Game of The Year 2018: What Could It Be?

The Games Awards takes place on December 6th and Game of The Year 2018 will be announced. Any gamer keeping up with the latest titles knows the race for Game of The Year 2018 will be a tight one. It seemed every month brought with it at least one highly-anticipated hit.

[microgenius]

To me its without a doubt God of war. But I have a feeling that GOTY would be RDR2

[darthv72]

If they were doing categories like exclusive and multiplat then God of War for best exclusive game and RDR2 for best multiplat. and Spiderman for best licensed game based on a fictional character.

And the GOTY goes to........ God of War.

[fiveby9]

I think GoW was a riskier venture in that they really changed the gameplay formula and story from previous iterations. Although RDR2 really improves upon the mechanics and realism of open-world gameplay. RDR2 is more iterative but still amazing in how far it's improved. Not sure it's worth picking just one game. I haven't played Spidey just yet. So I guess it's a bit of a toss-up for me. But my guess.... the 'press' will vote for RDR2 as it's multiplat and that pleases other parties.

[Skull521]

It’s Red Dead without question, nothing in years has come close. Not just GotY, but Game of the Generation.

[bluefox755]

Completely agree. Game journos tend to lean towards multiplats to begin with, unless there's just nothing really good that came out that year. I'm enjoying RDR2, but it doesn't have anywhere near the level of polish or masterfully crafted gameplay mechanics. GoW really was the total package. Many great games excel in one or two areas, be it combat, story, world creation, but GoW really nailed everything.

[King_Noctis]

“Game journos tend to lean towards multiplats to begin with”

So why did games like The Last of Us, Uncharted 2, and BOTW won GOTY?

[rainslacker]

Was there not a 4th game that could be added to that thumbnail?

Lot of good games this year....although I think GOW and RDR2 are the obvious front runners. But can't dismiss how good Spider-Man is.

[Krangs_Uncle]

God of War by far at the moment.

I am either suffering from open world fatigue, or I'm just not clicking with RDR2... I'm late into Chapter 2 I think, but I'm honestly bored out of my mind! I find the shooting mechanics to be AWFUL, the controls and player movement are clunky beyond belief, and the repetitive animations just to do the simplest of tasks are wearing extremely thin.

I can see the animations of the characters movements, voice acting and audio are top notch, but otherwise I'm just not getting it... Maybe it is because I am early on in the game... I will carry on and see if it changes my mind.

[Elda]

Agreed!! You're definitely not alone,I feel the same way about RDR2.

[Skull521]

I’m the other way around. I got to that like giant turtle house in God of War and I’m bored out of my mind and haven’t touched it in 6 months or more.

[bluefox755]

I share this sentiment completely. When I got God of War, I couldn't stop playing it. I'm about 8 hours into RDR2, and I find myself playing the SOTN remaster more lately. The gameplay mechanics of RDR2 just seem fairly unpolished for a game of this budget.

[agent13]

keep playing and exploring, the game has a slow pace but it gets better when you proceed with the story and face new missions and challenges

[Elda]

Totally agree as I played the first hour of GOW I was blown away,totally intrigued & couldn't stop playing. This past weekend I started chapter 2 of RDR2 & after 1 hr I got so bored & started playing some Van Helsing,SOTTR,Dead Cells & AC:O well into the morning light & I had a ball...time just flew...lol!

[chiefJohn117]

Tell me why I'm not surprised lol😂

[chiefJohn117]

Ive invested about 25 hours and I'm just now making it to chapter 3. It's felt like a full game already and I still have a long way to go. Controls are great I have no complaint.still waiting for someone to tell me what's so bad about them. Lol brings up repetitive animations but with Gow have no complaints oh the irony. To each their own

[PhoenixUp]

Clearly Sea of Thieves beats all 🤣

[darthv72]

Best technical achievement... for the water effects.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

2/10 - Too much water, not enough Kraken

[rainslacker]

Good thing CD3 didn't release this year, or all those other games wouldn't have stood a chance. :)

[ArchangelMike]

I'm absolutely loving RDR2, I don't get all the complaints about the game. It's the most immersive open world game I've ever played. But I have to say God of War for GOTY, because even though RDR2 is very highly polished, GOW innovated and reinvented the game much better.

