


Winner: Bear McCreary, God of War Ragnarök Other nominees: God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, Scorn, Stray Best Score and Music Other nominees: God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, Immortality, Stray Best Art Direction Other nominees: Ashly Burch ( Horizon Forbidden West), Charlotte McBurney ( A Plague Tale: Requiem), Manon Gage (Immortality), Suny Suljic ( God of War Ragnarök) Best Game Direction Winner: Christopher Judge, God of War Ragnarök Other nominees: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, The Cuphead Show!, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Uncharted Best Performance Other nominees: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, MultiVersus, Overwatch 2, Splatoon 3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's RevengeĬlick here to play more games like Splatoon 3. Other nominees: F1 22, FIFA 23, NBA 2K23, OlliOlli WorldĬlick here to play more games like Gran Turismo 7. Other nominees: Dune: Spice Wars, Total War: WARHAMMER III, Two Point Campus, Victoria 3 Best Sports/Racing Other nominees: LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Nintendo Switch Sports, Splatoon 3Ĭlick here to play more games like Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Other nominees: DNF Duel, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R, The King of Fighters XV, Sifu Best Family

Other nominees: Live A Live, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Triangle Strategy, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Best Fighting Other nominees: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Horizon Forbidden West, Stray, TUNIC Best Role Playing Other nominees: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Neon White, Sifu, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Best Action/Adventure Other nominees: After the Fall, Among Us VR, BONELAB, Red Matter 2 Best Action Other nominees: Apex Legends Mobile, Diablo Immortal, Genshin Impact, Tower of Fantasy Best VR/AR Other nominees: Apex Legends, Destiny 2, Fortnite, No Man's Sky Best Mobile Other nominees: Neon White, NORCO, TUNIC, Vampire Survivors Best Community Support Other nominees: Cult of the Lamb, Neon White, Sifu, TUNICĬlick here to play more games like Stray. Other nominees: Apex Legends, Destiny 2, Fortnite, Genshin Impact Best Indie Other nominees: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Elden Ring, Horizon Forbidden West, ImmortalityĬlick here to play more games like God of War Ragnarök. Other nominees: A Plague Tale: Requiem, God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, Stray, Xenoblade ChroniclesĬlick here to play more games like Elden Ring. Read on for the complete list of winners, as well as some special recommendation lists for winners you may have already finished and are now looking to follow up with similar fare. Other notable winners of the night included Stray, which was the third highest-nominated game with six noms and took home the both Indie awards Genshin Impact, which had been in a head-to-head battle with Sonic Frontiers for the Player's Voice award and came out victorious and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which took home the Most Anticipated award, as it is due out in 2023. Horizon Forbidden West didn't win anything, though. Those three titles were up against each other in many categories, which meant they wouldn't all be able to have big nights. While fine for a casual experience and not long enough to become annoyingly repetitive, Stray ultimately doesn’t stand on its own four paws as an engaging video game experience.These results come after God of War Ragnarök led all nominees with 10, followed closely behind by both Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West, which each had seven noms. Unfortunately, while Stray captures the cat experience very well, it doesn’t score well on any of its core gameplay loops. While playing Stray you can’t help but feeling if some things went differently during the development process then it could have been a great game. The game has a really solid base, some of the design choices like the platforming are questionable but others like the puzzling just need more fleshing out. The game runs well, is visually appealing and it’s not so dull that you’ll want to stop playing before reaching its timely conclusion. While this review has highlighted the game’s negatives, it’s not all bad with Stray. You may be surprised with how short Stray is while playing but it serves its purpose, Stray doesn’t have anything else to give by its conclusion. I personally don’t consider a game being shorter as an inherent negative, price depending. The game itself acknowledges its length as there is an achievement available for finishing Stray in under two hours, which is very achievable on a second playthrough. Any player could finish Stray in less than five hours.
