The 2024 Game Awards Were Surprisingly Fun, Despite Everything

[@tremere3337]

Next year, plot twist, Arlo is the muppet instead.

[@tkfarms7882]

If that ever happens, I might actually watch The Game Awards.

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

AVGN reference

[@dominicyeomans8107]

You must hate Arlo ​@@tkfarms7882

[@SplattedJoy]

This would be peak

[@DarkMeridian0]

Stoooooop that's better than any corporate bullshit Jeff could possibly do

[@SeriousStriker]

The Flute Guy is Pedro Eustache and I'm pretty sure he works with Hans Zimmer for movie soundtracks, which is neat.

[@beingmegucaissuffering.5326]

Xenoblade 3 might not have won many awards the year it was nominated but it gave us Flute Guy and that's a win in my heart

[@facilityhues]

Pedro Eustache (flute guy) has actually been at every Game Awards that had the orchestra! I first remember him from the 2017 Medley for his flute solo in BOTW. I have met Pedro, he is a great person. I am so glad people know him because of Xenoblade 💖

[@beingmegucaissuffering.5326]

@facilityhues That's super cool he's always been there.

[@twosoup3252]

This year’s awards were easily the best ever. You can tell Geoff took a lot of feedback into account this year and really wanted to make the best show possible. The runtime may have been the same as in previous years, but it sure didn’t feel like it because of how much better the pacing was and how high in quality the announcements were. Geoff really set a new bar this year.

[@LARAUJO_0]

"But it sure didn’t feel like it [was long] because of how much better the pacing was" I certainly felt it, and the pacing was better than the last couple of years but still not great

[@darcidious99]

The main problem is the middle section just dragging forever. The beginnings are usually good and the endings are usually award heavy so theres nothing wrong with it, but my god the middle just drags. My biggest problem is there being so many trailers followed by 1 award, and then more trailers. Just show fewer titles, get the awards out faster, it drags less and entertains more. Im sure that might impact how much they make, but a shorter show would also be less expensive so Im sure theres a better middle ground.

[@nindieboy4194]

The thing is... It's an E3 Substitute. And E3 shows in general were much, MUCH more boring than this show this year. So if it's not great I assume you didn't like E3 shows back then? These 2 houre shows where the publisher talk, and talk and talk and talk and Nothing happens? I have rather the game awards for bigger announcements of all publisher+ Nintendo directs for specifically Nintendo and that's it. ​@@LARAUJO_0

[@megarotom1590]

@@darcidious99 tbh I prefer more trailers and less awards simply cause I don't put much stock into awards based on 90% jury vote and only 10% audience... then the jury got leaked and umm... what exactly does the New York Times have to do with gaming??? (there's a few other suspicious members of the jury pool but I digress) still it got some pretty good trailers

[@Space97.]

Yup

[@theivoryguy2476]

"Hey wheres arlo in the thumbna- WOAH"

[@MeMelon]

LOL i didnt notice till this comment

[@Powomp]

He’s an expert hide and seeker his camouflage game is unbeatable

[@Vulnresati]

he's REAL

[@verygoodfreelancer]

average arlo fan

[@MrMadMister1]

shh don’t tell anyone 🤫

[@toadstein]

I get what ur saying about the who "Geoff won't acknowledge the reasons for the lay-offs thing" but like you have to remember that this show is directly funded by the same people he would be calling out. Obviously in an ideal scenario he would address these things that way because screw big corporations and executives and all that. But I think it's a little unreasonable to expect that of him when it could put the show's future on the line. It shouldn't be like that but it is and I don't think it's something that's gonna change unfortunately.

[@rayking5399]

That’s what I was thinking it’s obvious that he wants to talk about these situations, but he also wants to get paid and do these shows so it’s a thin rope he’s balancing, so acknowledging the people trying to help others get jobs felt like a good compromise.

[@DontuseMyRealNameYTplz1425]

I also don’t think it would do much. He talked about layoffs at Summer Games Fest and guess what happened anyway? More layoffs

[@sokumotanaka9271]

Yeah Arlo's not seeing the big picture, addressing it at all is so much better than getting nothing at all. I wasn't expecting them to talk about it at all, and he addressed it with respect and didn't throw in silly jokes. This was better than nothing.

[@TheJorgeGuy]

If calling out the big wigs is way too risky, fine, but lip service without taking someone accountable helps no one, and unfortunately that's all we've gotten. Only NOW, in however long, has this show actually propped up someone who is actively working to undue damage done by the fat cats of the industry.

