The Actual Game Awards

With most of the announcements from The Game Awards covered, it's time for the afterthought of who actually won last night. The big winner is PlayStation exclusive Astro Bot, which took home Keighleys for Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Action/Adventure Game, and Best Family Game. As always, the overwrought official website is perhaps the worst place to look for an easily digested rundown of recipients. So for the following list of winners we borrowed from Reddit:

Award Winners:

  • Best Mobile Game: Balatro
  • Best Fighting Game: Tekken 8
  • Best E-Sports Game: League of Legends
  • Best E-Sports Athlete: FAKER
  • The Game Awards - Game Changer: Amir
  • Best E-Sports: Team T1
  • Best Family Game: Astro Bot
  • Best Performance: Melina Juergens - Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
  • Best Debut Indie: Balatro
  • Best Adaptation: Fallout
  • Best Narrative: Metaphor: Refantazio
  • Best Art Direction: Metaphor: Refantazio
  • Best VR/AR Game: Batman: Arkham Shadow
  • Best Sim/Strategy Game: FROSTPUNK 2
  • Best Community Support: Baldur's Gate 3
  • Games for Impact: NEVA
  • Best Sports/Racing Game: EA SPORTS FC 25
  • Best Multiplayer Game: Helldivers 2
  • Innovation and Accessibility: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
  • Best Audio Design: Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
  • Content Creator of the Year: CASEOH
  • Most Anticipated Game: GRAND THEFT AUTO 6
  • Best Action Game: Black Myth: Wukong
  • Best Score & Music: Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
  • Best RPG: Metaphor: Refantazio
  • Players Voice: Black Myth: Wukong
  • Best Independent Game: Balatro
  • Best Action/Adventure Game: Astro Bot
  • Best Ongoing Game: Helldivers 2
  • Best Game Direction: Astro Bot
  • Game of the Year Astro Bot
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Re: The Actual Game Awards
Dec 16, 2024, 23:23
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Simon Says wrote on Dec 14, 2024, 22:34:
RedEye9 wrote on Dec 14, 2024, 18:52:
most sold doesn't mean GOTY

#Strawman, I never said HD2 should be GOTY or GOTY should be determined by sales.

I'm speaking about outliers and how Astro Bot doesn't seem at all what it's hyped up to allegedly be in with that award.

Compare to last year with BG3, it was undeniable, this one? Meh.

RedEye9 wrote on Dec 14, 2024, 18:52:
it's still you

Lol, ok. *shrugs*

RedEye9 wrote on Dec 14, 2024, 18:52:
it's ok to be wrong

*Nods in eager agreement*
Nah, HD2 did deserve GOTY. Astro Bot is fun, but it's not the breakaway hit that HD2 was. It didn't blow up on social media like HD2 did and continues to. Even Wukong didn't have that much of an impact, and it's just a soulslike with Chinese mythology slapped on top of it.
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Dec 15, 2024, 20:43
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Jivaro wrote on Dec 15, 2024, 20:29:
Old men don't understand games not aimed at old men.

Shocked face?
Best Action/Adventure Game: Astro Bot
Game of the Year: Astro Bot
Best Family Game: Astro Bot
Best Game Direction: Astro Bot

The only way one game could win so many awards is if Elon let Putin hack the Starlinks ... again.
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Re: The Actual Game Awards
Dec 15, 2024, 20:33
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Dec 15, 2024, 20:33
 
Jivaro wrote on Dec 15, 2024, 20:29:
Old men don't understand games not aimed at old men.

Shocked face?

News at 11

News at 5 so you get to bed at a reasonable time.
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Re: The Actual Game Awards
Dec 15, 2024, 20:29
Jivaro
 
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Dec 15, 2024, 20:29
 Jivaro
 
Old men don't understand games not aimed at old men.

Shocked face?
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Dec 15, 2024, 12:15
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Dec 15, 2024, 12:15
 
Never played Minecraft, but I saw a video the other day. Graphics are so blocky that my eyes bled. Player fought a zombie and combat looked super lame. I'd be shocked if this "game" broke 10,000 copies sold.
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Re: The Actual Game Awards
Dec 14, 2024, 22:51
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Dec 14, 2024, 22:51
 
It looks really good and fun.
Dunkey liked it a lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgixxiEAi7Q
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Re: The Actual Game Awards
Dec 14, 2024, 22:34
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Dec 14, 2024, 22:34
 
RedEye9 wrote on Dec 14, 2024, 18:52:
most sold doesn't mean GOTY

#Strawman, I never said HD2 should be GOTY or GOTY should be determined by sales.

I'm speaking about outliers and how Astro Bot doesn't seem at all what it's hyped up to allegedly be in with that award.

Compare to last year with BG3, it was undeniable, this one? Meh.

