@@x-blood93 clearly showing that you didn't play it and know nothing about it. it *inarguably* deserved every award it got. it had an *insane* amount of love and care poured into and as the original commentor said it raise the bar on what a video game should be *so high* that MULTIPLE AAA devs came out with statements saying not to expeect them to make games to that degree. Just cause you wanted something else doesn't mean BG3 didn't deserve it's win.
Game Theory Request: Comparison between Indie and AAA games. One is more expensive but tends to be longer and more likely to be talked about, whilst the other is cheaper, and more likely to touch on original/controversial stories, and has very passionate developers that are less money-greedy
@@christopherlyndsay8611 Yeah, im not saying all are like that. For example, the indie game Hollow Knight is very long, and there are of course the large amount of indie games that are just bad, and some AAA games that are not worth the 60 bucks and such
Surprised you didn't mention how the Baldur Gate 3 Devs were only able to speak for 30 seconds while speaking emotionally about their deceased friend who worked on the game. They were rushed off stage and were looked over- which was complete injustice.
@@pyromare4879The sign said “Please wrap it up” actually but close enough. Also, from what I heard, it was applied to all developers. Heck even the Japanese devs who don’t speak English.
It's really not at all important to note that, because in the grand scheme of things it meant nothing. "Player's voice" just means "Aww, you guys think you participated".
I have played many RPG games and I never played one like BG3. It felt like you had so many options and had so much freedom. You were not bound to follow a certain pathz but instead could really play the game how you wanted. And often rewards players for thinking creatively.
@@ianreder2718guessing you mean Tears of the Kingdom? And yeah there's a lot of freedom in TotK for sure but absolutely zero freedom in the story it always ends the same, whereas Baldurs Gate 3 has freedom in gameplay and story, theres 4 main endings but technically 17,000 variations of those endings
In my personal world, i have over 220 hrs and just reached ACT 3. While in a lan world with 2 more friends, we are at 180 hrs in ACT 1. There is soooo much you can do in bg3
i was shocked matpat dismissed alan wake 2 but that might be cuz he hasnt tried it yet. I feel like if he does play it, we would get alot of theories on it and honestly i would love that
@@daniilbelov8652 the wow and unseen in the game is the way the story is told. That is what is unique about it. There isn’t even something similar done in an indie game.
Actually that unironically sounds like a great idea. I mean plenty of gaming publications already do their own "game of the year" awards separate from The Game Awards, and MatPat is probably *the* most qualified person out there to host one.
Shocked by that, I'm almost certain AW2 was #2 and my personal GOTY and it fits into his whole game theory show perfectly. If I had to guess, he never played it?
All remedy games revolve around one another, and they add tons of hints and lore with how the supernatural is invading our world. It literally reminds me of fnaf in trying to piece together a what comes next theory.
6:44 "The Game Awards actually prefer themselves action" There's defintely a sample bias here, though: most games that get made nowadays are action-based. That saddens my turn-based heart, which is why it made me very happy (among other reasons) that Baldur's Gate 3 was the GOTY.
Following that list of key take aways and demographics of the jury, why are roguelites and roguelikes very often absent or underrepresented during the game of awards? Many of them have darker more mature stories, are very action oriented, so on an so forth. They also have the added benefit of you being able to complete a full run in around half an hour to an hour or so.
I would say the less story focus, along with the sometimes very repetitive and grindy aspects of those games make them less interactive overall and less engaging. That factored with not many prominent i[s for rouge-likes would make it harder for the mass population to get into them and understand them
Y’know what. If I ever make a game ima make it a bright and colorful T for teen hack n slash with a YA female protagonsit that isn’t oversexualized and pour my heart and soul into it just to see if a game following The criteria still wins over it😅
@@dasaiyantv8483right but that's much more objective than some journalists. The objectively best games are the ones with the most players, if we're bringing subjectivity into it then we simply can't decide which is the best. The GOTY for each person is different
@@_ajfobjectivity when in reality we all know a lot of casuals will pick Spiderman despite being the weakest one out of every game of the year nominees.
Flute guy played his heart out, but the score this year didn’t give him nearly as much to work with compared to last year and XC3 leaning so heavily on the flute
@@edmg7 I mean, I think its pretty obvious that a mature game like majoras mask is far better than a game like mario wonder (which is a more fun game). "fun" is a far more subjective thing to judge than game quality, which does a better job of looking objective
Another aspect to consider is that old games always had a father figure type mentor to the protagonist. Now with games like spiderman 2, red dead, last of us etc. The mentor is the protagonist. You still have the wise one and the protégé a lot of times, we've more switched the playable character
He was on the 2016 Game Awards back in the day to annouce Games for Impact award, he needs to come back man. Even Jacksepticeye has been in Game Awards many times
Larian studio deserves all the praise, it's literally one of the best games I've played and the community support is crazy, feels like they really understand their gamers, hopefully others will learn from them
Do gamers never learn? Ppl said this about CDPR after the Witcher 3 dropped. They praised CDPR so much that they grew an ego and dropped a game with a disastrous launch like Cyberpunk. Larian has peaked, it's only downhill from here.
Shame it also by-proxy brought attention to a Hasbro-Owned, Wizards of the Coast IP... Given, they attract different audiences... But boy would I like that company to fail and be bought up by a someone else. That may sound dramatic but I am tired of seeing such a storied IP get slowly strangled by the company that owns it just as I saw with Star Wars, Marvel, and Disney.
I still think pizza tower should’ve won best indie title even if the game is popular… it makes you wonder if that decision was designed To draw attention to more obscure indie games which makes sense
Yeah, that bit was so confusing. I'd be shocked if I wasn't just puzzled. Alan Wake, Alan Wake 2, and Control would be games that I feel like Matt would adore picking apart, analyzing, and experiencing. Really hope he gives it a chance.
@@pointblank2890 especially considering those games not only share the same universe but to this day have MASSIVE unsolved mysteries. Matt would absolutely drown in the potential. Oh well…
@@borisrusinov3980it's still kinda weird to see that someone on his team got a beef with the game, and MatPat decided "yeah, why not, i'm gonna read it"
Gotta say it kinda makes me chuckle that Matpat just brushes off Alan Wake 2 when the game (and the whole Remedy Connected Universe for that matter) could fuel GameTheory episodes for years
Keplerians Universe Theory when? That's the one thing I have been waiting for, for years! But If the 9 Ice Scream, 3 Evil Nun and 2 Mr Meat games are too big of a challange, I totally get that.
I think baldur's gate deserved game of the year because of its great writing, replay ability, and openess to player creativity. Totk is my runner up for a lot of the same reasons, but the story isn't quite as deep or reactive, but it's gameplay is satisfying just playing without a goal. Spiderman 2 was another of my favorite games this year because of how satisfying the game play was while the story was like being in a movie, less replayability than the other 2 though.
As someone who has played both, BG3 is Divinity 2: Original Sin but with better cut scenes. Zelda pushed the boundaries of what programmers could do with how players thought about how they interacted with objects around them and they did it without making the Switch explode with the limited hardware.
