@@martyden9006I would also like to know what issues it had. I’ve played hundreds of hours of RDR2 and haven’t the slightest idea what you could be talking about unless it’s online
Nah, Overwatch is shitty now but at the time it was very unique and people actually loved it. Uncharted 4 is just like the other Uncharted game in terms of combat with better visuals.
What is with this rewriting of history both by the people in the comments and by the maker of the video? It wasn't unexpected that OW won at all. The game had massive hype. For like a year it was the biggest game in the world. It took league's number one spot in korea. Of course it won game of the year. You may not like what the game turned into but the first 1.5 years OW dominated everything and it was because the game was awesome. It literally set a trend that many games have tried copying. I don't know why you think a game of THE YEAR should be timeless. It's the best that the year had to offer. It's not like single player games age well with years either. The point of the awards ahow is to celebrate the games of the year and like it or not in 2016 there wasn't a bigger game than OW.
@@famous12121maybe in beginning of 2018. Cause ever since rdr2 released nobody gaf bout the 2018 GOW and till date ppl compare rdr2 with any new releases.
@@Skytopia69 I don't even like the 2018 god of war game as much as the older god of war games but I still had more fun with it than Red Dead Redemption 2 which I unfortunately dropped in the 3rd chapter. Red Dead Redemption 2 is technologically outstanding and has a detailed world but I found it not that fun to play which is the sentiment of a lot of people just as a lot of people find it outstanding.
@@devakleo2037 There's nothing wrong with OP's comment. He said that TW3 really "deserved" the award, because, at the time, in the past, it was (and for most, still is) a fantastic game. "Deserved", as in "deserving, past tense", not as in "it should have won".
yea, every other game makes me feels like I'm controlling a character. Witcher 3 is the only game I felt like I am Gerald. No any other game makes me feels this way.
Agree to disagree. A lot of people still haven't even played BB because it's a PS exclusive. I still have never played a game that has gripped me like BB does. The world building, the incredible Lovecraftian story and the combat are all still untouched imo. W3 is fun and I love the lore and characters, but I hate the tedious mission structure stuff. It's just not for me.
I get this isn't the most popular opinion, but Witcher 3 has always been a very solid A for me (right alongside RDR2). But as someone who values challenging and interesting combat over just about anything else I will pick Bloodborne everyday.
@@Gurgel_0 Don't think they will. Some publishers are way too arrogant to listen to the players. Pretty sure Sony has another live service coming up. It's called "Fairgames" or something
Death Stranding may have been a visual beauty, but in no universe should it have beaten out Sekiro. The same Sekiro that redefined and perfected third person combat mechanics. Great game, but not over the greatest single player fighting game ever created
@@tazzuchiha3412 Not that different. I basically agree with the rest of the games in this video. SOme I've played, some I haven't but I agree with all of them being worthy winners. SO Death stranding appearing there with the likes of RDD2 and GOW:R is not a matter of tastes. Its almost insuting.
@@kill3rbyysightwhat’s fun about GOW’s repetitive gameplay? U just spam leviathan axe or blades of chaos and go on a “set journey” with awful boss designs. Meanwhile Rdr2’s gameplay is diverse where u can use multiple weapons/ play styles and each one feels grounded and perfect. In the year 2024 if you play both games side by side you’ll realise how dusted and aged gow 2018 really is.
@@kill3rbyysightThat's because stories, characters and world building will always stand out and stick with people more than game mechanics. We all know RDR 2 has some of the best gunplay, physics and replayability out there. Literally the only complaint I have with the game is how hard it is to mod it, but that's just an afterthought.
actually i think GOTY award does not deserve rdr2. rdr2 and rockstar games they set benchmark for the industry. even there are a lot of stuffs about making games that rockstar games revolutionizes and all the big devs follow them lol. no competition for rdr2. PERIOD
@@artetasson5971 elden ring did not deserve goty any more than gowr did. it was up in the air for what was going to win that year but I will say something. Sequels have a "curse of sorts" when it comes to goty. People love to keep the older game in their head when talking about the sequel, so if the sequel isnt better in literally every single way over the first game then its a negative amplified by 1000x. Same reason why rdr2 didnt win.
@sweetbabyrayso5262 I respect the take but as somebody who played both there's one key thing elden ring had over gow at the time that made it deserve goty more imo and that was how accessible it was compared to gow at the time (more players who can play the game the better and since it was available on most platforms its more accessible for the playerbase)
@@williamwhitebirch9191 It's immediately assassin's creed because it has flashy stealth? I don't remember bullet sponge enemies and micro transactions. TLOU2 is just you running around 24/7, collecting scrap, do a little bit combat and be punched in the face cause revenge is bad. Ghost of Tsushima world actually reacts to your actions. Imagine making a zombie game where the real threat are the humans, oh gee haven't see that before! I'll rather play Resident Evil instead if i want a survival shooter, thank you very much.
@@Ligmaballin No I was making a mockery of your silly assessment. Your argument about the world in Ghost of Tsushima reacting to your action is flawed. If you play honourbly you'll still be seen as a dishonourable person. It forces you into the narrative, which I personally disliked. Narrowing the gameplay down to "running around 24/7" is just childish. Breathtaking visuals, amazing gameplay, great story (in my, and many others', opinion). Characters feel real, the npc react to your actions far more than they do in Ghost of Tsushima. Humans was always a very main threat in the series. As they would be in a real apocalypse as well. "Haven't seen that before" If you want something totally unique you should dislike Ghost of Tsushima for the same reason as well.
Thanks for putting Alien Isolation in for a shout.. man what a game that was! I’ve played many horror/thriller type games over the years, but no game made me feel so scared and intense the whole way through. I’m not talking about the odd jump scare here and there which nearly all horror games have.. I’m talking about the whole experience all the way through from start to finish. If nobody out there ain’t played it but are thinking of playing it I highly recommend it. 100% the most underrated game on this list by far!
Silent Hill and Japanese game Siren, have put me off horror games completely, just too intense and unforgiving with no light hearted moments…strictly for masochists….
Where just on on the beginning of century and mfs already say this shi is crazy, like some of this mfs sound like that music award thing that said "Taylor swift is the artist of the decade" when clearly it was just the beginning of the decade🤦🏻♂️
@@Youalrightboi I’m not English but doesn’t you’re statement in that comment mean that RDR2 is the best game of the 21 century? And we’re just in beginning of the century, so isn’t that a crazy statement. And bro what does mf have anything to do with what I said, I use mf to describe crazy people
Wow. All this time I just assumed RDR2 won GOTY and to lose to God of War? What kind of madness is that? RDR2, IMO, is still the greatest game ever made. It's just complete in every way. Hell the fishing and hunting alone would be decent full games on their own.
The thing is rdr2 is a sequel… while gow was a insane reboot which also had better reviews and more sales i believe. Not to mention for the actual gameplay aspect , GoW trumps rdr2.
The only dissapointment right now is for Rockstar not patching or remastering RDR2 for ps5. This game so much deserves 60 fps and enhanced graphics on ps5
I think it's because game came out in 2018 and ps5 have been out for 3-4 years now they believe majority of people have already played rdr2 not alit going to complete the whole story again if graphics and fps are improved just my humble opinion
RDR 2 not winning that year just highlights the influence of PlayStation on the awards. That game in 2024 still is great and nothing is close to the details and how alive the world is.
1000 percent agreed, it wasn't like i disliked the games style believe me i had played "Gun"another wild west game in my younger days And absolutely loved it. But when i tried rdr2 i found myself forcefully giving it a chance and playing it because of high says it had@@scooby207
2:13 I highly disagree. Overwatch changed the videogame landscape and is still up and running. It gets so much flag, because the community really cares, and Blizzard is basically falling apart infront of our eyes. Whereas Uncharted 4 was looking good, but it's Gameplay felt old by that time and it's not even the best game of the franchise. I'd say that Uncharted 2 and even 3 are still better games to this date.
