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

 

[Big Man Tyrone2]

GOTY - The Last of Us 2.
Best Game Direction - Toss up between TLo2 and Ghost of Tsushima
Best Narrative - The Last of Us 2
Best Art Direction - Hades or Ori
Best Score - Doom Eternal
Best Audio - Toss Up between Doom and TLo2
Best Performance - Ellie.
Games for Impact - Spiritfarer
Best Ongoing - Destiny 2
Best Indie - Hades
Best Action - Doom
Best Action/Adventure- Tsushima or TLo2
Best RPG - P5R
Best Multiplayer- Among Us

I haven't played any of these games other than a bit of Doom and Among Us, but it's obvious that TLo2 will win many awards, despite opinions on the story. Most people agree that the voice acting and the gameplay is really good anyways.

 

[Anxiety_timmy]

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

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

I want tlou2 to win just to see the beautiful outrage

 

[Jayro]

Doom Eternal wins. Show is over.

 

[CeeDee]

I want tlou2 to win just to see the beautiful outrage

This'd be the more fun outcome. I'd like Animal Crossing to win, but apparently it'd be tacky to give the GOTY to a non-Zelda Nintendo game, so...

 

[Big Man Tyrone2]

I want tlou2 to win just to see the beautiful outrage

"outrage" is a very, very, VERY large understatement.

 

[Hqnders]

I don't expect it to win, but man would I be overjoyed if Hades won GOTY. It's the best game I've played in many years.

 

[Jayro]

This'd be the more fun outcome. I'd like Animal Crossing to win, but apparently it'd be tacky to give the GOTY to a non-Zelda Nintendo game, so...

The outrage is already a shit show on Twitter, if you wanna see the pre-meltdown show.

 

[Xzi]

The results I want:

GOTY - Ghost of Tsushima
Best Narrative - Hades
Best Music - DOOM Eternal
Best Performance - Daisuke Tsuji/Jin Sakai/Ghost of Tsushima
Best Indie - Hades
Best RPG - Persona 5 Royal
Games for Impact (I don't understand this category) - Kentucky Route Zero
Best Action - DOOM Eternal
Best Action/Adventure - Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Best Multiplayer - Among Us

What I think the results will actually be:

GOTY - TLoU 2
Best Narrative - TLoU 2
Best Music - FFVII Remake
Best Performance - Ashley Johnson/Ellie/TLOU2
Best Indie - Hades
Best RPG - Persona 5 Royal
Games for Impact - Kentucky Route Zero
Best Action - DOOM Eternal
Best Action/Adventure - Ghost of Tsushima
Best Multiplayer - Among Us

 

[WaffleRaccoon]

Best RPG is going to be really hard because I freaking love Genshin Impact and Persona

 

[Bedel]

Goty could be anything except Animal Crossing for me. Fun game, but just the same as allways. The other contenders are far better, objectively...

 

[banjo2]

I predict some games will win and people will be outraged no matter what wins

 

[HideoKojima]

Hope no remakes will win.

 

[x65943]

GOTY: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Best nar.: The Last of Us Part II
Best Score.: Final Fantasy VII Remake
Best perf.: Daisuke Tsuji/Jin Sakai/Ghost of Tsushima
Best indie.: Hades
Best RP.: Final Fantasy VII Remake
Impact.: Spiritfarer
Best act.: Half-Life Alyx
Best act/adv.: Ghost of Tsushima
Best multi.: Animal Crossing: New Horizons

 

[ChaosEternal]

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.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

The question should be how many minutes they will dedicate to Kojima

 

[Lotoonlink]

The Game Awards are almost here...

Typo in Best Multiplayer: it should be "Valorant", not "Valdrant"

 

[tpax]

We all know it's gonna be The Woke of Us in as many categories as possible, so no need to guess.
I'd love to ACNL win this year's GOTY, since it brought a lot of people through the hard quarantine times this year and is a great game in general.

 

[ut2k4master]

Personal Picks:

goty: tlou2
narrative: tlou2
music: ff7r
performance: ellie
indie: hades
rpg: yakuza
impact: if found
action: nioh2
action adventure: tlou2
multiplayer: among us


Expected Winners:

goty: tlou2
narrative: tlou2
music: doom
performance: abby
indie: hades
rpg: ff7r
impact: tell me why
action: doom
action adventure: tsushima
multiplayer: cod warzone