[@melephs_cap]

It's debatably better than nothing, but it's also not a good thing to let TGA act as soft propaganda for the perpetrators of the worst problems in this industry. There's ways to raise awareness and call people to action and offer support without alienating big companies, especially when he's advertising their products. And if the show does lose a bit of support and money? No problem! It could cut down on the celebrity cameos to save money and give more space to lesser-known studios & industry figures if and when a big studio pulls away. (And would they even withdraw support for a small segment, especially if it were a guest speaker? Unclear! But Geoff doesn't care to try.) I for one hope this year is the first step in a more effective shift. He says "we" struggle, as an awards show, to address industry problems well. I hope he learns how. (Edit: to be clear I don't think Geoff is a bad person! I think he cares and he's walking a fine line! But I do think he is too worried about upsetting big companies and not worried enough about helping struggling devs, and his show absolutely has the platform to make a difference.)

[@TheJuice70]

This was by far the most cohesive, decently paced Game Awards. Look, we just have to accept that this show is 3 hours, it is what it is. That being said, if the shows are gonna be this quality from this point on, then I’m satisfied.

[@internetera1523]

If i get what you mean by quality its gonna depend on the amount of reveals they have,which won't be the same every year

[@geminijinxies7258]

I zoned out less than usual, so yeah. It was pretty good.

[@megarotom1590]

I will be satisfied once they make the votes 50/50... 90% jury vote is a joke. Especially when half the jury is either not even gaming related or hated by gamers

[@jameslawrenson1208]

There was actually stuff I was INTERESTED in!

[@KyokoM-i1y]

@@megarotom1590 If you want 50/50 just go on a message board and have them vote. Or the polls on Reddit. But awards shows in general are media based so 90% makes sense in this context. You can have Reddit or IGN reader polls where they vote Game of the Year (and they will probably vote Call of Duty).

[@beanman3113]

Statler and Waldorf were easily the highlight of the show for me, and I'm not even super crazy into the Muppets. (though they are among my favorites) I was legit shocked by some of the jokes they got away with.

[@godminnette2]

I think Geoff probably wrote those jokes to pre-empt criticizers and lampshade... Especially people on Twitter who make the same criticisms and jokes over and over again. Can't really make those jokes now when they were done at the awards themselves.

[@internetera1523]

​@@godminnette2 TGA went meta,not surprising with how much Geoff likes Sam Lake and Kojima 😅

[@MarkHogan994]

I'm pretty sure Geoff and TGA staff wrote those jokes lol.

[@jahkzheng]

At least they're self aware I guess. Felt a little awkward but at least he knows and can seemingly laugh at it too.. kinda.

[@Yamartim]

When they told him to wrap it up it was cinema ngl

[@chopper8209]

Sony kicking themselves after wasting over $400 million dollars on Concord while the way lower budget Astro Bot won Game of the Year.

[@easyygo3008]

They didn't use all that money on concord, this was already debunked. The initial budget was $200, including the purchase of the studio. It was a flop regardless, but no game has $400 million bydget

[@hododod246]

@@easyygo3008 no it is excluding studio purchase.

[@-lord1754]

Nothinh against astro bot but why in the world is it 50$ mill budget

[@goldenninja9053]

​@@-lord1754It's just the budget it had. It may be a cutesy simple looking game but we all know a lot more goes on behind the scenes lol.

[@GiridharanG]

​@@-lord1754No two area in astro bot looks the same🙂so many ideas so many new mechanics too many references 🤌

[@howlingarmadillo]

I don't know if AstroBot would have been my pick for best game of 2024, but I'm honestly glad it won. It's a really solid, fun game for what it is, and I think it'll do some good for game companies to see a simple, well-executed platformer win awards over all the super high budget stuff. Even if it's not the best thing in the industry it's probably the best thing for the industry.

[@dpv007]

That's an excellent way to put: We need more games like it, instead of the trend-chasing and unsustainable budgets the AAA studios are so obsessed with at the moment.

[@megarotom1590]

It was a good middle ground pick imo... gamers like it and games journalists aren't trying to write hit pieces on it so... it was a very "safe" pick imo Whether or not it deserved to win over the other options... idk tbh. I think it's very good so I can at least somewhat respect it. though I def don't trust the process... 90% jury vote a good portion of which aren't even gaming related... yah...

[@BlueOak-ym2ze]

There are people that are seeing it like: Mario has never won GOTY and Sony makes 1 platformer and they give it the GOTY. That together with lumping all the Nintendo games in the family category, and only giving a GOTY to Nintendo when it was impossible not to (in 2017). I honestly think it's a fair argument, but I don't care enough about the awards to have my own opinion on their choices.

[@indiesongwriter5474]

"even if it's not the best thing in the industry, it's the best thing for the industry" brilliant way to put it, and I agree! The industry (except Nintendo) has largely ignored this genre since Banjo/Kazooie

[@megarotom1590]

@ yah its kind of sad. They can’t make 3D platformers but can sink hundreds of millions into games nobody asked for

[@plufim]

Geoff is a muppets super fan, being eviscerated by Staedler and Waldorf would have been on his bucket list.

