The Game Awards 2018 (Boards.ie Version!) - Winners Announced (Post 36)

Mr E

I hope ROTOD comes to Switch.

johnny_ultimate

Mr E wrote: »

I hope ROTOD comes to Switch.

Being considered:

https://twitter.com/dukope/status/1074198507240615936

I reckon any even slightly modern PC would play that game in its current form, of course!

Mr E

Results! Thanks to all who voted.
If two games are listed for a category, it indicates a tie.

Interesting fact: No winners for Spiderman (and nobody even voted for it as best game on PS4). After how heavily it featured in GOTY discussions over Christmas, I thought it was unusual that it didn't even register with Boardsies.

Best Xbox One Game (Retail)
Red Dead Redemption 2
Forza Horizon 4

Best Xbox One Game (Download Only)
Ashen

Best PS4 Game (Retail)
God of War

Best PS4 Game (Download Only)
Celeste

Best PC Game (Retail)
Hitman 2

Best PC Game (Download Only)
Return of the Obra Dinn

Best Switch Game (Retail)
Super Smash Brothers Ultimate

Best Switch Game (Download Only)
Hollow Knight

Best Android Game
Florence

Best iOS Game
Florence

Best VR Game
Astrobot Rescue Mission
Beat Saber

Fun: Best Sound
Red Dead Redemption 2

Fun: Hottest Male
Geoffrey McCullum - Vampyr

Fun: Hottest Female
Sadie Adler - Red Dead Redemption 2

Fun: Best Story
Red Dead Redemption 2

Fun: Best Character
Arthur Morgan - Red Dead Redemption 2

Fun: Best Boss Fight
Baldur - God Of War

Fun: Best Graphics
God Of War
Red Dead Redemption 2

Fun: Best Art Design
God Of War

Fun: Best Game Design
God of War

Fun: Most Anticipated Game for 2019
Cyberpunk 2077

Fun: Biggest Disappointment
Fallout 76

Fun: Pleasant Surprise
Astrobot Rescue Mission

Fun: Best Music
Celeste

Fun: WTF Were They Thinking Award
Bethesda/Fallout 76

Overall: Best Strategy/Puzzle
Hitman 2

Overall: Best Sports
Fire Pro Wrestling World

Best DLC/Add-On Content
No Man’s Sky - multiple expansions

Overall: Online Game of the Year
Overcooked 2

Overall: Best Downloadable (non-Retail) Game
Celeste

Overall: Best RPG
Divinity Original Sin 2

Overall: Best Action/Adventure
God of War

Overall: Game of the Year 2018
God of War


Breakdown of Winners:

God of War|7
Red Dead Redemption 2|6
Celeste|3
Astrobot Rescue Mission|2
Fallout 76|2
Florence|2
Hitman 2|2

Zero-Cool

Thanks again Mr. E

I sent the results onto Cory Balrog and he said he was completely overwhelmed. Sent a pic of himself after reading your post.

johnny_ultimate

Mr E wrote: »

Best PC Game (Download Only)
Return of the Obra Dinn

*performs appreciative jig*

Thanks as ever Mr E!

Retr0gamer

More people need to play obra dinn because the game design and story awards going to anything else is a sin.

Kratos reading the results

Osmosis Jones

Fred The Red wrote: »

Kratos reading the results

Penn

Mr E wrote: »

Interesting fact: No winners for Spiderman (and nobody even voted for it as best game on PS4). After how heavily it featured in GOTY discussions over Christmas, I thought it was unusual that it didn't even register with Boardsies.

I think it's a really enjoyable game, well worth playing. But it does have its flaws which probably lost it a good few points with people. Either way though, in a year when God Of War came out, it was never going to compete.

TitianGerm

Fred The Red wrote: »

Kratos reading the results

Updating a classic I see :pac:

Potential-Monke

God of War, deserves all the praise it's getting. Truly a masterpiece imo, and so excited to see what they do next.

Also very happy to see No Mans Sky getting some love for once. Maybe it didn't have competition, I can't remember, but good to see it's getting the recognition it deserves, and Hello Games are showing how to claw back from bust to make what is now a really good, very big game.

Thought Octopath should have gotten best music!

ZiabR

Fred The Red wrote: »

Thought Octopath should have gotten best music!

Just youtube'd it and am listening to the soundtrack :pac:

Retr0gamer

Fred The Red wrote: »

Thought Octopath should have gotten best music!

Yeah. I love celeste but the soundtrack isn't octopath level.