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GAF's Best of E3 2016 Awards

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NeoGAF E3 2016 Voting Results Thread

This is a barometer of hands-off anticipation months before many of these games release.
They are done mostly by people that are hands-off and are not attending E3.
Disclaimer: I've tried to come up with the categories before I counted the ballots to reduce my personal bias.

837 ballots were counted and 136 different games were mentioned.

The scoring goes as follows: (Total mentions / Total points / #1 votes only)

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wind (591 / 1975 / 371) by Nintendo
Game of the Show = Highest total points
Passion Award = Counting #1 votes only

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Horizon: Zero Dawn (724 / 1956 / 167) by Guerilla Games
Universal Appeal = Most voted on game

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God of War (500 / 1366 / 122) by SIE Santa Monica Studio

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Spider-Man (349 / 740 / 19) by Insomniac Games
The Last Guardian (319 / 655 / 15) by genDesign & Japan Studio

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NieR: Automata (278 / 612 / 21) by Platinum Games
Persona 5 (236 / 518 / 16) by Atlus P Studio
Resident Evil 7 (243 / 493 / 9) by Capcom
Detroit: Become Human (234 / 412 / 7) by Quantic Dream
South Park: The Fractured But Whole (198 / 388 / 5) by Ubisoft San Francisco

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The Last Guardian (319 / 655 / 15) by genDesign & Japan Studio
Out in 2016 = Announced release date of 2016

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Resident Evil 7 (243 / 243 / 493) by Capcom
Biggest surprise = Game we knew nothing about going into E3

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We Happy Few (148 / 247 / 0) by Compulsion Games
Funded with Kickstarter is self explanatory

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Top fighting: Tekken 7 (38 / 59 / 1) by Bandai Namco Studios
Top racing: Gran Turismo Sport (38 / 59 / 1) by Polyphony Digital

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Top Remaster: Crash Bandicoot Remastered Collection (16 / 27 / 0) by Vicarious Visions / Naughty Dog
Top VR: Farpoint (12 / 16 / 0) by Impulse Gear

