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Amuro1X
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Nominating Persona 5 X for best mobile game is just a complete joke.
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Riku157
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The list for Game of the Year isn't surprising. Personally I'd remove Silksong, but considering the hype around it it kind of has to be there.
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LinkTSwordmaster
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Personally, I think it should be in a "live service" category. Keeping in mind that I liked Strikers more than Persona 5's original launch, P5X has been the most fun I've had in an RPG-formatted Persona game since my initial play of Persona 3: FES on PS2. Both Wizardry Daphne and Persona 5: Phantom X are likely best experienced on PC and are in that cozy sweet-spot where they don't predatorily eff around with you to try and get you to pay. On both games, you can spend $0 and have an awesome Wizardry or Persona experience. Meanwhile, my friends trying to play FF Ever Crisis and enjoy a fancied up FF7 sound like they're donating a kidney every time they bring it up. I cant even play the Disgaea RPG mobile game because the English version got canned, and that new Dissidia game? How safe does any one person here feel, putting money into that thing given the trailers? Do you (whomever is reading this) think that new Dissidia will last beyond a year of full operation? Two? How much money did you spend on First Soldier while I'm asking? Once Ananta comes out, we're about to be absolutely inundated with some of the most generic-common-denominator animu-waifu slop wearing a GTA skinsuit. Duet Night Abyss was being hyped as "Anime Warframe" and now that it's out and playable, impressions seem.... stale? It's definitely not sounding like it'll be a replacement for Warframe anytime soon. I hope that stuff like Daphne and Phantom X don't get lost in their "mobile" labeling, because when I think of some of the craziest F2P shit I've suffered through since the early days of MMO gaming, it's refreshing to see Daphne be a Wizardry game first and Phantom X be a Persona game first. If you go checking out either title, re-roll your account to get a starting character you like, and then NEVER look at the cash shop - you'll have a fun time. Hey, it's better than just being stuck with Tactica until Persona 6.... Final Fantasy XIV is currently trying to re-seat its campaign and a lot of folks I know have unsubbed while waiting for them to course-correct a bit. I'm not sure it deserves the shot this year. That Fortnite is in the same category (and it's basically a digital cosmetic store with guns at this point, and not an identifiable game) and Warframe isn't anywhere on that nominee list is baffling to me. Sonic Rumble prooooobably should also not be given serious consideration given some of the cash shop stuff it has going and other technical concerns..... I'm betting Pretty Derby or Wuthering Waves gets it, as both of those fanbases are infinitely more rabid than Persona's waning waifu-chasers. Monster Hunter Wilds needs to go fix its technical problems and then come back and we'll see if it deserves anything. Digital Foundry was just talking about Capcom offloading texture decompression to the GPU, and I continue to be disgusted by how hard MH Wilds dropped the ball when I'm looking for PS2/MHGU gameplay. I'm hoping the new mobile/live service one they're coming up with plays more like a PS2-era Monster Hunter in the sort of similar way Generations did on 3DS & Switch. Wilds probably doesn't deserve the win. In a choice between Mario Kart and Sonic CrossWorlds, Sonic is the better value for your dollar. If they even remotely start queuing up a second season pass of DLC, it's probably going to be my favorite character-racer since the Wii Mario Kart release. It mostly already is. Nightreign probably does deserve the win. It's both a good Souls game and a great multiplayer-first experience. I.... liked the opening parts of Resident Evil 8, but the longer the game ran, the more "slapped together" or incoherent the game felt. I liked the dollhouse in RE8, but after that interview where they were saying RE7 was too scary and no one played it..... it's like, that was the most functionally-RE that the series had been in years, after RE5 and RE6 got laughs so bad that Revelations 1 & 2 (solid games, especially in co-op) are rarely brought up. I'm rather apprehensive about Resident Evil Requiem. It seems every-other RE title is bad now, so if RE7 and RE2 Remake were great, but RE3 Remake and RE8 were subpar, then I'm not sure Requiem is my most-anticipated game going forward. In the same way that I felt Baldur's Gate 3 needed to win to send the industry a message, I'm really hoping Expedition 33 sweeps this year. It very much deserves it for pretty much the same reasons as BG3. |
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EmeraldSaucer
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They've massively turned things around the last couple months, it's more deserving to be in that category than a couple other entries lol
Yes, because your one example of First Soldier is an outlier and Square mobage typically last well beyond that pessimistic assumption. Mobius lasted 5 years, Opera Omnia lasted 7 years, Brave Exvius lasted a decade. Record Keeper is still going in Japan and just celebrated its 11 year anniversary. All the Bravest of all things barely didn't go on for a decade at 9 years and some change. It's one thing to dislike mobile offerings, but it's very silly to try to paint them as inherently doomed because that doesn't actually wash out when you look at precedent Last edited by EmeraldSaucer on Mon Nov 17, 2025 5:23 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Saeryen
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No Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma or Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar? Of releases this year, those are my faves.
