#Video Game Awards

[talesofthedm]

That flutist/bassoonist/whateverelseheplayed-ist at the video game awards is truly the new epic sax guy of our generation and he was just vibin I loved him

[n3on-graveston3s-calling]

If you missed it, here is the full preformance from Serpent and the Royal, D4VD, and Twenty One Pilots.

[wuekka]

I'm thrown into 2006, both Okami and Shadow of the Colossus mean so much to me, they live in the same head space in my brain and they both get sequels now...

[lurkiestvoid]

i prommy I'll get back to normal soon but the wolf game is all I can think about this morning and I am Experiencing Joy About It thank you for your patience

[pcharming7]

Speaking of awards, how about the VGAs limiting acceptance speeches to 30 seconds max? The highlights for me were when Astarion’s voice actor got cut off while he was explaining how the character meant so much to him as a survivor of abuse, the game dev who got cut off when he tried to dedicate his speech to a coworker who passed away, and Eiji Aonuma getting cut off while using a translator to give his speech. All so they could cram in as many game trailers and awkward celebrity cameos as possible. Oh, and a 10 minute segment with Hideo Kojima, because he’s special I guess.

Just an absurd level of disrespect towards the people that are supposedly there to be honored.

[crascet]

Honest Thoughts: The 2024 Video Game Awards and Announcements

So, a couple of nights ago, me and a discord server I'm in did a group watch for the VGAs this year. Normally, we wouldn't care that much about the awards but would just watch them for the announcements for new games anyways. The award show itself was pretty decent anyways with some fun parts here and there. Statler and Waldorf were the best part of the show hands down, as they always were in the Muppets Show. The presentations for Best Narrative from Sam Lake was also pretty good as well as the presentation for Best Adaptation from Jesse Pinkman and Lucina (I will not specify that further). Now for the awards themselves, there are some pretty good winners, especially from Metaphor and Astro Bot with the ladder winning Best Game. Glad to see those two games win awards here and I could check them both out next year. I didn't like how Best Fighting Game was relegated to the First Act as I would love to see that on the main show with a presentation instead of a quick mention. Back to presentations, the one with the two TLOU actresses was the worst part of the show to me tbh, they were just boring.

Now for the announcements themselves and WOW they were something! First, there was the announcement of a new Ninja Gaiden game with Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound that seem to have both the old and new versions of Ryu Hayabusa. I'm already excited for this as a fan of ninjas and with hearing the difficulty of the first NG game and the first 3D game, which is a game I should check out some time.

There was then the announcement of Clive Rosfield from FF XVI being the last DLC character for Tekken 8's Season 1 DLC which is really cool to see as it follows Noctis being in T7 as DLC. I know most people wanted Tifa to be in Tekken (including myself), but hey, Clive looks great and the DLC stage looks great!

To a new project announced, there is genDESIGN's unannounced project, being made from the same creator of Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian. I absolutely love SotC and I did enjoy myself with the demo of TLG found with the SotC remaster. The game itself seems to follow in the footsteps of SotC with a climbing mechanic, but there could be some cases of Ico within it. Not much is known seen in the teaser other than the gameplay and how it has a giant robot to be an important part of the game. Can't wait to see more about this project.

And then there's Intergalactic and I'm... conflicted. On one hand, Naughty Dog are FINALLY working on a new, original IP that's NOT a remaster, PC port, or both of The Last of Us Parts I and II, so thank god for that. On the other hand, Neil Druckmann is directing this game too. Now, if you like TLOU I and II, that's fine. I understand why people like those games, or at least the first game. It has a mass appeal to everyone with its narrative in both games. It's just that ND just focuses on ONLY those two games and nothing else, just shoving down our throats on how great it is, and I'm worried it'll be the same thing with Intergalactic for the next 5 years. But who knows, maybe it'll turn out great, idk.

Now for the five announcements that stole the show from two companies.

First, there is Sega with the one-two punch of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's two new projects: a new installment in the Virtua Fighter franchise and Project Century. Seeing VF come back after years of new versions of VF5 is awesome, with the only two characters being confirmed for the game being Akira Yuki and Stella who is either the daughter of Jacky or Sarah Bryant, or (and this is sort of a fan theory) a clone of Sarah created by J6 given that she looks similar to her, especially that it seems that VF6 as I could call it could take place years after VF5 and Judgement 6 could return. As for other characters coming back, I expect Pai, Kage Maru, and Jacky to be here. Lau I'm guessing is definitely dead as this point with his move set going to either Pai or to Lei Fei, but time will tell. Then there's Project Century, which seems to be a Lost Judgement-esque game taking place in 1915 Japan and it does look really interesting to play. I can check out the demo if there's going to be one of Century. These two look really great and I'm definitely interested in both, especially with RGG's track record with Yakuza/Like A Dragon, which is another franchise I'm itching to play next year.

