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[Snowdonhoffen]

Who selects the nominees, anyways?

Here's the jury:

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From my understanding, each member sends their games list for every category and they just choose the games that had the most votes for each category.

 

[tmlDan]

im sure this thread will be civil lol

 

[Bernoulli]

some right now

 

[Arsic]

Take a shot everytime he blinks.

 

[Big Baller]

 

[Shifty1897]

The six nominees for GOTY are live on the website.

Spoiler

• Resident Evil 4
• Tears of the Kingdom
• Spiderman 2
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Alan Wake 2

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[Snowdonhoffen]

The six nominees for GOTY are live on the website.

Spoiler

• Resident Evil 4
• Tears of the Kingdom
• Spiderman 2
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Alan Wake 2

Did they take it down?
When I clink on the nominees section I get "No Results Exist"

 

[Celcius]

The six nominees for GOTY are live on the website.

Spoiler

• Resident Evil 4
• Tears of the Kingdom
• Spiderman 2
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Alan Wake 2

No FF16?
No SF6?
No Star Ocean 2 Remake?

Their list is trash.

 

[Shifty1897]

Did they take it down?
When I clink on the nominees section I get "No Results Exist"

There was a link to "Vote now". I had to sign in with Google and then there it was.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

The six nominees for GOTY are live on the website.

Spoiler

• Resident Evil 4
• Tears of the Kingdom
• Spiderman 2
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Alan Wake 2

This is fair enough, though having both Alan Wake 2 and RE4 on this list together doesn't really make sense.

 

[demigod]

ToTK
Hogwarts
RE4
BG3
FF16
SM2

That’s the 6 I would list. But I think they’ll want to throw in Starfield so MS isn’t left out

That would be the biggest scandal considering Hi-Fi Rush got a better review meta that’t wasn’t purposefully inflated.

 

[OneBigPuss]

The six nominees for GOTY are live on the website.

Spoiler

• Resident Evil 4
• Tears of the Kingdom
• Spiderman 2
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Alan Wake 2

Baldur's Gate 3 will win but my GOTY is Alan Wake 2.

 

[Tsaki]

No SF6. Traaaaaaaaaasshh

 

[Punished Miku]

Best case scenario for me is Spider Man 2 wins it all and the director gets up there and gives a 20 minute acceptance speech with MJ's mo-cap actress. The Sony fans and the PC gaming fans will literally disembowel each other and it will be glorious to see.

 

[GHG]

This is fair enough, though having both Alan Wake 2 and RE4 on this list together doesn't really make sense.

Why not?

They are both two of the best games released this year are they not?

Best case scenario for me is Spider Man 2 wins it all and the director gets up there and gives a 20 minute acceptance speech with MJ's mo-cap actress. The Sony fans and the PC gaming fans will literally disembowel each other and it will be glorious to see.

So bitter.

 

[MMaRsu]

Lol what a trash list. Re4 over Starfield lmao. And I love RE4

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

No starfield for GOTY nomiee? .....

Riky and DarkMage619 don't worry next year will be the year of Xbox, I think Phil will come through this time

 

[T-Cake]

I never vote in these things because it takes me three years to play the games when they get reduced in price!

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Why not?

They are both two of the best games released this year are they not?

2 survival horror games? Not a huge fan of RE4 personally, but I think you're better off picking one to include.

 

[VideoGameEnjoyer]

The six nominees for GOTY are live on the website.

Spoiler

• Resident Evil 4
• Tears of the Kingdom
• Spiderman 2
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Alan Wake 2

Good list. RE4 is the only one you could make a case to remove, if you don't want a remake up there. But the game was also phenomenal.

No FF16?
No SF6?
No Star Ocean 2 Remake?

Their list is trash.

What are you removing? FF16, lol never had a chance. Rightly so.

 

[Snowdonhoffen]

 

[GHG]

2 survival horror games? Not a huge fan of RE4 personally, but I think you're better off picking one to include.

There is nothing that states that two games from the same genre cannot compete in the final nomination list.

 

[adamsapple]

Best Game Direction:

• Alan Wake 2
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Narrative:

• Alan Wake 2
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
• Final Fantasy XVI
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Best Art Direction:

• Alan Wake 2
• Hi-Fi Rush
• Lies of P
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Score and Music:

• Alan Wake 2, composer Petri Alanko
• Baldur's Gate 3, composer Borislav Slavov
• Final Fantasy XVI, composer Masayoshi Soken
• Hi-Fi Rush, audio director Shuichi Kobori
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, composed by Nintendo Sound Team

Best Performance:

