Giant Bombcast 508: Xfinity Heavy Industries

Achievements aren't better than trophies: they're the same. Trophies are better because I can get psn credit for them now :p

Loot boxes aren't gambling. This is a stupid argument. Sure, they tap into the same brain response...maybe...but with gambling I can't engage in the game without gambling. I can still play Overwatch, Call of Duty, Battlefront II, etc without paying real money for a loot box. Hell, I GET a loot box just for playing naturally...that doesn't ever happen in actual gambling.

I didn't really think that I'd hear complaints about Horizon's combat or the design of the enemies being difficult to ascertain what they are (?) but I guess that's a good indicator that its not getting game of the year. Well, its going to be Super Mario Odyssey for sure now lol. I found the combat in Horizon to be thoroughly rewarding, even early on. I'm going to get pretty bummed if the games that get the most time/praise are one where people are like, "OK, the game stuff sucks but the story is great" as I feel those games should get their due in categories like "Best story" and not "Game of the Year".

BJ becoming "The Doom Slayer" would be stupid, without a doubt. I think even the lore put about in Doom makes that, or should make that, impossible.

But if a game has a fantastic story that lets you look past flaws in the gameplay that's clearly a good sign of it being a game of the year.