IGN just gave GOTY to Hades who do you agree with more that or GS with HL Alyx?

Hades is a great game, and I would choose that over Alyx because I can't even play Alyx. It would cost me a fortune just to play that game the way it's intended. But Hades isn't GOTY in my opinion. It's fun, but after a while, you realize it's a Roguelike. and It's a damn good one. But no way I would take that over FF7 Remake.

I think the problem is that no one played Alyx so its hard to make the comparison.

Hades is my personal GOTY at this point, but Cyberpunk might overtake it once i'm finished despite the issues.

Yeah dude the scale cyberpunk 2077 is like how a traditional half-life would be in 2020.

It would be a huge open world tons of stuff going on Valve is a shell of its former self there game is nothing even close to cyberpunk 2077 anymore its just not even in the same space anymore.

Good to hear that another anime style game won something irrelevant.

lot of sony fannies jelly at ign right about now

Hades is a great game tho, dont see anything wrong with this. Crunch free, really has no big flaws, looks banging, great soundtrack, plays well

How can one “miss the mark” when voting for what their favourite game is?

What's anime style?

don't listen to him! its not anime! its a "Supergiant" style game

lol

That's what I'm saying! lol

Might be anime-inspired but please don't call it anime

Def agree with Hades.

The correct answer is Streets of Rage 4.

I don't know what triggered you guys that much but whatever...

When Hades fans realize they accidently like anime. 😂

Yeah, not my fav this year, but good game tho. Haven't played Alyx yet.

Starting to wonder how TLOU2 won the critics choice award at the game awards when none of the critics seem to be choosing it as goty.

Thanks IGN :

I see people already trying to console themselves. 😂 "Bu buh but people's choice award."🤣

People's Choice sounds legit...like a legit grounds for trolling, and TLoU2 has had plenty of trolling this year.

But anyways, Hades is a great game. I'm usually quick to rail on IGN, but it's nice to see that they actually considered GOTY than just giving it to the expected choice that's been pushed so hard.

Not gonna vote since I never played both. Planning to get Hades next month, and i don't know when i will be able to play Alyx :(

Nether

While Hades was a good game, thats about it.

Alyx is probably the better game but nobody has played it, nor will anybody play it.

So hades wins by default.

@st_monica said:

@mrbojangles25 said:

@with_teeth26 said:

@mrbojangles25 said:

What's anime style?

don't listen to him! its not anime! its a "Supergiant" style game

lol

That's what I'm saying! lol

Might be anime-inspired but please don't call it anime

I don't know what triggered you guys that much but whatever...

I like a lot of Japanese stuff--food, movies, history, even anime itself-- and have travelled there a few times,but for some damn reason I just don't like Japanese games.

*shrug*

I don't know why, I just haven't found one I enjoyed in years. Basically since the SNES days.

So if you hint that a game has an anime/Japanese-game design style, it might change my opinion haha.

Yes, it's irrational and at this point simply typing the above out has sort of convinced me I'm wrong, but...there it is.

*is that official art? Looks like fan art. I was thinking more along the lines of this. It doesn't look inherently like anime. More like...mature Disney.

Who cares tho? What matters is your taste, not some publication's choice.

Hades is amazing. HL Alyx is amazing, but so few people get to play it. I'll still give it to hades. I have more hours in hades then HL Alyx because it's easier to pick up and play.

They both deserve it. Supergiant Games maximise gaming as a story-telling medium, Half-Life: Alyx maximise VR as an immersive gaming platform. Alyx may not have won GOTY, but it did win PC Exclusive of the Year, VR Game of the Year and Shooter of the Year. Both games well deserve their recognition.

As I said many times, there has never been anything "traditional" about Half-Life games. Valve openly acknowledged this themselves; that Half-Life games are first and foremost technological showcases - "artistic solutions to technological problems," as they put it. You want a new Half-Life game? It's actually very easy; just send Gaben an article or a brochure of a cutting-edge gaming tech he might want to showcase.

Just don't call it "Half-Life 3." Valve and that number, they don't get along.

