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

Game-Awards-2020-Twitter-Voting-Exclusive.png

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
 

DarthDub

Amateur Hacker
Member
Joined
Jan 26, 2016
Messages
2,832
Trophies
1
Age
34
Location
Your mom's basement.
Website
www.gaiaonline.com
XP
3,608
Country
United States
Genshin Impact even being a contender for best RPG is a joke. Guess that just shows how weak the RPG field was this year. Its "best mobile game" nomination is more understandable since it is very technically impressive for mobile devices and the quality bar is so much lower for mobile games.
It lost to a SpongeBob mobile game for Google Play's top game of the year or something.
 

RedBlueGreen

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Aug 10, 2015
Messages
2,026
Trophies
1
XP
2,538
Country
Canada
I sure as all hell wanted xenoblade de. Hell shulks va is one of the best vas ive ever heard
It's a shame people hate on the Xenoblade game voice acting. I guess they're all used to hammy anime dub acting.

I actually really like Pyra and Mythra in XC2. The actress did a really good job considering there was almost no directing.
 
Last edited by RedBlueGreen,
  • Like
Reactions: Julie_Pilgrim

banjo2

gamer
Member
Joined
May 31, 2016
Messages
2,344
Trophies
1
Location
society
Website
youtube.com
XP
5,124
Country
United States
For my actual predictions;

GotY: Hades
Best Narrative: TLoU2
Best Music: Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Best Performance: Ellie
Best Indie: Spiritfarer
Best Role Playing: Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Games for Impact: Tell Me Why
Best Action: DOOM Eternal
Best Action/Adventure: Ghost of Tsushima
Best Multiplayer: Among Us

(I haven't actually played any of these games)
 

Seliph

Best Girl ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ
Member
Joined
Jul 11, 2016
Messages
1,760
Trophies
0
Location
The People's Republic of Revachol
Website
twitter.com
XP
4,149
Country
United States
I wouldn't mind seeing Hades win every category it's in, I really don't care about most of the games nominated tbh.

Other than that I'd love to see If Found winning best impact but like only 10 people played that game lmao so I don't see it having much of a chance against something like Kentucky Route Zero. If Found is where I got my pfp from and I love the game a lot but I feel like the impact would probably be lost on a lot of people who can't relate to it.
 
Last edited by Seliph,

ov3rkill

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
May 10, 2009
Messages
1,675
Trophies
1
Location
in a cardboard box
XP
2,092
Country
Australia
GOTY - Hades
Best Game Direction - Hades
Best Narrative - Hades
Best Art Direction - Hades
Best Score - Hades
Best Audio - Hades
Best Performance - Hades
Games for Impact - Hades
Best Ongoing - Hades
Best Indie - Hades
Best Action - Hades
Best Action/Adventure- Hades
Best RPG - Hades
Best Multiplayer- Among Us
 

Seliph

Best Girl ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ
Member
Joined
Jul 11, 2016
Messages
1,760
Trophies
0
Location
The People's Republic of Revachol
Website
twitter.com
XP
4,149
Country
United States
GOTY - Hades
Best Game Direction - Hades
Best Narrative - Hades
Best Art Direction - Hades
Best Score - Hades
Best Audio - Hades
Best Performance - Hades
Games for Impact - Hades
Best Ongoing - Hades
Best Indie - Hades
Best Action - Hades
Best Action/Adventure- Hades
Best RPG - Hades
Best Multiplayer- Among Us
This is the correct list
 
Joined
May 22, 2016
Messages
923
Trophies
1
Location
Hell, MI
XP
3,628
Country
United States
I don't really know what to predict, but god I wish each game could only be nominated for one category. How is this celebrating all of the games of this year when each category is the same 5 games with maybe one different one for the most part?
 
  • Like
Reactions: Julie_Pilgrim

Lazyboss

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Sep 26, 2017
Messages
689
Trophies
0
Age
40
XP
2,876
Country
United Arab Emirates
Hope no remakes will win.
Remakesist.

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

I would like to see either Ghost of Tsushima or Final Fantasy VII remake win, so many good games this year which is hard to decide, but I'm sure TLOU2 will win most of the categories in order for SJW to be happy.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Maq47

Deleted member 397813

Global Dingus
Member
Joined
Aug 9, 2016
Messages
1,199
Trophies
2
Location
knanada
XP
1,200
Country
Canada
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
 

Site & Scene News

Popular threads in this forum

General chit-chat
Help Users
  • No one is chatting at the moment.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    [He will] only make $1.5 million per night after taxes. Poor guy
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    My stupid computer chair keeps slowly going down, but I don't notice it goes down, until I'm like reaching up to my desk. I just bought this f er last year.
  • BakerMan @ BakerMan:
    Does Bruno Mars is gay?
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    K3nv2 would know...
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Only for Bakers
    +1
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    I heard he has a Wario fetish, but only if no Wizards are around.
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    jk with you Bakerman, much love. fist bump.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    He really knows how to kneed the dough
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Man. I can't wait til CTGP 8 comes out on Switch, been waiting forever.
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Boners Makes me wanna play Duck Hunt NES
    +1
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Pooping nice
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    What is a "Poop de Boop"? I've heard it mentioned several times now but have no idea and can't find anything online bout it. Is it a British term for restroom/bathroom or something?
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    It is a perfume
    +1
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Why do we have virgin islands if it's populated
    +1
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    They should change the name to K3Nv2's Mom islands. (Or before he responds, My Wifeys Islands)
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Nah me saying that's more predictable than you talking about my mom
    +1
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Hence urewifes so predictable she'd buy every man on the virgin islands
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Or they buy her
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    true dat, on that note I'ma try go get some myself, peace!
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Guess she doesn't need to be bought she has your money
    +1
    K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2: https://youtube.com/shorts/-GDjDECLDG0?si=MNEjk8rkmioj1xE2