@Saylorleatherjecket I can't be objective anymore. I've got so many hours in and so much money invested in loot boxes, season passes and skins that it's still my go to game. I tried to start new ones like R6S or Valorant but the learning curve on all of these games is pretty steep, so it's easier for me to go back to Overwatch where I already have 8 years of experience and now all the heroes and how they work together etc. So it is probably difficult for newcomers to get into any of these games, but Call of Duty seems easy enough to be somewhat okay in. And the SBMM helps with it. I don't play against bots, bur also don't play against Veterans who played it nonstop since CoD4. in 2007
@@Saylorleatherjecket There are plenty of games I don't like. Dark Souls, Monster Hunter, GTA Online. It doesn't mesn this games are shit, they are just not for me. And that's fine. If Free2Play Hero Shooters aren't your thing, than it's fine.
@ yes it’s correct, but free 2 play donate games are actually shit because they done damage to the whole industry and every company trying to make it’s own free to play shit instead of good single games so I hate this game even for their existence
Got Uncharted 4 and the Lost legacy remastered for PC a few weeks beack on Steam. A masterpiece! I had really fun, graphics stunning, story compelling.
@@tano1670 not at all both games deserved goty and ofc for me too I wanted rdr2 to win but that time gow won for two reason that is kratos were finally returning after his end on last gow game and also gow got released on April while rdr2 were released on October so gow got more base than rdr2 at that time that's why however overwatch is still considered as the biggest robbery as it won over games like uncharted and dark soul which is nonsense.
RDR2 deserved and should have one goty 2018 as its one of game that every people will remember after playing, gow was also good but rdr2 takes win when compared to all gameplay stuff, the only reason gow won goty in 2018 over rdr2 is because, in gow many fans witness the return of kratos who was considered dead before and now tehy can experience kratos in a new way of gameplay too so people were hyped and also gow was released in april of 2018 and rdr2 on oct of 2018 so thats also a reason why rdr2 missed it but still gamers still consider rdr2 the best.
There is a clear difference in some of the games that won and didn't. Overwatch should be in a separate category. Comparing multiplayer only to single player only games just never seems right...
I would say Ghost of Tsushima should have got 2020, even though im kinda biased on TLOU 2. Ghost of Tsushima is just slightly better in GENERAL if you compare it per detail. TLOU2 has a lot of flaws like you said and it was a big one on the Pacing especially some chapters feels like empty and unnecessary, but needed to bloat the gametime a bit. Unlike Ghost, even the sidequest have a meaningful stories and emotional lessons. The Main story of Ghost was so good, attention to detail ex. in Act 1 Jin was still honorable and easier to standoff Mongols, but in Act 3 he's already a Ghost and standoff is much harder since standoff is the honorable way to kill enemies. that detail impressed me. but yeah TLOU was just more hyped because the first one was a masterpiece
Im sorry, but you just cant say bloodborne is equally deserving as the witcher. Witcher 3 is probably game of the decade, on a completely different level, even when comparing to bloodborne. Also, god of war winning over rdr2 is pretty much a paralel to the case above, but gone wrong. Amazing game, but, rdr2 is on another level.
GOW AND GOW RAGNAROK are simply the best games ever produced in the history of humanity. Heck they might as well be the best media humanity has ever created. Rdr 2 simply had no chance against this masterpiece.
RDR 2 doesn't deserve game of the year, it deserves game of the decade . I was a changed man after playing the game , it changed the way i look at things
@@NobleKnightForever sure rdr2 is a really good game but game of the decade? i dont think so while it did get robbed off game of the year(even after winnin all the other awards that night) but "game of the decade" is too much
@@rageguyyyaa I understand your opinion but i believe it is the best STORY game ever written not the best. For example elden ring has better combat gameplay etc. My point is no game has had a story and character such as Arthur Morgan that has impacted to this day still. Elden ring characters or TLOU, or ghost of tsuhima have good characters, but they don’t impact me till this day as much as Arthur Morgan, however they have better gameplay combat and world building to me. My point is that it deserves game of decade for its story, however other people value gameplay a lot over story so that’s why some disagree but i understand.
Resident evil 4 remake even tho it's a remake it deserves game of the year as well. While it changes a bit on the story and has phenomenal graphics the game mechanics are more fluid and engaging a long with the new Parry system making this game a lot of fun
Started playing death stranding a few weeks ago. And OMG is it gorgeous. I have a good monitor now and I upgraded my CPU and GPU a few months ago. So now I can max it out, and I was stunned at how beautiful the setting of the game is.
2018 was probably the best year in gaming history ever. So, Rdr2 not winning is not totally illogical. However, considering it is one of the greatest game ever, something should be pointed out. God of War was released early in that year. So, everyone was familiar with it and fascinated by it. Whereas, Rdr2 came out probably less than 2 months before the award was given. Most of the people did not know about it in details. Rdr2 is such a masterpiece, it's tough to even understand the depth quickly. So, that played a vital role. God of war deserved it, but Rdr2 deserves the best game ever.
@@liam10123 simple as f, if he was older, he would never have called it the best year in history, in which only 2 good games were released. whereas in the period from 1997 to 2004, in just 7 years, more iconic games were released than in the following 20 years. This is evidenced by the number of remakes of old titles. Good luck, kinders.
Ghost of Tsushima is one of the greatest games ever made. I'm playing it again for like the 10 time, LoL. This run is on PC though, just a great game all around.
I just bought it for ps5. Something about the open world just doesn't do it for me. It feels like a linear game forced into an open world. I'll give it a another go soon.
@@Sainte305 hes talking about how got is literally just the ubisoft formula without a ton of map markers. For some, simply removing the map markers and a good story is enough. But for others, they still recognize the open world is the same old open world we have seen countless of times.
@@sweetbabyrayso5262I get the point, but exploration became natural thanks to that. I do hope the sequel offers more varied side content and more random events.
Death Stranding is my favorite game release over the last 10 years. It's not even a genre of game that I play much but I just got completely immersed in the game, scenery and story.
Alr a prediction for 2025. Ghost of Yotei. If its at the level or maybe even a step above its predecessor its gonna be great and absolutetly deserving of the title. But since GTA6 is probably gonna be out next year as well theres no shot for GoY. Since its pretty much impossible to win a game of the year award against GTA6 unless its gonna be an absolute disappointed piece of garbage like Cyberpunk back then. Not bcs GTA is so good. But just bcs its probably the by far most overhyped gamefranchise of the industry. Especially GTA6 now. But we will see
The ONLY game that could draw or hardly win RDR2 is The Witcher 3 (with expansions). Any other game is just a good contender near RDR2. If Rockstar wasn't a cashgrabber with the online side it would still be a major played game now. BTW, nice video, and I get your point, but GOTY award is just a lobby driven act for quite a long time.
I think rdr2 didn't win the GOTY because it was released almost at the end of the year, also people badly wanted play with John thought without him the game is nothing. By the time everyone realised it was masterpiece they just announced GOW4 as the GOTY.
Story aside (Although RDR2 had one of the best storylines ever), the amount of realism RDR2 bought was just insane. I played GOW4 and Spiderman, but I still can't accept that either of these games can beat RDR2 as a game.
Agree with a lot of this list, particularly Ghost of Tsushima. Disagree with calling Overwatcj unbalanced trash - the first few years of that game were unbelievable fun and far from trash. The balance part could be argued 😂
The way he talks about Overwatch during this video makes me think he only knew about it more recently and idn't get to experience it when it was at its peak of populatiry and quality. It was something truly special and unique, which makes it hurt all the more that it has fallen so hard and it's now nowhere near what it once was. But back then I think the GOTY was well deserved.
Exactly. You have to be blind or a hater to say it was unexpected that it won. It was the number one game for over a year and it made a genre that many have tried copying. It was a slam dunk meanwhile he is like "somehow this unbalanced game won".
I think last of us 2 was deserving of game of the year. was an amazing experience and the gameplay was top notch. FF7 remake was my overall choice that year but I was OK with either of the 3 big games that year as they were all awesome
Man. Alien Isolation was so robbed. DA:I wasn't that great even after I spent hundreds of ours on it trying to cope. I had more fun playing Mass effect. Great list!
@@IamSaud_YT I agree, but I didn't meant it as a souls game or not. Story, world, graphics... can't actually compare combat since death stranding combat is basically non existent and even when it happens, it suck, but yeah Sekiro combat was superior to any other game at that year. It's not just my opinion on this also, Sekiro was superior to any game in 2019 in every aspect, and that includes Death Stranding. I mean, it's good that you liked Death Stranding, nothing against that, just pointing out that it would never win Goty against Sekiro, even if you like it more or not, Sekiro was technically superior in every way
A game does not need combat to be good. It needs gameplay, which Death Stranding has. If a games merit to be good is just combat, a game like The Day Before would automatically be better than a Fifa game for example.
