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Golden Joystick Awards - Winners

PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 7:39 pm

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I know some of you voted in this a little while ago, as did I. Here are the winners!

Best Original Game
[list][*]Bloodborne[/list]
Best Storytelling
[list][*]The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt[/list]
Best Visual Design
[list][*]The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt[/list]
Best Multiplayer Game
[list][*]GTA Online[/list]
Best Indie Game
[list][*]Kerbal Space Programme[/list]
Best Audio
[list][*]Ori and the Blind Forest[/list]
Best Family Game
[list][*]Splatoon[/list]
Best Mobile Game
[list][*]Fallout Shelter[/list]
Innovation of the Year
[list][*]First-person mode in GTA 5[/list]
Best Gaming Moment
[list][*]The Bloody Baron quest in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt[/list]
Gaming Personality of the Year
[list][*]PewDiePie[/list]
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[list][*]Counter-Strike GO - Anders Blume[/list]
Studio of the Year
[list][*]CD Projekt RED[/list]
Best Gaming Platform
[list][*]PC - Steam[/list]
Best Gaming Performance
[list][*]Ashly Burch as Chloe in Life is Strange[/list]
PlayStation Game of the Year
[list][*]Bloodborne[/list]
Xbox Game of the Year
[list][*]Ori and the Blind Forest[/list]
Nintendo Game of the Year
[list][*]Splatoon[/list]
PC Game of the Year
[list][*]Grand Theft Auto V[/list]
Most Wanted Game
[list][*]Fallout 4[/list]
Breakthrough Award
[list][*]Her Story[/list]
Critics Choice
[list][*]Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain[/list]
Lifetime Achievement Award
[list][*]Satoru Iwata[/list]
Ultimate Game of the Year
[list][*]The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt[/list]

Well deserved winners for the most part imo. Really nice to see TW3/CDPR winning big, this has been my personal GOTY all year with Bloodborne in second. Said it at the time too but the Bloody Baron storyline was one of the best questlines I've ever played in a game :)
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Re: Golden Joystick Awards - Winners

PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 8:52 pm

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Bit early I suppose, but I'd say it's game of the year undoubtedly.

Don't think Fallout 4 is gonna be able to top it.

Re: Golden Joystick Awards - Winners

PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 2:40 pm

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Completely disagree on a bunch of these, but I never put much faith in these awards anyway tbh...

Best Storytelling should have been Life is Strange by far. Best Gaming moment should likewise have been the end of either Episode 2 or 3 in Life is Strange.

PC GOTY is pretty ridiculous...that's very clearly Witcher 3's prize. But I'd argue overall GOTY should be Life is Strange again.

Best Mobile Game I'd argue Final Fantasy Record Keeper, which is really addictive.

Says a lot that the best Xbox game was Ori and the Blind Forest though haha :lol:
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Re: Golden Joystick Awards - Winners

PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:40 pm

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Anubis wrote:Completely disagree on a bunch of these, but I never put much faith in these awards anyway tbh...
To be fair, apart from the Critics choice (which I personally disagree with) and the awards for Breakthrough & Lifetime Achievement, these winners were voted for and chosen by us, the public.

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To say best storytelling should have gone to Life is Strange instead of The Witcher 3 - Have you finished TW3 yet? or judging from however much you've played? I've finished both (along with 4 other games that were nominated) and can't say I agree tbh. To each their own if you have but TW3 was the right winner imo. Same for Ultimate GOTY.

PC GOTY couldn't have been TW3 because TW3 was released as a multi-platform title this year, as such it was not one of the nominees for that category. GTA V seems to be there because it released for PC this year, whilst PS4/Xbone were last. The PC version was fantastic I agree but I don't think it should have won PC GOTY. From the games I have played (that were nominated) it should have been Cities: Skylines imo.

Mobile game - Can't judge or comment on FF Record Keeper as I've still not played that, I should lol. Mobile games aren't something I play a lot of though so I voted for the only one I had (and enjoyed) and that was Fallout Shelter. One of the other nominees may have been a more worthy winner but as I've not played any of the others I can't say.


I agree with pretty much all of the winners (other than what I say above) though, but I'd have also given best visual design to Bloodborne over The Witcher 3 myself :)
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Re: Golden Joystick Awards - Winners

PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 1:06 am

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Anubis wrote:Best Storytelling should have been Life is Strange by far.
lol no, not even close.

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