[UCForce]

It’s hard to choose, my friend.

[ArchangelMike]

I agree that it is really hard to choose, I love just getting immersed in RDR2, hanging around camp talking to the gang, maybe go fishing or hunting with one of the gang, and then robbing a stagecoach on the way back to camp. The story and the writing - even for incidental NPC's are top quality; also the fact that the missions have gold ratings increases the replayability of the game even further. So I'm defiantely sold on RDR2 being a strong GOTY candidate.

However, if I'm completely honest, I think the innovation and evolution of RDR2 has less of an impact, or is less significant, than the innovation in God of War. God of War redesign was much more of a revolution - than just an evolution of the franchise. But it's a very close call, and I'm willing to bet that RDR2 will win GOTY because it is multiplatform. Anyway it'll be interesting to see the numbers at he end of the day.

[Strange_Evil]

At least you get to choose if you own a PS4 ;)

[Ezio2048]

I don't get "rdr2 will win because it's multiplatform". Where were you when tlou, uc2, uc4, half life 2 etc won. They were all exclusives. If a game wins, it wins. Simple.

[agent13]

the last of us didn't won goty in game awards instead in 2013 grand theft auto 5 was the winner

[MrVux000]

agent13
we are talking GOTY awards overall... game awards is not the only party that chooses the GOTY. There are hundreds of different sites and various other awards shows that do GOTY awards.

In which The Last Of Us won more GOTY awards that GTAV in 2013, and thus being the ''ultimate'' GOTY 2013.

[rainslacker]

@Agent

Most GOTY awards for any given game

1. The Witcher 3 (251)
2. Dragon Age: Inquisition (Unsure the count, but it makes 2 on the lists)
3. TLOU (240).

For the most part, no one really takes the VGA's seriously, because it's entirely commercialized without even trying to pretend its impartial.

[agent13]

i kinda agree, even though we all know rdr2 is bigger and more creative still god of war feels better

[EpicFruityPie]

people these days seem to like 24/7 action give them a slower game like rdr2 role-playing in a way and they get bored
people seem to have lost their attention span and can't handle a nice story

[MrVux000]

"people these days seem to like 24/7 action give them a slower game like rdr2 role-playing in a way and they get bored "
Funny because most of the haters of GOW stated that the game is slow and boring...
"people seem to have lost their attention span and can't handle a nice story"
... both games had nice story. Tho to me personally GOW story was more satisfying in comparison to RDR 2 (especially when we are talking game ending).

[rainslacker]

I wouldn't be as bored if the game play itself was better. And slow doesn't mean boring. Its boring because it's not overly interesting once you get past all the glitz and glam.

Not that I'm overly bored with it, or the story, but it's not some remarkable experience to me so far.

[chiefJohn117]

RDR2 went the extra mile to bring the world to a new level. The amount of hours of fun you can invest surpass gow therefore it deserves goty over gow imo and that not even counting online. Add that and it's a sweep.

[Neonridr]

God of War or RDR 2 seem to be the easy bets. Smash could get some votes once it releases too.

[King_Noctis]

Imo, GoW will win PS4 game of the year, FH4 will be for X1, Smash will be for Nintendo, and the overall one will be RDR2.

[Neonridr]

those are solid predictions.

[StifflerK]

I think RDR2 will win most of the awards ( and well deserved too) but God of War, Monster Hunter World, Yakuza 6, Forza Horizon 4 and Spiderman have all been excellent and are well worth playing if you haven't already.

