What has become of the Game Awards?

[@Tutu.....]

That thumbnail is diabolical

[@nightmaredude7518]

Ong

[@kiamehrgh3081]

Clickbait goes HARD

[@hti5795]

It's not nearly as bad... but still BAD

[@angel_of_rust]

i fucking forgot skull and bones holy crap

[@orb1t867]

Wouldnt be surprised if they were icl 🤣

[@runespar]

They should just have a best DLC category. Would've loved to see Phantom Liberty win more awards last year.

[@BlickyDicky]

They already do. Best Ongoing Game is where the DLCs are supposed to be nominated. That's what they did with Phantom Liberty last year.

[@Superagent666]

Exactly. The fact that Phantom Liberty wasn't nominated by SOTE was is actually insane

[@duyanhhoang3070]

Or fromsoft could have just added an intro or a prologue which lead players directly the shadow realm. Then release it as a stand alone game.

[@ExtantPerson]

100%, Phantom Liberty was so good

[@onejediboi]

Choosing a DLC over helldivers 2, silent hill 2 or space marine 2 shows how much of a joke the game awards has become

[@Kashi-qo8ik]

Bot comment

[@TheGamingRapper]

You forgot Concord

[@m0ejo324]

​@@Kashi-qo8ik no, it fucking makes no sense to have a fucking dlc on GOTY

[@KingOfhearts72]

@@Kashi-qo8ikcope

[@Jaidon30]

@@Kashi-qo8ikironic😂

[@sgl0509]

As an ex d2 player, Im glad we're keeping the tradition of laughing at it each time they get nominated for best ongoing

[@RandomWolfPrinting]

Same here, it’s absolutely ridiculous 8:03

[@peepoo2049]

Real, like who tf keeps voting for them? 😂 CEOs firing devs and saving money so that they can bribe the game awards and buy new sports cars it seems

[@AverageHomosapienGeezer]

As a current d2 player I still laugh at it when it is nominated

[@fr0ck360]

They really tried to sneak Star Wars Outlaws so badly bruh. Wdym it’s getting “Innovation in Accessibility” award?

[@BodaciousDerb]

Lol they put Dragon age: the Failguard in there too its the participation award category. Do you reckon Ubisoft is gonna make a bigger bribe or EA?

[@ooferdoofer7091]

It has by far the most options for accessibility of any triple A game (and I assume more than any indie game) released this year, it might not be a good game overall but why shouldn’t that accomplishment be recognized?

[@BodaciousDerb]

@ooferdoofer7091 the majority of its "accessibility" settings are just ways to adjust the difficulty. As for its actual settings for people with vision and hearing issues the only one even slighty commendable above other games is its colorblind options but even then that is beginning to become an industry standard, TLOU2 did it far better and even Overwatch 2 has colorblind settings. So no i dont think it is especially deserving of the accessibility award.

[@ooferdoofer7091]

@@BodaciousDerb I searched it up and what you’ve described seems to be very reductive, stuff like being able bypass quick time events might be trivial to you and perceived as making the game easy for game journalists but I know someone who wouldn’t be able to play the game if that wasn’t an option because of nerve damage in their hands. Even then there is still my point that the category has importance which the OP doesn’t seem to get. I don’t think it is a good game but what mainstream title did it better? If you know of one I am genuinely curious. Have a nice day.

[@BodaciousDerb]

@ooferdoofer7091 notice the word innovation? Innovation means something new that hasnt been done before. Nothing Outlaws has done is "innovation" and as i described in my earlier comment this is all stuff TLOU2 implemented before and implemented better

[@SkinnySkeletonJumpscare]

I am back harassing the poor asian man until he plays turbo overkill

[@rikeyrat3467]

No way he dose but lets hope so. Love that game.

[@Joesmith-lz6pq]

True, he must play it

[@mrdunklestein]

As a person who bought Balatro 3 days ago, it is addictingly PEAK. Not sure it’s zanny’s style, but I’d bet you would like it, threezanny

[@hakugen3479]

Best Performance Nominee: Outlaws I lol'ed. Lmao even.

[@jj_grabes]

That has the same energy as Destiny 2 being a best 2023 community support nominee when the community was in fallout after the layoffs

[@hakugen3479]

@jj_grabes I'm inclined to believe "best on-going/community support" is like a throwaway category that they don't even bother looking into the nominees to see whether they qualified. Like they just put the same shit in that category then throw it into the storage once the Award is done, only to dust it out again comes next year.

