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Game Awards 2016 - *** Results ***

  • 05-12-2016 11:43pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,534 ✭✭✭✭


    Mr E wrote:
    Results

    Best Xbox One Game (Retail)
    Dark Souls 3 (Winner)
    Gears of War 4 (Runner Up)

    Best Xbox One Game (Download Only)
    Hitman (Winner)
    Inside (Runner Up)

    Best PS4 Game (Retail)
    Uncharted 4 (Winner)
    Titanfall 2 (Runner Up)
    Doom (Runner Up)

    Best PS4 Game (Download Only)
    Inside (Winner)
    Firewatch (Runner Up)

    Best PC Game (Retail Only)
    Doom (Winner)
    Overwatch (Runner Up)

    Best PC Game (Download Only)
    Inside (Winner)
    Stardew Valley (Runner Up)

    Best Wii U Game (Retail or Download)
    Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE (Winner)
    Paper Mario Color Splash (Runner Up)

    Best 3DS Game (Retail Only)
    Pokemon Sun and Moon (Winner)
    Shin Megami Tensei 4 Apocalypse (Runner Up)
    Dragon Quest 7 (Runner Up)
    Fire Emblem Fates/Birthright/Conquest (Runner Up)
    Monster Hunter Generations (Runner Up)

    Best 3DS Game (Download Only)
    Picross 3D Round 2 (Winner)
    Pocket Card Jockey (Runner Up)

    Best Vita Game (Retail or Download)
    Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma (Winner)
    Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (Winner)
    Shiren the Wanderer (Runner Up)

    Best Android Game
    Reigns (Winner)
    Klocki (Runner Up)

    Best iOS Game
    Mini Metro (Winner)
    Islands: Non-Places (Runner Up)

    Best VR Game
    Thumper (Winner)
    Google Earth (Runner Up)

    Fun: Best Character
    Roach - Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (Winner)
    Doom Marine - Doom (Runner Up)

    Fun: Pleasant Surprise
    Doom (Winner)
    Titanfall 2 (Runner Up)

    Fun: Hottest Female
    Triss - The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (Winner)
    Mercy - Overwatch (Runner Up)

    Fun: Best Boss Fight
    Doom - Cyberdemon (Winner)
    Dark Souls 3 - Abyss Watchers (Runner Up)

    Fun: Best Graphics
    Uncharted 4 (Winner)
    Battlefield 1 (Runner Up)

    Fun: Best Sound
    Battlefield 1 (Winner)
    Doom (Runner Up)

    Fun: Best Music
    The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (Winner)
    Doom (Runner Up)

    Fun: Best Game Design
    Doom (Winner)
    Titanfall 2 (Runner Up)

    Fun: WTF Were They Thinking Award
    No Mans Sky (Winner)
    Konami (Runner Up)

    Fun: Best Story
    Witcher 3 Blood and Wine (Winner)
    Inside (Runner Up)

    Fun: Hottest Male
    Geralt - The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (Winner)
    Soldier 47 - Hitman (Runner Up)

    Fun: Biggest Disappointment
    No Mans Sky (Winner)
    Mafia 3 (Runner Up)
    The Division (Runner Up)

    Overall: Best RPG
    Witcher 3 Blood and Wine (Winner)
    Dark Souls 3 (Runner Up)

    Overall: Online Game of the Year
    Overwatch (Winner)
    Battlefield 1 (Runner Up)

    Overall: Best Action/Adventure
    Doom (Winner)
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Runner Up)

    Overall: Best Sports
    Fifa 17 (Winner)
    Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (Runner Up)

    Overall: Best Racing
    Forza Horizon 3 (Winner)
    Dirt Rally (Runner Up)

    Overall: Best Strategy/Puzzle
    X-Com 2 (Winner)
    The Last Guardian (Runner Up)

    Overall: Best Downloadable (non-Retail) Game
    Stardew Valley (Winner)
    Inside (Runner Up)

    Overall: Best DLC/Add-On Content
    Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (Winner)
    Dark Souls 3: Ashes of Ariandel (Runner Up)

    Overall: Game of the Year 2016
    Uncharted 4 (Winner)
    Battlefield 1 (2nd Place)
    Overwatch (3rd Place)
    Doom (4th Place)

    Time for this year's Games Awards....

    I think you'll all agree that it has been a great year for games, so this should be interesting.

    The first group of categories are now open for nominations. The categories are:

    Best Xbox One Game (Retail)
    Best Xbox One Game (Download Only)
    Best PS4 Game (Retail)
    Best PS4 Game (Download Only)
    Best PC Game (Retail)
    Best PC Game (Download Only)
    Best Wii U Game (Retail or Download)
    Best 3DS Game (Retail)
    Best 3DS Game (Download Only)
    Best Vita Game (Retail or Download)
    Best Android Game
    Best iOS Game
    Best VR Game

    360 and PS3 have been dropped as categories. Vita and Wii U haven't had a massive amount of releases, so download and retail have been combined for both. This is also the first year for VR games.

    This is the first of 3 groups. The next group (the "Fun" awards) will go up at the weekend.

    The threads for nominations can be found in the Game Awards forum.

    May the best games win!