@@thomasnielsen123 Well, I said I wasn't comparing combat with Death Stranding, I compared to the games that had combat that year, I compared the other aspects only (story, world, pacing, graphics, etc). But let's just end this, it's your opinion, I respect it, as it's just my opinion that Sekiro was infinitely better and deserved the goty
I fully agree with you on Death Stranding. I was one of those skeptics who thought it was a glorified UPS game. Boy, was I wrong after three different playthroughs. RDR2 doesn't need GOTY, but one of the best games ever made.
I don't need a game to win a nonsensical award to be among the best games. The games you mentioned are in my list of masterpieces, and that only matters.
I believe the reason TLOU2 won GOTY over Ghost of Tsushima is that even though the game got flaws, it comprehend so well how our feeling work and if you're an empathic person it's just excellent because at the end you just cannot hate Abby anymore. If they had made the pacing better it would be one of the best game of all time for me, but with how they wanted us to feels it's was kind of difficult to keep the pace as we needed to spend some time as Abby to be able to empathise with her
It only won because the awards were rigged from the start. You make some good points but unfortunately those are of little to no importance since the people giving these awards are woke corporate shills who does not know anything about what video games truly are both as a medium of entertainment and as a form of art. GOT won gamers' choice because gamers loved it. Nobody cares about TLOU2. Even when you ignore the woke propaganda driven elements of this game it still is a game with outdated game design.
Aaa Game is not just about story it also includes gameplay, I've played both but ghost of tsushima was really robbed of the title , especially the new stance mechanics.
a lot of people actually voted for GOT instead but they made a new category as people's choice and gave GOT that award instead. That's why some people are pissed as it proved that fan vote does not matter as much.
@@Mohgenstein Nah that's an extreme overreaction. there is absolutely no way elden ring would have been beaten, especially if we are going by content consumption across all media during 2022. Its obvious that the fan vote was just used for engagement but doesnt matter in the end. And I also disagree that we should only let games journalist dictate things. Especially when the likes of alien isolation and doom 2016 got low reviews from some of them.
UNCHARTED 4, GHOST OF TSUSHIMA should have won the GOTY AND RDR2 doesn't need that recognition every gamer knows RDR2 was way ahead of it's time no one can beat that level of graphics character emotions physics and so on....
I agree with most of these, except maybe Death Stranding. It was a fun game, sure, but far from GOTY material in my opinion. Also, as great and deserving of GOTY status as Uncharted 4 and Doom were, and I agree they both were, Overwatch at that time was nothing like what it is today, and back then you wouldn't find many people who played it and didn't agree it was deserving of that title.
@@dileepsaisharan9107 yup I Always Love Uncharted Since First One Come Out But In 2006 I Played Tomb Raider Legend & In 2007 Tomb Raider Anniversary Then Uncharted Came Out I Absolutely Love IT I Am Fan of Tomb Raider That Time Resident Evil 4 & God of War Old PS2 Are My Fav Games of All Time In Old Games I Support Uncharted One of The Top Class Games Of PS III Lost Legacy Always My Fav Still People Prefer Uncharted IV The Best One
When i played deah stranding it felt like a movie. It was very nice playing it, walking while making startegies and going on different routes as to avoid the enemies (I forgot the name, it think it was BT?)
Good video but I have to say that I (respectfully) disagree with a lot of it. 1. I find it very weird to have 2 games in a year on your list because it contradicts the entire "point" of the video. 2. I personally completely disagree that Bloodborne deserves it as much as The Witcher 3 in 2015 (despite also being a masterpiece) 3. I personally 100% disagree with Ghost winning over TLOU2 (even if I also LOVE Ghost) 4. You say things like "undeniably flawed" pacing etc with TLOU and that's just.. YOUR subjective opinion (which is fine but it's not "undeniable") 5. Spider-Man 2018 having ANY chance vs RDR2 or GoW is also something I 100% personally disagree with. 6. I hate OW these days too & I also think UC4 was robbed but saying it was "unbalanced trash" in 2016 is just ignorant tbh. The rest I pretty much agree on though 😎 (Edit): 7. another important thing to mention is that "GOTY" by TGA is just ONE out of hundreds of places that gives that award.. It's not the only one that matters and the only reason people believe that it is, is because it's a "high budget show".
Can't even believe how many people truly believe GoT should have won, sad to see how many emotionally immature people are in the gaming industry, just cuz they don't agree with a story they cannot handle they attack it with nonsense statements. Nothing they say will ever change the fact that it is one of the best games ever made in every aspect, the only 2 games I consider better than it are RDR2 and witcher 3, GoT wouldn't even make it to my top 50 games of all time even tho I liked it
@@atrevino90It's been 4 years but the argument was the execution of the story. Killing Joel was a good choice but they did it terribly, a lot of people was expecting Joel to die or already dead in the sequel. Abby was also being forced to be sympathetic but was overall unlikeable. I would have preferred more if they did the Thorfinn from Vinland Saga approach and had Abby lost her sense of purpose after killing Joel and develop it from there maybe finding a newfound purpose with Lev only to have Lev killed by Ellie then have a climactic battle and have Abby realizing on what she caused Ellie to become was also her before. Then she allows Ellie to kill her but advises her to take care of her loved ones after and not lose purpose after this, which gives Ellie a second thought. Ellie then lets Abby live but makes sure she leaves the place entirely or she will kill her this time. Idk whatever I do acknowledge TLOU2 good gameplay tho
Horizon Zero Dawn A Plague Tale Requiem Problem with these awards is that if a game had poor marketing or few people played them because they got swayed by hype to other less stellar titles, it doesn´t get the deserved number of votes from critics and regular people to push them 1st place.
Agree with a lot here but LOU2 is probably the best storytelling and pace etc ever. A brave story that takes you on a journey of absolute rage at the writer, to complete aw……
@@martyden9006 i think your mixing up more popular with better. ghost has a better rating by both users and critics across the board and I played and completed both, I'm guessing u never played ghost but its objectively the better game it wins in every single category except for the story, while ghost story is really good with how they show our character spiral away from the path of a samurai to protect his people in really good. u just have too much investment in the last of us two story even with all its problem since the more u look into it the less sense it kinda makes but on a surface level the story is amazing. ghost should have won looking back at it now after 100% both games but at that time last of us hype pushed it further ahead with the tv show and the remaster etc all dropping it just rode its own hype to victory after seeing what both has to offer I would give last of us 7/10 and ghost 9/10 but if we include those dlcs its drops to 8/10 I hate that fcking island sooo much
I don’t even play Overwatch but that was for sure the right choice. It lit the gaming world on fire. No talks about Uncharted 4 3 months after it released
Year 2023 is a golden year for gaming which contains great titles like Baldurs gate 3, Alen wake 2, Star wars, Zelda, Spiderman 2, Dead space, RE 4 Remake, FFXVI and much more.
To me, the bounty system made God of war the right choice for game of the year. Rdr2 should of handled the bounties differently. It kills the fun in the game and forces you to play the way they want or constantly get interrupted by gunfighting bounty hunters. There also should have been a lot more crimes you could commit successfully that actually paid. It is a crime game after all I don’t know what they were thinking with that.
To say bloodborne deserved it over Witcher 3 is mad!!! You video title says deserved it more and I can hold heartily say, bloodborne is no where near as good as Witcher 3. It’s facts whether you like it or not.
I personally disagree - there both great games ofc but we all have our own opinions and I feel like it comes down to stylistic preferences at this level of quality
@@NarrowPathSign I’ve platinumed both and both are fucking goats but bloodbornes gothic lovecraft world and gameplay hits so much harder than Witcher 3
Idk man TLOU2 was an amazing game to me and provided some of the best 3rd person action I’ve ever seen in a game. The story was actually beautiful but many were too stuck in their own perspective to see that.
Yeah i remember when the footage came out of Joel dying. People were angry, myself included. It’s not at all that he died, but how. From the way it was handled it definitely felt like it was pushed to be GOTY no matter what. People can say whatever, but part 2 will never be looked at the way 1 is.
