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    Xbox One - The /r/XboxOne Game Of The Year 2019 awards - RESULTS!

    Xbox One - The /r/XboxOne Game Of The Year 2019 awards - RESULTS!


    The /r/XboxOne Game Of The Year 2019 awards - RESULTS!

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 06:31 AM PST

    Season's greetings /r/XboxOne & Welcome to the Game of the Year awards!

    A big thanks to all of you who took the time to fill out the survey. The final tally was a grand total of 1,917 respondents!

    As always - The votes have been counted correctly, altered based on my own personal bias and edited to reflect the juicy bribes I received in Monster Energy drink, Stadia gift vouchers and anime hug pillows.

    Each winner has been given a prestigious and totally not imaginary /r/XboxOne exclusive "award", and are celebrated below.

    As a heads up - By their very nature, these awards will contain mild spoilers. You have been warned


    BEST 1ST PERSON SHOOTER

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

    Last year COD returned with its redemption ark and won this very same title. Now we enter into the tournament ark. Will COD win 3 straight years in a row? Or will the true villain be revealed in their final form? Only Next year's awards will tell! Also, the game was pretty good I guess.


    BEST 3RD PERSON SHOOTER

    Gears of War 5

    The storied tradition of hacking monsters to pieces with chainsaws and blowing one another in half with shotguns continues in the latest addition to this long-running franchise. Marcus's tomatoes have finally been avenged with this prestigious award. Gears 5 crushed the competition with over 50% of the total vote.


    BEST RPG

    The Outer Worlds

    The spiritual successor to objectively the best 3D Fallout game (don't @ me) landed with not so much a splash as a tsunami. Universal praise from critics and gamers alike, combined with launching on Game Pass, ensured that this old-school RPG got its due with the second-largest majority vote this year. To the 8 weebs who voted Tales of Vesperia: 安らかに眠れ.


    BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE

    Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

    Star Wars fever is here and EA released a totally average and mostly OK video game along with it - Thus making it the best release EA has had in almost a decade. Star Wars: JFO force pushed Sekiro off a Pagoda and beat Devil May Cry 5 in a lightsaber duel faster than you can say "recency bias" to take this award.


    BEST SOUNDTRACK

    Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

    BAM BAM BAM, BAM BA-DAM BAM BA-DAM - Is it cheating when you get to use some of the greatest and most iconic music of all time in you videogame? Probably - But not even the Pumping EDM & Metal of DMC5, despite being a close second, was enough to challenge the mighty John Williams. JFO secures it's well deserved second award.


    BEST NARRATIVE

    The Outer Worlds

    I am not going to give this award to you, Outer Worlds. You've won enough!


    ~ Seems fair

    -> [SPEECH:100] Give me the award /r/XboxOne. I deserve it. Also, renounce your god while you are at it.

    ~ Y u no gib award?


    Yes, you are right Outer Worlds. Perhaps Keanu Reeves is not so breathtaking after all... Please take this award.


    ~ Thank you.

    -> [SPEECH:100] Give me your wallet too.

    ~ Goodbye.


    BEST FIGHTING GAME

    Mortal Kombat 11

    Despite some competition from Super Smash Bros Ultimate (Everyone's favourite Xbox exclusive fighter), MK11 skipped right over the FATALITY and went straight to the BRUTALITY. Utterly dominating this category with 74.1% of the total votes, MK11 wins by the largest margin of victory in the entire awards this year.


    BEST SINGLE PLAYER EXPERIENCE

    The Outer Worlds

    Hello again Outer Worlds. I hope you aren't here to rob me again because I seem to have misplaced my wallet. Oh, you are? Well, I guess having one of the most well written, original and immersive single-player storylines in a new IP of the last decade, as well as fantastic gameplay with tonnes of options, choices and awesome companions would probably entitle you to this award. Take that, instead.


