Generally GOTY candidates push forward gaming in same way. How do you feel about your suggestions?
The Tweet doesn't say Sony 1P games .. it's says PlayStation Exclusives .. and they are all currently PlayStation Exclusives, well until next year when FFVII goes to Xbox as well.That's pretty impressive, but literally half of those are not Sony games, they come from 3P x3. I figure it'd make more sense to celebrate those game nominations for the actual publishers of them, no?
The Tweet doesn't say Sony 1P games .. it's says Sony Exclusives .. and they are all currently Sony Exclusives, well until next year when FFVII goes to Xbox as well.
I know, but it just kind of seems like a means to stretch the umbrella further than need be.
Honestly? I don't think TLOUII did a lot to push things forward in meaningful ways outside of character facial and body animations, which is probably the big reason it's been nominated and rightly so for that I suppose.
I agree, but what are Ghost of Tsushima, FFVII or Doom doing that's new either? To be fair, I've not played Doom but it's Doom!
I really enjoyed GoT, the art direction of the game with all the moving trees, grass, leaves, changing colour scenes and the wind is really amazing. And it was pulled off on the base PS4.Ghost of Tsushima at least to me, proved that 'Ubisoft' games can be really good and entertaining that is an industry achievement that should be recognised.
But in all fairness there is a certain streamline to the game that critics could appreciate I'd presume.
Assassin's Creed is a franchise that launched early in the 360/PS3 generation and accepting Valhalla its the third iteration since the RPG-ification, it's clearly selling well to warrant a lot of resources to be poured into each game so can only take away that a lot of people enjoy this Ubisoft franchise enough for it to survive and evolve over three console generations.Ghost of Tsushima at least to me, proved that 'Ubisoft' games can be really good and entertaining that is an industry achievement that should be recognised.
Sure, but it's not doing anything new. What it does, it does exceedingly well, I love Ghost of Tsushima. But equally I bought Valhalla for PS5 - which I will dive into today - after reviews explained made it a more focussed affair and offered a guaranteed assassination option. This was my big bugbear with Odyssey, I don't feel like assassin's you have to chip away in 20 blows to some somebody. If you need to do this, you're a rubbish assassin.But in all fairness there is a certain streamline to the game that critics could appreciate I'd presume.
Assassin's Creed is a franchise that launched early in the 360/PS3 generation and accepting Valhalla its the third iteration since the RPG-ification, it's clearly selling well to warrant a lot of resources to be poured into each game so can only take away that a lot of people enjoy this Ubisoft franchise enough for it to survive and evolve over three console generations.
Sure, but it's not doing anything new. What it does, it does exceedingly well, I love Ghost of Tsushima. But equally I bought Valhalla for PS5 - which I will dive into today - after reviews explained made it a more focussed affair and offered a guaranteed assassination option. This was my big bugbear with Odyssey, I don't feel like assassin's you have to chip away in 20 blows to some somebody. If you need to do this, you're a rubbish assassin.
I really enjoyed GoT, the art direction of the game with all the moving trees, grass, leaves, changing colour scenes and the wind is really amazing. And it was pulled off on the base PS4.
That said, I was also amazed at the beautiful graphics, real life looking models, environment textures etc. in TLOU2.
IMO, they are equally amazing in their own right for what they pulled out and showed on my 1.84TF PS4. There's no other game I have seen before or since that compares.
I stopped finishing AC games years ago so for me Tsushima was amazingly polished and fresh even. I understand that AC took a more RPG approach which could be nice as well. Maybe I have to get the new one after all..
I agree, but what are Ghost of Tsushima, FFVII or Doom doing that's new either? To be fair, I've not played Doom but it's Doom!
Naa, that's your imagination. I don't blame you though, I have done the same with Spencer's quote which I initially read as meaning things but reading them again and taking them at face value, I realise that it's my imagination or bias that caused me to read things a bit different.
Now if you were talking about the tweet above https://forum.beyond3d.com/posts/2176386/ then I would agree with you but again they are the publishers, so it's not false or misleading.
This was a great year for Sony, for sure. Ori WotW and Flight Sim 2020 should have been on the list though and maybe even Gears Tactics which has a great blend of story and tactics.
True, if you look back at most GOTY winners, it is games that are doing something new or stand out on some way.Personally, I don't necessarily think GOTY deserves to only go to games that are doing something "new", because something being new doesn't automatically mean it's going to be good. It all comes down to the implementation and at least in terms of TLOU II's story, I think the implementation left a lot to be desired.
True, if you look back at most GOTY winners, it is games that are doing something new or stand out on some way.
I find my personal Game of the Year tallies with wider industry awards about 50% of the time.
I don't think they can allow anything but TLoU2 to win, otherwise it will be viewed as rejecting the more controversial aspects of the characters. Nowadays it's all about minimising triggers.