2017 was full of great games too, Nier Automata was truly revolutionary on the way the story is told, multi-layered and multi-perspective, combat is also challenging and fun; sadly it came out at a period where "open-world" gets all the hype.
God of War Ragnarok was just a straight continuation of the first game that revisited many of the same locations and offered no innovation. It's a good game, but doesn't deserve a GOTY nod.
This is a braindead take. You could explore 5 realms in 2018 with 2 of them being optional. You can explore and experience all 9 realms in Ragnarok. All of the previously explored realms from 2018 are also different in ragnarok due to time frames changing. There's also new weapons, skills, the 9 shield abilities, and the roguelike Valhalla DLC. Ragnarok was amazing and took many steps to improve on 2018.
@@enzomartino2038 Everything you just said reinforces what I mentioned. It wasn't innovative - just iterative improvements. Elden Ring was a completely new take on the Souls formula.
@@pureshooter7477 so what could they have done differently to be more "innovative" without ruining the IP? And I'm a souls fan, you could say ER was just an expansion on the idea that came from the ringed city since it was a massive DLC that had huge open areas and somewhat open world elements.
Good list. Overwatch winning was a travesty even back then. I loved Ghost of Tsushima, and I would’ve been happy if it won in its year, but I disagree with the commentary on TLOU2. Also, GoT has its own narrative and gameplay issues that you have to take into account if you really want to compare the two games in an unbiased manner.
Red Dead Redemption 2 did not win the game of the year award because it deserves the best game of the decade award. Period
@fr_4665 with all the issues RDR2 has it's great that GOW beat it.... bigger isn't always better, you gotta have balance.
@@martyden9006What issues did rdr 2 have?
@@martyden9006I would also like to know what issues it had. I’ve played hundreds of hours of RDR2 and haven’t the slightest idea what you could be talking about unless it’s online
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Because you said so, of course it is! 😂👍
Uncharted 4 was so robbed. Incredible game on so many levels.
overwatch robbed ds3, u4 and doom
Yeah I agree but is "robbed because overwatch 2 sucks" really a good argument? How can that be the 1st overwatch responsabilty
Agreed
Overwatch was amazing and only got bad when they released brigette
Nah, Overwatch is shitty now but at the time it was very unique and people actually loved it. Uncharted 4 is just like the other Uncharted game in terms of combat with better visuals.
Both Unchared 4 and DOOM 2016 are better games than Overwatch
Titanfall 2 as well
Love those 3 games
DS3 as well
Titanfall 2 is really underrated
Live service games should be excluded because GOTYs should be timeless. Overwatch is already unplayable, less than 10 years later.
Overwatch deserved to win because it had the biggest impact that year
What is with this rewriting of history both by the people in the comments and by the maker of the video? It wasn't unexpected that OW won at all. The game had massive hype. For like a year it was the biggest game in the world. It took league's number one spot in korea. Of course it won game of the year. You may not like what the game turned into but the first 1.5 years OW dominated everything and it was because the game was awesome. It literally set a trend that many games have tried copying.
I don't know why you think a game of THE YEAR should be timeless. It's the best that the year had to offer. It's not like single player games age well with years either. The point of the awards ahow is to celebrate the games of the year and like it or not in 2016 there wasn't a bigger game than OW.
RDR2 and Tsushima both should’ve won, especially RDR2…
God of War is the superior game.
@@famous12121maybe in beginning of 2018. Cause ever since rdr2 released nobody gaf bout the 2018 GOW and till date ppl compare rdr2 with any new releases.
@@Skytopia69 I don't even like the 2018 god of war game as much as the older god of war games but I still had more fun with it than Red Dead Redemption 2 which I unfortunately dropped in the 3rd chapter. Red Dead Redemption 2 is technologically outstanding and has a detailed world but I found it not that fun to play which is the sentiment of a lot of people just as a lot of people find it outstanding.
@@firzokkhan6443 well i drop gow after 1hr and didn't bother to player the 2nd one
tbh GoT should've won over TLOU2, TLOU2 is a bit shit ngl
Witcher 3 truly deserves the game of the year award in 2015. It’s just tragic that Bloodborne was released in the wrong year
It won goty what you on?
@@devakleo2037 YEA LOL
@@devakleo2037 It’s tragic for bloodborne that it didn’t win because of Witcher 3. Can you read?
@@JohnJohn-pm9wq wtf just read your own comment mate u said w3 deserved the 2015 goty are you slow?
@@devakleo2037 There's nothing wrong with OP's comment.
He said that TW3 really "deserved" the award, because, at the time, in the past, it was (and for most, still is) a fantastic game. "Deserved", as in "deserving, past tense", not as in "it should have won".
There's no way The Witcher 3 was going to be beaten, it's in a league by itself
Bloodborne is way better, chump.
yea, every other game makes me feels like I'm controlling a character. Witcher 3 is the only game I felt like I am Gerald. No any other game makes me feels this way.
Agree to disagree. A lot of people still haven't even played BB because it's a PS exclusive. I still have never played a game that has gripped me like BB does. The world building, the incredible Lovecraftian story and the combat are all still untouched imo. W3 is fun and I love the lore and characters, but I hate the tedious mission structure stuff. It's just not for me.
I get this isn't the most popular opinion, but Witcher 3 has always been a very solid A for me (right alongside RDR2). But as someone who values challenging and interesting combat over just about anything else I will pick Bloodborne everyday.
Bloodborne is better. Better gameplay(Core of a game), better artistic design, replay value.
How tf did RDR2 lose to any game period?
God of war was the reason, I love both the btw
Probably the same reason Ghost of Tsushima lost to The last of us part 2.
nostalgia is one hell of a thing
@@Art0r1aS-zp3whoh yeah, this industry are suffering from some brain rottage. I hope they'll really wake up after that concord fiasco.
@@Gurgel_0 Don't think they will. Some publishers are way too arrogant to listen to the players. Pretty sure Sony has another live service coming up. It's called "Fairgames" or something
Death Stranding may have been a visual beauty, but in no universe should it have beaten out Sekiro.
The same Sekiro that redefined and perfected third person combat mechanics. Great game, but not over the greatest single player fighting game ever created
Only the Kojima widows keep pushing this boring ass game.
@@charlyrob7334 you probably play Baldurs Gate. Our tastes are clearly different.
The best single player fighting game is dmc5 dude
@@tazzuchiha3412 Not that different. I basically agree with the rest of the games in this video. SOme I've played, some I haven't but I agree with all of them being worthy winners. SO Death stranding appearing there with the likes of RDD2 and GOW:R is not a matter of tastes. Its almost insuting.
@@bruhmeme1or Nioh 2
RDR 2 is a gem. I still play even after 5 years of its release. Every character in that game is so familiar and incredible masterpiece❤
can i see some rdr2 fan praising the gameplay aspect of this game...?? only story, visuals etc. 💀 this sums up RDR2 fan base and it's popularity
@@kill3rbyysight perfect everything is perfect every bit of it just minute details.
@@kill3rbyysightwhat’s fun about GOW’s repetitive gameplay? U just spam leviathan axe or blades of chaos and go on a “set journey” with awful boss designs.
Meanwhile Rdr2’s gameplay is diverse where u can use multiple weapons/ play styles and each one feels grounded and perfect.
In the year 2024 if you play both games side by side you’ll realise how dusted and aged gow 2018 really is.
i may not be born in us, but this game made me live an American Dream. Thank you Rockstar.
@@kill3rbyysightThat's because stories, characters and world building will always stand out and stick with people more than game mechanics. We all know RDR 2 has some of the best gunplay, physics and replayability out there. Literally the only complaint I have with the game is how hard it is to mod it, but that's just an afterthought.
actually i think GOTY award does not deserve rdr2. rdr2 and rockstar games they set benchmark for the industry. even there are a lot of stuffs about making games that rockstar games revolutionizes and all the big devs follow them lol. no competition for rdr2. PERIOD
yea the best Horse Riding Simulator Eva... 🎉 it was a snorefest hand holding horse riding simulator... cope with it 😮😊
Yeah, I agree. Even at 4 years old, it's still the benchmark of comparison for games that come out today. Still unrivalled.
Rdr2 has way too many glaring issues to be as good as you muppets say it is.
