Chris, Josh, and Joseph discuss the best games of 2020 and the recent Cyberpunk 2077 fiasco. Joseph Yaden – twitter.com/josephyaden Josh Nichols – twitter.com/Mrjoshnichols Chris Penwell – twitter.com/PenwellWrites https://pdcn.co/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL9995901609.mp3 You […]
Chris, Josh, and Joseph discuss the best games of 2020 and the recent Cyberpunk 2077 fiasco.
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An excellent game created from an independently run team that has outstanding gameplay design that moves the industry forward, a gorgeous art style, and/or an engrossing story.
Best Art Design
Winner: Hades
Runner Up: The Last of Us Part II
A game that shows exuberance within its environmental art, character designs, and animations. The art itself perfectly represents the theming and atmosphere the game is going for.
Uplifting Game of the Year
Winner: Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (review code provided)
Runner Up: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
A game that shows excellence in creativity and brings an insurmountable amount of charm through its humor, storyline, fun gameplay, nostalgia, or vibrant art. It should be a game that brings a smile to many.
Game of the Year
Winner: The Last of Us Part 2
Runner Up: Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Listener’s Award
Winner: The Last of Us Part 2
Runner Up: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Listener Questions
Jerel
@jitrel
Talking to @LeBlancWes and @MrLuidon about how much I didn’t like the story of Last of Us Part 2, and talking to @PenwellWrites and @CamFinalMix about Kingdom Hearts on the HPCritical Podcast..
Connor Ewing
@connoerewing
Here’s a what come to mind:
– Ellie/Joel Museum sequence
– Ghost of Tsushima Title Card
– Finally beating Theseus and The Minotaur in Hades
– Miles Morales Classic suit creation montage
Wesley LeBlanc
@LeBlancWes
Well….one of my fav things was recording a show with the AQ crew a few months back
And if we’re talking actual games, nothing beats hearing the prelude theme that plays on the game’s main menu in FF7R for the first time. Instant chills
Stacin
@PlayStacin
The fact that a SpongeBob game not only got an HD remake, but the fact that it was built from the ground up and a beautiful game to look at. Battle for Bikini Bottom all day!
Andrew McMahon
@McMahon_BearPig
Beating Hades for the first time is so satisfying. The build up to it is fantastic. You try all these different approaches and some you think are perfect but sputter out because of one weakness, while another feels bad at the start but is great with a buff. It was so damn fun.
B.S. Byrley
@BrianByrley
Ellie’s birthday gift/scene
The start screen for FF7R
#1 Turner & Hooch Fan
@TurnerandDouche
My favorite moment in gaming this year is probably when cyberpunk 2077 came out and I got to see the funniest montages of glitch clips in a game ever.
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