The 2020 Vidya Gaem Awards
Most Hated Award
for Most Hated Game of the Year
The Last of Us Part II
- #2 Cyberpunk 2077 #3 Warcraft III: Reforged #4 Marvel's Avengers #5 Genshin Impact #6 Watch Dogs: Legion #7 Battletoads #8 Assassin's Creed Valhalla #9 Godfall #10 Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout #11 Paper Mario: The Origami King #12 Final Fantasy VII Remake
Least Worst Award
for Least Worst Game of the Year
Hades
- #2 Doom Eternal #3 Yakuza: Like a Dragon #4 Ghost of Tsushima #5 Half-Life: Alyx #6 Noita #7 Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin #8 Animal Crossing: New Horizons #9 Project Wingman #10 Final Fantasy VII Remake #11 Genshin Impact #12 Cyberpunk 2077
IP Twist Award
for best new implementation of an old franchise
Half-Life: Alyx
- #2 Yakuza: Like a Dragon #3 Risk of Rain 2 #4 Doom Eternal #5 Black Mesa #6 Final Fantasy VII Remake #7 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 #8 Trials of Mana #9 Streets of Rage 4 #10 Animal Crossing: New Horizons #11 Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time #12 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Blue Checkmark Award
for Most Pointless Controversy
Space Buns
- #2 Ghost of Tsushima's Cultural Appropriation #3 Social Justice Protests #4 #FreeMelee #5 Epic vs. Apple #6 Twitch.tv (Everything) #7 The Last of Us Part II (Everything) #8 COVID-19 #9 Cyberpunk 2077 (Everything) #10 Final Fantasy VII Remake's Changes #11 Persona 5 Royal (Everything) #12 Doom Eternal (Everything)
DK Award Returns
for best soundtrack
Doom Eternal
- #2 Hades #3 Helltaker #4 Final Fantasy VII Remake #5 Yakuza: Like a Dragon #6 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 #7 Risk of Rain 2 #8 Cyberpunk 2077 #9 Ori and the Will of the Wisps #10 Project Wingman #11 Half-Life: Alyx #12 No Straight Roads
"Hello, Fellow Posters" Award
for most blatantly promoted video game product
Raid: Shadow Legends
- #2 Genshin Impact #3 Cyberpunk 2077 #4 Fortnite #5 The Last of Us Part II #6 Valorant #7 Among Us #8 Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout #9 Marvel's Avengers #10 Bugsnax #11 Assassin's Creed Valhalla #12 Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Plot and Backstory Award
for best representation of women
Helltaker
- #2 Final Fantasy VII Remake #3 Genshin Impact #4 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim #5 Trials of Mana #6 Hades #7 Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin #8 Resident Evil 3 #9 Animal Crossing: New Horizons #10 Cyberpunk 2077 #11 Half-Life: Alyx #12 The Last of Us Part II
The Van Darkholme Award
for best representation of men
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- #2 Doom Eternal #3 Hades #4 Ghost of Tsushima #5 Genshin Impact #6 Helltaker #7 Cyberpunk 2077 #8 Deep Rock Galactic #9 Final Fantasy VII Remake #10 Resident Evil 3 #11 Bugsnax #12 The Last of Us Part II
ＡＥＳＴＨＥＴＩＣＳ Award
for best visual aesthetics
Hades
- #2 Ori and the Will of the Wisps #3 Ghost of Tsushima #4 Doom Eternal #5 Hylics 2 #6 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim #7 Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin #8 Half-Life: Alyx #9 Ghostrunner #10 Final Fantasy VII Remake #11 Cyberpunk 2077 #12 Genshin Impact
ＡＳＳＴＨＥＴＩＣＳ Award
for worst visual aesthetics
Warcraft III: Reforged
- #2 XIII #3 Battletoads #4 Marvel's Avengers #5 The Last of Us Part II #6 Watch Dogs: Legion #7 Demon's Souls #8 Cyberpunk 2077 #9 Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout #10 Bugsnax #11 Genshin Impact #12 Hades
Seal of Quality Award
for biggest technical blunder
Cyberpunk 2077
- #2 Warcraft III: Reforged #3 Marvel's Avengers #4 Playstation 5 #5 Cooking Mama: Cookstar #6 Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise #7 Watch Dogs: Legion #8 XIII #9 The Last of Us Part II #10 Serious Sam 4 #11 Assassin's Creed Valhalla #12 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition
New Challenger Award