@@redeyejedi17no it isn't you scrub 😂 only the detail and world are still praised. The gameplay blows
@@forwardmoving8252 anyone who listens to mockingbird while training is definitely worth listening to 💀
RDR 2 won most of the awards that night, but lost the GOTY. Sounds like a robbery, no pun intended
So did gowr and still lost goty. Goty is not what we thought it was
@@stiven355 GOTY is BS ngl
@stiven355 let's be honest elden ring deserved it more it probably got every other award before the goty announcement to atleast give it some love
@@artetasson5971 elden ring did not deserve goty any more than gowr did. it was up in the air for what was going to win that year but I will say something. Sequels have a "curse of sorts" when it comes to goty. People love to keep the older game in their head when talking about the sequel, so if the sequel isnt better in literally every single way over the first game then its a negative amplified by 1000x. Same reason why rdr2 didnt win.
@sweetbabyrayso5262 I respect the take but as somebody who played both there's one key thing elden ring had over gow at the time that made it deserve goty more imo and that was how accessible it was compared to gow at the time (more players who can play the game the better and since it was available on most platforms its more accessible for the playerbase)
Uncharted 4 loosing to Overwatch is just ridiculous.
Ghost of tsushima losing out to last of us 2 is downright criminal.
last of us 2 probably won because of its gameplay it's so good
@@zunzun-cr1jm Ghost of Tsushima has much much better gameplay, TLOU 2 is basically TLOU with barely any new mechanics.
TLOU 2 is basically TLOU because it's its sequel? Like what. Ghost of Tsushima is basically Assassin's Creed with worse traversal.
@@williamwhitebirch9191 It's immediately assassin's creed because it has flashy stealth? I don't remember bullet sponge enemies and micro transactions. TLOU2 is just you running around 24/7, collecting scrap, do a little bit combat and be punched in the face cause revenge is bad. Ghost of Tsushima world actually reacts to your actions. Imagine making a zombie game where the real threat are the humans, oh gee haven't see that before! I'll rather play Resident Evil instead if i want a survival shooter, thank you very much.
@@Ligmaballin No I was making a mockery of your silly assessment. Your argument about the world in Ghost of Tsushima reacting to your action is flawed. If you play honourbly you'll still be seen as a dishonourable person. It forces you into the narrative, which I personally disliked.
Narrowing the gameplay down to "running around 24/7" is just childish. Breathtaking visuals, amazing gameplay, great story (in my, and many others', opinion). Characters feel real, the npc react to your actions far more than they do in Ghost of Tsushima.
Humans was always a very main threat in the series. As they would be in a real apocalypse as well. "Haven't seen that before" If you want something totally unique you should dislike Ghost of Tsushima for the same reason as well.
Thanks for putting Alien Isolation in for a shout.. man what a game that was! I’ve played many horror/thriller type games over the years, but no game made me feel so scared and intense the whole way through. I’m not talking about the odd jump scare here and there which nearly all horror games have.. I’m talking about the whole experience all the way through from start to finish. If nobody out there ain’t played it but are thinking of playing it I highly recommend it. 100% the most underrated game on this list by far!
Silent Hill and Japanese game Siren, have put me off horror games completely, just too intense and unforgiving with no light hearted moments…strictly for masochists….
RDR 2 was the best game of the century and could not win the GOTY . Since then ,i never cared about GOTY awards .
Where just on on the beginning of century and mfs already say this shi is crazy, like some of this mfs sound like that music award thing that said "Taylor swift is the artist of the decade" when clearly it was just the beginning of the decade🤦🏻♂️
@@LeGoGoGaGa bro used mfs and thought he ate it . Bruh. By century, it means since 100 of years.
@@Youalrightboi I’m not English but doesn’t you’re statement in that comment mean that RDR2 is the best game of the 21 century? And we’re just in beginning of the century, so isn’t that a crazy statement. And bro what does mf have anything to do with what I said, I use mf to describe crazy people
@@Youalrightboiyeah bro you're using the word wrong
yea Best Horse Riding Simulator Eva 👍
Wow. All this time I just assumed RDR2 won GOTY and to lose to God of War? What kind of madness is that? RDR2, IMO, is still the greatest game ever made. It's just complete in every way. Hell the fishing and hunting alone would be decent full games on their own.
Button masher of war😂😂
Of course it could only ever be the second best game ever made, after the Witcher 3, but I get where you're coming from.
The thing is rdr2 is a sequel… while gow was a insane reboot which also had better reviews and more sales i believe. Not to mention for the actual gameplay aspect , GoW trumps rdr2.
@@beesechurger1might wanna fact check before you type something. Prequel.
@@beesechurger1what gameplay thumps RDR2??
The only dissapointment right now is for Rockstar not patching or remastering RDR2 for ps5. This game so much deserves 60 fps and enhanced graphics on ps5
Rockstar are lazy as fck, how often do they even release a new game?…
I think it's because game came out in 2018 and ps5 have been out for 3-4 years now they believe majority of people have already played rdr2 not alit going to complete the whole story again if graphics and fps are improved just my humble opinion
RDR 2 not winning that year just highlights the influence of PlayStation on the awards. That game in 2024 still is great and nothing is close to the details and how alive the world is.
Sure but it's boring for most
1000 percent agreed, it wasn't like i disliked the games style believe me i had played "Gun"another wild west game in my younger days And absolutely loved it. But when i tried rdr2 i found myself forcefully giving it a chance and playing it because of high says it had@@scooby207
@@scooby207you must have a tiny attention span
@blake7221 no I just don't enjoy slow pace games the game is amazing but not for me
actually, it probably didnt win because gow released at the start of 2018, while rdr2 released later
God of War doesn't hold a candle to RDR2. The story is profound.
Yeah I don’t see how god of war ever beat RDR2
Play both and you’ll see
@@Ascendment did , rdr 2 totally deserves the goty , from storyline to graphics everything is goty level
@@-I-AM-NO-ONE-Facts
The original GOW games were much better to me. Just way more fun. RDR2 should have won.
They're both equally good
Great example of why GOTY category should have categories!
That’s the game awards
@@ugbug1000z and also seems to matter not as Ragnarok won more categories than Elden Ring but didn't take overall. Odd that.
Then who is gonna get best stranding game of the year, when there is no Death Stranding game?
Alien Isolation didnt won because it wasnt a commercial success......the game is absolutely amazing, unique experience.
İt didnt sell it is trash
@@lifeinthehands6972 2 millions only. Because people fear true horror games
@@Ilestun
People dont fear.
İt sell low becouse of no One actually care alien games and movies.
Not giving rdr2 the game of the year award is a war crime
Whats the game on the thumbnail?
Looks like Just Cause 4
Real question
i really need that wallpaper
2:13 I highly disagree. Overwatch changed the videogame landscape and is still up and running. It gets so much flag, because the community really cares, and Blizzard is basically falling apart infront of our eyes. Whereas Uncharted 4 was looking good, but it's Gameplay felt old by that time and it's not even the best game of the franchise. I'd say that Uncharted 2 and even 3 are still better games to this date.
Overwatch is 💩
@Saylorleatherjecket I can't be objective anymore. I've got so many hours in and so much money invested in loot boxes, season passes and skins that it's still my go to game. I tried to start new ones like R6S or Valorant but the learning curve on all of these games is pretty steep, so it's easier for me to go back to Overwatch where I already have 8 years of experience and now all the heroes and how they work together etc.
So it is probably difficult for newcomers to get into any of these games, but Call of Duty seems easy enough to be somewhat okay in.
And the SBMM helps with it. I don't play against bots, bur also don't play against Veterans who played it nonstop since CoD4. in 2007
@@M1tZk1 for me it’s impossible to play this kind of games, I don’t have enough time and money for this and also it’s not interesting for me at all.
@@Saylorleatherjecket There are plenty of games I don't like. Dark Souls, Monster Hunter, GTA Online. It doesn't mesn this games are shit, they are just not for me.
And that's fine. If Free2Play Hero Shooters aren't your thing, than it's fine.
@ yes it’s correct, but free 2 play donate games are actually shit because they done damage to the whole industry and every company trying to make it’s own free to play shit instead of good single games so I hate this game even for their existence
What about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain? Equally deserving imo. Stealth gameplay in open world environment and next level realism.
