Tanggal 17 November kemarin merupakan puncak Golden Joystick Awards 2017 karena di momen ini tim penyelenggara akhirnya mengumumkan permainan-permainan terbaik pilihan gamer setelah sebelumnya mengajak kita melakukan voting di bulan September. Acara tersebut dilangsungkan di The O2 London, dipandu oleh aktor sekaligus komedian Inggris Danny Wallace.

Dalam perhelatan yang disponsori oleh Omen by HP itu, satu judul permainan eksklusif Nintendo Switch tampak mendominasi: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Game ini menyabet tidak kurang dari lima kemenangan di kategori berbeda. Dan di Golden Joystick Awards ke-35 ini, panitia juga menganugerahkan penghargaan Lifetime Achievement pada desainer dan programmer game strategi legendaris, Sid Meier.

Daftar pemenang Golden Joystick Awards ke-35 bisa Anda simak di bawah:

 

Best Storytelling: Horizon: Zero Dawn

Nominasi: Horizon: Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata, Night in the Woods, Persona 5, Prey, Pyre, Torment: Tides of Numenera, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy,What Remains of Edith Finch

Best Visual Design: Cuphead

Nominasi: Cuphead, Dishonored 2, Final Fantasy XV, GNOG, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Little Nightmares, Monument Valley 2, Night in the Woods, Persona 5, Pyre, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best Audio: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Nominasi: Destiny 2, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Life is Strange: Before the Storm, Little Nightmares, Persona 5, Project Cars 2, Pyre, RiME, Sniper Elite 4, Tacoma, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best Gaming Performance: Ashly Burch (Horizon: Zero Dawn)

Nominasi: Ashly Burch (Aloy, Horizon: Zero Dawn), Brian Bloom (B. J. Blazkowicz, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus), Claudia Black (Chloe Frazer, Uncharted), Fryda Wolff (Ryder, Mass Effect Andromeda), Jack Brand (Jack Baker, Resident Evil 7), Kylie Brown (Rachel Amber, Life is Strange BTS), Melina Juergens (Senua, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice), Nathan Fillion (Cayde-6, Destiny 2)

Best Indie Game: Friday the 13th: The Game

Nominasi: Dream Daddy, Everything, Friday the 13th: The Game, Night in the Woods, Pyre, Slime Rancher, Stories Untold, Tacoma, Thimbleweed Park, What Remains of Edith Finch

Best Multiplayer Game: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

Nominasi: Battlefield 1, Destiny 2, FIFA 18, Friday the 13th: The Game, Injustice 2, LawBreakers, Nidhogg 2, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Pro Evolution Soccer 2018, Splatoon 2

Studio of the Year: Nintendo EPD

Nominasi: Arkane Studios, Bluehole Studio Inc., Boss Key Productions, Creative Assembly, Guerrilla Games, Machine Games, NetherRealm, Ninja Theory, Nintendo EPD, Platinum, Rebellion

Best VR Game: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Nominasi Dead Effect 2 VR, Farpoint, GNOG, Resident Evil 7, Rez Infinite, Robo Recall, SUPERHOT VR, Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Statik, Thumper, Wilson’s Heart

eSports Play of the Year: Agilities

Nominasi: Agilities’ five-man Dragonblade at Overwatch Contenders, Autimatic and Skadoodle win 2 vs. 4 with pistols, PraY’s Ashe skillshot at Worlds 2016, TeamLiquid win the first ever 3-0 grand final victory at the International, Tokido’s incredible parry at Evo 2017

eSports Team of the Year: Lunatic-Hai

Nominasi: Astralis (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive), Lunatic-Hai (Overwatch), Northern Gaming (Rocket League), Optic Gaming (Call of Duty), SK Telecom T1 (League of Legends), Team Liquid (Dota 2), Team SoloMid (League of Legends)

eSports Game of the Year: Overwatch

Nominasi: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, FIFA 17, League of Legends, Overwatch, Rainbow Six: Siege, Rocket League, Smite, StarCraft II

Best Streamer/Broadcaster: Markiplier

Nominasi: Hannah Rutherford, Jacksepticeye, Jupiter Hadley, Markiplier, Maximilian Dood, Polygon, Waypoint, What’s Good Games

Handheld/Mobile Game of the Year: Pokémon Sun and Moon

Nominasi: Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, Ever Oasis, Fire Emblem Heroes, Framed 2, Hidden Folks, Milkmaid of the Milky Way, Monument Valley 2, Old Man’s Journey, Pokémon Sun and Moon, Super Mario Run

Nintendo Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Nominasi: ARMS, Bulb Boy, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Metroid: Samus Returns, Pokémon Sun and Moon, Snipperclips, Splatoon 2, Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

PlayStation Game of the Year: Horizon: Zero Dawn

Nominasi: Everybody’s Golf, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Nex Machina, NieR: Automata, Nioh, Persona 5, Statik, The Last Guardian, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Yakuza 0

Xbox Game of the Year: Cuphead

Nominasi: Cuphead, Dead Rising 4, Forza Motorsport 7, Gears of War 4, Gigantic, Halo Wars 2, Pit People, Slime Rancher, Tacoma

PC Game of the Year: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

Nominasi: Dream Daddy, Endless Space 2, OneShot, Planet Coaster, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, Stories Untold, Total War: Warhammer II, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III, West of Loathing

Breakthrough Award: Ashly Burch

Nominasi: Ashly Burch, Brendan Greene, Cavalier Game Studios, Game Grumps, Giant Sparrow, Infinite Fall, Melina Jeurgens, Nick Popovich, Nina Freeman, SMAC Games

Most Wanted Award: The Last of Us Part 2

Nominasi: Beyond Good and Evil 2, Call of Duty: WWII, Death Stranding, Far Cry 5, God of War, Metro Exodus, Metroid Prime 4, Ooblets, Red Dead Redemption 2, Sea of Theives, Spider-Man, Star Wars Battlefront II, The Last of Us Part II

Still Playing Award: World of Tanks

Nominasi: Diablo III, EVE Online, FIFA 17, Final Fantasy XIV, Hearthstone, Minecraft, Overwatch, Pokémon Go, Pro Evolution Soccer 2017, Rocket League, The Elder Scrolls Online, World of Tanks

Ultimate Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Nominasi: Assassin’s Creed Origins, Destiny 2, Dishonored 2, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Monument Valley 2, Persona 5, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Resident Evil 7, Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, What Remains of Edith Finch

Critics’ Choice Award: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Hall of Fame: Final Fantasy

Outstanding Contribution to the UK Games Industry: Debbie Bestwick MBE

Lifetime Achievement: Sid Meier

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Golden Joystick Award memang tidak mengikuti aturan tradisional seperti ajang Game of the Year lain. Untuk event ke-35 ini, game di daftar nominasi tak harus telah tersedia atau dirilis di tahun 2017. Contohnya adalah Battlefield 1 yang sudah tersedia sejak Oktober 2016, atau Assassin’s Creed Origins yang saat daftar ini disingkap malah belum meluncur.

Namun ada sejumlah hal yang membuat saya heran: mengapa ada beberapa game yang betul-betul cemerlang seperti Lone Echo dan Divinity: Original Sin II tidak dimasukkan di sana? Lalu mengapa Titanfall 2 juga tidak disertakan, padahal umurnya seminggu lebih muda dari Battlefield 1?

Sumber: GamesRadar.