Game of the Year SHOWDOWN!

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#gameawards #gameoftheyear #goty #geoffkeighley

[@TheDrsalvation]

Leon parrying the flashlight's light made my day

[@TheTraveler980]

And a rolling death machine!

[@matthewcharles9813]

That made me so happy to

[@zeexiii]

As someone who did not play RE4. Is the knife that op in the game?

[@TheTraveler980]

@@zeexiii it's an exaggeration, but it is strong enough to parry a chainsaw hit before breaking.

[@TheDrsalvation]

@@zeexiiiin the original, you shoot an enemy once in the head, kick them, and then knife them until they die. That's about it. In the remake, the knife breaks but can be repaired (or use disposable weaker alternatives like kitchen knifes). It can be used to parry almost every attack (if you can't crouch under them, you can parry it). The parry as an essential mechanic if you're playing it on harder difficulties.

[@itsQuilow]

Leon parrying Alan's flashlight gave me the best laugh I've had in months

[@Havoc10K]

Yeah bro, the knife being the strongest weapon in the game is silly willy XD

[@FelipeKana1]

Same! and then he knife-parries the TotK monstrosity-car kkkkkkkkkk I would watch more half an hour of this mess!

[@jacobbrotbeck8652]

I've never played Alan wake, what is the context of the flashlight?

[@RiouMcDohl26]

​@@jacobbrotbeck8652to put It simply, all enemies in both games are weak to light. The most common way to deal with them is using a flashlight to stun them or make them weak to your weapons. That's why a flare gun is the most powerful weapon in the Game, capable of even take down various foes at once.

[@Kizumi421]

I'm not so familiar with Alan Wake 2 but the context about the first game is that the enemies are weak to light. They almost only appear in the night and a light source (usually flash light) is needed to break their invulerability. The flash light also provides informations by revealing signs or traps made by reflective materials (they start shining when you point flashlight to them) and acts as the role of crosshair (the game don't have traditional crosshairs or aim-down sights, you just shoot at where the flashlight is pointing), it's basically the central machinism of the game.

[@SilvercrestYT]

This should be the intro for the Game Awards!

[@gabrielpineirogarcia2078]

Never understimate Nintendo fans. They defended Scarlet and Violet broken mess on day one, They might band together for Mario wonder (objectively better quality/prepared Than that Pokémon game)

[@GDonor]

@@gabrielpineirogarcia2078 As a Pokemon/Nintendo fan boy, I took great offense to the state SV came out in, and still has to this day. And while Wonder however does not have these issues, but I would be surprised if Wonder won. My vote is BG3.

[@Mene0]

What does your reply have to do with OP? Persecution complex much?@@gabrielpineirogarcia2078

[@Lrbearclaw]

@@gabrielpineirogarcia2078 Do remember that fan votes is MAYBE half of how TGA handles voting. Alana pierce made a great video about this a couple weeks back as someone in the industry and has been one of the people on the voting board (if you can call it that) of TGA.

[@pepelaugh4091]

@@Lrbearclaw not half its clearly stated on the website Winners are determined by a blended vote between the voting jury (90%) and public fan voting (10%).

[@daedricwinters2979]

Astarion pocketing the whole vehicle and getting encumbered sent me to the moon

[@NEEDbacon]

Honestly was expecting him to become encumbered when he stole the award from the Merchant

[@daydreamdirty]

I admit I died laughing at that too

[@LADY_ARSTRON]

I laugh so much that this heard my neighbors

[@ArdaIskender]

Should've sent to camp

[@YungQueef]

no you didnt dont lie smdh

[@SolarisKane]

Link affixing the critical hit dice to his weapon is legitimately brilliant.

[@d.r2533]

Gale missing with Ignis was beautiful!

[@theangler1922]

Ignis? This isn't Dragon's Dogma. Firebolt :P

[@LokesProduction]

Ignis! *Miss*@@theangler1922

[@andanjv]

​@@theangler1922bg3 has incantations when casting spells. Firebolt's ignis as well. Latin i guess

[@mahumia]

Aka igmiss

[@Nehelenia3000]

Should have magic missile him. 100% acc

[@stephennewton2777]

It’ll be interesting to see which comes second to Baldur’s Gate.