[@goktugonvermez8140]

I did not vote it for Saluting Igon

[@ExtantPerson]

IJBOL

[@thegoddamnedbatman2138]

If I can’t buy a “game” infact I have to buy ANOTHER game to play it then how is it nominated for GAME of the year

[@ewanmitchell5897]

Your just basically saying it's a dlc 💀💀 yup we get that don't think it can't be nominated though, the dlc is next to near a perfect game experience that is completely different to the base game and not just an update so it should be allowed to be a nominee

[@GlorytotheImperium]

​@@ewanmitchell5897 no

[@TheSpongyMallard]

@@ewanmitchell5897 The award is called, "Game of the Year" not "DLC of the Year."

[@keller1808]

@@TheSpongyMallard They should have a category like that. “DLC of the year”.

[@Defalt_477]

Elden Ring it's already a GOTY. You would buy a GOTY to play another GOTY.

[@Renheit404]

DLCs were a part of GOTY already (blood and wine for witcher 3 at least) BUT not including helldivers 2 and space marine 2 is somewhat weird

[@reyrodriguez4280]

Funny how everybody complaining about SOTE doesn’t realize DLCs have been nominated for GOTY before. They seem to overlook a mobile card game being there, and a remake, and an industry plant being there.

[@porkerpete7722]

What qualifies GOTY. Because Helldiver 2 has 0 story. Its just a multiplayer game. And SM 2 is cool, but not amazing.

[@insertcreativename802]

⁠@@reyrodriguez4280​​⁠ To be fair, Balatro didn’t start as a Mobile Game, it’s a rougelike card game that was originally released on Steam in February, then got a port to mobile in September. If it started as a mobile game & stayed a mobile game, people would probably be making a bigger deal about it.

[@historicflame972]

@@reyrodriguez4280 Hop off Balatro, it's only mobile by a technicality

[@jameslough6329]

@@porkerpete7722 Does a game need to have a story to be good? If so why are Left 4 Dead 2 and Minecraft considered to be some of the greatest games ever made.

[@Resourceful_Rat]

A DLC being nominated for GOTY is like a post-credit scene in a movie being nominated for an Oscar

[@titaochen5249]

Truuuue

[@axess374]

Exept the post-credits scene is half the length of the movie and has it's own original storyline and characters

[@chrisrogers5890]

Except that this "post credit scene" is about the size and length of half the games that have come out this year

[@emeraldwarrior588]

​@@chrisrogers5890☝️🤓

[@Lunatic42]

this comparison is soo far off the point it ain't even funny

[@cheesemonkey442]

They put Destiny 2 for best ongoing over Warframe, which is fucking crazy to me

[@StaySqueezy12]

Final Shape was a fantastic dlc. Final Shape honestly deserves the spot. Idk if Warframe deserved to be there, I don’t know much about it but TFS was excellent

[@eartht0ast755]

​@@StaySqueezy12Yeah but everything they've done after TFS is straight dogshit so

[@spoiler1828]

as a warframe and destiny player I'mma be real bro warframe is irrelevant in the gaming sphere. Ongoing is a stupid category, it should've been MMO and then include mmos like Warframe. It's whatever tho getting an award from these clowns would be an insult to any game

[@porkerpete7722]

Destiny is way more epic than Warframe. The grind sets in instantly for Warframe. D2 i can play for hours.

[@spoiler1828]

@@porkerpete7722 well yeah, d2 is an mmo fps first, warframe is a farming game first. D2 follows the traditional mmo model of paying for yearly content vs warframe's free but u can buy everything model

[@cjvoerman5591]

The Absolute State of the Game Awards.

[@Bob527-u8o]

Astro bot is in my mind the same sort of game as many of the Mario games. Very tied to a brand, kid friendly and made for a specific platform. It just happens that Astro bot also had great mechanics like many of the Mario games but it was also super optimized for the ps5 so it ran super smooth as they casually had a million particles and a dozen enemies all at once

[@stevenjackson9028]

The fact that best narrative had 2 remakes on the list lets you know what kind of award show this is. Those games narratives already existed.

[@submachinegun5737]

Probably just a commentary on Modern Gaming (TM) and how no one makes anything new they just reboot old stuff, especially in single player games where story is more relevant

[@THEONETRUEOVERLORD]

FF7 is basically a different story tho. For better or worse.

[@whenallelsfails21]

Ff7 rebirth is NOT the same narrative. Unfortunately.

[@mum-your]

@@THEONETRUEOVERLORD for worse mostly, i just finished the original again and its shocking how mid the remakes are

[@knightmare5097]

Or maybe because they have good narratives? FF7R is far from the original in narrative direction.

[@jimbojamjames]

Balatro is such a good game I'd definitely recommend it a chance off stream if a rouge-like poker game interests you Zanman

[@MLGHazrad]

I know for a fact that Gacha games like Wuthering Waves and Zenless Zone Zero players have a stake on mobile games because they get in game rewards if one of them wins. Like ZZZ mightbget a free character

[@hakugen3479]

@@MLGHazrad Genshit literally "bought" players' vote 2 years ago I think, like the official twitter account made a post saying for each award they won players will get like x amount of gacha currency, but as per Mihoyo' fashion, someone made a calc of the estimated reward they will get and surprise, it barely amounted to a single gacha pull.

