Thread 720701275

Can her game go the whole way and beat E33 at Geoff's GOTY?

>>720701275 (OP)
Hornet was plowed by countless bugs

>>720701275 (OP)
At this rate, it's not beating Hades 2 for best indie, let alone GotY.

>>720701275 (OP)
Too hard for the casual reviewers so I doubt it.

>>720701275 (OP)
Not with the way E33’s been shilling itself nonstop since Summer Fest. Hornet’s got soul but E33 has marketing muscle-and we both know Keighley eats that up. Unless Team Cherry drops a surprise content patch or a memeable moment explodes, I don’t see her making it past the nominee stage.

>>720701275 (OP)
does it matter? we all now what haooened last year.

>>720701275 (OP)
Probably not. It's the most fun I've had with a game this year, but it didn't exactly feel like a game built for mass appeal, E33 fits that mold better

Silksong will win GOTY, but E33 will win best OST and get a live performance of "Maelle" as TGA's way to give tribute to it
This is how I think it will happen, but no matter who wins the true winner will get snubbed.
Rain World: The Watcher

>>720701275 (OP)
No

Too hard for the normies

>>720708957
I hate Mario Kart World, but it should win with just that soundtrack. Also E33 has to go against Hades 2 for soundtrack

>>720709061
Show me one good song from Mario shart or Hades

>>720709160
One objective good song from Esl33 first

>>720709061
Even if E33 doesn't "objectively" win best soundtrack against Hades or Mario Kart, it's going to win as a consolation award for not getting GOTY, like how Black Mid Wukong got Best Action game as a consolation prize for not getting its (undeserved) GOTY.

>>720709219
>when soundtrack so good you refuse to defend it

>>720701275 (OP)
Unless the devs add an easy mode, fuck no. It can't even break 80% on Steam.

>>720703243
This

>>720703243
Oh fuck you're right, every Hades 2 review is going to mention how
>unlike certain other indie darlings, this game truly respects your time
and I'm already fucking sick of it.

>>720701275 (OP)
Nothing can stop E33 from winning.

>>720701275 (OP)
>>720702389
Hmm... this seems like an unnecessary inclusion. Is anyone on the dev team a tranny, by chance?

>>720706580
>marketing muscle
it's a 30 people dev team, there was almost no marketing before release. I decided to play it simply because I loved the music. just say you lost

>>720701275 (OP)
>Silksong vs E33
I hope so. Anything to piss off the E33 fags.

>>720708957
I would rather Silksong wins GOTY but this is how I think it's going to happen
>E33
GOTY
Narrative
Score and Music
Best RPG
Impact
>Silksong
Independent Game
Action/Adventure Game

>>720701275 (OP)
The meme hype was fun but the game came out and it's a big turd. It won't win anything.

>>720701275 (OP)
No because Geoff's GOTY is determined by votes from games journos who can't even get to the game's ending because they're tourist faggots just like the poltard manlets on this board. These people exist to engage in "discourse" about games and keep the medium stuck in the dirt, miles below things like literature and cinema, because they're perpetually mired in a little-brother syndrome with respect to those other media formats. They aren't actual gamers, which is why they'll vote for QTEslop 33.

>>720711773
>just say you lost
(you)'ve never won a single thing in your life, which is why you latched on to those talentless ubisoft jews, to claim their journo award as some sort of win for yourself :)

>>720702389
this is fake, it's not in the game

>>720711931
silksong doesn't deserve it, and i liked the game

>>720701275 (OP)
only if we get footage of Runbacksong devs rushing through entire city on foot to get to award ceremony

>>720701275 (OP)
no, the reddit take is that its "too le hard" because of "the economy".

Just dumb as fuck cope that they can't learn a game.

>>720701275 (OP)
It's too hard for E33 fans

>>720712113
Your derivative bug game is not that top shelf, I assure you.

>>720713885
>runbacktard

oh no no no no

>>720713885
It's not good enough, irregardless of difficulty

>>720713981
Weird thing to say because it's one of the best platformers ever made, I suppose it's like saying "a platformer will never win GOTY" and I agree with that but not because the quality isn't there, it's just not cinematic enough / too hard for Geoffs journalist voting panel. I think if it was a public vote there it would definitely have a good chance at winning

>>720713964
yes hello thats the fucking point im making you tard.
Consensus is to hate it for the meme.

>>720714161
it's a bloated mess that is slightly more difficult than average that ends on a very weak note. also the story barely exists and we all know how much that means for goty awards
it absolutely doesn't deserve it

>>720702389
/thread

>>720702389
As an immortal and a player character, I would not expect anything less from Hornet than to pursue every option available to her. At least she probably didn't do any of the other fucked up shit female bugs do to their mates.

