "92", 98 reviews
Astro Bot is the only game this year that got SERIOUS hype heat, and is no doubt the frontrunner.
Currently, the Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door remake is Nintendo's highest rated game on Metacritic from this year (unless I missed something). If a Nintendo game is nominated for GOTY 2024 out of the games released so far, it's probably gonna be either TTYD or Echoes of Wisdom. Will Mario & Luigi Brothership or Super Mario Party Jamboree have a chance at being nominated for GOTY?
Personally I don't like how The Game Awards chooses it's games, and it's announcements are usually not too exciting (at least for me), so I'm not too excited for TGA, but it's fun to speculate what they might choose to become a nominee!
I don't really think Nintendo has a shot at GOTY this year. Their biggest heavy hitters were a remake and a top-down Zelda game, neither of which I think appeals to the Game Awards all that much. As of right now, I think FFVII Rebirth or Astro Bot are most likely to win GOTY.
Super Mario Party Jamboree might have a shot at Best Multiplayer Game, Echoes Of Wisdom might get a Best Adventure Game nom, and TTYD might have a chance at Best Role Playing Game, but otherwise, Nintendo's most likely just gonna take home the Best Family Game award like they usually do.
I'd think that the one thing against Astro Bot in the Family category is that it's not got a proper multiplayer option, which has usually been a major consideration with previous winners.
Then again, neither have Echoes of Wisdom or Princess Peach, so it's not going to help them. Maybe Jamboree is in with a shot.
@StarryCiel Honestly I think it'll probably be either Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Astrobot, Metaphor, and Black Myth WuKong. Highly doubt games like Stellarblade or any Nintendo game will really have a chance at winning GotY this year.
"It is fate. Many have tried, yet none have ever managed to escape it's flow."
Astro Bot is now essentially number 1 in reviews (both it and Elden Ring are 94 on metacritic but Astro Bot is higher with 95 on Opencritic). In addition, Astro Bot is number 1 on metacritic for player score with 9.4/10. I feel like it deserves to win.
@VoidofLight I'm anticipating a Stellar Blade vs Palworld Player's Choice blood fest. 😆
@PikminMarioKirby All award shows are pretty biased tbh. I just enjoy when Nintendo or my other favorites get nominated. Given how wide the range of gaming is I don't even know of a fair way one could pick nominees.
@Matt_Barber Even now Stellar Blade has the second highest player metacritic score of the year after Astro Bot so they definitely have some loud fans.
And there was the one year Sonic Frontiers came close to winning before Genshin bribed their players 😆 Player's Voice is a mess sometimes. Although last year it was boring with the GotY winning it.
@FishyS I don't think user score counts for that much as a predictor of Players Voice. Genshin Impact has a user score of 4.9, for instance, yet it won. Yes, there was some Primogem bribery going on but they hand them out whenever it gets a nomination, so I don't think you could say it was specific to that occasion.
Neither Halo Infinite nor Ghost of Tsushima had particularly good numbers either, being in the low 8s. Baldur's Gate did, I suppose, but the main thing that they've all got in common is a huge player count.
I don't doubt that player satisfaction is high with Stellar Blade fans but there's a lot less of them and the high score mainly just means that it never got review bombed.
@Matt_Barber I would argue the excessively high player score was anti review bombing which shows the type of initiative a player base needs to spam the heck out of Player's Voice. Sonic Frontiers didn't win but it was a medium selling game that made it quite far. I don't think Stellar Blade will actually win, I just think it might make the later part of the voting crazy as rabid fans compete. Controversial games sometimes make a splash in Player's Voice Voting.
@FishyS Yeah, the Sonic fanbase certainly punched well above the game's weight sales wise. Still, it sold three times better than Stellar Blade and was well behind Genshin before the botting started. On the whole, I'd still favor the chances of the games that sold the best.
One more thing about Palworld is that it's still an early access game, so I'm not sure if it'd be eligible. I suppose they could just give it an official release the day before the cut-off if they wanted it to get in.
@Matt_Barber It's rare, but there have been early access games in Game Awards categories in the past, even one of the GotY nominations in 2017. It wouldn't shock me if Hades 2 ends up in some category. The official Game awards page actually mentions this in their faq:
"Are Early Access Games Eligible for Nomination?
Yes, any game available for public consumption by the deadline is eligible for potential nomination. "
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