The Game Awards begins 11 hours from now. What are you looking forward to?

Todd Howard flayed alive on live televison.

The disappointment in my brother's eyes when Half Life 3 isn't announced...

... and mine too :(

Fucking REAL.
Like every other year until it or the next thing
- Hopium administered

I've never cared for it - the entire show's awards and announcements could be YouTube Shorts that I can pick and choose to watch, and I'd get exactly the same thing out of it.

I wait a day and then check for a megathread with bullet points, then see if there is anything of interest to me.

Crowbcat compilation. Tbh I didn't know they were still doing that Game Awards

I’m not really excited about anything because I don’t care much for AAA but it‘s funny to me that a show like the Game Awards was never about the awards but just an excuse to show some world premier trailers.

They keep telling us how this is a celebration of this year while trailers for games in the coming years take center stage. It feels more like the most cynical funeral of old games while the new ones get coronated with their announcements.

And I know this is comment isn‘t deep or profound to anybody who ever watched the Game Awards but I just find it comical every year.

On the other hand, winning an award from this show has a tangible effect on game sales, so it's nice when a game like Baldur's Gate 3 can beat the mainstays like The Legend of Zelda and earn that bump for themselves.
- It‘s definitely clever to wrap the Award show into a Superbowl type of event for the gaming industry. It ensures there will be a lot of eyes on award winners. But they still have to share the attention with the new shiny things that are being advertised so it‘s always a little awkward. It‘s bizarre but part of the experience and let‘s be honest, most of don‘t care about popularity contests. We tune in for the trailers.
- The awards are done by the big studios anyway, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft etc, thats the jury, it always has a bias. Anything else only wins something if its so popular that it has to. It's just a AAA circle jerk mostly.
  But its not about the awards anyway, its about advertising.
It's just a big advertising show yeah. Like E3 but with all the soul and community sucked out of it. I dont know why anyone cares.

I just want to see some more exceptionalism from Flute Guy.

The real reason to watch
- My wife and I was laughing at that a while back. He's great.
Oh hell yeah, we get to see him go ham on some Clair Obscur music.
Always a highlight of the show. I hope he never cuts his hair.

Absolutely nothing.

Half life 3

None of it.

Looking for to be sleeping, I really don't give a shit about that.

The same thing I've been waiting for since 2003. A new F-Zero

Did you play BS F-Zero? It was only available as a streaming service in Japan in the 90s, but someone managed to put a rom together a couple years ago. It mostly just feels like a remix of the first game, but it's still some new content
https://www.consolegame.org/games-v2/snes/snes-bs-f-zero-japan-4091
- I didn't know that was a thing, nice
1999, and a new Vib Ribbon for me.
You and me both, buddy...

I really want a release date for Clockwork Revolution and Judas.

Is this the one where devolver digital does something goofy? That's usually pretty fun

They might have, but I mostly remember their E3 shows.

~~Silksong~~ Nothing, life is meaningless

now you can wait for the silksong dlc though
- Yep, 6-8 years to go!

I heard it's likely we're gonna see some KOTOR on there.

Close enough

I'm looking forward to the podcasts that'll make fun of it.

Personally I'm hoping for

Larian's next game announcement
info on Light no Fire
anything by fromsoftware
a new final fantasy game that isn't based on ff7
the new bioshock game that was rumored for years now

Sqenix can't make good games anymore, I am sorry.
Same for FF but also no tactical shite either, turn based is fine but the damn chessboard shit was enough during the 3DS era, so many great stories ruined by the gameplay.
- I haven't played the tactics games yet (Ivalice right?) but you just broke my heart. I love tactics games man, and I feel like there's not a lot of them outside of the Fire Emblem series. I haven't gotten around to many to be fair though.
I suspect Larian will take their sweet time.
Bioshock sounds like it’s in development hell; I’d be suspicious of that.
- Nah, Larian will jump the gun, release too early and have another bug infested game. They need to reduce their scope, actually take their time and make a great RPG. BG3 was too much for them, a smaller more refined experience would have been amazing, they shouldn't chase "bigger is better".
- Larian's next game is the teased statue that Keighley tweeted, so they'll have something to announce tonight. The only thing they said it isn't is Divinity: Original Sin 3, but it could be a different Divinity RPG, or a looter like the old-school Divinities, or a new Dragon Commander, or a new spin-off entirely. They're also a multi-project studio now.

Half Life 3 it's gonna be there I can feel it in my bones I'm not crazy

it's coming any day now...

What do I want? Xcom 3. Obviously that won’t happen ever though

yup, firaxis went all-in on the licensed slop sadly. don't think we're getting that teased sequel to from the deep anytime soon

The coronation of Expedition 33 mostly!

Larian

Fromsoft

Nintendo

Those are probably the only developers in the AAA world that are not selling money printing skinner boxes but the games are still fun.

Indie devs don’t have money to advertise on that shitty show.

I guess that depends on where your cutoff is for AAA, but if you're including FromSoft, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II just came out this year at a similar level of budget and production value. And I know people have their issues with Unreal, but it really has raised the bar for what a "AA" might be capable of. The likes of Avowed, The Outer Worlds 2, The Alters, Split Fiction, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 this year (and games like The Thaumaturge last year) are all what we would have expected out of a AAA game in the not-too-distant past, most of which comes down to scope, where a lot of AAAs are arguably doing too much.
- I haven’t played any of those yet but isn’t the subject what we’re looking forward to seeing at the Game Awards? I’m not sure if those studios are rumored to be announcing anything on the show.
  I’m gonna have to toss a going between Expedition 33 and KCD2. They both seem like my type of game

Starseeker, light no fire, the host being gored by a bull

I think award shows are head-ass narcissist nonsense.

So, none of it.

Steam box price and release date, more Slay the Spire 2 info, next Zelda teaser. All very unlikely.

I wanna see what a $1m 3 minute trailer looks like!

E33 should fuck

I'd love to see something on the Lies of P Sequel

o (^^o)

Give me some WOODKID performing songs from Death Stranding 2.

I need a good cry.

Whether they allow the warframe community to make a mockery of the concept of chat again.

!clem
- !Grakata
  I may or may not be looking forward to continuing that tradition.

I am really hoping to see FF7R Part 3 reveal.

I know it's not everybody's cup of tea, but I love that series so far.

Please... It's time to let them go. Square has been on life support for the past 25 years. Just.... You have to let them go. I'm sorry. I loved them, too.