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    Does PC game Retail and Download Only need to be split up ?

    I have NO idea what games were on sale for retail on PC or which ones were Download only, as I assume ALL were available to download.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,724 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    If in doubt, check on Amazon to see if there's a boxed version.

    As a rule of thumb, 'retail' games are usually AAA ones - so things like Overwatch, Doom, Dark Souls 3, Titanfall etc... would belong there instead of the download category. The lines are fuzzier with PC for sure, but personally I always feel the download categories are a place for smaller games to shine :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,904 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Ah the most wonderful time of year :)

    Also, Digital games kicked retail games ass this year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,731 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    If in doubt, check on Amazon to see if there's a boxed version.

    As a rule of thumb, 'retail' games are usually AAA ones - so things like Overwatch, Doom, Dark Souls 3, Titanfall etc... would belong there instead of the download category. The lines are fuzzier with PC for sure, but personally I always feel the download categories are a place for smaller games to shine :)

    I bought Overwatch & DOOM retail, and both just had codes in the box.

    Titanfall 2 is same.


  • Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,395 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Could just name the categories as AAA/Indie rather than Retail/Download? Might not work for all titles I suppose but I would think most games that would be considered "Retail" would be AAA too?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,904 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Wiki has a list of games released in 2016 as well, bit easier than checking through gamefaqs.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_in_video_gaming


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,534 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    I think the nominations for group one have almost dried up, so I'll do group 2 this evening.

    If you have anything to add to group 1, you have until about 9pm this evening. :o

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=499


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    Vita one is proving to be competitive. Could go to any game


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,534 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    OK the second group is up now (the Fun awards)

    Fun: Best Character
    Fun: Pleasant Surprise
    Fun: Hottest Female
    Fun: Best Boss Fight
    Fun: Best Graphics
    Fun: Best Sound
    Fun: Best Music
    Fun: Best Game Design
    Fun: WTF Were They Thinking Award
    Fun: Best Story
    Fun: Hottest Male
    Fun: Biggest Disappointment

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=499

    The final group (Overall) will be Monday or Tuesday.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,904 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Trend emerging suggesting I need to play Doom :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭Sabre0001


    Or that M!Ck^ really loves Doom...


    But yes, you do!

    🤪



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,534 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Group 3 goes up tomorrow night.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    Zero-Cool wrote: »
    Trend emerging suggesting I need to play Doom :)

    I'm saving it for christmas when I've a bit of time to dive into it, I've a feeling its not a game where 30 minutes here and there is enough.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,534 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    The last group is up now (Overall awards). I'll be closing them off on Sunday morning.

    Overall: Best RPG
    Overall: Online Game of the Year
    Overall: Best Action/Adventure
    Overall: Best Sports
    Overall: Best Racing
    Overall: Best Strategy/Puzzle
    Overall: Best Downloadable (non-Retail) Game
    Overall: Best DLC/Add-On Content
    Overall: Game of the Year 2016

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=499


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭✭Generic Dreadhead


    Imho, Group 3 is by far more interesting.

    Groups 1 and 2 were a bit bloated. Maybe less categories next year? Not that I dont appreciate the efforts you've put into it Mr E :)

    That being said, Overall 2016 has not been a GREAT year for Gaming imho, lots of remasters and delays and rereleases etc

    Also goes to show how poor the Wii U's releases have been this year that Starfox is like the only 1st party IP they made a game for :/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,534 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Just over a day left, closing the threads for counting tomorrow morning.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,534 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Happy Christmas all! :)

    Time to vote: http://spo.io/2ik7FL9

    Survey is open until 23:59 on Friday night (30th).

    Results will be made available over the weekend.

    May the most worthy games win!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    Done. Good job on the format etc :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,904 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Excellent, thanks Mr. E.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,534 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    About 72 hours left, folks...

    Link in the OP.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,941 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    I missed the vote for Overall game of the year, can't believe The Witness wasn't nominated


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,534 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Just over a day left, guys. Survey closes tomorrow at midnight.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,534 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Last day (and last thread bump).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,534 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Results for this year's awards. Thanks to all who voted! Where there are multiple winners or runners up, it means there was a tie for that spot...

    Best Xbox One Game (Retail)
    Dark Souls 3 (Winner)
    Gears of War 4 (Runner Up)

    Best Xbox One Game (Download Only)
    Hitman (Winner)
    Inside (Runner Up)

    Best PS4 Game (Retail)
    Uncharted 4 (Winner)
    Titanfall 2 (Runner Up)
    Doom (Runner Up)

    Best PS4 Game (Download Only)
    Inside (Winner)
    Firewatch (Runner Up)

    Best PC Game (Retail Only)
    Doom (Winner)
    Overwatch (Runner Up)

    Best PC Game (Download Only)
    Inside (Winner)
    Stardew Valley (Runner Up)

    Best Wii U Game (Retail or Download)
    Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE (Winner)
    Paper Mario Color Splash (Runner Up)

    Best 3DS Game (Retail Only)
    Pokemon Sun and Moon (Winner)
    Shin Megami Tensei 4 Apocalypse (Runner Up)
    Dragon Quest 7 (Runner Up)
    Fire Emblem Fates/Birthright/Conquest (Runner Up)
    Monster Hunter Generations (Runner Up)

