I've been expecting it the last couple of games showcases where there were rumors too. I will say the new hardware launch makes the rumors more compelling, but I will literally not believe it until I see it. I'm fully expecting the event to end on a dumb note and to say "that's it!?" like the last couple of times I got my hopes up
I’m not really excited about anything because I don’t care much for AAA but it‘s funny to me that a show like the Game Awards was never about the awards but just an excuse to show some world premier trailers.
They keep telling us how this is a celebration of this year while trailers for games in the coming years take center stage. It feels more like the most cynical funeral of old games while the new ones get coronated with their announcements.
And I know this is comment isn‘t deep or profound to anybody who ever watched the Game Awards but I just find it comical every year.
On the other hand, winning an award from this show has a tangible effect on game sales, so it's nice when a game like Baldur's Gate 3 can beat the mainstays like The Legend of Zelda and earn that bump for themselves.
It‘s definitely clever to wrap the Award show into a Superbowl type of event for the gaming industry. It ensures there will be a lot of eyes on award winners. But they still have to share the attention with the new shiny things that are being advertised so it‘s always a little awkward. It‘s bizarre but part of the experience and let‘s be honest, most of don‘t care about popularity contests. We tune in for the trailers.
The awards are done by the big studios anyway, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft etc, thats the jury, it always has a bias. Anything else only wins something if its so popular that it has to. It's just a AAA circle jerk mostly.
But its not about the awards anyway, its about advertising.
The jury is composed of the review outlets, not the studios. It does have a bias toward larger games, because the outlets reviewing games have an incentive to more reliably cover the games that most of their audience will be interested in, but it's not because Sony's voting for themselves to win.
Not exactly no, they are directly involved in the process. They pick which outlets can vote, so you immediately have conflict of interest.
As a fair awards show, its fucking awful, but as we know, thats just the facade to selling people new products. It's just advertising, hyped up.
Also media publications are often biased anyway as their entire business relies on exposure, which is infinitely harder to get if you are critical of games. Nobody is gonna slap a 5/10 on their product.
Not to mention its always games with money behind them, there's lots of actual quality games released that never get a mention, let alone a nomination, because they simply werent published by a big company. They have fucking DLC nominated instead of games if the big guys didnt release anything that year.
Ya, whole show was kind of a let down, TankRat, from the Beginning no less, was the only one that really cought my eye. Oh well, at least Expedition 33 got its due & EVERYTHING ELSE SOMEHOW.
I really should play it already, if even the notoriously AAA subordinate Jeffy K. had to acknowledge those French people's game so hard.
Same for FF but also no tactical shite either, turn based is fine but the damn chessboard shit was enough during the 3DS era, so many great stories ruined by the gameplay.
I haven't played the tactics games yet (Ivalice right?) but you just broke my heart. I love tactics games man, and I feel like there's not a lot of them outside of the Fire Emblem series. I haven't gotten around to many to be fair though.
Larian's next game is the teased statue that Keighley tweeted, so they'll have something to announce tonight. The only thing they said it isn't is Divinity: Original Sin 3, but it could be a different Divinity RPG, or a looter like the old-school Divinities, or a new Dragon Commander, or a new spin-off entirely. They're also a multi-project studio now.
Starfield was undoubtedly inspired by Interstellar and such, which is extremely my style, but even though it had some ideas here and there, the execution was what bothered me, and that's why I'd like to see Larian's take on the same kind of setting.
Nah, Larian will jump the gun, release too early and have another bug infested game. They need to reduce their scope, actually take their time and make a great RPG. BG3 was too much for them, a smaller more refined experience would have been amazing, they shouldn't chase "bigger is better".
Ignoring all the problems, sure. You could get through it, but there were lots of bugs and inconsistencies. I played again recently after all the patches and while it was much better, it still had it's fair share of issues. The overall game, lore and story is very good, though I think DOS combat is far superior for a video game than DnD.
I've never cared for it - the entire show's awards and announcements could be YouTube Shorts that I can pick and choose to watch, and I'd get exactly the same thing out of it.
I wait a day and then check for a megathread with bullet points, then see if there is anything of interest to me.
