WHO TAKES THE GAME AWARDS?

[@twil004]

They need a DLC category bad. Putting a DLC in GOTY is setting a weird precedent because now people can look back at other past years DLC's and wonder why they weren't added to GOTY and this was.

[@alexwright5419]

That’s what was thinking is it starts a slippery slope. Like The Witcher 3’s Blood and Wine. And don’t forget, this does mean a season of Fortnite is eligible

[@HurkaTheGuard]

I don't think its such a bad idea to give DLCs their own category. Granted it would give any game with a seasonal model an excuse to say "Our DLCs are free look at generous us" and let them enter or have any MMO slot in their latest expansion. Its strange that the game awards didn't have a DLC category until now I did find out though, that all the way in 2014, they had a Remakes and Remasters category, i wonder why that isn't brought back, surely not because most games today are either old ongoing games or remade/remastered old games right?

[@Ghorda9]

@@HurkaTheGuard i think a "fan favorite" category would be better

[@leithaziz2716]

Bloodborne Old Hunters, Hollow Knight Godhome, Witcher 3 Blood & Wine, Outer Wilds Echoes of the Eye, Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty, Xenoblade 3 Future Redeeemed. All great DLCs that are now at an awkward spot considering they didn't get nominated before.

[@TonyTheTGR]

I was thinking "Best _ DLC" should be its' own shelf.

[@Kat1kafka]

I love the dlc. But it shouldn't be in the game of the year nominees.

[@simongomes7250]

Yeah we’ll see

[@GhostMan407]

it should, a remake is there and no one is complaining

[@biscuitbros152]

Remakes and dlc’s should have their own category since we get so many of them nowadays.

[@Majorkip]

@@GhostMan407 a part 2 of a remake from the ground up which is over 100hrs is not a 10hour long dlc for a game 2.5 years old.

[@soulechelon2643]

@@GhostMan407 No, it shouldn't. And Rebirth isn't a remake. Why people still say this after years of it being revealed it's actually a sequel to the original FF7 astounds me.

[@drkryan21]

“Are people looking forward for Death Stranding 2?” Yes, we are. All 12 of us

[@watchamigos1232]

@@drkryan21 I'll be honest, having finished the first one this year, I'm definitely picking up the second one. It's not everyone's cup of tree but it truly is a must-have-once experience.

[@zzxp1]

Make it 13

[@GreatRaijin]

​@@zzxp1 no youre one of the 12 along with mutahar, now we just gotta find the other 9

[@watchamigos1232]

@@zzxp1What sold me for the next part was Unger when the players find out they were being misdirected this whole time.

[@fluffly8935]

Love Death Stranding

[@ProHipStar]

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Challenger Pack 4: Terry Bogard should have won Game of the Year 2019.

[@A_chocolate_bar_review_channel]

OK!

[@serghonest9]

Question: Being a DLC doesn't make it a game? So if you're playing Elden Ring = you're playing a game. But the moment you enter the expansion, you're not playing a game anymore. Is it like the border with Canada? You take one step and you're suddenly not in a videogame but in a piece of software like Photoshop?

[@ItzSpecter]

​@serghonest9 No, that's not the point like at all. The reason why people have such an issue with SOTE being nominated for GOTY is because it's an expansion (not a full stand-alone game) of a game that ALREADY WON GOTY 2 years ago

[@serghonest9]

​@@ItzSpecter That's not the point > proceeds to make that the point. The category is called "Game of the year" not "Stand-alone game of the year".

[@urm0m69]

@@serghonest9 that's not the issue, the issue is that it's still the same game, that's why it's not eligible for ts

[@Krmc88]

Let’s be honest we don’t watch the game awards for the awards. It’s for the trailers

[@nman551]

Right

[@James-dc6ft]

💯 facs

[@Caldaborg38]

And flute guy.

[@lesexypiglet___8599]

SILKSONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[@dashhunterx735]

I'm legit just watching the game awards for SF6 Mai, Tekken 8 DLC and for Sega to finally talk about those games they announced last time.

[@gelidgenteel]

BALATRO SWEEP SOULS FOR JIMBO

[@yayothejowen2541]

Max saying Usada Pekora is like seeing your dad do something you like lmao

[@MidnightKingL]

Frankly I'm just happy Like a Dragon got to be here.

[@colorado2455]

Same. But no one even mentions it.