I was hoping for TOTK, but if I'm being real, the story left a lot to be desired. They need to work on how to keep the games open world but still tell a deep story. Botw did better, but still not amazing.
@@ZebulaJams I am a huge Zelda fan but I can shoot "BG3 is Divinity 2: Original Sin but with better cut scenes" back at you since TOTK is just remixed BOTW with added physics magic hand that imo isn't as flexible or polished as it first appear on the surface. That said I am glad it won the adventure GOTY award, like I said I love Zelda. I have over 200 hours in both games individually and easily my top 2 games of 2023. BG3 has excellent writing, freedom and polish considering how massive this game is in scope, while being developed by one of the few studios left that has love and respect for its fans and employees. It fully deserves every award it received.
I can't STAND BG3 for one simple reason. Karlach. The most annoying tiefling to ever cros avernus. I chopped her head off when I first met her. She's too happy and no one in real lif eis happy like her. I hate her. TOTK is game of the year
@@ZebulaJams I've played both, dismissing BG3 as "Divinity 2: Original Sin but with better cut scenes" would be like if I said TOTK was Breath of the Wild, but with Gmod attached. BG3 easily tops, which is surprising coming from an indie studio vs Nintendo. The game itself has amazing writing, and offers a lot of player freedom to make decisions that I don't often see anymore.
Which is funny, as Death Stranding really doesn’t have that much action. Certainly not enough to be called action-action. Action-adventure would have suited it just fine.
Did not expect there to be shade on Alan Wake 2, the Remedyverse is stupidly heavy with lore and connections, which even extends into the band Poets of the Fall's lore with their music catalogue.
Although I enjoy the game immensely and applaud its creativity in the genre I don't think it really would be game of the year. Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is a more enthralling game
@@Luhiner oh come on, the whole complex just to be complex is so generic. You can come up with something better than that. What about the awful mind place or the lack of various enemies.
The challenge of theorizing Alan Wake 2 is like telling a bear to eat a chicken nugget. Matpat is capable of theorizing it, he just doesn't have interest in it.
Oh that "Alan Wake 2. Sure." was so not what I expected! The Finnish media has been hyping this up and Poets of the Fall's social media has been full of the Old Gods of Asgard hype. It appears we are in different bubbles here 😁
@Serena-ke9mp it's a bit weird, though, considering that he could just have a member of the team who enjoys AW2 do the voiceover for him (Like Dan has done for episodes like Just Dance and Choo-Choo Charles)
@@FingerGunswasalreadytaken Yeah but who is watching an Alan Wake 2 theory? Like nobody knew about before the awards. I thought it was some mispronunciation of Alan Walker lol either way seems boring
Matpat, you NEED to play the Remedy universe of games (both Alan Wakes and Control). The amount of deep lore and complex storytelling packed into them is exactly what you look for in games. Also pretty please because I love those games 🥺
Games with deep stories and environmental storytelling tend to do well. Of course story driven games tend to be 3rd person so the character you are playing as can be seen being part of the story.
I have never seen a bigger plot twist and felt as huge of a betrayal as when MatPat completed dismissed Alan Wake Edit: the fact that Alan Wake was announced to be coming to Dead by Daylight a few hours before MatPat posted his retirement announcement feels like some sort of ill omen (yes I am still crying)
That was my reaction too, MatPat strikes me as someone who would really like Alan Wake 2 so when he just dismissed it I had to pause and just stare at the screen for a few seconds.
@@10acious32 I know that lol, I was mostly joking with my comment haha Plus if he liked it he probably would’ve removed the line or delivered it differently Just overall a little surprised that Team Theorist hasn’t looked into the lore for it a bit more! It’d be right up their alley
Fully supportive of the tidal wave of comments about Matt dismissing Alan Wake 2. If it wasn't for the sheer depth and scale of BG3, it would have been my choice for game of the year
@@cur1yh_3adit was actually so hard like I played on just hard difficulty and I died so many times to the bosses, the previous ones maybe but this one definitely isn’t easy
Baldurs gate 3 really is a prime example of going way above and beyond. It blew away do many expectations. I love how the developers also keep adding new stuff and fixing things to make the overall gameplay more enjoyable too.
Pretty shocking MatPat that the Remedyverse (Alan Wake, Control, etc..) is not up your alley. Alan wake 2 genuinely was phenomenal. And FULL of a very mind twisting story. You should really look into them. But also, i think this theory is a little weird. While those statistic may currently be more likely, gaming continue to evolve like every other medium. Experiences are changing. So i wouldnt be surprised to see those changing over the next few years. Cause i genuinely want the medium to continue providing unique experiences, more unique protagonists of all genders, cultures, etc (Sagas actress in Alan Wake 2 got nominated for a reason), and just more exploration of what interactive media can do and or achieve. Considering that Kojima/Jordan Peele team up, im thinking we have a lot of exciting stuff coming.
@@addison_v_ertisement1678 woah woah slow your roll there my dude. I ain't attacking matpat. I didn't even remember the control video honestly. Take a breather. Just think he should give Alan Wake 2 a chance since it's a genuinely phenomenal games and leagues above its original game.
How is it a weird theory though? Gaming really isn’t evolving outside of a few studios. The exact type of game that he described is still the bread and butter of Sony for example. There is still a massive bias in gaming media towards gritty cinematic titles and against anything seen as “childish.” Alan Wake 2 received more awards than TOTK, SM2, and Mario Wonder despite worse critical reception exactly because it fits this criteria
@@GameoftheYear-fx4mq How so ? Because he's talked about Mario, Zelda and Pokémon multiples times ? Nintendo happens to have some have some of the most recognizable IPs on the planet, so it makes sense why he would talk about them, and something like Mario which isn't orientated towards detail or storytelling used to be much easier to theorize about (especially in the early days with more science based theories). Besides, nowadays he actually rarely ever talks about Nintendo stuff...
He probably just hasn’t played it or any of the other in-universe connected games. From the outside looking in, Alan Wake 2 is just a sequel to that thriller game from 2010, so u can’t blame him.
"Alan Wake 2. SURE" ?! 😢 MatPat....The pain in my chest. I have so much respect for Matt & the team that I'm willing to process my own hurt feelings offline (as a complete stranger on the internet) if we can just have a conversation about this. But seriously, I'm *genuinely* curious about this reaction.
Mat I cant believe you just dismissed Alan Wake 2 like that! It deserved its spot in goty contention and I personally found it was my goty. As others have said , you'd probably love the game, as well as the remedy universe
1. He's already in the Remedyverse. He has made a video on Control. 2. Your own personal opinion of the game doesn't reflect the objective quality of the game. 3. It's clear he just doesn't like it.
@@addison_v_ertisement1678 1. Cannot find a single source of documentation on the internet that proves the existence of Matt touching a Remedy title. 2. They literally were stating their own opinion. 3. That was not the language or tone of someone that didn't like it, that was dismissive "this is here I guess, I dunno why, but sure."