    BEST MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

    DANGER CLOSE! There were only 25 votes between COD and Apex Legends this year, but the old behemoth managed to pull ahead just enough to take the win. We presume that the margin of victory would have been much higher if not for the self-imposed handicap COD gave themselves with the inclusion of the Piccadilly Map. Good guy COD, giving the other shooters a chance like that...


    BEST SPORTS GAME

    FIFA 20

    FIFA Series: "What are we going to do this year EA?"

    EA: "The same thing we do every year, FIFA. Try to win best sports game in the world"!

    Note: The small indie game "Lonely Mountains: Downhill" managed to come a shockingly close second this year. The first game ever in the sports category to even come remotely close to FIFA. Well done guys!


    BEST DRIVING/RACING GAME

    Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled

    OMGGGGGGGGGG! For the first time EVER a non-Forza title manages to win this award. Does it have anything to do with the fact that no Forza game released this year? Probably.... BUT WHO CARES! CTR Was a brilliantly remastered nostalgia nuke, finally giving everyone a great looking, high-quality cart racer that isn't Mario Kart or Sega All-Stars Racing. Well done.


    BEST PLATFORMER

    My Friend Pedro

    Blood. Bullets. Bananas. Never has a game's subtitle described something so perfectly. My Friend Pedro is a balls-to-the-wall action romp filled with platforming, slow-motion ultraviolence, weird jokes and bananas.


    BEST HORROR GAME

    Resident Evil 2

    Capcom, here's a GOTY award. It might come in handy if you, the master of remastering, take it with you.


    THE "SHOULD HAVE BEEN DELAYED" AWARD

    Anthem

    An open-world, multiplayer schlooter where you can cosplay as Ironman and literally fly. This should have been a slam dunk, but delay after delay mixed with buggy quests, glitches, server downtimes, broken loot tables, the ability to only walk around town at a speed that suggests you are dragging your mecha suit behind you and an all-around lack of anything actually fun to do led everyone to agree that Anthem needed a little more time in the oven.


    BEST GRAPHICS

    Gears of War 5

    Gore, brains and intestines have never before been rendered with such loving detail. Sweeping vistas, ruined buildings, beautiful lighting. The Gear series has always been known as a visual showcase and the 5th outing is no exception. If you were looking for a 4K showpiece for your Xbox One X, you should look no further.


    BEST FREE GAME WITH GOLD

    Hitman: The complete first season

    Celeste, Gears 4 and Jurassic World Evolution were snapping at the heels of Agent 47, but he skillfully slipped past them dressed in a giant pink teddy bear suit, stole the award and unleashed his ultimate weapon upon them - The heat-seeking briefcase.


    BEST SOUND DESIGN

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

    Pew pew pew! dakka-dakka-dakka! kaboom! It may shock you, but that was actually just me impersonating the game, rather than the authentic sounds of battle present in COD:MW. The crackle of gunfire, the bassy boom of explosions, the roar of jets, the curses of your foes in the lobby - All of the sounds in COD:MW have been sampled and produced to perfection.


    MOST BANG-ABLE CHARACTER

    The "Refund Purchase Button" - WWE2K20

    The jumpmaster-senpai of our dreams lost this contest by 2 votes. Yes, that's right, two. What other upsets have this diabolical pair caused? Who knows? What I can say is that WWE2K20 is one of the most spectacularly broken games ever. I could try to be funny here, but let me just link Dunkey's video instead... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPu7aLcZVTY

    Many entrants this year in the "Other" category included the ever-popular votes for our 4 biggest stars of the category; Phill Spencer, Major Nelson, Lego Batman and My mother - However, some other notable entries included:

    Keanu Reeves, Jack Black, Fahz & Kait from Gears 5 (at the same time), Pavarti, Captain Price, King Mickey, Ty Lee from Avatar The Last Airbender (FBI-San, this man right here), Xbox Series X, Yugi and many many more :D


    MOST HATED CHARACTER

    Bioware - Anthem

    So while it is very clear we hate our teammates in Apex, and we REALLY hate that guy who designed Picadilly in COD, the true burning ire of /r/XboxOne this year is directed at Bioware. Previously a trusted companion and party member, they turned evil slowly before our eyes. We denied it at first, seeing that there was still good in them, but hope slowly fades. It remains to be seen next generation if our old friend Bioware is more Skywalker than Palpatine...