[@mythriljojo]

@@colorado2455 For me, personally, I think Metaphor was just an overall better experience than Infinite Wealth. I love Yakuza/Like a Dragon, I thought Infinite Wealth was great, but I feel the story was a bit lacking. I vibed more with Metaphor's gameplay and its story so I went and picked that in every category that Infinite Wealth got nominated in. I think it also didn't help Infinite Wealth that it was released very early in the year compared to Metaphor. It has just kinda left most people's thoughts.

[@colorado2455]

@@mythriljojo True the story was a bit lacking despite having a good final boss. But I won't lose hope one day a LAD game will win GOTY.

[@jinpei05]

It's wild that the MVC Collection is a nominee.

[@maximumkirb3310]

I didn’t play any of the games nominated for best fighting game, but I voted for the MVC collection. I doubt that it deserves it in comparison to one of the other nominees, but it would be so fucking cool for MVC to win a game award after being in limbo for god knows how long

[@SparkySpice0911]

i mean a dlc is up for goty, so other dumb stuff can happen too

[@BigEOT3]

Still better than Multiversus

[@gamemax1049]

@@jinpei05 It was the only 2024 FG that hyped me up I just love MVC with my heart

[@CalciumChief]

Clearly needed something to fill out the spot.

[@chief664]

The categories are all messed up. The fact that they don't see the problem with MVC fighting collection, multiverses and Shadow of the erdtree being nominated for things proves how out of touch they are. Really feels like the game awards doesn't understand video games.

[@CALAMITY0FHYRULE]

Isn't multiversus mid as hell too? Iirc its just wanna be smash. Or am I thinking of the wrong game

[@chief664]

@CALAMITY0FHYRULE yeah it's a Platform Fighter like smash.

[@youngtexas210]

The people that play Multiversus still really like it. So if there's a handful of them in the voting body, it makes sense it would still get nominated. Esp considering how few major FG came out this year.

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

@@youngtexas210I still like MultiVersus, and I don’t have a problem with it being nominated as Fortnite’s still nominated.

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

And Fortnite?

[@ijustsawthat]

If you somehow don't know about Balatro yet, stay safely away. That game addiction is Vampire Survivors kinda of level.

[@humbertolopezdimitri2593]

I didn't even know the game existed until the game awards mentioned it

[@the3xit762]

It’s my GOTY. I believe Balatro and Astro both are worthy

[@SHlNRlKlARU]

​@@humbertolopezdimitri2593 How!? lmao

[@kevinaosei]

@@the3xit762 literally just saw a news article saying balastro game dev begged the judges to be put there lol

[@the3xit762]

@@kevinaosei cool? Doesn’t change the quality of the game itself does it

[@sonicslm4844]

2 categories we seriously need. DLC / Expansions and Retro Game / Collection of the year.

[@poett8875]

Also Best Horror game and Best Platformer. It irritates me how those types of games are always thrown into the action/adventure category.

[@marcuskane1040]

Or just honorable mention since such type of releases don't happen each year or there's not a a lot of them.

[@DieJG]

Honestly...they need a real horror category. Silent Hill being in adventure....what?

[@zanpakutoman4225]

That's a good point. There are like dozens of notable horror games that come out every year. Usually, at least 2 or 3 of them make some main stream noise. That reminds me, I don't think Lethal Company ever got anything from the VGAs this year or last.

[@Furiac.]

It (lethal company) blew up a bit too late in the year I think. Award shows sometimes miss games that are big in nov/dec

[@bobdobbz9334]

They need a survival horror category but SH2R would not be in it. It's an action adventure game. My nominees for Survival Horror 2024: - Signalis - Crow Country - Tormented Souls 2

[@notofuse8549]

​@@bobdobbz9334 Didn't Signalis come out 2 years ago?

[@bobdobbz9334]

@@notofuse8549 Ah you're right. Just Crow Country and Tormented Souls 2 then.

[@LowSkillPlays]

Part of me feels like Geoff makes these weird decisions just so people talk about The Game Awards.

[@AdderTude]

Nah, it's all the non-gaming news outlets that vote for the nominees.

[@BlueShellshock]

"DLC shouldn't be able to win GotY." "You know what, let's put it to a vote."

[@Drew_D]

Did anyone else see that fan votes only count 10% towards the winners?