[@arphenti2502]

Probably zelda

[@georgplatzer8213]

Well i actually feel like it could be Zelda as well no? The Community really loved this game

[@kalieffoster4607]

You and your bear lover will not win 😮

[@toknowwhyuneed3593]

@@georgplatzer8213 Yes, I don't know how the awards are decided, but if it's community love then any game has a chance. From a purely artistic point of view BG3 is a much bigger statement than the 4 millionth 3D Zelda game. The step up from BG2 to BG3 is light years bigger than the half-step that is between Breath and Tears. It's also a LOT more work. The voice acting and dialogue alone clearly took a ridiculously long time, and Nintendo just doesn't do voice acting anywhere close to that level. BG3 helped revived a niche genre, TTRPG CRPG , that was pretty much only limping along thanks to Pathfinder. Zelda was just a perfected model of something they already released a while ago. By any artistic or achievement metric BG3 should be 3 to 500 times more worthy of GOTY than Zelda.

[@darkguardian50]

@@kalieffoster4607 there is almost no chance that anything other than BG3 wins. Miracles can happen, but its highly unlikely. only 20% of the vote is fan vote. The rest is all industry people. The only game I think that has a small outside chance, due largely to it having just released and being so damn good, is Alan Wake 2

[@pj-wille]

Link was such a goofy agent of chaos during that, I loved it.

[@-siranzalot-]

Credit where credit is due

[@SephirothRyu]

Link in the game is peak adventure goblin.

[@secretscarlet8249]

Alan surviving with just a flashlight amidst the chaos… he got my respect lol

[@screes620]

I love how Astarion is now the default face of BG3.

[@Tespri]

Well actor did won some awards.

[@StinkyBuster]

He sort of always has been. Hes front and center in the main marketing materials

[@Alien0P]

Everyone loves a super sexy vampire with a deep voice and an english accent !

[@Manar_798]

Tbh I only bought the game for him!!

[@commanderjonson2610]

@@Alien0Pdeep voice? Wtf?

[@solesurv]

Baldurs Gate has my vote!

[@winglessrayven4294]

I agree, I never played a game so much in a year.

[@Raxatlix]

And my axe !

[@Mr.V-7]

@@Raxatlix And my Bow!

[@MasterPokemonov]

@@Mr.V-7 and my panties Shadowheart

[@aeristheblack3725]

@@Mr.V-7 it is wizard time... fireball mudda fuccer

[@gtabro1337]

Astarion stealing the whole Link glider is so... Astarion

[@ImPedofinderGeneral]

they should thank their luck it wasnt Dark Urge

[@offworlder461]

Leon truly is the parry god. He can literally parry anything, physical or non-physical.

[@Alipubg2012]

Leon is a god

[@platinoob__2495]

Alan hitting everything with light and the merchant just throwing coins in Leon's face were just so funny

[@francoislatulippe7183]

Please make the ending of that animation for the winning game afterwards 😂 Baldurs Gate is going to take this one for sure

[@alinaitzal1173]

Yeah, Larian Studios just KNOCKED it out of the park on this one. They are all great games... But Balders Gate Three is in a realm by iteslf.

[@runnergo1398]

It's a toss-up between BG3 and ToTK. I'll be happy if either wins.

[@tonydalimata]

BG3 , came out of nowhere and people that didn't even like turned based CRPG enjoyed it

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

Baldurs Gate 3 SHOULD win this one for sure, but voting is by the general masses and Nintendo games get a large amount of normies.

[@Tespri]

@@tonydalimata Wasn't out of nowhere. It was well and long hyped.

