 What is the best game of the year? I am so confident in my answer if I'm wrong I'll give a thousand dollars to one of my subscribers. What makes me so confident you might be asking I'm on our winning streak, baby This will be the third year in a row that I've guessed correctly last year I guessed Elden Ring the year before that I predicted it takes two I'm Michael Jordaning this right now and shooting for my three shot I don't know how basketball work and I'm going for three in a row We're gonna be talking about the game awards today, which just revealed all of their nominees everything from best RPG to just straight-up game of the year I've been wanting to make a video about how this year might be my Favorite year in video gaming ever and I didn't know how I was gonna make that video And then I realized we're gonna be talking about all the games that came out this year as we go through this list of game Awards, so that's kind of perfect. So this is the complete my favorite year in video gaming as well as game Awards nominees and who I think is gonna win the categories and I don't just mean triple-a bangers I'm also talking about indie gems that came out of nowhere as well as games getting revived that I didn't think we'd ever see a Sequel for again. I'm looking at you Pikmin 4 Metroid Prime Remaster ended up being essentially a one-for-one remake of Metroid and it was amazing Absolute curveballs like sea of stars coming out of nowhere and instantly Solidifying itself as a old school, but new JRPG gem We can gush about more of these games as we go forward. Let's just start with the game awards most Anticipated game. Well, I was gonna say Hades 2 that's mine personally by a long shot This is where you'll learn how I vote. I do think it'll be fun or fantasy the most amount of people being excited I think that's gonna be most anticipated. I don't vote bias Lee I vote for what I think is legitimately going to win and everybody talking about Should I upgrade to the Zen grip should you like I look at this look at this. It's dockable You think you're gonna do with this Beat em ups colored. Well, yeah, that's pretty cool. But this is dockable which is so much better and Well, if you get one right now, they're up to 50% off and with code beat em up It's an extra 10% which is 60% you can upgrade. Do you even like the satisfy grip, huh? My guy, do I even like the satisfy grip? Could have just said yes instead of making a mess I did make a mess Yeah, actually for you screw it. You can have this is elder one because I don't need it anymore You don't get a free one sadly You have to go to satisfy use the link in the description below the whole store right now is between 20 to 60% off with my code Beat em ups for that extra 10% and I gotta tell you the reason why I love this thing so much It turns it into the most comfortable console I've ever held also There's two slots in the back to keep games look persona 5 just hiding back there is perfect I'm gonna put it on charge now and keep making my video. All right, go to satisfy go away. Go away Actually, yeah, yeah, go away. Okay. Yeah, what about best adaptation? Oh So Castlevania the anime Gran Turismo the movie never watched it last of us the show which was incredible Mario Brothers movie then twisted met. Okay, that's embarrassing that that's even there I think from what I enjoyed the most it has to be last of us I think the quality was there but Mario Brothers. I mean that was a fantastic fun movie I actually really don't know it could go either way here. I'm gonna go last of us But I might actually be wrong with that. Okay, best multi player voters gate 3 Diablo for party animal Street Fighter 6 and Mario Brothers Wonder. This is such a tough category It's just different vibes, right cooperative multi player You have party mini game multi player head-to-head fighting multi player I mean these are just such different games and genres. I think all of these excel in their own ways I'm gonna go Mario Brothers best sports racing game the crew Hot Wheels. I have I don't even I don't even Best sims last strategy. Sadly, I haven't played Skylines 2 or company a hero So I'm going based on limited knowledge here advanced wars reboot. I mean it's a remake I don't know how we feel about that. I think Pikmin 4 was more fun than Fire Emblem I don't know if it's a better strategy game Honestly chances are one of the two I haven't played is probably gonna win But I can only vote on what I've played best Family game Disney illusion Island party animals Pikmin 4 Sonic when I voted for Mario Brothers Wonder before in my head I was like, I don't think it's gonna win game of the year So they're gonna throw it a bone here in multi player and like have it win there And then as soon as I voted for it. I was like, it's definitely in the family game category And it will definitely win the family game category best fighting God of Rock Mortal Kombat 1 Nickelodeon all-stars Brawl 2 I just made a video one if you want to watch that Street Fighter 6 and Pocket Bravery I've only played Nickelodeon and I honestly think it's gonna be mortal. No Street Fighter. That's a safe bet I think best RPG. Oh my lord. Oh, it's good to see see a stars in here I hate to be that guy if Baldur's Gate 3 is in game of the year and none of these other RPGs are It's got to be a better game than all the other ones, right? That's just how my brain works Regardless, I really do feel like Baldur's Gate 3 is the best RPG here It is by far the biggest most mind-blowing Incredible RPG I have ever experienced where it is seemingly infinite Impossibilities be anyone you want do anything you want the stories that are told from the main story to all of the side stories and the deep rich law It is unbelievable that that game came out seemingly out of nowhere. Okay best action slash adventure Alan Wake 2 Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Resident Evil 4 tears of the kingdom and survivor Jedi I did recently on the channel review both Alan Wake 2 and Spider-Man 2 in the same video So go and watch that if you want a better understanding on how I feel about those games But I loved them both all of that said Legend of Zelda tears of the