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Two indie tiles in Hades and It Takes Two have won the previous two years at the VGAs.

Many would argue that covid essentially slowed down the development cycle so much that no truly excellent AAA games were released those years.

Do you think it is possible that another indie would beat both Elden Ring and God of War: Ragnarök?

Keep in mind that it is the critics that have the majority voting power do decide who wins.

The real question is, will the VGAs survive if another indie game wins.

 

[reksveks]

Stray ain't the best indie of the year. There is like 3/4 better indie games than Stray imo

ER or GoW:R will win it, i actually think it may go to GoW:R

 

[DeepEnigma]

Keep in mind that it is the critics that have the majority voting power do decide who wins.

And the critics voted with their reviews, no?

 

[adamsapple]

 

[lefty1117]

Stray let me make a black cat

 

[Captain Toad]

Is this satire?

 

[ungalo]

I played Requiem, it doesn't deserve to be nominated, and i think it's the same for Stray. Game Awards sucks ass.

 

[FUBARx89]

Stray? GOTY? Hahahahaha.

Easily gonna be Elden Ring or GoW.

 

[bender]

I don't think Stray or Plague Tale are all that good, then again I had similar thoughts about It Takes Two.

 

[analog_future]

Not a chance this year.

 

[BennyBlanco]

It Takes Two is not an indie game

 

[LordCBH]

No. Stray shouldn’t even be included in the GOTY nominees.

 

[j0hnnix]

 

[mxbison]

No way, they shouldn't even be nominated.

Comparing those games to Hades is crazy....

 

[wvnative]

I'd love it if A Plauge Tale won but it won't. It's likely going to be Elden Ring or God of War Ragnarok. Likely Elden Ring.

 

[R6Rider]

I hope Stray wins just to see the reactions here.

 

[Ristifer]

 

[Revolutionary]

My cat voted for Stray, sorry

 

[SJRB]

 

[kiphalfton]

The former two games have extremely simplified gameplay...

 

[osiris_128bits]

No chance but I think stray is way more popular among the less hardcore of us.

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

A game like stray winning goty is dangerous to the validity of goty going forward. It's why people dont trust the oscars as much. These award shows cant get it wrong. If a concensus top 3 doesn't win people won't trust the governing body.

 

[feynoob]

Can I get some weed?
This post makes want to get high.

 

[Elder Legend]

Is this satire?

Sadly, most likely not.

 

[CatLady]

My cat voted for Stray, sorry

Mine too. I couldn't figure out why she was attacking my computer chair and then I realized she wanted me to get my ass out of the chair so she could use my computer to vote for Stray.

 

[Jennings]

It's hard to put myself in the mind of a critic. Too little room in there. So I'll just vote how any reasonable person would.

 

[skit_data]

Not a snowballs chance in hell

 

[Beechos]

A plagues tale was such a disappointment as a seqel to a great 1st effort of a new franchise. Stray was just a run of the mill puzzle game with nice graphics. Neither will be mentioned as even a contender for goty.

 

[Swift_Star]

No

 

[Elios83]

I've finished both and both are great games but we all know they added them to fill a list with some variety.
The competition is between God of War and Elden Ring.

 

[Bartski]

 

[damidu]

lol, stray should try best indie maybe.
and plague shouldn’t really be in any category.

 

[Bonfires Down]

There is 0% chance of that.

I’m quite confident it will be Elden Ring at this point.

 

[Caio]

No chance on earth, it's a Titanic war between God of Ring and Elden God. It will be so close that the names will mix together, creating even more confusion.

 

[NickFire]

Amazingly, thanks to the nominations, no one can call this a troll thread. That is remarkable.

 

[MScarpa]

Is this a joke? WTF

 

[Kacho]

That's like asking if a couple military troops would win against Godzilla and Ghidorah

 

[Bonfires Down]

Wait, Hades didn’t win. What are you on about?

 

[ungalo]

I've finished both and both are great games but we all know they added them to fill a list with some variety.
The competition is between God of War and Elden Ring.

That's the thing, they don't add variety to the list.

Stray is basically the indie game that has the most money. A Plague Tale is another cinematic game like others already in the list. Very poor choices to show video games diversity.

 

[touchfuzzy]

Hades didn't win and It Takes Two isn't an indie.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

 

[Ywap]

I haven't played Ragnarok or Forbidden West since i'm PC only but if they are as good as the first games we should have the winners here. If i were in charge i would give third place to Plague which is an awesome game.

I don't really know about Elden..... Great and beautiful game but the open world felt just like transportation between the bosses.

This is very unlikely to occur though

 

[SSfox]

Elden Ring and GOWR are obviously the biggest games of the year but i wouldn't even be mad if Plague or Xeno 3 will win, but Stray no sorry game has no gameplay, Horizon 2 is kinda Ok game but not GOTY level game.

I would have added GT7 there too outside of Stray and HFW, game is peak of Automobile gaming. Also i'm huge Bayonetta fan both Bayo 1 and 2 were my GOTY of their year but 3 just like HZ2 is also not a game i would be into a GOTY nominees. Anyway pretty good list still.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

I really wish STRAY won everything, this is the GOTY of my heart, this is why I voted YES but I'm a fool.

No. Stray shouldn’t even be included in the GOTY nominees.

 

[The Book Reader]

Plagues Tale - Thanks for trying but you really never had a chance.

Stray - You were a PlayStation console exclusive so we will throw you a bone, but you’re still not winning.

Elden Ring - very strong case, but you don’t really hit that western rpg market that most North America gamers like.

GoW R - cookie cutter and expected “play it safe “ experience Let me blow you and please have my children. GOTY

 

[consoul]

It's the heavyweights vs Tom & Jerry.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

No, not even close and if they did then the industry is more of a mess than I thought. Nothing against any of those games, but GoW and Elden Ring are on another plane of existence.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

As pretentious as the game industry has gotten - they will probably pick something out of left field.

Got to keep that self importance going with your important career of… check notes… playing with a toy and writing about it.

#DefinitionofIntellectual

 

[Camreezie]

I feel like in 2020 hades won because theyd have got a ton of hate if they gave it to Tlou2.
Last year wasnt a great crop to pick from so it takes two won. No controversy to save the other games from the big AAA this year

 

[ReBurn]

Elden Ring and God of War: Ragnarök will win instead.

I don't think this is how it works