Got Uncharted 4 and the Lost legacy remastered for PC a few weeks beack on Steam. A masterpiece! I had really fun, graphics stunning, story compelling.
Yeah I love uncharted 4 but didn’t like LL that much though
such a good video, I totally agree with you. beautifully done sir.
Glad you liked it!
RDR 2 not winning is the biggest robbery off all time.
METRO EXODUS... so underrated... need more recognition ... the most immersive game ever played... even more than ghost of tsushimaa
Totally agree. It's insulting how it gets overlooked every time. Most people don't know what they're missing
the biggest robbery is a game like uncharted losing to overwatch.
Biggest robbery is RDR2 losing to GoW
@@tano1670 not at all both games deserved goty and ofc for me too I wanted rdr2 to win but that time gow won for two reason that is kratos were finally returning after his end on last gow game and also gow got released on April while rdr2 were released on October so gow got more base than rdr2 at that time that's why however overwatch is still considered as the biggest robbery as it won over games like uncharted and dark soul which is nonsense.
@@ephraimec42 Dark Souls 3 , Uncharted 4 and Doom , but still overtrash won .
@@ayushrock4745 yea, so ridiculous.
@@ayushrock4745bf 1 aswell
RDR2 deserved and should have one goty 2018 as its one of game that every people will remember after playing, gow was also good but rdr2 takes win when compared to all gameplay stuff, the only reason gow won goty in 2018 over rdr2 is because, in gow many fans witness the return of kratos who was considered dead before and now tehy can experience kratos in a new way of gameplay too so people were hyped and also gow was released in april of 2018 and rdr2 on oct of 2018 so thats also a reason why rdr2 missed it but still gamers still consider rdr2 the best.
Yeah, GoW won because of the nostalgia factor. But as a game per se, RDR2 was superior.
@@CDZNTZ true same opinion too .
Yuh I agree. I didn’t grow up with GOW maybe if I did I would have been as thick skulled as the rest of the fans
maybe that’s why Rockstar are waiting so long with GTA 6, they want to ensure that they don’t miss out on GOTY again
Doom Eternal not even getting the best sound design was criminal.
It really didn't have the best sound design , doom 2016 was better.
There is a clear difference in some of the games that won and didn't. Overwatch should be in a separate category. Comparing multiplayer only to single player only games just never seems right...
I would say Ghost of Tsushima should have got 2020, even though im kinda biased on TLOU 2. Ghost of Tsushima is just slightly better in GENERAL if you compare it per detail. TLOU2 has a lot of flaws like you said and it was a big one on the Pacing especially some chapters feels like empty and unnecessary, but needed to bloat the gametime a bit. Unlike Ghost, even the sidequest have a meaningful stories and emotional lessons. The Main story of Ghost was so good, attention to detail ex. in Act 1 Jin was still honorable and easier to standoff Mongols, but in Act 3 he's already a Ghost and standoff is much harder since standoff is the honorable way to kill enemies. that detail impressed me. but yeah TLOU was just more hyped because the first one was a masterpiece
cope
Doom eternal and hades too. Great games all around, yet the worst one won for some reason
Red dead 2 wad the only game on this list that was the best game in that year and still holds up as one of the best games ever made
Im sorry, but you just cant say bloodborne is equally deserving as the witcher. Witcher 3 is probably game of the decade, on a completely different level, even when comparing to bloodborne. Also, god of war winning over rdr2 is pretty much a paralel to the case above, but gone wrong. Amazing game, but, rdr2 is on another level.
GOW AND GOW RAGNAROK are simply the best games ever produced in the history of humanity. Heck they might as well be the best media humanity has ever created. Rdr 2 simply had no chance against this masterpiece.
Haha, either GOW doesn't even compare to Elden ring. There's no universe ragnarok beats elden ring
I love GoW one of my favorite games but hell na RDR2 was and still it’s a masterpiece
You earned a sub. Good vid.
What is the game on the thumbnail
Just cause 4
what game is on the cover?
RDR 2 doesn't deserve game of the year, it deserves game of the decade . I was a changed man after playing the game , it changed the way i look at things
Same here
consider changing back
@@rageguyyyaa I won’t consider changing back thanks
@@NobleKnightForever sure rdr2 is a really good game but game of the decade? i dont think so while it did get robbed off game of the year(even after winnin all the other awards that night) but "game of the decade" is too much
@@rageguyyyaa I understand your opinion but i believe it is the best STORY game ever written not the best. For example elden ring has better combat gameplay etc. My point is no game has had a story and character such as Arthur Morgan that has impacted to this day still. Elden ring characters or TLOU, or ghost of tsuhima have good characters, but they don’t impact me till this day as much as Arthur Morgan, however they have better gameplay combat and world building to me. My point is that it deserves game of decade for its story, however other people value gameplay a lot over story so that’s why some disagree but i understand.
this list proves that we live in the golden age of gaming
Resident evil 4 remake even tho it's a remake it deserves game of the year as well. While it changes a bit on the story and has phenomenal graphics the game mechanics are more fluid and engaging a long with the new Parry system making this game a lot of fun
Re4 ps2, was the goty in 2004....
Started playing death stranding a few weeks ago. And OMG is it gorgeous. I have a good monitor now and I upgraded my CPU and GPU a few months ago. So now I can max it out, and I was stunned at how beautiful the setting of the game is.
2018 was probably the best year in gaming history ever. So, Rdr2 not winning is not totally illogical. However, considering it is one of the greatest game ever, something should be pointed out. God of War was released early in that year. So, everyone was familiar with it and fascinated by it. Whereas, Rdr2 came out probably less than 2 months before the award was given. Most of the people did not know about it in details. Rdr2 is such a masterpiece, it's tough to even understand the depth quickly. So, that played a vital role. God of war deserved it, but Rdr2 deserves the best game ever.
How old are you? 15?
@@7emkaahe is right tho. Get it through your thick skull
@@TheBigGuy104 are you the same age? Go make some research. 1998.
@@7emkaa The real question is, how old are you? What did he say to seem "15" to you?
@@liam10123 simple as f, if he was older, he would never have called it the best year in history, in which only 2 good games were released. whereas in the period from 1997 to 2004, in just 7 years, more iconic games were released than in the following 20 years. This is evidenced by the number of remakes of old titles. Good luck, kinders.
i really need the wallaper on the thumbnail, can you please tell me how to find it? thank you very much
Ghost of Tsushima is one of the greatest games ever made. I'm playing it again for like the 10 time, LoL. This run is on PC though, just a great game all around.
I just bought it for ps5. Something about the open world just doesn't do it for me. It feels like a linear game forced into an open world. I'll give it a another go soon.
@@klaymatic3751 That doesn’t make any sense.
@@Sainte305 hes talking about how got is literally just the ubisoft formula without a ton of map markers. For some, simply removing the map markers and a good story is enough. But for others, they still recognize the open world is the same old open world we have seen countless of times.
@@sweetbabyrayso5262I get the point, but exploration became natural thanks to that. I do hope the sequel offers more varied side content and more random events.
Death Stranding is my favorite game release over the last 10 years. It's not even a genre of game that I play much but I just got completely immersed in the game, scenery and story.
Ds3 was also strong contender of winning game of the year instead of overwatch 😢
Alr a prediction for 2025. Ghost of Yotei. If its at the level or maybe even a step above its predecessor its gonna be great and absolutetly deserving of the title. But since GTA6 is probably gonna be out next year as well theres no shot for GoY. Since its pretty much impossible to win a game of the year award against GTA6 unless its gonna be an absolute disappointed piece of garbage like Cyberpunk back then. Not bcs GTA is so good. But just bcs its probably the by far most overhyped gamefranchise of the industry. Especially GTA6 now. But we will see
The Overwatch slander in that serious voice 💀
The ONLY game that could draw or hardly win RDR2 is The Witcher 3 (with expansions).
Any other game is just a good contender near RDR2. If Rockstar wasn't a cashgrabber with the online side it would still be a major played game now.
BTW, nice video, and I get your point, but GOTY award is just a lobby driven act for quite a long time.
I think rdr2 didn't win the GOTY because it was released almost at the end of the year, also people badly wanted play with John thought without him the game is nothing. By the time everyone realised it was masterpiece they just announced GOW4 as the GOTY.
GoW won simply because it was a better game.
