The Game Awards 2021 | Discussion Thread

[Ghost]

 

 

 

 

DEATHLOOP

IT TAKES TWO

METROID DREAD

PSYCHONAUTS 2

RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART

RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE

 

Best Game Direction - Deathloop

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Deathloop

It Takes Two

Returnal

Psychonauts 2

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

 

Best Narrative - Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

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Deathloop

It Takes Two

Life Is Strange: True Colors

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Psychonauts 2

 

Best Art Direction - Deathloop

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The Artful Escape

Deathloop

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Psychonauts 2

Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

 

Best Score and Music - Nier Replicant Ver.1.22474487139

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The Artful Escape

Cyberpunk 2077

Deathloop

Guardians of the Galaxy

Nier Replicant Ver.1.22474487139

 

Best Audio Design - Forza Horizon 5

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Deathloop

Forza Horizon 5

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Resident Evil Village

Returnal

 

Best Performance - Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu

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Erika Mori as Alex Chen (Life is Strange: True Colors)

Giancarlo as Anton Castillo (Far Cry 6)

Jason Kelley as Colt Vahn (Deathloop)

Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu (Resident Evil Village)

Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake (Deathloop)

 

Games for Impact - Life is Strange: True Colors

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Before Your Eyes

Boyfriend Dungeon

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Life is Strange: True Colors

No Longer Home

 

Best Ongoing - Final Fantasy XIV Online

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Apex Legends

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Fortnite

Genshin Impact

Call of Duty: Warzone

 

Best Indie - Kena: Bridge of Spirits

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12 Minutes

Death's Door

Inscryption

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Loop Hero

 

Best Mobile Game - Genshin Impact

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Fantasian

Genshin Impact

League of Legends: Wild Rift

Marvel Future Revolution

Pokemon Unite

 

Best Community Support - Final Fantasy XIV Online

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Apex Legends

Destiny 2

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Fortnite

No Man's Sky

 

Innovation in Accessibility - Forza Horizon 5

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Far Cry 6

Forza Horizon 5

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

The Vale: Shadow of the Crown

 

Best VR / AR - Resident Evil 4

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Hitman 3

I Expect You To Die 2

Lone Echo 2

Resident Evil 4

Sniper Elite VR

 

Best Action Game - Returnal

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Back 4 Blood

Chivalry 2

Deathloop

Far Cry 6

Returnal

 

Best Action/Adventure - Metroid Dread

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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Metroid Dread

Psychonauts 2

Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

Resident Evil Village

 

Best Role Playing - Tales of Arise

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Cyberpunk 2077

Monster Hunter Rise

Scarlet Nexus

Shin Megami Tensei V

Tales of Arise

 

Best Fighting - Guilty Gear -Strive-

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Demon Slayer -Kimetsu No Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles

Guilty Gear -Strive-

Melty Blood: Type Lumina

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown

 

Best Family - It Takes Two

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It Takes Two

Mario Party Superstars

New Pokemon Snap

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Warioware: Get It Together!

 

Best Sim/Strategy - Age of Empires IV

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Age of Empires IV
Evil Genius 2: World Domination

Humankind

Inscryption

Microsoft Flight Simulator

 

Best Sports/Racing - Forza Horizon 5

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F1 2021

FIFA 22

Forza Horizon 5

Hot Wheels Unleashed

Riders Republic

 

Best Multiplayer - It Takes Two

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Back 4 Blood

Knockout City

It Takes Two

Monster Hunter Rise

New World

Valheim

 

Content Creator of the Year - Dream

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Dream

Fuslie

Gaules

Ibai

Grefg

 

Best Debut Indie - Kena: Bridge of Spirits

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The Artful Escape

The Forgotten City

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Sable

Valheim

 

Most Anticipated Game - Elden Ring

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Elden Ring

God of War Ragnarok

Horizon Forbidden West

The sequel to Legend of Zelda: Breathe of the Wild

Starfield

 

Best Esports Game - League of Legends

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Call of Duty

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Dota 2

League of Legends

Valorant

 

Edited December 10, 2021 by Ghost

[Gotakibono]

For me It Takes Two deserves to take home GoTY. It was just a joy to play and it's so packed with charm and creativity.

[Jupiter]

I haven't played any of the GOTY nominees (yet) so I can't really comment on that. But the best RPG nominees was a bit surprising to me. I have heard that Cyberpunk has gotten updates over the past year and is at the least more playable than it was back then, but to me, there were a couple RPGs I thought deserved it more. That being NieR Replicant and Voice of Cards, both were such solid games.

I know NieR is a remaster but I still think it deserves it more than what Cyberpunk was.

[yowzagabowza]

There are entirely too many categories.

30 categories is overkill for ANY awards ceremony. A lot of those categories are silly, too. Plus, I'll never understand why we need "Action" and "Action/Adventure". 

 

Anyway, I only care about the game reveals so I'll wait til later to check those out 

[Ghost-Zeus514]

i would say It Takes Two, Its a masterpiece

 

 

Edited December 10, 2021 by Ghost-Zeus514

[Fr_0zt]

Don't know, it's been a meh year but at least we won't have the BS of last year (TLOUp2 best racing game ?).  My vote goes to Rift Apart btw. 

 

I'm in for the announcement, it's seems like it's gonna be great. 

[Conor]

If it's anything like previous years then I'm sure there'll be tons of moaning and crying and paragraph upon paragraph of explanations as to why the Awards are meaningless.

