MULTI Game of the Year 2021 Media Picks Thread - It Takes Two Winner, Deathloop 1st Runner Up, Returnal 2nd Runner Up

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I don’t recall saying Chichoory is in my top 5 or Top 6 games of the year.

But someone included Persona 5 Strikers and it hasn’t won any award 🤣

Forza Horizon 5 won as well, which was apparently only going to win Racing awards but nothing for Guilty Gear 🤣
 
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The A.V. Club - Returnal
Mashable - Returnal

Broketurnal is in the tally :LOL: 🤜


Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. It Takes Two - 3
  2. Metroid Dread - 2 / Deathloop - 2 / Halo Infinite - 2 / Returnal - 2
  3. Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart - 1 / Forza Horizon 5 - 1 / Before Your Eyes - 1 / Inscryption - 1 / Psychonauts 2 - 1
Necrokiller ceritified list tally is now:
  1. It Takes Two - 3
  2. Metroid Dread - 2 / Halo Infinite - 2
  3. Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart - 1 / Deathloop - 1 / Forza Horizon 5 - 1 / Before Your Eyes - 1
 
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"at a glance"...where at a glance = spent 15 mins going through the OP 🤷‍♂️:LOL:

Oh, right. The AV Club goes to the non-Necrokiller certified list, then 🤷‍♂️

Mashable not reviewing the game doesn't matter, as the rules were revised since the 2015 GOTY thread created by Necrokiller (TM) 🤣
 
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Specify your rules in the OP then, and also provide proof of "my" rules. Shouldn't even take more than 15 mins. Doooo itttt 🤷‍♂️ :LOL:
 
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Oh, didn't know you were waiting. Well, then, kept ya waiting, huh? 🤣

If a known Metacritic Certified publication is not accounted for in the list of reviews, the legitimacy of the publication will be verified under the following conditions:
  • Review listed for any episodic release if applicable
  • Review listed for expansion pack
  • Review listed for a different game at a later date confirming the validity of the publication

Pretty clear, really 🤷‍♂️ :LOL:

This should also clear any doubts you may have had about last year's winner. As for critics that didn't review TLOU Part II but ended up awarding it as their GOTY, even if they were exempted from the tally, it still would've won 🤣
 

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Mashable hasn't reviewed a game since Outriders on Metacritic, therefore, invalid.

Soooooo, learn to read I guess? Pehle apne doubts to clear kar lo 🤷‍♂️ :ROFLMAO:
 
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Verification complete. The Necrokiller certified list is now 100% in accordance with his prior rules :LOL: 🤜

Metacritic / jury-based Awards show list tally is now:
  1. It Takes Two - 3 / Deathloop - 3
  2. Metroid Dread - 2 / Halo Infinite - 2 / Returnal - 2
  3. Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart - 1 / Forza Horizon 5 - 1 / Before Your Eyes - 1 / Inscryption - 1 / Psychonauts 2 - 1 / Death's Door - 1

Necrokiller ceritified list tally is now:
  1. It Takes Two - 3
  2. Metroid Dread - 2 / Halo Infinite - 2 / Deathloop - 2
  3. Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart - 1 / Forza Horizon 5 - 1 / Before Your Eyes - 1 / Death's Door - 1
 

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Joystick awards started including the critic's choice award from 2015. The Ultimate GOTY award is based on public voting and therefore couldn't be considered in prior years. The rules didn't change; I just hadn't made a GOTY thread between 2015-2019 🤷‍♂️

If you have any reservations regarding the list named after you, feel free to share them 🤷‍♂️:LOL:
 
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I mean, ultimately even for TGA the outcome is influenced by public voting (10%). Who knows which year that 10% made all the difference? 🤷‍♂️

But hey, your thread, your criteria. If you're gonna name anyone, why not insert your own separate "Oscar" tally? 🤷‍♂️
 
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