>>720714507
>bloated mess
What are you talking about? What exactly is bloated? I can't associate that word with any part of my playthrough and the story ended on a high note for me, I was hoping we would save Lace and that's exactly what happened and the Knight saving us from the void was a nice touch. And yes the story is a part of that "cinematic" experience the journalists would mark it down for, although somehow Overwatch won one year

>>720701275 (OP)
It's not even in top 3 best games of the year. I am going through Act 2 and so far I get the impression troon cherry just really haters their players. Too much junk and decision made solely to make experience worse off. It's like Joker 2 situation all over again - creators are stuck up their own ass and get butthurt fans enjoyed the first game "wrong" so they take a dump all over them in the sequel.

>>720714649
if you're going for the true ending, half of your playtime will be running around and fetch quests. there are too many boss fights, most of them mediocre. some of them recycled multiple times
the act 2 final boss is a much worse version of first game's final boss, and the act 3 finall boss is a recycled boss fight that you already fought twice
overall, i'd still say the game is fine, but i can't ignore the flaws.
also could not give half a shit about lace and was very irritated about the game pushing her plus the knight showing up for the ending was nothing more than fanservice for retards. considering that the ending amounts to nothing basically
but feelings about the story are subjective so whatever

>>720714161
>it's one of the best platformers ever made
You are dullusional. Platforming in slopsong is primitive and clearly just an afterthought.

>>720714507
Took 40 hours to 100%. That's about the same time it took me to 100% Hollow Knight and its DLC

You're going to have to settle for Steam's "Best Game You Suck At" award.

>>720714793
Fair enough, I should have said "one of the best Metroidvanias" ever because platforming in dedicated platforming games does beat it. But I would say Platforming and Exploration were the weakest elements of Hollow Knight (1) and both of them were much improved in Silksong. If Hollow Knight was an 8/10, this is a 9/10, at least that's my first impression after finishing it
>>720714789
>there are too many boss fights
None of them felt repetitive to me, I didn't get bored of them so I think this is subjective, many of the "mini bosses" I beat first or second try so they didn't give me pause
>the act 2 final boss is a much worse version of first game's final boss
Felt fine to me, bare in mind it's only the midgame boss and not the true final boss
>if you're going for the true ending, half of your playtime will be running around and fetch quests
I think this is fair but I liked that half of them led to actual bosses/new enemies, the fetch quest aspect could have been dialed back for sure
> the act 3 finall boss is a recycled boss fight that you already fought twice
I have mixed feelings, I think this is a fair criticism but on the other hand it felt like a great fight and a natural progression of the other two fights, as a boss it was great and dispelling of the void around Lace progressing was very cool but I do think as well it should have been the penultimate boss, not the actual final boss. Thinking through your points the only one I would describe as "bloated" would be the amount of wishes, they're definitely artificially inflated (or blated) but I couldn't describe the game as bloated because of that singular thing

>>720714649
>what exactly is bloated
Are you drones serious when you say retarded shit like this?

>>720715249
>NOooooo!!!! You have to instantly know what my buzzword means!! I can't eloquently describe my actual problems with the game!!
fuck you

>>720701275 (OP)
I hope so. It's more fun.

>>720715126
like i said, i liked the game well enough. and yeah the wishes absolutely are going to make up most of your play time, even if most of them are not really interesting. the deliveries aren't exactly thrilling, either.
again, it's a personal thing but i really, really, really disliked the true final boss. both as a character and mechanically
but there were good boss fights obviously, i liked the water tower, i liked seth, i liked the sinner. it's a mixed bag, for me at least

I thought silksong was mid as fuck. I really wanted more interesting upgrades after so many years apart from the first game.
but they just go for the basic wall jump, double jump, and run button. thats fucking lame.

Death Stranding 2 should win.

It's DLC, not a game.

>>720715275
>buzzword
It's a basic English word. Are you admitting you don't understand English?

>>720715440
It's HK 1.5

>>720715698
?

>>720714161
>it's one of the best platformers ever made
this claim makes it clear you have never played an actual platformer

>>720716129
I already corrected myself and said Metroidvania

i have never had the thought that the game has so many fetch quests. Simply because i receive the quests as soon as they are available, and finish the them by just simply playing the game
by the end of act 2 i only need to do like 2-3 of them before entering act 3. Though i understand that it would be a chore later to anyone that doesn't engage with the quest system since the start of the game

>>720716272
a lot of the people with this complaint see a shop and immediately spend 30 minutes grinding rosaries thinking they HAVE to do it immediately, instead of just playing the game and completing things passively during exploration.

>>720702389
This entire line ruined everything about Hollow Knight for me. Look at her. Look at her succulent curves and tell me this wasn't specifically designed to elicit arousal. Tell me this isn't bait to make you desire used goods. Team Cherry is full of cucks. Every single one of those australian fucks played us for fools, making sure to design the sexiest creatures known to man, only to be met with the gut punch that they're used goods with gaping vaginas taking black cock every single day. I can't imagine the state of all Hornetfags out there who have actual standards, the hurt they must be feeling knowing their wife wasn't saving herself for them. The chinese review bombing wasn't enough. We need every possible language to review bomb these dirty fucks for taking away the purity of our bug wife. I will not be able to sleep until this justice has been undone. Make them patch it out. Make them listen to the fans for fucking once.

