I know it's not going to win but I'm so happy to see Spawn Wave recognize Trails Through Daybreak for the amazing game it is. Sucks to see it go up against Echoes of Wisdom in Round 1 though.
I liked them both for their own reasons, both pretty much 10/10s in their own right, but I think Rebirth is just on an unmatched production level while metaphor was "more persona 5" in a new setting (which of course, I'm here for)
@@hammieli1875funny because I'm pretty sure it came out in 2024. Remakes should definitely be included in GOTY lists. Remasters are a different story.
It was a tough year. But P3R brought a lot of new fans into P3 and some new Persona fans period. I played Fes and Portable, but haven’t played Reload yet but I gear nothing but praise for it from existing fans, so it still sounds like it was a success.
Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door? Thats an 89 critic and 80 player on Opencritic, and 88 critical and 8.7 user score on Metacritic, placing it way higher than many on the list. Whether using Opencritic or Metacritic, one of the two should have identified this glaring omission. I thought maybe because it was enhanced graphics remake, but Silent Hill 2 and DQ III HD-2D are there (and neither bested both of TTYD's scores on either site)
Is there a reason for why Persona 3 Reload and Paper Mario Thousand Year Door got excluded? They both have a lot of reviews and scored a lot higher than some other games, and given how you have included some remakes like Silent Hill 2 and DQ3 HD2D, it does seem weird to exclude them.
DQIII HD2D Remake is my GotY. Rebirth was also an outstanding game, but the timeline shenanigans and godawful traversal dropped it out of being a proper GotY contender for me. But imo, nothing beats DQ outside of a copium-filled Golden Sun 4 or a Kid Icarus: Uprising 2 (ignoring the first KI games). I also really enjoyed GBF: Relink; I've been waiting for that game to release since I was a softmore in college; I'm 26 now. I'm glad it didn't disappoint.
Possible hot take: I think Astro Bot absolutely deserved the win; it's been a while since we've seen a really good platformer take home the crown and I was getting sick of seeing souls-likes and RPG's win most of the time. I also would have replaced Black Myth Wukong, Metaphor and Shadow of the Erdtree with Stellar Blade, Space Marine 2 and Zelda Echoes of Wisdom as GOTY contenders.
@@SpikeTheWolf Stellar Blade was fairly challenging but go ahead and pat yourself on the back if it makes you feel better about yourself. Also, Shadow of the Erdtree was a DLC expansion that required the original game to play and did not belong.
RPGs don’t win at the Keighleys often I think you just have a bias. Before Baldur’s Gate 3, the last RPG to win was The Witcher 3, which was 9 years ago, unless you count Soulslikes as RPGs but if you did you wouldn’t have labelled them separately.
A lot of games I'm planning to play next year, but FFVII Rebirth is my favourite single player game of the last several years. Absolutely phenomenal, only let down very slightly by having to choose between noticeable blurriness or a low frame rate. And the PC port is a contender for my personal game of 2025, too 😊
This might be a stretch, but I don't think we should give power to the Game Awards. We've seen how award ceremonies have affected other sectors of art (the oscars, grammies, emmies, etc) negatively affect creativity and innovation in other creative spaces. Why do we want a ceremony backed -- and manipulated -- by big money to have this much influence?
Google owns youtube and the algorithm cultivates sentiment, which propagates far and wide, so there's hardly any organic, non-malignant opinions and influence outside of the award ceremony sphere either. TGA is just a product of free market capitalism working at the end of the day. Mutual financial interests, ambition, willing partners and viewers.
For me AstroBot deserves its GOTY, it’s a fun game and a breath of fresh air from the endless cinematic games and had no controversy behind it. AstroBot winning is a win for gaming.
To me it's Final Fantasy VII Rebirth but I think because of its exclusivity it has no chance of winning. From the general vibe I got, it'll probably be Black Myth Wukong or Space Marine 2.
My games of the year were: Resident Evil 4 Remake VR Resident Evil Village VR Mossbook 1 Mossbook 2 Madison VR Harry Potter Hogwarts Legacy S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Indiana Jones Returnal Demon's Souls
This is great. The only issue is the later the release date the greater the chance not enough people played the game to get enough votes. Generally speaking of course….