Did you play BS F-Zero? It was only available as a streaming service in Japan in the 90s, but someone managed to put a rom together a couple years ago. It mostly just feels like a remix of the first game, but it's still some new content
I guess that depends on where your cutoff is for AAA, but if you're including FromSoft, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II just came out this year at a similar level of budget and production value. And I know people have their issues with Unreal, but it really has raised the bar for what a "AA" might be capable of. The likes of Avowed, The Outer Worlds 2, The Alters, Split Fiction, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 this year (and games like The Thaumaturge last year) are all what we would have expected out of a AAA game in the not-too-distant past, most of which comes down to scope, where a lot of AAAs are arguably doing too much.
I haven’t played any of those yet but isn’t the subject what we’re looking forward to seeing at the Game Awards? I’m not sure if those studios are rumored to be announcing anything on the show.
I’m gonna have to toss a going between Expedition 33 and KCD2. They both seem like my type of game
Well, you said those were the only AAA devs that weren't making money printing skinner boxes, and we had plenty of counter examples just this year. Obsidian put out 2 or 3 games this year, depending on how you count, and it wouldn't be crazy for them to have an announcement for a game coming next year.
Absolutely give those two games a try; they're high on the TGA's lists for a reason.
Please... It's time to let them go. Square has been on life support for the past 25 years. Just.... You have to let them go. I'm sorry. I loved them, too.
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PP_BOY_@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 248d
Half Life 3
rtxn@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 248d
Half-Life Alyx 2
makyo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 248d
Wouldn’t be way out of left field with the new headset they already announced
Ankkuli@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 248d
It would be because Valve said they are not in the process of making a new VR game.
simple@piefed.social · 4 pts · 248d
Right after bloodborne 2
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 248d
Its gonna happen bro
ampersandrew@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 248d
We know HL3 is happening, and if you trust Jeff Grubb (you probably should), we know nothing is happening with Bloodborne right now.
galaxy_nova@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 248d
For me lies of p is peak of the genre and I want another game from that studio. I’ve never actually managed to finish another souls/soulslike.
Thatuserguy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 248d
I've been expecting it the last couple of games showcases where there were rumors too. I will say the new hardware launch makes the rumors more compelling, but I will literally not believe it until I see it. I'm fully expecting the event to end on a dumb note and to say "that's it!?" like the last couple of times I got my hopes up
Sabata11792@ani.social · 1 pts · 248d
I want to believe...
CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 248d
I’m not really excited about anything because I don’t care much for AAA but it‘s funny to me that a show like the Game Awards was never about the awards but just an excuse to show some world premier trailers.
They keep telling us how this is a celebration of this year while trailers for games in the coming years take center stage. It feels more like the most cynical funeral of old games while the new ones get coronated with their announcements.
And I know this is comment isn‘t deep or profound to anybody who ever watched the Game Awards but I just find it comical every year.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 248d
On the other hand, winning an award from this show has a tangible effect on game sales, so it's nice when a game like Baldur's Gate 3 can beat the mainstays like The Legend of Zelda and earn that bump for themselves.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 248d
It‘s definitely clever to wrap the Award show into a Superbowl type of event for the gaming industry. It ensures there will be a lot of eyes on award winners. But they still have to share the attention with the new shiny things that are being advertised so it‘s always a little awkward. It‘s bizarre but part of the experience and let‘s be honest, most of don‘t care about popularity contests. We tune in for the trailers.
warm@kbin.earth · -1 pts · 248d
The awards are done by the big studios anyway, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft etc, thats the jury, it always has a bias. Anything else only wins something if its so popular that it has to. It's just a AAA circle jerk mostly.
But its not about the awards anyway, its about advertising.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 248d
The jury is composed of the review outlets, not the studios. It does have a bias toward larger games, because the outlets reviewing games have an incentive to more reliably cover the games that most of their audience will be interested in, but it's not because Sony's voting for themselves to win.
warm@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 248d
Not exactly no, they are directly involved in the process. They pick which outlets can vote, so you immediately have conflict of interest.
As a fair awards show, its fucking awful, but as we know, thats just the facade to selling people new products. It's just advertising, hyped up.
Also media publications are often biased anyway as their entire business relies on exposure, which is infinitely harder to get if you are critical of games. Nobody is gonna slap a 5/10 on their product.
Not to mention its always games with money behind them, there's lots of actual quality games released that never get a mention, let alone a nomination, because they simply werent published by a big company. They have fucking DLC nominated instead of games if the big guys didnt release anything that year.
warm@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 248d
It's just a big advertising show yeah. Like E3 but with all the soul and community sucked out of it. I dont know why anyone cares.
pheonixdown@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 248d
I just want to see some more exceptionalism from Flute Guy.
mushroommunk@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 248d
The real reason to watch
mesamunefire@piefed.social · 5 pts · 248d
My wife and I was laughing at that a while back. He's great.
marighost@piefed.social · 5 pts · 248d
Oh hell yeah, we get to see him go ham on some Clair Obscur music.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 248d
Always a highlight of the show. I hope he never cuts his hair.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 248d
The disappointment in my brother's eyes when Half Life 3 isn't announced...