[@glungusgongus]

Always been a thing

[@Drew_D]

@glungusgongus Really?! Dang, I just found out a few days ago. 😅

[@Hlidskialf]

LETS GO USADA PEKORA

[@Kyo_theTowaSimp]

HA↗️HA↘️HA↗️HA↘️HA↗️

[@MmmUbePandan]

BUN BUN CHA BUN BUN CHA

[@alyasVictorio]

Hololive oh yeah!

[@mangasinatanaelpanjaitan3048]

Heh Didn't Max main Botan in that one Hololive fighting game? I must've missed the part where he played Pekora extensively

[@spongebobfan78]

@@mangasinatanaelpanjaitan3048 He was just being sarcastic. He only played Idol Showdown once. He saw the Pekora trailer when he was looking through EVO news on EventHubs, joked about her being his main, and pretty much that's it.

[@Silverguise]

Nine Sols not being nominated for anything is criminal

[@axilrhon2286]

It's gonna be so funny hearing the orchestra at the game awards try to play the weird ass ambient music from Balatro. BALATRO SWEEP!!!!!

[@lord6992]

A JIMBILLION VOTES!

[@weirdguy1495]

This and the Metaphor monk rapping are going to make the end-of-show medley really funny.

[@danielhakim9485]

Don't worry, our fav flute guy will make it work.

[@YaBoyBen01]

It would be kinda crazy to see Balatro win GOTY this year because imagine games like Astro Bot, FFVII: Rebirth, Metaphor, and even Black Myth Wukong, to just be beaten by a funny indie roguelike poker game.

[@Gracefully_Baked]

I honestly saw a ten second clip of balatro and couldn’t understand how a game like that could possibly be in contention for game of the year. It’s admittedly not my normal go to type of game, but it was cheap so I bought it, and god damn it’s amazing. Its incredibly addicting gameplay and what that solo dev was able to accomplish earns it the GOTY award for me.

[@Aikurisu]

Disappointing that Space Marine 2 wasn't nominated for Best Family game, honestly.

[@Spatgoober]

I dont know if Max knows anything about it ngl. He didnt even look at it in terms of best action

[@valkhandynasty6285]

Didn't release on Switch unfortunately, seems to be the main criteria for getting nominated in that category

[@yoelchristian6332]

Family game?😂

[@FrankenSteinsGate]

I like Rooflemonger's take: if DLC is allowed to win, then Terry in SF6 should be the Best Fighting Game of 2024

[@StriderZessei]

Rare Rooflemonger W.

[@serghonest9]

Dumb take but if that's what you roll with...

[@_cripticon8004]

its a bad take. shadow of the erdtree is an entire playable chunk of videogame, terry is an individual character that exists within the base games game-space.

[@noble0155]

​@@_cripticon8004 makes sense to me. if not terry, then mk1 khaos reigns. what more can fighting games do if dlc is allowed

[@_cripticon8004]

@ they can’t really do much. Shadow of the Erdtree is a special case where the dlc acts like an entirely new game. It could have been released as Elden Ring 2 and people wouldn’t have batted an eye. Certain games just have the capacity for higher quality dlc’s than others.

[@pokemonboy59832]

Usada Pekora is gonna be so happy that Maxmillian Dood picked her for The Game Awards since he loves playing as Pekora in Idol Smash!

[@JayMyke-j3w]

Botchamania 501 has Max in the intro along with other V-Tubers. 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@jaredmulconry]

12:00 I watched my partner play Rebirth and holy bawls. The music goes so hard in every part of that game.

[@ooooswain]

Yeah but it was written in the 90s

[@brandonG4442]

@@ooooswainStop being dumb

[@chibill467]

​@@ooooswainnah remake and rebirth had all them OG fans pissed just because it's not following the OG writing

[@Evanz111]

Go all out Little Stamp 🥰

[@saif_shahid1]

welcome to final fantasy

[@Flursh]

The Arcane disrespect lmao, Ik he didn’t watch it but it’s literally Hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby. Not even close for any other adaptation

[@Zephhi]

I’ve heard Fallout was really good but I mean yeah crazy detailed animation gets a win over anything else I guess

[@kamrankazemi8256]

@@Zephhi yeah you’d guess right bub.

[@onestop3941]

Fallout is pretty good but arcane is on another level

[@Jdrillagodlike]

​@@Zephhi have u even watched arcane😂

[@rnielvhinsieans.elpidama6935]

@@Zephhi Ella Purnell is the real winner for that category since she voiced arcane Jinx and is the main character in The Fallout

[@Mile_Rizik]

Silent Hill 2 remake should be in GOTY group...

