Is This Real Life? Destiny Wins Game of the Year at the 2015 BAFTAs

It's not too hard to believe for me. I thought Second Son was better, but Destiny was my second pick for GOTY. As of today, I've played it for 92 hours, which shows just how good of a game it is. I'll probably add many more hours in the future too.

I just don't think anyone expected to be as divisive as it has been. Players either seem to adore it or hate it, with little middle ground. Really weird one.

Destiny...GOTY...BAFTA...

How GTA or far cry didn't win I'll never know and olli olli best sports? Pfft

What a joke. Not a single Nintendo game there, despite the company dominating Metacritic last year.

To each his own, but I would think these bigger awards are less subjective and more objective when choosing the GOTY. Like mine is Lightning Returns, but I'm sure almost no one would agree.

I still very much enjoy Destiny. I was starting to hate it until they added match making to Weekly Heroic and, to me, the Crucible is incredibly addicting. I also finally finished my first raid and got good gear. (I played Crota's End) Once I reach the level cap, I'll probably put it down for awhile until House of Wolves. Hopefully I hit the cap before Bloodborne....

Far cry 4 music? No. Olliolli ain't no sports game, its annarcade scroller with a sports element. TLOU Left behind isn't much of a story, its a chapter of flashbacks. Just a bunch of nonsense really. How does Dragon Age get zilch?

@Jaz007 I'm not saying you're wrong, but I will say your argument here is flawed. Just because you've played a lot of a game doesn't make it any better. I could play Ride to Hell: Retribution for 92 hours but it would still be abominable!

And @kupo interesting - your game of the year last year is a game that didn't come out last year? Might wanna pick again haha interesting point about subjectivity though, although I'd argue that picking Destiny for GOTY is about as subjective as it gets, because if you take a purely objective look at that game and it's components, it's about as formulaic as it gets, with no particularly standout / innovative features. Again, doesn't mean it's bad but, objectively, GOTY material? I just don't see it.

(EDIT- goddamit, just realised lightning returns released later in the West than JP. You win this time haha!)

Where is dragon age?

@dacendarin that's exactly what I was going to ask XD. DA:I should have won.

So Destiny, a multiplayer title, is GOTY but not the best Multiplayer title although it is the GOTY winning multiplayer title released in this year and has just won game of the year.

Seems to me BAFTA wanted to be trendy and award Hearthstone best multiplayer so that meant that Destiny couldn't win the obvious award meant for it so they had no choice but to give it GOTY.

Awards like this are pretty much all paid for and favours for friends anyhow. In fact doesn't Gamer's Network who ran the awards own Push Square?! So by trying to stir up a bit of controversy over GOTY you push up publicity for an event your owners arranged and awarded GOTY to Destiny.

It'll be Qatar winning next year so rife is the corruption. Lol.

Destiny is a brilliant game - the gameplay is pretty much perfect. Before registering on push square I played these type of games solo, however when I finished the strike with badmutha, or the raid with mead, wesker, Kyle etc it was bloomin awesome. The fun, stress, teamwork, achievement and camaraderie was something I haven't experienced on a console before. Its my goty easily. Olli Olli best sports game - just no, fifa, nba2k5 and pes are all miles better.

ok that just proves the Baftas are a lod of c***, there have been many better games than Destiny over the past year such as Mario Kart 8, Dragon Age or Shadow of Mordor

WTF....bloody Destiny....its only good when playing co-op, yet it doesn't win best multiplayer..... BAFTA has lost all credibility.

I have nearly 1500hrs invested in Destiny. Whilst game time itself isn't an indicator of what makes a 'great' game. It must have got things right to keep people playing for the amount of time people have played.
You can't fault it mechanically as it is a very solid performer. I don't see it as a MP game either as the majority can be played Solo. It just so happens that it can also be played co-operatively.
I know the story and mission structure is lacking, but I do think a more traditional format would have affected the end game content. Daily missions that are 1hr or so log, heavy on cut scene etc just wouldn't work. If you look at Halo (Bungie's previous series) or many of the other FPS games with a more traditional campaign, not many if any would be suitable for a daily endgame mission.
I get that people wanted a deeper campaign and the universe Bungie have created certainly has enough potential. I think most peoples problem with Destiny is that it doesn't fit the traditional FPS format which they seem to expect.
Visually impressive, mechanically polished and certainly given me some of the best moments in gaming over the last year - admittedly most often when playing with others and Raiding. Its certainly been my best value game in terms of cost per hour. I have bought other games since September (when Destiny launched) but until I reached a point of having 3 level 32's, every exotic, VoG and CE weapon, I hadn't played these more than a few hours at most - Destiny kept pulling me back.
Its hard to consider it my GotY because of the lack of depth in the story (although I understand why it is designed in such a way - end game content) but its also difficult from my perspective to pick an alternative that has had as much impact on my gaming. Whenever I turn on my console, Destiny is by far the most popular game my friends are playing too.

