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[Peepo T. Skeleton]

I forgot Game Awards was today until I popped in here and skimmed through 6 pages of steadily increasing Half-Life 3 despair.

 

[Noipoi]

I watched it cause I wanted to see HL3 live (didn't happen), but I also somehow deluded myself that Legends Z-A was gonna be shown there too.

I am an idiot.

Pokemon Day isn't too far, brother.

 

[Shroob]

So like


With the Switch 2 just being.... out there now



Nintendo, Direct soon....? Please?

 

[TheMightyP]

Now that the dust has settled, shoutout to this one gacha game where

This song sounds like Jump Up Superstar.

Am I tripping or is this song really similar to Jump Up Superstar

-

 

[SneakyLink]

So like


With the Switch 2 just being.... out there now



Nintendo, Direct soon....? Please?

I’m guessing Nintendo is waiting until 2025 to get last minute holiday sales.

I wonder though… when in 2025? It has to be before April as stated previously.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Tokyo Zone in Shadow Generations was pretty fun but it felt like the shortest stage in the game

The Westopolis remix is cool tho

I wish more of the levels were as short as this one tbh.

 

[Noipoi]

So like


With the Switch 2 just being.... out there now



Nintendo, Direct soon....? Please?

I actually think they'll reveal it in January, so maybe it won't be too long now?

Cope?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Im ****ing having a heart attack over okami. You all have no idea how happy i am

 

[KingofPhantoms]

It appears that asking for Half-Life 3 to be unveiled at The Game Awards would have been an considerably large nudge.

Too large, given the interests of the person who started the rumor's employers.

 

[Wario Bros.]

We now know for 100% that the Switch 2 reveal and Pokémon Day is the only Nintendo we're getting in the near future.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I wish there was a thing that I could get super hyped over, but there were still a few really cool things.

 

[Noipoi]

We now know for 100% that the Switch 2 reveal and Pokémon Day is the only Nintendo we're getting in the near future.

I bet once the new console is officially unveiled we'll get more directs again. There's gonna be a lot of new games and they'll want to drum up a lot of hype for the new system.

 

[Guynamednelson]

Congrats to Astro Bot for winning.

Now to wait for a PC port because I genuinely cannot use Playstation controllers.

Too bad. The game makes heavy use of the DualShock 5's features.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Too bad. The game makes heavy use of the DualShock 5's features.

inb4 they make the keyboard, mouse, or Steam Deck vibrate

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Eh, some of the new games actually looked cool, and stuff like the Pac-Man game, Night Reign, the untitled game made by the SotC devs and Okami II were worthwhile trailers. Statler and Waldorf were also great, as was expected.

I missed the latter half of the show though, so from the sounds of things, I'm guessing I missed out on a lot of pointless crap and Geoff and whoever else is calling the shots at TGA not learning anything from last year despite still having enough sense of irony to crack a "Please Wrap it Up" joke. No Half-Life 3 is simultaneously surprising and not surprising at the same time somehow.

 

[Hydreigonfan01]

Hey, I saw positive talk about this year's TGA for once and it comes from someone who doesn't like the show

I shit on Geoff a lot, but I do think he took a lot of feedback to heart with this show. This Game Awards felt like the best show he ever put on.

— Ultima (@UltimaShadowX) December 13, 2024

 

[TheMightyP]

Here's to 20 more years of Half Life 3 jokes

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Critikal was adamant throughout most of his stream that there'd be no Half-Life 3, Bloodborne 2 or Silk Song at TGA this year.

He was right.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Are you kidding me the ShadGens DLC came out while I was asleep and I only found out 5 minutes before work despite waking up an hour early?

Also I do not believe a single one of you we got a third Okami game, stop lying to me

 

[Schnee117]

Hey, I saw positive talk about this year's TGA for once and it comes from someone who doesn't like the show

I shit on Geoff a lot, but I do think he took a lot of feedback to heart with this show. This Game Awards felt like the best show he ever put on.

— Ultima (@UltimaShadowX) December 13, 2024

"Best show" doesn't mean a whole lot and there's still some of the stench over it and to be frank, you can't be self aware if you're gonna go back to the old stuff in the next one so that's gonna be extra scrutiny for next time, but for now at least. Yeah, solid show for once.

 

[StormC]

Glad a platformer from a medium-sized Japanese studio won, of course it helps Astro Bot is legitimately fantastic.

 

[cashregister9]

Critikal was adamant throughout most of his stream that there'd be no Half-Life 3, Bloodborne 2 or Silk Song at TGA this year.

He was right.