[@Ceoofsonic06]

Man looking back at the action adventure category it’s crazy that the best reviewed Sonic game of all time didn’t get nominated

[@Ahmed-og2jm]

Say what you will about game journalism but if you want actual objectivity it's always more realistic to expect it from people who have to play all top games and give out reviews then to the consumer who is likely only gonna play 1 or 2 of the top games per year...last year i bought 4 of the nominated games ( before they were announced) and i still wasn't completely objective because i couldn't play the 2 switch games because i only had a ps5 & ps4

[@Pinky_Piie]

Elden ring dlc should not be here

[@-bielle2985]

It robbed Silent Hill's place

[@joaoluizkfsantos8392]

​@@-bielle2985 I'd accept if you said it robbed Stellar Blade, or any other actually new game. A DLC filled with new content is better than a remake, regardless of the polish it brings.

[@Zephhi]

@@joaoluizkfsantos8392Honestly… true. I was harping on DLC being included but it’s far better being included than any remake up there

[@NostalgiaNerd1999]

It should. Size of a full game with more detail and love than most full releases.

[@Pinky_Piie]

@@NostalgiaNerd1999 it’s still a dlc, last time I checked dlc was never up for any rewards before. But we just gonna make en exception cus it’s elden ring huh

[@JohnLouisyJoseph]

"Are people really looking forward to Death Stranding 2? Really!?" Yes Max, they are. You seen the numbers? +10 million players on all platforms. This is Hideo Kojima we're talking about, not some B-List video game creator. Be serious

[@CountOfMonteCristo_]

Silent Hill 2 getting snubbed made me not excited at all, it’s a perfect redemption story for the studio and the IP and they give it zero recognition, but elden rings DLC makes it it? Piss off, screw the industry.

[@nogoodchad4473]

I'd love to hear their logic about some of the decisions they're making this year. In the absence of explanation... it's because of money.

[@SoraRaida]

There is no explanation, and there never will be. VGA is such a joke.

[@VelocitySatrocities]

Winning game of the year twice shouldn't be allowed it really discredits the work of other games and doesnt even give them a chance to compete if theyre up against a previous GOTY winner

[@SoraRaida]

The fact that it's a DLC? Like holy hell, that's freaking stupid.

[@RequeJfz]

​@@SoraRaida Yes, that would be stupid.

[@AV524]

I like how Max’s outro is always so loud and overwhelming to his voice that it basically cuts him off saying “Alright, enough yapping, time to get FUNKY!”

[@Junior_Kula]

It's obvious who takes the Game Awards. The advertisements! Advertisements won the game awards! The runner up ? Game Awards host Geoff Keighley

[@FrogJuiceJustice]

There needs to be a Best Expansion category and best Games As A Service category, since Phantom Liberty was put there last year and thats where Erdtree would of been withiut the rule change

[@eclipsicalbluestocking1182]

I'm just happy Metaphor ReFantazio was nominated for Best Narrative over Dragon Age and Life is Strange. These weeb games usually struggle in that category.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

As someone who Dragon Age is one of his favorite franchises, I am so happy that abomination called Veilguard didn't get nominated for GOTY. Well, it got the accessibility pat on the head nomination.

[@dr_diddy]

I mean the biggest issue with DA:V was writing so it shouldn't come as a surprise unless you're in an echo chamber I suppose.

[@NirodimosNeedAKing]

Love this game its just medieval persona. ❤

[@eclipsicalbluestocking1182]

@@dr_diddy Yeah, but there were also a ton of reviewers praising the story so it was a possibility.

[@marcuskane1040]

A lot of dedicated fans of those games are extremely unhappy with storytelling so it's not reallly surprising.

[@ziadpazir]

Waiting on that mightykeef skit of this.

[@isumairu25]

Rivals 2, Under Night In-Birth 2, and Blazing Strike would've been nominated over MVC Fighting Collection, and Multiversus. How do you screw up on a category so simple.

[@markholland9278]

There are so many titles they could have gone with. SF 6, MK 1 (despite it's rocky reception) and GG Strive are also totally up for grabs in place of MVC Collection and Multiversus. It's weird.