Rebirth is my personal game of the year slightly edging out Wukong. I played Astro bot and it was fun but I def don’t think it should have been GOTY but just my personal opinion
Semifinals gotta be Astro Bot vs Black Myth Wukong, and FF7R vs Metaphor. If it was up to me, it'd be Metaphor vs Wukong as the finals, with Metaphor winning. [I completed both Metaphor and FF7R, while only a little bit into both Astro Bot and Wukong.]
Idk what happened with Palworld’s reviews, maybe early access or because of bugs at launch? Regardless it made waves and is one of the best selling games of the year only beaten by Black Myth Wukong on steam iirc and it’s been patched and gotten so many QoL updates if the bugs turned reviewers off it should have gotten the cyberpunk treatment at this point. Please reconsider it for the bracket, it’s one of the few indie games people heard of. I wouldn’t expect to win over Balatro or Animal Well but it deserves to be here
What a waste! 😪 We could have had Celia(dressed up) presenting the format and bracket, but instead you just dropped. Gonna hope for her(dressed up) presenting the winner. 🤞🏼
We know the real GOTY, it’s Concord.
In some regard it definitely is. xD
If there was a biggest fail or disappointment or something like that.
Absolutely agree. Worst GOTY award for sure.
It’s such a failure, it didn’t even win the worst game of the year.
Yup nothing but trolls 🧌 in here
Ok
Once again, Nine Sols and UFO 50 are snubbed from the GOTY
I know it's not going to win but I'm so happy to see Spawn Wave recognize Trails Through Daybreak for the amazing game it is.
Sucks to see it go up against Echoes of Wisdom in Round 1 though.
Nine Sols best indie game of 2024
Currently playing.... awesome game
The final boss is hurting me
Let's not forget the failure of the year which is Concord 🤣
I think Rebirth is my GOTY but I'm sure I will enjoy Metaphor once I get around to playing it.
I liked them both for their own reasons, both pretty much 10/10s in their own right, but I think Rebirth is just on an unmatched production level while metaphor was "more persona 5" in a new setting (which of course, I'm here for)
Trails through Daybreak being on here makes me so happy even though it won't win one round lol
Cool Faputa pfp!
Trails through Daybreak > Zelda EoW
PM Thousand year door and Persona 3 Reload not eligible?
Meanwhile he did put Silent Hill 2 in there. Pretty weird
How did Persona 3 reload get left out here and in the game awards :/
Cause it’s a 18 year old game with a 18 year old story and a 18 year old soundtrack.
@@hammieli1875funny because I'm pretty sure it came out in 2024. Remakes should definitely be included in GOTY lists. Remasters are a different story.
@ Weird, I remember playing a game that was almost identical back in 2006.
@@Sakhi Maybe if metaphor didn’t come out this year it would have been there
It was a tough year. But P3R brought a lot of new fans into P3 and some new Persona fans period. I played Fes and Portable, but haven’t played Reload yet but I gear nothing but praise for it from existing fans, so it still sounds like it was a success.
5 hearts under one roof is the real GOTY
Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door? Thats an 89 critic and 80 player on Opencritic, and 88 critical and 8.7 user score on Metacritic, placing it way higher than many on the list. Whether using Opencritic or Metacritic, one of the two should have identified this glaring omission.
I thought maybe because it was enhanced graphics remake, but Silent Hill 2 and DQ III HD-2D are there (and neither bested both of TTYD's scores on either site)
I don't enjoy 3d platformers at all, but I love Astrobot. Let it rise to the top once more.
Where’s Sonic x shadow generations, Paper Mario the thousand year door and Persona 3 Reload ?!?!
Is there a reason for why Persona 3 Reload and Paper Mario Thousand Year Door got excluded?
They both have a lot of reviews and scored a lot higher than some other games, and given how you have included some remakes like Silent Hill 2 and DQ3 HD2D, it does seem weird to exclude them.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle👌🏻
Unfortunately FF7 Rebirth doesn't come out on PC until January so it will be my GOTY next year...
Astro Bot will still be number one.
Is Persona 3 Reload not eligible?
