The Game Awards 2018 nominees announced

The nominees are in for The Game Awards 2018.

[lxeasy]

OK how is destiny 2 nominated for best action game.....
no man sky got nominated for "best on going game" they had one dlc.....

[TGGJustin]

Wrong. No Man's Sky has been getting constant updates for weeks even after that huge summer update. It def deserves to be up for best ongoing game. Also the Forsaken expansion fixed most of Destiny 2's problems and there are few shooters that feel better to play than Destiny. That is why it is up for it.

[lxeasy]

No man sky added a bunch of stuff just like sea of thieves. yet that ain't up there/ There are way more deserving games than destiny and no man sky up there

[Babadook7]

Would have liked Astro Bot to get nominated as GOTY. It’s higher rated than several nominations.

[Skull521]

Rockstar made all of the other developers look like scrubs this year, should just give Red Dead all the awards. Probably the only game this whole generation that felt like a next generation game and not the same stuff we got in the X360/PS3 era.

[TGGJustin]

@Ixeasy SoT has barely added any actual content to the game since launch. It's mostly short events with pointless cosmetic items. No Man's Sky has drastically changed over the years and has added far more meaningful content.

[DarkVoyager]

@Skull521

“Rockstar made all of the other developers look like scrubs this year, should just give Red Dead all the awards. Probably the only game this whole generation that felt like a next generation game and not the same stuff we got in the X360/PS3 era”

God of War and Horizon: Zero Dawn also felt amazing and I’m sure that The Last of Us: Part 2 will be one of the best games this generation.

[CarlDechance]

Skull521's definition of GOTY is anything but a PS4 exclusive. Entirely because Xbox doesn't even have anything on the list.

[UCForce]

@Skull521 You are definitely getting cocky. Every games deserves awards.

[Sunny_D]

@skull

You mean Red dead Redemption 2, the game with the slow reacting and cumbersome controls that we’ve had since GTA 4, GTA 5 and RDR1 from the 360/PS3 era? That game? Lmao

[Why o why]

So transparent....like stated above, anything but a ps exclusive. I enjoy watching the salty try their hardest downplay efforts much better than what their favoured console could muster. Please continue

[DarXyde]

Skull521 and their thinly veiled trolling. You claim it's the only game that feels like a "[current] gen experience", meanwhile there are games on PSOne with less input lag. Go figure.

That aside, I feel that God of War deserves genuinely some awards. My personal game of the year: soundtrack, narrative, voice acting, design, and gameplay. It really delivered.

[Skull521]

Should hand out shame awards too since games are starting to get bad

Most buggy
Most fans lost in a series
Worst microtansactions
Least content for your money
Most blatant rip off
Most patches released in a quarter

[Ceaser9857361]

Ignore Skull He is genuinely butthurt as always that GOW Spiderman has got a lot of nomination and Xbox has only one Forza lol!
I am enjoying the amount of butthurt these Xbox fanboys get..

Red dead 2 will win GOTY imo but I will be happy if either GOW or Red dead 2 win. Both Game of the Generation... Spiderman Was good too.. So was AC Ody...

[rainslacker]

@Skull

I've only played about half the games on the GOTY nomination list, and I know at least half of those have no real chance of winning, but for the ones I have played, RDR2 is actually at the bottom of the list for actually being fun. In fact, that's true when you include almost all the other games I've played this year that weren't included from this list, and some of them weren't amazing games to begin with.

RDR2 is quite an impressive feat in terms of technical achievement, detail, and interaction, but it's just not a fun game. It's not even really all that thought provoking or special enough outside its technical achievement which is just really putting together a bunch of stuff that's been done before all into one package that works well together. People said Horizon and Spider-Man weren't innovative, and I have to say that RDR2 isn't that innovative either....just big. Not that many of the games on that list I've played were overly innovative, just that RDR2 is getting a lot more credit than it deserves.

[UltraNova]

It has to be GOW for me hands down for GotY. RDR 2 while a tremendous technical feat, unequaled by a mile actually, its just less fun and flawed where it matters most, game play; whereas GOW is both fun and nearly flawless in every measurable way.

Now the awards are as political as they can get so I expect RDR2 to get most awards, including GotY but in my heart and I know in most gamers too, GOW will be the true winner.

[Gaming101]

Skull251 is the little asshole who said Stan Lee doesn't belong on a gamer website, even though he's been featured in games including the original PS1 Spiderman games, so his opinion from now on doesn't count.