@@h0m3st4r still the genre was the same it was just the whole "dad" thing that was missing which btw the third game could have Cal as a father figure to Bo's daughter
Talk about ignorant. And the fact that Herald of Darkness played live on the Game Awards with a huge ALAN WAKE as the song ended and he's like "lol look at random flute guy"
@@Coyotzz i think they just haven't play it, also based on the last portion of the video i think that mat also haven't BG3 either , BG3 it's not rly an action-rpg and it's not primarly a 3rd person game unless if you play it with a controller BG3 is an outlier from his formulat and he just want to have a perfect scripted speech tl:dr don't take him seriously
It’d be dope to see if you could do a breakdown like this but with growing as a streamer. The way you’ve basically created a blueprint to win a GOTY…I wonder what information you would find with streaming
Yeah, I'm not a fan of them dismissing Alan Wake as if it doesn't deserve its spot, especially considering it hits pretty much all of the GOTY traits in the video.
@@kicker1015 MatPat probably doesn't even know what Alan Wake is, which is why he did that. Which is sad since it's the game that meshes best with his other theorycrafting content and metafiction.
Yeah, Alan Wake 2 and the RCU would be pretty much a perfect fit for the channel and yet there is this weird disrespect in this video. Between this year's nominees the 3 most likely candidates for GOTY were Alan Wake 2, TOTK and Baldur's Gate 3. Out of those 3 Alan Wake 2 was the best fit for the criteria in the video.
@@Humblemud and it could have something similar to what steam has, the labor of love (a game that's been out for a while and is still played to this day) think of terraria
So basically the jury was just biased towards games that they personally prefer, If the jury was replaced then we'd see more games with different genres and themes in the nomination and not the old cookie cutter one's, oh I'd love to see that happen
@@burp2019 them not playing the nominees isn’t really a factor. Like matpat said they likely are genuinely playing the games (I mean it’s literally their job to do so) and the games they pick just personally appeals to them more.
It’s about 50 hours if you only did the story. But the side quests add about 111 hours. But personally, I feel that BG3 deserved the win solely for the fact that they listened to criticism during EA, and after the release of the game. When there are game breaking bugs that can mess up everything, they were VERY fast in sending out patches. And they promised that they were not going to sell dlcs. If they release one, it will be with a major patch and available for everyone.
Sir, many of us easily have over 200 hours in BG3, it's a versatile, open game, and YOU get to decide how your character looks--and then become invested in your party members and play all of their origins along with THE DARK URGE. I'm still on my first play through. 😂❤ (and I started two more recently.)
*You have a different opinion than me, so you are baseless and don't know what you're talking about There, I made what you're trying to say more obvious.
The miss the days when the title and thumbnail were accurate to the topic of the video. The thumbnail and title imply this is a video about how the game awards could be rigged, when the actual contents of the video is about how to win the game awards and why.
Now that I think about it, I'd love to watch a Game Theory video about Baldur's Gate 3! I'd love to see what kind of theories the Game Theory Team could come up with :DD
Was not expecting Alan Wake being disregarded as that just because its not as popular as the other contenders, personally I was expecting it to be GOTY
@@memebaltan Alan Wake is an amazing game. Def check it out. If I could describe Alan Wake 2, its like combining Silent Hill, Twin Peaks and John Wick, and a bit of that Sam Lake charm he puts in his games
I was mainly hoping for Alan Wake II to win the award, but hey it still won a lot of awards anyways Plus that Perfomrance by Old gods of Asgard was amazing!.
Easily the best part of the entire show, especially since everyone turned up for it! Like, I did not expect Matthew or Ilkka to show up at all, but seeing them there dancing with Sam again was just glorious.
I will not sit here and ignore the Alan Wake slander!!!! 😡 The game was absolutely beautiful and a true masterpiece and I am insanely proud of Sam Lake and my country!! 💙💙💙
My own personal GOTY was Jedi Survivor and im sad Cameron lost to Neil but I think he deserved it, Asterion was such a fun character and the acting was really well done.
About 4 years ago, I watched your Oscar's video and came up with my own formula of predicting the winner. I said that it has to be a fantasy game that is released in spring. So I was happy to see the release date thing included. I am also happy you mentioned that the awards are picked by the jury and that fans really don't pick. Overall, I think you nailed the formula, and I loved the video. Edit: I predicted Tears of the Kingdom to win, so I was not right this year.
Yeah, picking Zelda to win in this year was basically the equivalent of pick Horizon to win when it was under BotW's shadow. The competition was just too strong, and TotK had just a few too many small flaws that could sour the experience. TotK is a technological marvel with what they accomplished, but even as a huge Zelda nerd it wasn't the best overall game this year. Probably wasn't even second place in the overall standings. Alan Wake won three very strong categories, so likely just behind BG3.
Alan Wake actually felt like a key example of the criteria shown here except for its release date. Whereas Zelda was always going to struggle based off of the criteria. Even in 2017 it only won 3 awards because the categories are so skewed towards cinematic type games. It was able to win in 2017 because the other GOTY nominees lacked an M rated cinematic type of game with deep story.
As a huge fan of both GT and BG3, I knew we'd probably never get a theory on the game since it's not the normal style to theorize about, so this is about as close as we'll get and I'm very happy about it!!
Well your checklist does not fit with this year's winner all that well: - Single Player yes (with co-op option) - Action game: Nope - 3rd person camera: Nope - Mature story: Yes - Male Lead: No lead because the character is customizable...and the majority play female characters - Existing IP/Feels familiar: sort of; BG is an existing IP but has been dormant for 23 years; familiarity in gameplay comes mostly from Divinity Original Sin 2 but that's a different IP - Release in Spring: Nope, August is not in spring. Out of your 7 points That's 4 no, 2 yes and 1 sort of.
Flute guy is truly Legendary. He deserved his own award for performance
Give Flute Guy the best performance award 🗿
The flute guy, YES! He def deserves an award! Hope to see him again next year!
I liked the part where he evolved into Oboe guy
@@Owen01 yeah 🗿
We've all seen this comment somewhere else
Let's be honest, Flute guy is the best part of the Game Awards
I will never forget his wonderful performance in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 last year
@Xgmarcos Lol no it wouldn’t. BG3 would have won regardless
@Xgmarcosnah
Frl he played so many of them, I could only tell alto flute contrabass flute and flute
rose toy was
Baldurs Gate 3 broke the standard to the point that other companies said “don’t expect this to be the new standard.”
And yet i still don't know WHY DID IT WIN EVERYTHING?!!
It shouldn't have won all the awards it got. MOSTLY DID NOT DESERVE GAME OF THE YEAR!
@@x-blood93 clearly showing that you didn't play it and know nothing about it. it *inarguably* deserved every award it got. it had an *insane* amount of love and care poured into and as the original commentor said it raise the bar on what a video game should be *so high* that MULTIPLE AAA devs came out with statements saying not to expeect them to make games to that degree. Just cause you wanted something else doesn't mean BG3 didn't deserve it's win.
saying decade is massive glazing@GrilthVatore
@GrilthVatore Game of the year? Easily. Game of the decade? Too early to say
We need Matpat to announce GOTY next year. Matpat criticizing the jokes is a whole new level of irony.
Yes
Oh…. This did not age well….