    Oh, and to the 20 All-American, freedom-loving, eagle-eating, burger-wielding patriots who voted RICHARRRRRRRD - I salute you. o7


    BEST ONGOING GAME

    Sea Of Thieves

    While Forza Horizon 4, Monster Hunter World and Destiny 2 were bickering over where exactly to dig for the award based on their treasure map, Sea Of Thieves snuck aboard their ship, swiped their booty, dropped their tall tale keys into the ocean and raised anchor with the ship pointed at the nearest rocks. All while hurling profanities at them in bad pirate accents... But they didn't spawn camp them; Because they gentlemen with manners.


    BUYERS REMORSE AWARD

    Anthem

    Explore a place you've never seen in a time you've never known, in Anthem... Or don't. The servers are down.

    Wolfenstein, Ghost Recon Breakpoint and Crackdown 3 all threw their hats into the ring this year, but Anthem hadn't yet finished drawing the ring due to delays. Then when they told the others it was finished, The ring was a square, the square was empty and their hats were missing. Anthem was about to offer to sell them new hats for 4.99 apiece but noticed everyone had all already left...


    BEST ID@XBOX GAME

    Outer Wilds

    "I said Wilds, not Worlds! WILDS! W.I.L.D.S! AAAARRRGHGHHHHHHHH!!!" - Outer Wilds devs 2019.... Probably.

    Outer Wilds is a fantastic little space exploration game with charming visuals and music, as well as a great sense of humour. Imbued with a true sense of exploration, discovery and wonder, this is a game that will truly make you smile. Oh, and you die a horrible horrible death as the sun explodes over and over and over again, killing everyone and everything you know because you are stuck in a time loop of infinite death and destruction that you should probably fix somehow... See? Charming!


    OVERALL BEST GAME OF THE YEAR 2019

    The Outer Worlds

    The Outer Worlds proved definitively that there is still more than enough room for an old-school, single-player role-playing game that doesn't railroad you, hold your hand or force you into a character role. Will you be a virtuous hero of justice that would make a generic JRPG hero blush? Will you be a total douchebag who lies, cheats & steals his way across the galaxy? Or will you be a homicidal maniac who kills people and eats babies? Totally up to you! (Except the eating babies part... I'm pretty sure you need a mod for that. So my... uh.... Friend.... tells me).

    Here is what the results looked like: https://i.imgur.com/5BUlljN.jpg

    A truly epic game by Obsidian as the perfect welcoming gift to Xbox Fans, as Obsidian joins Microsoft's first-party lineup. We can only speculate as to how amazing their next big works will be on the next generation of consoles... But we can't wait!


    A big thanks to everyone who voted once again! See you all in 2020 for the Cyberpunk of the Year awards!!! Love - Cheese.

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    After hundreds of hours of use and abuse playing on my favorite controller, both analog sticks recently stopped working correctly. Luckily for me, my father was more than willing and capable of fixing it again. Works like brand new now!

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 10:56 AM PST

    Can anyone help me out here and tell me whats wrong or if theres a cheap way to fix this?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 01:28 AM PST

    Insomniac put sunset overdrive as it’s second favorite game they've made since their creation

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 03:19 PM PST

    Any else ever suffer a gaming slump?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 09:35 AM PST

    I've got both Xbox & PS4 & a backlog longer than hell; RDR2, Assassins Creed Odyssey, Resi 2, Alien Isolation, Dead Rising 4, The Witcher 3, The Last of Us, Uncharted 2, 3, 4, God of War.

    And yet I can't play any of them. I get 10 or 15 minutes in & I lose interest. Anyone ever gone through something like this before?

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    Thank you Xbox Canada!!