DQIII HD2D Remake is my GotY. Rebirth was also an outstanding game, but the timeline shenanigans and godawful traversal dropped it out of being a proper GotY contender for me. But imo, nothing beats DQ outside of a copium-filled Golden Sun 4 or a Kid Icarus: Uprising 2 (ignoring the first KI games). I also really enjoyed GBF: Relink; I've been waiting for that game to release since I was a softmore in college; I'm 26 now. I'm glad it didn't disappoint.
Nine Sols snub is so painful 😿
Possible hot take: I think Astro Bot absolutely deserved the win; it's been a while since we've seen a really good platformer take home the crown and I was getting sick of seeing souls-likes and RPG's win most of the time. I also would have replaced Black Myth Wukong, Metaphor and Shadow of the Erdtree with Stellar Blade, Space Marine 2 and Zelda Echoes of Wisdom as GOTY contenders.
Games too hard for you i see
@@SpikeTheWolf Stellar Blade was fairly challenging but go ahead and pat yourself on the back if it makes you feel better about yourself. Also, Shadow of the Erdtree was a DLC expansion that required the original game to play and did not belong.
Not a hot take at all
RPGs don’t win at the Keighleys often I think you just have a bias. Before Baldur’s Gate 3, the last RPG to win was The Witcher 3, which was 9 years ago, unless you count Soulslikes as RPGs but if you did you wouldn’t have labelled them separately.
How is that a hot take? I didn't see that much backlash for Astro Bot winning.
The Smurfs: Dreams. Should have won release in November
Can't wait to see what we end up with for our GOTY
A lot of games I'm planning to play next year, but FFVII Rebirth is my favourite single player game of the last several years. Absolutely phenomenal, only let down very slightly by having to choose between noticeable blurriness or a low frame rate. And the PC port is a contender for my personal game of 2025, too 😊
That's a very comprehensive list. It also shows me how out of gaming I've become as I've only played 5 games on that list.
This might be a stretch, but I don't think we should give power to the Game Awards. We've seen how award ceremonies have affected other sectors of art (the oscars, grammies, emmies, etc) negatively affect creativity and innovation in other creative spaces. Why do we want a ceremony backed -- and manipulated -- by big money to have this much influence?
Google owns youtube and the algorithm cultivates sentiment, which propagates far and wide, so there's hardly any organic, non-malignant opinions and influence outside of the award ceremony sphere either. TGA is just a product of free market capitalism working at the end of the day. Mutual financial interests, ambition, willing partners and viewers.
I think my indie goty was The Plucky Squire.
Then again I sadly didn’t have so much time to play many games this year.. :/
For me AstroBot deserves its GOTY, it’s a fun game and a breath of fresh air from the endless cinematic games and had no controversy behind it. AstroBot winning is a win for gaming.
Astro bot is going to win again lol
To me it's Final Fantasy VII Rebirth but I think because of its exclusivity it has no chance of winning. From the general vibe I got, it'll probably be Black Myth Wukong or Space Marine 2.
I hope the see Silent Hill 2 do well. That game got shafted in my opinion at the game awards
That and FF7 Rebirth got shafted
How does Brianna White not win anything for Aerith's No Promises To Keep?
My games of the year were:
Resident Evil 4 Remake VR
Resident Evil Village VR
Mossbook 1
Mossbook 2
Madison VR
Harry Potter Hogwarts Legacy
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
Indiana Jones
Returnal
Demon's Souls
I'm pretty sure that the majority of voters have not played every game on the list. This is just going to be a popularity contest more than anything.
Prince of Persia but no Nine Sols? What a joke
This is great. The only issue is the later the release date the greater the chance not enough people played the game to get enough votes. Generally speaking of course….
Silent Hill 2 Remake for me
Your bracket is more fun than the real one.
Metaphor
When I first played astrobot I told my wife this is going to win game of the year.
Astro bot ps5 won yes 😊😊😊😊
I haven't played any of these. Still playing through the ones I got last year.
Rebirth is my personal game of the year slightly edging out Wukong. I played Astro bot and it was fun but I def don’t think it should have been GOTY but just my personal opinion
Totally agreed
100% FF7R was just the best game in the entire running.