@@MainHealerHere nah storyline's a lot better in rdr2
@@JohnWick-te7ov Nope. It isn't. Hence why it didn't win.
@@MainHealerHere i explained in the 1st comment why it didn't win, also you'll see that in all the places rdr2 is rated higher than gow
@@JohnWick-te7ov That is not the reason it didn't win. It didn't win because GoW was simply better.
Story aside (Although RDR2 had one of the best storylines ever), the amount of realism RDR2 bought was just insane. I played GOW4 and Spiderman, but I still can't accept that either of these games can beat RDR2 as a game.
Agree with a lot of this list, particularly Ghost of Tsushima. Disagree with calling Overwatcj unbalanced trash - the first few years of that game were unbelievable fun and far from trash. The balance part could be argued 😂
The way he talks about Overwatch during this video makes me think he only knew about it more recently and idn't get to experience it when it was at its peak of populatiry and quality. It was something truly special and unique, which makes it hurt all the more that it has fallen so hard and it's now nowhere near what it once was. But back then I think the GOTY was well deserved.
Exactly. You have to be blind or a hater to say it was unexpected that it won. It was the number one game for over a year and it made a genre that many have tried copying. It was a slam dunk meanwhile he is like "somehow this unbalanced game won".
Most people who cry about overwatch winning did not play overwatch at launch.
nah, TLOU2 was amazing
I think last of us 2 was deserving of game of the year. was an amazing experience and the gameplay was top notch. FF7 remake was my overall choice that year but I was OK with either of the 3 big games that year as they were all awesome
The most enjoyable top 10 I ever watched.
DMC 4 was underrated too, that game has a strong character design, amazingly done and has the best game soundtrack in my opinion.
first GOTY announced 2013 bro DMC 4 came 2008
While I agree that it's really good, half of it was just doing the same levels but going backwards...
Man. Alien Isolation was so robbed. DA:I wasn't that great even after I spent hundreds of ours on it trying to cope. I had more fun playing Mass effect. Great list!
Death Stranding would never, in any universe or dimension, win over Sekiro... there's not even comparison on how much better Sekiro is
Thats your opinion. But for one who don't like souls game it is better.
@@IamSaud_YT I agree, but I didn't meant it as a souls game or not. Story, world, graphics... can't actually compare combat since death stranding combat is basically non existent and even when it happens, it suck, but yeah Sekiro combat was superior to any other game at that year. It's not just my opinion on this also, Sekiro was superior to any game in 2019 in every aspect, and that includes Death Stranding. I mean, it's good that you liked Death Stranding, nothing against that, just pointing out that it would never win Goty against Sekiro, even if you like it more or not, Sekiro was technically superior in every way
A game does not need combat to be good. It needs gameplay, which Death Stranding has. If a games merit to be good is just combat, a game like The Day Before would automatically be better than a Fifa game for example.
@@thomasnielsen123 Well, I said I wasn't comparing combat with Death Stranding, I compared to the games that had combat that year, I compared the other aspects only (story, world, pacing, graphics, etc). But let's just end this, it's your opinion, I respect it, as it's just my opinion that Sekiro was infinitely better and deserved the goty
@@luciomarx Fair, I misunderstood, and I don't have anything against Sekiro, only people telling lies about Death Stranding :p
I fully agree with you on Death Stranding. I was one of those skeptics who thought it was a glorified UPS game. Boy, was I wrong after three different playthroughs. RDR2 doesn't need GOTY, but one of the best games ever made.
From 2016 to 2018 Overwatch was one of the best and most enjoyable first-person shooters ever made.
people really dont realize how really amazing overwatch used to be in its prime.
bf 1 is by war superior....
I'd put those first two years up there with '07-'08 MW2. It was that good.
I don't need a game to win a nonsensical award to be among the best games. The games you mentioned are in my list of masterpieces, and that only matters.
Ghost of tsushima and uncharted 4 was an obvious win but i guess money can make your game take the title at the end
In the realm of gaming, the year 2018 stood out as an exceptional period, characterized by remarkable achievements and significant milestones.
I believe the reason TLOU2 won GOTY over Ghost of Tsushima is that even though the game got flaws, it comprehend so well how our feeling work and if you're an empathic person it's just excellent because at the end you just cannot hate Abby anymore.
If they had made the pacing better it would be one of the best game of all time for me, but with how they wanted us to feels it's was kind of difficult to keep the pace as we needed to spend some time as Abby to be able to empathise with her
It only won because the awards were rigged from the start. You make some good points but unfortunately those are of little to no importance since the people giving these awards are woke corporate shills who does not know anything about what video games truly are both as a medium of entertainment and as a form of art. GOT won gamers' choice because gamers loved it. Nobody cares about TLOU2. Even when you ignore the woke propaganda driven elements of this game it still is a game with outdated game design.
Aaa Game is not just about story it also includes gameplay, I've played both but ghost of tsushima was really robbed of the title , especially the new stance mechanics.
a lot of people actually voted for GOT instead but they made a new category as people's choice and gave GOT that award instead. That's why some people are pissed as it proved that fan vote does not matter as much.
@@spicykaraage641good thing too, fan vote is garbage. If we went off fan voted 2022 GOTY would’ve been Sonic Frontiers.
@@Mohgenstein Nah that's an extreme overreaction. there is absolutely no way elden ring would have been beaten, especially if we are going by content consumption across all media during 2022. Its obvious that the fan vote was just used for engagement but doesnt matter in the end. And I also disagree that we should only let games journalist dictate things. Especially when the likes of alien isolation and doom 2016 got low reviews from some of them.
Man, if you played Ghost of Tsushima in the dub version and not in the spoken Japanese version, you did it wrong! One of the best games ever!
UNCHARTED 4, GHOST OF TSUSHIMA should have won the GOTY
AND RDR2 doesn't need that recognition every gamer knows RDR2 was way ahead of it's time no one can beat that level of graphics character emotions physics and so on....
Witcher 3, RDR2, TLOF 1&2, GOT, Uncharted 4, Spiderman are the best games ever! ❤️💯👏
anyone know what game was at the ending 14:36
Doom 2016
Or was DOOM 2016. An absolutely amazing game that’s worth every penny!
I agree with most of these, except maybe Death Stranding. It was a fun game, sure, but far from GOTY material in my opinion.
Also, as great and deserving of GOTY status as Uncharted 4 and Doom were, and I agree they both were, Overwatch at that time was nothing like what it is today, and back then you wouldn't find many people who played it and didn't agree it was deserving of that title.
Ghost of Tsushima definitely was one worthy of the coveted title. It'll always be GOTY for me
The people that say Uncharted copied Tomb Raider, yeah I'm sure they did on some aspects but Uncharted was just something else man!
Nope
Uncharted Whole Copied From Tomb Raider
Or PS Version of Tomb Raider
@@BestSingerForever Yeah but still, you have to give credit to the game. Its a really awesome game🔥
@@dileepsaisharan9107 yup I Always Love Uncharted Since First One Come Out But
In 2006 I Played Tomb Raider Legend & In 2007 Tomb Raider Anniversary Then Uncharted Came Out I Absolutely Love IT
I Am Fan of Tomb Raider That Time
Resident Evil 4 & God of War Old PS2
Are My Fav Games of All Time In Old Games
I Support Uncharted One of The Top Class Games Of PS III
Lost Legacy Always My Fav
Still People Prefer Uncharted IV
The Best One
When i played deah stranding it felt like a movie. It was very nice playing it, walking while making startegies and going on different routes as to avoid the enemies (I forgot the name, it think it was BT?)
Good video but I have to say that I (respectfully) disagree with a lot of it.
1. I find it very weird to have 2 games in a year on your list because it contradicts the entire "point" of the video.
2. I personally completely disagree that Bloodborne deserves it as much as The Witcher 3 in 2015 (despite also being a masterpiece)
3. I personally 100% disagree with Ghost winning over TLOU2 (even if I also LOVE Ghost)
4. You say things like "undeniably flawed" pacing etc with TLOU and that's just.. YOUR subjective opinion (which is fine but it's not "undeniable")
5. Spider-Man 2018 having ANY chance vs RDR2 or GoW is also something I 100% personally disagree with.
6. I hate OW these days too & I also think UC4 was robbed but saying it was "unbalanced trash" in 2016 is just ignorant tbh.