[gamer7804]

don't go into the game awards show looking for games that really deserve awards, just go for fun and seeing what new reveals they have.

if you look at the list crazy stuff is put in there, life is strange episode 1 for best narrative? The dialogue is terrible and its one big campaign for the left political agenda pushing white men as racists or if they aren't they are a blogger and protester for the left...

[lxeasy]

Yeah you have a point

[_FantasmA_]

There's always that snowflake that refuses to talk about racism. White people are the most racist of all the people, just look at the world's history for example. America was built on racism and it never went away. Racism is alive and well. Everyday there's a photos trending online of some racist jackasses doing stupid shiit claiming free speech. Or there's a shooting. Or both. Being aware of this fact and being a concerned American is not a thing of the left. Are you saying white men aren't racists? Not all of them. But there are alot!

Anybody can be racist and I've met racist people in every race in my life so far. Maybe try seeing the world from someone else's perspective before crying reverses racism because someone made a game that mirrors real life. There are racist white guys, why is showing that in a game or other media "pushing an agenda?" Because it's the truth? Because it makes you uncomfortable? Too bad. You don't fix problems by denying they exist.

[gamer7804]

@_FantasmA_ I can't read the rest of what you wrote, its inherently racist to say that "white(or any ethnicity) people are the most racist". Its stereotyping. Thats basically what life is strange 2 episode 1 did but in a more subtle manner and undermined their credibility and storytelling.

[rainslacker]

Have to agree. Can't have a best narrative award for an episodic game where the narrative barely even got started. If this wasn't a sequel to a highly respected game, it wouldn't be on that list. And I think the same would go for RDR2.

@Fantasm

The most racist people I know are ineffectual idiots. Their skin color is inconsequential, and varied, because those that are racist, aren't more racist than others, and generalizing a particular group as "most racist", in itself is racist stereotyping.

I don't care what some individuals did throughout history, or how it may have been condoned by the society of the time which may have been predominately one race. I always judge people as individuals, and groups to a lesser extent based on their established beliefs. but to my knowledge, no race as a whole condones racism any more than another.

Being aware of historical "facts", even if those facts are also a rather wide sweeping generalization of people's personal beliefs, does not make any group any more racist than the other. It just makes you looking for someone to ridicule because of their race. I could point to all sorts of anecdotal evidence of any person, of any race doing something with racist intent, but its racist to assume that that evidence somehow supports the notion that it applies to an entire group of people...particularly groups of people that are scattered all over the world, and exist with hundreds of cultures behind them.

I asked a Russian friend of mine if Racism was a problem in Russia...in relation to black people. He said, "No, there are no black people in Russia". Obviously a grand exaggeration on the black population, but his point was sound, and their discrimination towards others tends to be for cultural or political reasons, and not skin color.

[Gaming101]

Fantasma, there is actual data on who is the most racist. It turns out Jordan and India are the most racist towards anyone who isn't like them. Nothern Europe, Canada, New Zealand and Australia are by far the least racist, and they're mostly white. Africa and Asia in general are extremely racist, so you can shut up with the "White people are most racist" bullshit. As can be seen on the following map of the world ranked by racism:
https://www.washingtonpost....

[FunAndGun]

wow, you're sensitive.

[uth11]

NMS has had 5 named updates, two this year (Next and Abyss), plus all the weekly micro content updates threy did between Next and Abyss

[warriorcase]

NMS has had like 4 large DLC updates over the years and destiny 2 got a lot of good grace from the Forsaken expansion.

Doesn't mean you have to like it but that's what it is.

[Sappi]

How come god of war is not action game? How come there was no most disappointing game? Or best fps? Did I miss something.. And in general - hi I made this and yoi gonna vote to make sure I'm getting rich... Really disappointed.

[milohighclub]

No mans sky has had 4/5 massive content updates as well as weekly updates since summer.
Nms not only deserves to be there but deserves to win its category.

[-Foxtrot]

I'd like to see God of War nab Game of the Year but it's going to go to Red Dead Redemption II...both of enjoyable and well made games but I had more issues with Red Dead then God of War and this is coming from someone who didn't know what to make of the direction in God of War before playing it.

Have to say there's a lot of eSports categories which could have been better non esport ones and I'm not sure what to make of the Favourite Moment of 2017 category...that year passed, move on.

[TGGJustin]

God of War deserves it more over RDR2. It's a game that has pretty much no flaws while RDR2 is flawed in the controls, pacing, missions design and more.

