One other Sport Awards showcase has come and gone. What did you suppose? Did you keep up and watch or simply skim the highlights on social media? Did the precise video games win in the precise classes? Did any of the “world premiere” trailer reveals make you are feeling like Geoff Keighley’s occasion earned its almost four-hour runtime? Take into account this an open thread to talk, joke, and share your ideas.
I’ll begin. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won more awards than any game in TGA history. Personally, whereas I really like the sport and suppose it warrants the hype, that appears a bit overblown. Will it stand the check of time like formative winners together with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Elden Ring, and Baldur’s Gate 3? I believe not, however perhaps not reinventing the wheel shouldn’t be held in opposition to it. It’s the sport of the second and that is the awards present for 2025.
On the very least, it shouldn’t have won best indie game. I blame the TGA jury for that one. If one of many objectives of the present is to focus on as most of the 12 months’s greatest video games as doable, perhaps one sport shouldn’t have the ability to win “best game” throughout a number of classes. For those who picked Clair Obscur for GOTY, it could’t additionally win “best RPG” or “best debut indie game.” It might forestall sweeps like this, which, even when deserved, find yourself being type of boring and go away so many different wonderful video games underrepresented on the massive stage.
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And what concerning the reveals? Keighley tried to tug one other Okami 2-style rabbit out of his hat with Mega Man Dual Overdrive (aka Mega Man 12). As somebody who grew up on video games within the NES period—Mega Man 3 gave me a each day ass-kicking for years—it form of labored. That sport isn’t coming till 2027 although, and didn’t look almost as stable or revelatory within the gameplay and artwork than I’d anticipate for the Blue Bomber’s prodigal return. Insiders promise Capcom is cooking however they’ve their work reduce out for them.
The present additionally appeared gentle on a few of these recognized portions that carry a particular X issue to a showcase like this. No Nintendo wasn’t shocking. Sony confirmed extra Saros however that doesn’t fairly pop has a lot as extra Wolverine or a brand new God of Battle would have. Microsoft, Sq. Enix, Ubisoft, and the remainder of the massive publishers had been absent too. The massive present stoppers, a brand new Divinity RPG from Larian Studios and a brand new Star Wars: The Previous Republic sport from ex-BioWare director Casey Hudson, are video games I can’t wait to play however whose reveals had been muted a bit by transient cinematic teasers that shared a vibe however not a narrative.
In some ways, this might need been the smoothest and most slickly produced Sport Awards but. It additionally, for some motive, felt like one of many least memorable. We’ll see if that intestine evaluation holds up a pair years from now. What did you suppose?
