Board 8 > Giant Bomb All Purpose Game of the Year Preparation Topic

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Return of the Obra Dinn looks like the most impressive game I've seen all year, just from the Quick Look and hearing Ben talk about it. Going to start playing this weekend.
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Never heard of it before now. Console version planned?
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Probably not anytime soon.
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Doubt it Papers please only got a mobile and PC releasse alongwith a rather strange Vita release. We might get a switch release though
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What ever happened to the WWF NY leather jacket thing from the Beastcast?
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It shouldnt bother me as much as it does, but Im upset how Vinny said Ari Shaffirs name correctly first, then corrected himself and was corrected by the others incorrectly.
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Cloyenne posted...

Return of the Obra Dinn looks like the most impressive game I've seen all year, just from the Quick Look and hearing Ben talk about it. Going to start playing this weekend.

Yuri_LowelI posted...

Doubt it Papers please only got a mobile and PC releasse alongwith a rather strange Vita release. We might get a switch release though

Maybe Xbox will get them once kb + m support comes out
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bumpo
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A dumb little thing happens on GB's front page if you input he Konami code (sans "start") on your keyboard
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"I think I'm concerned by the fact I like Majin Buu" - Dan
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episode 5 of next week's set of 5

THIS

IS TO GO

EVEN FURTHER BEYONDDDDDDD

although they changed the lines in the Kai dub the spirit is still there.
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just got to white castle crystals from last week's Beastcast

pretty good
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Peak Dan.
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The greatest thing that I dont think anyone actually noted on the show is that the idea of White Castle crystals comes from Harold and Kumar

But the line where that is said explicitly mentions them being onions
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Dan taping Alex to a chair.
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Starting to think there's gonna be an award addressing GB's regret at giving PUBG GotY.

Maybe they'll shoehorn it into Most Disappointing.
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PUBG still a good game although Blackout is just a better version of the same thing in all facets
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Whether it's good or not they've been pretty down on it over the year. You could even argue for it in hottest mess.
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Bluehole at least recognizes the games problems and have the whole Fix PUBG campaign.

Hottest Mess right now I'd say is everything that went down with Telltale
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I mean yeah, it doesn't win. You can't beat Telltale. But I see it getting a runner up.
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a new challenger

Diablo Immortal announcement
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Naw, most of GB seemed to have a negative reaction to the negative reaction. I don't think they'd be willing to give justification to the people who freaked.
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I watched all the Extra Life stuff. 24 hours of Rorie is the best gift you can ask for.

Jan totally set him up for a fall with that Spelunky practice tho. Absolutely heartless
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3 Hour Beastcast? Yes please
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Hottest Messes

Telltale (will definitely win, the rest are for posterity)
Rockstar labor
Filip Miucin plagiarism
Lawbreakers shutdown/Radical Heights shutdown/Boss Key shutdown
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I stand corrected on GotY: Hitman 2 could be the frontrunner if it doesn't get dinged too badly for being more of the same as its predecessor
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Whoa, Dan turning on Red Dead. It sounds like he's not loving it at all any more. "I don't like Red Dead Redemption 2". Looks like God of War is the new front runner. I can only see Brad opposing it over Red Dead heavily at this point (not sure what Jason thinks about Red Dead). Abby will favour Red Dead but also really liked God of War so I think she won't go hard on it.

Even Alex, who loved Red Dead, said he is considering other games for GotY, like Into the Breach (which will definitely be top 5).
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Vinny: And there are numerous people with their Wall Street esque cards yelling "Dan's out on Red Dead! Sell! Sell!
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Ben and Dan souring on Red Dead is all the support Jeff will need to knock it off the top spot, barring some insane Brad filibustering or them proposing a #1 that Alex and Abby vehemently oppose to the point they throw their lot in with Brad.
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The real question is, what shitty graphics novel game will Abby get into the Top 10 because she won't shut up about it for 3 hours and noone wants to appear 'sexist'
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I can see it

I'm still loving Red Dead 2, but it's not 2010 GotY/GotG like RDR1 was

The characters and story is better than any Rockstar game has ever been especially the writing but it sometimes comes at the expense of playability because Rockstar wants you to completely experience their piece of art
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maybe Cuphead will win this year
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Dream Daddy also had the backing of Vinny, and using a "mathematical" formula would have been number 11 so was not far off its actual placement. Number 9 ranked Tekken 7 meanwhile would have been nowhere close, yet mysteriously gets no whiners. BT please do not crap up this topic with that nonsense.

ninkendo posted...

