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Game of the Year 2020 Awards

Post by DjchunKfunK » Fri Jan 01, 2021 4:46 pm

OK so here we go the Game of the Year Awards for our Forum.

First up we have Biggest Surprise

Hades

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Re: Game of the Year 2020 Awards

Post by DjchunKfunK » Fri Jan 01, 2021 4:48 pm

Next is Best Game not released in 2020.

There were no clear winners in this category so here is the list.
  • Horizon zero dawn
  • Sea of Thieves
  • Assassins Creed Odyssey
  • Dead Cells
  • Control
  • Astrologaster
  • Enter the Gungeon
  • Battle Brothers
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Rainbow 6 Siege
  • Heaven's Vault

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Post by DjchunKfunK » Fri Jan 01, 2021 4:50 pm

Next, Most Anticipated Game

Again no one winner.
  • God of War Ragnarok
  • Back 4 Blood
  • Horizon Forbidden West
  • Psychonauts 2
  • Elden Ring
  • Hitman 3
  • Dying Light 2
  • Baldur's Gate 3

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Post by DjchunKfunK » Fri Jan 01, 2021 4:59 pm

Finally Game of the Year

5th

Ghosts of Tsushima
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4th
Doom Eternal
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2nd
Crusader Kings III
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Cyberpunk 2077
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Hades
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Re: Game of the Year 2020 Awards

Post by DjchunKfunK » Fri Jan 01, 2021 5:00 pm

Thanks all for voting.

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Post by Raid » Fri Jan 01, 2021 5:20 pm

I only managed to get my votes in this morning after being reminded that Doom Eternal came out this year and was my obvious choice. I honestly couldn't remember what I was looking forward to in 2021 so didn't fill that one in, but only because BG3 completely slipped my mind.

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Post by DjchunKfunK » Fri Jan 01, 2021 5:34 pm

I'm not sure if I will bother doing awards next year as there are so few people around and not a lot of games being played so most the categories just end up without a winner.

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Post by Mantis » Fri Jan 01, 2021 5:46 pm

Thanks again for doing it DJ.

Maybe we'd be better served by a thread for it next year so we can just discuss our favourites and anticipated titles together if there are so few who contribute to the poll.

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Post by Alan » Fri Jan 01, 2021 5:58 pm

Best game not released this year probably reveals the number of voters.

I just remembered I haven’t played doom yet! Alyx was my number 1 but I think I may have been the only one to play it :-k
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Re: Game of the Year 2020 Awards

Post by Sly Boots » Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:35 pm

Yeah, discussion threads would be good actually.

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Post by elgaucho » Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:55 pm

Thanks for organising it DJ!

While I'm happy Hades got goty, i'm slightly puzzled as to who else voted it! as far as I recall, Raid and I were the only one who'd played it, and Raid isn't all won over yet! :lol:

Agree that given numbers a discussion thread might work better for us next year.

I was curious where Cyberpunk would end up given it's very late release in the year.
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Re: Game of the Year 2020 Awards

Post by Rusty » Fri Jan 01, 2021 8:39 pm

Yup Hades took up a lot of time this year. So easy to pick up and play.

And I'd forgotten about HL Alyx. Still a fantastic VR experience.
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Re: Game of the Year 2020 Awards

Post by Raid » Fri Jan 01, 2021 8:50 pm

elgaucho wrote:
Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:55 pm
While I'm happy Hades got goty, i'm slightly puzzled as to who else voted it! as far as I recall, Raid and I were the only one who'd played it, and Raid isn't all won over yet! :lol:
It wasn't even my top pick. I think it may have been my second. It *has* won me over now. Still, we're not the only site to elect it as such; it was Eurogamer's staff pick (it came 4th in the user chart), and I've lost count of the number of people who've said it was a contender.

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Re: Game of the Year 2020 Awards

Post by DjchunKfunK » Fri Jan 01, 2021 8:58 pm

Hades had two first picks, two second picks and one third I think.

I think maybe just one GOTY award next year might work well and just do away with the rest.

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Re: Game of the Year 2020 Awards

Post by Raid » Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:15 pm

I suppose my biggest problem is that there aren't a great many games that I'll buy at launch, I'll usually wait until they come down in price. In retrospect this has actually been quite a good year for day one purchases for me; Doom Eternal, Cyberpunk, FF7 Remake, but it's counterbalanced by the fact that I barely bought anything else. Gamepass has taken over my games "collection", in that for the majority of titles I'm happy to wait to see if they appear on the service - in fact that was the reason I held off on Hades for several months.

I think the discussion thread is a good idea for next year; we can perhaps nominate titles and then put them to a vote.

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