Yet weirdly enough

Critikal himself was an announcement

He's in the cast of a game called Dispatch

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

With the announcement of Okami 2, maybe life is worth living

 

[TheMightyP]

But seriously, this years game awards was bad, but it wasn't downright unwatchable like the past two years.

There was some fun surprises (for me at least), and yeah starting off with Witcher 4 is huge, even though that trailer took forever.

But then it fell into the same pitfall of the other years, and I mean the slew of ads, the same old AAA schlop (which tbf isn't the fault of TGAs itself, but more reflective on the industry), unfunny segments and skits, moments that have nothing to do with games, awkward moments that take far too long, and most importantly, not focusing on the actual GAME AWARDS.

But the high points were genuinelly hype this time so it did hold my attention for that. So well played Geoff. But I'm better off just watching the highlights the day after

 

[Z25]

They blew the budget on Harrison Ford and Walter; so they couldn’t afford to announce Half life 3

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Are you kidding me the ShadGens DLC came out while I was asleep and I only found out 5 minutes before work despite waking up an hour early?

Also I do not believe a single one of you we got a third Okami game, stop lying to me

I mean, depending on who you ask, it's actually only the second game.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I mean, depending on who you ask, it's actually only the second game.

Idk, I got Okamiden as a present from my grandpa and was enamoured with it, I still remember minor **** like a sidequest where you help a cute little boar who wanted to see the human that saved it from a bear trap, that **** hits hard as that was one of the last times I saw my old man

 

[Z25]

The game awards this year:

 

[Jondolio]

I kept my promise this year and slept through the entire game awards. Not a hard promise to keep but you'd be surprised how many times I woke up in the middle of the night and then caught it in the middle out of sheer boredom.

Was there anything worthwhile announced at all?

 

[TheMightyP]

I kept my promise this year and slept through the entire game awards. Not a hard promise to keep but you'd be surprised how many times I woke up in the middle of the night and then caught it in the middle out of sheer boredom.

Was there anything worthwhile announced at all?

Okami 2 was the highlight for most of us

 

[Z25]

I kept my promise this year and slept through the entire game awards. Not a hard promise to keep but you'd be surprised how many times I woke up in the middle of the night and then caught it in the middle out of sheer boredom.

Was there anything worthwhile announced at all?

Witcher 4, Pac-Man metroidvania, Elden ring Borderlands 4, Okami 2.

New Turok, ormishu and sonic racing as well

 

[Peepo T. Skeleton]

Yet weirdly enough

Critikal himself was an announcement

He's in the cast of a game called Dispatch

It's weird seeing the cast of a game and actually recognizing all the names

 

[StormC]

I’m on vacation when this Shadow Gens DLC dropped, I’m getting antsy to get home and play it next week

 

[KingofPhantoms]

I kept my promise this year and slept through the entire game awards. Not a hard promise to keep but you'd be surprised how many times I woke up in the middle of the night and then caught it in the middle out of sheer boredom.

Was there anything worthwhile announced at all?

Elden Ring DLC, Witcher, a new game by the Shadow of the Colossus' crew, I think a new Sonic racing game, a new Pac-Man game that looks like a sci-fi Metroidvania, and a new Okami game were all announced.

Also Statler and Waldorf were being Statler and Waldorf.

 

[Jondolio]

Also I saw some of the announcements in an article and I burst out laughing when I saw that they announced The Last of Us Part II Remastered

 

[TheMightyP]

Calling it a new Pac-Man game is a bit of a stretch.

I mean yeah it is but like.

That's not Pac-Man.

I mean it is but you know what I mean.

But it looks fun.

well a stretch is the wrong word but it's not what you think when it comes to Pac-Man

 

[SnakeFighter64]

There will never be a mascot platformer announcement at the game awards

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Idk, I got Okamiden as a present from my grandpa and was enamoured with it, I still remember minor ** like a sidequest where you help a cute little boar who wanted to see the human that saved it from a bear trap, that ** hits hard as that was one of the last times I saw my old man

I haven't played any of the Okami games yet, so I can't attest to Okamiden's quality. I was just rolling with the joke based on the game's more divided reception and possibility that this new game in the series is going to be considered the "true" sequel since Okamiden wasn't made by most of the original dev team.

With that said, I'm glad to hear the sequel means something significant to you. Don't let anyone else's opinions change that. Besides the fact that everyone's got different opinions, sometimes, there's more to video games than just their content on it's own. The memories you share of playing any with friends or loved ones are a perfect example of that.

 

[Jondolio]

There will never be a mascot platformer announcement at the game awards

I think you need to play more types of games

 

[Noipoi]

There will never be a mascot platformer announcement at the game awards

I dunno, if someone can make a mascot platformer that's also an HD 4K dark fantasy/sci-fi cinematic experience they might have a chance.