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2018 Game of the Year Awards Round-Up

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 01/11/2019
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God of War

Awarded
Game of the Year
Best PlayStation Exclusive
Best Atmosphere
Best Story
Best Sound Design
Best Voice Acting
Best Graphics, Artistic
Best Graphics, Technical
Best Action-Adventure Game

Red Dead Redemption II

Awarded
Best Multi-Platform Game

Nominated
Game of the Year
Best Atmosphere
Best Story
Best Sound Design
Best Voice Acting
Best Graphics, Technical
Best Action-Adventure Game

Octopath Traveler

Awarded
Best Nintendo Exclusive
Best RPG

Nominated
Game of the Year
Best Story
Best Graphics, Artistic

Battlefield V

Awarded
Best Shooter

Nominated
Game of the Year
Best Atmosphere
Best Sound Design
Best Graphics, Technical
Best Multi-Platform Game
Best Multiplayer Game

Monster Hunter World

Awarded
Best Multiplayer Game

Nominated
Game of the Year
Best Sound Design
Best Graphics, Artistic
Best Multi-Platform Game
Best Action-Adventure Game

Forza Horizon 4

Awarded
Best Driving Game

Nominated
Game of the Year
Best Graphics, Technical

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Awarded
Best Indie Game

Nominated
Game of the Year
Best RPG

Fallout 76

Awarded
Most Disappointing Game

Battletech

Awarded
Best PC Exclusive
Best Strategy Game

Nominated
Game of the Year

Pocket City

Awarded
Best Mobile Exclusive

Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Awarded
Best Reissue
Best Platformer

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Awarded
Best Fighter

Nominated
Game of the Year
Best Nintendo Exclusive

Tetris Effect

Awarded
Best Puzzler

Far Cry 5

Nominated
Best Shooter
Best Voice Acting
Best Multiplayer Game
Best Multiplatform Game

Prey: Mooncrash

Nominated
Best Shooter

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

Nominated
Best Shooter
Best Multiplayer Game

Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Nominated
Best Shooter

Call of Cthulhu

Nominated
Best Atmosphere

Vampyr

Nominated
Best Story
Best Indie Game
Best Voice Acting

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Nominated
Game of the Year
Best Story
Best Sound Design
Best Graphics, Technical
Best Action-Adventure Game
Best PlayStation Exclusive

Celeste

Nominated
Best Indie Game
Best Platformer

Dead Cells

Nominated
Best Indie Game
Best Platformer

Wreckfest

Nominated
Best Indie Game
Best Driving Game

Detroit: Become Human

Nominated
Best Voice Acting
Best PlayStation Exclusive

Sea of Thieves

Nominated
Best Graphics, Artistic
Most Disappointing Game

Unravel Two

Nominated
Best Graphics, Artistic

Agony

Nominated
Most Disappointing Game

Darksiders III

Nominated
Most Disappointing Game

Fear Effect Sedna

Nominated
Most Disappointing Game

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Nominated
Best RPG

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Nominated
Best RPG
Best PC Exclusive

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

Nominated
Best RPG

Gaucamelee 2

Nominated
Best Platformer

Oddmar

Nominated
Best Platformer

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Nominated
Best Action-Adventure Game
Best Multiplatform Game

F1 2018

Nominated
Best Driving Game

Onrush

Nominated
Best Driving Game

Burnout Paradise Remastered

Nominated
Best Driving Game
Best Reissue

Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle

Nominated
Best Puzzler

The Room: Old Sins

Nominated
Best Puzzler

Sushi Striker: The Way of the Sushido

Nominated
Best Puzzler

Lumines Remastered

Nominated
Best Puzzler

Frostpunk

Nominated
Best Strategy Game
Best PC Exclusive

Valkyria Chronicles 4

Nominated
Best Strategy Game

Dragon Ball Fighter Z

Nominated
Best Fighter

Soul Calibur VI

Nominated
Best Fighter

Fighting EX Layer

Nominated
Best Fighter

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Nominated
Best Fighter

Kirby Star Allies

Nominated
Best Nintendo Exclusive

Let’s Go Eevee/Pikachu

Nominated
Best Nintendo Exclusive

Super Mario Party

Nominated
Best Nintendo Exclusive

Shadow of the Colossus

Nominated
Best PlayStation Exclusive
Best Reissue

DJ Max Respect

Nominated
Best PlayStation Exclusive

Dark Souls Remastered

Nominated
Best Reissue

The World Ends With You: Final Mix

Nominated
Best Reissue

Motorsport Manager Mobile 3

Nominated
Best Mobile Exclusive

Donut County

Nominated
Best Mobile Exclusive

Grimvalor

Nominated
Best Mobile Exclusive

Shadowgun: Legends

Nominated
Best Mobile Exclusive

CrossCode

Nominated
Best PC Exclusive

Into the Breach

Nominated
Best PC Exclusive

2018 Game of the Year Awards — Genre Awards — Best Action-Adventure Game

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 12/27/2018
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What is an action game? Any game with action can be considered, but in my opinion, these are action/adventure games or games that are cinematic and full of flash and adrenaline-packed adventure.

God of War

God of War almost got overtaken by RDR2 on this one, but the combat system in God of War revolutionizes its own genre and just feels astoundingly perfect and insanely intuitive yet also very deep. The scripted scenes are also out of the world and the best ever seen in a game, you can’t beat the action here.