[@mostarda-s4c]

Honestly happy Kunitsu-Gami got nominated for something. Goated game

[@CoffeePotGames]

I hope Final Fantasy VII Rebirth gets some awards. I don't think it'll win GOTY but it deserves like best RPG and OST. But knowing Geoff Keighley and the gaming industry. It's just gonna be a soulslike sweep yet again. Elden Ring and Black Myth are just gonna sweep everything bc people glaze those games insanely hard Edit: just gonna mention that I also played Black Myth and thought it was great, but I don't think it's GOTY worthy. The combat got old unfortunately

[@VenomHEDGEHOG]

I dont think it should get the best rpg, but definitely a trophy

[@kusogakirenfir]

Soulslike are equally the best and worst thing to ever happen to video games tbh

[@wardy4903]

Black Myth's award count will be directly proportional to how much Geoff wants to glaze and court the Chinese audience.

[@NirodimosNeedAKing]

People who didn't play wukong think the game is overglazed. You are probably a final fantasy fan so I'm gonna remind you that no final fantasy has ever won goty 😂😂😂

[@NirodimosNeedAKing]

​@@wardy4903yall probably think the journos rated black myth objectively and not politically at all 😂😂😂

[@Halcon_Sierreno]

If FF7 Rebirth doesn't win there's gonna be riots.

[@bobolones6834]

Wukong should definitely win something

[@soulechelon2643]

Not really hyped about the game awards, but then again I haven't been for years now. This year though feels extra shady. Not even sure if I'll watch it on a second monitor. That said I don't agree with every choice Max went with but I get his thought process. As for Best Narrative, Infinite Wealth had an amazing story, but it probably would only hit hardest if you've played through the majority of the Yakuza games since it shapes up to be a full on "passing of the torch" between main protagonists. It'll probably go to Metaphor.

[@Nekomania]

Yesss super agree with this!!! Yakuza 8 made me bawl like 4 times. Also i woulda put Kunitsu gami over silent hill 2. Like yes that's one of the all time classics of game story telling but like they didn't change the story??? If there was some huge new additions and such sure put it in there but i think there were better storys from games this year that could take it's place

[@KenBladehart]

I never take Game Awards seriously, but now I really dont take it seriously

[@watchamigos1232]

@@KenBladehart I'm here for the trailers...and would actually be happy if Rebirth wins.

[@DarthCinema]

Max passing over Arcane for Fallout is NUTS

[@UmbrellaCorpTeam]

I still don't get why sports & racing isn't there own categorys. ya there both generally sports but non "sport" racing games get thrown into that category to.

[@Pixel_Manny_69]

Pekora reacting to key DBZ scenes in her Kakarot playthrough is just so freaking cute and endearing. And she's the only one I know from the guys on the list, so...

[@DEVmags_]

Manifesting a Metaphor win

[@DeadlyBeast205]

I think it has a good chance to sweep a few awards

[@UGXZ]

​@@DeadlyBeast205Best OST for sure

[@BrandonKG]

@@UGXZ lol no

[@MrSharpShooterMan77]

@@UGXZ I don't know man, we're fighting some goddamn titans in that category.

[@lckaboom6810]

Easily my GOTY

[@BloodyBulletShellz]

I'm sad Slitterhead didn't get a nom for anything. That game was my personal game of the year, and a genuinely fascinating and unique experience

[@nyarancia]

You should check out Mouthwashing as well

[@UofAwesome]

I had to laugh at the part where max said metroid prime 4 has been pre-ordered for 38 years because It fucking felt like that dude lol

[@skettelho]

This vid on KZbin is older but I just wanna say this is how chat felt during most of the top ten list you guys are doing as of recently. (ESPECIALLY THE PS2 LIST) MAX you're drunk

[@hotcoldman77]

SH2r should have been nominated for goty and that's easily my goty. I voted it for everything it was nominated for. Never played the original. It's really a masterpiece 👏

[@esmith2k2]

There needs to be a category for "DLC/Remake/Remaster" category. If you want to classify DLC as something separate you also need to classify remakes and remasters the same way. "Re-vamping or adding on to existing content".

[@kevinellis8017]

That's nuts to me to see DLC up for GOTY. Sorry but it should have it's own category as "Best DLC".

