Jersa7Darkangel

I want to play it, but we're waiting for the physical release...

I've played 34 out of the 50 games. Wow. I've been around a long time, and it feels nice being able to play such a wide variety of games throughout the years. Here's to 50 more years of gaming!

Overall, TGA 2022 wasn't too bad. It definitely wasn't great.
Pros:
Decent variety of games covered in the World Premieres.
Seeing well-known and recognizable members of the Gaming Industry, as well as some famous celebrities presenting awards.
Cons:
Chris Judge with that LONG acceptance speech.
The fact that some games were nominated for or won some categories they don't necessarily fit into compared to other nominations (God of War: Music, Accessibility; Eldin Ring: RPG are my examples)
God of War: Ragnarok, while I have no doubt must be a great game (no I haven't played it, but I'll say it) must have "bought" some wins from The Game Awards. It is less than a month old compared to most other nominations. If it had won Game of the Year, we would've lost our minds.
That all being said, TGA is a good thing, but I feel it can be out of touch with the gaming community as a whole sometimes.

Extra points to the editor for the Beyblade reference.

@Ralizah
From my experience, this sounds similar to the Stamina system from Chrono Cross. For example, if you have a lower Stamina (say, 2) and try to do like a Level 7 Element, then the game punishes you by making you wait longer before you can use another Element. Maybe something to that effect.

@VoidofLight
Might work if it was based on Subspace Emissary from SSB Brawl. That's the most story-heavy I've seen in Smash, besides possibly World of Light/Dark from SSB Ultimate.

Hmm... This whole thing makes me want to come up with an idea for a Video Games Industry kind of Monopoly game... Where you go around making "acquisitions" and become the biggest video game company and make the most profit... But that's as far as I actually want to see happen in real life. I think Nintendo has the right mindset; Sony and Microsoft need to chill and step back from acquisitions and focus on quality gaming (which seems to be shrinking more and more each day...)

@RubyDevilNine Honestly, a protagonist that looks (and maybe even acts) like Major Alex Louis Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist would be a refreshing (and fun!) change of pace.

@Mattock1987
Actually, there are several steps that can be taken to stop scalping:
1. Limit the amount that can be sold per customer.
2. Have anti-bot software in place to prevent auto-bot purchases and digital currency scams.
3. Require product registrations to ensure a customer who buys a product receives said product and it doesn't end up somewhere else, like in a warehouse or thrown in a pit with other packages (like that pile of FedEx boxes in Alabama). Sony did something similar with my son's PS5, he got it directly from the source.
4. Passing legislation preventing the resale of anything above its original MSRP within at least 90 days of release (both before and after!).
These are just some of the suggestions I have thought of during the TCG shortage we recently had.

@Zacattack99
...You mean, other than the fact that the last fighter has already been announced, and there are no plans for any more?

Sounds more like "The Chaos Cycle" than the randomizer cycle. Good grief, this sounds like a nightmare for traditional Zelda players. Also sounds helluva fun for those looking for a challenge. Have fun!

Finishing up postgame for Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch on Switch before trying out FF7 Integrade. After that, I still got a bunch to catch up on!

While the Switch is currently booming in the games market, I feel Nintendo still needs to boost their efforts to equalizing the Switch to the current market. In other words, Make the Switch better instead of moving forward. Right now their Nintendo Online Service is lackluster in terms of network service quality and their emulation can't even rival, much less surpass those made by fans. The Expansion Pass is great for those who play Animal Crossing or Retro Games but leaves the rest of us desiring more for the hefty price tag. Nintendo has always been about quality, and they need to live up to it.

I see a lot of comments regarding Level-5's work on the DS/3DS. I myself played Fantasy Life. However, my fondest memories of Level-5 are their RPGs from the PS2 era, with the Dark Cloud series, Dragon Quest VIII, Rogue Galaxy and a few that did come out later. I keep hoping they'll go back, but at this point they may have gone too far to do so.

I'm kinda surprised Hot Wheels Unleashed isn't on this list, it's been out for almost a month now. I've heard it's better than some of the games on this list.

@ItsATM Yep, not only heard of it, but have played it multiple times. While it was also a great game like the first, there were a few cards missing from the original sets (in PTCG) that I wished were in the sequel. Story and gameplay were still pretty decent, though.

I'm getting flashbacks to the first TCRPG I played, Pokemon TCG for the Game Boy Color. I really hope this is a revival of the TCRPG because I have been hoping for a more story-based RPG-style TCG, and this sounds great!

"They'll pay much more than that if pre-orders of the Special Edition and the accompanying amiibo pack are anything to go by."
ALSO,
"Metroid Dread is already topping Amazon's "Best Sellers" chart, so ironically the plentiful supply of this upcoming game should keep resale prices sensible. At least once it has been released."
Have the moderators checked to see if these numbers represent legit pre-orders/sales and not SCALPERS? Because if so, then it's fine, I'd call that fairly accurate. But if not, please reconsider basing your opinions on unverified purchases/number of pre-orders due to bots. We lower-tier gamers get enough crap dealing with not having enough product thanks to scalpers, we don't need articles inadvertently supporting them. If these pre-orders/sales were indeed made by REAL gamers, I'll retract my opinion.

@Roam85 That's what a lot of people thought about Super Mario Galaxy 2. You never know with Nintendo.

I still have 3 Wii games and 3 Wii U games that don't have Switch ports yet. Until then I'm keeping my Wii U (mainly for Wind Waker HD).

I loved (and still do) Advance Tour on the GBA, so I'm definitely gonna try to get this.

I nominate Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2. It's just as good if marginally better than its predecessor, but It's still solid enough to deserve a spot alongside the original.

It's always fun to see video games turned into board games. As an amateur board/card game designer myself, I'm always inspired by the various mini-games and systems used in bigger games and it's fun finding ways to simplify it down into something everyone can pick up and play.

While I'm not big on AR (looks cool but serves little practical purpose) I think a TCG in a VR setting would actually work better, and maybe even a VR version of a "Virtual Tabletop" would be excellent!

@sixrings Unfortunately most of the competitive shooters on Switch tend to be Free-to-Play games, from what I've seen. Overwatch, Fortnite, etc.