[@davidcaboose4845]

Link fusing the NAT 20 had me dying lol 😂

[@DaKoRnMaN]

The gemstone joke with Leon was goated lol

[@falconeshield]

The knife just beating everyone

[@benjaminhowes4483]

Carbot on point for this

[@AmishMicrowave]

I didn't get it, I only play good games like Baldur's Gate 3 ☺

[@Jopovicious]

@@AmishMicrowave You can put gems to treasures in RE4, so that you can sell em with higher price. I got this joke, since I've played all the best games this year.

[@RedxHarlow]

@@AmishMicrowave bg3 wasnt good tho

[@balkthor]

As always, the use of Link sounds with his animations is inhumanly perfect.

[@elvadrieclya]

The Elden Ring main theme at the end is priceless 👌

[@qscott777]

As if TotK wasn't already basically Infinity War with Link gathering the infinity stones, here we see him actually using the time stone to undo his defeat!

[@DagothDaddy]

Starfield's in the corner huffing glue.

[@HuwPewPew]

With Diablo 4 sniffing Starfield's butt.

[@gthakur17]

​@HuwPewPew diablo 4 was so bad that I totally forgot it came out this year

[@TheDrsalvation]

Starfield's living rent free in your head huffing glue lmao. Seriously, I'm on xbox and I don't even think about that game as much as y'all do.

[@Ghostrebel017]

@@HuwPewPew where they both fucking belong

[@ssagard2000]

@@TheDrsalvation no need to think about how its nowhere near goty.

[@roxorzboxorz31]

Honestly a lot of great games this year, but I haven't seen the impact baldur's gate had on people in a long time. People I know who had given up on video games got pulled into it by another friend wanting to play and loved it, people who didn't really like the CRPG genre (like myself) had a blast with the game. I loved tears of the kingdom, was certain it'd win game of the year, and baldur's gate wasn't even on my radar when it came out, that should highlight just how big of an impact baldur's gate 3 had.

[@rosewood_uwu8865]

exactaly why i thing bg3 is winning. Its a year of great games, but bg3 made people who wouldnt normaly play crpgs play crpgs, just like how elden ring made non soulsborn fans into soulsborn players.

[@phftheebonidiot637]

i love mario wonder and it is such a desperately needed refresh of a gaming titan, but gotta give it to balders gate.

[@TheAzureGhost]

​@@rosewood_uwu8865Armored Core 6 did something similar with the Mecha genre , which was probably even more nieche then CRPGs here in the west. But yeah, while it was great (and my fav. new game of the year) it still lacks the mass appeal of the nomines and while great compared to many older mecha games has still a way to go before becoming a true GotY.

[@mapmakerlich]

Meanwhile totk went full bad piggies and it worked

[@TheAzureGhost]

@@mapmakerlich I still don't get what's so nice about that game. Tried it at a friends place (my last self owned Nintendo Console was the SNES) and it felt less appealing then Genshin Impact... Then again i never rly got into Zelda even back in the Gameboy/SNES days...

[@Mavrick7410]

I hope Geoff put this in the show

[@PeterDB90]

It would make my day... no... my week :P

[@matthewcharles9813]

He'd sadly have to pay him a ton to be on the show.

[@OutsiderXE]

There should be a part two after announcing the winner

[@ItsShatter]

2023 will go down as one of the best years in gaming.

[@roxashunter8879]

Leon parrying the light whit his knife got me XD

[@mothman5187]

Can't ever have Link involved in any video without some good ol' korok torture 👍

[@TheAngous]

I love the fact that Link is just having fun with those powers in this video

[@balkthor]

"Hyrule, schmyrule. Let's go build a Mechazoid!"

[@manuelhasler9590]

Someone rolled a 20 at the games awards

[@djraztah2462]

That Link, linking the dice was genius and funny and Leon with his knife parry gave me a good laugh damn lol

[@nyxhen2583]

Gale missing with that bloody cantrip 🥴

[@viniedesmarais9814]

Too realistic! Cast that with Astarion or Shadowheart, and they'll hit. But the archwizard? Nope, miss. I still like my archwizard.