I can see it

I'm still loving Red Dead 2, but it's not 2010 GotY/GotG like RDR1 was

The characters and story is better than any Rockstar game has ever been especially the writing but it sometimes comes at the expense of playability because Rockstar wants you to completely experience their piece of art

I agree. I have two main issues with it so far. The first is that the mission design is frustrating in that there are far too many shootouts - I enjoy the slower paced stealthy missions and other stuff but for some reason they almost always seem to turn into shootouts which is needlessly repetitive, not every mission needs a gunfight and RDR1 was not like this. The second is that they have all these amazing systems I have no real desire to interact with more than I have to. I do love the game but I don't think it will be an all timer for me for these reasons.
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There's a few nagging issues that are enough to keep RDR2 from knocking off Persona 5 from my recent favs ranking. I'm not a fan of needing to look up a reddit post in order to make the controls not suck.
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I think if Abby/Alex/Brad hold strong, Red Dead will still clinch it.
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We can only pray they won't.
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Alex basically said he won't. Abby likes God of War too much to be a total stonewall. Brad will filibuster like he's never filibustered before.

Could Into the Breach take it actually?
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How much does Abby really like God of War? All I remember is that she hated the ending.
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Should be mentioned that Brad hasn't gotten very far story wise in RDR2. I think he was still in chapter 3? Can't rule out what happened to Dan happens to him as he progresses through the story.
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I have heard nothing but bad things about that game post chapter 4.
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They aren't far off. Chapter 5 is definitely RDR2's equivalent to RDR1's Mexico.
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Abby didnt seem that in love with God of War?

Alex said he finished it still super in love, but he understands why people wouldnt. That doesnt mean its not a contender for him.

And basically in the same breath of saying he hated God of War, he said the graphics, audio, and story were some of the best of all time, so, uh, its gonna be an interesting podcast.
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God Of war Deserves GOTY. That game is just outstanding start to finish. Absolute masterpiece.

I dont know about RDR2 i mean its great but it takes ages to get going and the highs are super high but it has a ton of lows too.

I doubt anyone will push it for 1 except Brad

Jeffs opinions don't matter anymore because he's going to trry and get Black ops 4 into top 5.

Still trying to get over PUBG winning GOTY last year. Can't get my head around that still.
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Everything about how last year's list came together was about people giving up and wanting to go home. Definitely felt like the least satisfying top 10 to date.
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Shadow Dino posted...

I stand corrected on GotY: Hitman 2 could be the frontrunner if it doesn't get dinged too badly for being more of the same as its predecessor

Nah no chance.

and Hitman only won last time due to how wea 2016 was.
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LapisLazuli posted...

Everything about how last year's list came together was about people giving up and wanting to go home. Definitely felt like the least satisfying top 10 to date.

More so because of the consensus of PUBG being 1 when noone really put any effort into saying why. Brad didn't like BOTW and Abby hated Nier.

I love Nier and felt that winning would have been a great thing but It was hilarious how much they prise Mario Odyssey yet it barely finished top 5.
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That's what I mean about foregone conclusion. When they said PUBG was #1 it was kind of a blindside moment, because there was so little build up to it.
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4 stars for Hitman 2.

Guess that dark horse is gone.
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Regarding Abby and God of War, she had her reservations (mainly about the story) but still said it was her game of the year so far, before RDR2 and Obra Dinn came out.

Yuri_LowelI posted...

LapisLazuli posted...

Everything about how last year's list came together was about people giving up and wanting to go home. Definitely felt like the least satisfying top 10 to date.

More so because of the consensus of PUBG being 1 when noone really put any effort into saying why. Brad didn't like BOTW and Abby hated Nier.

I love Nier and felt that winning would have been a great thing but It was hilarious how much they prise Mario Odyssey yet it barely finished top 5.

You're thinking of Jeff. Brad said BOTW was "easily one of the best games ever made!". Them not going for Odyssey was weird because it was the best ranking games on their collective top ten lists, it would have been a far better and more agreed choice than PUBG. With everything that has happened with that game since and their own feelings, this is the only time I can ever think where I feel they got the wrong winner, not just one I didn't agree with.
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LapisLazuli posted...

4 stars for Hitman 2.

Guess that dark horse is gone.

Yeah, so much for that.
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