[-Foxtrot]

Yeah I know, I mean that's not saying a game can be dead on perfect, there were a few smaller nitpicky things in God of War I "could" mention but the ones in Red Dead Redemption II were just literally in your face the moment you stepped into Chapter 1. The kind of issues you compare with the onslaught of amazing, perfect reviews, ones even surpassing God of War and you are like "Wait...What?".

It's hard to criticize because it's a good game but when reviewers are making out it's SOOOO good you need to then call them out for not mentioning any of the issues but because you get so wrapped up in calling the issues out people think you hate the game and are trying to say it's shit...however its not like that. It's a station where you need to watch where you step incase people take you the wrong way. Plus it's made even worse when God of War is a Sony/Playstation exclusive so it then comes off as being a "fanboy" and wanting "your chosen side" win something. It goes on and on.

Red Dead Redemption II has glaring issues and the fact hardly ANY of these golden reviews mentioned a single thing is disturbing because it allows Rockstar to get away with it. If they win Game of the Year then it's basically icing on the cake.

At the end of the day I prefer the first Red Dead Redemption, the story, characters, controls, stranger missions, world, gameplay and the like were better. Sometimes being too real can really impact the overall fun and no it's not me being "boring" or me being so into those "big full on action games" where I have a "short attention span" it's just a game which has issues which could have been handled differently. I mean if Red Dead Redemption II had the classic weapon wheel where every gun was at your disposable off the horse would that have really impacted the score? What about if somehow Arthur could carry more pelts/skins despite being huge animals? Animations for looting/skinning being shorter? None of that would have impacted the scores especially if they ignored the main issues the game had. They just become an inconvenience.

[The 10th Rider]

@-Foxtrot,

I think people were too dazzled by the attention to detail in the world of Red Dead Redemption 2 that they overlooked a lot of the flaws. The impressiveness of the entire world is absolutely incredibly impressive, but from a gameplay standpoint it definitely falls short of what reviews would lead people to believe.

RDR2 is still a great game, but God of War is definitely better and totally deserves GOTY this year.

[Jinger]

GoW has plenty of flaws, but to each his own.

[-Foxtrot]

@Jinger

I mean I did say...

"I mean that's not saying a game can be dead on perfect, there were a few smaller nitpicky things in God of War I "could" mention"

[DarkVoyager]

@Jinger

“GoW has plenty of flaws, but to each his own.”

Coming from an Xbox fan. Don’t get me started on Xbox One exclusives.

No game is without flaws but Sony exclusives put Xbox exclusives to shame.

[neutralgamer1992]

TGG

Watch the review skillup did for RDR2 and its on point. He mentions how the great things in RDR2 is making everyone overall very obvious flaws

[DevilHunterDante]

@TGG RDR2 had way better story, characters and music.

[UCForce]

@Jinger I don’t think so. As much I love Red Dead Redemption 2, God Of War is definitely GOTY.

[TGGJustin]

@neutralgamer1992 I watched his review and he said he still enjoyed it despite the issues it has. That is true but I guarantee you Skill Up gives his GOTY to God of War watch and see. He was far more positive overall on it than he was on RDR2.

[andibandit]

How does DarkVoyager have 18 agrees and 4 disagrees.

Up until he commented this thread was about GoW vs RDR2, and he tries to degenerate the discussion into a MS vs Sony discussion, and he gets applauded for that??.

[beulahland]

@DarkVoyager it seems you are the sensbile one here, not Jinger. Chill, kid, your beloved Sony won't suddenly DIEEEEE because someone didn't like your precious game.

[bluefox755]

Yeah, I feel like God of War is going to get seriously snubbed. I'm enjoying RDR2, but God of War just nailed everything. There were a few things that certainly could have been improved, but when compared to RDR2, which has a whole slew of technical issues, gameplay oddities, and questionable design decisions, it seems like it should be clear cut.

[NecrumOddBoy]

What's up with the last 10 awards? How many worthless esports awards and YouTuber ass kissing awards do we need?

Also, when did Hallow Knight come out? Seems like it should have been on the Best Indie Game category at least.

[victorMaje]

God of War was just unputdownable for me. I can't say the same for RDR2. It's an incredible game but yeah I had more issues with it too.
God of War should have it :)

[mkis007]

Very true. I looked forward to picking up God of War whenever I could. With RDR2 picking up the controller was more of a chore.

[rainslacker]

Unputdownable is a good way to put it.:)

RDR2 I find myself wanting to put it down after an hour or so. Since I'm playing during my down time at work, I usually get reason to without feeling like I have to press on. I'm not even sure I'd keep going back to it if I buy it to play at home.