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Riku157
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I got into the closed beta for the new Dissidia game, and it is a genuinely fun game. The issues come down to the way you obtain skills (RNG gacha using paid currency), level skills (to increase the cap you need duplicates, which are obtained through the gacha), and unlock characters (gacha too, but the multiple costumes each character has is in the same pool as everything else so you can get six different Lightnings before 1 Gaia). If they listen to people's complaints (since several others commented on the same thing in the Global chat) and make it less of a pay to win situation for every mode in the game I can see it lasting awhile. Like just reduce it to the amount of monetization that was present in Opera Omnia, and we'd be good. If they'll make those types of drastic changes, who knows. |
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LinkTSwordmaster
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Hopefully that's corrected - one of the earliest Persona 5X issues was the Atlus devs coming onstream and correcting something they specifically pinned as Sega's publishing policy for giving out currency due to maintenance. The Atlus team has been pretty direct with everyone about their intentions and have been quick to rectify stuff, even bucking Sega a bit in the process. Their biggest issue right now is just getting more content out faster, but this would also come at the cost of speeding through the Gacha quicker too so..... it's in a fair spot right now. I don't have any complaints about it. It's in an entirely separate class of game than that weird beach-themed Phantasy Star mobile game from years back too. Mobius was magical while it was running (it seemed like the more noticeable cancellations started around the time Mobius got an EoS notice), and I've heard really great things about Omnia from the people that put time into it. Both games probably should have gotten offline versions like Capcom gave MM XDive. I really wonder if SE will have the sense to course-correct it before Dissidia fully launches, since everything I hear about Ever Crisis seems to imply they're gonna drop it the moment it's no longer relevant to the ongoing plot of FF7R Part 3. |
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Riku157
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I would like to believe, especially considering they're just now releasing an offline version of the first arc of Octopath Traveller COTC, that they'll release offline versions of other mobile games if they believe they will sell well. I can definitely see Opera Omnia selling well considering how many characters were in it by the time it ended (more than 130 from what I remember), and since they'd have to remove a bunch of RNG/rebalance characters. No voice acting outside of combat either so it'd be a low cost for them. |
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wolf10
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Something something western bias. Both were really good for their price point, though. I think Digimon Story: Time Stranger deserved at least a nomination for best RPG, but I'm kind of curious what the exact cutoff for "2025" is because the no-contest real RPG of the year for me is Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, and that only (finally) came out just last week. It's been too long since a game came out that pushes that hard to challenge the idea of what an RPG can be. With all that said, it doesn't upset me that Clair Obscur (probably) has the win. I just don't think it has much serious competition among the other nominees.  RPG enjoyers were served pretty well this year, all things considered.
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EmeraldSaucer
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The cutoff is December. This is why Sonic 3 was a no-show last year, and why people are confused at the frankly terrible selection for best adaptation this year not including it |
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ZelosZoidberg
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I'm just sad that Kirby Air Riders and Metroid Prime 4 will be overlooked next year. The cut off date should be the end of the year since January and February are historicity speaking not that good. Would also be a decent time to air the awards.
As for game of the year I think it should be either Hades II, Clare Expedition 33 or my personal pick Donkey Kong Bananaza. Silksong was disappointing for me because it's too hard at the beginning (I never got to finish act 1). If it was hard at the mid to late game like Hollow Knight was than everything would be cool. Played Hades II and it is the right amount of challenge and deserves the nod over it if it came down to those 2. Have not played Clare yet but just seeing playthroughs of it you can tell it's special. I am also still bitter that Xenoblade 3 did not win best music award. I also believe there should be a best cozy/slice of life game so Rune Factory or Story of Seasons could get an award some day (not this year sadly, Fantasy Life and/or Tiny Bookstore would have won this year). |
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tintor2
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Geoff! What is Devil May Cry doing there?!
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ZiharkXVI
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I am so tired of Death Stranding and Kojima. Is it just me? Is everyone just thinking to themselves, "Genius?" I confess i did not play DS2, but DS1 was horrible game direction despite the gushing commentary. It makes no sense to me. Maybe DS2 was an insane twist on the formula that propels it into potential GOTY, but i couldnt be less interested in the title.
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Anne F
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Sonic 3 was snubbed. Should've been nominated for best adaptation.
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AiddonValentine
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Now if only Keighley wasn't recently outed as a scumbag who used the Future Class category as a prop to win points for diversity, but all along respected none of the nominees and generally acted like an entitled brat when pushed. Freaking USELESS
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