[@Spatgoober]

What other dlc came out this year. I honestly don't know

[@alexwright5419]

@@SpatgooberMy only thoughts are Final Fantasy XIV’s Dawntrail. I’m sure more came out but I can’t remember

[@Ghorda9]

@@Spatgoober factorio's space age

[@camdom_draws]

​@@Spatgoober alan wake 2 dlc

[@Evil_Peter]

Are there enough significant DLCs every year to warrant a category for that? You don't want a situation where you have to nominate all of them, or even close to it. I agree that they shouldn't be GOTY nominated regardless.

[@kfizzle5086]

Shoutout to Badminton!

[@justinsquest26]

FF7R has to win best music. It's too good!

[@onyxsylvian]

I swear if MultiVersus wins Fighting Game of The Year somehow, I will punch a hole through my TV.

[@rubenosorio8222]

Max needs to know caseoh 0:32

[@ArcCaravan]

Action- Adventure feels like a weird genre that practically anything can fall into it, especially since Adventure games gets less acknowledgement than the Action genre.

[@fayte0618]

Silent Hill 2 definitely deserve a spot in GOTY and the 5 nominations back that up 13:58

[@dawsondemott1837]

Cannot stress enough how difficult this series is to binge. It’s absolutely my favorite fiction ever but take your time and do not rush into it because of praise for the second half. It’s fully about the journey

[@AntoineBandele]

1:31 - Tell me you haven't seen Arcane without telling me you haven't seen Arcane... ... oh, wait.

[@Wizard_Pikachu]

Forgot you existed.

[@testing85]

It's not even a contest

[@ApoMelon]

Fallouts great, but arcanes just masterful

[@LoneRatatouille]

Tell me you like arcane with out telling me you like arcane

[@EightZen]

He's definitely talked about Arcane S1 before

[@magni5648]

That Best Action Game category though. Talk about a deathmatch alright.

[@azuresaiyan9005]

Multiversus being nominated again instead of UNI is crazy.

[@goldsage4722]

Uni? Lmao good one bro

[@Nyagro]

@@goldsage4722 What are you talking about? UNIclr got nominated a few years ago. Similar thing for Melty. Too bad it was going up against MK11 but this year is another indicator of The Game Awards themselves being quite literally a joke with barely any integrity, especially in the "Best Fighing" category.

[@goldsage4722]

@Nyagro yeah a few years ago back when people outside of its community actually talked about it. It's a cool game but it's also extremely niche

[@emperormegaman3856]

@goldsage4722 here is the thing. What people are kinda complaining about miktiversus being here is precisely that if you award is in the "best" something category, then the best should be nominated.

[@ratchetryda]

Dragon age not being on the list was the most nonsurprising thing of the whole award show

[@Owldrago]

Rivals 2 not being there is an absolute crime

[@itselguapo]

Balatro needs to win game of the year just because the fact that A. I saw some people at magwest playing Balatro on their phone while waiting for a concert, and B. Balatro still gets played often on streams and isn't just a play it once and your done kind of game, plus they could have charged for those DLC card style collabs but they have been free.

[@RequeJfz]

Card game goty? You're funny.

[@kaage8780]

​@@RequeJfzdlc was there too and Balatro had better reviews than Wukong.

[@MrRedGeneral108]

Actually I like this video as it shows exactly how a true player will view these nominations, knowing only a few of the games, haven't played much but giving a lot of comments. That's what makes the Award exciting as you never know who are voting behind.

[@Casey_The_Editor]

Multiversus being nominated is absurd.

[@djlarrylar7905]

Yes I do believe by the fighting game category you had been stunned by a flashbang for the rest of the video last year. 🤣

[@MistGR]

The fact that Silent Hill and Hellblade are not on the game of the year list is a crime!

[@clonmaster]

Rivals 2 mentioned!! Lets GOO

[@lufr_glitch2898]

I had to rewind a bit just to hear Max say 'wank fest' again 😂 so good to hear my local colloquialism on this channel

[@brandonblue-eyes1938]

I like the Metaphor love.

[@PurposeDriven7_]

If Elden ring wins people will riot.

[@urm0m69]

No shit, it doesn't deserve it

[@darthpoodles6620]

@@urm0m69Astro ring sweep

[@rasengdori13]

It’s a video game award show. Chill.

[@DeadlyBeast205]

It probably will win because TGA loves FromSoftware

[@simongomes7250]

This is exactly why I want it to win Because I know you cowards won’t be doing shit

[@eclipsicalbluestocking1182]

I look forward to this video every year.