[DevilHunterDante]

RDR2 had way better story, characters and music.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

That’s your personal opinion which is fine but the most important part of a GAME is gameplay and gow just craps all over rdr 2 in that department

[andibandit]

@Dark_Knightmare2

"most important part of a GAME is gameplay"
"gow just craps all over rdr 2"

both those statements are subjective, and I'm really trying to restrain myself from writing
"That's your personal op..."

[Dark_Knightmare2]

@andibandit not really when rdr 2 gameplay has serious problems fundamentally while gow doesnt not to mention how many articles and comments have we’ve seen since rdr 2 release talking about the bad controls and mediocre combat?

[rainslacker]

For this awards show, I don't even know why people would bother tuning in to see who they name GOTY this year. It's pretty much a given, because they're fairly predictable. High profile recently released game from a major developer who they can bend over for and will give them a bit of attention, thus validating their reason for existing equals instant win. Only time they really go off the beaten track is when there isn't a high profile recently released game from a major developer who they can bend over for, or no one will validate their existence.

This awards show would not get the hype it does if it weren't for the inevitable reveals, so its really just more a marketing tool that the industry uses for it's purposes, and nothing really sanctioned by anyone.

Personally, I've had more fun with GOW, than I have had with RDR2 so far. I even look forward to going back and getting the New Game + trophies. When i'm done with RDR2, I can't ever see myself getting back into it, unless they greatly revamp the actual game play. As of right now, I'm actually having the most fun of the year with Spider-Man, and while it's nothing special in terms of open world games or structures, it's a blast to play, and captures the Spider-Man vibe perfectly....although I could do with less of the environmental friendly agenda it has going on in it.

I just don't see how a game where so many reviewers complained about the game play and the rather glaring faults of the game, can actually win an award based on nothing but how pretty and detailed it is. Game has a huge scope, but a huge scope doesn't mean its a good game. OTOH, Skyrim won some GOTY awards too, and it had glaring flaws. But at least the game play was fun most of the time.

[hench07]

Celeste or RDR2 will win, unless some "sponsorship" money has been given out.

[thepetedog]

So what you’re really saying is, if God of War wins, bribery was involved. Gotcha.

[Ceaser9857361]

Some section can't take it that PS exclusive winning GOTY..

[thepetedog]

@madmoose there’s a difference between ‘bending over’ and flatly accusing anyone besides the developers of rdr2 or Celeste paying off the judges in order to win.

[Elda]

Sound envious & jealous.

[AmUnRa]

Yeah shure hench07, keep telling that to your self, so Sony will pay to let God of War win yeah that will be the true.. I swear some people🙄

[Kribwalker]

I agree. GOW wasn’t even the best PS4 exclusive this year (shadow of the colossus was a much better game). I don’t understand the hype around it. Played the whole game, got around 80% of the trophies too,
So many of the complaints people had about BOTW last year were multiplied in God of Wat for me. A very empty world (you kill the few enemies in the world and they are gone so when you climb the mountain for the third time there’s nothing to fight until you hit the new areas) a lack of enemy variety (the majority of the game is the same core bad guys, just a different colour for the burn) a lack of boss battles, a lot of the game was spent walking or canoeing from point a to point b then back to point a, The story was good, and the game was good, it had some great feeling fighting as you got later in the game, but it wasn’t as amazing as everyone keeps saying, and if it wasn’t a ps4 exclusive, most people on this site would agree (look at the hate BOTW and now RDR2 is getting when compared to HZD last year and GOW this year)

[UCForce]

You do really have a problem with PS games. God of War and Spider Man deserves awards. Even Horizon Zero Dawn didn’t get any awards from VGA, but it get awards from other media. I think you should give these game a creditable than being disrespectful person.

[thepetedog]

Obviously you’re entitled to an opinion, but regardless of how you feel about any of the games, agreeing with the guy who suggests that anyone winning besides rdr2 or Celeste paid to come on top is just pure tin-foil hat levels of nuts

[Kribwalker]

@UCforce
“You do really have a problem with PS games. ”

I do not. I even complimented Shadow of the colossus, which was a fantastic game and blew away my expectations and is my PS game of the year. But for people to come here and nit pick RDR2 (which is flawed as well) and try to claim GOW was flawless, that’s not the case. Same could be said with HZD. The game did not deserve to beat out BOTW or Mario Odyssey last year for game of the year. They were better games. Spider-man i haven’t played yet, so i have no opinion there, but GOW, in my opinion is not the game of the year because it’s not the best PS4 game this year. Shadow of the colossus is, and i’d be more ok with that one winning of GOW

“I think you should give these game a creditable than being disrespectful person.”
I did give it credit. I said it’s a good game, i said it had great fighting styles but i didn’t feel it’s the masterpiece people are trying to make, and simple things people complained about with BOTW are prevailant in GOW, yet those people call it near flawless.

