StueyDuck
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Starfield takes home the Golden Joystick Award for best Xbox Game of the Year 2023
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Flutta
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Yeah console-only fanboys are the worst, they just go from exclusive to exclusive complaining and exaggerating. Just plain toxic behaviour. They can literally spend a weekend just argueing about stuff they don’t like or dig out new bugs or whatever in a game they have already dropped instead of spending the weekend playing and talking about a game they actually like. If a game goes multi the noise usually goes away. Unless there is a 1fps difference then the noise will be about that instead…
You know what’s even worse than console fanboys. Disingenuous people, like yourself. Who likes to parade around pretending to be neutral a.k.a ”I play on everything” but always exposes themselves in the end to favour one side over the other.
Pretending that PS players are the only gamers that are hating on this game while everyone else loves it is a prime example of hypocrisy. It’s like you a ”PC gamer” never saw the ”glowing” reviews on steam. Or you somehow missed all those GAF user who actually played the game and didn’t enjoy it for any legitimate reason.. they don’t exist.
No no only console fanboys hate my precious game that i put hundreds of hours into. Who are you trying to fool? Yourself or someone else?
Keep patting eachorthers backs, no one will notice. Carry on, pretend i didn’t see your pathetic post
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NinjaBoiX
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It’s mediocre at best.
Nobody is going to be talking about it next year.
Skyrim it ain’t.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Of course people will. Next year is when console mods will ship, along with story DLC.
Fredrik
Member
I grew up with only having Commodore computers and once I started with consoles I bought one console and stuck with that during a generation, that triggered some bad behaviour.
But that was a long time ago now, today I make sure to have all consoles and a decent PC to not limit my enjoyment. I still have preferences, like I prefer MS exclusives simply because they aren’t delayed on PC where I do most of my gaming today.
However, what I see now is people with all consoles still behaving like they only own one. The negativity toward any exclusive on a less preferred platform is always exaggerated. That’s why I think it’s more like a sport fan behaviour, a competition between teams, rather than not actually having a way to get access to platform exclusive games like it was for some of us in the past.
Idk, to me that’s just plain weird.
Pedro Motta
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Criticizes Ubisoft and Witcher 3 open world design while saying Starfield is trying to fix that when this is Starfield for the most part
OMFG what a piece of shit game hahahaahah
GinSama
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James Sawyer Ford
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All of these are marred by extremely lame characters, dialogue, narrative writing, cinematics, etc. it’s all dull beyond belief and gives no real authentic sense of role playing.
The combat isn’t fun, the weapons/melee are completely unbalanced and half baked.
That Conan skit where he plays Starfield is pretty on point. I guess it’s a case where some people like it due to how comically cringe it is, like is that actually part of the appeal for many?
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Fredrik
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Preferring one thing over another is normal, I prefer pizza over hamburgers too, and metal over pop. What’s less normal is hating one thing over another for brand lotalty. That’s fanboyism. And nope that’s not me. And as said above I definitely prefer MS exclusives today over Sony exclusives simply because their games aren’t delayed on PC. Unreasonable? I don’t think so. And I never pretend anything, sorry, go fight someone else who actually care about the plastics and don’t wish they all go away.You know what’s even worse than console fanboys. Disingenuous people, like yourself. Who likes to parade around pretending to be neutral a.k.a ”I play on everything” but always exposes themselves in the end to favour one side over the other.
Pretending that PS players are the only gamers that are hating on this game while everyone else loves it is a prime example of hypocrasy. It’s like you a ”PC gamer” never saw the ”glowing” reviews on steam. Or you somehow missed all those GAF user who actually played the game and didn’t enjoy it for any legitimate reason.. they don’t exist.
No no only console fanboys hate my precious game that i put hundreds of hours into. Who are you trying to fool? Yourself or someone else?
Keep patting eachorthers backs, no one will notice. Carry on, pretend i didn’t see your parhetic post
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Or, maybe it has nothing to do with any of that and Starfield just isn’t their kind of game at all and they strongly disagree with your take on it?
HFR is in my top 10 this year and a much more enjoyable game.
GinSama
Member
Hi fi was robbed, but I think pentiment could also win. Really underrated game
This
Also hifi rush was robbed
Chukhopops
Member
You would think people who have been hating on Starfield for several thousand pages would have had enough by now but nope, gotta keep the op running.