[@jj_grabes]

Elden Ring DLC being a 2024 nominee when the base game won in 2022 is silly to me.

[@S0n0fG0D]

I can't agree on HD2 being in the list. It started out amazing, but the amount of horrible mistakes arrowhead have made is infuriating. They've screwed up the game and spat in the face of their customers 3 times now. Their DSS update gave everyone a horrible distaste. They're lucky we even forgive them 😂

[@greasysteak6785]

they need a remake category and a dlc category imo, also p3r not being in the soundtrack category but metaphor being there is pretty surprising considering theyre both atlus titles

[@Rafilisupreme]

Please shadow of the erdtree win game of the year because it will be the most fucking hilarious thing in 2024

[@keller1808]

Nah it’d be funnier if Concord won

[@pakthecube]

I saw the same meme on reddit

[@rng-mos2314]

I'll take it over Rebirth.

[@eliasfigarzon9813]

@Rafilisupreme and I must remember you thar if the dlc wins, people are going to destroy from and miyazaki one way or another, they won't have mercy and everything they done so far, will be reduced to nothing, and they they did not do anything wrong here

[@PurpleH4z3]

i hope that balatron wins

[@asherking159]

The studio that made arcane started out making music videos. So if you feel like a scene you’re watching is like a music video, that’s because it 100% is and these guys just like making them. It’s part of their style

[@ducospeeltgames3592]

When r threezanny and zanny gonna collab?

[@NairMcgee1]

Zanny REALLY needs to expand his horizons 😭

[@johnpitro4585]

He will when the next AAA action shooter drops...oh wait that's Black Ops 6 😂

[@NairMcgee1]

@@johnpitro4585 Not playing Metaphor or Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is diabolical. I know he played and enjoyed Final Fantasy X

[@johnpitro4585]

@@NairMcgee1 Wait he did?!! Man, Old Zanny was based 😂. But seriously I don't get why he doesn't try something new 😞 it's always action/shooter games with multiplayer or anything fromsoftware

[@S0n0fG0D]

Hey, some people just have their tastes in games. For me, I will never go near survival games or survival shooter games. Days gone being a big one. I just don't like those types of games. I get they're good, but the survival aspect isn't interesting.

[@h0olaman]

I thought the same thing. Not only should HD2 be in the GOTY category instead of the ER DLC, but for me personally, it was GOTY.

[@Marc-rk3mi]

Ngl, Zanny should probably try Metaphor. Animation and Soundtrack is so amazing

[@Zaileyx]

What has become of Zanny's Hollow knight playthrough?

[@z34567890123456]

If a game is being remade it shouldn’t be nominated for GOTY. It’s literally already been released before. Imagine if they just re-released an upscaled copy of a movie from like 30 years ago and it won Best Picture 😂.

[@septemberstarlight9362]

"what is the best designed multiplayer and coop experience" zanny: THE CRASHES

[@cuzzbaby]

Balatro is so good. It is like a drug once you start seeing the multipliers stack up. Highly recommend.

[@mrlucky9157]

So basically "Gambling addiction - the game"

[@coljderango7836]

Balatro has no money involved, so it's more just a "get high score" type game. No gambling involved, as you don't ever bet anything

[@KingOfhearts72]

Game is being shilled like crazy.

[@acidsolman5665]

@@CasshernFateit’s a 15 dollar game ABOUT gambling. Not a game where you gamble you’re actual money you nincompoop 😂

[@Defalt_477]

A game like that got in to the GOTY and people are giving shit to shadow of the erdtree. Figures.

[@naifbashin3099]

6:13 This nominee definitely goes to Astro Bot, the visuals and the level design is AMAZING

[@IagoM013]

I hope Elden Ring DLC wins because that would be pretty funny.

[@cravensword4769]

Out of the choices given Astro bot is my game of the year. The game just felt so satisfying to play and the music was wonderful! If helldivers was there then that would have been my pick.

[@TheFrozen_Aba]

I think if they really wanna push DLCs/expansions they should just make it its own separate category

[@dreux_]

went from not knowing shit about playing cards to being able to read any deck hand thanks to Balatro, it deserves its success.

[@gianmiguel5796]

The fact that star wars outlaws was even in ANY OF THE LISTINGS just shows what kind of CLOWNS run the game industry

[@esmith2k2]

“Not fully resolved” no, it’s literally 0% resolved. EVERY REGION where you can’t make a PSN account cannot purchase or play Helldivers 2. The issue never went away. And “some regions” by the way is well over 100 countries. It’s disgusting by Sony and I’m glad it’s not here because of that.

