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The Fourth Non-Consecutive Non-Annual Gameshoe Podcast End Of The Year "Blank" Of The Year Awards

4/29/2018

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Posted By: Kat Todd
Podcast regulars Alex Deckard, Matt Terrell, and Kat Todd are joined by Chris Hayes and special guests Bethany Terrell, and Jordan Talbot for our fourth Non-Consecutive, Non-Annual Gameshoe Podcast End of the Year “Blank” of the Year Awards. This year, rather than force a consus for each category , we each choose our top choice and briefly outlined our reasoning. Below are the winners:

Best Music:
    Alex: CupHead
    Chris: Mario Odyssey
    JT: Mario Odyssey
    Bethany:
    Matt:
    Kat: Horizon Zero Dawn

Best Sound:
    Alex: Horizon Zero Dawn
    Chris: Voted Down Player Unknown’s Battleground
    JT: Sims 4
    Bethany: Player Unknown’s Battleground
Matt: Player Unknown’s Battleground
    Kat: None

Best Ongoing:
    Alex: Rocket League
    Chris: Rocket League
    JT:
    Bethany: Hitman
    Matt: Hitman
    Kat: Overwatch

Fuck Darkest Dungeon Award for a Good Game We All Slept On:
    Alex: Assassins Creed 4
    Chris: Yakuza Zero
    JT:
    Bethany: Nights in the Woods
    Matt: Cuphead
    Kat: Assassin's Creed 4

Biggest Surprise:
    Alex: Sonic Mania
    Chris: Horizon Zero Dawn (was Naruto Shippuden)
    JT:
    Bethany: Overcooked
    Matt: Rocket League Switch
    Kat: Bubsy

Most Nintendo:
    Alex: EA as a whole
    Chris: Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds - Chinese Servers
    JT: EA
    Bethany: None
    Matt: Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds - Chinese Servers
    Kat: Battlefront 2

Worst Game:
    Alex: Bubsy
    Chris: None
    JT:
    Bethany: Battlefront 2
    Matt: Sonic Forces
    Kat: Battlefront 2

Most Disappointing:
    Alex: Mass Effect Andromeda
    Chris: Player Unknown’s Battleground
    JT: Super Mario Run
    Bethany: Mass Effect Andromeda
    Matt: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    Kat: Mass Effect Andromeda

Matt and I had two honorable mention categories before we dive into the main events. For me,  Nier Automata won “Most Tropey” due to the sheer number of panty shots contained in one game. Matt had “Mobile Game”, which was snagged by “Alpaca Evolution” for...well, just play Alpaca Evolution.

Game of the Year:
    Alex: Wolfenstein II
    Chris: Super Mario Odyssey
    JT: Super Mario Odyssey
    Bethany: Cuphead
    Matt: Player Unknown’s Battleground
    Kat: Horizon Zero Dawn

Our original intention for Game of the Year was, in fact, to reach a consensus. However, 2017 was an extremely bountiful and competitive when it came to games, and we quickly found ourselves at an impasse. In the end we settled on two, for very different reasons. Super Mario Odyssey was deemed our first Game of the Year due to its fantastic gameplay. Odyssey married the best of every Mario world that came before it, in a way that we haven’t seen from Nintendo in a while. It was easy to pick up, fun to play, and never lost its shine through 80+ hours of adventure.

Horizon Zero Dawn, on the other hand, blew the story-telling competition out of the water. It’s post-apocalyptic world wasn’t afraid to go places most of its genre have never dared to go, and it’s progression took turns that were unpredictable and thrilling.

Both are fantastic games in their own right, and both should proudly wear the crown of Gameshoe’s 2017 Game of the Year.

(A high honor, we know).

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