Full results
Code: 
Game							total mentions	total points	top spots only
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild			591		1975	  	371
Horizon: Zero Dawn					724		1956	  	167
God of War						500		1366	  	122
Spider-Man						349		740	   	19
The Last Guardian					319		655	   	15
NieR: Automata						278		612	   	21
Persona 5						236		518	   	16
Resident Evil 7						243		493	   	9
Detroit: Become Human					234		421	   	7
South Park: The Fractured But Whole			198		388	   	5
Days Gone						205		381	   	7
Dishonored 2						158		293	   	1
Battlefield 1						148		275	   	5
Gravity Rush 2						153		273	   	3
Final Fantasy XV					144		268	   	6
We Happy Few						148		257	   	0
Death Stranding						135		252	   	12
Sea of Thieves						118		234	   	9
Titanfall 2						134		232	   	3
Mass Effect: Andromeda					89	 	176	   	4
Pokemon Sun/Moon					86	 	166	   	0
For Honor						91	 	150	   	0
Yooka-Laylee						73	 	140	   	1
Watch Dogs 2						81	 	130	   	2
Dragon Quest VII					66	 	127	   	2
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided				64	 	124	   	4
Mafia 3							61	 	112	   	5
Abzu							60	 	98	    	1
Gears of War 4						57	 	95	    	1
Recore							60	 	95	    	0
Ni-Oh							49	 	88	    	1
Bound							59	 	86	    	0
Ever Oasis						41	 	78	    	0
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night			40	 	74	    	0
Steep							44	 	73	    	0
Dead Rising 4						38	 	67	    	1
Prey							42	 	62	    	1
Gran Turismo Sport					38	 	59	    	1
Paper Mario: Color Splash				31	 	54	    	0
Inside							28	 	51	    	1
World of Final Fantasy					24	 	36	    	0
Kingdom Hearts 2.8					23		36		1
Monster Hunter Generations				19	 	36	    	0
Mirage Session #FE					22	 	35	    	1
State of Decay 2					18	 	32	    	0
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero				18	 	32	    	0
Rhythm Heaven Megamix					17	 	31	    	0
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game				15	 	29	    	0
Cuphead							23	 	28	    	0
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age			16	 	28	    	0
Tekken 7						13	 	28	    	3
Crash Bandicoot Remastered Collection			16	 	27	    	2
Ghost Recon: Wildlands					23	 	27	    	0
Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse			10	 	20	    	0
Wild Guns Reloaded					9	  	19	    	1
Halo Wars 2						12	 	19	    	0
Absolver						11	 	19	    	1
I Am Setsuna						15	 	18	    	0
Injustice 2						12	 	17	    	0
Trails of Cold Steel 2					7	  	17	    	1
Farpoint						12	 	16	    	0
Skyrim: Remastered					10	 	16	    	0
Civilization VI						8	  	16	    	0
Vampyr							8	  	12	    	0
Tales of Berseria					6	  	11	    	0
RIGS: Mechanized Combat League				4	  	10	    	0
Fallout 4 VR						4	  	10	    	1
Tyranny							5	  	10	    	0
Shadow Warrior 2					4	  	10	    	0
EA Partners Fe						8	  	9	     	0
Battlefront X-Wing VR Mission				6	  	9	     	0
Berserk							4	  	9	     	0
Robinson: The Journey					5	  	8	     	0
Pyre							4	  	8	     	0
Below							5	  	8	     	0
King of Fighters XIV					4	  	8	     	0
Grow Up							5	  	8	     	0
Box Boy 2						4	  	7	     	0
Quake Champions						2	  	7	     	1
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord				3	  	6	     	0
Dawn of War 3						6	  	6	     	0
Dragon Quest Builders					3	  	5	     	0
Star Trek: Bridge Crew					5	  	5	     	0
Yokai Watch 2						2	  	4	     	0
Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star				3	  	4	     	0
The Turing Test						2	  	4	     	0
Manifold Garden						2	  	4	     	0
Ace Attorney: Spirits of Justice			3	  	4	     	0
Here They Lie						4	  	4	     	0
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness			2	  	4	     	0
Strafe							2	  	4	     	0
Aragami							2	  	4	     	0
Wolfenstein: The New Colossus				1	  	4	     	1
Batman Arkham VR					3	  	3	     	0
Move or Die						1	  	3	     	0
100ft Robot Golf					1	  	3	     	0
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Remaster			3	  	3	     	0
Mr. Shifty						2	 	3	 	0
FIFA 17							3	  	3	     	0
Destiny: Rise of Iron					1	  	3	     	0
Battle Chasers: Nightwar				2	  	3	     	0
Oxygen not Included					1	  	3	     	0
Ever Ocean						1	  	3	     	0
7th Dragon III: Code VFD				1	  	3	     	0
Sword  Art Online: Hollow Realization			1	  	2	     	0
Sonic Boom Fire & Ice					1	  	2	     	0
Friday the 13th						2	  	2	     	0
Tacoma							2	  	2	     	0
Kingdom Come: Deliverance				1	  	2	     	0
Chasm							1	  	2	     	0
Eagle Flight						1	  	2	     	0
Let it Die						1	  	2	     	0
Agents of Mayhem					1	  	2	     	0
Mario Party Star Rush					1	  	2	     	0
Battlezone						1	  	2	     	0
Gnog							1	  	2	     	0
Cosmic Star Heroine					1	  	1	     	0
River City Ransom					1	  	1	     	0
The Final Station					1	  	1	     	0
The Golf Club 2						1	  	1	     	0
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven		1	  	1	     	0
Hawken							1	  	1	     	0
Cluster Truck						1	  	1	     	0
Death's Gambit						1	  	1	     	0
Observer						1	  	1	     	0
Xbox One S						1	  	1	     	0
Sony Orchestra						1	  	1	     	0
Dual Universe						1	  	1	     	0
Akiba's Beat						1	  	1	     	0
The Surge						1	  	1	     	0
Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game		1	  	1	     	0
Psychonauts and the Rhombus of Ruin			1	  	1	     	0
Yomawari: Night Alone					1	  	1	     	0
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows				1	  	1	     	0
Lawbreakers						1	  	1	     	0
State of Mind						1		1		0
 
Eolz

Eolz

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Unsurprising top 3, didn't expect Spiderman, Detroit and South Park to be that high though.
 
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Arion

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I am surprised and a little disappointed by how high Detroit is. I guess people are falling for the David Cage rope-a-dope once again.
 
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Jawbreaker

Member
Wow, Horizon and Zelda were a lot closer than I expected. I thought for sure the latter would win it by a wide margin. The list looks great, and my top three games are the same.

Arion said:
I am surprised and a little disappointed by how high Detroit is. I guess people are falling for the David Cage rope-a-dope once again.
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What do you mean? Heavy Rain was a great experience and this looks to be an even bigger improvement on that formula with the added bonus of co-writers.
 
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Neiteio

Member
Zelda is fucking amazing. The fact they showed like eight hours of footage, full of surprises from start to finish (with new stuff still being discovered), and it was just 1 percent of the overall game is incredible.
 
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Elandyll

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In terms of points HZ and Zelda are pretty much neck and neck, well done GG, almost Game of E3 two years in a row (nothing taken away from Zelda though, which looks great, and obviously benefits from Nintendo fans thirst).

Was a great E3 all around, 2016 and particularly 2017 look like they're going to be amazing.

edit: wow, looking at that top 11: 8x PS4 exclusives, 9 if you count RE7's PSVR exclusive mode. I guess Sony's E3 was Dreams 2.0 indeed.
 
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ShockingAlberto

Member
Arion said:
I am surprised and a little disappointed by how high Detroit is. I guess people are falling for the David Cage rope-a-dope once again.
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I have made peace with the fact that some people just like David Cage stuff.

