Previously Profex and The Koalition's Richard Bailey focused on GOTY front runners, The Last of Us and Bioshock Infinite. This time around, the team discussed a previous release that can much a push for the crown as well as two upcoming titles with immense potential.
Grand Theft Auto V was released on PC on the 14th of April 2015. That means the game will be nine years old in four days, and it’s still among the most-played titles on Steam. With a 24-hour peak of 145K players, it’s as popular as Baldur’s Gate 3, Apex: Legends, and Destiny 2.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA 5 are both classics, but movement and general interaction sometimes feels like you're possessed by a fridge.
Rockstar need to learn that 12 years of work and 5000 employees doesn’t account for one persons opinion on the internet…
Oh and hundreds of millions of dollars in revanue to boot.
Lots of complaints about gta ever since the hd era started and yet it's bugger than its ever been with gta vi up to 180 million trailer views alone. The next game is shaping it be be another genre defining game
The controls of RDR2 felt a but cluncky indeed, but it’s not as bad as some make it out to be. At no point did I get the feeling my experience with the game was held back or ruined by the controls.
But it can never hurt to optimize them a bit, sure.
I did accidentally beat someone to death a couple times. An unfortunate mistake but besides that I didn't have any problems with the controlls
Red Dead Redemption felt clunky at first but I got used to it fairly quick. I thought 2 was easier to control but it could be my experience with the first game helped me out. Great games
I wouldn't call Rockstar games characters clunky instead they feel like they move with Weight they are not twitch controls press x to instantly snap onto cover the characters instead move like a actor would ducking behind cover they are exposed while they get there.
Tomb raider is a really well made game and a great reboot, but game of the year candidate it is not (at least in my book). I had a great time with the game, but it lacked innovation and real inspiration. When experiences like The Last of Us and (hopefully) Grand Theft Auto V that push the industry forward in terms of ideas and execution exist, it’s difficult for me to label a game that was marketed as a “survival” game, but actually ended up being just another action platformer (albeit, a pretty fun one at that)as game of the year material. The story was predictable, the leveling up system was meaningless and uninspired, the gameplay felt safe (minus the interesting context-based cover system) and literally EVERY character other than Lara was not only shallow and boring, but also poorly voiced.
Good game, I liked it, but it’s not game of the year material in my book. It started out great, but quickly became an exercise in genocide, when it seemed to work better as an exercise in survival. Also, hated multiplayer (did not factor into my assessment of the game, though).
Very interesting to see Tomb Raider and Beyond: Two Souls on this list. While I do believe The Last Of Us will win the award in convincing fashion, I'll admit that the other games will at the very least be way above average games. I feel very mixed on Beyond after having seen alot from the game at E3 but I def enjoyed Tomb Raider. It's not a game of the year type of game but it still had great/ as well as bad things about it.
The Last of Us is a once in a generation game and easily tied for my favorite game of all time, but it will no doubt have competition from GTAV. The only other game that anyone could make an argument for IMO is Bioshock Infinite, although I understand when people say they had issues with it.
Beyond: Two Souls looks very impressive. If Quantic Dreams can change the game so the controls are more fluid. I don't want to see quick time events being the main driving force when you're controlling the player. I think it could be in the running for game of the year. But how can it win game of the year if not that many people would have the opportunity to play it before the year is out.
And there are people who have their mind set that "so-and-so" game is going to win game of the year that they won't even give any second glances to other games.
GTA 5 will be Game Of The Year..... In R* I Trust