[@thespeedyyoshi]

I’m shocked Arlo, the Nintendo guy, didn’t say anything about the Director of Astrobot crediting Nintendo like come onnnnnnn It was so coolllll

[@adityakhanna113]

Yeah! Being a playstation IP just saying super mario inspired is historical

[@thelastwindwaker7948]

I don't even have a Playstation and I was rooting for Astro Bot. Platformers are my bread and butter and I'll always root for one even if I'm not able to play it.

[@Ar021]

Same here. It was nice they mentioned Nintendo as their inspiration

[@reutermo]

Must say that the criticsm for creating new IPs is a bit weird. "What about the old series then?" have never ever really crossed my mind. Surely we don't want to milk every IP to death. We have had decades of Uncharted games, we ad probably getting a TLOU3. I want them to create new things, to move forward. Especially in this era with releases and sequels. More of that please.

[@spongebobfan78]

It's because of the Sony statement that, after Concord closed down, they have "no IPs", which felt like they disowned every franchise they had. So making a new one that they will definitely bank on feels like they are doubling down on that statement and saying that "This new one is the only thing that matters".

[@thatdanjamesguy.330]

I think it’s great Naughty Dog are doing something new. If anything, as someone not much into cinematic games, I’d rather Intergalactic be more new than it looks (like Uncharted in space with more open-ended level design).

[@spencers5898]

Technical correction: We had *one* decade of Uncharted games- the first game came out in 2007, and the fifth (and last) came out in 2017. That said, I totally agree with your point. I'm a huge fan of the Uncharted series, and I'd be totally okay if they never made another game. What we have is already plenty, and already really good.

[@diccchocolate416]

He's criticising their content output not that they're working on new IPs.

[@alexmello9192]

Pedro Eustache on flute...plays winds and world flutes in basically very major film etc. one of the greats

[@ReachStudioPro]

If I can learn to become proficient in playing one single musical instrument, the Ocarina, I will be very happy. Massive respect to people who can learn so many instruments. Just learning one is very difficult I feel.

[@IAmNotASandwich453]

​@@ReachStudioPro I would assume once you know one, it is easier to learn others. (of the same category). Like, I am a guitar player, yet I was also able to quickly pick up a bass and play sufficiently well for what was expected of me. What I mean is that I was by no means a pro immediately, but it was much easier and quicker to get to an average level. I think it is similar for different types of flute. It is also similar to learning languages, learning new artstyles when youre already an artist etc

[@Yuti640]

What makes Statler and Waldorf even better is that if you were in the arlo chat when the livestream of the game awards was happening, there were multiple people in the comments saying that this is basically the commercials interrupted by actual game awards and then after that STATLER AND WALDORF SAID EXACTLY THAT, IT WAS THE FUNNIEST IN JOKE EVER, IT LITERALLY PREDICTED EXACTLY WHAT PEOPLE WOULD BE THINKING, GENIUS!!!!

[@RJS2003]

Arlo TGA livestream upload when? I gotta see that lol.

[@BagMonster]

Statler and Waldorf should come back every year. They're the perfect Muppets for this show.

[@tkfarms7882]

Agreed!

[@-Jimini-]

Ngl, as someone who’s also very critical of The Game Awards amidst watching it every year, who agrees with you most of the time on topics like these, I think you were maybe a bit too cynical about everything this time. I’m not saying it was perfect or that there aren’t a million things they could do to improve but I think this year was a way bigger step in the right direction than you gave it credit for. Yes, the “we can argue all day” line is very silly in a vacuum, but it wasn’t said in a vacuum. I would love for Geoff himself to be more direct but given that he’s in a position where “People watch the show for announcements, and to get announcements, I the face of the show have to maintain a good relationship with the brands,” I think he made the conscious choice to let to platform others to more directly voice that for him. He let Stalter and Waldorf chew into him and last year’s show’s massive fumbles. He let Sven Vincke tear into the games industry before giving Game of the Year to what they basically said should be the model for them to look to. And you mentioned those moments as if Geoff either didn’t know or he did them completely cynically, and, whilst I’m pretty sure there way no way he didn’t know, even if he didn’t or even if he was completely cynical about it, he still did it. He still gave a voice to them and their message on a monumentally massive platform. And he still gave a special award to Amir Satvat entirely for his efforts to help people in the games industry who’ve faced layoffs, probably best, most meaningful moment in the show yet something you COMPLETELY glossed over. Again, just to be explicitly clear, I’m not trying to say that the show and the handling of these subjects were perfect, I’m not trying to say that I now agree with and/or even take at face value everything Geoff Keighley says. I’m not saying that saying that there’s still not work to do and we don’t need to keep pushing. But I am saying that, clearly to some degree, the pushing from last year worked, so I would argue that to act like that’s not meaningful because the show is still pretty silly and stupid is a massive disservice to the insane level of reach that the show has. That, no matter the motivation, the message still got out there. I promise I get where you’re from, most of the time I’m fully with you in these subjects, but I think there’s a thin line between being wary of a source and being tactlessly cynical.