@thepetedog

I don’t agree it’s paid for, i just agree that it shouldn’t win.

[DerekTweed]

Now that you mention it, I can't really think of real boss battles other than Baldur a few times.

Of course there was the Valkyries but they are an end game challenge rather than boss battles in the main game.

My least favourite part was that area where you slowly die and have to go back and forth a lot. Can't remember it's name.

[beulahland]

@UCForce "I think you should give these game a creditable than being disrespectful person."

Are you insane? When was Kribwalker disrespectful on his comment? He criticized a game, dude. Don't be silly.

[Relientk77]

God of War, Spider-Man, and Red Dead Redemption 2 for almost every award. Woo

[TGGJustin]

Hope God of War wins most of these. It deserves to over RDR2.

[CarlDechance]

It does, but it won't. RDR2 has the end of year momentum and hype.

[SpringHeeledJack]

And RDR2 being a western will win over a lot of the Americans so it's going to win.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Exactly plus the game awards are always a joke it’s a popularity contest nothing more

[Elda]

Yep!

[DevilHunterDante]

RDR2 had way better story, characters and music.

[UCForce]

But does it have great gameplay ? The control in Red Dead Redemption 2 is fine by me, but people have a problem with it. God of War have great gameplay, great graphics and great story. It got everything right.

[Strafe]

RDR2 deserves to win.

[Ezio2048]

Rdr2 for me

[Literal_Cringe]

Boy, look at those nominees for every other category that isn't Goty, it's almost as if they didn't care for everything else that came out this year...

[Clark88]

No Xbox or Nintendo exclusive on the list for GOTY🤔

[Rude-ro]

Nope.
Forza will get the racing win and if I am not mistaken, they still list it as an exclusive because they have no choice so it will win best Xbox *exclusive

[rainslacker]

It'll actually deserve the best Xbox exclusive award. Although, I haven't played any of the indies on the system this year, and I heard there were some good ones.

[King_Noctis]

Smash comes out the same day as the award show. I’m sure that if it is on the show, it will win fighting goty.

[UCForce]

You know that December is the end of 2018.

[Darkborn]

But CRACKDOWN HAS DE CLOUD. I bet if Microsoft didn't delay it, it would barely get a nomination. I remember before the one x got announced.they were talking about how they won't need to upgrade consoles ever again because they have the cloud.

[DiRtY]

Release a broken game, role out dozens of patches and updates, get nominated for best ongoing game.

[doggo84]

Spiderman and God of war in just about every major category.

[TheGoodestBoi]

And hardly any Xbox games mentioned Lmao! 😅

[xRacer74x]

Red Dead should win a lot of awards.

[Lime123]

Plays worst on Xbox One S.....

[andibandit]

hmm someone cheering for a multiplat game?!?!?!?
No angle of attack, damn it!!
Lets default to: Attack Microsoft, cause my brain cant cope with reality.

[agent13]

god of war had the best story,artistic design and direction but i think rdr2 is better overall because rockstar set a lot of new standards for video games the details of rdr2's vast world is unprecedented while god of war is an amazing game in every aspect and deserves to be goty, it still uses different elements that we had already experienced in other games but rdr2 is a completely new experience. so i choose rdr2 although it's a very hard choice between these two.

[TGGJustin]

Details don't make a game GOTY. Yes the world of RDR2 is impressive in detail but in terms of actual gameplay which matter more it is far behind. It has outdated controls, pacing issues in the story, and has some quite frankly bad missions. It's a game that probably should've been a chapter or two shorter.

[DevilHunterDante]

RDR2 had a way better story, characters and music.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

How many more times are you going to post this exact same comment on this board damn this is like the fourth or fifth time already

[rainslacker]

It would mean more if instead of just repeating this, you give examples or better descriptions on why you feel this way. Just stating your opinion over and over again gives nothing to discuss.

[Greg2801]

One thing is for sure, God of War and Rdr2 are gonna win most categories. And both deserve GOTY.

God of War was amazing but its Rrd2 for me. Im still mindblown on how detailed things are in rdr2.