@@MilkintheMicrowaver yeah ☹️
I don't like how this aged
I don't think he will be hosting anything next year
Game Theory Request: Comparison between Indie and AAA games. One is more expensive but tends to be longer and more likely to be talked about, whilst the other is cheaper, and more likely to touch on original/controversial stories, and has very passionate developers that are less money-greedy
Still, some AAA games such as Returnal have brilliant original stories
Shut up I hate you!
-Gus
I would LOVE-LOVE MatPat to do a game theory on that idea!!!
I don’t know if MatPat will touch on it, but I’ll sure make a video in that vein when I finish with my current video schedule.
@@christopherlyndsay8611 Yeah, im not saying all are like that. For example, the indie game Hollow Knight is very long, and there are of course the large amount of indie games that are just bad, and some AAA games that are not worth the 60 bucks and such
Surprised you didn't mention how the Baldur Gate 3 Devs were only able to speak for 30 seconds while speaking emotionally about their deceased friend who worked on the game. They were rushed off stage and were looked over- which was complete injustice.
Wait. They actually did that to them.
Exactly!!
@@rubenreyes1388yep, there was even a sign that said "get it over with already"
@@pyromare4879 a sign? Like them with a face say ing get it over with?
@@pyromare4879The sign said “Please wrap it up” actually but close enough.
Also, from what I heard, it was applied to all developers. Heck even the Japanese devs who don’t speak English.
I think it's also extremely important to note that this years 'player voice' award also went to baldurs gate 3
Exactly!
because neil deserved it.
@@artemislove2941because everyone who worked on it deserved it? Lol
player voice means Tav's voice, not Astarion's voice@@artemislove2941
It's really not at all important to note that, because in the grand scheme of things it meant nothing. "Player's voice" just means "Aww, you guys think you participated".
I have played many RPG games and I never played one like BG3. It felt like you had so many options and had so much freedom. You were not bound to follow a certain pathz but instead could really play the game how you wanted. And often rewards players for thinking creatively.
It’s almost like that sounds like another game on the roster this year….
@@ianreder2718guessing you mean Tears of the Kingdom? And yeah there's a lot of freedom in TotK for sure but absolutely zero freedom in the story it always ends the same, whereas Baldurs Gate 3 has freedom in gameplay and story, theres 4 main endings but technically 17,000 variations of those endings
It's literally DnD.
@@Nitrex-zl5iqso nothing new, I mean come on dark souls
@@MD.Akib_Al_Azad uhhh no dnd is way more different
Matpat criticizing the jokes is a whole new level of irony😭😂
Takes one to know one, y'know
that’s how you know it’s bad
IM GONNA WHIP AND NAE NAE
@@rainbowspongebob
DON'T DO IT
@@viktorthevictor6240
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Jackpot?
saying BG3 has 60 hours playtime is insane. That wont even get you out of the 2nd act
Right 😂
My father (who likes playing games to relax) has over 200 hours in the game and just finished act 2
In my personal world, i have over 220 hrs and just reached ACT 3. While in a lan world with 2 more friends, we are at 180 hrs in ACT 1. There is soooo much you can do in bg3
Yeah my first run was about 150 hours!
I’m in act 3 and I have like 200 hours so yeah, true lol
I already don’t take the Game Awards seriously because they told winners that needed a translator for their speech to “please wrap it up”💀
actually WTH!?
@@superultrablitz9027 Yes they did… as example for Zelda… when they’ve took longer than 30 Seconds it appeared
i was shocked matpat dismissed alan wake 2 but that might be cuz he hasnt tried it yet. I feel like if he does play it, we would get alot of theories on it and honestly i would love that
Ye, currently playing through AW2 and that game as well as the first one and Control seem to be the kind of games that matpat would love to analyze
Yeah, Alan Wake 2 did not redefine what a videogame can be at it's core just for Matpat to dismiss it with "ummm sure" in the list of GOTY contenders.
@@Sheldon1985 cause it actually didn't? Stop trying to show this game as something unseen or WOW in videogames, it's not.
@@daniilbelov8652 the wow and unseen in the game is the way the story is told. That is what is unique about it. There isn’t even something similar done in an indie game.
raceswapping a major character isnt unique to alan wake 2 so yeah@@Sheldon1985
We need Matpat to announce GOTY next year
yes
@DavidVevo-ws1ttalright, I won't translate.
Yess😊
Agreed.
@DavidVevo-ws1tt no
Matpat should just host his own game awards
Actually that unironically sounds like a great idea. I mean plenty of gaming publications already do their own "game of the year" awards separate from The Game Awards, and MatPat is probably *the* most qualified person out there to host one.
FNaF Instantly wins lol
Exactly, he's too biased. Markiplier should host the awards. At least he's not as fake a MatPat@@nuhhuzzfr
The Matties
He better put pizza tower
Wait… MatPat isn’t into Alan Wake?! Actually surprised by that
Shocked by that, I'm almost certain AW2 was #2 and my personal GOTY and it fits into his whole game theory show perfectly. If I had to guess, he never played it?
@@josiahfour25yeah I had it at Number 2 and my fav as well. Very shocked he isn’t into it
Remedy-verse is absolutely made for MatPat
Bruh I was so surprised too
All remedy games revolve around one another, and they add tons of hints and lore with how the supernatural is invading our world. It literally reminds me of fnaf in trying to piece together a what comes next theory.
6:44 "The Game Awards actually prefer themselves action" There's defintely a sample bias here, though: most games that get made nowadays are action-based. That saddens my turn-based heart, which is why it made me very happy (among other reasons) that Baldur's Gate 3 was the GOTY.
I thought the same for most of his data about majority of nominees and winners. Most of those stats apply to the whole gaming industry, I feel.
yup, same with the male main characters i had thought.
@@robertolanzoneofc you don't agree, y'all always stick to your own opinions instead of being open to other things
@@azrienstewartenasen1508 Umm? Excuse me? What didn't I agree with? I thought I was agreeing with the comment actually 😅
Baldur's Gate broke the mold for Game of the Year with sheer quality.
Following that list of key take aways and demographics of the jury, why are roguelites and roguelikes very often absent or underrepresented during the game of awards? Many of them have darker more mature stories, are very action oriented, so on an so forth. They also have the added benefit of you being able to complete a full run in around half an hour to an hour or so.
Probably the story is harder to piece together.
I would say the less story focus, along with the sometimes very repetitive and grindy aspects of those games make them less interactive overall and less engaging. That factored with not many prominent i[s for rouge-likes would make it harder for the mass population to get into them and understand them
honestly ı would have loved to see celeste or isaac repentance when both were released respectively
They’re probably too hard for journalists lol
Y’know what. If I ever make a game ima make it a bright and colorful T for teen hack n slash with a YA female protagonsit that isn’t oversexualized and pour my heart and soul into it just to see if a game following The criteria still wins over it😅
Well now I want to see the results if they made the public votes 100% instead of just 10%. See if anything changed
Then it just becomes a popularity contest.
