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The 2018 Giant Bomb Game of the Year Thread

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    Knight_ wrote: »
    I would be sad to see Tetris win just because it did absolutely nothing for me, and despite the presentation it's still pretty much just Tetris.

    I know I'm in the minority and that's gonna be a bit of a hot take, but well

    tetris winning would bum me out because it's not half as good as the tetris game that came out last year, which didn't even place

    this is 100% not a goof, i'm curious but couldn't find it: which tetris game came out last year?

    Puyo Puyo Tetris

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    Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    Knight_ wrote: »
    I would be sad to see Tetris win just because it did absolutely nothing for me, and despite the presentation it's still pretty much just Tetris.

    I know I'm in the minority and that's gonna be a bit of a hot take, but well

    tetris winning would bum me out because it's not half as good as the tetris game that came out last year, which didn't even place

    this is 100% not a goof, i'm curious but couldn't find it: which tetris game came out last year?

    Maybe Puyo Puyo?

    oh shit duh. i'm a dumb.

    that game was good as hell, 2018 so long i just forgot about it i guess.

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    WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    Dan and Vinny are gonna pitch HARD for Contra and they should because This is The Run was the best feature of 2018

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    Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Puyo Puyo came out in 2013 in Japan, which I'm pretty sure Jeff imported.

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    Puyo Puyo came out in 2013 in Japan, which I'm pretty sure Jeff imported.

    it did, but it was a 2017 american release

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    Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Puyo Puyo came out in 2013 in Japan, which I'm pretty sure Jeff imported.

    it did, but it was a 2017 american release

    Right, but it wasn't a 2017 game for Jeff and co, which might be why it didn't place.

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    Puyo Puyo came out in 2013 in Japan, which I'm pretty sure Jeff imported.

    it did, but it was a 2017 american release

    Right, but it wasn't a 2017 game for Jeff and co, which might be why it didn't place.

    i will accept no excuses for the way they completely snubbed 2017's true game of the year

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    CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    edited December 2018
    Edit: d’oh thought of the wrong year

    Will Spider-Man be this year’s Horizon?

    Ceno on
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    Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Puyo Puyo came out in 2013 in Japan, which I'm pretty sure Jeff imported.

    it did, but it was a 2017 american release

    Right, but it wasn't a 2017 game for Jeff and co, which might be why it didn't place.

    i will accept no excuses for the way they completely snubbed 2017's true game of the year

    Wolfenstein II: The New Collossus?

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    CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    Come on podcast app get with the program

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    Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Website isn't updated either.

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    Ceno wrote: »
    Edit: d’oh thought of the wrong year

    Will Spider-Man be this year’s Horizon?

    i think so

    i don't really know of any of them that really wanna go to bat for it, it might sneak in near the bottom of the list but i'm not expecting it to do very well

    probably depends at least a little on which Dan hates more: Spider-Man, or playing RDR2

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    Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Website isn't updated either.

    Wait, it's just not on the top of the page for some reason.

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    WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    Why would anyone hate—

    Oh is this because Spider-Man doesn't kill people and usually has a kind of goofy rapport with his villains

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    David_TDavid_T A fashion yes-man is no good to me. Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered User regular
    Huh. The video link of the Day One deliberations point to the podcast, not an actual video. I wonder if that's a goof or they didn't record video?

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    Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    Wyborn wrote: »
    Why would anyone hate—

    Oh is this because Spider-Man doesn't kill people and usually has a kind of goofy rapport with his villains

    it is amusing that, as a living, breathing cartoon character, dan doesn't like goofy things.

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    Wyborn wrote: »
    Why would anyone hate—

    Oh is this because Spider-Man doesn't kill people and usually has a kind of goofy rapport with his villains

    yes

    he thinks spider-man is dorky and dumb

    real heroes murder bad guys, spider-man just punches them and says a stupid joke

    he begrudgingly accepts Batman because even though he should murder more people at least he beats them within an inch of their life

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    ZayZay yes i am zay Registered User regular
    it's going to be a tough fight for the top 3, God of War, Divinity: Original Sin 2, and Nekojishi, but unfortunately only one of those actually came out this year

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    LasbrookLasbrook It takes a lot to make a stew When it comes to me and youRegistered User regular
    David_T wrote: »
    Huh. The video link of the Day One deliberations point to the podcast, not an actual video. I wonder if that's a goof or they didn't record video?

    There’s a button you can click to switch it to the video. They’ve consolidated how they used to post three different versions of the bombcast into one version with modifiers.

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    WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    The act 3 boss fights in Spider-Man were perfect illustrations of what makes that character fun, both because of the back-and-forth jokes and because it felt like Spidey really had to cut loose when fighting two of his villains simultaneously

    The bit with Electro, mwa

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    CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    Oh man they’ve changed things up

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    Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    overcast please i need postcasts in my ears

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    Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Ceno wrote: »
    Oh man they’ve changed things up

    Yeah, it's a different format this year
    They're going to discuss a huge list of 79+ games and then afterwards do pared down awards (down to 10, I think "worst game" is gone, but hottest mess and most disappointing are still there.) Also, everyone but Rorie is in the room.

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    CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    Check the non premium feed Knight

    I always have to use it to get the GOTY podcasts in a timely way

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    Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    Ceno wrote: »
    Check the non premium feed Knight

    I always have to use it to get the GOTY podcasts in a timely way

    hot strats, thanks!

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    CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    Please Stop and Best Surprise got cut from the new list categories.

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    that's a bummer, those are both good categories, and this was a big year for Please Stop

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Spider-Man spoiler
    The fact that Peter is just so fucking happy that Electro gets his joke is pitch perfect.

    And the choices/sacrifices at the end are some of the most Spider-Man shit to ever Spider-Man

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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    TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    I saw the list but didn't listen to the podcast. Did they even discuss Yoku's Island Express? They seemed to love it at the beginning of the year, but I assume it was forgotten about like early year releases tend to be.

    bnet: TheStig#1787 Steam: TheStig
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    existexist Registered User regular
    TheStig wrote: »
    I saw the list but didn't listen to the podcast. Did they even discuss Yoku's Island Express? They seemed to love it at the beginning of the year, but I assume it was forgotten about like early year releases tend to be.

    General consensus was that it was a really neat idea that somewhat wore out its charm towards the end of the game as the mechanics became tedious. They mention they are looking forward to a follow up.

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    PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    exist wrote: »
    TheStig wrote: »
    I saw the list but didn't listen to the podcast. Did they even discuss Yoku's Island Express? They seemed to love it at the beginning of the year, but I assume it was forgotten about like early year releases tend to be.

    General consensus was that it was a really neat idea that somewhat wore out its charm towards the end of the game as the mechanics became tedious. They mention they are looking forward to a follow up.

    I got the impression that none of them had finished it and I think by followup they more meant whatever Villa Gorilla does next rather than a Yoku's Island Express 2.

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    NeveronNeveron HellValleySkyTree SwedenRegistered User regular
    TheStig wrote: »
    I saw the list but didn't listen to the podcast. Did they even discuss Yoku's Island Express? They seemed to love it at the beginning of the year, but I assume it was forgotten about like early year releases tend to be.

    the first three podcasts had them talking a bit about pretty much every game they found interesting that year and then nominating them fir categories, so there were a lot less forgotten games this time around. They even actually covered last year's post-GOTY games for once.

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