MULTI Game of the Year 2020 Media Picks Thread

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Fun & Serious Game Festival Titanium Awards' GOTY is TLOU Part II.


The judges panel featured 30 speakers from the industry.

These awards are the culmination of the event, which this year has featured talks from industry personalities such as Marc Merrill, David Cage, Harvey Smith, Tim Willits, Warren Spector and Joe Madureira.
Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 25
  2. Hades - 19
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 7
  4. Half-Life: Alyx / Final Fantasy VII Remake - 5
  5. Ghost of Tsushima - 3
  6. Dreams / Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Cyberpunk 2077 / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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Jimquisition's GOTY is Hades.


ComicBook's GOTY is Animal Crossing: New Horizons.


Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 25
  2. Hades - 20
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Half-Life: Alyx / Final Fantasy VII Remake - 5
  5. Ghost of Tsushima - 3
  6. Dreams / Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Cyberpunk 2077 / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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1/14 update for total GoTY awards.



Top 3:


  • The Last of Us Part II - 234
  • Hades - 48
  • Ghost of Tsushima - 43
 

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Winner: Final Fantasy VII Remake.

This one goes in the overall tally, as Kinda Funny Games isn't on Metacrtic. Solid list, regardless. These guys are great!
 
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In the interest of keeping things fair to everyone, I've removed Brazil Game Awards and Xataka Awards from the list. Don't want there to be any doubt over the winner. Golden Joystick and Fun & Serious Festival Titanium Awards stay, because the selection process for both incorporates game devs.

Had I been trying to boost TLOU Part II's tally, all I had to do was exclude all Metacritic recognized critics that don't give out scores, which has been the standard practice in previous years. The difference between TLOU Part II and Hades would then have been much greater, as plenty of the Metacritic critics who picked Hades don't assign scores to reviews. Not the case for TLOU Part II, but haters gonna hate :ROFLMAO:

Anyway...

New Game Network's GOTY is Ghost of Tsushima.


Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 25
  2. Hades - 20
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Half-Life: Alyx / Final Fantasy VII Remake - 5
  5. Ghost of Tsushima - 4
  6. Dreams / Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Cyberpunk 2077 / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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Cubed3's GOTY is FFVII Remake.


Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 25
  2. Hades - 20
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake - 6
  5. Half-Life: Alyx - 5
  6. Ghost of Tsushima - 4
  7. Dreams / Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Cyberpunk 2077 / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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To ensure that Necrokiller gets his GOTY fix, I'll now be keeping track of two lists.

The New age list factors in more additional credible award ceremonies as well as game critics that are recognized by Metacritic but don't assign review scores. Meanwhile, the Necrokiller certified list remains consistent with the tracking methodology of past years.

New age Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 25
  2. Hades - 20
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake - 6
  5. Half-Life: Alyx - 5
  6. Ghost of Tsushima - 4
  7. Dreams / Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Cyberpunk 2077 / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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Necrokiller certified Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 24
  2. Hades - 14
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake - 6
  5. Half-Life: Alyx - 5
  6. Ghost of Tsushima - 4
  7. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Cyberpunk 2077 / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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Hades
Half-Life: Alyx
Final Fantasy Remake
The Last of Us Part II
Ghost of Tsushima
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Ori and the Will of the Wisp
Doom Eternal
Cyberpunk 2077
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
 
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Noisy Pixel's GOTY is FFVII Remake.


New age Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 25
  2. Hades - 20
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake - 7
  5. Half-Life: Alyx - 5
  6. Ghost of Tsushima - 4
  7. Dreams / Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Cyberpunk 2077 / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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Necrokiller certified Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 24
  2. Hades - 14
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake - 7
  5. Half-Life: Alyx - 5
  6. Ghost of Tsushima - 4
  7. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Cyberpunk 2077 / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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Hades
Half-Life: Alyx
Final Fantasy Remake
The Last of Us Part II
Ghost of Tsushima
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Ori and the Will of the Wisp
Doom Eternal
Cyberpunk 2077
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
 

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Attack of the Fanboy's GOTY is TLOU Part II.


