The Game Awards speculation thread: can you guess the winners?

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The Game Awards are almost here, and you know what that means! Watching dozens of commercials and meandering interviews with developers until we get to the good stuff at the end: game reveals for the following year. There have been teases here and there, with Microsoft seemingly having something big to reveal at the show, and Persona 5: Strikers presumably would have been another announcement dropped during the ceremony, had it not leaked beforehand. We'll even get to see the former Nintendo of America President, as Reggie Fils-Aime will be one of the many presenters for The Game Awards.

But before the festivities kick off, why don't we play a guessing game? There are a whopping 30 categories full of nominees, ranging from best eSports host, to the glorious game of the year. We've narrowed down the topic list to 10 categories, as follows.

  • Game of the Year (DOOM Eternal, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, The Last of Us Part II)
  • Best Narrative (13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades, The Last of Us Part II)
  • Best Score and Music (DOOM Eternal, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Hades, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, The Last of Us Part II)
  • Best Performance (Ashley Johnson/Ellie/TLOU2, Laura Bailey/Abby/TLOU2, Daisuke Tsuji/Jin Sakai/Ghost of Tsushima, Logan Cunningham/Hades, Nadi Jeter/Miles Morales)
  • Best Indie (Carrion, Fall Guys, Hades, Spelunky 2, Spiritfarer)
  • Best Role Playing (Final Fantasy VII Remake, Genshin Impact, Persona 5 Royale, Wasteland 3, Yakuza: Like a Dragon)
  • Games for Impact (If Found, Kentucky Route Zero, Spiritfarer, Tell Me Why, Through the Darkest of Times)
  • Best Action (DOOM Eternal, Hades, Half-Life Alyx, Nioh 2, Streets of Rage 4)
  • Best Action/Adventure (Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, Ghost of Tsushima, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, The Last of Us Part II)
  • Best Multiplayer (Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Among Us, Call of Duty: Warzone, Fall Guys, Valdrant)
You can see all of the nominees at the official Game Awards website. The goal of this contest is to see who can guess as many winners as possible, before the official results come in! The first commenter in the thread that manages the feat of perfectly guessing the ten winners in each category above (or if no one gets a clean sweep, the first to get as close as humanly possible) above will get a nice reward: 202 XP! Obviously, the contest will end once TGA kick off, on December 10th.

:arrow: The Game Awards Nominees
 

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But the TLOU2 outrage would be even better
You aren't wrong, but I think seeing a bunch of people flip shit over a "casual game" winning just rubs me the right way.
 

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the ones whos company paid them the most
jokes aside i genuinely do see tlo2 or GoT winning goty due to its general audience impact. Doom eternal will most likely win best action and score. best multiplayer will go to animal crossing, i think they see among us and fall guys as FotM games. But hey, could be wrong.
 

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Fair, personally I’m more into seeing people get mad over “sjws”
That's fun but really stale these days. The same people are going to be mad about "SJWs" if the game loses because they are always mad about "SJWs." Animal Crossing fans aren't going to bat an eyelash if Animal Crosses loses, so no real fun there.
 

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you people arent even trying anymore to come up with even some semblance of a legit reason to hate on this game
You people?
Anyway, there are so many reasons but "you people" keep ignoring them and act like you didn't hear anything, and I'm really tired of explaining every damn time for anyone who don't lessen.
 
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GOTY: Go Diego Go!: Safari Rescue
Best nar.: Go Diego Go!: Safari Rescue
Best Score.: Go Diego Go!: Safari Rescue
Best perf.: Go Diego Go!: Safari Rescue
Best indie.: Go Diego Go!: Safari Rescue
Best RP.: Go Diego Go!: Safari Rescue
Impact.: Go Diego Go!: Safari Rescue
Best act.: Go Diego Go!: Safari Rescue
Best act/adv.: Go Diego Go!: Safari Rescue
Best multi.: Go Diego Go!: Safari Rescue
Go Diego Go wasn’t nominated cause it would be unfair to the other games as it would win every award
 

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You people?
Anyway, there are so many reasons but "you people" keep ignoring them and act like you didn't hear anything, and I'm really tired of explaining every damn time for anyone who don't lessen.
since it always boils down to "joel died, me mad!1!" and "get dat gay agenda outta mah game!1!"
 
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since it always boils down to "joel died, me mad!1!" and "get dat gay agenda outta mah game!1!"
Exactly the ignorant type, there are many theories since the first teaser that Joel will die at the beginning of the game, and that was many years ago, we are fine with that as long as it's going to be a good story, so I don't know if you are new to the franchise or not but that was expected, try again.
 
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Exactly the ignorant type, there are many theories since the first teaser that Joel will die at the beginning of the game, and that was many years ago, we are fine with that as long as it's going to be a good story, so I don't know if you are new to the franchise or not but that was expected, try again.
ah, so you DO agree with the "gay agenda" argument, k k
 
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  • Game of the Year The Last of Us Part II
  • Best Narrative The Last of Us Part II
  • Best Score and Music DOOM Eternal
  • Best Performance Laura Bailey/Abby/TLOU2
  • Best Indie Hades
  • Best Role Playing Persona 5 Royale
  • Games for Impact Through the Darkest of Times
  • Best Action Hades
  • Best Action/Adventure Ghost of Tsushima
  • Best Multiplayer Among Us
Would be my guesses how it will be, personally I would say Game of the Year should be animal crossing. Best narrative not sure, but I really hated tlou2 in that aspect.
 

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Would be nice for Animal Crossing to win the GOTY but I doubt it. Will probably be The Last of Us 2 or Ghost of Tsuchima.
Best Music for FF7Remake and Best RPG for Persona 5 Royal. So sad Xenoblade Chronicles DE wasn't even considered.
 
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not liking != hating/calling it the worst x ever
When did I said worst x ever? Please don't put words in my mouth.
If you can check all my arguments not here but also in reddit it's all about the story and the characters, and maybe the die hard fan boys who don't treat it like a game from heaven or something.
So it's all about story, characters, false advertising, neil being an cunt, and pretty much that's it, graphic is the best on ps4 and gameplay is fine.
 

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When did I said worst x ever? Please don't put words in my mouth.
If you can check all my arguments not here but also in reddit it's all about the story and the characters, and maybe the die hard fan boys who don't treat it like a game from heaven or something.
So it's all about story, characters, false advertising, neil being an cunt, and pretty much that's it, graphic is the best on ps4 and gameplay is fine.
youre just reconfirming what i already said
 
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