Runner-Ups

Red Dead Redemption II

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Monster Hunter: World

Marvel’s Spider-Man

2018 Game of the Year Awards — Genre Awards — Best Driving Game

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 12/26/2018
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This was a decent year for racers as the two behemoths went toe-to-toe for the first time in years. Racers from nearly every series came out this year, but somehow didn’t quite make the splash we had hoped.

Forza Horizon 4

It doesn’t really get much better than Forza, and somehow, the game seems to just improve year after year and avoid the dreaded sequelitis. The visuals are out of this world, the game is actually fun, and the amount of cars to drive is insane. Throw that into an over the top open world and you can’t go wrong

Runner-Ups

F1 2018

Wreckfest

Onrush

Burnout Paradise Remastered

2018 Game of the Year Awards — Genre Awards — Best Puzzler

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 12/24/2018
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The puzzle genre is always hit or miss every year. There’s never a slew of AAA puzzle titles in the works, so what we usually get are surprise indie games that usually make a big splash and sell fairly well. 2017 was not that year, but it wasn’t completely empty.

Tetris Effect

Tetris may seem like a weird choice for the best puzzle game, but when was the last time you played an amazing Tetris iteration? How about in VR? Tetris Effect is by far the best version in years and it doesn’t try to add a ton of features or modes, just quality over quantity and you can’t be mad at that.

Runner-Ups

Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle

The Room Old Sins

Sushi Striker: The Way of the Sushido

Lumines Remastered

2018 Game of the Year Awards — Genre Awards — Best Strategy Game

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 12/24/2018
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What a weak year for strategy games. The usual big names like StarCraft, Civilization, and others are missing this year. There were a few great games, but they were so spread out I started to wonder if the genre died.

Battletech

Battletech wasn’t just the best PC game this year but the best strategy. It was a breath of fresh air in a genre that usually gets over-saturated with shovelware through the year. It hit all the marks that hardcore fans wanted and looked good doing it.

Runner-Ups

Frostpunk

Valkyria Chronicles 4

The Banner Saga 3

Into the Breach

2018 Game of the Year Awards — Genre Awards — Best Fighter

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 12/24/2018
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2017 was a somewhat weak year for fighters as some of the biggest names produced lukewarm sequels. With no Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat this year, we were left with some other well-known games in the genre.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Smash Bros. has always been a great fighting franchise, and this year is no exception. With Nintendo pouring all of their assets into one game, they were sure to big or go home. With dozens of characters and stages, Ultimate is the culmination of the series with nearly endless content and online play that just couldn’t beat this year.

Runner-Ups

Dragonball Fighter Z

Soul Calibur VI

Fighting EX Layer

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

2018 Game of the Year Awards — Console Awards — Best Nintendo Exclusive

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 12/23/2018
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This was one of the strongest console launches I can ever remember. For a first-year, Nintendo pumped out some fantastic games, as well as the strongest third-party support they have had in a decade. The system still has room to grow, but so far it’s impressive.

Octopath Traveler

The Switch had a good year but was mostly filled with more ports and remasters, and Octopath shows Square still love Nintendo and can make amazing RPGs. While the game still feels old-school, there’s enough story and great characters to keep you hooked for hours.

Runner-Ups

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Kirby Star Allies

Pokemon: Let’s Go Eevee/Pikachu!

Super Mario Party

2018 Game of the Year Awards — Console Awards — Best PlayStation Exclusive

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 12/23/2018
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This was a decent year for the PS4. With many older exclusive franchises being remastered for the system, plus some great new exclusives, the PS4 stood out from the rest. I would feel comfortable saying this is by far the best year for the system.

God of War

Sony ruled this generation, once again, due to the fact that they still know what gamers want and that’s beautiful well-told single-player games. God of War isn’t just the best game of the year on PS4, but the best game that’s come out this entire generation cycle. The acting, visuals, art style, combat, and characters are phenomenal and the bar has been reset for what video games should be.

Runner-Ups

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Shadow of the Colossus

Detroit: Become Human

DJ Max Respect

2018 Game of the Year Awards — Console Awards — Best Reissue

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 12/22/2018
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Reissues used to get a lot of backlash as being an excuse to release older games just to get some extra cash due to the lack of exclusives. As of late, re-releases have improved with developers putting their heart and soul to painstakingly recreate a game to look amazing and play with a more modern play style. We went from some extra cash to preserving history.

Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Like Crash before it, Spyro is recreated with love and passion that most other remasters don’t have. Somehow Spyro feels like a brand new game in 2018 with gorgeous visuals and all the fun from the previous games preserved.

Runner-Ups

Shadow of the Colossus

Burnout Paradise Remastered

Dark Souls: Remastered

The World Ends With You Final Mix

2018 Game of the Year Awards — Console Awards — Multi-Platform

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 12/22/2018
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This was a great year for multi-platform games. Exclusives were a bit dry, so many heavy hitters came out of the woodworks, so you were happy with any system you owned.

Red Dead Redemption II

Red Dead was the biggest contender against God of War this year and is a no-brainer for the best Multi-Platform game. The level of detail in this game hasn’t been seen since GTAV and has an unprecedented amount of love put into it. There’s no other game like this out there.

Runner-Ups

Far Cry 5

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Monster Hunter: World

Battlefield V