[@BigBoss15310]

Surprised that Astarion didn't provoke an opportunity attack from the Merchant. His sneaking really is S tier :)

[@LuckyLiarK]

Oh hey. Baldur's gate 3 just roll a 20 on winning the award. :D

[@Saadajaji]

If you’re wondering what was Leon doing at 2:03 he was trying to insert the ruby in a slot (that the award doesn’t have) so that he can sell it for a higher price exactly like the game.

[@Dino9474]

The Elden Ring theme was the icing on the cake ❤

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

They better fucking drop the DLC trailer and release date

[@TheAero1221]

@@akechijubeimitsuhide I'd bet money that there will be a trailer. I think they'll drop a release date like 1 month before it drops though. Or they do some wild shit like "oh its out right now, lol". I swear the Elden Ring release came outta nowhere, and it was just terrific. Wouldn't be surprised if they did something like that again.

[@epsiloneka3612]

BG3 is the most incredible experience I've had in my 30 years of gaming. (I'm 35) I don't see a world where he doesn't win.

[@Liamette]

That Elden Ring soundtrack at the end of it all was just perfect. Chef's kiss.

[@zephyrpp]

Carbot’s way of telling us there will be a DLC trailer at TGA.

[@bjmar13]

The lasers turning on on the vehicle killed me.

[@leshie687]

what are the lasers?

[@wert556]

​@@leshie687beam lasers you attach and pretty much wreck your enemies with ur vehicle

[@benjaminolivo3423]

2:25 The flashlight JAJAJAJAJ, loved it.

[@-asilex-2356]

I can't imagine BG3 not winning this. This game has too much to offer for what we are used to nowadays.

[@Noobochok]

Just wait for nintendards prove you wrong.

[@makotoyuki9498]

⁠@@Noobochok”TotK really tickled my fancy at 720p with unstable 30 FPS, TotK for game of the year!”

[@OnTheRocksGamingShow]

@@makotoyuki9498 "BG3 really tickled my fancy with periodic crashing, quests being bugged, large fights taking 10 minutes for one enemy turn, NPCs getting stuck both in and out of combat, 3rd act having far too many bugs, framerate inconsistencies, and quests that barely conclude any of the story lines. BG3 for game of the year!" I love BG3, and TotK, but you're acting like BG3 doesn't have far worse glaring issues than 720p 30fps.

[@makotoyuki9498]

@@OnTheRocksGamingShow Hell no, I’m not attached to any games from this awards show. I know that BG3 and TotK are both solid games, and both have flaws. But like, damn Nintendo really priced a $70 game that runs like shit whenever you use the abilities.

[@makotoyuki9498]

@@OnTheRocksGamingShow Actually, now that I think about it, I am not particularly interested in what wins GotY this year. But I do know one thing, Dave the Diver for best indie, who doesn’t love a high budget “indie game.” Destiny for best community, because they sure as hell earned it for putting up with Bungie. Cyberpunk for ongoing, gotta pat them on the back for the broken launch. And Alan Wake for GotY because I sure do love walking.

[@TheHiddenNarrative]

I was genuinely invested in the storyline...

[@ExpandDomain]

Might be one of the best animations you've made yet. It feels perfect for this awesome year of gaming!

[@Devn8tr]

First time watching this and you somehow showed the appeal of quite a few of the games all while in the animation. Like breath of the wild with the power, Mario has the iconic characters and transformations, Baldurs gate has thievery and shenanigans, spider man is swinging around, and idk the rest

[@Bolderox]

I really hope baldurs gate 3 wins, but that would mean the industry would have to realize that giving devs complete control and letting them take their time is a successful model to making a good game, which in turn can sell really well, and modern gaming doesn't want to do that, it's too hard.

[@falconeshield]

Watch them give it to Alan Wake 2

[@DembaiVT]

I think the industry is fine with it. The stockholders and the corporate monsters at the top of each of these businesses are the ones who don't like it. Remember when blizzards motto was "Soon TM"? Now it's "55 new updates and things to buy, here are some trinkets and items and incentives and half baked content omg".