The detailed open world and the wildlife
The npc's that have full day cycles
The random events( 80 hours of gameplay and im still running into new events)
The easter eggs.
The story with a outstanding cast.
Side missions that are on par with the main missions.
And there is so much more.

On story alone GoW takes the crown. Those goosebumps when Kratos returns to his cabin!

But Rdr2 is just the total package for me.

[Speak_da_Truth]

God of War takes story and gameplay for me. RDR2's controls/gameplay is bad IMO. You shouldn't win GOTY with bad controls in my book.

[BlueBlue]

Well, it is your opinion (not a fact).

[Speak_da_Truth]

@BlueBlue But I'm allowed to have it whether you like it or not.

[agent13]

I don't know why a lot of people complain about rdr2's controls. the controls are realistic and smooth imo.

[Speak_da_Truth]

@agent13 If you think RDR2's controls are smooth then I don't know what to say to you. There are countless videos on Youtube on how to tweak the controls for a reason and R* left auto aim on default for a reason.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[FilthyWeeb]

Most the stuff in best art direction look pretty, but they don't actually have a unique art direction. Games like Assassins Creed don't belong in that category, that should be reserved for unique artsyles like Valkyria Chronicles and Octopath Traveler.

[rainslacker]

Art direction isn't really about the style of the art, but rather how well all that art comes together to form the game. How it comes together is what the art director is responsible for, so it all feels like it belongs together. This can be harder to accomplish in a game that is more realistic.

However, I do agree with you that I preferred the art in games like Valkyria Chronicles over GOW. Spider-Man had good art, that made a nice blend of modern graphics with a somewhat comic book style feel.

[Platformgamer]

i "god of wared" the nominees where i could ahah that game deserves all the nomintations

[PowerOfTheCloud]

If sea of thieves isn't nominated, you can't take this serious.

[doggo84]

Lmao

[Darkborn]

A boat simulator with nothing to do.

[MoshA]

Last of us beat gta v. A zombie game lmao. No hope for Red Dead 2, no matter how many Xbox fanboys vote for it.

[Skankinruby]

The last of us is one of the greatest games ever made, it was perfect in every way. GTA 5 was horse shit in comparison.

[MoshA]

Whatever you say. It's a damn zombie game with no ambition. Only the story was good but that doesn't add replay value. The multiplayer was the funniest shit i've ever seen.

[DrumBeat]

The Last of Us is still, imo, the best exclusive game ever released on any console.

[-Foxtrot]

Actually before the name change, when it was called Spike Video Game Awards, GTAV beat the Last of Us

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

[Skankinruby]

At that specific event, yes. But it got the most GOTY awards and is the most overall awarded game in history. And considering it had GTA 5 to contend that's one hell of a feat

[-Foxtrot]

Well of course that specific event...that event evolved into the event the article GOTY is about

[rainslacker]

And no one was surprised because even when it was SVGA it was a joke of an awards show.

[Greg2801]

Probably never played it if you think its a zombie game...

[King_Noctis]

I’d argue that RDR2 is better than GTA V on almost every level (beside control that is).

And no matter how you feel about TLOU, it was a great game imo. One of the only few “zombies” games I played from the beginning till the end.

[MoshA]

Huh? Literally 80% of the game is horse riding...

[Skankinruby]

Agreed, RDR 2 campaign runs circles around GTA 5. Underneath all the controversial vulgar nonsense GTA 5 campaign fell flat on its face.

[King_Noctis]

@mosha

And what do you do in other games if you want to reach point A to point B?

[UCForce]

It’s more than zombie games. The Last of Us is about the last faith of humanity.

[Skankinruby]

Red Dead most definitely deserves GOTY, God Of War was really good but nowhere near that level

[Elda]

Having a full grasp of a game in a hour & being intrigued by a game in the first hour is 2 different things. I can say your comment didn't grasp me at all...just saying.

[MoshA]

I agree. Cowboys and horses are damn no where near giant snake the size of an island with no loading screens. Realistic settings are so much easier to make.

[King_Noctis]

How is a giant snake and no loading screen is difficult to make?

[Kribwalker]

there is a loading screen. It just doesn’t say loading. Everytime the bifrost turns it’s loading. When the door takes a couple seconds to open, it’s loading. It’s an animated loading screen. it’s been done in lots of games like that

[Realms]

God of War has been IMO the best game this year no real issues with game, RDR2 will win many awards but my personal GOTY is God of War it was the most fun I had playing a game all year, followed by Spiderman and then RDR2. In that order many will disagree but that is how I feel RDR2 sluggish controls and small annoyances added up to me feeling like it was a chore to play at times.

