Official PlayStation Blog Reveals Game of the Year Winners, Astro Bot Sweeps

This makes me so angry I'm going to review bomb a completely irrelevant game (just kidding Astro bot rules)

Black Myth Wukong getting the award for best graphical showcase is hysterical. Stellar Blade and even Silent Hill 2 on base PS5 looked and performed better. Not to mention the pro patch on BMW is garbage compared to other patched games that look way better, like Stellar Blade and FF7 Rebirth.

You mean that robbie williams chinese game with the monkey didnt win ??

Eve as best new character? She barely has any character to speak of.

Wukong was (and still is) a visual mess on PS5. The fps is bad in quality mode and just using frame gen to get from 30 to anywhere near 60 not only has input lag but reduces the screen to an ugly blur.

@Brundleflies21 I found wukong very sluggish ,looked great in parts , but it clearly needs better optimisation , dragon age at least on pro ,with regards to graphical fidelity , looks better.

@Cloud39472 she has great ASSets which is why I take player’s choice awards with a grain of salt, just like any other awards ceremony, I suppose.

With the exception of BMW getting best graphical showcase i agree with the list. I also don't know about Eve getting best new character as I've not played Stellar Blade.

wukong 81 on metacritic not worthy of game of the year or even to be nominated..

@lazarus11 It's a visual showcase on a high end PC but very poorly optimised (as you point out) on PS5.

@Brundleflies21 yeah I've seen the pc version, it's fabulous 👌, it sold millions on ps5 it seems they won't be that fussed , as they're more concerned about not winning an award 🙄

I hope GameScience's CEO doesn't find out he didn't win another GOTY

@Apollo2212 whoever voted for her forgot that new characters are also supposed to HAVE character

@Cloud39472 Well she is a new character and based on the user scores of Stellar Blade most people loved her too. Now if the award was instead best new personality then maybe you would have a point 🤷

"Best Art Direction: Astro Bot"

Astro Bot is charming and cute but it's not that unique. So i voted for Kunitsu Gami which i think the art style looks the most beautiful and unique for this year release. But i guess there's not many people who played the game 😔

Anyway. Congrats to Astro Bot wins. I can't wait to see what Team Asobi can do for their next game. But with all these awards, i wonder if Sony gonna expand the studio so they can do multiple projects, like team A do Astro Bot sequel and team B do something with classic IP maybe a new Ape Escape or Wild Arms? Hmm...

I had my own game awards all to myself. Dragon's Dogma 2 swept up.

I thought BMW looked fantastic, both on the base ps5 and on the pro. I haven't had any of the issues people have reported. Appreciate the pro patch isn't as effective as some others, but the balanced mode is welcome

Just beat Astro Bot yesterday. But I haven't collected all the bots or puzzle pieces yet. Have to work on that I guess.

Love Astro Bot but best for Accessibility features? No. It had like no customisation settings to tweak gameplay. It wasn’t good on that front.

@Juanalf I'm not sure high scores = people loved Eve. It could mean they loved Eve but I imagine a lot more would go into considering a high score for a game than just how much they liked the main character or at least I would hope so. I personally don't see the connection.

If we're not choosing best new character based off personality then what are we using as a metric? I guess the next step would be character design and Eve does have a great design but I think we all know why she was really chosen by so many.

Good to see some love for the Re4 VR mode.