Keyser_Soze Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I did this last year, I feel like this year they supposedly trimmed the categories and I think it still managed to be longer. It was mostly just Brad jizzing over how he role-played Arthur in RDR2 and pleading his case why it should win 3 different categories. Despite that I thought it was weird that when they got to GOTY and... Spoiler When they got to Dead Cells at #2 they didn't even talk about it, it was like an automatic #2 for no reason at all. Here's the Full Lists: Best Style Spoiler Tetris Effect Gorogoa Return of the Obra Dinn Best Music Spoiler Red Dead Redemption 2 Celeste Donut County Best Debut Spoiler Return of the Obra Dinn Into the Breach Dead Cells Hottest Mess Spoiler Fallout 76 Filip Miucin's plagiarism scandal Questionable workplace practices and Culture in the gaming industry Best Moment or Sequence Spoiler Athur's last ride / fight in RDR 2 Trying to piece the relationship back together in Florence Beating Dead Cells Best Story Spoiler Read Dead Redemption 2 Marvel's Spider-Man Return off the Obra Dinn Best Ongoing Game Spoiler Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Fortnite Destiny 2 Best Looking Spoiler God of War Red Dead Redemption 2 Dragon Ball FighterZ Most Disappointing Spoiler Sea of Thieves Fallout 76 Red Dead Redemption 2 Best Game Spoiler Dragon Ball FighterZ Monster Hunter: World Hitman 2 Marvel's Spider-Man Return of the Obra Dinn Into the Breach Red Dead Redemption 2 God of War Dead Cells Tetris Effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 RDR2 sure is controversial lol... and Spoiler while God of War is a great looking game, some of the environments and weather effects in RDR 2 blow it out of the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anzo Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I listened as well. Afterwards I went to the site to read the write-ups. Doesn't seem like they even did write-ups this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Does Abby add anything to the conversation? Or does she continue to bring in non-core games (like the Sims) all the way through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 45 minutes ago, Anzo said: I listened as well. Afterwards I went to the site to read the write-ups. Doesn't seem like they even did write-ups this year. They have personal GOTY writeups but they don't ever write a site-wide GOTY writeup. At least they didn't last year. 33 minutes ago, mikechorney said: Does Abby add anything to the conversation? Or does she continue to bring in non-core games (like the Sims) all the way through? Mmm kinda. She certainly wasn't as annoying as last year. I think she's carved in a place. She was mostly like "I like this because it's dumb or bad" saying she wants to play fallout 76 and how she enjoyed Detroit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anzo Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: They have personal GOTY writeups but they don't ever write a site-wide GOTY writeup. At least they didn't last year. Au contraire, my friend. They have always had a site-wide write up until this year. Here are all of the daily write ups from 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 28 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: They have personal GOTY writeups but they don't ever write a site-wide GOTY writeup. At least they didn't last year. Mmm kinda. She certainly wasn't as annoying as last year. I think she's carved in a place. She was mostly like "I like this because it's dumb or bad" saying she wants to play fallout 76 and how she enjoyed Detroit. If I hear "it's bad, but in a good way" one more time -- I may lost it. I'm only mid-way through Day 4 -- and so far Jeff and Abby have been a "disruptive influence", although generally Jeff is more quick to acquiesce understand that his opinions are different than the rest of the team. I have been surprised by how few of the team have played many of the "big holiday releases" -- i.e. SoTR, AC:O, JC4, Battlefield V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 53 minutes ago, Anzo said: Au contraire, my friend. They have always had a site-wide write up until this year. Here are all of the daily write ups from 2017. Hmm, they're super buried which is why I probably never looked at them or just listened to them anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 30 minutes ago, mikechorney said: I'm only mid-way through Day 4 -- and so far Jeff and Abby have been a "disruptive influence", although generally Jeff is more quick to acquiesce understand that his opinions are different than the rest of the team. I kinda feel bad for Jeff, seems like he really liked Donut County and BLOPS 4 the most this year but Brad basically wouldn't budge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I’m still on day three listening on my walks to and from work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysDyingX Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I'll start listening on my commute tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anzo Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 32 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Hmm, they're super buried which is why I probably never looked at them or just listened to them anyway. For sure. They were generally hard to find, so I’m not surprised they just didn’t do them this year. 😝 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 3 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: RDR2 sure is controversial lol... and Reveal hidden contents while God of War is a great looking game, some of the environments and weather effects in RDR 2 blow it out of the water. Rdr2 is the best looking game ever, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 1 minute ago, best3444 said: Rdr2 is the best looking game ever, imo. It's definitely up there... some of those lighting and whether effects are borderline photo-realistic. Shouldn't have even been a contest to be honest. and Spoiler DBZ Z figthers? Really??