Making this game into a Hollywood style movie in my opi🍷nion is a waste of potential. It would fit to make it a movie no one understands at the beginning but then it becomes 💎a cult classic

Elden Ring might be the biggest star ever for FS but it might also pull tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhem down in like 5 or 10 years. Actually, if it wasn't From Software I would be sure that game developer releasing such a mega magnum opus would simply burn out in a few years due to comparisons to previous game🌺s and constant expectations.

But ﷽something🔴 is happening in their studio and as you've said their cycle consists of one standard project and one creative. So we might see the biggest creative project in upcoming years and maybe this story will have a very happy ending - very interesting time to be a gamer

I think that going back to King's Field would be a little too obvious, not meaning it wouldn't be good. After reviving Armored Core it seems to be one of the most realistic choices but making a sequel like "King's field 5" after almost 25 years is 𝐆a little like not including all this value in between. Brand itself is also rather more sentimental than of real market value nowadays. But first person dungeon cr✨awler with some acknowledgment towards old precedessor sounds appropriately ambitious. Something like Bloodborne was to Dark Souls.

SotE won't win because a lot of players/experts/everyone thinks the same that DLC isn't an independent game. I think it's just to show appreciation for hard work in FS. Wukong would be another surprise as a winner because experts had their chance to rate it without any prejudice and it ended with 80-ties. A surprise that I can see happen if game awards are really worldwide show. About the rest, it's Japan, Japan, Japan. Instant thought "Tora, Tora, Tora". And LocalThunk guy𝄹. I honestly can't imagine Developer of Balatro to win with asian Devs.

As always in case of awards I can't think of any predictable logic not being a journalist. But four japanese games with highest scores say for themselves. SotE is DLC, Balatro a fun spin on poker and Wukong is an ape. This leaves three contenders for me, FF7 is a classic, Metaphor is modern jRPG and A🎶stroBot is a very universal game for every🎃one. I didn't play Metaphor but I think it's a game worth an award more than others. Because it's new, polished and great next step for Devs behind Persona. Big, bold, original. It can fight with Wukong, this just leaves question whether sales choose or experts.

Privately I have𓆏 two more contenders I would put even higher than most of mention꧙ed games (just from trailers and hands on gameplays) but they have yet to be released...

I didn't play TC2, only Motorfest, but I was active on Crew subreddit and watched some videos from TC2 (mostly shorts). TC2, in my opinion, is a great game for USA lovers - it has it's own value when you grew up on hollywood movies and can see how it looks to be a driver in America. I don't like gigantic games and after playing Motorfes⛎t I don't even want to try climbing up the ladder in TC2 - in Moᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtorfest it took me 90 hours to finish most playlists, do some challenges and try most of the things, but even after 350 hours I still didn't try everything and most of my cars still have some potential to unlock (over 100). It's a well designed game and I really liked discovering tricks and best lines on my own.

And now there's whole new island to discover. To be honest, I don't think this Maui addition will some gigan🍰tic gamechanger but from what I saw in videos and ss it seems to be a very strong base to build on new races, new events, activities and ideas. If they will support this game for next few years I think that there won't be any doubt which game is better - Motorfest is still one year old, TC2 is fully grown product.

During my early years with games I tried to finish everything or played as long as I could learn something new. Now I play most games until I'm overpowered, I like starting regions - mos☂t of the time they are the best so I clean them very thoroughly and when I reach some copy pasted region in mid-late game, and my build is simply purging everything without me looking then I quit. Game is completed when I don't think of it anymore