Ar Nosurge and Tears to Tiara are both really great - they are story heavy RPGs. Folklore was also good - it is an older PS3 game with more action based gameplay. And the Littlebig Planet games are joy - worth checking out even if you are not interested in level creation. Especially Littlebig Planet 2.
Game Awards!
Hereās a full rundown, since not all of them are actually done on-stage for some fucking reason and its easy to miss them
BEST FAMILY GAME
Super Mario Maker (Nintendo EAD Group No. 4/Nintendo)
BEST FIGHTING GAME
Mortal Kombat X (NetherRealm Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME
Splatoon (Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo)
BEST MOBILE/HANDHELD GAME
Lara Croft Go (Square Enix Montreal/Square Enix)
ESPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR
OpTic Gaming
ESPORTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kenny āKennySā Schrub (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive/Team EnVyUs)
ESPORTS GAME OF THE YEAR
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
No Manās Sky (Hello Games)
BEST NARRATIVE
Her Story (Sam Barlow)
TRENDING GAMER
Greg Miller
BEST INDIE GAME
Rocket League (Psyonix)
BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME
Rocket League (Psyonix)
GAMES FOR CHANGE
Life is Strange (Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix)
BEST FAN CREATION
Portal Stories: Mel (Prism Studios)
DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR
CD Projekt Red (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)
BEST ART DIRECTION
Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios/Microsoft Studios)
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions/Konami)
BEST SCORE/SOUNDTRACK
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Ludvig Forssell, Justin Burnett, Daniel James/Kojima Productions)
BEST PERFORMANCE
Viva Seifert (Her Story)
GAME OF THE YEAR
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Only awards I disagree with a decent amount are Fighting which should of been Guilty Gear and Art Direction which should of been Bloodborne, Rest (besides the esports ones who the fuck even) were all fine and I agree for the most part.
As for the general niceness/hilarity of the showā¦ Iwata tribute and the AMAZING KONAMI BLOW-OUT were fantastic, as was Troy Bakerās joke when he was presenting. The slip-ups and failures were also great.
also CHVRCHES is cool I guess
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I personally donāt like W3 and FO4, but those 2 were the only games this year that really deserved to win GOTY, and W3 really outdid FO4, so Iām happy that it won
Whoā¦?
No Undertale or Until Dawn? Boooooo!
Her Story deserves both those awards though. Glad it got some recognition.
Splatoon for Best Multiplayer Game is pretty cool. Strangely enough, Splatoon also won Best Shooter Game, but wasnāt listed.
But yeah, Iām happy about those results for Splatoon.
I really didnāt play too many other games this year to have an opinion on anything else.
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So I just started playing Smite and I think this might be the first MOBA I can actually get into. I played World of Warcraft for years, and the behind the back 3rd person camera and WASD movement feels so much more natural to me than any click-based interface ever could.
Does anyone else play? Iād love to have some company. If you do sign up, be sure to put ātherationalpiā down as a reference so I can get swag!
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Thatās the main problem I have with Smite. Itās controls arenāt very intuitive to me. I had to remap all the abilities to mouse buttons just so I can actually use them. The camera also makes it harder to kite, so much so that Gods have abilities just to allow them to kite. Medusa actually spends a passive on it!
It definitely feels very different as a MOBA.
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I have been curious about smite for a while and would be willing to try it out, I do have an account but I never played it. If you ever want a team mate, just ask me on discord.
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Iām also curious! I guess Iāll install it.
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Iāve never tried a MOBA; maybe I should. I had gotten a beta invite to the Total War Arena thing; still havenāt actually played it yet. Iāll start it up and see if I like it, haha.
Iām actually most excited for a new World War II Grand Strategy game: Hearts of Iron IV. LOVE WWII stuff, so Iām hyped. Anyone here play Hearts of Iron III or Company of Heroes 2 (a WWII RTS thatās also lovely)? Iām thirsting for other people to play with.
My experiences with MOBAs have been meh at best. Iāve never really cared for them. Though ironically right now Iām massively into whatās basically a PvE teamwork MOBA where you as a team go up against an enemy team with generally stronger creeps and boss monsters coming down all lanes periodically. Itās really damn addictive. If anyone else happens to still be playing Warcraft III and is interested in trying this one, hit me up ^^
Itās basically just tower defense with you as a special siege unit. I think MOBAs are largely a genre of games for people who donāt game often. You first get brought in by a desire to understand, and once that desire is fulfilled, itās just something you can see or play for a break from something else. Itās like football or something. You see it or hear about it, think āoh, I might play that for a game or twoā and then you go do something else. Itās very casual. The other type of play is the person who just plays one game very seriously for some years, then finds another game and plays only that for some years.
I think itād be really hard to get into a MOBA without first being somewhat invested in other aspects of that MOBA. Watching it, or hearing people talk a lot about it, or just liking things that spawn from it. Again, you need that desire of understanding as a primary engagement.
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I remember watching some Youtube commentators on some championship MOBA game. DOTA 2 World Championship, I think?
I always loved going to tournaments, but Iām only average at that kind of stuff. It was fun to watch, though.
Iāll just be over here, playing the rather late but surprisingly good PC port of Dragonās Dogma all day
Been playing Blade and Soul a lot recently. The character creator, despite lacking some simple face-features, is really really good. The models kinda suck, but itās still a pretty game.
I think the two things that make it a bit unique are itās focus on questing and itās combat system. Iāve never had to stop and grind at all yetā¦ In fact, the only grind has been boss battles, but thatās because Iām rushing into higher level dungeons stupidly. Playing as an Assassin, itās so satisfying to pull of a combo, though it takes a bit of set-up if you are solo-ing through dungeonsā¦ Itās a bit slow at times, but when you get set up, the enemies drop in a second.
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I was literally about to post about that game! I read about it on reddit earlier, but wasnāt sure if anyone had played it yet. It just came out a month or two ago, right? Iāve heard good stuff about it; might try it later. Iāve been missing my MMO fix.
Been playing the Japanese version of it, pretty promising I might say. Too bad I couldnāt play it much but Iāll play it again soon for sure.
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Playing alot of games right now, Blade and Soul, League of Legends, CSGO, and Battlefield 4
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Iām just playing Battlefield 4 and some WWII PC games atm. And Fate/Grand Order. Might pick up Blade and Soul, though it depends on if any friends join it; Iāve come to find MMOs boring if itās just me lol. Hence why I dropped SWTOR Online.