[@ohthatswild1755]

You seem to be basing your judgement of a game on the actions of its producer. The game itself is GOTY worthy, and although it really does suck that it cannot be played by others in more obscure countries that isn't a problem of the game, but the publisher.

[@z34567890123456]

⁠@@ohthatswild1755unfortunately Sony would get the praise so it’s better to leave it off despite it being an amazing game. Sony would benefit more from the game winning awards than the developers would.

[@HughJass901]

Cope

[@KentzHodiono]

L take on Astrobot. Jk. But really tho, it's pretty good. Charming game that made me smile throughout.

[@vid9170]

I kind of want Elden Ring DLC to win just so QuantumTV seethes again

[@lordgrub12345]

Oh yeah that would be pretty funny. "Next year, nobody Will remember this game". *Wins game of the year again* lmao.

[@solid_2077]

Isn't that guy in prison?

[@keller1808]

@@solid_2077 In prison? What’d he do now?

[@GlorytotheImperium]

​@@keller1808 domestic abuse lmao

[@lordgrub12345]

@@keller1808 abuse his girlfriend

[@ogPunkcln]

Zanny should give Balatro a try. Only once or twice he'd already know why it's nominated so many times. Because it's not just poker like a lot of people say.

[@ratchetron_]

Ok but Stellar Blade is actually really good. The combat is very similar to that of Sekiro's so I feel like Zanny would legitimately enjoy the game. Plus there's a lot of customization that look legitimately good besides the obvious horny options. Stellar Blade was the most fun game I have played this year and it would be really cool to watch zanny play it. Also the soundtrack slaps

[@zachw7609]

His friends need to bully him to play it like they did with titanfall 2

[@mum-your]

you wanna play a sekiro like? play nine sols, that was the most fun game i played this year

[@ratchetron_]

@@mum-your I'll put it on my bucket list. First I've gotta get through Wukong and Lies of P tho lol

[@nchldmn]

Astro bot is the clear winner

[@someguy6152]

4:33 Yep, totally resolved, only 177 countries can't play it after they bought it and didn't get a refund, it's just 2/3 of the world, who cares about those guys.

[@thechugg4372]

Thanks for thinking about us! It's honestly baffling that this is still an issue.

[@sirius_solaris]

He does literally explain that half a second later

[@someguy6152]

​@@sirius_solaris "Not fully resolved, you still don't need a PSN account but *SOME* countries can't get it anymore" "Explained" He said it like it's no big deal that 2/3 of the world can't play it and didn't mention that no one got refunds if they can't play anymore

[@dashnyamkhurelbaatar1318]

Three Zanny is my most watched gaming channel this year according to KZbin recap ❤

[@porkerpete7722]

Doing tricks on it.

[@caliberaxis8892]

Black myth is my GOTY because of how much effort it was put into it. Being able play as enemies, the lore and cinematic. The monkey with big stick, by far my favorite game this year. Space marine 2 being a second.

[@Meme21_21]

At 1:30 they meant Spider-man 2 because it had updates this year

[@mysterwobble]

No one is talking about final fantasy 7 rebirth 😔

[@kogden8110]

Nobody cares about that slop.

[@Wesker47584]

@@kogden8110 I mean it was pretty good, if only it wasn’t a damn exclusive

[@kogden8110]

@ also wtf is Metaphor. I haven’t seen or heard ANYTHING about it until it was announced during the nominations, which I don’t know how that’s possible if the game was good enough for a nomination.

[@narottamakarunanidhi1731]

feels like i lived under a rock because i dont know 80% of those games but im sure theyre good and not just paid by the devs to be nominated lol

[@icedtead9812]

@@kogden8110 top 2 games there

[@frederri2968]

Elden ring dlc based

[@topcat59]

I personally don’t mind them putting the Elden ring DLC up there, since it’s technically Elden ring 2 but if they’re gonna do that they should’ve put phantom liberty up there as well.🐱

[@whenallelsfails21]

Phantom liberty was last year. And I still have to buy/play most of "elden ring 1" to get to "elden ring 2". It's a little ridiculous.

[@DeMerdeEncule]

Agreed. The inconsistency is what's really problematic here.

[@eliasfigarzon9813]

Lmao this kid

[@dogwithdabutter4]

No THE FINALS for even the smaller categories for multiplayer or ongoing games is CRIMINAL.

[@splinky159]

I’m just saying if they can let a remake be game of the year dlc should be up for vote

[@munfri]

its not a remake

[@Zaney_]

I'll start with saying, I agree with everyone. There should be a standalone dlc category. There's also precedence with dlcs being nominated for past game awards.. But do all that next year. Elden sweep baby! Let's go! They need to restructure and properly nail down what each of the categories actually stand for. Some of the games just don't belong in certain categories, silent hill in action/adventure when wukong and stellar blade is literally that.

