Title: A Feast of Games in 2022 and Future Expectations
Today, the annual game awards ceremony, known as The Game Awards, came to a close.
First and foremost, congratulations to Elden Ring for winning the TGA 2022 for Best Game of the Year. It was well-deserved.
It’s worth noting that the ceremony ended with a “Red Ring Invasion,” where someone behind Hidetaka Miyazaki suddenly appeared and spoke into the microphone, before being quickly ushered off the stage. The culprit has been arrested.
The humor comes from the fact that no one knows who this person is. From the looks of it, the old man thought he was a TGA official, while host Jeff believed he was from FromSoftware. Therefore, no one interrupted him, and everyone was fooled.
Currently, the mishap has become a popular internet meme, alongside Fk Oscar, and has become another memorable moment.
In today’s article, Xiao Fa will discuss TGA in two parts.
First, he will provide a brief overview of the winners from various studios, and then introduce some games worth looking forward to in the upcoming year.
To be honest, it’s clear which games will win. The awards are more about entertainment.
True winners are the big promises and new folders drawn by major game companies, and in the upcoming 2023, which games will be released to us.
First, let’s talk about this year’s e-sports games.
In this year’s ceremony, Valve’s VALORANT dominated the categories of games, teams, players, and coaches. Only the Best Esports Tournament was awarded to the 2022 League of Legends World Championship.
This result was expected, as VALORANT has risen from obscurity to prominence, thanks to its solid gameplay and growing popularity. This year’s global buzz has surpassed that of its older sibling, League of Legends.
Its steady operation and its no-nonsense anti-cheat design have ensured that it stands up to its peers, earning the title of “Best Esports Game” this year.
It seems that Riot has really won.
Next, we have this year’s award winner, God of War 5.
As the strongest contender for the Best Game of the Year, Kratos, despite not winning the main prize, has won multiple awards in categories such as Best Performance, Narrative, Sound Design, Music, Accessibility, and Action Adventure.
Although God of War 5 has received criticism from some players post-release, Xiao Fa believes that the game is still good.
The issue might be its lack of innovation and rushed development, which reduced the North European myth trilogy into two, making the plot too rushed and difficult to follow.
Despite this, God of War 5 remains a representative work of the pinnacle of modern game industry.
Unfortunately, it lost to Elden Ring.
Moving on, we come to Nintendo’s section.
This year, Nintendo has dominated the family game market as usual, cheering on the sidelines, and looking forward to the future. In the end, they count the millions of copies sold for the games they released.
However, this year, there were still several titles that won awards: The Best Action Game, The Best Strategy Game, The Best Multiplayer Game, and The Best Family Game for Breath of the Wild 3, Mario Party: Superstars, Splatoon 3, and Starlight Starbright: Explorers.
These are less important than the 2022 Most Anticipated Game winner, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, which has been confirmed to release on May 12, 2023.
Link: See you in the 2023 Best Game.
Next, are two awards that Xiao Fa is particularly looking forward to: Best Independent Game and Best Adaptation.
The winners for these categories are Cat Game’s Lost, and the renowned The Mandalorian.
Cat’s genre is cleverly chosen, with a small but engaging scope. However, other nominated games are also excellent, and it’s a pity that none of them won.
Who will win between The Mandalorian and The Mandalorian: The Second Season? The former has exploded in recent popularity, while the latter is a masterpiece that would win an Oscar.
Both are excellent works, and Xiao Fa doesn’t rank them. But congratulations to The Mandalorian: The Second Season! It deserves
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