 

Since I won't be joining in on any further discourse around them because I only have so much more faith left in the community, I'll leave y'all with this: TLoU II wasn't my GotY last year but it deserved to win anyway just as much as any of the other nominees did and no amount of manbaby crying can change that, same as when the game you don't want wins yet again this year and you throw your sixth consecutive hissy fit about the awards you claim to care nothing about ?

 

My GotY this year is Metroid Dread.

Edited December 9, 2021 by Stan Lee

[Dangisuckatgamin]

Ratchet for the poll, otherwise game (and especially music) award shows are garbage now.

[jonesey46]

Resident Evil Village is my GOTY easily. Only game I was happy to play multiple times consecutively, it was that fun.

 

As for announcements. I've already got my clown outfit on hoping for potential Silksong news.

[EverythingOnFire]

I hope that Sable wins Best Debut Indie (it won't). Was surprised to see that it's the only thing it's nominated for. No Best Indie or Art Direction?

 

 

[Fr_0zt]

53 minutes ago, jonesey46 said:

potential Silksong news.

 

I'm about to give up ?

[SnowNinjaRaccoon]

Personally I couldn't care less about Content Creator, Esports Team, Esports Player, Esports Coach, Esports event and stuff like that...

 

As for GOTY - for me it's Kena.

 

From the available - probably RE8, huge RE fan but wouldn't put RE8 even in my top 5 RE games of all times.

It takes two was a surprisingly fun game apart from one scene that traumatized me forever. Ratchet was cool as well. Haven't played the remaining ones.

 

At least I hope for Kena to win best Indie, best Indie debut and best art direction.

Edited December 9, 2021 by SnowNinjaRaccoon

[DrBloodmoney]

My game of the Year is Hitman 3, which wasn't even nominated...

...and I think the idea that It Takes Two is on that list is but Hitman 3 isn't is completely outrageous.

[SelectiveGamer]

I have a wish list of announcement/reveals that I'm hoping for... but they are posted in the other thread that I created. Not that I really matters I guess. I don't really see anything in my list happening.

 

My only hope is probably maybe a release date for Kirby and the Forgotten Land being revealed.

[Redgrave]

I wasn't expecting very much but I was pleasantly surprised to see Alan Wake II and Space Marine II since they were both games that were uncertain to get a sequel. In Space Marine's case it seemed practically impossible because of THQ shutting down but I'm glad they are doing that after all this time.

 

Otherwise the stuff like Slitterhead seemed cool but I didn't really feel anything regarding the Quantic Dream Star Wars game or most the other stuff. That one game with the robots and the soldiers seemed interesting (I forget the name already, Arcade something I think) but I get the feeling it will just be a live-service game.

[MarcusPunisher]

Couldn't be more happier for Fares and Hazelight. 

It Takes Two is the closest to a game of the year I played and it's a nice fu to Take Two. This makes me even more excited for their next project. 

[Eraezr]

I wasn't planning to but ever since I heard about Take-Two Interactive being dickheads with lawsuits against Fares over the title, I am going to buy It Takes Two. Them winning GOTY is added shade and lends better credibility to the game's integrity and identity.

Edited December 10, 2021 by Eraezr

[JellOwned]

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Innovation in Accessibility - Forza Horizon 5

You mean the game that got a narrator text-to-speech that was bugged until yesterday and kept saying every menu item even if it was deactivated ? 

[SKiL_Clash]

I actually enjoyed this years more than last years. Even though this one seriously was dragged out. I’m all happy that It Takes Two won even though Kena is definitely my GOTY. Also glad Kena won best debut indie. The announcements was a little lack luster, but I did get my Elden Ring trailer so everything that I wanted to happen did occur. 
 

Least it wasn’t another full blow out like last year with TLOU 2 taking everything. Thought it was going to repeat with Deathloop. Pretty even distribution.

[Fr_0zt]

Good:

Some of the announcement such as Arc Riders ?, SW eclipse, a bit of gameplay for Requiem, Josef and it takes 2 getting the W and a few other trailers. 

 

Bad:

Dragged on for too much and it was mostly pre alphas, GAAS/ mobile and politics. 

 

 

5-6/10, they should start the show 1-2 hours earlier, trim down on the stuff we don't care about and get rid of the BS. 

[BrandedBerserk]

It takes two was great an all but no way would I put it above deathloop, returnal, rift apart or even resident evil 8 to be honest. 

 

I think deathloop should of gotten it, don't know why it doesn't seem to be getting much love but the fact that it's a great game and an original concept executed well puts it above the others for me. 

Edited December 10, 2021 by BrandedBerserk

[HoorayForTyler]

I haven’t played It Takes Two, so I can’t have an opinion on that game winning GOTY, but Psychonauts 2 getting robbed of at least Best Narrative and/or Best Art Direction has me a little livid.
 

That game is amazing and hinges on the fact that the levels are designed around the thoughts inside of the mind; it’s all about the art direction. You can tell the creative team put thought into everything. Very disappointing that Double Fine didn’t get a single award. 

[NMErickson]

It Takes Two is a wonderful game and is deserving imo. I have no issue with it winning. I agree, Hitman 3 should have at least been nominated in the Action category. There are other sequels there so it can’t be a case of sequel-itis. That was a mistake imo.

[zulqarmessi]

I was rooting for RE Village or Deathloop. But Jose Fares, this son of a bitch surprised everyone ?????. Totally unexpected

[pavelbagirov]

It takes two was best game in 2021