@@dasaiyantv8483right but that's much more objective than some journalists. The objectively best games are the ones with the most players, if we're bringing subjectivity into it then we simply can't decide which is the best. The GOTY for each person is different
@@_ajf if most players = best game then that will lead to an extreme recency bias
For one, Last of Us 2 would never have even been nominated, let alone win. It has a 5.8 public rating compared to 9.1 Ghost of Tsushima.
@@_ajfobjectivity when in reality we all know a lot of casuals will pick Spiderman despite being the weakest one out of every game of the year nominees.
Thank you, Matpat for everything.
Thank you
No thank you
Rip you used the comma wrong
Flute guy played his heart out, but the score this year didn’t give him nearly as much to work with compared to last year and XC3 leaning so heavily on the flute
Fan votes exceed all, apparently.
@@BloodyHowl69 Nah. Fan votes are only 10% of all the votes
I feel like that's another reason why XC3 should have won the best Soundtrack category. It gave us best moments with Flute guy.
I do think games should be judged on how much you enjoy it rather than how respectable and mature it is
Agreed. I'm all for exploring mature themes, but they by no means make a work of art inherently better than those that don't.
then subway surfers should win all the award??
I mean, there's a reason why Mario games are always nominated
Yeah, Nintendo would probably just sweep every award if that was the case and I’m here for it tbh.
@@edmg7 I mean, I think its pretty obvious that a mature game like majoras mask is far better than a game like mario wonder (which is a more fun game). "fun" is a far more subjective thing to judge than game quality, which does a better job of looking objective
Another aspect to consider is that old games always had a father figure type mentor to the protagonist. Now with games like spiderman 2, red dead, last of us etc. The mentor is the protagonist. You still have the wise one and the protégé a lot of times, we've more switched the playable character
Matpat really blew the merchandising load in the beginning in this one, 7 minutes in is when the video actually starts.
Right?! Kind of was a bit annoyed by that tbh. 😅 But I just skipped through it.
You should use Sponsorblock extension; automatically skipped that whole segment for me, and I didn't even know it was there.
On next year's VGA's, MatPat should be in it as one of the celebrity guests.
He was at VGA a few years back
He was on the 2016 Game Awards back in the day to annouce Games for Impact award, he needs to come back man. Even Jacksepticeye has been in Game Awards many times
I see you everywhere
Larian studio deserves all the praise, it's literally one of the best games I've played and the community support is crazy, feels like they really understand their gamers, hopefully others will learn from them
Do gamers never learn? Ppl said this about CDPR after the Witcher 3 dropped. They praised CDPR so much that they grew an ego and dropped a game with a disastrous launch like Cyberpunk.
Larian has peaked, it's only downhill from here.
I missed the game awards bc I was playing their dumb silly captivating game 😪
Shame it also by-proxy brought attention to a Hasbro-Owned, Wizards of the Coast IP...
Given, they attract different audiences... But boy would I like that company to fail and be bought up by a someone else. That may sound dramatic but I am tired of seeing such a storied IP get slowly strangled by the company that owns it just as I saw with Star Wars, Marvel, and Disney.
@@jimmythegamer2231you must be fun at parties
@@jimmythegamer2231You will be the random regarder comment until proven otherwise .
And I have a suspicion you ll stay in that place
I still think pizza tower should’ve won best indie title even if the game is popular… it makes you wonder if that decision was designed To draw attention to more obscure indie games which makes sense
Fr ^ Pizza Tower deserved better
I fear the day MatPat runs out of theories
@DavidVevo-ws1tt finally!
@DavidVevo-ws1ttDon’t translate! کاتێک تەمەنم ١٣ ساڵ بوو جارێک بیجامەی سپایدەرمانم لەبەردا بوو چونکە سەیری قاچەکانمم کرد و جۆرابێکی فێمبۆیم بینی
He won’t
He will always find something to theorize on 😂
@DavidVevo-ws1tthe’s right guys I’m dead. I’m texting in Heaven guys so subscribe to him 😱😱
@@CMan185so real for this one
Matt didn't just throw shade on Alan Wake II, it's literally the kind of game you would make theories on here.
Yeah, that bit was so confusing. I'd be shocked if I wasn't just puzzled.
Alan Wake, Alan Wake 2, and Control would be games that I feel like Matt would adore picking apart, analyzing, and experiencing. Really hope he gives it a chance.
@@pointblank2890 especially considering those games not only share the same universe but to this day have MASSIVE unsolved mysteries. Matt would absolutely drown in the potential. Oh well…
Remember, he has multiple script writers. Also, I'd assume the joke is moreso about how unknown it is than it being a bad game
Remember, Matt said it himself. He's just the face reciting the script these days. The script itself is written by other peeps in the team
@@borisrusinov3980it's still kinda weird to see that someone on his team got a beef with the game, and MatPat decided "yeah, why not, i'm gonna read it"
Gotta say it kinda makes me chuckle that Matpat just brushes off Alan Wake 2 when the game (and the whole Remedy Connected Universe for that matter) could fuel GameTheory episodes for years
I almost turned off the video when he shrugged it off.. 😂 it was never gonna beat BG3 but it was better than half the list
So weird that someone doesn't enjoy a game. That never happens wow.
Keplerians Universe Theory when?
That's the one thing I have been waiting for, for years!
But If the 9 Ice Scream, 3 Evil Nun and 2 Mr Meat games are too big of a challange, I totally get that.
okay that settles it, Matthew Patthew and team need to look into Alan Wake 2, and the Remedyverse in general
For real. It would be right up his alley.
I was thinking the same
We need more RCU content - Gaming University and Hidden Machine are great with it, but we need MORE!
I'm quite shocked they haven't already, it's the exact type of stuff they cover
Remedy verse is unironically too complicated for MatPat. im serious.
I think baldur's gate deserved game of the year because of its great writing, replay ability, and openess to player creativity. Totk is my runner up for a lot of the same reasons, but the story isn't quite as deep or reactive, but it's gameplay is satisfying just playing without a goal. Spiderman 2 was another of my favorite games this year because of how satisfying the game play was while the story was like being in a movie, less replayability than the other 2 though.
As someone who has played both, BG3 is Divinity 2: Original Sin but with better cut scenes. Zelda pushed the boundaries of what programmers could do with how players thought about how they interacted with objects around them and they did it without making the Switch explode with the limited hardware.
I was hoping for TOTK, but if I'm being real, the story left a lot to be desired. They need to work on how to keep the games open world but still tell a deep story. Botw did better, but still not amazing.
@@ZebulaJams I am a huge Zelda fan but I can shoot "BG3 is Divinity 2: Original Sin but with better cut scenes" back at you since TOTK is just remixed BOTW with added physics magic hand that imo isn't as flexible or polished as it first appear on the surface. That said I am glad it won the adventure GOTY award, like I said I love Zelda. I have over 200 hours in both games individually and easily my top 2 games of 2023.
BG3 has excellent writing, freedom and polish considering how massive this game is in scope, while being developed by one of the few studios left that has love and respect for its fans and employees. It fully deserves every award it received.