We need a “biggest flop of the year category”. That’ll shame bad publishers/devs into better behavior lol.
RGT is gunna be sad to see that Indiana Jones ain’t even gonna make it out the first round going up against them Helldivers. 😂
I still think the game award nominated the dlc so no one would rage at astro winning
Semifinals gotta be Astro Bot vs Black Myth Wukong, and FF7R vs Metaphor. If it was up to me, it'd be Metaphor vs Wukong as the finals, with Metaphor winning. [I completed both Metaphor and FF7R, while only a little bit into both Astro Bot and Wukong.]
What about Infinity Nikki bro… 😔
Balatro sweep
was just about to ask where the bracket was at i enjoyed all the conversation and videos from it last year 👏👏
Animal Well is GOTY
hi Spawn Wave
I'm gonna have a hard time not pushing for Helldivers 2 even though I'm still in Astro Bot's corner. Especially after that new update.
this is going to be very unfair Spawns audience is majority Nintendo fans only
I’m glad Astro Bot won GOTY at TGA, it was my personal pick. Great game.
How do we vote?
And #1 GOTY goes to Indiana Jones
Might be a hot take but I enjoyed P3R more than Metaphor. I really think it at least should be in the list if Silent Hill 2 can make it.
Would be more fun to do this before goty
Should still have the games with little amount of reviews. Great way for people to find some hidden gems.
Metaphor Vs Mario Party.. tough choice 😬
Is there a downloadable PNG for this? I really enjoy the format!
Geese only played Astro so I guess that will be my vote
Yakuza 0 GOTY 2024.
Astrobot going to win
Hmm I’m surprised he thinks stellar blade is gonna beat Animal Well
Idk what happened with Palworld’s reviews, maybe early access or because of bugs at launch? Regardless it made waves and is one of the best selling games of the year only beaten by Black Myth Wukong on steam iirc and it’s been patched and gotten so many QoL updates if the bugs turned reviewers off it should have gotten the cyberpunk treatment at this point. Please reconsider it for the bracket, it’s one of the few indie games people heard of. I wouldn’t expect to win over Balatro or Animal Well but it deserves to be here
Hellblade 2 doesn’t belong on the list.
I thought it was settled😂
Why isn't Indiana Jones in the thumbnail?! 🎉😂
Wukong fans, come over here…
I hope no DLC in this voting
Just remove Black Ops 6 and replace it with Shadow Generations, then the list is perfect
BO6 is a fantastic game!
Nintendo boys always show up
Stellar Blade or Astrobot
Game of the years awards has a sony bias
People still take Jeff Keely seriously?
meanwhile elden ring won over god of war
Why does everyone leave out Satisfactory with an average score of 91?
bro said SteamWorld Heist 2😂😂😂 poor game
No UFO50?!
MY GAME OF THE YEAR IS FINAL FANTASY 7 REBIRTH BUT I AM SO HAPPY FOR ASTRO BOT FOR GAME OF THE YEAR
Come on Stellar Blade!!!
Going to be fun! FF All the way!!
Animal Well was my GOTY.
Rebirth vs Astrobot
Totally disrespected 1000xResist...
Unicorn Overlord was good
I've been playing Helldivers 2 the most, but Astro Bot was fun as well
I wish it wasn’t bracket style again. Some of those matchups are unfair.
No palworld, this thing is rigged.
He wanted other games to have a chance.
It’s still in early access…
Concord would of ran away with this tournament but I’ll go with rebirth
Stellar Blade for me. Gameplay was fun and addicting, and the visuals weren't bad either. 😋
I am liking it.
Black myth wukon babyyyy
My answer is… THiS is HArd
Wukong
Where is Dustborn ?
Oof one of those
Dragon Age: Veilguard?
No Persona 3 Reload? But Mario Party made it? Lol
No Marvel Rivals?
What a waste! 😪
We could have had Celia(dressed up) presenting the format and bracket, but instead you just dropped.
Gonna hope for her(dressed up) presenting the winner. 🤞🏼
*_How cool! Another award FFVII Rebirth deserves to win but will be robbed of! 🤣_*