@mrbojangles25 said:

I like a lot of Japanese stuff--food, movies, history, even anime itself-- and have travelled there a few times,but for some damn reason I just don't like Japanese games.

*shrug*

I don't know why, I just haven't found one I enjoyed in years. Basically since the SNES days.

So if you hint that a game has an anime/Japanese-game design style, it might change my opinion haha.

Yes, it's irrational and at this point simply typing the above out has sort of convinced me I'm wrong, but...there it is.

*is that official art? Looks like fan art. I was thinking more along the lines of this. It doesn't look inherently like anime. More like...mature Disney.

Ah I see. I kinda get your perspective and taste on how you see art style. What I posted is also from the official trailer, so I guess it's what dev. think represents the art of the game. [0:38]

I'm not an anime expert, so I don't know the difference in art style between mature Disney and anime, but I agree that the intense bearded man you posted may be too cartoonish to appear in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Hmm.

This

Salty, yet ignorant at the same time.

Both good games but Alyx made me feel like I was a kid again experiencing something new and amazing and no game on console or PC has given me that feeling in decades.

Yeah, Hades is a good option. I'd give it to DOOM: Eternal, personally.

HL:A shot itself in the foot regarding GotY awards. A game very few people can even play shouldn't get a "Game of the Year" award.

I am not into rogue like games, but since everyone keeps talking about Hades, i will give Greg Kasavin $20 and buy the game.

I've been playing Hades for a while now... Years ago It was called Rogue Legacy, then it was called dead cells... Now it is called Hades.

That style of game has been my bread and butter for years.... Because of that, Hades didn't have the wow factor some others may have got from it, but I was just happy it stood up with the aforementioned games. Like dead cells and rogue legacy... They're all goty worthy.

Not into vr though. Can't see myself buying a headset to play games. Maybe if price ever comes down I would, but not at premium pricing.

How dare you say the last sentence! You corporate shill!

... yea I don't know what that means either 🤷‍♂️

Since The Last of US 2 will be GOTD, I think its fair Hades gets the GOTY if we exclude it.

I would personally pick GoT over it, but Hades seems like a solid choice.

Both games deserve goty. Both are great games. So I can’t choose. I’m just glad I got to play both.

I believe in Gamesradar

Both amazing games, personally I would give it to alyx because of the amazing showcase of why vr are the future, no matter how much some system warriors might resent it!

@TheEroica: Just reminded me about Rogue Legacy 2.

13 squid atm.

@uninspiredcup: @uninspiredcup: yep! Hoping for a switch port soon! I played rogues legacy on pc and vita last time. Such stellar gameplay.

Dismissing Half Life Alyx because "only few people" IE, you can't play it, seems really dumb if the game is as legit as its been gassed up to be. Fomo ass goons.

Now dismissing Half Life Alyx because the gameplay itself is lame as is the wave with VR games, that's woke. I mean Cup gassed that game up, Cup. He likes bum games all the time.

Hades is probably more my jam (still probably not actually my jam), but Gamespots reasoning for Alyx is more interesting/more sound. The experience seems wholly unique from anything else they were gassing up as contenders.

Tired of everybody acting so wowed at isometric Rogue games in freaking 2020

My GOTY for ps4 last of us part 2 xbox one ori the will of the wisp ps5 demons souls overall demons souls

Uhh, why does every game have to be open world? Besides, Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't support VR, so it pails in comparision to the immersion and scale of Half Life Alyx.

The floats festival in Cyberpunk is supposed to be the most stunning part of the game, and yet I basically felt nothing, because graphics on a flatscreen just don't influence me these days. Alyx on the other hand gave me chills many times.

Haven't played either Hades or HL:Alyx; I reserve judgment.

Personal pick among new releases is FFVII: Remake, despite certain shortcomings.

VR makes me physically sick so... not Half Life.

When those games are even in the running you know it was a really bad year, like real bad... that's just me though.

Nobody played Hades either, since it's a bird's eye view game.

Neither. Streets of Rage 4 is better than both.

wut

Gamespot leaving Kasavin in the dirt, but what else is new.