[@jairekambui7738]

Seriously, the game changer award was powerful stuff, the muppets were great for tearing into Geoff, Swen tearing into the industry as a whole, even Astro bot winning goty and talking about the importance and value of plaformers (a message to Sony first party studios losing touch with their roots) the show was way more than the amazing reveals and shows a massive step in the right direction. Arlo seems extremely and disillusioned with the entire project of TGA at this point which is fair, but he didn’t give nearly as much credit to Geoff who I think genuinely really tried to make this show better than previous years.

[@ellisfriedman7563]

Yeah his opinion on Witcher 4 and Intergalactic come from a strange place for me.

[@lupolinar]

Amir Satvat, the small KZbinr who totally not works for Tencent as an executive and is responsible for buying out other gaming studios, which will totally not result in lay offs. What a guy, creating the solution for a problem he is part of..

[@IAmNotASandwich453]

​@@ellisfriedman7563 Exactly. "Yea Cyberpunk sucked when it came out thats why I cant be excited for Witcher 4" like bruh wat

[@diccchocolate416]

There's nothing wrong with being cynical about the gaming industry.

[@CraftinKidXD]

Glad you got over the bronchitis, we can hear regular Arlo now

[@Shaes_Projects]

NEW OKAMI OMG!! Seriously, it’s unbelievable that Kamiya is going full circle, even naming the studio Clover! That’s all I needed! Congrats to AstroBot for GOTY as well! Well deserved!

[@lemoncat9329]

It's all I ever wanted!

[@caitlynmcmunn]

The Nintendo shout-out at the end was tasteful.

[@kyero8724]

Tasteful? Nah, Telling? Yes. He goes on about CDPR being awful still and sucks the dic of the most scummiest company lol

[@sigzbro]

​@@kyero8724I think they were talking about the dev accepting the GOTY award, dude.

[@caitlynmcmunn]

@@sigzbro That is 100% what I meant

[@highvoltage7797]

Seems weird to write off CDProject Red with one bad launch that they’ve made up for extensively at this point.

[@sigzbro]

Yeah, and it wasn't really the dev's fault either. The higher-ups wanted to rush the game out.

[@aidanleenstra1605]

Yeah, definitely one of the worst takes I've ever seen from Arlo. Games should be assessed as they are, but that assessment should change as the game does. 2077 is very possibly THE game of this generation, and devs should be rewarded for the redemption, not just punished for the failure. CDPR could have easily taken just the bag and ran, and been in the green (and almost any other dev would have).

[@vjbd2757]

@@aidanleenstra1605 Yeah but this ensures that you'll have to wait for at least a year and a half for a significantly improved version of their games and to never preorder from them again

[@ForsakenMemories45]

I've written them off because Witcher 3 had it's own issues when it was new, Cyberpunk 2077 was a nightmare of a launch, and because they were one of the first to publicly state that are working ESG/DEI into their company long before anyone exposed the garbage that was Sweet Baby Inc and their ilk. Witcher 4 needs to have a good launch and not have any of the garbage that a lot of recent releases have had, or CDPR will be in the same boat as many other studios who don't understand that nobody wants glitchy, unfinished, microtransaction-ridden, modern ideology-infested games.

[@spencers5898]

I agree we shouldn't write off CDPR, because it's entirely possible they've learned from their mistakes and TW4 will be complete on release. I will write off Cyberpunk, however, because I don't care how finished or good the game is *now.* It should have been that way *when it came out.* I don't think that's an unreasonable expectation. This is the same BS we saw with Fallout 76. I don't like that we're teaching AAA studios the lesson that you can release a broken, unfinished game, and it's okay as long as you *eventually* make it good.

[@gobogoo2329]

prince of persia winning more awards than star wars outlaws made me happy

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

I love how Stadler & Waldorf completely roasts the Game Awards. They were truly, speaking for us.

[@ennis_w]

I still remember Nintendo post a commercial on TGA saying "Nintendo Switch has Games" without announcing anything on it.

[@solidskullz5736]

This was one of the best game awards they’ve ever put out. Great announcements, all the nominees get at least 1 award aside (aside form Elden ring but they win GOTY before), and the vibes were great because Geoff dedicated a good amount of time to the layoffs and he can take the jokes well

[@Cheesehead302]

Agree, this was genuinely one of the best ones they've done. Not to say it didn't have the baggage it usually does, and some poor pacing, but the back to back top tier announcements for both more popular franchises and more niche franchises were there. Like, what do you mean Elden Ring rogue like coming next year? Back to back with Witcher 4? A new Ninja Gaiden by the Blasphemous devs? Okami? The return of Virtua Fighter and Onimusha? A platformer taking game of the year? A new naughty dog IP? I mean, some of this stuff I'm not personally into, but it's the most current gen non Nintendo games announced in one place. And it was the perfect amount of variety imo. Like, everybody watches for the chance of reveals and it damn delivered this time. And that's why I'm eternally locked into watching, because yeah, it's trash 90 percent of the time but there's a chance that cool stuff happens.