I don't understand it and never will. It's just a thing that happens and no amount of "He actively lies to you to make the twists work" overrides the things they like. Preferences are preferences.
 
Acquiescence

Acquiescence

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14th place is far too low for you Kat. You deserved better.

Arion said:
I am surprised and a little disappointed by how high Detroit is. I guess people are falling for the David Cage rope-a-dope once again.
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The E3 trailer vividly recalled Heavy Rain, a game that a lot of people love. It's not hard to figure out.
 
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Neiteio

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Elandyll said:
In terms of points HZ and Zelda are pretty much neck and neck, well done GG, almost Game of E3 two years in a row (nothing taken away from Zelda though, which looks great, and obviously benefits from Nintendo fans thirst).

Was a great E3 all around, 2016 and particularly 2017 look like they're going to be amazing.
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I'd actually say Horizon benefited from Nintendo showing only one game, since most Nintendo fans wound up listing Horizon higher rather than another Nintendo game.
 
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Kenzodielocke

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Elandyll said:
In terms of points HZ and Zelda are pretty much neck and neck, well done GG, almost Game of E3 two years in a row (nothing taken away from Zelda though, which looks great, and obviously benefits from Nintendo fans thirst).

Was a great E3 all around, 2016 and particularly 2017 look like they're going to be amazing.
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If you can keep up with Zelda on GAF, you are doing a pretty great job.
 
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Jawbreaker

Member
Neiteio said:
I'd actually say Horizon benefited from Nintendo showing only one game, since most Nintendo fans wound up listing Horizon higher rather than another Nintendo game.
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And I'd say it's telling how great the game looks that it nearly placed 1st two years in a row. /avatarquote
 
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ShockingAlberto

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Elandyll said:
In terms of points HZ and Zelda are pretty much neck and neck, well done GG, almost Game of E3 two years in a row (nothing taken away from Zelda though, which looks great, and obviously benefits from Nintendo fans thirst).
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You forget: there is nothing in the world that Zelda fans hate more than Zelda.
 
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Neiteio

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ShockingAlberto said:
I have made peace with the fact that some people just like David Cage stuff.

I don't understand it and never will. It's just a thing that happens and no amount of "He actively lies to you to make the twists work" overrides the things they like. Preferences are preferences.
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Man, you gotta play David Cage games with a friend, girlfriend, etc. I've gone through Heavy Rain three times this way and it was amazing each time.

I have fond memories laughing our asses off trying to not walk into Ethan's doorwall, or dodging the chicken-chucker in the market. :)

Seriously looking forward to Detroit!
 
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ShockingAlberto

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Neiteio said:
Man, you gotta play David Cage games with a friend, girlfriend, etc. I've gone through Heavy Rain with three times this way and it was amazing each time.

Spending the first five minutes of the game trying not to steer Ethan into the doorwall = fond gaming memories!
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I have gone through Heavy Rain in several forms at this point - alone, with friends, via LPs that other people have done or LPs I have done myself. I have found it an interminable experience every single time.

It is somehow an even worse game knowing who the murderer is.
 
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Wensih

Member
Neiteio said:
Man, you gotta play David Cage games with a friend, girlfriend, etc. I've gone through Heavy Rain three times this way and it was amazing each time.

Laughing our asses off trying to not walk into Ethan's doorwall = fond gaming memories. :)

Seriously looking forward to Detroit!
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Yep highlights of beyond were when my girlfriend flung a chair into the birthday girl and then proceeded to get little ellen page stuck in a door.
 
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AdanVC

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Congrats to the winners and especially Nintendo! Who would have thought. The company who technically had the less presence at this year's E3 was the one who gave the most surprises with this new Zelda. Winning game of the show awards and all that jazz. Now it makes sense why they made Zelda the only playable game on the showfloor. Freaking Nintendo. They could dissapoint us 90% of the time but when they are in a good mood, they can still impress the masses and deliver big time.
 
Mediking

Mediking

Member
Spider-Man is high on the list?!?! Why?!?!? How?!??! People really think this game gonna end up special??? I'm sorry but I don't see it happening... maybe I'll eat my words.
 
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thuway

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It says a lot about Horizon to come that close to clinching the top spot.

It says a lot about Zelda to come out Game of the Show and a media blowout unlike any other game at E3.

It was a good E3 ^_^
 
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ShockingAlberto

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Mediking said:
Spider-Man is high on the list?!?! Why?!?!? How?!??! People really think this game gonna end up special??? I'm sorry but I don't see it happening... maybe I'll eat my words.
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Why not? It's a known developer who released a very good open world game just a few years ago and appears to be leveraging a lot of the same design mentalities with their awesome visual tech for a license people like.
 
C

Crayolan

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That's a lot of #1 votes for Zelda.

Also cool to see so much excitement for Spiderman. Really hoping it turns out good.
 
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