[Elda]

Absolutely agree! GOW & Spiderman had me totally intrigued the first hour of playing!! I wasn't intrigued my first hour including the second hr playing RDR2.

[Skankinruby]

You have to have a full grasp of the game in the first hour? That's called ADD...just sayin

[Speak_da_Truth]

I'm with you but due to the lackluster side missions in Spider-man, I'd put RDR2 above it but if we're talking strictly gameplay then I agree with you 100%. It's GOW > Spider-man > RDR2

[Realms]

Don't get wrong RDR2 will be GOTY for many people I'm just speaking for myself game play wise IMO Spiderman was more fun that is what I base my GOTY at the end of the day, I play games to have fun and half way through the story in RDR2 with many side quest completed I can say that RDR2 is a handful that is better taken in small doses because the controls are just too distracting for me along with minor annoyances that just add up to it feeling more like a chore than something I can enjoy.

[Gatsu]

RDR2 ^___^!!! Greatest game ever...

[DevilHunterDante]

agree, there seems to be a lot RDR2 haters on this website. RDR2 has a way better story, characters and music than any of these games.

[UCForce]

I think every games deserves awards, not just Red Dead Redemption 2.

[UCForce]

You just being selfish, sir. Just saying. Every games deserves awards. You should give developers some creditable.

[King_Noctis]

Because it is not exclusive to their preferred console, dude.

[victorMaje]

How can Warframe not be nominated for best Ongoing game?

[Elda]

Hoping GOW & Spiderman receive most awards along with AC:O & Dead Cells.

[Zeldafan64]

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 isn't up for best rpg? This is a joke.

[Platformgamer]

xeno 2 is a bad RPG, it can't handle even a single candle against dragon quest XI or ni no kuni 2, deal with it

[Literal_Cringe]

"xeno 2 is a bad RPG" only people who never played it say this.

[Zeldafan64]

Not only not up for best rpg but ALSO not up for best soundtrack. How is that possible?

[Zeldafan64]

I'm surprised you can even type anything when you have sony's dick so far down your throat.

[King_Noctis]

Xenoblade is a huge rpg and its expansion is one of the best as well.

I know you don’t have a Switch to play, but try to be abit more realistic can you.

[Nebaku]

Unfortunately their check reached Geoff Keighley's doorstep a day too late.

[WitcheRivia]

It's those Geoff Keighley awards which means it's all money hatted & biased (Celeste as a GOTY nominee? lol). Expect Monster Hunter to win best RPG as Dragon Quest XI isn't in the GOTY category while Spider-Man wins GOTY because of Stan Lee dying. This type of game awards show doesn't deserve any attention. The only thing that matters is if they show off new games.

[ajax17]

Such a joke. The only good thing about the game awards are the new trailers

[optimus]

what's with all the eSports awards? are they really necessary? i can't even name 1 esports team.😄.... one or 2 awards would have been more than enough....who cares about best esports coach anyway?🙄

[SegaGamer]

The esports stuff is laughable. They can try as hard as they like, but I'm never going to take it seriously. An esports coach, what the hell is that? XD

[DrumBeat]

Wait, they have "coaches" now? Hahahahaha.

[Nacho_Z]

Is an esports coach like Cartman's mum in the WoW episode?

[AnubisG]

RDR2 will be given everything because it just came out and the experience is fresh. Usually games that come out 2-3 months before the awards win the most.

[King_Noctis]

That is not exactly true. Games like BOTW, The last of Us, and The Witcher 3 came out months before the award and still won.

[Ninver]

People still pay attention to this event?

[SegaGamer]

It usually just goes by without me even thinking about it. These awards are more often than not dominated by games I'm not really that fussed about.

[Skuletor]

I just pay attention to the new game trailers there

[Ninver]

That's the only good thing to come out of it. The awards have been a joke for a couple years now.

[Exvalos]

Man look at all those amazing xbox exclusives that made it to the list, its overwhelming.

[Ninver]

😂😂😂

[LoveSpuds]

I don't feel like the music in RDR2 has wowed me in the same way the 1st Red Dead did, I think GOW takes home mist of the categories it's listed in personally. No other game gripped me nor blew me away in the audio/visual categories in the way GoW did, incredible game.

[DevilHunterDante]

RDR2 had a way better story, characters and music. RDR2 > RDR1 anyday. Arthur Morgan > John Marston anyday. Youre just weird.