Look at the amount of people trying to argue the opinions of others, it’s pathetic.
Personally I’ve finished Starfield twice, or three times if you count NG+. It’s a really good game with some flaws, that takes a long time to get into. But once you get into it it’s amazing and by far the best space game ever created.
Look at the amount of people trying to argue the opinions of others, it’s pathetic.
Personally I’ve finished Starfield twice, or three times if you count NG+. It’s a really good game with some flaws, that takes a long time to get into. But once you get into it it’s amazing and by far the best space game ever created.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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It's a flawed but solid game experience with a make your own fun type deal. What frustrates me about xbox is the difference between what releases and what could have been with these games. Starfield really could have done with some shared teams, I'd like to see Xbox leverage studio collab more e.g. FPS mechanics of say Apex combined with RPG of starfield etc.
Roberts
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Congrats. I have a lot of love for Hi-Fi Rush, it is my second favourite game of the year with amazing gameplay and even more amazing mix of story, humour and heart, but Starfield is one of a kind. I'm yet to play BG3 which I can't wait to sink my teeth into sometime in December, but nothing comes to close to Starfield in terms of sucking you into that world and not letting you go.
Ribi
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star citizen clears for scaleIt's my front runner for GOTY, and easily my favorite sci-fi game of all time.
Discussion on here is just like Halo Infinite where people may be able to find a flaw or two, but that very quickly gets turned into "the game has zero redeeming qualities and you're a complete joke if you even like it." It's literally not more intellectually deep than peer pressure bullying from elementary school. It's fine if you don't like it, but you have zero claim on any kind of objective opinion. I think the game's phenomenal in countless areas, from art design, graphics, quest design, voice acting, to gunplay. It has by far my OST of the year and I can post 30 tracks as examples.
It's literally one of the best looking games I've ever seen. The scale is unlike anything I've played. That ship I zoomed in on in this picture is 3 stories tall, and you can walk around all of it. The scale of the space station next to it is just gigantic. And I have limitless examples of stuff like that.
This isn't even one of the big cities. The scale is just gigantic when you look at how small the people are. It's difficult to even take pictures of it. And there's layers underneath that, multiple shops, quests, NPCs. I've just literally never even seen a game like this.
I don't really encounter any areas in games this large, and all the assets are extremely highly detailed.
The lighting is phenomenal, and a giant upgrade over anything they've done previously - extending to even lighting the planets themselves. And they change completely over time, or depending on where you land on the planet and where it is orbiting the sun.
And a lot of the people claiming Hi-Fi Rush was robbed were actually the same people massively talking shit on Hi-Fi Rush in January when I said it was a GOTY contender. It absolutely is still a GOTY contender, but I think Starfield is a lot more ambitious and impressive, and I am literally one of the biggest advocates for Hi-Fi Rush on here, and I got shit constantly for hyping that game up too.
Several of the quests are among the best I've ever played in an RPG, like Entangled, or the multi-part Crimson Fleet quest. Even basic side quests have 3-4 parts to it and are surprisingly deep.
I will never change the minds of people that hate the game, and that's not even my goal. But if you guys can't even fathom that this is at the top of consideration for BEST XBOX GAME this year, then you guys are just lying or trolls in my opinion. If you have eyeballs you can see it's an incredibly impressive and ambitious game. It doesn't even take an argument to refute the bullshit. It's self-evidently absurd and exaggerated to the max.
Just look at the game with your actual eyes instead of being morons. And my pictures are just capturing a tiny, tiny fraction of the game. I'm still playing it and I'm at 315 hours.
Hubble Tele-Noscope - Starfield photomode OT
Funny bug. Sarah was a little bit too close while talkingwww.neogaf.com
hi-fi robbed
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EDMIX
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I feel this picture should be used to market a carpenter's craftsmanship.....show the fucking support from the deck bruh!
vaibhavpisal
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Again, trying to discuss this game with you feels like discussing Call of Duty with someone who doesn't like FPS games.
Most of the characters are clean slate with minimalist dialogue. That's preferable if you wanna role play.
Comparing to something like Witcher 3 where everyone's personality is set, including you.