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 11:44 AM PST

    TEKKEN 6 is now free (as part of Games with Gold) on the Xbox Marketplace

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 04:35 PM PST

    I know BC is paused right now but I seriously hope this makes it one day.

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 01:45 PM PST

    Everyone says hello !! my lovely xbox and collectibles place (disorganized for the photo)����

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 05:37 PM PST

    Kodi on Xbox is in danger of losing support due to a lack of Windows developers

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 10:49 AM PST

    Styx: Shards of Darkness is now free (as part of Games with Gold) on Microsoft Store

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 04:00 PM PST

    My Xmas gift to myself...Xbox one X ,with controller,$249.00 @Gamestop...and got $140 for my old s 500 gb system,so it cost me $125...not bad...might post some codes later..

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 03:11 PM PST

    12 Days of Christmas giveaways - Day 7

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 06:45 PM PST

    Merry Christmas to all! In the spirit of St. Nicholas, I'm giving away a game a day for 12 days after Christmas. These are all going to be digital codes from the U.S. Microsoft store, so I think you have to have your Xbox set to the U.S. to use them.

    Please leave a comment on this post if you want to be entered. I'll be back the following evening (U.S. Eastern time) to pick a winner randomly and make the next post.

    Dec 31

    Today's gift is some survival horror--IN SPACE!--courtesy of 2017's Prey. If you like System Shock 2 (and I do), this is supposed to scratch that same itch. This is the Digital Deluxe version that includes the Mooncrash and Typhon Hunter DLC.

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    After thousands of hours of playing on my Xbox it randomly stopped working, and the xbox wouldn’t turn on. After some research and a few tests I found out that I needed a new motherboard for my Xbox. So I bought a new mother board and I finished installing it yesterday. It works just like it’s new.

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 02:02 PM PST

    Just discovered you can perfectly rest your controllers on the Xbone

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 09:56 PM PST

    all of my xbox one controllers

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 01:00 PM PST

    Retiring my old elite controller. Broken bumper, drifting stick, broken aux port, and the grips fell off but today it took its last breath. Good night sweet prince.

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 02:20 PM PST

    We’ll see if these help me play any better

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 01:43 PM PST

    Anyone else notice a ringing sound in the background whenever using headsets and nothing is playing?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 09:46 PM PST

    Mostly hear it in the menu. I'm 100% sure it's not tinnitus as my friend also hears the ringing and many others I've asked gets it as well. Do you guys notice it? It's like a high pitched ringing sound. Also, the headset is connected straight to the controller.

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    Xbox Christmas

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 05:19 PM PST

    Lost part of my thumb, could I use elite controller 2 with one hand?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 03:09 PM PST

    So over the festive holidays I had an accident that resulted in me losing part of my left thumb, now this is annoying as I love to game. It's gong to take quite some time to rebuild my thumb so it's useable again but in the meantime I was wondering if I could set up most games with the elite controller 2 so that when I hold the back paddle and have it set to a shift button I could use all the controls on the right side of the controller that are on the left. So X, Y, B and A become the d-pad when the shift button is pressed and the right thumbstick become the left ect.

    It might take some working out but do you think this might be possible? I often play Red Dead Online, Forza Horizon 4 and Borderlands 3. I'm just asking for advice, I would try it myself but I'm currently staying in the hospital at the moment having multiple surgeries, I just wondered if this would at all be possible?

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    Battleblock Theatre campaign, anyone?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 07:51 AM PST

    I wanted to revisit this game after a couple years of it sitting in my library but it's more fun if you play it co-op. Anyone down?

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    This Weeks Spotlight Sales and Deals with Gold

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 04:22 PM PST

    I already have gamepass so here’s a trial code! The last two characters are the 6th and last letters of the alphabet

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 05:01 PM PST

    im so sick of seeing this every time I click my friends tab on the mobile app. Will eventually load in but its been a glitch for as long as i remember

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 07:12 PM PST

    Finally hit 100K Gamerscore just in time for the new decade! ����

    Posted: 30 Dec 2019 08:23 AM PST

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