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But it's #8...but okaaayyy we'll take this. At least it was PC Gamer's GOTY.

About your only 10/10 game this year and it's #8...yeah factor in staff grumble grumble user votes poll and what not. Apart from Khayl Adam, reckon the rest of y'all couldn't bother getting past Zizka and were getting cut down by bandits at every corner 🤣 so it's understandable.

@AhmadSumadi Exactly why I've been asking where the line would be drawn. Because when you start most games there are tools shown used like Speedtree and others so should the fight have started from there...

@EfYI I'm still not done with KCD2, 245hrs and counting. The game is just soooo good! It's like every character, side mission is memorable. Surprised it's not on his list.

CoD4MW was a breath of fresh air since Goldeneye64. I then heard of him when he had a fallout with Activision for negotiating with EA against contractual terms. It was like a tussle between 2 giant companies over this man, what a legend! And after MW2 when he left or was sacked I don't remember, I didn't bother with no other CoD I followed his new studio Respawn and got Titanfall 2, then tried Apex Legends, that was it. Now he puts Battlefield back on the map and this happens...damn!

No E33...so we all agree it's not indie then. The Game Awards getting things wrong again.

Horrible news. Really sad. Rip.

Yeah it's going to be everybody's turn alright 😄 then it gets boring and everyone moves on.

@PuppetMaster Lol yep @Ralizah told me.

@Ralizah Oh wow so there's nothing new it's offering then...well I guess the whole game is just unique in some form.

Btw people again I'm a big fan of Clair don't get it twisted.

@MrStark Lol yall talk about Clair like it's never been done, well yeah the qte in turnbased is new but beside a recent game like BG3, Clair is nowhere near. Beside a 2025 Role-playing like KCD2, sorry Clair is nowhere near.

"I'm waiting for someone to put a Sony exclusive over Clair Obscur."

I mean like PS Blog, they'll put Yotei above it unless they surprise us this time.

Is he inviting fans because he doesn't trust journalists and their headlines...

@kyleforrester87 it's why i haven't finished it since forever. I mean how many negative effects can one person take - burning, stunned, decaying, crippled, they just pile it up to bomboclat! But I still like it tho, the satisfaction when you win.

Back on DivinityOS2 following the update, still quite infuriating when enemies continuously bombard with move upon move upon move, stuff like decaying where you can't heal, global cooling - tf are you cooling... all sorts of bs moves 😆, dunno when I'm going to finish this but BG3 was manageable. Then of course the game that doesn't run out of interesting immersive stories - KCD2. Will keep exploring the worlds of GoWR. Keep hunting and crafting in MHWilds and then explore The Continent in Clair Obscur a bit.

Crunch(which no one likes) - gamers complain
AI to go faster - gamers complain.

So games taking too long to make - gamers complain.

But of course! 😆

"It’s difficult to even pitch the concept of this creature, because in my world, NPCs are AI," Straley says.

Yep, in the video game world npcs have always been AI.

In most open worlds I've always thought repeated faces with different skin tones and facial hair are the "bad" AI generated. I quite remember Guerilla saying Horizon uses some procedurally generated environment, isn't that AI....apart from replicating voice actors or concept artists which would be wrong, I feel games have always been using AI in some form...

A lot more people have faster Internet now and can watch on YT without no bufferings. Plus sites like PushSquare showing us when and what different local times it was going to broadcast made me tune in, back in the day it'd just slip my mind.

And btw Clair sweeping it all making it look like no other games were released this year, when people thought this was going to be a tough year for awards...winning indie...Shadow of the Erdtree being in the goty list back in '24 among other things has made the scheme questionable. You don't have a best DLC category yet a lot of us don't even know what the Games for Impact award is.

@Flaming_Kaiser 😆 80% of the time when people talk like this it means they haven't played KCD2 or had the patience to progress to a quarter of the game 😆. I fackn love Clairrr Obscurrr no lie, I was done in 111hrs trying to explore everywhere. KCD2 however, I'm still playing and yet to beat it, in terms of depth...I dunno where to start from. Nothing like sitting down in your room, reading books and increasing stats in various skills. Nothing like dressing like a nobleman and people believing any BS you tell them. It's just too much, you need to play it bro.

I love Clair but I'm sorry it didn't deserve RPG, Narrative(both shoulda gone to KCD2) and Indie shoulda gone to Silksong or Hades 2 or something.

It's been generously cheap for a long time and I wish I could buy it but...TIME, looking at all my unfinished games. I wanted to even buy Hades but again...time.

Wondering if the difficulty is tweaked back to what we know - not being too easy or too difficult.

@8bit4Life I also still don't get the hype with multiplayer, I'm fine soloing with my palico. Wilds and Rise let's you call npc companions which makes it realistic but even so I don't really use them.

"Will three or more remakes / remasters be announced during the show?"

Actually I'm part of the 23% that said No. I don't think there's going to be a lot of remakes going forward, let alone 3 or more.

Question 18: Will FromSoftware announce a new game?

I think I said Yes lol.

Apart from these 2 I think I chose correct with everybody else.

Woah shadow dropped. Still haven't finished this, yet I finished BG3, will continue on this version. Nice of them for the free upgrade!

@Korgon You can just head into KCD2 first, cause the KCD1 is a bit too hardcore, reason why it went under the radar. The 2nd is more accessible but still a bit hardcore for your average gamer, you can tell most journos in a hurry won't give it the time of day which is a shame, hence the easy sweep for Clair. But play yourself and you'd realise objectively it's the better RPG.

