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DISCLAIMER: We received review codes of Crash Bandicoot 4, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, The Avengers, Yakuza: Like A Dragon, Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War, Journey to the Savage Planet, Coffee Talk, Mortal Shell, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2.
An excellent game created from an independently run team that has outstanding gameplay design that moves the industry forward, a gorgeous art style, and/or an engrossing story.
Best Art Design
Winner: Hades
Runner Up: The Last of Us Part II
A game that shows exuberance within its environmental art, character designs, and animations. The art itself perfectly represents the theming and atmosphere the game is going for.
Uplifting Game of the Year
Winner: Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (review code provided)
Runner Up: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
A game that shows excellence in creativity and brings an insurmountable amount of charm through its humor, storyline, fun gameplay, nostalgia, or vibrant art. It should be a game that brings a smile to many.
Game of the Year
Winner: The Last of Us Part 2
Runner Up: Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Listener’s Award
Winner: The Last of Us Part 2
Runner Up: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Listener Questions
Jerel
@jitrel
Talking to @LeBlancWes and @MrLuidon about how much I didn’t like the story of Last of Us Part 2, and talking to @PenwellWrites and @CamFinalMix about Kingdom Hearts on the HPCritical Podcast..
Connor Ewing
@connoerewing
Here’s a what come to mind:
– Ellie/Joel Museum sequence
– Ghost of Tsushima Title Card
– Finally beating Theseus and The Minotaur in Hades
– Miles Morales Classic suit creation montage
Wesley LeBlanc
@LeBlancWes
Well….one of my fav things was recording a show with the AQ crew a few months back
And if we’re talking actual games, nothing beats hearing the prelude theme that plays on the game’s main menu in FF7R for the first time. Instant chills
Stacin
@PlayStacin
The fact that a SpongeBob game not only got an HD remake, but the fact that it was built from the ground up and a beautiful game to look at. Battle for Bikini Bottom all day!
Andrew McMahon
@McMahon_BearPig
Beating Hades for the first time is so satisfying. The build up to it is fantastic. You try all these different approaches and some you think are perfect but sputter out because of one weakness, while another feels bad at the start but is great with a buff. It was so damn fun.
B.S. Byrley
@BrianByrley
Ellie’s birthday gift/scene
The start screen for FF7R
#1 Turner & Hooch Fan
@TurnerandDouche
My favorite moment in gaming this year is probably when cyberpunk 2077 came out and I got to see the funniest montages of glitch clips in a game ever.
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The Quiet Man Fan Account (Samuel Guglielmo, Reviews Editor at TechRaptor)
@Sgulgi
What is the Sam of the year?
Erick E. Epperson
@TheTriple_E
Do you think that the genital customization in Cyberpunk was just there to get more people to talk about it or is it there for a real reason? Is it unfair that there are more penis options than vagina options? Tell me what you really think about what V has in their pants!
What We’ve Been Playing
Joseph
Cyberpunk 2077
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Chris
Cyberpunk 2077
Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla (review code provided)
Fortnite
Will talk about Observer: System Redux in a dedicated impressions episode
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Nadji Jeterm – Miles Morales, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Best Multiplayer Game
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Among Us
Call of Duty: Warzone
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Valorant
Best Action/Adventure Game
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Ghosts of Tsushima
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
The Last of Us Part 2
Any snubs?
Listener Questions
#1 Turner and Hooch Fan
Gamers, how fast would my shit have to be to break the sound barrier? Also, if I managed to do so, would it break my toilet? Thanks in advance!
Plastic Hearts Podcast
With Doom Eternal on Switch scrapping the physical release how long can the base model switch handle these console/PC ports going forward? Will devs just keep squeezing their engines or is there a limit coming soon to what the Switch’s hardware can do?
Josh Nichols
what’s your favorite Zelda game other than Breath of the Wild? Do you think Wind Waker HD will get ported to Switch for Zelda’s anniversary? It’s my favorite Zelda and it belongs on Nintendo’s best system.
Active Quest 