Game Awards 2024 Predictions?

[crantheman]

With the game awards less than two months away, I've been thinking about possible contenders for Game Of The Year. Previous year's winners went like this:

2014 - Dragon Age: Inquisition
2015 - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2016 - Overwatch
2017 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2018 - God of War
2019 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
2020 - The Last of Us Part II
2021 - It Takes Two
2022 - Elden Ring
2023 - Baldur’s Gate 3

The biggest contenders for GOTY most likely will be between FF7 Rebirth, Black Myth Wukong, Astro Bot, and Metaphor ReFantazio (Altas had such a huge year with this and Persona 3 Reload). Personally, I believe Black Myth Wukong is the most deserving for game of the year (It's the only game I've completed out of the games I listed, so I have a bit of bias). It's a fantastic love letter to Journey To The West backed by great gameplay, a great story, and a world filled with gorgeous detail. In addition, the game was developed by a small team of 60, and I always like rooting for the underdogs.

How about you guys? What would you like to see fighting for the GOTY spot this year?

 

[Corpocore]

I think Astrobot definitely has a chance to win, one of the best 3D platformers I've ever played. Team Asobi just doesn't miss.

 

[Andrew]

I have never felt so out of the loop, yet Wukong seems to be the current media darling (note that I don’t say this as an insult) so that’s my anticipated winner. What I’ve played of Metaphor rules, though I’m not sure if it’s gonna have the same impact that P5 did.

 

[Super Crab Deluxe Turbo X]

there isn't a Best DLC category or anything so my prediction is that they're going to put the Elden Ring DLC in the outright GOTY category and people will get understandably mad about it lol

 

[KeplerElectronics]

2014 - Dragon Age: Inquisition
2015 - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2016 - Overwatch
2017 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2018 - God of War
2019 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
2020 - The Last of Us Part II
2021 - It Takes Two
2022 - Elden Ring
2023 - Baldur’s Gate 3

I was going to agree with Andrew that I feel out of the loop, then I reread the list of past winners and realized the only one I've played from this list is BotW. I've always been out of the loop on these games, this year is no exception. I legit have no clue what games came out this year that might get it.

My personal GOTY nominations are almost always indie, this year it's probably Selaco or Animal Well. If the To The Moon Beach Episode was longer it'd probably be in contention as well, but it's both incredibly short and pretty much requires playing the first three games and minisodes to properly enjoy.

 

[crantheman]

What I’ve played of Metaphor rules, though I’m not sure if it’s gonna have the same impact that P5 did.

As much praise Metaphor ReFantazio has gotten, Persona 5 was a HUGE phenomenon when it came out. I remember being in high school and all the nerds and gamers in my school were talking about the game. One guy brought his PS4 into school just to play some of the game during lunch, and had a huge crowd watching behind him. The game is also the reason I love acid jazz/jazz fusion in general. I'm not sure if Metaphor could ever reach the impact of Persona 5, no matter how good the game may be.

 

[crantheman]

My personal GOTY nominations are almost always indie, this year it's probably Selaco or Animal Well.

As much as I'd love indie games to get more attention, sadly it's usually the big AAA titles that get the attention at the Game Awards.

(Although I think Hades won a ton of awards during the 2020 show if I'm correct)