    Best 3DS Game (Download Only)
    Picross 3D Round 2 (Winner)
    Pocket Card Jockey (Runner Up)

    Best Vita Game (Retail or Download)
    Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma (Winner)
    Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (Winner)
    Shiren the Wanderer (Runner Up)

    Best Android Game
    Reigns (Winner)
    Klocki (Runner Up)

    Best iOS Game
    Mini Metro (Winner)
    Islands: Non-Places (Runner Up)

    Best VR Game
    Thumper (Winner)
    Google Earth (Runner Up)

    Fun: Best Character
    Roach - Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (Winner)
    Doom Marine - Doom (Runner Up)

    Fun: Pleasant Surprise
    Doom (Winner)
    Titanfall 2 (Runner Up)

    Fun: Hottest Female
    Triss - The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (Winner)
    Mercy - Overwatch (Runner Up)

    Fun: Best Boss Fight
    Doom - Cyberdemon (Winner)
    Dark Souls 3 - Abyss Watchers (Runner Up)

    Fun: Best Graphics
    Uncharted 4 (Winner)
    Battlefield 1 (Runner Up)

    Fun: Best Sound
    Battlefield 1 (Winner)
    Doom (Runner Up)

    Fun: Best Music
    The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (Winner)
    Doom (Runner Up)

    Fun: Best Game Design
    Doom (Winner)
    Titanfall 2 (Runner Up)

    Fun: WTF Were They Thinking Award
    No Mans Sky (Winner)
    Konami (Runner Up)

    Fun: Best Story
    Witcher 3 Blood and Wine (Winner)
    Inside (Runner Up)

    Fun: Hottest Male
    Geralt - The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (Winner)
    Soldier 47 - Hitman (Runner Up)

    Fun: Biggest Disappointment
    No Mans Sky (Winner)
    Mafia 3 (Runner Up)
    The Division (Runner Up)

    Overall: Best RPG
    Witcher 3 Blood and Wine (Winner)
    Dark Souls 3 (Runner Up)

    Overall: Online Game of the Year
    Overwatch (Winner)
    Battlefield 1 (Runner Up)

    Overall: Best Action/Adventure
    Doom (Winner)
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Runner Up)

    Overall: Best Sports
    Fifa 17 (Winner)
    Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (Runner Up)

    Overall: Best Racing
    Forza Horizon 3 (Winner)
    Dirt Rally (Runner Up)

    Overall: Best Strategy/Puzzle
    X-Com 2 (Winner)
    The Last Guardian (Runner Up)

    Overall: Best Downloadable (non-Retail) Game
    Stardew Valley (Winner)
    Inside (Runner Up)

    Overall: Best DLC/Add-On Content
    Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (Winner)
    Dark Souls 3: Ashes of Ariandel (Runner Up)

    Overall: Game of the Year 2016
    Uncharted 4 (Winner)
    Battlefield 1 (2nd Place)
    Overwatch (3rd Place)
    Doom (4th Place)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,221 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Witcher 3 is so good it was released in 2015 and it's still winning 2016 game awards.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,904 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Thanks for another year Mr E. Beaming Witcher got a few wins, and rightly so!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    Thanks Mr.E.

    Really good to see Blood and Wine get a lot of recognition. For a DLC expansion it had more content and enjoyment than a lot of full AAA games.

    Happy with Stardew Valley getting best downloadable of the year.

    Overall I think the results are pretty fair. Also I think I really need to try and get Doom sometime this year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,941 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    I think The Witness releasing in January hurt its chances as a lot of people would have forgotten it, it was my GOTY by a mile. Been a long time since a game blew my mind like this, and the puzzle design was just incredible.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭Falthyron


    ShaneU wrote: »
    I think The Witness releasing in January hurt its chances as a lot of people would have forgotten it, it was my GOTY by a mile. Been a long time since a game blew my mind like this, and the puzzle design was just incredible.

    Have you played The Talos Principle? You should check it out.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,534 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    I'm downloading The Witcher GOTY edition right now. Looking forward to it.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,724 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Falthyron wrote: »
    Have you played The Talos Principle? You should check it out.

    Funnily enough I adored The Witness (although think its too esoteric and divisive to do particularly well in a public poll of this ilk, even allowing for the months that have passed since release) but in my brief puzzle game obsession after (NEEDED MORE) it I just couldn't get into Talos. A lot of people found TW cold, but I found the Talos... philosophical detachment and aesthetic repetition far more off-putting than the warm and welcoming (IMO) world of The Witness.

    Stephen's Sausage Roll, on the other hand, is the hardcore obsession us jonesing Witness enthusiasts deserve :cool:


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,843 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Pocket Card Jockey is the secret best game of 2016.
    ShaneU wrote: »
    I think The Witness releasing in January hurt its chances as a lot of people would have forgotten it, it was my GOTY by a mile. Been a long time since a game blew my mind like this, and the puzzle design was just incredible.

    I think a lot of people, myself included, thinking it was a load of old arse spoiled its chances. It's a very divisive game.


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