I can't STAND BG3 for one simple reason. Karlach. The most annoying tiefling to ever cros avernus. I chopped her head off when I first met her. She's too happy and no one in real lif eis happy like her. I hate her. TOTK is game of the year
@@ZebulaJams I've played both, dismissing BG3 as "Divinity 2: Original Sin but with better cut scenes" would be like if I said TOTK was Breath of the Wild, but with Gmod attached. BG3 easily tops, which is surprising coming from an indie studio vs Nintendo. The game itself has amazing writing, and offers a lot of player freedom to make decisions that I don't often see anymore.
Speaking of alan wake, Matt should do a video on the Remedyverse.
He should, but it certainly sounds like it’s not his cup of tea. Which is odd, you think he’d be all over it.
He's already done a video of Control.
@@addison_v_ertisement1678 He hasn’t, he only mentioned it in his SCP video
@@coproliteeater5005probably didn't post it
Flute Guy carries the show honestly. Last year he went NUTS for Xenoblade, so proud to be a Xenoblade rep.
Your profile picture says everything 😅
Action-action, so much action it needed it's own genre to let you know just how much action it has.
Which is funny, as Death Stranding really doesn’t have that much action. Certainly not enough to be called action-action. Action-adventure would have suited it just fine.
this award is made for consoles, console owners need confirmation to make them feel better
@@leandrrob Not really.
Did not expect there to be shade on Alan Wake 2, the Remedyverse is stupidly heavy with lore and connections, which even extends into the band Poets of the Fall's lore with their music catalogue.
its a mediocre game and your a crybaby
We're... REALLY steamrolling on Mario aren't we...
Silence, Luigi!
As far as I know and what I have seen it looks like just another platformer nothing wrong with it but it's been done many times
Nothing's wrong with a simple dish, but eating the same thing over and over again and again? That's insanity
Although I enjoy the game immensely and applaud its creativity in the genre I don't think it really would be game of the year. Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is a more enthralling game
@CynicalReprobate that’s called a genre of games 💀
4:56 you should’ve done “Keep you looking fly, while in the sky.”
2:20
Matpat, what do you mean "Oh, Alan Wake, sure >.>"
That game has more lore than a single theorist can handle.
He would lose his mind going through the constant loops of lore and he would succumb to the Dark Presence
dumb lore and complex just to be complex
@@LuhinerWelcome to Remedy!
@@Luhiner oh come on, the whole complex just to be complex is so generic. You can come up with something better than that. What about the awful mind place or the lack of various enemies.
The challenge of theorizing Alan Wake 2 is like telling a bear to eat a chicken nugget. Matpat is capable of theorizing it, he just doesn't have interest in it.
I think the game awards need a cozy game category,there are so many coming out each year and they don‘t really fit in any of the other categories
They are more targeted at women and tend to be indie. The biases built within the Video Game Sector wouldn’t make space for it so easily :/
Oh that "Alan Wake 2. Sure." was so not what I expected! The Finnish media has been hyping this up and Poets of the Fall's social media has been full of the Old Gods of Asgard hype. It appears we are in different bubbles here 😁
Honestly, I would have thought Mat would love the story of Alan Wake 2 and the story of Remedyverse in general
Me too, it would've been really cool to see an Remedyverse Game Theory, :/@@FingerGunswasalreadytaken
There's so much to explore. I would love to see a series on Remedyverse, but this might not be the channels cup of tea.
@Serena-ke9mp it's a bit weird, though, considering that he could just have a member of the team who enjoys AW2 do the voiceover for him (Like Dan has done for episodes like Just Dance and Choo-Choo Charles)
@@FingerGunswasalreadytaken Yeah but who is watching an Alan Wake 2 theory? Like nobody knew about before the awards. I thought it was some mispronunciation of Alan Walker lol
either way seems boring
Matpat, you NEED to play the Remedy universe of games (both Alan Wakes and Control). The amount of deep lore and complex storytelling packed into them is exactly what you look for in games. Also pretty please because I love those games 🥺
Games with deep stories and environmental storytelling tend to do well. Of course story driven games tend to be 3rd person so the character you are playing as can be seen being part of the story.
I have never seen a bigger plot twist and felt as huge of a betrayal as when MatPat completed dismissed Alan Wake
Edit: the fact that Alan Wake was announced to be coming to Dead by Daylight a few hours before MatPat posted his retirement announcement feels like some sort of ill omen (yes I am still crying)
That was my reaction too, MatPat strikes me as someone who would really like Alan Wake 2 so when he just dismissed it I had to pause and just stare at the screen for a few seconds.
He didnt write the script
@@10acious32 I know that lol, I was mostly joking with my comment haha
Plus if he liked it he probably would’ve removed the line or delivered it differently
Just overall a little surprised that Team Theorist hasn’t looked into the lore for it a bit more! It’d be right up their alley
I can relate. I didn't expect the dismissal.
And yet for some reason he took Last of Us Part 2 seriously.
Can we point out how his “criteria” of GOTY just described Alan Wake 2 in its entirety, yet he disrespected it at the start as if it was useless.
For real
Not only that but also at the end it felt like he was forcing the criteria to fit for BG 3 and Zelda. I don't think he expected Baldur's Gate to win
Indie games are always done dirty at these award shows too. ;w;
Pizza tower is absolutely at the top of my list for game of the year no contest.
Fully supportive of the tidal wave of comments about Matt dismissing Alan Wake 2. If it wasn't for the sheer depth and scale of BG3, it would have been my choice for game of the year
yeah i thought id be the only one
What’s so funny about the game awards this year, is that Pikmin 4 won more awards than spider man 2 😂
Don't get me wrong SM2 was a fun game, but it was very very safe even for a super hero game.
@@jonf9633what does safe even mean
@@ShadowSparksXim guessing it means it wasnt really that hard and was easy to survive in
@@cur1yh_3adit was actually so hard like I played on just hard difficulty and I died so many times to the bosses, the previous ones maybe but this one definitely isn’t easy
@@ShadowSparksX too much iteration and not enough innovation.
As a Pizza Tower fan; I absolutely agree.
Same as another Pizza Tower fan, too.
Just for this, i absolute hate all judges from GOTY
@@Davi_Vilhenapizza tower didn’t deserve nothing tho
@@funny45guy38 and cocoon deserved it? Even being in the wrong category
@blastertronus same bro
Baldurs gate 3 really is a prime example of going way above and beyond.
It blew away do many expectations.
I love how the developers also keep adding new stuff and fixing things to make the overall gameplay more enjoyable too.
Pretty shocking MatPat that the Remedyverse (Alan Wake, Control, etc..) is not up your alley. Alan wake 2 genuinely was phenomenal. And FULL of a very mind twisting story. You should really look into them.
But also, i think this theory is a little weird. While those statistic may currently be more likely, gaming continue to evolve like every other medium. Experiences are changing. So i wouldnt be surprised to see those changing over the next few years. Cause i genuinely want the medium to continue providing unique experiences, more unique protagonists of all genders, cultures, etc (Sagas actress in Alan Wake 2 got nominated for a reason), and just more exploration of what interactive media can do and or achieve. Considering that Kojima/Jordan Peele team up, im thinking we have a lot of exciting stuff coming.
He already made a video on control. Stop acting like he hates the studio just because he doesn't like one game.