[@jaxjams7921]

ask not what the game awards can do for you. but what you can do for the game awards - one of the presidents

[@Zack-bl2gg]

Pretty sure that was James Corden

[@taipeijoey101]

"which one?" "just the good ones."

[@alexandercorbett1147]

-Ulysses S. Grant, probably

[@julio4494]

Arlo, this is was the best game awards. Not because it was actually the best performance wise, but because this was the very best anyone can do by balancing shareholder interests (studios, console companies) with the voice of the people. In todays age, it’s the most difficult it has ever been because shareholder interests have been the most paranoid and fickle

[@jeremyetremblay6663]

I sure hope statler and waldorf shows up again at the next game awards

[@JoelGarcia-lu3tw]

There shouldn't be any slander for this year's Game Awards. It was as good as it could've been.

[@brianpacheco9606]

Astro bot winning was honestly a surprise but a welcomed one hopefully Sony see this and make more of these but I don’t they will

[@DestinySpider]

I can't find the vod on your other channel. But yeah, a new Okami is insane, I am still happy beyond words

[@javierper3z]

Intergalactic trailer looked like a “new flavor” soda commercial. It was cool, I got a lot of ideas about what this might be, but, honestly, I have no idea what I’ll get when I open a can.

[@InvaderIceStrike]

I had no idea where you were going at first, but this is an inspired analogy

[@BeansAndToast-m7t]

The Witcher 4 trailer is in engine and running on a graphics card that hasn't even been announced yet. So the trailer is what the cutscenes will look like in the actual game

[@fluffynator6222]

So it'll run like shoot on any GPU less than 10k?

[@DeffoZappo]

Yeah but it's a cut scene. Game play is far more important. A PS2 can run an excellent cut scene because it's essentially a DVD player

[@ice45678]

@@DeffoZappo A PS2 cutscene would be pre-rendered, this was in engine.

[@Pårchmēntôs]

@@fluffynator6222 Intel’s new GPU can run CP2077 at 2k60 ultra with ray tracing and it’s $250 (what a crazy world it is that I’m gonna be buying Intel for my next GPU). But yea W4 is probably gonna be on the next generation of consoles. We’ll be lucky if it’s out in 3 years.

[@fluffynator6222]

@@Pårchmēntôs Ouh, did the market calm down again? As far as I was aware crypto basically drove GPU prices up for good.

[@nothingrhymeswithorange5294]

Statler and Waldorf were the thing that got me through it

[@beingmegucaissuffering.5326]

Statler and Waldorf riffing on the show was peak

[@jcavonpark]

Fun fact about flute Guy! He plays in Hans Zimmer’s orchestra. We saw him in the live show in Vegas. He was a standout among some truly incredible musicians. Highly recommend it!

[@TheDreadedZero]

I’m surprised you didn’t talk about the new award for the guy who helped laid off employees

[@lupolinar]

You might want to look into Amir Satvat and who he is working for in what position, then the segment will be in a whole new context and feel very weird and wrong.

[@Hobbittastic]

the okami sequel announcement had us cheering! completely unexpected. we were wondering what could have deserved an opening from jeff but omg an absolute delight of a drop. also statler and waldorf making fun of jeff for standing there is stuff we say to tease our cat so 10/10

[@Amon_Gus799]

I am beyond happy that Astro Bot won goty but was not expecting it all since it felt like it was one of those picks that they did just to fill out the space like Elden Ring dlc

[@internetera1523]

There was Yakuza,stellar blade,warhammer,helldivers, animal well and many others. For whatever reason the DLC was purposeful

[@liammcnicholas918]

I was thinking it would be down to Final Fantasy VII Rebirth or Metaphor: ReFantazio. But I was pleasantly surprised by Astro Bot winning.

[@bjiornbjiorn]

The best announcement for me was the reveal of the Illuminate arriving for Helldivers 2. A free expansion that entirely changes the way the game is played and I was able to play it less than 5 minutes after it was announced? Chef kiss.

[@TransDrummer1312]

YES omg the hype for that in the helldivers discord was insane. 120 THOUSAND players on Calypso fighting the squids was absolutely bonkers to watch in real time.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

It is really funny that Arlo was so hyped for the Okami and Fumito Ueda announcements that had zero information, but hated the Witcher 4 and Naughty Dog announcements that had a lot of information about the setting 😭 The exact things he complained about described the stuff he loved exactly

[@100megayoshi]

I wouldn't mind seeing a video where you revisit every Muppet appearance at the Game Awards and do a little ranking video.

[@Anadarksoul1701]

The muppets were my favorite part. I love how willing they were to roast Geoff. Does take courage to allow that to happened.

[@rayking5399]

When it comes to Witcher 4 and cd project red, I get Cyberpunk was a terrible launch to the point they accepted refunds. However, I don’t think one game (especially a game that they went back and worked hard to fix) should define a whole company. At the very least, they’re good at making Witcher games, so yea pretty interested when it comes out in 2030.