[@SirZebb]

DLC content the size of a new game isnt ok, but remakes of already existing games is. K

[@reyrodriguez4280]

Not to mention a playstation tech demo and mobile card game being there, but ya SOTE is the problem 🤡

[@Toucanz]

Well you see one of these is a new game, the other is a dlc. Glad I could help. 😊

[@achmahnsch]

@@ToucanzFF7 is a remake

[@mum-your]

@@Toucanz but i already played that game in 2001. so its not a new game but lazy devs just recreating something for fortnite kids like you but since they are creatively bankrupt, they couldnt create anything new and original.

[@Toucanz]

@@mum-your By that logic all remakes are soulless cash grabs made by lazy developers, which if you genuinely believe I would like to know your reasoning. Remakes are still new games being made from the ground up and releasing on their own 2 legs, the fact that it is a recreation of a previous game is not grounds for it to be disqualified from being nominated as GAME of the year. An expansion of a game is not a new game, regardless of how much it adds and how good it is hence why people are upset at Elden rings dlcs inclusion.

[@doubleupload5620]

If dlc can win castle crashes dlc is winning next year

[@sammythebull8238]

Don’t worry zany your vote only counts 1/10 as much as ign and the la times for some reason

[@FANG3D]

Well that makes some sense as they want to avoid spam and bots cheating the vote

[@somethingthatisntcringe757]

Because people could easily just bot or spam the votes. Granted, game journalists aren't the best, but let's not act like half the shit they do is just rage bait to generate clicks and is probably not indicative of what they actually think.

[@raine-time]

In another universe that thumbnail is no joke and all those games are 10/10 lol

[@YashimaTameyoshi]

At this point GTA 6 trailer can be nominated as GOTY

[@Bacon.Bits.]

Balatro is the first ever single developer game to be nominated (and btw, it is a poker roguelike with crazy buffs, card types, and deck builds)

[@Lestibournes160]

Balatro SWEEP incoming

[@deurikin2466]

its actually dawning on me just now all the "sequels" we got this year. Helldivers 2, Space Marine 2, Silent Hill 2, STALKER 2; am I missing anything here?

[@Blub_525]

I cant believe that HD2 got replaced by DLC and a fucking card game for GOTY

[@icedtead9812]

balatro absolutely deserves to be there

[@finlaytemple1744]

Dude balatro is an incredible game and why shouldn't a dlc be nominated? Its incredibly made and designed, of a large scale, and performed well, sounds like a goty nominee to me

[@KingOfhearts72]

@@icedtead9812LOL. LMAO EVEN. You are no doubt a redditor. It’s just solitaire SLOP

[@KingOfhearts72]

@@finlaytemple1744Redditors really outing themselves

[@Oxrenn]

@@icedtead9812Identifying Balatro to be inferior because It’s not a super high budget AAA game lol

[@SinematicClips]

phantom liberty would've won if dlcs were allowed last year and that arcane take is blasphemy

[@pigsinspace9927]

I think Zanny forgot what a shit show the Helldivers 2 community managers were during the account situation

[@sgdeqytrsyj3717]

Zanny talking to the ER dlc be like : why are you here ? I was expecting for helldivers 2. 😂 😂

[@NightLordJagon]

I honestly want Shadow of the Erdtree to win just to see everyone get even more salty...I love the chaos 😂 but my personal pick is Black Myth...

[@krajicsek13]

You love chaos you say? Inquisition this one here

[@eliasfigarzon9813]

@NightLordJagon Kid I must remember you and everyone here that if it does win people are going to destroy from and miyazaki, all their reputation and work. They will show no mercy, so please, be a little bit more conscious about the consequences of that possible outcome, and they did not do anything wrong here but will still face the punishment of this action

[@aidenbrenneman2302]

@@eliasfigarzon9813 no ones gonna be getting their pitchforks out because something deserving of recognition wins an award like "sorry bro you made too good a dlc gonna cancel you now" like what? the witcher 3's blood and wine won rpg of the year when it came out so why does it matter now?

[@simonealcazar816]

@@eliasfigarzon9813 That is so unbelievable stupid, I have literally no words for how absurd of a take that is. Fromsoft, Miyazaki and its fan base is not responsible for why it’s on this list. How is it going to ruin its reputation? “Oh Fromsoft so evil. They’re on the level of Ubisoft! They made a huge DLC…so they’re bad.” Like…what!?!? If Fromsoft’s reputation is destroyed because of other people’s decisions out of Fromsoft’s control, those people are broken human beings.

