What games will be on the 2020 GOTY list?

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6 min readNov 18, 2020

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The end of 2020 is coming. At this time of year, there is news that many gamers are waiting for.It’s the Game Of The Year. Gamers enjoy predicting what the award-winning film will be. Of course, if you ask what’s the best game of the year because individual tastes are different, many answers will be different depending on your taste. However, the confrontation is being established to some extent. This is because many games are already receiving awards at various award ceremonies. In this post, let’s look at this year’s GOTY candidates.

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What’s a GOTY?

GOTY, or Game of The Year, is a generic term for awards given to outstanding games that represent the year through various media, among the numerous games released a year. The representative medium is the ‘GOTY’ concept from numerous media, including various online public confidence webzines such as IGN and GameSpot, or awards such as the Golden Joystick Awards. Of course, many Game Blog also deal with these things. But these are helpful, but lack public confidence.

GOTY is not exactly an authoritative award ceremony, unlike the usual awards ceremony in the film industry. However, it would be quite a concern for the game’s producers as they receive the attention and attention of gamers. Even if it is difficult to see an authoritative award ceremony, transparency is emphasized in the selection process. Since it is selected through fair and transparent screening, it can be clearly said that it is a public-reliable award ceremony.

Early this year, competition was expected to be fierce as a number of A-class games were due to be released, but unexpected issues and the aftereffects of COVID-19 Pandemic have made predictions quite difficult.

Let’s move on to the 2020 GOTY nominees. Currently, there are four games that have become popular with many gamers and are expected to play. Let’s meet with the next story.

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Animal Crossing : New Horizons

If GOTY’s standard is ‘the most loved game of the year,’ it should be awarded. The ‘Animal Crossing’ series has always been loved in the game market. However, I believe that COVID-19 Pandemics had a significant impact on this huge sales volume. The global disaster has left people trapped in their homes, and what they can do is extremely limited.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons was enough to satisfy the desire of those who wanted to go out. This phenomenon continued, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons swept the world to the point where it emerged as a social phenomenon. It sold more than 10 million copies worldwide in about 10 days since its launch, and Nintendo’s expected total sales surpassed that of its predecessor in a month.

However, I think it will be difficult to become the main character of GOTY even if it is a successful game like this. Since games such as arcades, puzzles and MMORPG tend to be undervalued at GOTY, the “Animal Crossing” series without a planned main story has always been shunned at awards, despite its favorable reviews. Let’s hope this GOTY gets rid of the sorrow.

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HALF-LIFE : ALYX

It has also jumped into the VR game market from Valve Corporation, a famous FPS company. HALF-LIFE: ALYX is the game that brought the biggest innovation to the game market in 2020. Existing VR games have remained fragmentary manipulations.However, through interaction in this game, it suggested a new direction for VR games. It also satisfied the expectation that it would be a new Harpy series that appeared after a long time. I think this change is the degree of innovation that has changed from offline casino to Online Casino.

It’s such a great game that IGN gave 10 out of 10. IGN says,

It’s the best VR shooter game I’ve ever enjoyed and has raised the eye level of VR games.

It is the result of Valve Corporation’s advanced technology. But there was no such thing as storytelling innovation as the previous Half-Life series. Is it the limit of VR games? Nevertheless, I think this game is worth winning because it has surpassed the limits of the existing VR game.

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Ghost of Tsushima

Ghost of Tsushima is an open-world action adventure game exclusively for PS4. It is set in the battle of Tsushima Island in Japan during the Yuan Dynasty’s Japanese expedition. It has a Japanese-style worldview and a way of fighting that reminds one of Assassin Creed. Harmoniously arranged the merits of various successful games. Because of this, it is considered a great game to enjoy.

What comes to your mind when you think of games? The first value of the game I think is pleasure. Ghost of Tsushima is a game that surely satisfies this. Although the volume belongs to a small game, it has not lost the importance of action. The composition of the world view and internal contents were also excellent. Among the AAA-class games that appeared this year, I think it was the most popular game that entertained many gamers.

However, these advantages were rather problematic. Overall, it follows, but it’s too bad to be the best.Perhaps due to the lack of differentiation, the game will not be missed if the best game of the year, TOP5, is selected. However, considering various factors, it seems that it is a little lacking. It doesn’t matter much whether the award will be awarded or not. If a lot of gamers have enjoyed this game, wouldn’t it be a good thing?

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The Last of Us Part II

This is the sequel to The Last of Us, which swept all game awards in 2013. It was the first sequel in seven years since the release of the previous film, so many gamers were looking forward to it. But after it was made public, the assessment began to be seriously mixed.

In terms of technology, ‘The Last of Us Part II’ was perfect. It is safe to say that there is no flaw in graphics and directing. The Last of Us Part II has extracted the maximum amount of technology that PlayStation 4 can implement. Fantastic graphics, excellent interaction and production, facial expressions and movements of characters as close to reality as possible, and dynamic actions. But even though it is a game with so many great elements, it does not have the most important thing.

The last of Us showed the best storytelling. With a well-organized story, he tapped the hearts of users and moved them through the production of characters. However, The Last of Us Part II was the worst compared to its previous work. Critics praised the movie after its release, but users responded the opposite way. Perhaps there will be a lot of resistance if the game is selected for the GOTY.

At the end.

Today, we explained about GOTY and then learned about the game that is expected to win the award. To be honest, I don’t care which game I get. But I hope that Animal Crossing gets it. Since Animal Crossing has never received a GOTY before, I hope you break the existing framework.

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