>>720716330
Lace is sexier. I want to rip her silk open and lick her flat body all over.

>>720716501
I can't into her weird head, but they did not need to give her so fat an ass

>>720716749
people seeing her poofy breeches as ass is so funny

>>720701275 (OP)
E33 is a meme game. It's a 7/10 game that appears better because so much dogshit was coming out until then.

>>720701275 (OP)
only an 11% chance right now, so it's very unlikely

https://manifold.markets/Tripping/which-game-will-win-game-of-the-yea-PhRInSIuhu

>>720706580
>>720711883
Piss off what? The devs like the game you’re hating for no reason lmao

>>720701275 (OP)
This game is pure style.

>>720717646
>10k
Too low market cap, use this.
https://kalshi.com/markets/kxgameawards/kxgameawards-2025

>>720718119
numbers seem pretty similar

>>720713946
why are they so bad at games?

>>720703243
Is there even any hype for Hades 2?

>>720718434
everyone's been playing it for years, which diffuses the hype

although that was true of BG3 as well and that still blew up, but I don't think Hades will be as big

now could we talk about an actual flaw instead of this difficulty shit?
why is the map filled out as soon as i have just entered the screen? It makes backtracking extremely annoying
Why is there a silhouette of the entire map as soon as i get the map? I want to explore the map myself

>>720719185
>Why is there a silhouette of the entire map as soon as i get the map? I want to explore the map myself
Because you found the map, and it usually only does a small core part of the area anyway
>why is the map filled out as soon as i have just entered the screen? It makes backtracking extremely annoying
Memorise where you've been

>>720719236
but why can't they just let it be like it was in HK?
why can't they just leave the unexplored parts unfilled so that i can explore it later?
like there is no way i could remember where i have been 20 hours ago
it's just an unnecessary change in my opinion

>>720719658
Lay a shell

>>720701275 (OP)
Its not going to

And to be honest it doesnt deserve to. I super fucking hate the grinding the game expects of you. Running out of Rosaries because you lost a shitload exploring a new area,materials getting low because you keep dying to a boss its all just a hassle.

When you are playing the game its cool,really cool but those things exist just to add irritation.

>>720720034
>Running out of Rosaries because you lost a shitload exploring a new area
You don't need Rosaries in additional to the consumables for exploring
>materials getting low because you keep dying to a boss its all just a hassle
Stop relying so much on shards, they're a nice to have bonus not your standard attack you should be using every attempt

>>720701275 (OP)
Why do you care? Silksong will win at least 1 GOTY award given how many outlets there are. Do you really need your views/tastes validated by a corpo shilling event?

from what i observe from reddit/twitter, there is 0% chance this will win goty lmao
a good chunk of people don't even prefer this over HK
it's my GOTY though

>>720720034
If they're that fucking slow you should be able to kill them before they hit you

>>720701275 (OP)
both are good game so idc

>>720701275 (OP)
I don't think it deserves to even be nominated, but would be funny.
Besides, the faggots at the game awards probably already decided that hades will be their indie representative.

>>720709160
From Hades 1? I like God of the Dead, Scourge of the Furies and The Painful Way the most. Haven't heard much of 2's OST yet.

>>720709219
I like most of the soundtrack, but my personal favorite is Une vie a t'aimer, cliche answer though it is.

>>720715440
I thought the abilities were fine, what else are you really going to do? I'm glad they didn't do a ground pound and incorporated the airdash into the dash ability instead of making it a stiff, straight dash like in HK. The dash is just fanastic in general.

If it gets nominated you can bet the falseflagging will go into overdrive.

>>720720221
>You don't need Rosaries in additional to the consumables for exploring
You need rosaries for paid benches. It's egregious in Act 1 when enemies drop less than 10 rosaries on average. Later it's not a problem, but in early game you are very tight on rosaries unless you die a lot. The game actually rewards dying and redoing area over and over again. Sometimes I finished an area, bought something from a vendor and went into another area only to find it doesn't even have more than 3-5 pilgrims and I don't have rosaries for the next bench. It's shit game design and it's at it's worst in early game

>>720701275 (OP)
You retards are still trying to argue based on merit in 2025. Let me break it down for you:
>angy journos throwing a tanty after not getting advanced review copies of silksong
>same angy journos can't pogo at 45* angles and need to install mods to beat the first boss because they are too retarded
>again, same bitchmade journos are the ones in dorito pope's "academy" for the game awards, and literally voted for astro bot (a literal mario sunshine ripoff by sony to appeal to children and journos) last year to win basically everything
E33 also hurt their feelings, but not as much. Therefore, DK's big black bonanza will take GOTY.

What crest do you prefer?
I haven't been looking online to see what consensus people have
So far I like Reaper best
Just beat the Last Judge last night