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2018 Game of the Year Awards — Achievement Awards — Best Story

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 01/02/2019

Posted in: 2018, Game of the Year Awards. Tagged: awards, best story, game of the year, god of war, goty, marvel's, octopath traveler, red dead redemption ii, spider-man, vampyr. Leave a comment

The story is probably the second most important aspect of a game next to the gameplay. A good story can be memorable, impactful, controversial, enlightening, frightening, and any other emotion humans can feel. We didn’t have many games with memorable stories this year, but there were some out there that stood out.

God of War

There weren’t that many engaging stories this year, and there seems to be less and less every year, but God of War not only portrayed memorable characters, but the story Kratos goes through is very memorable and something you talk about long after the game is complete. Stories that stand the test of time are the ones that are remembered through history.

Runner-Ups

Red Dead Redemption II

Octopath Traveler

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Marvel’s Spider-Man

2018 Game of the Year Awards — Achievement Awards — Best Indie Game

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 12/31/2018

Posted in: 2018, Game of the Year Awards. Tagged: awards, best indie game, celeste, dead cells, deliverance, game of the year, goty, kingdom come, vampyr, wreckfest. Leave a comment

Indie games are no longer becoming cute little distractions between AAA releases, they are now becoming the AAA releases as major companies have lost their imagination and ability to create new and unique experiences. Every year this just builds up more and never falters, with many of my most memorable games being indie, you should not overlook this category.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Kingdom Come is a massive undertaking for such a small studio. With state of the art visuals and tech on top of a massive open world, great voice acting and characters, and ambitious combat, it’s not surprising it had such a rough launch, but the developers have put so much love into patching the game out, and quickly, that’s it’s almost an entirely new game now.

Runner-Ups

Celeste

Dead Cells

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Wreckfest

2018 Game of the Year Awards — Achievement Awards — Best Voice Acting

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 12/31/2018

Posted in: 2018, Game of the Year Awards. Tagged: awards, become human, best voice acting, detroit, far cry 5, game of the year, god of war, goty, red dead redemption ii, vampyr. Leave a comment

The best voice acting in games aren’t just the best delivery, but how it fits into the game. Is the character tortured, insane, or psychotic? Delivering the characters the way we would see them in person is how a game delivers the best voice acting.

God of War

The voice acting of Christopher Judge is just out of this world as an older Kratos. He brings the entire character to life is really rare for a video game character and I couldn’t wait to see the next cut-scene or soak in the next piece of dialog. Judge alone gave a one-dimensional character so many layers and feelings and helped suck the player into the story like no other.