It's looking to be an Astro sweep this year! (My guess is >30% of all awards.) Wukong will take virtually every RC award. Metaphor will likely end up taking many of FFVIIRebirth's awards. I'm hopeful Balatro can maintain pace, though I know it'll almost certainly fall behind much more mainstream titles like Final Fantasy, Wukong, Metaphor, and HellDivers.
As far as TGA is concerned, Astro Bot looks like an obvious winner. I will be boldly confident in my prediction. The reason being that while platformers do struggle at these awards, I believe the GotY tracker speaks for itself: FFVIIRebirth and Metaphor (i.e. JRPGs…? Is that the right label im thinking of?) are struggling much harder than the cutesy platformer to gain attention. Astro is a critical darling unlike anything else on this list. Higher OC score than God of War and The Last of Us, just barely under Elden Ring…again, the winner seems obvious.
Last edited by firebush03 - on 12 December 2024
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