[UCForce]

No, you just being selfish.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

No you’re weird not accepting others opinions and posting the exact same comment like ten times on the same board now. You have to be a rockstar dev with the amount of cheerleading you’ve been doing for this game

[XxINFERNUSxX]

I don't have PS4 or Xbox One or One X but I would def give Red Dead Redemption 2 my vote for GOTY

[william_cade]

Any game award show that nominated Sea of Thieves and destiny 2 should not be taken seriously. In fact, the only award live service games should get is a "who screwed their players the most" Both of those games are poop. They might be fun to some, but they are still suck games.

[sampsonon]

Firewall Zero Hour best vr game imo

best music RDR2? didn't know it had any. if t does it's unforgettable

[Chexs1990]

Goty 2018: Dragon Quest XI

[NovusTerminus]

Ok, Kixstar is the best host for eSports...

[81BX]

RD2 is GOTY!!!!

[UCForce]

Along side with God Of War and Spider Man.

[81BX]

No human! THERE CAN ONLY BE 1!!!

Small print: Its all subjective of course.

[leoms]

Damn Spiderman, God Of War and Detroit have multiple nominations

[Persian_Immortal]

https://www.pocket-lint.com...

God Of War scores it second Goty current Overall Goty at the moment with no other title scoring at the moment things can change.

https://gotypicks.blogspot....

[Darkborn]

I think God of War certainly deserves at least a mention. I've been getting really fatigued from games recently. Almost every game that comes out now I never finish due to losing interest or something else that comes out. I played God of War all the way through almost without stopping. I haven't done that in game since the old days of last Gen. It just hasn't happened to me because most games seem too similar or they have the same tutorials that get annoying, etc. I'm not saying it's a perfect game, but it has a lot of good in it, and almost no bad. You can't say that about most games coming out this year. Also, I buy nearly every game that comes out.

[Petebloodyonion]

So it's time again for the usual MGOTY award.
Glad to see Celeste in the " You're the best indy game so just be glad to be a nominee category"
And Ubisoft again with Assassin's Creed in the " game that is nominated each year but won't win because it's made by Ubisoft category".

[InTheZoneAC]

Don't even know what Celeste is for GotY. Replace Assassin's Creed with Dragon Quest Xi and remove Celeste and the list is top notch for GotY contenders. Go ahead and replace Celeste with Detroit: Become Human.

[DarXter]

Celeste was my GOTY, nice to see it has so many nominations!

[Strafe]

RDR2 has gotta be the GOTY. Amazing game.

[Orionsangel]

I'm loving RDR2 and yet I can't get over how amazing God of War was. I gotta give God of War GOTY.

[jackymoved]

where is cloud 9 @ rocket league championship series?

[Masta Kaos]

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[Masta Kaos]

You can play all GOTY Nominees on PS4....😂😂€ 514;

[DefaultComment]

Yep, pretty much Red Dead Redemption is taking the GOTY and possibly other awards. On a site note, I'm so happy Celeste is being nominated as GOTY. I know it wont win GOTY but the fact that is there by it's own merits with no marketing whatsoever in comparison to the other big publishers and studios, that says much about the game.

[TheOptimist]

The Joke Awards.... Seriously the most wrong person to organize such an event.

[Nacho_Z]

I haven't played either yet although I will be getting both, but it seems very clear to me from what I've read on here and elsewhere that out of RDR2 and GOW people have enjoyed GOW a lot more, and isn't that what's most important?

[BLUEKNIFE]

God of War is what great creativity can do. RDR2 is what a big budget can do. For me, God of War should win.

[wraith9999]

God of War and RDR2 with 8 noms a piece, 7 for spider-man, congrats to all parties involved lmao thats huge

[WANNAGETHIGH]

God of war for me

[Asuka]

MHW for best RPG... WTF? Monster Hunter is more actionrpg series, and MHW is the least RPG of the whole series. Xenoblade 2 should have be nominated instead. But whatever i guess

[microgenius]

Go Kratos go

[Immorals]

Spiderman seems out of place being nominated GOTY. It was a fantastic game, but not GOTY worthy. Beyond the main story it was very shallow. Forza Horizon 4 would be worthy of nomination

[PIxels_Of_Worth]

It's a shame Tetris Effect came out too late.

[opc]

Is the new Assassin's Creed game not considered a Role Playing Game? It's essentially The Witcher 3 with climbing.

[Xavi4K]

I don't want to spoil Game award for anyone but GOTY will be RDR2