[@eliasfigarzon9813]

@aidenbrenneman2302 can't you use some logic in whatever you are thinking? Firstly Blood and wine won but not in the major categories, heck blood and wine along with the old hunters and half life 2 episode 2 are the dlcs that actually deserve a nomination such as this one if want to play this crazy game, not shadow of the erdtree, but even them couldn't get more than 2 or 3 nominations in minor categories. This dlc is just an insult to everything I just mentioned getting major nominations, not just one ; and this dlc has so many flaws that it shouldn't even be considered for these, beyond the ones of "best dlc" or "best ongoing game or support from the community". Secondly you need to understand how people are nowadays kid. This dlc isn't as good as you say, it's just your feelings speaking for you. The people are going to destroy from and miyazaki one way or another, it doesn't matter what they did or did not do, that's sadly how they behave on these days

[@Truck-kun11]

Aside from a DLC being nominated for Game of the Year I'd say this year's Game Awards are pretty solid overall.

[@DeadmasterEntertaint]

Helldivers is no GOTY material

[@trustypatches5244]

Stellar Blade is actually really really fun. Story is alrightttt, but the music, combat, and vibe are simply top-tier.

[@golik133]

Bro we were just joking when we said ER SOTE is a Whole game 😂😂😂 they take it for real

[@Angellance7]

If last time not putting Hi-fi Rush in the game of the year nominees was a massive steal, NOW they opened a whole ass circus 😂

[@shaunv3673]

Any full game on the market has an advantage over any DLC to be nominated for Game of The Year because they are a fully formed game. Any DLC has to work 2 times or 3 times as hard to win such a nomination. It should not be disqualified based on the technicality that it is just an add on. It should be judged solely on the merits of its content.

[@ohthatswild1755]

That isn’t entirely true, becuase people who liked the game the dlc comes from will likely pick the dlc purely because of their memories towards the og game. A major expansion is not the same as an entirely new game

[@BodaciousDerb]

By technicality it shouldnt be there. To play SOTE you have to buy Elden ring (which obvs won 2022 GOTY) and play through half of it before you can even get to it and even then the DLC is far overhyped the base game was far better.

[@Defalt_477]

Right? This discussion is kinda ridiculous.

[@F0zek]

But it is not a game, but a dlc. This should automatically disqualify it based on this recognition, you cannot play dlc on its own they are even different by legal standards, so sit down.

[@shaunv3673]

@@F0zek What you don't seem to understand is that any given year any DLC is eligible to be nominated for game of the year. It is just up until now, none has. But the moment one is, it should be automatically disqualified?

[@flouy7430]

No Helldivers 2 is insane

[@krajicsek13]

If Wukong gets a dlc and it doesn't get GOTY nomination than they just put Erdtree here so it doesn't win

[@simonealcazar816]

Depends how big or how good it is. If so that’s the case way not?

[@nniico_]

wukong is the lowest rated game to have ever been nominated for GOTY. you're lucky it's even there to begin with

[@krajicsek13]

@@nniico_ Last of Us Part 2 was also the lowest rating and still won GOTY

[@mum-your]

im sorry but wukong is a solid 8/10 game after finishing and i dont see how its dlc can be any better than this. its not even the best chinese fromsoft inspired game by a long shot (play nine sols, its crazy how underrated and better that game is). lets hope game science makes a sequal building on the current game's foundation

[@nniico_]

@@krajicsek13 no it was not but okay

[@sokhon6590]

10:00 These (or replace COD with FF7/Silent Hill2) should be the contenders for GOTY.

[@jjay2771]

DLC for game of the year; but a suspicious absence of Palworld lol

[@jjay2771]

Helldivers was lots of fun; if they didn't ruin my experience with the balance patches it probably would be my goty but given they did break and most of my friends quit I ultimately had more fun in palworld this year then any other game

[@UniBlue1000]

Palworld is still in early access, I dont think they nominate EA games

[@jjay2771]

@@UniBlue1000 they actually changed that years ago; if you check the faq any game which is purchasable is now possible to be nominated. "Are Early Access Games Eligible for Nomination? Yes, any game available for public consumption by the deadline is eligible for potential nomination. It’s up to the jury to decide if a title warrants a nomination for creative and/or technical excellence in a given year." Even this year in indie title Manor Lords is still an EA game with much less purchases and lower review score then Palworld. Mostly positive Manor Lords vs Very positive Palworld with vastly more players; which belongs in the catagory?

[@cliverossfield16]

They should replace astro bot and Elden Ring with Space Marine 2 and Helldiver 2. And yes, Balatro is that good. It's also a roguelike game and has sold more than any of the other games except for Wukong.