... and mine too :(
TheTux@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 248d
Fucking REAL.
Like every other year until it or the next thing
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 248d
Hopium administered
TheTux@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 248d
beep beep "WARNING: User DEAD, Imminent"
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 248d
Truly, lol. He was disappointed because he thought the MegaMan reveal was talking about Gordon Freeman.
rtxn@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 247d
Megaman hasn't even done anything wrong (yet)... but we HATES IT!
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 247d
It wasn't MegaMan Legends, and therefore I do not care. Capcom can stay losing with my wallet.
TheTux@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 248d
Ya, whole show was kind of a let down, TankRat, from the Beginning no less, was the only one that really cought my eye. Oh well, at least Expedition 33 got its due & EVERYTHING ELSE SOMEHOW.
I really should play it already, if even the notoriously AAA subordinate Jeffy K. had to acknowledge those French people's game so hard.
Just a shame my rig isn't up to the task. :(
flamiera@kbin.melroy.org · 17 pts · 248d
simple@piefed.social · 12 pts · 248d
Personally I'm hoping for
Goretantath@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 248d
Same for FF but also no tactical shite either, turn based is fine but the damn chessboard shit was enough during the 3DS era, so many great stories ruined by the gameplay.
Naho_Zako@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 248d
I haven't played the tactics games yet (Ivalice right?) but you just broke my heart. I love tactics games man, and I feel like there's not a lot of them outside of the Fire Emblem series. I haven't gotten around to many to be fair though.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 248d
I suspect Larian will take their sweet time.
Bioshock sounds like it’s in development hell; I’d be suspicious of that.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 248d
Larian's next game is the teased statue that Keighley tweeted, so they'll have something to announce tonight. The only thing they said it isn't is Divinity: Original Sin 3, but it could be a different Divinity RPG, or a looter like the old-school Divinities, or a new Dragon Commander, or a new spin-off entirely. They're also a multi-project studio now.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 248d
Oh that’s awesome. Yeah, I see the rumors now:
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-mystery-behind-the-game-awards-statue-appears-to-have-been-solved/
Selfishly, I hope their other half’a working on a sci fi game. Or a cyberpunk one?
Shadowrun? Gods, that IP would be perfect for Larian.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 248d
I'd very much like to see them do a sci-fi setting, like Starfield, but as a turn-based CRPG (with more thought and heart put into it).
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 248d
Yeah, please no Starfield. I love space opera, I love Oblivion and Fallout, jank and all, but the Starfield I got through was so boring.
I’d rather them continue GOTG. I’m not a Marvel person, but the GOTG game was great.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 248d
Starfield was undoubtedly inspired by Interstellar and such, which is extremely my style, but even though it had some ideas here and there, the execution was what bothered me, and that's why I'd like to see Larian's take on the same kind of setting.
warm@kbin.earth · -4 pts · 248d
Nah, Larian will jump the gun, release too early and have another bug infested game. They need to reduce their scope, actually take their time and make a great RPG. BG3 was too much for them, a smaller more refined experience would have been amazing, they shouldn't chase "bigger is better".
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 248d
BG3 turned out well, though?
warm@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 248d
Ignoring all the problems, sure. You could get through it, but there were lots of bugs and inconsistencies. I played again recently after all the patches and while it was much better, it still had it's fair share of issues. The overall game, lore and story is very good, though I think DOS combat is far superior for a video game than DnD.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 248d
Sqenix can't make good games anymore, I am sorry.
queermunist@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 248d
I'm looking forward to the podcasts that'll make fun of it.
galaxy_nova@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 248d
What do I want? Xcom 3. Obviously that won’t happen ever though
IronBird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 248d
yup, firaxis went all-in on the licensed slop sadly. don't think we're getting that teased sequel to from the deep anytime soon
RandomStickman@fedia.io · 9 pts · 248d
Half Life 3 it's gonna be there I can feel it in my bones I'm not crazy
IronBird@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 248d
it's coming any day now...