Twinfinite's GOTY is TLOU Part II.


LevelUp's GOTY is TLOU Part II.


Mashable's GOTY is Hades.


CD Action's GOTY is Cyberpunk 2077 (source pending).

New age Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 28
  2. Hades - 21
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake - 7
  5. Half-Life: Alyx - 5
  6. Ghost of Tsushima - 4
  7. Cyberpunk 2077 - 2
  8. Dreams / Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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Necrokiller certified Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 27
  2. Hades - 14
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake - 7
  5. Half-Life: Alyx - 5
  6. Ghost of Tsushima - 4
  7. Cyberpunk 2077 - 2
  8. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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Hades
Half-Life: Alyx
Final Fantasy Remake
The Last of Us Part II
Ghost of Tsushima
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Ori and the Will of the Wisp
Doom Eternal
Cyberpunk 2077
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
 
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I have played quite a bit of HADES on the switch. It's a good game but it just doesn't come across to me as a GOTY kinda game.
I'm a little over half way through, and I have to agree. It's a great game with excellent combat mechanics, but the grind is real and it gets repetitive fast. This is primarily an issue I have with the roguelike sub-genre in general. To its credit, though, the game does a great job of contextualizing the repetition within its narrative. Still, not in my top 5 games of 2020.

I feel that Final Fantasy VII Remake deserved more recognition, but was likely held back for being a JRPG. Can't remember the last time one of those won a majority of GOTY awards. Would also have been happier if Ori and the Will of the Wisps had received more awards. I personally think both the aforementioned games are better than Hades.
 
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I'm a little over half way through, and I have to agree. It's a great game with excellent combat mechanics, but the grind is real and it gets repetitive fast. This is primarily an issue I have with the roguelike sub-genre in general. To its credit, though, the game does a great job of contextualizing the repetition within its narrative. Still, not in my top 5 games of 2020.

I feel that Final Fantasy VII Remake deserved more recognition, but was likely held back for being a JRPG. Can't remember the last time one of those won a majority of GOTY awards. Would also have been happier if Ori and the Will of the Wisps had received more awards. I personally think both the aforementioned games are better than Hades.
You just reminded me that I did indeed play Hades, a 2020, game but didn't even remember it to include it in my top 5 GoTY list lol.

This was my first roguelike game (I believe iirc), and although I made it to the end past all the grind and repetitiveness but

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to get the true ending, you need to get past the last boss atleast 9 more times lol


and seeing how grindy and repetitive it became, I gave up. The OST was good and the art style was nice, but like many, it never struck me as GoTY material while playing it (and I'm saying this without any prejudice)
 
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Nominees for the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers are up. The winner will be credited in the new age Metacritic / jury-based awards list.


and seeing how grindy and repetitive it became, I gave up. The OST was good and the art style was nice, but like many, it never struck me as GoTY material while playing it (and I'm saying this without any prejudice)
Yup. While the sense of progression is good, it isn't big enough of an incentive for me to continue enduring the grind. The Souls formula feels way more rewarding imo.
 

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On the total/all GoTY front:


The Last of Us Part 2 has surpassed 250 GoTY awards.
 

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As detailed by gameawards.net, a website dedicated to tracking GOTY awards, The Last of Us Part 2 has now garnered 261 Game of the Year awards. That’s 169 media outlets and 92 readers’ choice awards. It surpassed 2015’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for the honor. That game had 260 awards, and actually still has more media outlet awards at 172, but was edged out on the reader side where it only has 88. The 2020 count has also not been locked in just yet, so it’s possible that The Last of Us Part 2 will get some late awards to even that part out, but overall, it’s still on top.


 
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DICE Awards finalists have been announced.

A total of 57 games from 2020 received a nomination. The Last of Us Part II leads with 11 nominations followed by Ghost of Tsushima with 10 nods and Hades with 8. Tying for 5 nominations each are Half-Life: Alyx, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Finalists for 2020’s top honor, Game of the Year, are: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades and The Last of Us Part II.
 
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Easy Allies' GOTY is Half-Life: Alyx.