[@highvoltage7797]

I was going to say seems way too harsh and kinda flippant. Cyperpunk as a game has been beyond redeemed at this point.

[@vjbd2757]

It ensures that we should never preorder from CDPR ever again

[@cameronwilsey9334]

I don't think people saying this understand what he means by not being excited for it. He's apprehensive since the last release was so bad. He's not saying that The Witcher 4 will be bad, just that he's been burned and can't just simply take it at face value

[@MaxHP1]

Arlo has a tendency to hold grudges against franchises or games that slight him

[@PWPictures67]

I'm glad you're feeling better Mr. Arlo. There was no disclaimer at the beginning this time.

[@InvaderMAK-ci9ux]

While I'm still disappointed that Animal Well didn't win anything, at least we're getting an okami sequel. Also, Twenty-one Pilots' performance was incredible as always.

[@nickmartellacci5167]

Arlo, I'm so pumped you exist, man. Keep just being awesome.

[@bradenwelke111]

I understand your concerns about Naughty Dog “leaving behind” their existing IPs, but they’ve been working on _Intergalactic_ since 2020, and since then, we’ve gotten _three_ remasters (Uncharted 4, Lost Legacy, TLoUPII) and a remake (TLoUPI). So, if they’ve been able to afford to simultaneously work on those smaller projects, maybe there’s hope for Naughty Dog cooking up more than just _Intergalactic_ 🤷‍♂️ (I just remembered while finishing this comment that they were _also_ working on that TLoU standalone multiplayer game that they scrapped. They seem to be comfortable multitasking, so maybe there _is_ hope!)

[@THEONETRUEOVERLORD]

Honestly the craziness of the game awards is my favorite part. It’s not a pretentious as the Oscar’s and is in general more fun.

[@BryceFletch]

One of the best game awards in the last few years, absolutely

[@Smokescale]

Sven's speech was pretty ding dang great. I hope folks take it to heart. I know a bunch of people won't. There are those who will dismiss what he said and just keep pursuing profit over everything else because that's who's in charge of the industry currently... but... I want him to be proven right. I want game of the year to meet all those standards. And this is coming from someone who just could not care at all about the game awards.

[@FawnFiction]

My biggest takeaway from the show was how few live service games there were compared to last year. At least, it felt like last year's Game Awards were oversaturated with announcements for AAA live service slop. This year still revealed a lot of AAA stuff, but they were largely singleplayer or, at the very least, co-op experiences. Made the event feel less corporate and money-hungry. Also, the Okami sequel automatically makes this the best Game Awards.

[@lukethephantomthief]

There were some pretty good announcements in there. The Witcher 4, Okami sequel and Sonic Racing: Crossworlds I’m interested in seeing more of

[@corvidcosmo]

I really don’t like the cinematic approach to announcing a new game, especially when it’s the first thing we see, because I don’t even know what the gameplay is like. I wish they saved the cinematic stuff for later and instead showed off their gameplay (and some story) first.

[@ExploDjinn]

So it's like the Super Bowl, you watch it for the ads. Did pause the video to watch the speech Arlo mentioned, and he was right, it was incredible.

[@grymdylan]

Oh, ha! The flute guy -- he's working with Hans Zimmer now. I've seen him using MIDI woodwind controllers to play synths as well. Really cool musician.

[@PensFan35]

You’re robbing yourself of an incredible experience by not going back to play Cyberpunk 2077 in 2024. CDPR has absolutely earned my trust back.

[@the_numb_skull]

Flute guy dual wielding two instruments was legendary

[@DevJeremi]

It's wrong to judge CDP RED/The Witcher 3 because of how bugged Cyberpunk was at premier, because those games were made by 2 different teams at CDPR.

[@elsamarks8477]

It clicked for the first time last night (because of the quality of the presentation) whyNintendo never shows up. They really don’t make big budget games like the rest of the industry. We get lucky with Zelda sometimes, but naw we are just that weird third pillar like we’ve always been

[@Aether_Athea]

Yes the stream was really fun to attend ty for streaming it Arlo, and yeah there were strong games revealed!

[@DynamiteRyper]

I’ll be honest. Aside from a few wins, Copium is all that kept me watching.

[@chair42]

I'm surprised you didn't mention anything about the Game Changer award. Calling out the layoffs by giving a whole segment to someone fighting it is amazing and truly important to showing that people care.

[@lupolinar]

You might want to look into Amir Satvat, the small KZbinr who totally not works for Tencent as an executive and is responsible for buying out other gaming studios, which will totally not result in lay offs. What a guy, creating the solution for a problem he is part of..

[@chair42]

@lupolinar he started the job finding project in 2020 when he had a small role at Amazon Games. He did this for years before working at Tencent. Just because he's part of the system doesn't mean he can't spend his free time out of work fighting it. It's not like he's in control of doing layoffs. They also never said he was just a KZbinr. It was very clear he had a real job outside of the stuff he got an award for.