On the same topic of Sega, there's the announcement of a new Sonic racing game with Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. Given from the little time it was shown with the only character being shown being Shadow, it seems to be more in track of Sega All Stars racing, which sounds really cool to me seeing a comeback from the racing series, I just hope it'll be better than Team Sonic Racing. Sonic does seem to be on a revival with the releases of Sonic Frontiers, Sonic X Shadow Generations, and Sonic 3 coming out next week, huh? Glad to see it.

And now for Capcom starting with the return of two dormant franchises.

To start, there's the announcement of Onimusha: Way of the Sword. It's awesome to see Onimusha get a new game in a nearly 20-year absence with the release of Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams back in 2006 and with the remaster of the first game back in 2019. It'll release in 2026, but it looks great from the gameplay footage so can't wait to kill more demons!

And then there's the Okami sequel being directed from the original director, Hideki Kamiya returning to Capcom and reforming CLOVER studios which is the best announcement from the VGA's this year. I have never played Okami before, but I now have both the PC and Switch ports of Okami HD, and I do plan on playing them during the winter break. I just hope that the sequel won't ignore Okamiden as I really love the puppy so much. And with the reformation of CLOVER, there's a good chance Viewtiful Joe 3 could happen in the future, but I do wonder about Kamiya's Ultraman-esque project he was working on years ago when he was still working in Platinum. Other than some worrying thoughts of me hoping the Okami sequel won't be that controversial in its development like with Bayo 3.

A pretty good and fun VGA this year with some well-deserved winners and great announcements to look forward to.

[the-fluffin-werehug]

I can't believe I fucking lived to see the day of Okami 2 being announced.

The amount of people either barging into my room irl or dming me. Is warming and funny. My sister when seeing it was apparently going "OH shit it okami 2" as a joke in her room. FUCKING GET JINXED MY GOOD MOOK. WOOOOOOOOO Also kind of technically League of Legends won 3 times at the VGA. Just Okami announcement is the icing and the cake. League getting best ongoing game, Best esports player (Faker ofc), best esports team (T1 where Faker is. This would've been an easy Pick'ems), and having a lil Orchestra moment for Arcane's music (which I learned it won an Emmy around season 1 so damn we feasting) is the sprinkles, cake topper, cherry, and lil card to boot.

Today was pretty damn delicious. Cheers.

[kicksnscribs]

OKAMI SEQUEL ANNOUNCED LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[fyeahjessecox]

[imagonista]

Didn't watch the Game Awards (I'm picky with my video games due to my lack of video game skills 😭), but now I almost wish I had, because I heard the news about Okami getting a sequel! I wish I could've seen the teaser playing live to see if I would've recognized the game!

Anyways, I have memories of the original game! I'd watch my dad play it on the PS2. I never saw the full game or the full story, only just bits and pieces and segments, but I still consider it a part of my childhood!

My favorite thing to repeat was "Issun Issun Issun! I'm not a bug!!!!" I also remember thinking the Orange Man's dance was really funny!

I also had the sequel (which I think has been retconned in terms of being canon), Okami-den, which I never beat because I think I forgot to learn a certain skill required to beat the final boss. I wasn't a smart gamer as a kid.

Now that I'm an adult (and played and beat my first non turn-based RPG, Psychonauts 2), I'm honestly thinking of playing the original Okami (and possibly Okami-den). Only worry is that it's such a long game, but we'll see!

[usanews24the]

The 2024 Game Awards recap: All winners and most surprising reveals see details...

[nemmiril]

Okami 2

[n3on-graveston3s-calling]

If you missed it, here is the full preformance from Serpent and the Royal, D4VD, and Twenty One Pilots.

[wuekka]

OKAMI IS MY COMFORT GAME AND IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING...

Worth being awake at 5.50am...

[hyrules-warrior]

Hope to see some crazy ass Kojima made trailer for Death Stranding 2 tonight at the game awards. Seeing the weird and captivating trailer for his upcoming game is one of the high lights each year.

[wormdramafever]

Goodbye Volcano High nominated to Gayming Magazine Reader's Award!!!

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