MoreZombies@quokk.au · 9 pts · 248d
I've never cared for it - the entire show's awards and announcements could be YouTube Shorts that I can pick and choose to watch, and I'd get exactly the same thing out of it.
I wait a day and then check for a megathread with bullet points, then see if there is anything of interest to me.
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 248d
SilksongNothing, life is meaninglesssimple@piefed.social · 7 pts · 248d
now you can wait for the silksong dlc though
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 248d
Yep, 6-8 years to go!
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 248d
Todd Howard flayed alive on live televison.
lath@piefed.social · 9 pts · 248d
Absolutely nothing.
CodenameDarlen@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 248d
Alcyonaria@piefed.world · 7 pts · 248d
Starseeker, light no fire, the host being gored by a bull
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 248d
Half life 3
Redacted@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 248d
Steam box price and release date, more Slay the Spire 2 info, next Zelda teaser. All very unlikely.
nithou@piefed.social · 6 pts · 248d
The coronation of Expedition 33 mostly!
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 248d
I wanna see what a $1m 3 minute trailer looks like!
Monster96@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 248d
The same thing I've been waiting for since 2003. A new F-Zero
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 248d
Did you play BS F-Zero? It was only available as a streaming service in Japan in the 90s, but someone managed to put a rom together a couple years ago. It mostly just feels like a remix of the first game, but it's still some new content
https://www.consolegame.org/games-v2/snes/snes-bs-f-zero-japan-4091
Monster96@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 248d
I didn't know that was a thing, nice
orenj@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 248d
You and me both, buddy...
tabris@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 248d
1999, and a new Vib Ribbon for me.
vivalapivo@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 248d
E33 should fuck
rafoix@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 248d
Larian
Fromsoft
Nintendo
Those are probably the only developers in the AAA world that are not selling money printing skinner boxes but the games are still fun.
Indie devs don’t have money to advertise on that shitty show.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 248d
I guess that depends on where your cutoff is for AAA, but if you're including FromSoft, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II just came out this year at a similar level of budget and production value. And I know people have their issues with Unreal, but it really has raised the bar for what a "AA" might be capable of. The likes of Avowed, The Outer Worlds 2, The Alters, Split Fiction, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 this year (and games like The Thaumaturge last year) are all what we would have expected out of a AAA game in the not-too-distant past, most of which comes down to scope, where a lot of AAAs are arguably doing too much.
rafoix@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 248d
I haven’t played any of those yet but isn’t the subject what we’re looking forward to seeing at the Game Awards? I’m not sure if those studios are rumored to be announcing anything on the show.
I’m gonna have to toss a going between Expedition 33 and KCD2. They both seem like my type of game
ampersandrew@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 248d
Well, you said those were the only AAA devs that weren't making money printing skinner boxes, and we had plenty of counter examples just this year. Obsidian put out 2 or 3 games this year, depending on how you count, and it wouldn't be crazy for them to have an announcement for a game coming next year.
Absolutely give those two games a try; they're high on the TGA's lists for a reason.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 5 pts · 248d
I heard it's likely we're gonna see some KOTOR on there.
Ashtear@piefed.social · 3 pts · 248d
Close enough
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 248d
Star Wars Total War
CybranM@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 248d
What I wouldn't give for a sequel to Empire at War
Saapas@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 248d
Crowbcat compilation. Tbh I didn't know they were still doing that Game Awards
GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 248d
I think award shows are head-ass narcissist nonsense.
So, none of it.
justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io · 3 pts · 248d
Whether they allow the warframe community to make a mockery of the concept of chat again.
rtxn@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 248d
!clem
justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io · 1 pts · 248d
!Grakata
I may or may not be looking forward to continuing that tradition.
Kovukono@pawb.social · 3 pts · 248d
I really want a release date for Clockwork Revolution and Judas.
mysticpickle@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 248d
Watching Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sweep every category it's in. That game is absolute cinema
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 248d
Is this the one where devolver digital does something goofy? That's usually pretty fun
Kovukono@pawb.social · 4 pts · 248d
They might have, but I mostly remember their E3 shows.
mintiefresh@piefed.social · 1 pts · 248d
I am really hoping to see FF7R Part 3 reveal.
I know it's not everybody's cup of tea, but I love that series so far.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -2 pts · 248d
Please... It's time to let them go. Square has been on life support for the past 25 years. Just.... You have to let them go. I'm sorry. I loved them, too.
garretble@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 248d
Give me some WOODKID performing songs from Death Stranding 2.
I need a good cry.
GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 248d