[@datlamahorn]

On one hand it's definelt weird to have DLC be nominated as GOTY, but on the other hand it's brand new content and if it's as big as SOTE it's ok imo. Especially when Fifa can make a small update, call it a new game and win Sports Game of the Year. If Fromsoft would've made another soulslike, it would've probably have roughly the same amount of new content (aside from some new gameplay mechanics). And like the Game Awards said, they will only nominate DLC if it has an amount of content that makes it comparable to a full game. And SOTE is. Fromsoft could've easily just called this Eldenring 2 or Eldenring: Shadow of the Erdtree (Spinoff), made you port your account data to it and win/get nominated. Or they could've actually made a new game with the amount of work that went into this. I think that it's more important to talk about the best piece of new content than stick by this weird rule of just having actual games. But I think that the Game Awards should make a "Best non-sequel" category for games that aren't sequels and that aren't really similar to what the studio has done before. So a new fromsoft game/DLC couldn't be nominated except if it has as much innovation as something like Sekiro.

[@zachbrokehisback]

dlc isn’t a game now stoo

[@jasonvrba4644]

100%. Could say that about any of the sports games. But cuz they make you pay a full 70$ again ppl think it’s a new game 🤡

[@somethingthatisntcringe757]

What part of "dlc's are not games" do you not get?

[@jasonvrba4644]

@@somethingthatisntcringe757 I’ll be sure ask them to rename the category to “best gaming experience” so yall can stop crying about the technicalities of it

[@somethingthatisntcringe757]

@@jasonvrba4644 DLC is not a game, thats it, thats the end of it. Stop trying to push it to be something it's not.

[@dunnie416]

Darth Zanny: I was hoping for helldivers 2. Why are you here?

[@Defalt_477]

The real question is what's a card game doing in the game of the year

[@rorywatt9752]

Play it and you’ll understand. Made by a single dev and it’s that dev’s debut game. It’s a Trojan horse of a game, it looks deceptively meh from the outside as a roguelike poker deck builder but it’s insanely fun. Get it, it’s cheap and only like 80mb cuz the dev actually knows how to compress their files

[@weskertambemjoga8261]

I hope bo6 dont win best mutiplayer, a game that fucks good players dont deserve an award (skill based damage💀💀💀)

[@ewanmitchell5897]

Really think people getting mad about dlc being a nominee is sad, shadow of the erdtree is worthy to be a nominee as it the thing is as big as a game due to the sheat amount of content alongside this i do think the argument of it cabt be a nominee because it isnt a "game" like what??? That makes no sense as when the original game was reviewed it didnt have tjis content, so if SOTET was just called elden ring 2 you guys wouldnt be mad, jusf calm down and atleast try the thing, i admit i do think helldivers or black myth deserve it however i think alot of people are angry because their game wasnt here like please just calm down 😭🙏🙏💀💀

[@Salieri01]

No, and stop using emojis you dumbass

[@reyrodriguez4280]

@@Salieri01 cry harder, still nobody will care 😢😂😮😊

[@somethingthatisntcringe757]

A DLC is not a game, end of story.

[@unterhau1102]

If a dlc has more content and is way better quality than most AAA games that came out this year, then it has every right to be on this list.

[@loreofmetal5604]

helldivers is really cinematic, but the combat can feel rough with the constant ragdolling. Space marine 2 sweeps the best combat category

[@redlionyt3019]

Does Zanny use a pc or a laptop?

[@SpookyM0aiMan]

For gaming he uses a console unless he playing modded games, he usually prefers Xbox. But if you mean for streaming I think he uses a pc

[@reezwave]

Blud need to expand his genre of games lol. Even asmongold played anime jrpg nowadays

[@Defalt_477]

Agree on that. I waiting for him to play stellar blade. Finish some games too, i still waiting for him to finish baldur's gate 3, batman arkham and the witcher 3 DLCs

[@porkerpete7722]

G*y

[@jasonvrba4644]

Dudes still grinding cod and fifa lmao

[@somethingthatisntcringe757]

let blud play want he wants

[@starkiller332]

Balatro was a pc game that got ported to pretty much everything including mobile btw

[@omega5159]

DLCs have always been eligible. Witcher 3 dlc was nominated for best rpg

[@icedtead9812]

they make exceptions for dlcs they like

[@bigdravid]

wasn't just nominated for best rpg... it won, beating Dark Souls 3

[@aaeve5676]

Exactly, best RPG, not game of the year

[@mum-your]

@@aaeve5676 rpg = role playing GAME. are you touched in the head?