The rest I pretty much agree on though 😎
(Edit): 7. another important thing to mention is that "GOTY" by TGA is just ONE out of hundreds of places that gives that award..
It's not the only one that matters and the only reason people believe that it is, is because it's a "high budget show".
Can't even believe how many people truly believe GoT should have won, sad to see how many emotionally immature people are in the gaming industry, just cuz they don't agree with a story they cannot handle they attack it with nonsense statements. Nothing they say will ever change the fact that it is one of the best games ever made in every aspect, the only 2 games I consider better than it are RDR2 and witcher 3, GoT wouldn't even make it to my top 50 games of all time even tho I liked it
@@atrevino90It's been 4 years but the argument was the execution of the story. Killing Joel was a good choice but they did it terribly, a lot of people was expecting Joel to die or already dead in the sequel.
Abby was also being forced to be sympathetic but was overall unlikeable. I would have preferred more if they did the Thorfinn from Vinland Saga approach and had Abby lost her sense of purpose after killing Joel and develop it from there maybe finding a newfound purpose with Lev only to have Lev killed by Ellie then have a climactic battle and have Abby realizing on what she caused Ellie to become was also her before. Then she allows Ellie to kill her but advises her to take care of her loved ones after and not lose purpose after this, which gives Ellie a second thought. Ellie then lets Abby live but makes sure she leaves the place entirely or she will kill her this time.
Idk whatever I do acknowledge TLOU2 good gameplay tho
Ok I wondered what took the title from RDR2 but remembered it was God of War, both incredible games that deserved it
Just because overwatch 2 sucked doesn't mean overwatch didn't deserve to win in that era
Horizon Zero Dawn
A Plague Tale Requiem
Problem with these awards is that if a game had poor marketing or few people played them because they got swayed by hype to other less stellar titles, it doesn´t get the deserved number of votes from critics and regular people to push them 1st place.
Agree with a lot here but LOU2 is probably the best storytelling and pace etc ever. A brave story that takes you on a journey of absolute rage at the writer, to complete aw……
Whose Game Awards are we using for the video ?
Great Topic presented Nicely !
Thank you Sony for so many great gaming experiences😊
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Alan Wake 2 is AMAZING. I highly recommend picking it up if you haven’t already.
RDR2 completely overshadowed GOW GOTY award after winning 4 awards. And the Sales were crazy it felt like yesterday.
Ghost Of Tsushima should have won.
Tlou2 not even close.... tlou2 beat ghosts by like 250 goty awards worldwide,.
Pleas enlighten me.Does the game company get prized money when their game get GOTY?
@@martyden9006 i think your mixing up more popular with better. ghost has a better rating by both users and critics across the board and I played and completed both, I'm guessing u never played ghost but its objectively the better game it wins in every single category except for the story, while ghost story is really good with how they show our character spiral away from the path of a samurai to protect his people in really good. u just have too much investment in the last of us two story even with all its problem since the more u look into it the less sense it kinda makes but on a surface level the story is amazing. ghost should have won looking back at it now after 100% both games but at that time last of us hype pushed it further ahead with the tv show and the remaster etc all dropping it just rode its own hype to victory after seeing what both has to offer I would give last of us 7/10 and ghost 9/10 but if we include those dlcs its drops to 8/10 I hate that fcking island sooo much
Ubisoft type shit game, beautiful and a pretty good story but not on the level of tlou 2
As much as I like Ghost of tsushima, ain’t no way it was better than TLOU2.. there’s just no way, not even close
I don’t even play Overwatch but that was for sure the right choice. It lit the gaming world on fire. No talks about Uncharted 4 3 months after it released
Year 2023 is a golden year for gaming which contains great titles like
Baldurs gate 3,
Alen wake 2,
Star wars,
Zelda,
Spiderman 2,
Dead space,
RE 4 Remake,
FFXVI and much more.
half of these are shit
Alan Wake 2 is not great, overhyped sweet baby game.
@@justynazawadzka5802Absolutely horrendous take, by far the best game in the past decade
@@justynazawadzka5802 Once I knew SBI was involved it was an auto-pass for me.
To me, the bounty system made God of war the right choice for game of the year. Rdr2 should of handled the bounties differently. It kills the fun in the game and forces you to play the way they want or constantly get interrupted by gunfighting bounty hunters. There also should have been a lot more crimes you could commit successfully that actually paid. It is a crime game after all I don’t know what they were thinking with that.
To say bloodborne deserved it over Witcher 3 is mad!!! You video title says deserved it more and I can hold heartily say, bloodborne is no where near as good as Witcher 3. It’s facts whether you like it or not.
I personally disagree - there both great games ofc but we all have our own opinions and I feel like it comes down to stylistic preferences at this level of quality
Sorry but bloodborne ain't nowhere near witcher 3 level 😂 @gt7x
@@NarrowPathSign I’ve platinumed both and both are fucking goats but bloodbornes gothic lovecraft world and gameplay hits so much harder than Witcher 3
@@gt7x so in the best of 10, only 2 points for bloodborne..the rest, the witcher is better..not close
@@NarrowPathSign best of 10? Elaborate
If wukong doesnt win goty im no longer taking the award serious there aint a game out that comes close to it this year
I agree with this list, even though RDR2 was alright in my book, TLOU2 was a damned conspiracy.
Idk man TLOU2 was an amazing game to me and provided some of the best 3rd person action I’ve ever seen in a game. The story was actually beautiful but many were too stuck in their own perspective to see that.
@@connorduffy8620Exactly. They all are just crybabies just cuz Joel died
Yeah i remember when the footage came out of Joel dying. People were angry, myself included. It’s not at all that he died, but how. From the way it was handled it definitely felt like it was pushed to be GOTY no matter what. People can say whatever, but part 2 will never be looked at the way 1 is.
@@hpthief I mean, what would you do if your dad was about to literally save the world and a man murdered him and everyone you knew??
@@connorduffy8620 Joel is a beloved character. He was done dirty. I don’t mind him dying at all, but it could have meant something more.
RDR2, Ghost of Tsushima, Witcher 3, God of war 2018 are the best games I have played in the past 10 years ❤
Remember that one year when The Last of Us 2 won GOTY? I don't trust the team behind the grading anymore
Should have been Hades that year.
Last of US 2 was insane
Love how the God of war 4 that doesn't really even feel much like a GoW game, won instead of a 10/10 masterpiece that is a RDR2
my dude you cant compare Witcher 3 with Bloodborne ....its crazy
Bloodborne and Elden Ring are tie as my GOAT. The Witcher 3 is a close #2.
@@cletokings4302 For me Elden Ring is not even in my top 10 list
@@bogdaniusjablan2717 yeah witcher 3 was dog shit.
@@nefareal4546 skill issue honsetly, git gud
@@afhamnaushad232 lol. I cleared all the contents already still not even in my top 20 list
2017 was full of great games too, Nier Automata was truly revolutionary on the way the story is told, multi-layered and multi-perspective, combat is also challenging and fun; sadly it came out at a period where "open-world" gets all the hype.
God of War Ragnarok was just a straight continuation of the first game that revisited many of the same locations and offered no innovation. It's a good game, but doesn't deserve a GOTY nod.
This is a braindead take. You could explore 5 realms in 2018 with 2 of them being optional. You can explore and experience all 9 realms in Ragnarok. All of the previously explored realms from 2018 are also different in ragnarok due to time frames changing. There's also new weapons, skills, the 9 shield abilities, and the roguelike Valhalla DLC. Ragnarok was amazing and took many steps to improve on 2018.
have you even played the game?
@@GuyInWalls Of course. Have you?
@@enzomartino2038 Everything you just said reinforces what I mentioned. It wasn't innovative - just iterative improvements. Elden Ring was a completely new take on the Souls formula.
@@pureshooter7477 so what could they have done differently to be more "innovative" without ruining the IP? And I'm a souls fan, you could say ER was just an expansion on the idea that came from the ringed city since it was a massive DLC that had huge open areas and somewhat open world elements.
Good list. Overwatch winning was a travesty even back then.
I loved Ghost of Tsushima, and I would’ve been happy if it won in its year, but I disagree with the commentary on TLOU2. Also, GoT has its own narrative and gameplay issues that you have to take into account if you really want to compare the two games in an unbiased manner.