The trailer still got north over 1,300,000 views and although that's pretty good, it can do much better. There were far better games this year and even the ones that BOTW was trying to emulate that have been considered getting stale the last while upped their game and were much better. In the Responsible Kingdom, Uproots can grow high into the sky to reach lofty platforms. OTOH, they certainly couldn't have released a GCN2. You can go in any direction and do whatever you want. Odyssey, too, is a game about seeing something that piques your interest, and idea out how to get there. Of course, it also makes me think of Homer 3D episode of The Simpsons I forget which Treehouse of Horror where Homer also just doesn't fit with real life looking humans. This article originally appeared in Edge magazine. Breath of the Con is a sprawling, open-air landscape that begs you into its distant corners. So, if there was any question left, it can probably be put to rest: Super Mario Odyssey deserves a spot on your shelf and, assuming you liked other games like Super Mario 64 or Super Mario Galaxy, could very well be the safest gaming purchase you make this year.
We all know that and are fantastic games; having taken the world by storm last year with some fresh ideas for its top franchises, Nintendo has been taking countless awards home for these top titles left, right, and centre. Amazingly, this trend is still continuing over a year after the former's release. Yesterday saw the 14th British Academy Games Awards or BAFTA Games Awards take place in London. Celebrating the best games of 2017, the event played host to numerous awards for some extremely well-deserving titles, and Nintendo's evergreen efforts certainly played their part. Breath of the Wild was nominated in a whopping total of five categories: Artistic Achievement; Best Game; Game Design; Music; and Game Innovation, winning the last one in that list for good measure. Super Mario Odyssey was nominated for three awards, losing out to opponents in the Best Game category, but taking home both the Family and Game Design awards. If you're interested, here's a full list of the winners: Fellowship: Tim Schafer Artistic Achievement: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Audio Achievement: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Best Game: What Remains Of Edith Finch British Game: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Debut Game: Gorogoa Evolving Game: Overwatch Family: Super Mario Odyssey Game Beyond Entertainment: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Game Design: Super Mario Odyssey Game Innovation: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Mobile Game: Golf Clash Multiplayer: Divinity: Original Sin 2 Music: Cuphead Narrative: Night In The Woods Original Property: Horizon Zero Dawn Performer: Melina Juergens as Senua in Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice A worthy list of winners? Or do you angrily disagree entirely? Feel free to share your thoughts on the list in the comments below. Can't say I really agree with a lot of this. BOTW is one of the best games I've ever played and Odyssey is is just pure fun. Also, Senua was OK but the actual game part was really repetitive to me and finding which parts of the level had changed after going through an arch wasn't that interesting either. To each their own but I enjoyed Ninja Theory's other games much more. I don't like to see that. Like my case, i have Zelda BOTW, But.... Instead, Portal Knights stole my attention. So many things to comment. Night In The Woods won a BAFTA!! Very happy with how well Hellblade did. It deserves all the praise and recognition it can get, which is apparently a lot. Also, just a little miffed that Xenoblade 2 didn't qualify for this as it surely deserved at least a nomination for best music. And finally I just find it funny that they have a category for best British game. A beautiful, haunting and moving game that deserves every bit of its success. Delighted to see it win so many awards. What Remains of Edith Finch was a surprising but also very worthy winner. Glad to see Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild get recognized too, of course. And Night in the Woods! A really great awards show, really felt like a true celebration of gaming. I do understand not liking them though, they certainly appeal to a particular niche, I just happen to fit into that! There is always a strong domestic bias to the Baftas, usually applying to the film awards as much as the games. Furthermore, while Nintendo has picked up a few awards over the years, PSBox games have generally dominated. That said, I'm sure Hellblade is great, and I'm not in any position to quibble. Also interesting is that Odyssey got more awards than Zelda BotW, which has not generally been the case. Wonder if there's some recency bias there - Zelda's release seems an awfully long time ago now. Probably the best Walking Sim I've played. Zelda Breath of the Wild was for me 140+ hours of totally engrossing gameplay, filled with moments I will never forget. All the while providing almost limitless opportunity for experimentation and discovery. For what it's worth, I think all the other nominated games -Hellblade which I have yet to play rather than Edit Finch are more worthy winners. It's a platform to promote British work, and to get people talking about our exports, so I can't say I'm surprised or outraged that Hellblade done so well! I mean, good stories are welcome, but if a game is tedious, borning, or unispired in the actual GAME part of the game, I tend to put it lower on my list even if I still like it. It was developed and self-published by Ninja Theory as sort of a passion project within the studio making it sort of a bridge between a triple-A game and an indie game. It has a trippy story about a Celtic warrior woman travelling to Hell to get her lover back. And the devs consulted psychologist and psychiatrists on mental illnesses and inserted that into the game, making the experience quite odd. I was a little bit trauma so i decided to play another games. I still saw a Big potential from Zelda BOTW, but i'm not in the mood to play right now. Maybe need a long time before i'm ready to play again. Beside, i felt Portal Knights much easier than Zelda BOTW in term of Gameplay. I just like BOTW and maybe Odyssey more. That said I stand vby that I've never cared for the Persona seires. Never played 5 but I played a lot of 4 and honestly nothing about 5 suggests to me it would be so much better. It felt like it focused WAY too much on social stuff. Some slice of life stuff is nice but when it's too heavy it just gets tedious. Wasn't a fan of the trial and error fusing. Dungeons felt dull and samey. Honestly I just found the game boring, there's no big thing it was just a combination of things that led me to quitting. To be honest, some games just aren't for everyone. So many things to comment on... I am saying all these because a 2-2. The whole ceremony was a joke. My points: -Best game: see above. ALL the other games were way better than wroEF, -Multiplayer: Divinity! Just compare it with Fortnite and PUBG. Of course it would take many many awards because it is a British game. Don't get me wrong. I love the game. But it is a very good 8h game and nothing more than this. Well flower-boy, Link IS a guy!