[SegaGamer]

It will be between God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 for most, but my favourite is Dragon Quest XI

[ECHOINFINITY]

God of war was nearly flawless (a few more unique bosses would have made it flawless for me). That's my game of the generation with the Witcher 3 and bloodbourne right behind it. I'm enjoying RDR2 finally but GOW should win.

[Elda]

I thought the same thing a few more original bosses & the game would have been flawless!!

[ECHOINFINITY]

They said the sequel will have a larger budget (I believe), so I'm hopeful they deliver on the bosses!

[Elda]

I feel God Of War deserves it!

[capjacksparrow]

God of War for me. I couldn't wait to get home and play it. For the first time in a while I thought; "I didn't know I needed this." Can't say the same of everything else.

[Skankinruby]

Everyone knows it's either God of war, spiderman, or RDR2. Haven't played spiderman yet but GOW and RDR are neck in neck for the title IMO. Of course if it's the same idiots who gave it to overwatch then who knows

[isa_scout]

I thoroughly enjoyed spiderman, but RDR2 and GoW are just both on a tier of their own.

[KickSpinFilter]

Either GOW or RDR2. For me GOW

[DanielEndurance]

The consensus seems to be that God Of War is going to take home the majority of awards come next month. Red Dead NOT launching with online might hurt it come time to hand out awards.

[Movefasta1993]

on n4g you mean sure.Either way I don't care, it is a popularity contest after all

[Movefasta1993]

who cares about online in a 50hour game, it shouldn't hurt lol excuses.

[King_Noctis]

The consensus in this site you mean.

[timotim]

Never think the "consensus" is what N4G says...they make up an extreme part of the gaming community.

[rainslacker]

I just think that its really cool that the three front runners for GOTY, and probably the ones that are most likely to have a chance to win, are all SP games.

[Clark88]

Who's capable of winning game of the year awards? Sony,Nintendo, or third party developers

[kalkano]

I know there is zero chance of it winning, but speaking strictly of MY game of the year, it's got to be Dragon Quest 11. The only possible competition would be Valkyria Chronicles 4 (which I haven't played yet, but doubt will be as good as DQ11).

[Persian_Immortal]

Well it might win maybe 1-4 Game Of The Year awards from Small sites or Japanese centric Goty sites to give it some love but its not to the taste of the general gaming audience and gaming media who will shower God OF War, RDR2 and Spiderman with double digits and likely triple digit goty awards.

[Elda]

DQ 11 could win best JRPG.

[rainslacker]

I think VC4 has even less chance to win than DQ11 does. VC4 is fantastic though. I haven't played DQ11 yet, but I've heard really good things.

[kalkano]

I meant competition for me, personally.

[Dragonscale]

Probably GoW tbh. Shame great games like Dead Cells and Astro Bot will get overlooked.

[DIPSET]

i stopped reading after far cry 5
hahahahaha

[Hakoom]

god of war deserves it
but rdr2 wil win it

[agent13]

my opinion:
1-rdr2
2-god of war
3-spiderman
4-detroit
5-ac odyssey
gow must definitely get the best story and the best music award, but rdr2 is a little better overally it's hard choice though.
forza horizon 4 and soul calibur 6 are also great in their own genre

[King_Noctis]

Detriot is not a GOTY contender. Swap it with either FH4 or Smash and your list would be much better imo.

[Persian_Immortal]

God OF War and Red Dead will both likely win over 100 Game of the year awards, dont think anyone winning over 200, since Spiderman, and other big titles will be winning trinkets here and there, as far as the different awards ceremonies,

Geoff Keighley loves Kojima awards: Red Dead Redemption 2,
D.I.C.E Game Awards: God Of War
Game Developers Choice Awards: Red Dead Redemption 2
SXSW: God of War
Bafta Game awards: God Of War
IGN: Red Dead Redemption 2
Gamespot: Red Dead Redemption 2
Gameinformer: God Of War
Bazi Center: God Of War
IGN Brazil: Red Dead Redemption 2
Neogaf: God Of War
VGCHARTZ: Red Dead Redemption 2

in 2010 Red Dead Redemption won 160 gotys beating out Mass Effect 2 which won 108, so its the likely favorite to win Overall once its said and done.