• Ben Starr, Final Fantasy XVI
• Cameron Monaghan, Star Wars: Jedi Survivor
• Idris Elba, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
• Melanie Liburd, Alan Wake 2
• Neil Newbon, Baldur's Gate 3
• Yuri Lowenthal, Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Innovation in Accessibility:

• Diablo IV
• Forza Motorsport
• Hi-Fi Rush
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2
• Mortal Kombat 1
• Street Fighter 6

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Best Game Direction:

• Alan Wake 2
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Narrative:

• Alan Wake 2
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
• Final Fantasy XVI
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Best Art Direction:

• Alan Wake 2
• Hi-Fi Rush
• Lies of P
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Score and Music:

• Alan Wake 2, composer Petri Alanko
• Baldur's Gate 3, composer Borislav Slavov
• Final Fantasy XVI, composer Masayoshi Soken
• Hi-Fi Rush, audio director Shuichi Kobori
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, composed by Nintendo Sound Team

This the official list? Lord. People may not like Starfield, but snubbing it for Art Direction and Score and Music is criminal.

 

[GHG]

Best Game Direction:

• Alan Wake 2
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Narrative:

• Alan Wake 2
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
• Final Fantasy XVI
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Best Art Direction:

• Alan Wake 2
• Hi-Fi Rush
• Lies of P
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Score and Music:

• Alan Wake 2, composer Petri Alanko
• Baldur's Gate 3, composer Borislav Slavov
• Final Fantasy XVI, composer Masayoshi Soken
• Hi-Fi Rush, audio director Shuichi Kobori
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, composed by Nintendo Sound Team

Well done From Software on the Lies of P nomination.

This the official list? Lord. People may not like Starfield, but snubbing it for Art Direction and Score and Music is criminal.

Ah so there it is. Now your previous post complaining about RE4 remake makes sense.

 

[T-Cake]

What no Boogie2988? It's a fix!

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Alan Wake 2
Spider-Man 2
Resident Evil 4
Baldur's Gate 3
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

If RE4 Remake isn't in then Hogwarts Legacy or FFXVI.
I really can't see something like Starfield to be nominated. The game has like an 83 on Metacritic. Woudn't that be a first? (or at least rare?)

My mind huh

 

[Dazraell]

Huh, I'm positively surprised they didn't went with Starfield. Overall, very solid list

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

No FF16?
No SF6?
No Star Ocean 2 Remake?

Their list is trash.

FF16 doesn't deserve to be on that list.

 

[Gudji]

The six nominees for GOTY are live on the website.

Spoiler

• Resident Evil 4
• Tears of the Kingdom
• Spiderman 2
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Alan Wake 2

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Also, Baldur's Gate 3 for Score and Music is just stupid. The game is fantastic, but the score is not good.

 

[Bartski]

AC6 best action game

 

[VideoGameEnjoyer]

Great fucking year. And many other great games that didn't get nominated.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Well done From Software on the Lies of P nomination.



Ah so there it is. Now your previous post complaining about RE4 remake makes sense.

I didn't think Starfield would be included. There are many games that should have been included over RE4, IMO.

 

[Horseganador]

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Interesting that Starfield wasnt nominated for best music or art direction.

They are digging their own grave by loosing credibility at this point.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Surprising, yet unsurprising Hogwart's is nowhere to be seen. Can't stir the shitstorm.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Magnum Opus became the Magnum Copium

 

[GHG]

What was it that was being asked in that thread about what's going on with Xbox again?

Well there's your answer.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Kind of surprised they never placated Spencer and co with a Stsrfield nomination.

 

[Bartski]

 

[diffusionx]

Phil needs to go full Miramax and start bribing the voters to get his games nominated. Starfield should have been our Chocolat.

 

[Punished Miku]

This the official list? Lord. People may not like Starfield, but snubbing it for Art Direction and Score and Music is criminal.

You didn't see the whole list. They added a category this year.

Shittiest thing in all categories ever:
Starfield
Pete Hines
Bethesda
Todd Howard
Inon Zurr

 

[Chuck Berry]

They're all such "safe" nominees. Big meh.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Interesting that Starfield wasnt nominated for best music or art direction.

They are digging their own grave by loosing credibility at this point.

The committee clearly has a serious lack of musicians and artists on the nomination board.

 

[Shifty1897]

FF16 doesn't deserve to be on that list.

I really liked FF16 and completely agree.

Hope it wins best music though.

 

[Revolutionary]

2 survival horror games? Not a huge fan of RE4 personally, but I think you're better off picking one to include.

Alan Wake 2 is survival horror, but from a narrative perspective, it is a completely different type of game from RE4. They both deserve a spot.

 

[BlueLyria]

Ok nominations, I would've picked Armored Core 6 over spiderman or mario wonder though.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I really liked FF16 and completely agree.

Hope it wins best music though.

probably.