Fredrik
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In some cases, absolutely, different taste and all that. But when it’s said to be some 5/10 worst AAA release in recent times or whatever as some kind of fact I just roll my eyes and keep scrolling down to read opinions from people not attempting to troll or start time-wasting discussions.
Btw, I liked Hi-Fi Rush too, apparently for 2 hours according to my playtime counter. Thought I had played it more but can’t prove it so.
The shadow drop to Gamepass was cool but in the end it wasn’t my type of game. I wouldn’t rate it low though, I can still see why it’s loved, tight gameplay mechanics and great visuals and design, unique too. But again, not for me.
YeulEmeralda
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Starfield feels so fucking old and gamey when compared to Cyberpunk.
Hell even Mass Effect was better at creating a believable world.
But Bethesda fans just want to craft outposts/star ships and collect useless loot.
Hell even Mass Effect was better at creating a believable world.
But Bethesda fans just want to craft outposts/star ships and collect useless loot.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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A persistent single universe MMO would have been the "X factor" this game sorely needs.
Mowcno
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Just in time for Starfield player numbers to drop below Skyrim on steam. 21.2k on Skyrim/SSE and 20.8k on starfield. We reached the crossover point.
A third party game definitely should have won this. RE4, Hogwarts... There must be some more deserving too. But first party wise there weren't really any other options. Hifi rush too small and mostly forgotten to win an award like this.
A third party game definitely should have won this. RE4, Hogwarts... There must be some more deserving too. But first party wise there weren't really any other options. Hifi rush too small and mostly forgotten to win an award like this.
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Bumblebeetuna
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What could they have listed for PS besides baseball and Spider-Man 2? PS had a slow year.
Anyway, very deserved since there is no BG3 on Xbox yet. Also, wow, seems the GAF hate boner for Starfield is still a rock hard four inches. Sad
IFireflyl
Gold Member
I don't consider it the general public's "mistake" to believe Bethesda's hype. The previous Elder Scrolls games were insanely good.
DenchDeckard
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Should have been hi fi rush
mansoor1980
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midnightAI
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It's just the Spider Man 2 not being included when it's in the game of the year category. Anyway, they partially explain it on their website, it missed the cut off by not being reviewed/launched when they added the nominees for that category.What could they have listed for PS besides baseball and Spider-Man 2? PS had a slow year.
Anyway, very deserved since there is no BG3 on Xbox yet. Also, wow, seems the GAF hate boner for Starfield is still a rock hard four inches. Sad
As for the XBox nominees list, there are far better games (such as RE4) than the ones in their list. As for Starfield, I found it seriously boring, not a even close to game of the year for me.
systemr123
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Except Arnold would be the best even with stiff competition, Starfield is only the best because there is none. And it’s not like the bar is very high for another game to be better as Starfield is a 6/10 at best.
Torrent of Pork
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Starfield was fantastic, don't think it deserves GOTY with Zelda and BG3 in the mix, but I've already got over 150 hours on the game.
This game will definitely have a decade-long tail once people get their hands on the Creation Kit
This game will definitely have a decade-long tail once people get their hands on the Creation Kit
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
No one is coping. Lol. Starfield is a huge success on many levels. It will continue to sell and be played long after most games this year. Pretending it isn't just for reasons, is more like coping. Keep it a 1000 bro. Seriously.
LordCBH
Member
Starfield absolutely does not solve that.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
graywolf323
Member
I wonder, if RE4 had also been nominated for Xbox, would it have won?
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IFireflyl
Gold Member
This list isn't correct. According to the list, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 was a nominee, but the game was released after their cutoff.
Edit: Or did different categories have different cutoff times?
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Golden Joystick Awards 2023 nominations criteria
- The game must have been released between November 23, 2022 and September 29, 2023 (when core 2023 voting begins).
- Ongoing / online games which launched before this period are eligible for the ‘Still Playing’ and ‘Best Game Expansion’ categories.
- Games set for release after November 10 (the day of our show), 2023 will be eligible for the Most Wanted award.
- Games released between September 29, 2023 (when public voting opens) and November 10, 2023 (the day of the awards) will be considered for our critically selected categories, plus the voted categories Ultimate Game of the Year, Best Lead Performer and Best Supporting Performer.
Golden Joystick Awards 2023: Voting has closed and winners revealed on Nov 10
Your Ultimate Game of the Year will be crowned on Nov 10 in our live broadcast
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