The Game Awards are almost here, and you know what that means! Watching dozens of commercials and meandering interviews with developers until we get to the good stuff at the end: game reveals for the following year. There have been teases here and there, with Microsoft seemingly having something big to reveal at the show, and Persona 5: Strikers presumably would have been another announcement dropped during the ceremony, had it not leaked beforehand. We'll even get to see the former Nintendo of America President, as Reggie Fils-Aime will be one of the many presenters for The Game Awards.

But before the festivities kick off, why don't we play a guessing game? There are a whopping 30 categories full of nominees, ranging from best eSports host, to the glorious game of the year. We've narrowed down the topic list to 10 categories, as follows.

• Game of the Year (DOOM Eternal, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, The Last of Us Part II)
• Best Narrative (13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades, The Last of Us Part II)
• Best Score and Music (DOOM Eternal, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Hades, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, The Last of Us Part II)
• Best Performance (Ashley Johnson/Ellie/TLOU2, Laura Bailey/Abby/TLOU2, Daisuke Tsuji/Jin Sakai/Ghost of Tsushima, Logan Cunningham/Hades, Nadi Jeter/Miles Morales)
• Best Indie (Carrion, Fall Guys, Hades, Spelunky 2, Spiritfarer)
• Best Role Playing (Final Fantasy VII Remake, Genshin Impact, Persona 5 Royale, Wasteland 3, Yakuza: Like a Dragon)
• Games for Impact (If Found, Kentucky Route Zero, Spiritfarer, Tell Me Why, Through the Darkest of Times)
• Best Action (DOOM Eternal, Hades, Half-Life Alyx, Nioh 2, Streets of Rage 4)
• Best Action/Adventure (Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, Ghost of Tsushima, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, The Last of Us Part II)
• Best Multiplayer (Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Among Us, Call of Duty: Warzone, Fall Guys, Valdrant)

You can see all of the nominees at the official Game Awards website. The goal of this contest is to see who can guess as many winners as possible, before the official results come in! The first commenter in the thread that manages the feat of perfectly guessing the ten winners in each category above (or if no one gets a clean sweep, the first to get as close as humanly possible) above will get a nice reward: 202 XP! Obviously, the contest will end once TGA kick off, on December 10th.

The Game Awards Nominees

 

[Lostbhoy]

No mario 64 ports..... Shocking.

 

[DarthDub]

Genshin Impact even being a contender for best RPG is a joke. Guess that just shows how weak the RPG field was this year. Its "best mobile game" nomination is more understandable since it is very technically impressive for mobile devices and the quality bar is so much lower for mobile games.

It lost to a SpongeBob mobile game for Google Play's top game of the year or something.

 

[Silent_Gunner]

Does Tell Me Why have this as it's theme song?

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

Whenever I hear about Tell Me Why I always think of the backstreet boys

 

[RedBlueGreen]

I sure as all hell wanted xenoblade de. Hell shulks va is one of the best vas ive ever heard

It's a shame people hate on the Xenoblade game voice acting. I guess they're all used to hammy anime dub acting.

I actually really like Pyra and Mythra in XC2. The actress did a really good job considering there was almost no directing.

 

[Silent_Gunner]

Whenever I hear about Tell Me Why I always think of the backstreet boys

If only we could understand why the series is still not finished...

 

[Ryab]

I sure as all hell wanted xenoblade de. Hell shulks va is one of the best vas ive ever heard

Thinks back to chapter 3 with shulks "I'LL KILL YOU" scream

 

[arjunpatel]

as much as i liked tlou2 GOT NEEDS to win this that game was fucking amazing

 

[askara]

The Last of Us Part II win most of awards. its oscar bait and if you dont like it, you are homophobe

 

[Big Man Tyrone2]

its oscar bait and if you dont like it, you are homophobe

Not necessarily, it just seems that most people who don't like the game are homophobes.

 

[Maq47]

GOTY: TLOU2
Narrative: TLOU2
Music: Ori (some may disagree with this)
Performance: Ellie
Indie: Hades
RPG: FF7R
G4I: Spiritfarer
Action: DOOM Eternal
Adventure: GoT
Multiplayer: Among Us

 

[DerpDingus]

Not necessarily, it just seems that most people who don't like the game are homophobes.

How dare you question the woke movement you prejudice homophobe. I'm calling the thought police!

 

[banjo2]

For my actual predictions;

GotY: Hades
Best Narrative: TLoU2
Best Music: Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Best Performance: Ellie
Best Indie: Spiritfarer
Best Role Playing: Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Games for Impact: Tell Me Why
Best Action: DOOM Eternal
Best Action/Adventure: Ghost of Tsushima
Best Multiplayer: Among Us

(I haven't actually played any of these games)

 

[Seliph]

I wouldn't mind seeing Hades win every category it's in, I really don't care about most of the games nominated tbh.

Other than that I'd love to see If Found winning best impact but like only 10 people played that game lmao so I don't see it having much of a chance against something like Kentucky Route Zero. If Found is where I got my pfp from and I love the game a lot but I feel like the impact would probably be lost on a lot of people who can't relate to it.

 

[ov3rkill]

GOTY - Hades
Best Game Direction - Hades
Best Narrative - Hades
Best Art Direction - Hades
Best Score - Hades
Best Audio - Hades
Best Performance - Hades
Games for Impact - Hades
Best Ongoing - Hades
Best Indie - Hades
Best Action - Hades
Best Action/Adventure- Hades
Best RPG - Hades
Best Multiplayer- Among Us

 

[Seliph]

GOTY - Hades
Best Game Direction - Hades
Best Narrative - Hades
Best Art Direction - Hades
Best Score - Hades
Best Audio - Hades
Best Performance - Hades
Games for Impact - Hades
Best Ongoing - Hades
Best Indie - Hades
Best Action - Hades
Best Action/Adventure- Hades
Best RPG - Hades
Best Multiplayer- Among Us

This is the correct list

 

[Anxiety_timmy]

Thinks back to chapter 3 with shulks "I'LL KILL YOU" scream

im referring to in mechonis core
That scream is etched into my mind as one of the best vas in excistance

 

[supergamer368]

I don't really know what to predict, but god I wish each game could only be nominated for one category. How is this celebrating all of the games of this year when each category is the same 5 games with maybe one different one for the most part?

 

[Lazyboss]

Hope no remakes will win.

Remakesist.

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I would like to see either Ghost of Tsushima or Final Fantasy VII remake win, so many good games this year which is hard to decide, but I'm sure TLOU2 will win most of the categories in order for SJW to be happy.

 

[Deleted member 397813]

GOTY: Go Diego Go!: Safari Rescue
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