kingdom is one of the greatest games ever made people are trying to knock the wind out of its sails by Saying that it's essentially just breath of the wild all over again That doesn't minimize its efforts or the complete package that it offers I think for going on an adventure You can't beat any Zelda game let alone tears of the kingdom best action game What are we doing here game awards is best adventure game next? I'm so confused Armored Core Dead Island 2 Ghost Runner 2 hi-fi rush and remnant 2 I have been so excited to play remnant 2 another I'm guessing incredible games to come out this year And I'm so glad they made a sequel because the last one was so much fun all these games are great Hi-Fi rush came out of nowhere a rare Xbox gem for the year so much fun so much personality the colors the visuals the gameplay the fact that it's all time to music But in such a great unique way But if we want to just focus in on action and as the category itself says primarily combat I don't think you can look past Armored Core I think that defines the category we're voting for here best VR AR This one's a little tough for me not having played these two Gran Turismo I'm sure that's great in VR. You're just driving though I'm looking at horizon or resident evil And I think just the pure fact that it gives you the entire resident evil village game It is that game in VR and it looks incredible and it's fun to play and it's even more terrifying It's gotta be that horizon visually looked fantastic and it had fun controls But it really felt like a tech demo from start to finish best debut indie game No, I feel like it's pizza tower. It could be dredge, but I feel like pizza tower made a big splash best Independent game. Oh boy off the rip. I want to say I'm glad to see see of stars winner category because it's winning this one I will say I started Dave the diver recently and it's a blast. It is so much fun. It's a diving game It's a restaurant management game. It's a farming sim. It's everything best community game Boulders gate 3 cyberpunk destiny 2 I don't know here as a boulders gate fan and I've been playing it since launch I know about all the patches and updates they've been doing they've been frequent they've been communicating them all promptly and We've known everything that's been going on with the patches and the updates for that game since launch I don't know if that even competes to something like cyberpunk, which everyone is saying it saved the game I have still not dived back in eventually. I will I think cyberpunk might deserve a redemption award Just for the amount of work they put in and with the new doc. I think it has a chance best ongoing I know fortnite is in the middle of their og fortnite run where they brought back the first season and everyone's jumped back on and playing It again, so I'm gonna vote for that But I don't really play any of these games for impact. Oh man. I have not played any of these I actually bought space for the unbound in japan. Maybe I should play it I'm not even going to vote here because I don't know but good luck to everybody innovation in accessibility I wish it said why they were nominated usually. This means different viewing modes audio modes things like that for people with disabilities It's a great category. I just don't really know much about that Oh, I forgot about best performance ben star final fantasy Cameron. Oh, look at him He's a little lightsaber edrus elba cyberpunk Melaine allen wake 2 I'm happy that allen wake is here because the story was so good and the voice acting from everyone was awesome Neil newborn. Okay. Well, I know who's gonna win. Just put a clip of him talking in his act Hello again, I can't help but notice that one of us is positively drenched in blood. She sounds positively demented I love it Fun, I ain't going to kill you He committed to that role so hard and it's such a joy to hear that character talk I feel like that one is easy best audio design My first go to here is allen wake 2. That's the first one that jumps out to me It's a horror game So the sound design had to be intense and terrifying hi-fi rush is a musical based game So I'm sure that's in the running here. I'm gonna go allen wake probably because it's fresh in my mind I remember being really impressed by the audio while I was playing best score and music. No, we're here again If we're looking at music and score as a whole I do think everything I said about allen wake 2 stands But I think boulder's gates music is so catchy and so perfect hi-fi again was based all around music But I think boulder's gate outdoes it But then we also have zelda's music which I loved but I did prefer breath of the wild soundtrack I'm gonna go boulder's gate I don't take these ones too seriously because a lot of it is very subjective like best art direction What I like in art someone else might prefer something else tiz of the kingdom has fantastic art direction But it is very similar to breath of the wild super mario brothers wonder Completely changed mario's art direction in a way that really resonated with people It's so charming so cute so fresh lies of pee its art direction reminds me of dark souls and blood born With its crazy enemy designs and character designs hi-fi rash We already talked about the art design in that game It was the first thing that came to mind when I thought about playing it and then allen wake 2 is also incredible My vote might be allen wake here as well the way everything looks how hyper realistic everything is the way the cut scenes Bleed into the action and the gameplay But what really is selling me here on this winning art direction Just the visuals of how they merged all the worlds and the hallucinations over the top of what you're playing so seamlessly Okay best narrative, you know, I hate to keep voting for boulder's gate 3 But the reason why I think it's such a great game and it stands out this year It's because it nailed so many elements spider-man 2 It was a really great story with so many great moments and comic book hero moments and villain moments Whereas boulder's gate is whatever story you want it to be whatever story you want it to tell It's your narrative every little piece from