[@shawnheatherly]

There just needs to be a category for DLC and expansions. It's so weird to have SOTE be here.

[@alessandropagliaro1219]

I'll be happy if FF7R or Metaphor win Goty, but my heart will always cheer for Stellar Blade first, that's my personal one. Really glad it's a contender for best score (although I agree FF7R should win that), I think Eve has an actual chance for best action.

[@mas8705]

Nominations for this year do feel a touch off. Mind you when we get to the show itself, we’ll see where the chips fall, but it is weird that they went as far as they did to bring Elden Ring back into the mix after the year we had. It is like saying we didn’t have enough good games this year, so we had to fill it in with some DLC to meet the minimum. Regardless, I just hope those who do deserve the awards gets them.

[@themaverick1898]

Incorrect. It's saying "The highest rated DLC ever is also the highest rated video game content released this year" this isn't rocket science. The last dlc that was the highest rated ever actually won role playing game of the year over Dark Souls 3, this is just Karma.

[@jaroslavmihok740]

they need DLC category ...main reason why i dont like being DLC nominated for GOTY is inconsitency of these awards mainly not nominating DLCs like The Witcher 3 Blood and wine (in my opinion best DLC ever made), also Cyberpunks 2077 Phantom Liberty just year ago didnt but this year ER DLC got nominated? is my main problem ...

[@GamingKo-u4f]

I still hope that the monkey game wins GOTY i loved every animation of every chapter and I played ng+ several times so I can unlock every skill but it doesn't matter that much since fan votes only count for 10%

[@Saucyandrew]

I’m a huge square fan since I was a kid and collect all FF stuff… and can confidently say wu Kong should win. It blew everyone away with the gameplay and how fun it was

[@Dracobyte]

This is crazy!

[@bwalyamumba2139]

Can we bully Max into watching Arcane?

[@AccelSternritter]

Why do you want him to watch mid?

[@DeejayTheMenace]

I feel like i remember max saying that he watched arcane before

[@StriderZessei]

​@@AccelSternritterL take.

[@catantcha99]

Don't bully someone into watching something that will only make them hate it

[@chitoo95]

@@AccelSternritter you're pushing 40 bud

[@PandamoniumBruu]

The PR awards

[@niwona_]

Simply have a category called "Best Refresh". DLC, remasters, remakes, collections, and weird full-game-but-we-nominated-the-beta-so-yeah's.

[@MarkHogan994]

Full on remakes should compete with all other games imo. They are new games, made from the ground up. DLC and expansions should be their own category. And I don't think remasters, ports, and collections need to be included at all. There is nothing creatively new in a remaster or collection to justify being eligible for an award.

[@emperormegaman3856]

@MarkHogan994 I think collection/rr-release remaster should be a separate category. There are good and bad re-release that are better than other and criter by which to judge them. It's just weird to put it in the same category as new games.

[@GK-st6qm]

YOUSADA PEKORA SWEEP !!!

[@DrakeSparky]

I agree with Metaphor winning for best narrative, specially because it's a completely original story and Rebirth is incomplete as you mentioned, but i don't think that having an amazing narrative should be sufficient to grant GOTY for any game, it doesn't matter how amazing the narrative may be, the GOTY should be the game that does better when you sum all of it's parts, and in that regard i definetely believe FF7 Rebirth to be the best game to come out this year, it's the most vast and complex, it has high quality graphics and animations, incredible cutscenes, the game has some of the best cutscenes i've ever seen in a triple A game, fantastic dialogue, great level design losing only to Astro and Erdtree, and amazing music, with it's music integrated as a way to develop the characters and story, i'll be pretty disappointed if Rebirth doesn't win any major awards like Direction and/or GOTY, Hamaguchi definetely deserves to win something for his amazing direction

[@SuperRamos619]

Rebirth is a game of moments. The story is very thin. It's a game that's mostly about it's characters.

[@Nekomania]

​@@SuperRamos619yeah and these characters are so wonderfully written. They took a A to B to C to D plot from the orignal and filled it with tons of moments and just these amazing character interactions. It really does the best with the source material and made me laugh, cry and want to be invested in the world.