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 It's weird they do so much GOTY content when Jeff has pretty much openly stated that GOTY awards are meaningless, and only seems interested in acting like a devil's advocate the entire time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 1 minute ago, Chris- said: It's weird they do so much GOTY content when Jeff has pretty much openly stated that GOTY awards are meaningless. its because it is so popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 55 minutes ago, Chris- said: It's weird they do so much GOTY content when Jeff has pretty much openly stated that GOTY awards are meaningless, and only seems interested in acting like a devil's advocate the entire time. Jeff would also argue that video games are stupid and pointless, but he still enjoys talking about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 GB GOTY exists to show what an arbitrary shitshow GOTY awards are and it is a self-fulfilling process that they be a hot mess. It's the time of year when all my favorite gaming journalists gather around the Festivus pole for the airing of grievances and to talk about how much they inexplicably like Destiny 2. I haven't finished day five, but so far I am disappointed by Jeff's acquiescence to Brad's iron-fisted rule, and that Abby has fallen into the Navarro school of highlighting her games but not actually rallying for them to be on the final list. I am particularly disappointed that a game with literally no story managed to place third in best story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 1 hour ago, skillzdadirecta said: It's definitely up there... some of those lighting and whether effects are borderline photo-realistic. Shouldn't have even been a contest to be honest. and Reveal hidden contents DBZ Z figthers? Really??? That is by far one of the best and most enjoyable fighters I have ever played. Edit* oh I see you were commenting in relation to best looking. Yeah odd choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 6 minutes ago, Mercury33 said: That is by far one of the best and most enjoyable fighters I have ever played. Edit* oh I see you were commenting in relation to best looking. Yeah odd choice. Yeah it's fun and great looking in its own right... but third best looking game of the year? No. Just No. I'm literally watching my nephews play it as I type this lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I just don't have it in me to listen to all of these any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 "Game of the year is a battle of will, it is not an electoral process" -Brad Shoemaker 2018 I'm glad that things are finally getting spicy around Most Disappointing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Brad is the reason I stopped listening to GB goty discussion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Lol. Most disappointing. GTFO. Reviewers played for one hour week one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Brad is dope haters GTFO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 7 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Mmm kinda. She certainly wasn't as annoying as last year. I think she's carved in a place. She was mostly like "I like this because it's dumb or bad" saying she wants to play fallout 76 and how she enjoyed Detroit. She definitely wasn't as bad as last year. Last year she wouldn't stfu about that Dream Daddy game. I remember being super annoyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Abby was much improved from last year. And her hot take on Tetris being #1 was fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I was really hoping that old man Jeff would show up to let everyone know that the actual best game of 2018, Spoiler Donut Country , needed to be on the top 10 list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 5 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: Yeah it's fun and great looking in its own right... but third best looking game of the year? No. Just No. I'm literally watching my nephews play it as I type this lol I think it deserves to be there but if anything it deserves to be on best style more than best looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Listening to Brad talk about RDR2 in the final discussion has made me really want to play the game in a way that no other video or discussion has. Also, the best-looking category was victimized by the best style category where they pushed DBZ and octopath out by saying they would fit better in best-looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, Moa said: Also, the best-looking category was victimized by the best style category where they pushed DBZ and octopath out by saying they would fit better in best-looking. And they got to best looking and said Octopath wouldn't hang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 On 1/6/2019 at 9:05 PM, Moa said: Also, the best-looking category was victimized by the best style category where they pushed DBZ and octopath out by saying they would fit better in best-looking. I wouldn't say that. They weren't saying those games would for sure get a spot in best looking, but felt the arguments being made for them would give them a better shot at making those lists. I don't think Octopath belongs on any end of the year "best of" list, personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 9 minutes ago, Paperclyp said: I wouldn't say that. They weren't saying those games would for sure get a spot in best looking, but felt the arguments being made for them would give them a better shot at making those lists. I don't think Octopath belongs on any end of the year "best of" list, personally. Best combat system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Also, I almost think it's a good idea they don't put out just the straight up results of the pod, because out of context it doesn't always make sense. I agree that Abby was infinitely better this year. Last year, she would say the same 2-3 lines about the games she liked. Alex is probably the one who rubs the the wrong way the most. He has this very mechanical way of putting all of his arguments, essentially: 1. Makes a statement, 2. Comes up with three sentences with vague descriptors, 3. Makes another statement. And I don't usually buy that it's coming from a genuine place. I get why people don't like Brad's strategy, but he makes this podcast work for me every year. He's very passionate and by far the most prepared and eloquent. When he disagrees with Dan it really entertains me. I really love their dynamic, and I get a kick out of how Brad kind of self awaringly (not a word) plays the "game" more than anyone else. Also, if you don't follow GB all that much and don't like Brad from these pods, just know that he's a genuinely awesome human being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Just now, Keyser_Soze said: Best combat system? I do really like the combat system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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