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

[@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.

[@SeriousStriker]

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

[@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

[@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 🤌

[@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

[@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).

[@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.)

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@BagMonster]

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

[@tkfarms7882]

Agreed!

[@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.

[@CraftinKidXD]

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

[@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

[@-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.

[@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!

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

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

[@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.

[@plufim]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@jeremyetremblay6663]

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

[@gobogoo2329]

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

[@ennis_w]

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

[@JoelGarcia-lu3tw]

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

[@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

[@DestinySpider]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@nickmartellacci5167]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@nothingrhymeswithorange5294]

Statler and Waldorf were the thing that got me through it

[@beingmegucaissuffering.5326]

Statler and Waldorf riffing on the show was peak

[@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.

[@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.

[@PWPictures67]

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

[@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.

[@100megayoshi]

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

[@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.

[@the_numb_skull]

Flute guy dual wielding two instruments was legendary

[@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.

[@yummyos]

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

[@jacobhayles4135]

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

[@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

[@Aether_Athea]

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

[@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!)

[@Your_LocalWizard]

This year the Muppets stole the show more than usual

[@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

[@DynamiteRyper]

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

[@dmg326]

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

[@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.

[@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!!!

[@elfsong713]

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

[@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).

[@Aster-zmods]

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

[@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.

[@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..

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@drakept7742]

Outer world 2 is microsoft game. Microsoft did show one game.

[@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?

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@blu3g]

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

[@Cletus99]

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

[@highvoltage7797]

The way Guidan was said was… interesting lol

[@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

[@Nathan-h5z]

7:50 Jak and Daxter fans: "First time?"

[@goranisacson2502]

Yeah, it's just kinda the fate of being a Naughty Dog follower. You get one series at a time, and when it passes it PASSES. One just has to enjoy it while you can.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@SuperFlik]

I'm a huge Witcher fan, books and games, but I agree with Arlo on The Witcher 4. They had already announced they were working on it, so the only thing this short film told us is that Ciri will be the main character.

[@Il_Exile_lI]

The CDPR comments are kind of weird. They have literally never made a bad game, so Arlo saying he has no faith in them is odd. Yes, Cyberpunk was rushed out before it was done, but even at launch it was a great game underneath the technical problems, especially on PC where those problems were less pronounced. The PR disaster they suffered from Cyberpunk's launch, and all the work they had to do to repair their reputation and fix the game's technical issues, makes it pretty clear they won't make that mistake again. I get that skepticism is healthy, especially for the AAA games business, but being this dismissive of a studio that has never put out a bad game when the AAA industry is filled with Ubisoft, EA, Activision, WB, Microsoft, Take Two, and so many other big publishers that are constantly laying people off and putting profit and monetization over art to a massive degree feels pretty odd.

[@TheDisturbedOne24]

Yah I'm right there with you. I feel bad for people who write Cyberpunk off because of them trying to force it onto old consoles. It's legit such a good game that it ruins most other games that are trying to be in the same vein. I get that nobody wants to be ripped off and they have their guard up. But damn. Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk are on a whole different level. Absolutely not even worried about Witcher 4, cuz that's their element they have always worked with. Cyberpunk was literally a whole different PERSPECTIVE of a game they were trying. And did it better than all of the rest. And people that think they didn't do it better than everyone else doing a first person game. I find it hard to believe they even played it.

[@evanpereira3555]

Well they never made a bad game (at least in the recent years after I follow their work) but they never made good launch either and their games needs between 1 or 2 to be polished (even tho they're polish). And I don't talk about just Cyberpunk, the Witcher's launchs were also pretty messy.

[@CurseMarc]

I hate when games launch broken, which is why I didn’t play the game till 2022 when everyone was saying a lot of the problems were fixed. Loved the game so much that I bought the DLC when it came out, and I rarely buy DLC these days. There are people that will never do that though and will forever base their opinion on the launch.

[@LBrivet]

I feel that you and many other people who rush to defend CDPR only get a superficial picture of the entire amount of lies and arrogant comments surrounding cyberpunk, yet you talk about it so confidently. The bugs were only the low hanging fruit and I assure you that, have they been just "minimal", people would still have defended the game saying the fans just had impossible expectations. The real issue with Cyberpunk is all the hype they built up through lies. (Fully explorable city with no door you can't access, pedestrian AI at least at the same level than RDR2's, killable story NPC (making the story able to change direction entirely), Key items that are able to be used, sold or destroyed (again changing the plot entirely), among others. and among MANY others that took them years to patch in) The game director arrogantly claiming that this would be THE cyberpunk game, that they're "leaving greed to others" and that they wouldn't be releasing the game if it wasn't fully ready (they also publicly posted on twitter the game was Gold and ready to be sold). Only to deliver a rushed slop that besides the graphics and the open world did nothing that Deus Ex hadn't already done almost a decade ago. They also hid PS4 gameplay and didn't allow reviewers to use their own gameplay because they knew it was ass and they needed to keep up with the lie. But hey, I guess a good anime and fixing up the mess you caused yourself in the first place is enough to make people forget and put them back in line for your next product.

[@footywap1314]

I just think it’s hypocritical he says all this about cdpr but had glowing things to say about scarlet and violet despite that launch being arguably worse and they never ended up fixing it

[@oregano2771]

They need to give Arlo the muppet cameo next year!

[@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]

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.

[@dragonpro-xm3md]

Another video blessed to us

[@Final_Starman]

Hey Arlo been watching since 7th grade! Huge fan! Keep up the great work!!

[@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

[@amampathak]

You've become so negative man, this was a good show. Cyberpunk is so good, I dont know what you are talking about

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

Wait, 4:44. The Pacman game is coming to switch but not PS4 and Xbox One? That's a damn shame. I firmly believe that less graphically intensive games should keep going to PS4 indefinitely. The PS5 uses x86, and so will the PS6. Games that can run on PS4 should

[@Sir.CatMilly]

I've played Nintendo for too long, that i look at a assassins creed game and go, "These graphics are amazing." Now well I don't personally care about the graphics as long as they aren't impossible but I know other people have a lot to say about them so in this case I agree with you

[@RollingStone501]

As an RGG Studios fan, seeing both Virtua Fighter and the Project Century announcement got me hype