[@Gvern100]

To be fair Arlo CD project red had a monumental turnaround with the phantom liberty DLC the original game never should’ve released the way it was but I think this shows that they still got it

[@dmg326]

the PacMan game feels like something from the 2000s when everything was made to be edgy

[@jacobhayles4135]

Ironically, just after Arlo said there was no Nintendo announcements the KZbin algorithm decided to throw in a Nintendo ad for me 😂

[@yummyos]

Eventually they’ll run out of muppets to invite and it’ll be Arlo’s turn

[@KittyLitterYT]

Hey arlo! I've been watching you since 1666 AD, when chat first created this running joke. I enjoyed watching your game awards stream!

[@Yuti640]

What makes Astro Bot winning game of the year and a lot of the individual awards so excting to me is that it could lead to a TRUE rennosance in 3D platformers, Mario Odyssey was huge but it was Nintendo, who have been consistently making high quality 3D platformers for decades now, it's the norm for them, but for a Sony game to be a high quality 3D platformer? THAT catches attention, it shows that you don't have to be Nintendo to make a hit 3D platformer, plus with games like Concord, they all use the same base formula, of I think 5V5, which is easy to recreate, but with Astro Bot, if you recreate it, you'll have to at the very least make your own levels, which means, at the worst in terms of copying Astro Bot and making big budget 3D platformers, we're gonna get what feels like MORE Astro Bot! Which i am ALL IN FOR!!!

[@DaneIsGamer]

I did not care much about the game awards and turned it off because I was so bored, but I am a huge Muppet fan, so Statler and Waldorf were an incredible surprise and really made the show for me. Astro bot winning was pretty cool though.

[@Your_LocalWizard]

This year the Muppets stole the show more than usual

[@PrixtoTNT]

Yeah, well paced event, not gonna lie. The comments and jokes were pretty funny (specially the Muppets) and the announcements were great. Although the same problems as always: giving away awards in the pre-show, speedrunning awards to get to awards, and it could be shorter, since I personally always feel it gets a bit stretched by the end. But yeah, fun event overall

[@ramenpower8097]

17:16 so when’s the Arlo cameo at the game awards happening?!

[@elfsong713]

I love Flute Guy! He is never not the best part of the Game Awards! 😂

[@austin_the_brimstone]

Really funny that Statler and Waldorf were making fun of Keighly for selling out during what was arguably the first year without any cringe-inducing old spice or gilette ads. Either way we've come a long way since the Spike TV days.

[@thomasellis1478]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about Amir Satvat's speech. I thought that was an incredibly special and touching moment.

[@lupolinar]

You might want to look into Amir Satvat and who he is working for in what position, then the segment will be in a whole new context and feel very weird and wrong.

[@thomasellis1478]

@lupolinar didn't realize he worked for tencent 😬. I still don't think that discredits the work he's done, but it definitely paints it in a different light. It also feels incredibly disingenuous for the TGA'S to paint him as just a normal guy

[@MrNasexD]

During ER Nightreign: "Ah that looks nice. Oh, Sekiro's wall jump. Nameless King, alright." "..." *confused screaming*

[@libbyjune2336]

As a massive twenty one pilots fan, I was not looking forward to having to slog through the rest of the game awards to see their performance. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this year’s show, and it was a blast to see my friends who are also fans of the band and not necessarily gamers watch the show with completely fresh eyes. All around, I was happy with this year.

[@fogheta]

Show was literally perfect for me. Ton of amazing announcements, couple wins that weren't my choice but nothing crazy, and most importantly sent a message. Really glad Geoff pulled it back as last year wasn't looking too good

[@Godofduckes]

I’m really starting to get upset that people think graphics matter they don’t if a game is fun and the graphics are bad the game is still fun

[@thatdanjamesguy.330]

I mean, graphics can matter. But the graphics arms race is not sustainable and a good game can compensate for less graphics tech. On a personal level I couldn’t care less about graphics as long as a game looks good artistically (more Super Mario Odyssey, less Pokemon Scarlet/Violet).

[@almightygod87]

Depends on the game and what it's going for tbh

[@highvoltage7797]

The way Guidan was said was… interesting lol

[@Cletus99]

Dude in Shadow Labyrinth looks like the guy from Armed With Wings

[@xjcl6469]

IDK how anybody thought Wukong would win. Wukong was easily the worst game of the ones nominated. Yes a lot people bought it, but that'd be like saying Deadpool and Wolverine should win best picture.

[@Dlihclive]

The highlight for me was Capcom announcing a new Okami and a new Onimusha. So many old franchises that could use a pick me up. Hopefully, with Capcom doing it, it will become more common.