RedEye9 wrote on Dec 14, 2024, 18:52:
it's still you

Lol, ok. *shrugs*

RedEye9 wrote on Dec 14, 2024, 18:52:
it's ok to be wrong

*Nods in eager agreement*
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Re: The Actual Game Awards
Dec 14, 2024, 19:05
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Re: The Actual Game Awards Dec 14, 2024, 19:05
Dec 14, 2024, 19:05
 
Who cares, man? The whole list is one shit bomb after another. Worst gaming year ever. But that's cool because the backlog is un-fucking-real and it's nice when you can so easily hard-pass on pretty much everything. Fuck 'The Game Awards'. Fuck Astro Bot. Fuck 2024. And especially extra-fuck Helldivers 2 (the lamest game in existence)!
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Dec 14, 2024, 18:52
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Dec 14, 2024, 18:52
 
most sold doesn't mean GOTY
it's still you
it's ok to be wrong
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Re: The Actual Game Awards
Dec 14, 2024, 18:30
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RedEye9 wrote on Dec 14, 2024, 15:23:
The Game of the Year was released September 6, 2024 and is already one of best-selling PlayStation 5 video games.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_5_video_games
it's you

In 3 months? That's nothing in 2024.

Evidence ( source ):

"Sony has now announced official sales data for the game, which is even more impressive. In its first 12 weeks on the market, Helldivers 2 has sold an astounding 12 million copies across PC and PS5."

Astro Bot players definitely are the outliers, by a very large ratio ( 8 to 1 ) and that's just ONE of the other numerous games released in 2024.
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Dec 14, 2024, 17:48
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Mr. Tact wrote on Dec 14, 2024, 17:40:
RedEye9 wrote on Dec 14, 2024, 15:23:
The Game of the Year was released September 6, 2024 and is already one of best-selling PlayStation 5 video games.
Indeed, how could 77m+ people be wrong?

More importantly, unless you made one of the other games, who cares?
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Re: The Actual Game Awards
Dec 14, 2024, 17:40
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RedEye9 wrote on Dec 14, 2024, 15:23:
The Game of the Year was released September 6, 2024 and is already one of best-selling PlayStation 5 video games.
Indeed, how could 77m+ people be wrong?
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Re: The Actual Game Awards
Dec 14, 2024, 15:23
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Re: The Actual Game Awards Dec 14, 2024, 15:23
Dec 14, 2024, 15:23
 
The Game of the Year was released September 6, 2024 and is already one of best-selling PlayStation 5 video games.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_5_video_games
it's you
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Dec 14, 2024, 15:09
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Dec 14, 2024, 15:09
 
Beamer wrote on Dec 14, 2024, 11:31:
Because the outlier appears to be you, so yeah, probably just you.

Nonsense, I just looked at the sales figures, they're just 1.5 millions, plenty of games this year easily sold ten millions plus.

Also, there are hundreds of millions of gamers ( if not billions ), so 1.5 millions? Seems like Astro Bot players, per the numbers given, are the outliers.
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Dec 14, 2024, 11:52
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Simon Says wrote on Dec 14, 2024, 11:13:
Astro Bot winning GOTY got me curious...
I then watched a gameplay video on Youtube and I have no idea how this was even nominated.
It feels like a crap indie game mixed with late 90's N64 third person Mario64 and co. gameplay, but done incredibly badly and sloppily.
Makes all the other awards lose all credibility in my eyes, but that's just me. *shrugs*
I had never heard of it. I watched a IGN review from three months ago, I was not impressed. Definitely looks to have the feel of a console game, which it is. Whatever. If people enjoy it, good for them. It is not for me.
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Re: The Actual Game Awards
Dec 14, 2024, 11:31
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Dec 14, 2024, 11:31
 
Simon Says wrote on Dec 14, 2024, 11:13:

Astro Bot winning GOTY got me curious...
I then watched a gameplay video on Youtube and I have no idea how this was even nominated.
It feels like a crap indie game mixed with late 90's N64 third person Mario64 and co. gameplay, but done incredibly badly and sloppily.
Makes all the other awards lose all credibility in my eyes, but that's just me. *shrugs*

It's pretty much the most beloved and highly rated game of the year, critically and user reviews, so maybe watching a video didn't give the full experience, or maybe it's just a genre you aren't a huge fan of. Because the outlier appears to be you, so yeah, probably just you.

Platformers aren't really my thing, either.

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Dec 14, 2024, 11:13
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Dec 14, 2024, 11:13
 

Astro Bot winning GOTY got me curious...
I then watched a gameplay video on Youtube and I have no idea how this was even nominated.
It feels like a crap indie game mixed with late 90's N64 third person Mario64 and co. gameplay, but done incredibly badly and sloppily.
Makes all the other awards lose all credibility in my eyes, but that's just me. *shrugs*
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Re: The Actual Game Awards
Dec 14, 2024, 09:35
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Re: The Actual Game Awards Dec 14, 2024, 09:35
Dec 14, 2024, 09:35
 
Yeah, fuck GTA VI, that lame, casual human roadkill simulator. There are much more interesting games coming up like that new Mafia title.
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Re: The Actual Game Awards
Dec 13, 2024, 23:44
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Dec 13, 2024, 23:44
 
  • Most Anticipated Game: GRAND THEFT AUTO 6

pfft...

I'm excited for Max Payne remastered.
I don't know much about its development. I'm hoping Remedy will use the Control game engine. It would fit the bill nicely in terms of physics destruction and a massive graphical upgrade from the original.

Still Remedy's best game imo and I love most of their stuff.
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Re: The Actual Game Awards
Dec 13, 2024, 22:18
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Dec 13, 2024, 22:18
 
What in the world is Astro Bot?

Also some of these categories feel like they were invented to give a specific game an award: "Innovation and Accessibility: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown"
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