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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#51: Dec 4th 2023 at 2:57:24 PM

[up][up][up] Genshin is running on high after a fantastic patch that concluded the current storyline, not shocked its up there.

Surprised Star Rail was filtered out.

[up] An 'AAA game', by even the devs standards, being nominated for best Indie certainly brings the TGA's credibility into question.

Edited by Memers on Dec 4th 2023 at 2:58:59 AM

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#52: Dec 4th 2023 at 3:19:00 PM

There's also the whole controversy around Starfield not being nominated for "Game of the Year," according to the Starfield fans.

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#53: Dec 4th 2023 at 3:22:37 PM

Nah that one makes sense

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
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#54: Dec 4th 2023 at 3:23:33 PM

Starfield is not a good game. Hence Starfield is not nominated for Game of the Year. Pretty simple.

Edited by PhiSat on Dec 4th 2023 at 4:24:21 AM

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#55: Dec 4th 2023 at 3:27:37 PM

[up][up][up] [lol] x ∞

But yes, if Dave the Diver is Indie... the Octopath Traveler 2 is indie.

Hell Baldur's Gate 3 is literally Indie.

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#56: Dec 4th 2023 at 3:27:55 PM

I'd expect more controversy once the actual event happens...

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#58: Dec 4th 2023 at 4:59:25 PM

If Genshin wins again, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s out right booing in the audience.

The game came out in 2020, therefore it has no right being nominated for any year other than 2020.

Not to mention Genshin as the fore front of last year’s biggest controversy.

Not like I’m actually gonna give the game a chance because of its genre..gacha. After all, all gacha is Diablo Immortal.

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#59: Dec 4th 2023 at 5:12:26 PM

If I was the devs of Genshin, how much of a wildfire would I ignite if I only gave players free currency for even being nominated, telling them in advance what they got for us being nominated was all they're getting?

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#60: Dec 4th 2023 at 5:22:21 PM

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#61: Dec 4th 2023 at 5:30:35 PM

[up][up]I don't think it would do much of anything, because that's exactly what happened last year. The whole "vote for Genshin for free currency" thing was made up by haters to drum up more support for Sonic. Ironically, that probably contributed to Genshin's win not just because Genshin fans were fooled, but because some racist comments by Sonic fans about Chinese people and bribery went memetic on Chinese social media and sent Asia on a goddamn crusade to make sure Genshin won.

On that note, I've seen nobody say that they think Genshin needs to win, but a hell of a lot of people saying that they're voting for Genshin because they'd love to see everyone who threw temper tantrums last year absolutely explode.

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#62: Dec 4th 2023 at 6:28:34 PM

Starfield and Genshin Impact should fight.

Genshin Impact will probably win, but by then the awards will be over and those two will be out of commission for awhile regardless.

(I have never played Starfield and have no desire to play Starfield so making fun of it is sort of mean but it's Bethesda and Microsoft so I'm okay with being a little mean.)

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#63: Dec 4th 2023 at 7:05:36 PM

I do want to note that Genshin did give out currency for winning the Play Station partner award. Star rail gave the same amount for being nominated for google and apple awards.

Players arnt expecting any more really.

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
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#64: Dec 5th 2023 at 11:07:34 AM

The easiest way is to have a "Best Ongoing Game" category (or multiple, if you want multiple for art design and soundtrack and such) for games as a service and stick nominations there, while otherwise only allowing games from the current year. Genshin did just release a monster update a few months ago that made huge QOL improvements and added underwater gameplay, that's probably where the nominations came from. Plus the memes from last year and it beating Sonic Frontiers.

Edited by PhiSat on Dec 5th 2023 at 12:08:11 PM

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uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
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#65: Dec 5th 2023 at 11:14:01 AM

The Game Awards do have a Best Ongoing game category, which is what Genshin has been nominated for.

Well that and Players Voice, I really have no idea what exactly the requirements for that one are.

Edited by uncertanSearcher on Dec 5th 2023 at 8:15:22 PM

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
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#66: Dec 5th 2023 at 11:14:45 AM

Then why are people complaining? I don't understand. That's where Genshin should be.

Edited by PhiSat on Dec 5th 2023 at 12:15:01 PM

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uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
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#67: Dec 5th 2023 at 11:17:17 AM

Like I just edited in, it has also been nominated for "Players Voice", which pretty much seems to just be a popularity contest without any real rules to it.

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#68: Dec 5th 2023 at 11:17:38 AM

[up][up][up][up]I just want to mention that I read 'underwear gameplay' at first and had to do a double-take.

Edited by Resileafs on Dec 5th 2023 at 2:17:45 PM

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#69: Dec 5th 2023 at 11:17:49 AM

If Genshin wins again, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s out right booing in the audience.

The game came out in 2020, therefore it has no right being nominated for any year other than 2020.

That's not how live game development works, no.

Genshin is, effectively, a game that comes out with a massive new expansion every year. Each of these new installments is eligible for an award, because each of these is effectively a sequel to the original game under the heading of the first one.

As an awards ceremony, you'd have be being really pedantic to only consider the game eligible for the year it came out and nothing else.

IE, how Destiny II: Season of the Witch would be eligible for an award if it was nominated, because it just came out just, even though the original Destiny II game out ages ago.

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#70: Dec 5th 2023 at 11:22:11 AM

Have they nominated any expansions, though?

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#71: Dec 5th 2023 at 11:23:39 AM

It does make sense to make an award category for Gatcha games and the like yes. Getting new content year after year is how they work.

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#73: Dec 5th 2023 at 11:33:22 AM

[up][up][up] I don't know about this year, but it's definitely happened before.

The Game Awards is ostensibly there to reward work and development in the industry, and the popularity of that ongoing work and development with the gaming community. It's kind of baffling people think they would genuinely invalidate the kind of work that goes into game development entirely on what is basically a technicality.

It's true, we're definitely we're in a situation with Genshin of having a type of game that functions and has a significantly different release and development process than most other games, but it would be far worse to have it be rendered ineligible for recognition due to that difference than the current alternative they're doing.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Dec 5th 2023 at 11:56:17 AM

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#74: Dec 5th 2023 at 12:13:32 PM

"And the winner of best game in every category this year is......GTAVI.....somehow."

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#75: Dec 5th 2023 at 1:06:06 PM

So the band "Poets of the Fall" will be at the game awards. They've made licensed songs for most Remedy games and made three banger songs for Alan Wake II. People are hoping they do a live performance of a particular Alan Wake song which would be amazing.


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