every character every line delivery every piece of dialogue It's so meticulous and well thought out that whatever story or adventure you go on You're gonna have an incredible narrative and then wake 2 also an incredible story and I love how meta it is I love that allen wrote the fbi agent into his story in the dark place And that's why we're playing as her just one small taste of how meta it can be but again boulder's gate Just had too much going on best game direction I know that is technically a different thing But we're voting for all the same games here awarded for outstanding creative design and innovation in game direction and design It's a little bit broken recordie So i'm gonna keep this one short tears of the kingdom has fantastic game design But it was following the blueprints of what was set before it super mario brothers did shake things up They did go in a different direction, but it is still mario at its core marvel spider-man 2's innovation I would say is in having these two playable characters real innovation for me would be making it co-op allen wick 2 Had incredible game design and I might even give the winner of this award if Boulders gate 3 wasn't here I don't know how you direct that design and that vision come up with all of these story lines And make it so the player can interact with all of it in any way they want and create thousands of different outcomes With over a quarter million Voice lines and all these different endings and not have it crash or break or not make any sense by the end That game direction is just unparalleled. Okay. All right I need a big old chug of my coffee here right game of the year and I said at the start of this I was very confident in what would win I really hope i'm right because I tweeted earlier today What I think is going to win the replies are already a little nasty I love going back and retweeting it and being like see i'm gonna not retweet it if i'm wrong We have six banger games here I can't stress enough if any one of these games was in any other year I think it would win hands down I don't want to be mean But I think resident evil 4 is the only one that might struggle in another year just because it's a remake And I think people look at that with a little bit more scrutiny I think we're all happy but a little surprised that mario wonder even made it onto the list Just because nintendo already has a game here And I really thought they were going to throw this bone to xbox and put starfield here Even though starfield is not a great game It's very mid and mario wonder is a lot more fun than a better game I just thought they would put mario wonder into a bunch of the other categories and throw xbox and Bethesda that bone No, they were pretty down to earth with it and said mario wonder is better I don't want to add my bias into this too much But comparing the two sequel games here alan wake 2 and alan wake 2 otis g3 is also a sequel I was just going by the number two as a huge fan of both I would give it to alan wake 2 out of those two games just because of everything about alan wake 2 I might be a little biased The only way I would say marvel spider man is better is marvel spider man is at its core more just fun and joyous to play Getting into that city and swinging around it is fun no matter what you're doing that said if we look at boulder's gate 3 And tears of the kingdom. I think the fact that I've never played a boulder's gate before I don't even like this genre typically and I completely fell in love with boulder's gate 3 Really says something and looking at these two games zelda and boulder's gate I think they both excel in the same area offering unlimited and unparalleled freedom in their adventure and their own Experience and I think just based on the name of the channel having joy cons in the middle and the fact that every video I make is about nintendo And I am the biggest zelda fan you'll ever see you would all assume what this vote is going But you might be a little wrong because it's going to voters gate, baby I really do feel like me more than anyone really has to justify this and the first thing I want to say is what I said at the start of the video I like to vote as unbiasedly as possible just based on what I think deserves to win And what is probably going to win jeff kealy's game awards that said I do feel like boulder's gate 3 offers More as an experience and a video game than tears of the kingdom offers that said I personally prefer tears of the kingdom, but that's so many years of nostalgia That's me growing up with nintendo and growing up with zelda and now having the greatest zelda ever made in my hands And playing that on launch day and being so emotionally attached to all the characters But also it's the genre of game I prefer I like action adventure games and i'm not as big on strategy games Which does speak for how good boulder's gate 3 is But of course i'm going to have more fun in my preferred genre That doesn't mean I can't see that boulder's gate 3 might be a little betty Better sorry, it just rhymed of course That's going to be my personal gaming experience of the year and it is my number one But boulder's gate 3 just because it's not my genre I still managed to love it almost as much as I loved zelda and I can just see that it's a better game technically In almost every way not by much by very little But I mean just look at how I voted today. I gave boulder's gate best game direction best narrative best rpg I even think it's going to win for best performances I think this is boulder's gates year to just clean sweep the entire event I'm very confident in my pick here that boulder's gate 3 is going to win game of the year I hope all of that blabbing made sense I always feel really bad when I don't vote for the nintendo thing Especially when they have two in this category and also man, i'm going to feel so bad of zelda wins But i'm not voting for my favorite I'm voting for what I think is going to win jeff keely's game awards Just remember that my favorite is tears of the kingdom and if it wins, I'll be screaming alongside everybody else I want to know what you guys think though. Let me know down below what all of your picks were. All right Bye