Official SG Game of the Year 2G23

[Damien]

IMO, this year was a pretty great year as far as games are concerned. It's almost over, so let's fill in as many of these as we have nominations for!

Categories:

Overall GOTY
RPG
Sports/racing
Family game
Fighting game
Independent game
Strategy game
Mobile game
Action/platform
Rhythm
Puzzle game
Ongoing game
Multiplayer game
Remake
Remaster/Port
DLC
Stranding game
Game studio
Art direction
Narrative
Soundtrack

Bonus:
Game you played for the first time this year that was from another year

[WaWard]

Idk. But what I do know is that the only game I finished is FFXVI and the GOTY it not FFXVI because it’s bad.

[Damien]

I do find it curious how the general opinion I've seen of FFXVI has very much pivoted from positive to negative. I really enjoyed it, but am very aware of its flaws and respect most of the criticism it's received.

Here's my list!

Overall GOTY:
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Hands-down better than BotW. Thought the fusing/building mechanic would be annoying, but it's actually great fun. I took a break from Zelda to play through FFXVI and then went straight back into it and played it to the end. Despite it being my most played game of the year, I feel if I went for 100% I'd much more than double my playtime.

RPG:
Final Fantasy XVI

Sports/racing:
F-Zero 99

Family game:
Never really understood this category that pops up everywhere but I guess Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Fighting game:
Street Fighter 6

Independent game:
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (very close to being GOTY)

Strategy game:
Fire Emblem Engage

Mobile game:
Hello Kitty: Island Adventure

Action/platform:
Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Rhythm:
Theatrhythm Final Bar Line

Puzzle game:
Suika Game (came out internationally recently)

Ongoing game:
Forgot my answer for this. Didn't play FFXIV at all this year though.

Multiplayer game:
The Jackbox Party Pack 10

DLC:
Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed

Remake:
Super Mario RPG

Remaster/Port:
Metroid Prime Remastered

Stranding game:
Hello Kitty: Island Adventure

Game studio:
Sabotage Studio for Sea of Stars, which just missed out on a lot of these categories

Art direction:
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

Narrative:
Final Fantasy XVI

Soundtrack:
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

Game I played for the first time this year which was from another year:
Cult of the Lamb

[Fei Ayanami]

Think the only new game I played any of was Sea of Stars, so I guess it wins all categories! Congrats to this Quebec game!

[Lord Golbez]

Overall GOTY - FFXVI for being an actual new game anyway. In a lot of ways my actual GOTY was FF Pixel Remasters,if you could even count that as one game, which idk about or FF6 pixel remaster if you can't.
RPG - Same
Sports/racing - N/A
Family game - N/A
Fighting game -N/A
Independent game - did I play one? I can't recall
Strategy game - N/A
Mobile game - N/A
Action/platform- N/A
Rhythm- N/A
Puzzle game- N/A
Ongoing game -N/A
Multiplayer game -N/A
Remake
Remaster/Port - FF Pixel Remasters
DLC -Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores
Stranding game - N/A not sure
Game studio - Square, I guess
Art direction - Idk
Narrative - FFXVI
Soundtrack -FFXVI was decent, I guess.

Bonus:
Game you played for the first time this year that was from another year - Lost Judgment, I think

List to be uodated as I play more games from 2G23, if I remember.

[Damien]

I’d consider the Pixel Remasters had they not originally been released in 2G21 and 2G22.

[Lord Golbez]

Released for PC doesn't count as far as I'm concerned. If it's not released in a medium I play until a certain year, I consider it fair game for the year in which it is released for consoles, which was 2G23.

[Lord Golbez]

I started playing games on PC more recently. Should that change my logic? Only time will tell

[Damien]

We got Golbez logic change before we got GTA6!

Maybe we should do the 2G24 and 2G25 GOTY threads!

[Lord Golbez]

Probably should but like I didn't play too many games from last year. Maybe not any? I'm in the middle of Clair Obscur though.

[Damien]

Is it a Stranding game?

[Lord Golbez]

Doesn't seem to be.

[Damien]

I’ll make the threads at some point. Even if I’m the only person that actually uses them