[@somethingthatisntcringe757]

They make exceptions for the ones the journalists want to jerk off, way to follow the rules huh

[@epsilon6516]

Metal Hellsinger got a VR release? That’s cool. Underrated rhythm shooter

[@LORDSHIPICKLE]

To be fair, I think elden ring was nominated simply because of its scale, I know a lot of people who honestly consider the dlc to be its own separate game just because of how big it was and how much it had in it. Simply complaining about SoTe because it’s a dlc is kinda unfair to what it did. Although I do think they could have included more games for game of the year, silent hill 2/helldivers 2/space marine 2 got ROBBED

[@ohthatswild1755]

Even if it was expansive though, is it not still classified as a DLC? You have to buy Elden Ring to play it.

[@achmahnsch]

@@ohthatswild1755yet it’s better than any other slop this year. We shouldn’t punish greatness because of technicalities, seriously

[@somethingthatisntcringe757]

@@achmahnsch We absolutely should, this is setting a bad precedent for the future. I don't give a fuck if your DLC is some 11/10 Van Gogh level masterclass, the rules are the rules.

[@achmahnsch]

@ and the rules have just been changed. So yes it can win the rules are the rules,as you say

[@somethingthatisntcringe757]

@ Yes, they introduce a new rule coincidentally in the year the Elden ring dlc comes out, thanks journalists. It’s the greatest joke that a dlc expansion which requires you to buy the game it’s connected to, then play through 70 percent of the game just to get to it, is nominated for GAME of the year. Further cements the trivial nature of the Game Awards, if you weren’t already aware of that.

[@seekay8079]

DLC has always been allowed to be Game of the Year. Witcher 3 Blood and Wine even won Best Role-Playing Game. I would have loved to see Helldivers 2 or Silent Hill 2, but Elden Ring DLC isn't a bad choice, especially since it literally has just as much content as some of the other full fledged games in the nominees. I think the real problem is the fact there is no "Best DLC" or "Best Remake" category. Allow them to have their own section, and then we wouldn't need to have this problem. Elden Ring DLC is one of the best gaming experiences I've had this year, but it is ridiculous that we have to include it with the other complete games. It's even more hilarious how said DLC is better than half of the other candidates.

[@rabbit7261]

it's wild that a dlc and a remake are taking place on there, kinda sad tbh, and what the hell is Balatro is it actually a deserving game???

[@lordgrub12345]

A remake makes sense, what? A dlc sure. But a remake, as long as it makes changes on the original, should be considered for goty

[@rabbit7261]

@lordgrub12345 I knew they were not supposed to be on GOTY as well, maybe I'm wrong idk. It should bring big changes tho, haven't played it so I can't tell but I heard it did bring some differences.

[@turtlecheese6795]

Balatro is very very good I think it deserves to be there.

[@rabbit7261]

@@turtlecheese6795 I mean it's a cards game I'm not into that.

[@turtlecheese6795]

@@rabbit7261 to each their own.

[@brooksidestar]

They robbed us of hd2 game of the year. We must take revenge

[@rans0927]

They just don’t want black myth wukong to win period.

[@icedtead9812]

black myth is not even top 3 games there.

[@abobo777]

that's why they nominated it

[@finlaytemple1744]

Ah yes thats how you make a game lose, you nominate it for game of the year.... are you diagnosed with anything?

[@KingOfhearts72]

@@icedtead9812 wrong.

[@rans0927]

@@icedtead9812 wrong

[@JoeTemple-e3p]

It's a crime that Richard Lintern (voice of Igon in Shadow of the Erdtree) did not even get nominated for best performance. CURSE YOU GAME AWARDS!!!!!!

[@BlackCowboy0]

A fucking card game got nominated? Yeah this is a filler year for next year.

[@icedtead9812]

it absolutely deserves to be there and it's easily top 3

[@Oxrenn]

Stop oversimplifying a game you haven’t played and broaden your tastes a little.

[@popcornbuster752]

It has been over for The Game Awards since 2020.

[@kogden8110]

Balatro getting a nomination over Helldivers is disgusting. The game is overrated. They need to trash the “jury” they have and leave it to player votes

[@Oxrenn]

wtf is wrong with balatro besides “indie card game”?

[@kogden8110]

@ there’s nothing wrong with Balatro, it’s just not as amazing as people keep saying it is, I think there are many more games that exceed it that should be on the list instead.

[@rorywatt9752]

Let’s just agree that helldivers 2 should’ve taken the spot of shadows of erdtree. It’s at least refreshing to see a debut indie game on the goty list

[@reyrodriguez4280]

@@rorywatt9752 L opinion

[@Armetar]

nah HD2 had pretty buggy launch and a lot of bugs from launch are still present. Good game but not a GOTY

[@SmoothTeeVee]

Biggest personal outrage is that The Finals got zilch despite being launched in the middle of THE LAST GAME AWARDS

[@macandchees5438]

no concord is a literal crime

[@rollaluzay3279]

I love this time of the year when zanny voting for the Game Awards