@SteveButler2210 Why would I play bad game for that long though? It's indirect evidence is all. If you played that game (Retribution) for that long I suggest you see a doctor.

lol now we know for sure the BAFTAs are utter bullocks.

Biggest joke list of "winners" I've ever seen. Can you tell that Sony is an official partner of the BAFTAs? When friggin' short DLC wins best story despite all the great gaming plots from last year.

Another award show that's more about who you know than what you release. Should be re-named to BAFFLE.

@Kage_88

I am already used to BAFTA denying Nintendo's existence. Even in the handheld arena. Not a single Japanese dev in there either.

I had no idea DLC were eligible for this.

The thing is that Destiny has almost perfect game mechanics and engine. With that engine alone, they can easilly make best single player console FPS ever created.

Destiny doesn't deserve it, other game like Wolfenstien TNO, Bayonetta 2, Dragon Age deserve it way more.

@Not-Another-Ad I second your statement about Bayonetta 2.
Also.... People still pay attention to the BAFTAs? This is the award show with not a single 3DS game in their handheld/mobile category, and just 1 Vita game (Which, in all honesty, from what I've seen of it anyway, is nowhere close to the best Vita game of 2014, 2014 was the year Project Diva F 2nd and Freedom Wars were released, and let's not forget Tales of Hearts R and the Sly Trilogy....).

@Not-Another-Ad I second your statement about Bayonetta 2.
Also.... People still pay attention to the BAFTAs? This is the award show with not a single 3DS game in their handheld/mobile category, and just 1 Vita game (Which, in all honesty, from what I've seen of it anyway, is nowhere close to the best Vita game of 2014, 2014 was the year Project Diva F 2nd and Freedom Wars were released, and let's not forget Tales of Hearts R and the Sly Trilogy....).

@Not-Another-Ad

Yeah, I won't bother typing it out but there's a long list of games I'd put way ahead of Destiny. And I don't even think Destiny is terrible, just very average. Awesome gunplay but everything else wasn't as well done.

I'm not going to say Destiny is a terrible game, because obviously it got a few things right. Graphics, gunplay, and the level of polishness on release were very good. But BEST game is just very hard to believe..fortunately a lot of people seem to agree so thats nice

Wow we still can't get off TLOU for its amazing (half-written!) story and (unconvincing!) acting. I watched the making-of video and she does not sell me on being 14 etc. Not to mention Baker's monopolization of the voice acting industry. I can only imagine how bad Destiny must be if people admit to hating it

I remember when I bought my PS4 Amazon were selling the Destiny Bundle for £1 more... I decided to save the pound. I'm struggling to the see the legitimacy for a lot of these awards but, then again, having spent in the region of £300 on PS4 titles since November and find myself just going back to the remastered versions of PS3 titles, should I be surprised? Unity, Far Cry 4 etc, all major let downs. (Still think Black Flag PS4 version played better and looked better than Unity) I am beginning to think the PS3 still had some life in it and Sony and the game companies should have collaborated behind the scenes for a while longer to produce a more complete package.

@charlesnarles
unconvincing acting? Jeez, if there's currently something better out there tell me about it? And please to God don't let it be one of those pretty boy, pseudo, paedophilic, Japanese titles.

@Eldritch well, even if I couldn't name a video game that features good acting, it wouldn't mean that TLOU suddenly does. After hearing the same voice do so many different characters they all start sounding like the personas of Roger the alien from American Dad. Personally, I like the voice acting in MGS1-4, Ace Combat 4's cutscene backstory is performed amazingly well, and Fallout New Vegas has the most acted lines of any game (possibly out of date but still) and very few of those lines are poorly executed by the actors so I forgive it entirely.