[TGGJustin]

Not sure where you pulled that number of GOTY awards for RDR from but it actually only beat out ME2 by 111-101 https://gotypicks.blogspot....

[Persian_Immortal]

https://www.rockstargames.c...

Yep I know Gotyblogspot is legit I follow their Goty results from time to time but I will take Rockstar's word for it unless of course they are mistaken or Gotypicker missed some sites.

[Movefasta1993]

mass effect 2 was a way better game in my opinion

[Smokehouse]

My GOTY is easily God of war. Can’t wait for chapter 2.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

State of Decay 2?

[Silly gameAr]

I personally have to go with God of war. That was an amazing game. Haven't played RDR2 because honestly, I have no interest in the game, but based on the hype, I see that game being goty on many major gaming sites.

[Profchaos]

To me it's rdr2

[Livecustoms]

My personal GOTY is RDR2, for some reason I couldn't really get into GOW, however am yet to play Spider man so my GOTY could change.

[Fraggle1987]

God Of War for me.

[blm504]

Red Dead Redemption 2 hands down toss up between God of War and Forza Horizon 4 enjoy them both

[sactownlawyer916]

FH4 has zero chance of winning.

[Dreamcatcher45]

I have to pick GoW. The way IGN and other sites hyped up RDR2 as the game that would revolutionize open world games, it just left a taste of dissatisfaction. Still a good game though.

[Movefasta1993]

your fault for falling for the hype, they do this all the time. It's not an excuse to not like a game as much smh.

[chiefJohn117]

It did though. Show me another open world doing what RDR2 did

[WitcheRivia]

Ni No Kuni 2 or Dragon Quest 11.

Mainstream GOTY awards will be going to something that attracts casuals like Battlefield or Call of Duty.

[timotim]

Spiderman? I don't see that game winning at all. Sure, it can be someone's personal GotY, but winning an official award...thats a stretch.

[King_Noctis]

Spiderman is a great game but it wouldn’t even be in the conversation if it wasn’t an exclusive game.

[timotim]

Yeah...Im not knocking that its a good game...I fully acknowledge that. I'm just saying its not Game of the Year material. I personally feel like FH4 is MY OWN GotY title and should be up for the award, but when do you see them ever give it to a racer?

[Rikimaru1977]

god of war hands down, those other two games are awesome but god of war was just a master piece.

[AHall88]

At the moment it's Detroit for me, but unless IOI really mess up, it'll probably end up being Hitman 2.

[victorMaje]

In RDR2 I find myself more often being in awe of the world I’m in.
In God of War, I found myself more often being in awe of the gameplay, & to me, in the land of games, gameplay is King.

GOTY: God of War

[Petebloodyonion]

Gamespot's Game of the year will be Spiderman and expect IGN to be RDR2. due to the enormous budget, they spent on marketing for each respective website.
Xbox game of the year will be Forza4 or RDR2 but Forza4 can't win GOTY because it's a racing game.
and even if "Into the Breach" is currently one of the most praised PC game it won't even feature in the list.

[AK91]

God of War (2018)

[MrVux000]

As far as quality goes both GOW and RDR 2 are equal in my book, since they both achieved that *masterpiece quality*.
But considering RDR 2 had some flaws in narrative and gameplay (IMO), i'd had to give the GOTY to GOW.
GOW had done everything right except the boss variety (my only issue with the game).

[chiefJohn117]

How can you not give it to RDR2? It's game of the gen. It's set the bar at a new height for open world games.

[Reaper9937]

God of War, RDR2 is an excellent game, but GoW is just leagues above it.

[whitbyfox]

Astro Bot is game of the year without question.

[KillBill]

Let the justification talk begin.

[Edito]

For me it's God Of War and now I can say for sure since i'm playing RDR2.

[PressPlayBros]

God of War