[@Nekomania]

I agree with you on rebirth winning. The game is sure to go down as one of the all time greats. However i personally think Metaphors story is average at best. None of the main cast of characters change in any meaningful way. They stay the same person from the moment they join. It's not subtle with any of it's "big plot" twists, the story is actively hampered by the protag being written like a silent character (which i'd argue he is. Yes i know he says some lines on occasion but the party decides everything and does 99% of the talking for him)

[@DrakeSparky]

​@@Nekomania i haven't played Metaphor yet, i'm just going off based on other people's opinions, i've seen Gene Park praising Metaphor as his GOTY specially because the story resonates with him, and most critics have praised Metaphor's story so i'm assuming it's pretty great, but Rebirth's writing is awesome, because even the protorelic quests offer unique moments and character development moments, so i don't think it's that easy for Metaphor to take it, maybe people just over praised Metaphor, or the story resonated so much with them that they think it's a better narrative, but even if it's better than Rebirth's it shouldn't grant a GOTY title by itself.

[@Nekomania]

@DrakeSparky having played it. It's very modern atlus and just super surface level or having any subtly. The characters start and end exactly the same. I really can't praise it anyway for it's narrative. I feel very much it's getting over praised because it's got pretty menus and character portraits. Style over substance much like p5. I will agree with you on rebirth having wonderful writing but i think most critics or people who played it will only vote for the main story which i get it's typically what everyone will see who played the game. So if we're just talking about that i'd go Yakuza 8, rebirth then Kunitsu gami.

[@wolfpacknight2]

The only reason I'm excited about the game awards is the potential for a borderlands 4 and resident evil 9 trailer, everything else I sleep😂

[@icedcapplord710]

Astro Bot getting this much recognition is incredible and I hope it pushes Sony to prop up Team Asobi in the same way they have a lot of their prestige devs like Sucker Punch, Insomniac and Naughty Dog. I think they can definitely be the guys who do the niche experiments and tap into that weird corner of quirky games I think PlayStation's been missing from first-party for a while, since it's largely carried by indies nowadays. I'm really pulling for Metaphor to win Best RPG/GOTY though, not even Persona hooked me this much in terms of narrative, worldbuilding, characters and the way it approaches its subject matter and themes

[@JayMyke-j3w]

4:15 more rigged than Tyson vs. J. Paul

[@JacobOlli]

I think Astro Bot will win GOTY

[@kaage8780]

And you were right.

[@MattSipka]

4:13 With the amount of Remakes, Remasters, HD ports, Anniversary editions and collections that come out every year, they absolutely deserve their own category.

[@MrMetalforever5]

00:56 I’ve never been more insulted by a question this perfectly valid before.

[@zachw7609]

Why did max skip out on playing space marine 2 and stellar blade

[@LelouchRika]

There was just too much to play around Space Marine 2's release and he did try the Stellar Blade demo but he didn't like it enough to deal with people being super weird about the game.

[@falenist8440]

Lmao, how's this person suprised Wukong is in goty category?

[@poett8875]

I actually was expecting it to get snubbed tbh. Its metacritic score is too low, the game awards had never nominated a game that had gotten lower than an 82% before. Obviously until now.

[@watchamigos1232]

@@poett8875 TGA knew that couldn't snub Wukong. When you say GOTY 2024, most of the gaming community instinctively think about Wukong. Having Wukong out but Erdtree in would have got TGA cancelled.

[@ウソダドンドコドーン-j7t]

​@watchamigos1232 If matters were worse, they'd be happy to add in Veilguard in the GOTY list.

[@vicxyz-onz]

Lol, it literally just won the golden joystick

[@Tailsxcosmo2122]

That's what I fucking said 😂😂😂😂😂

[@LightningRaven42]

Balatro sweep LET'S GOOOOOOO.

[@dr.edwardrichtofen365]

Honestly, so long as Rebirth wins best Soundtrack, best VA for Bri, and either Game Direction, Best RPG, or GoTY, I’d be very happy. But if Rebirth doesn’t win anything it got nominated for, I’d be genuinely disappointed

[@voistar5387]

It would be suprising if it lost Best Score. Personally dont think it deserves GotY, Narrative (especially this one), and Direction, but anytime a FF game releases it almost always a guranteed Best Score winner. Square Enix just has a deathgrip on some of the best composers in the business.

[@dr.edwardrichtofen365]

@@voistar5387 there’s one thing you can always count on with Square Enix games, and that’s legendary soundtracks that stick with you

[@tamalemuncher789]

Action games i'd say are different from action adventure, because of the heavier action focus