[@justinmartin845]

BG3, not only was it a good game it shook things up.

[@absoluteandrew398]

They are still shaking things up with the brand new “Honor mode” and fully fleshed out epilogue they added. It is so obvious when developers actually love what they’ve created.

[@river9548]

Let us embrace dedication, work and love through Baldur’s Gate

[@thomasboys7216]

I would, but it left me encumbered.

[@mathcheck1923]

NO!

[@marcusgabriel8365]

0:42 The most accurate Gale gameplay ever

[@waleazez7851]

For people who haven't played RE4R the knife isn't that op (until you unlock the infinite knife, but that's post endgame anyways), you need very tight timing, and it breaks making you have to horde resources for repairing or getting another knife. So all in all still balanced mechanic but when you pull it off you seem like a badass.

[@Novskyy621]

Baldurs Gate 3 for sure

[@alexandrekabes1349]

I like how the Award looks so much like the Angel Lamp. Suits Alan perfectly.

[@Bosston62]

Leon hitting Alan wake with the Knife party is too damn accurate lmfao

[@d0rinat0r]

Awesome animation! The Elden Ring music at the end was a nice touch as well

[@starhaven1881]

I hope its BG3 for several reasons. But they are all solid contenders. But I really hope lararin get it they deserve it And honestly It'd be great to see a smaller dev group win it.

[@StardustSynchron]

My favorite this year is definitely Baldur's Gate 3 :)

[@43njdevils]

BG3 has my vote, but the way you made Alan Wake fight had me laughing so hard! Awesome video!

[@darkguardian50]

I thought it was perfect, that's our Champion of Light alright! (BG3 still wins though).

[@TriforceWisdom64]

This reminds me of Terminal Montage's "Battle Royale" animations. You guys nailed that chaotic style!

[@jairdinh7563]

Holy shit this is so great representing each game hilariously.

[@Nocturnon]

BG1 bird chirping after the first five seconds made my day already. :)

[@Mario-SunshineGalaxy64]

I don’t care who wins so long as we get to see the majesty that is the Flute Guy preform again.

[@MrSharpShooterMan77]

That man deserves to be president of the world.

[@NaliaDanger]

He will be there, he announced it on his twitter!

[@rocketrooster2410]

I swear if it's not BG3.

[@Delver639]

same feeling, bro!

[@rosalina2938]

ofc it is. It tricks all the diversity boxes. It will win.

[@amberharvey4566]

@@rosalina2938 nothing to do with diversity, its a solid game that got great post launch support and has a compelling story, i usually hate they type of rgp bg3 is and i sunk over 300 hours into it. you could take all the "diversity" out of it and it would still win based on quality and gameplay alone.

[@xJB1032x]

Having Elden Ring's theme play at the end was such a great homage to last year.

[@andrewthorn7283]

BALDUR'S SWEEP

[@SamuraiSquirrel]

This was absolutely brilliant, they should play this at the game awards!!

[@Ozinghood]

Masterclass in Segways, lol this was great. I am totally biased with BG3 being the only one I’ve played of these.

[@RGRockboyGamingVLOG]

Carbot. You live in your own world for real. Your animation is the best one can ever hope for. Representing 101% of the source material in a funny way. You rock man !

[@liulich129]

The opening theme of Elden Ring in the end is perfectly perfect.

[@infamousincubus2888]

1:29 Gluing the critical success roll to your weapon is brilliant!

[@christiangonzales3337]

THIS WAS AWESOME!!!

[@cluaranfrostwind2846]

Baldurs Gate needs to get it to send a positive message to the world

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

Stop making everything political, the best game should win period

[@Booby855]

​@@mcmarkmarkson7115what the hell does it have to do with politics? It's about making better games and releasing finished games.

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

@@Booby855 all the contenders are finished games, what bullshit are you trying to pull?