[@Yuti640]

The problem with intergalactic for me is that it was set up so well to be a big thing like "we actually have just one more thing" so you'd expect a long awaited thing like the previously shown Okami sequel, but it just ended up being something nobody had any investment in and after concord nobody trusts this kind of big CG cinemantic trailer, it failed at marketing on all fronts (Fun fact: the origjnal version of this comment had me calling it "interstellar" it's THAT forgettable)

[@thatdanjamesguy.330]

I personally just see it as “yep that’s a Naughty Dog game alright”. Snarky protagonist. Photorealistic graphics. Cinematic combat gameplay. Not my thing but exactly what I would expect a new series from them to be.

[@Aster-zmods]

I've been watching for so long that arlo made a video on the game awards

[@movieaddict725]

I don’t care how long the show is as long as it’s well-paced and filled with great reveals.

[@blaa6]

Aside from Statler and Waldorf, my biggest highlight is the release window for Crimson Desert. For the record it was the trailer shown after Okami so that might explain why people haven't been talking about it.

[@Yuti640]

I was there, it was so enhanced by me not having any idea what Flute Guy was until he showed up, i got like 10 seconds worth of being told the context then HE HAD SMALLER AND SMALLER INTRUMENTS IMMEDIATELY AND I WAS DYING

[@thirdcoinedge]

I think a big part of why the Muppets are at the Game Awards are just because Geoff Keighley genuinely likes the Muppets. I mean, he's the host, creator, and producer of the Game Awards, so he likely has some oversight in regards to the booking and what events are done and the big line-ups for the night, so getting Disney to agree to star one of their properties in a fairly prestigious awards ceremony shouldn't be that difficult. Keighley might just want them to be there, because if the Oscars aren't going to use them every time they get together, then that's something he's going to take advantage of. And to be honest, who wouldn't if they had that opportunity?

[@22Vnnami]

If CD Projekt Red delivers on Witcher 4, they will be fully redeemed, although never forget. They did mess up the release of cyberpunk, but simultaneously it is now one of the best fps rpgs ever made. I put it right there with New Vegas and all of its dlc. It’s good to be reminded that your favorite studios can fuck up and to watch them all closely, not preorder, not buy into hype. Support good things, disavow bad things.

[@blu3g]

I'm so happy Astro Bot got the level of recognition it got, I'm so proud of my little guy

[@elsamarks8477]

I’m really not an apologist for these sorts of things - but I do think that Kealy is just like us all (without realizing he has some power in negotiations) And when his show makes jokes about the problem- he gets it. I also think that 2023’s wrap it up mistep was exactly that. 2022 had some problems, they over corrrwcted and boom 2024 fixed it. This show will never be perfect but it’s honestly the show we deserve and glad it still exists

[@aeragonia811]

Gotta feel bad for the kids growing up with this instead of E3

[@BROJANGSTER]

eh, i mean this was on the level of a pretty decent e3

[@thatdanjamesguy.330]

E3 wasn’t that great, let’s be real here

[@WAR904]

I wouldn’t have got through the show without those muppets, every time I thought I was going to go crazy they’d show up and roast Geoff and I’d be replenished.

[@Typhoonis88]

Witcher 4 looks hell yeah bring on Ciri Witcher and Cyberpunk was incredible by the way Arlo great stories including the expansion were so great. Was it strange I was really only hyped for FFVII Rebirth and Witcher 4 o o o and the Hero dispatch game that looks incredible!

[@mirzasharamova-if7qq]

I disagree, but still cool.

[@DeffoZappo]

Honestly it's ridiculous. I was watching the chat and everyone rightfully said it was cringe and boring af.

[@Pixxelll]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@DeffoZappo yes, the chat that was calling everything “woke”, and crying for GTA6 like toddlers the whole time. Not sure they’re the ones you want to be agreeing with, but if you want to affiliate with that weird crowd then go ahead I guess

[@sigzbro]

This is a bot btw

[@DeffoZappo]

@@Pixxelll did you find it entertaining?

[@rupiaction]

The biggest reveal to me during the direct was finding out that people were watching Arlo before they were babies and even before embryos. Those are only true fans.

[@gungaloscrungalo8925]

"Fun" is a strong word. It wasn't as overtly and unapologetically cringe as previous years, but it was still just a corporate advertising platform pretending to be prestigious.

[@ReachStudioPro]

This was the best one I can recall and I'm not even basing this on the games that was shown. Completely disregarding every single game that was shown, this was the best one. The muppets part was excellent. The pacing was good. People got to speak. The only awkward guys were the Sony and Wukong guy. Most importantly they added the Game Changer category. The best part. Bringing up the horrible things companies have caused because of their uncontrollable greed to show one person who managed to help thousands of people ON HIS OWN FOR FREE! That guy is a fucking HERO! That made me feel "I'm thankful of The Game Awards". This time it felt like the show was for the people behind who are making the games we all love. I will now look forward to this event every year if this is how it will continue. Also, having never played Astro Bot, it was the only correct game to be awarded GOTY. There is hope in this industry still.