@@addison_v_ertisement1678 woah woah slow your roll there my dude. I ain't attacking matpat. I didn't even remember the control video honestly. Take a breather. Just think he should give Alan Wake 2 a chance since it's a genuinely phenomenal games and leagues above its original game.
How is it a weird theory though? Gaming really isn’t evolving outside of a few studios.
The exact type of game that he described is still the bread and butter of Sony for example. There is still a massive bias in gaming media towards gritty cinematic titles and against anything seen as “childish.”
Alan Wake 2 received more awards than TOTK, SM2, and Mario Wonder despite worse critical reception exactly because it fits this criteria
Matt dismissing Alan Wake II as “meh” was honestly a slap in the face. Especially since I would expect him to love that kind of game.
He's a Nintendo fanboy, I thought you knew this already
@@GameoftheYear-fx4mq How so ? Because he's talked about Mario, Zelda and Pokémon multiples times ? Nintendo happens to have some have some of the most recognizable IPs on the planet, so it makes sense why he would talk about them, and something like Mario which isn't orientated towards detail or storytelling used to be much easier to theorize about (especially in the early days with more science based theories). Besides, nowadays he actually rarely ever talks about Nintendo stuff...
You're still learning how expectations work irl.... Everyone has their own taste
He probably just hasn’t played it or any of the other in-universe connected games. From the outside looking in, Alan Wake 2 is just a sequel to that thriller game from 2010, so u can’t blame him.
@@andrewlange4934
Woke corpo shill...
I am surprised that MatPat isn't into Alan Wake 2
Spider Man 2 should’ve at least got one award! 😭😭 It got nominated for 7 of them and didn’t get a single one 😭
Not "sure" to Alan Wake 2, Alan Wake 2 is AMAZING, it would have won if Baldurs wasnt there
Flute guy *BETTER* be in next year's show
He’s the GOAT. I can’t imagine them doing the Game Awards without him
Pizza Tower not winning really broke me
beaten by a game that shouldn't even have been in the running due to not being a debut title
@@burp2019 Cacoon was their first game though what do you mean
@@joedatius it's their 3rd game, not their first
Matt, you gotta explore the remedy studios combined universes. Please! Dont dismiss Alan wake 2 yet
"Alan Wake 2. SURE" ?! 😢 MatPat....The pain in my chest. I have so much respect for Matt & the team that I'm willing to process my own hurt feelings offline (as a complete stranger on the internet) if we can just have a conversation about this. But seriously, I'm *genuinely* curious about this reaction.
2:17 Wow, he really just dissed Alan Wake 2 like that
Mat I cant believe you just dismissed Alan Wake 2 like that! It deserved its spot in goty contention and I personally found it was my goty. As others have said , you'd probably love the game, as well as the remedy universe
1. He's already in the Remedyverse. He has made a video on Control.
2. Your own personal opinion of the game doesn't reflect the objective quality of the game.
3. It's clear he just doesn't like it.
@@addison_v_ertisement1678🤣🤣 no one said anything about objective quality. It’s packed with unsolved lore. That is a factual statement.
@@batmanvsuperman_ "and I *personally* found it was my goty."
They are talking about their own subjective opinion.
@@addison_v_ertisement1678
1. Cannot find a single source of documentation on the internet that proves the existence of Matt touching a Remedy title.
2. They literally were stating their own opinion.
3. That was not the language or tone of someone that didn't like it, that was dismissive "this is here I guess, I dunno why, but sure."
@@addison_v_ertisement1678He didn't do a video on control, it was just mentioned in the SCP video
I wonder what could go wrong with company ceos selecting who gets 90% of the award votes.
The company CEOs are just an advisory board. The journalists make up the 90%
I love how jedi survivor checked off almost every box of the guide and still didn't get nominated
They must not like Star Wars.
@@jamesgravil9162More like they must not like EA
Keyword being "almost".
@@h0m3st4r still the genre was the same it was just the whole "dad" thing that was missing which btw the third game could have Cal as a father figure to Bo's daughter
Great game but I don’t think it’s in par with the goty nominees this year.
"And also, Alan Wake, sure."
Well, at least now we know MatPat never played it.
For real! The remedyverse is RIGHT up his alley, complete with legally questionable IP inclusions!
This dude dissed alan wake II no way even though its one of the most mind bending game universes (Alan Wake and Control are connected).
It just seems like he's never played it nor heard of it sadly, hopefully he plays it either on the gtlive or on his own
@@IsaiahSenkuOr maybe he just doesn't like the game.
How to win The Game Awards
Matpat - lists all the traits of Alan Wake 2
Also Matpat - behaves as if Alan Wake 2 shouldn't have even been nominated
Talk about ignorant. And the fact that Herald of Darkness played live on the Game Awards with a huge ALAN WAKE as the song ended and he's like "lol look at random flute guy"
Won't take that Alan Wake 2 slander sitting down. You'd think Mat would be eating that Remedyverse up
Trash game
Petition for Mat to play Alan Wake II, because that "Alan Wake II, sure..." was just not necessary
I agree, it was insulting and disrespectful.
It just occurred to me that Remedy’s games are MADE for Game/Film Theory🤔🤔🤔
(Alan wake, quantum break, control, Alan wake 2)
Yeah, idk why he dissed AW2 in the video...
@@Elloth everyone is dissing AW2, i don't get it. It is IMO the best game that came out in 2023.
@@Coyotzz i think they just haven't play it, also based on the last portion of the video i think that mat also haven't BG3 either , BG3 it's not rly an action-rpg and it's not primarly a 3rd person game unless if you play it with a controller BG3 is an outlier from his formulat and he just want to have a perfect scripted speech tl:dr don't take him seriously
@@Coyotzz BG3 fanboys will trash any game that is not BG3 to prop up their GOTY, which is why they are trashing Alan Wake 2
@@CoyotzzMaybe you'd get it if you looked past your own subjective opinion.
Bro I don't care about game awards, if I love a game I'm not going to stop playing because my favourite wasn't nominated
It’d be dope to see if you could do a breakdown like this but with growing as a streamer. The way you’ve basically created a blueprint to win a GOTY…I wonder what information you would find with streaming
Hearing Mat pat say Alan wake sure when i figured itd be the game he would like the most this year was a shock 😂
So much this. Alan Wake, Control, and Alan Wake 2 are fn awesome
Yeah, I'm not a fan of them dismissing Alan Wake as if it doesn't deserve its spot, especially considering it hits pretty much all of the GOTY traits in the video.
Glad I wasn’t the only one
@@kicker1015 MatPat probably doesn't even know what Alan Wake is, which is why he did that. Which is sad since it's the game that meshes best with his other theorycrafting content and metafiction.
Yeah, Alan Wake 2 and the RCU would be pretty much a perfect fit for the channel and yet there is this weird disrespect in this video.
Between this year's nominees the 3 most likely candidates for GOTY were Alan Wake 2, TOTK and Baldur's Gate 3.
Out of those 3 Alan Wake 2 was the best fit for the criteria in the video.
Mat really just called BG3 a 60 hour action game.