[@Dervinator10]

Oh cool. Still Baldur’s Gate then

[@Hedspaces]

@@mcmarkmarkson7115 I think both comments are referring to how BG3 literally made ubisoft devs start crying on twitter about how it's gonna "raise the bar" when most ubisoft titles often underperform or don't sell well, yes all games on the list are finished, but some titles like starfield are underwhelming and didn't live up to the hype, yes all contenders are finished, but that doesn't mean they're good, I think what @ABreedon85 meant is that if other game devs see BG3 winning, it might push them to... try harder with their games

[@oultimometroid2764]

Zelda TOTK has my vote!

[@generalrendar7290]

Loved that Morales had high evasion because of his spider sense and reflexes.

[@agnieszkajak3470]

Baldurs Gate 3 🤞🍀🤞🍀🤞

[@Zaudejis]

Of those choices Baldurs Gate out does them by miles.

[@arielpond9527]

I'm just wheezing and dying of laughter, trying not to disturb my neighbors in the middle of the night. Leon blocking everything with knife and Astarion stealing the whole Link's plane. I just can't

[@joshualeeyik5546]

I like how Leon is just trying to sell the trophy instead of keeping it.

[@davidreeder43]

Ok, this might be your best cartoon yet.

[@beliffywu5804]

far from it....

[@spartendeath]

If BG3 doesnt win, the game awards will be burnt to the ground.

[@Houzzr]

Flashlight vs Knife, the fight we didn’t know we needed

[@Th3EnigmaticSoldier]

This was brilliant! So many awesome details and references! Incredible job!

[@guilhermeoutro6083]

BG3 for the win!

[@isbn6800]

This is the best thing I've seen in a long time!

[@Autoscooter]

Parrying links car got me crying 😂

[@ZonnexNecton]

I love all of them especially Tears of the Kingdom. But my money is on Baldur’s Gate 3. Not out of popularity, but it is such a fun RPG game especially with others.

[@mistahanansi2264]

A lot of those games are, at most, fun to play. But Baldur's Gate 3 made an amazing game (of which they're still constantly improving by the way, 5 updates in the first 3 months) using a genre that even AAA developers would NEVER have the courage to try for fear it won't "sell as many copies..." even though it's still millions of copies. BG3 isn't just fun, it changes your LIFE!

[@ArsmozaDork]

Leon making Parrys to the flashlight 😂

[@vanillaashe9264]

Lol at Leon parrying light flashes

[@davidclark765]

This is literally the best thing that will come out of the Game Awards this year. Thank you so much.

[@GuardianTactician]

Missed opportunity to have Astarion take an attack of opportunity for dashing away instead of disengaging.

[@tomachu7899]

God that miss on the fireball I felt. lmao.

[@pavelmarchev1468]

Ahahaha, I love it how Spider-Man is animated trying to get back on top of the rotating leaf, like a real spider would do

[@dragonriderabens9761]

BG3 They already swept the Golden Joysticks They’re gonna take the award in every category they were nominated here

[@Faiiltrain]

Remember that 80% of the votes come from industry people. Given that BG3 is a huge middle finger to industry standards i.e battlepasses, day one DLC etc etc i wouldnt be surprised if they dont sweep like they did at the joysticks.

[@Sergey.Naumov]

remember Last of Us Part 2?

[@allanevans7633]

The Elden Ring theme makes me want Elden Ring to win....again.

[@PapaBear816]

BG3 already cleaned house at 1 award show. Guess what is happening again?

[@mikked01]

There were SO. MANY. GOOD. GAMES. I've been gaming since I was 4, and this year, I've been absolutely spoiled for choices.

[@hoangvu1698]

That knife of Leon was best part.

[@trollnoble6445]

I don't know, Baldur's Gate earned that award pretty solidly.

[@zhaoyun255]

Leon is here with that 3rd Strike Daigo Parry, LOL

[@draaaven157]

Imagine if Elden ring released this year too instead of last. Would actually be getting impossible to vote.

[@Junkzillabox]

Leon parrying light with his knife is so funny, haha!

[@_CMStuff_]

I died at Alan + Leon combo´s this channel slaps!