Grounded Wins Xbox GOTY At Golden Joystick Awards 2022

An interesting list but a few absolute howlers.

As @grumpypotato said PC GOTY...

Or PS GOTY they gave it to Stray... Seriously WTF? I liked the game but ultimate goty was 1) ER 2) GOW:R 3) H:FW how do you then give it to Stray... weird AF

Regardless congratulations to all the winners and nominees. Even with all the delays it's been a good year to be a gamer.

@trev666 @themightyant I’d vote for Stray over Ragnarok and HFW, personally.

Also, agree that it’s a travesty HFW won for narrative, which was ironically the absolute worst part of the game. XC3 deserved that award.

Not sure how I feel about Grounded winning. I mean, it’s fine. It didn’t have much competition. Personally, despite some glaring flaws, Halo Infinite is still likely the best game of the competition. Seriously though, why did they exclude Immortality from the Xbox Games category? For me, it’d be no contest with that title.

@somnambulance personal preference sure, we all like different things. But it's just weird that Ragnarok and Forbidden West were voted #2 & #3 on 'Ultimate GOTY' category but snubbed for PS GOTY, and critically there's no contest. But obviously they must be different voting blocks.

Not that any of it matters, it's just subjective opinions, just seemed weird is all.

Not played XC3 properly yet, despite getting it day 1, looking forward to finally digging in over xmas when I have some needed time off.

@Somebody You can legitimately play long durations of the game in multiplayer. I played a lot of Elden Ring with friends either in my world or in theirs. It’s a social game. While you are essentially a summons, you’re also playing with others. I didn’t think of it as a multiplayer game, per se, but honestly it might be the multiplayer title I enjoyed the most with friends this year, looking back.

@themightyant it’s totally odd to me too. I thought for sure Ragnarok would receive that award, but perhaps too, as this is based on voting, maybe people just stopped voting after the big award? Could be a big indicator? Or not. I dunno. Maybe there’s a bigger loop of Elden Ring/Stray fans than anyone realized. At least I’m not alone in this world. Lol