New York Game Awards' GOTY is Hades.


A majority of the panel of critics are on Metacritic. Added to the New Age list.

New age Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 28
  2. Hades - 22
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake - 7
  5. Half-Life: Alyx - 6
  6. Ghost of Tsushima - 4
  7. Cyberpunk 2077 - 2
  8. Dreams / Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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Necrokiller certified Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 27
  2. Hades - 14
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake - 7
  5. Half-Life: Alyx - 6
  6. Ghost of Tsushima - 4
  7. Cyberpunk 2077 - 2
  8. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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Hades
Half-Life: Alyx
Final Fantasy Remake
The Last of Us Part II
Ghost of Tsushima
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Ori and the Will of the Wisp
Doom Eternal
Cyberpunk 2077
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
 
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THE ARCHWAR : Heroes and Demons (archwar.com), is finally launched after 2 years in development, this MOBA styled game is currently offered in Early Access via Google Playstore. For those who are not familiar, MOBAs are a relatively newer gaming genre on mobile.
For those who don’t know, MOBA stands for Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. MOBA is generally invade the opposing team and winner takes all, but ARCHWAR is a new MOBA genre whereby there’s a mix of MLBB and Brawl Star’s gameplay of 3v3.

There are numerous characters to test out in the Google Play Early Access Preview; ranging from Swords wielding heroes to Mages with Magic, Mythical Creatures and Assassins. Each character has special quirks and power, and abilities.
Players can also invite friends to play in private lounges. At the time of release as tested, there are currently two game modes. The most notable mode is GEM BEHOLDER whereby a team wins if most gems are collected before cut off time.

These characters’ information can be found at www.archwar.com .
The game is expected to be released in THREE ARCS OF WAR where HEROES will be introduced first and then followed by DEMONS and finished off with FINAL ARC OF REALM WAR.


Check the game out at:

Other portals:
 

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TrueGaming's GOTY is Ghost of Tsushima.


Wccftech(eww)'s GOTY is Ghost of Tsushima.


New age Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 28
  2. Hades - 22
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake - 7
  5. Half-Life: Alyx / Ghost of Tsushima - 6
  6. Cyberpunk 2077 - 2
  7. Dreams / Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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Necrokiller certified Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 27
  2. Hades - 14
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake - 7
  5. Half-Life: Alyx / Ghost of Tsushima - 6
  6. Cyberpunk 2077 - 2
  7. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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Hades
Half-Life: Alyx
Final Fantasy Remake
The Last of Us Part II
Ghost of Tsushima
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Ori and the Will of the Wisp
Doom Eternal
Cyberpunk 2077
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
 

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Meanwhile on the total GoTY list, TLoU 2 has reached 276. It has easily overtaken the most GoTY awards and surprisingly Ghost of Tsushima is neck an neck with Hades.


  • The Last of Us Part II - 276
  • Media Outlets: 177 | Readers' Choice: 99
  • Ghost of Tsushima - 56
  • Media Outlets: 45 | Readers' Choice: 11
  • Hades - 56
  • Media Outlets: 52 | Readers' Choice: 4
 

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JeuxVideo's GOTY is Hades.


GamePro Germany's GOTY is TLOU Part II.

http://instagr.am/p/CJV6JCpCApe/

Gameblog.fr's GOTY is TLOU Part II.


NAVGTR's GOTY is Ghost of Tsushima


New age Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 30
  2. Hades - 23
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake / Ghost of Tsushima - 7
  5. Half-Life: Alyx - 6
  6. Cyberpunk 2077 - 2
  7. Dreams / Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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Necrokiller certified Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. The Last of Us Part II - 29
  2. Hades - 15
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 8
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake - 7
  5. Half-Life: Alyx / Ghost of Tsushima - 6
  6. Cyberpunk 2077 - 2
  7. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin / Ori and the Will of the Wisp / Doom Eternal / Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1
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Hades
Half-Life: Alyx
Final Fantasy Remake
The Last of Us Part II
Ghost of Tsushima
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Ori and the Will of the Wisp
Doom Eternal
Cyberpunk 2077
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
 
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