@Afrecta Is It NOT A 60 Hour Action Game?
@@amytattersfield2017 It's a turn based rpg that takes 100s of hours lol
Bro it’s 150 hours lol
18:29 AYYYYY I'm not the only one who noticed flute guy was going ham!
Mat, YOU should do your own game awards.
Dead meat did a horror themed award ceremony, so I have no problem with that
That would actually be so interesting, BC then it would include a lot more indie games.
The Indie Awards!
Yes I know that name sounds terrible
@@Humblemud and it could have something similar to what steam has, the labor of love (a game that's been out for a while and is still played to this day) think of terraria
He can do the Indie Horror Awards!
“Alan Wake 2 sure?” Oh man very clear was was written before the game awards with Alan Wake taking home so many
When the self promo ad is 3 min 💀
So basically the jury was just biased towards games that they personally prefer, If the jury was replaced then we'd see more games with different genres and themes in the nomination and not the old cookie cutter one's, oh I'd love to see that happen
or force the jury to actually play the nominees
@@burp2019 them not playing the nominees isn’t really a factor. Like matpat said they likely are genuinely playing the games (I mean it’s literally their job to do so) and the games they pick just personally appeals to them more.
"cookie cutter ones" every nomination is an amazing game.
@@tropicturtle9021 i mean beyond just the tutorial
I imagine more indie games would probably be in the spotlight if that ever happens.
“Alan wake, sure” as if it wasn’t better than every game there except Legend of Zelda and BG3 😂
Sorry that was actually so frustrating to me
Baldurs gate definitely isn’t officially only about 60 hours of gameplay…. I’m pretty sure it was 90 at minimum
It’s about 50 hours if you only did the story. But the side quests add about 111 hours.
But personally, I feel that BG3 deserved the win solely for the fact that they listened to criticism during EA, and after the release of the game. When there are game breaking bugs that can mess up everything, they were VERY fast in sending out patches. And they promised that they were not going to sell dlcs. If they release one, it will be with a major patch and available for everyone.
Sir, many of us easily have over 200 hours in BG3, it's a versatile, open game, and YOU get to decide how your character looks--and then become invested in your party members and play all of their origins along with THE DARK URGE. I'm still on my first play through. 😂❤ (and I started two more recently.)
2:30 thats the tone of someone who hasnt played alan wake 2
*You have a different opinion than me, so you are baseless and don't know what you're talking about
There, I made what you're trying to say more obvious.
The miss the days when the title and thumbnail were accurate to the topic of the video. The thumbnail and title imply this is a video about how the game awards could be rigged, when the actual contents of the video is about how to win the game awards and why.
Fr though...
Clickbaiting at its finest
Ah yes, I am sure that this is only one Game Theory. Surely no other channel clickbaits... right?
>The Game Awards is just corporate circklejerking
I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
Did he just subtly insult Alan Wake?
Mmmaayy be?😊
"Is little Goblen Jr. gunna cry?"
Now that I think about it, I'd love to watch a Game Theory video about Baldur's Gate 3! I'd love to see what kind of theories the Game Theory Team could come up with :DD
Was not expecting Alan Wake being disregarded as that just because its not as popular as the other contenders, personally I was expecting it to be GOTY
Fr I don’t get the weird Alan wake hate I’ve been seeing since the show ended this is the 5th person I’ve seen do it
@@BetarayBillLover All Spiderman and Zelda fans are jealous of Alan Wake 2 because it took more awards than all those games combined
@@daksans6764 Yet legit I never even heard of Alan Wake
I thought it was a mispronunciation of Alan Walker
bruh.
@@memebaltan An unheard game buried every other game
@@memebaltan Alan Wake is an amazing game. Def check it out. If I could describe Alan Wake 2, its like combining Silent Hill, Twin Peaks and John Wick, and a bit of that Sam Lake charm he puts in his games
I'm still wondering how in the world Re4 remake didn't get even a single award 💀
I was mainly hoping for Alan Wake II to win the award, but hey it still won a lot of awards anyways
Plus that Perfomrance by Old gods of Asgard was amazing!.
LONELY WIZARD!
Easily the best part of the entire show, especially since everyone turned up for it! Like, I did not expect Matthew or Ilkka to show up at all, but seeing them there dancing with Sam again was just glorious.
I was mainly hoping that they’d use Yoyon Yo or Herald of Darkness during the game of the year award finale and we got both songs!.
Walking simulator
I now watch the Game Awards every year for Flute Guy
I will not sit here and ignore the Alan Wake slander!!!! 😡 The game was absolutely beautiful and a true masterpiece and I am insanely proud of Sam Lake and my country!! 💙💙💙
My own personal GOTY was Jedi Survivor and im sad Cameron lost to Neil but I think he deserved it, Asterion was such a fun character and the acting was really well done.
"Games Journalists are professional and know about games."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
About 4 years ago, I watched your Oscar's video and came up with my own formula of predicting the winner. I said that it has to be a fantasy game that is released in spring. So I was happy to see the release date thing included. I am also happy you mentioned that the awards are picked by the jury and that fans really don't pick. Overall, I think you nailed the formula, and I loved the video. Edit: I predicted Tears of the Kingdom to win, so I was not right this year.
Yeah, picking Zelda to win in this year was basically the equivalent of pick Horizon to win when it was under BotW's shadow. The competition was just too strong, and TotK had just a few too many small flaws that could sour the experience. TotK is a technological marvel with what they accomplished, but even as a huge Zelda nerd it wasn't the best overall game this year. Probably wasn't even second place in the overall standings. Alan Wake won three very strong categories, so likely just behind BG3.
Alan Wake actually felt like a key example of the criteria shown here except for its release date.
Whereas Zelda was always going to struggle based off of the criteria. Even in 2017 it only won 3 awards because the categories are so skewed towards cinematic type games.
It was able to win in 2017 because the other GOTY nominees lacked an M rated cinematic type of game with deep story.
I’d love a science based Baldur’s Gate theory. Like maybe something brain worm related
I’d really like to see what he’d come up with for BG3 theories
Years I've been waiting for Matt pat to even mention Alan wake, let alone do a video on it, adhe glosses right over it. Christ mattpatt
As a huge fan of both GT and BG3, I knew we'd probably never get a theory on the game since it's not the normal style to theorize about, so this is about as close as we'll get and I'm very happy about it!!
How's Mat Pat going to disrespect Alan Wake 2 like that! SMH
Fr
Boo hoo, he doesn't like the game. You AW2 fanboys need to keep quiet.
After watching the awards I was telling my dad about it and the most meorable part was absoltely how hard flute guy went
Well your checklist does not fit with this year's winner all that well:
- Single Player yes (with co-op option)
- Action game: Nope
- 3rd person camera: Nope
- Mature story: Yes
- Male Lead: No lead because the character is customizable...and the majority play female characters
- Existing IP/Feels familiar: sort of; BG is an existing IP but has been dormant for 23 years; familiarity in gameplay comes mostly from Divinity Original Sin 2 but that's a different IP
- Release in Spring: Nope, August is not in spring.
Out of your 7 points That's 4 no, 2 yes and 1 sort of.