Back on E33 to check out that new update. Really nice and even more artistic and nice music, I must say the Photo Mode is one of the best especially with the filters. Still KCD2 deserved RPGotY, it's the same sentiment across the Internet. Got robbed by a couple of bandits, my Henry was nice to them and tricked them into showing him their hideout to learn skills on thievery. Went back days later under the cover of night, knocked out the bandit leader who still had my coin on him, took it along with some valuables. On my way back it was morning, went back to village to check up on a woman I had saved in a forest some time ago. I mean this kind of immersion...tsk I'm just convinced most journalists didn't bother with KCD2, the steep learning curve at the beginning can easily throw you off, but then what sort of games journo does that make you...

@Korgon bro, have you played KCD2...

1. KCD2
2. CLAIRRR
3. MHWilds

PushSquare's true goty will be the one in the no.2 spot. No.1 is reserved for PlayStatuon else they get shutdown. 😂

@Reyzore True, it had a lot of good narrative backing it and there was no stopping the train. Funny how journalists said awards for this year was going to be difficult cause there's been so many great games yet Obscur came to sweep it all.

@themightyant "KCD2 is great if you like that, but to many it's too hardcore, too impenetrable hence not as good as Expedition 33 to those voting."

Yep so Monster Hunter went easy with Wilds and people are complaining. I guess it was the situation with Souls games in the past and now they're giving Miyazaki his flowers.

@themightyant " I'd agree it is RPG-lite compared to something like KCD2 which is about as dense as you'll get."

Yep, reason why most were expecting KCD2 to win RPG of the Year.

Will definitely have to check out. And I'll have to look for that Simon people talk about.

Oh come on. KCD2 not winning Best RPG even. I mean we all love Clair but this is just too much.

"trademark atmosphere."

The classic criticism of remakes. That's why some devs don't want to touch some classics. Like Bloodborne.

@SteveJaye Which blurriness...don't listen to the Internet too much, along with "not optimized" are buzzwords the Internet has overblown and run along with when it comes to this game. One of the best looking games this year.

@Czar_Khastik 😁 I was a bit disappointed they killed him off . Wasn't really feeling Verso like that, Lune and Sciel ended up being my favourites.

"Basically, as you may already know, Wilds is a very CPU-intensive title"

I suspect it's what makes my PS5 coil whine after some hours of play. I play ALL other games for lengths and it stays silent.

@Czar_Khastik has been riding on sarcasm so much it's hard to tell when he's serious 😆. Quite surprising cause I recall you loving Clair so much.

It's a fantastic game! On my 2nd run still. The detail on the weapons is crazy, top 5 fps views of all time, makes up for the lack of 3rd person. It was more like "look how detailed the guns are instead of looking at your outfits in 3rd," so it's cool.

We all know PushSquare's GOTY is without the T. They have no choice. 🤣🤣

I haven't laughed this hard in a while playing a game - KCDII. The different stories in there, the graphics, UI design, immersive gameplay, content, again I feel overall it is the true GOTY. But hey Clair is just so different and special, can't be upset if it takes it.

I think these new ones - 2018 and Ragnarok are excellent. The graphics and design of assets is incredible. Kratos is more likable in the latter because he agrees to go on exploration and do side quests, angry man!

@SterlingEyes @ShogunRok Yep yep it's been hard playing DOS2 after BG3, I think the huge gap between them is the graphics and cutscenes. Beat BG3 but still haven't beaten DOS2, will get around to it someday.

My top 5 games are:
1. BG3
2. KCD2
3. HFW
4. CO E33
5. Metaphor

1,663hrs played, I'm still a Role Player, RPG guy. Wondering how Metaphor got there and I remembered oh the final boss had me going back making some vital decisions I ignored.

Oh the game that used to come with PCs back in the day. We had MS Flight Simulator '95 and i think Monster Truck Madness on diskettes on our brand new Compaq Desktop.

A game where an interesting long storyline unlocks just by speaking with some random who is not even marked on the map like other side quests - KCD2 - wish it gets GOTY. I love Clairrr with its uniqueness, art and music, but feel KCD2 should get it for all that content and depth, 224hrs with no end in sight.

@gamepadnomad if someone reeeaaallly wants to play GTA6 and can't justify the Pro price tag, they'd definitely get the base PS5 just to play and double dip on the PS6. But then again we talk like those people who want to play GTA6 haven't bought the console already in anticipation. Who's to say the PS5 outselling all other consoles recently isn't in preparation for GTA6.

Wondering when the inevitable obligatory "Massive Expansion" is going to be announced.

KCD2, can't get enough of that world. Hunting and crafting in MHWilds. Rallying in the most realistic looking rally yet, EAWRC. Back on GoW Ragnarok, just exploring all the worlds doing favors and finding nornir chests.

Wilds is top 3 for me this year maybe because I started playing in October and looks to be filled with content. Yeah a bit easy but I tried Miztsune and looks hard, I think they can EASILY tweak it to be hard but maybe they wanted it more accessible to attract new players. They heard Elden Ring is the most accessible (when it's actually not that easy) so why not, let's make Wilds the easiest MH 😁. Still, I enjoy it a lot and believe it's one of the finest games ever made in the way animations, graphics and monsters. I don't think any other game does monsters lifelike like MH.