for best new IP
Hades
- #2 Noita #3 Ghost of Tsushima #4 Helltaker #5 Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin #6 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim #7 Deep Rock Galactic #8 Project Wingman #9 Cyberpunk 2077 #10 Bugsnax #11 Genshin Impact #12 Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Fahrenheit 2020 Award
for best writing
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- #2 Hades #3 Ghost of Tsushima #4 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim #5 Helltaker #6 Half-Life: Alyx #7 Persona 5 Royal #8 Cyberpunk 2077 #9 Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise #10 Doom Eternal #11 Final Fantasy VII Remake #12 Bugsnax
Pottery Award
for worst writing
The Last of Us Part II
- #2 Marvel's Avengers #3 World of Warcraft: Shadowlands #4 Battletoads #5 Watch Dogs: Legion #6 Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory #7 Assassin's Creed Valhalla #8 Final Fantasy VII Remake #9 Cyberpunk 2077 #10 Animal Crossing: New Horizons #11 Doom Eternal #12 Bugsnax
Guilty Pleasure Award
for the game I like but /v/ hates
Demon's Souls
- #2 Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout #3 Bugsnax #4 Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise #5 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War #6 Paper Mario: The Origami King #7 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV #8 Spider-Man: Miles Morales #9 Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory #10 Assassin's Creed Valhalla #11 Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time #12 The Last of Us Part II
Hyperbole Award
for Best Trailer
No More Heroes 3
- #2 Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition #3 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate #4 Doom Eternal #5 Cyberpunk 2077 #6 Yakuza: Like a Dragon #7 Half-Life: Alyx #8 Resident Evil Village #9 Demon's Souls #10 Black Mesa #11 Final Fantasy XVI #12 Bugsnax
Kamige Award
for Best Eroge
Rance 01 + 02
- #2 Summer Memories #3 BLACKSOULS II #4 Honey Select 2 #5 NEKOPARA vol.4 #6 SEQUEL Series (blight, colony & awake) #7 Succubus Affection #8 Dohna Dohna #9 Futanari Remedies -"I can't stop cumming after drinking this medicine" #10 The Demon's Stele & The Dog Princess #11 Loli Lovin' ~Making Out with my Younger Girlfriend~ #12 Coercion of a Devoted Wife ~A Married Woman's Womb Filled to Pregnancy~
Jackie Chan Award
for Best Character
Ichiban Kasuga (Yakuza: LaD)
- #2 Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza: LaD) #3 Doom Slayer (DOOM Eternal) #4 G-man (Half-Life: Alyx) #5 Zagreus (Hades) #6 Tifa Lockhart (FF7 Remake) #7 Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima) #8 Johnny Silverhand (Cyberpunk 2077) #9 Sakuna (Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin) #10 Alyx Vance (Half-Life: Alyx) #11 Takuto Maruki (Persona 5: Royal) #12 Rean Schwarzer (Trails of Cold Steel)
Scrappy Doo Award
for Worst Character
Abby (TLOU2)
- #2 Ellie (TLOU2) #3 Dina (TLOU2) #4 Kamala Khan (Marvel's Avengers) #5 Dark Queen (Battletoads) #6 Minecraft Steve (Smash Bros.) #7 Joel (TLOU2) #8 Miles Morales (Spider-Man) #9 V (Cyberpunk 2077) #10 Johnny Silverhand (Cyberpunk 2077) #11 Rean Schwarzer (Trails of Cold Steel) #12 Crimson 1 (Project Wingman)
Audiophile Award
for best technical sound design
Doom Eternal
- #2 Hades #3 Half-Life: Alyx #4 Ghost of Tsushima #5 Black Mesa #6 Project Wingman #7 Final Fantasy VII Remake #8 Cyberpunk 2077 #9 No Straight Roads #10 Resident Evil 3 #11 Mad Rat Dead #12 The Last of Us Part II
The Little Game that Could Award
for best game that nobody played
Carrion
- #2 Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 #3 Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 #4 Wasteland 3 #5 Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time #6 BPM: Bullets Per Minute #7 Desperados III #8 One Step From Eden #9 Moon: Remix RPG Adventure #10 Creeper World 4 #11 Sackboy: A Big Adventure #12 Fuser
PIXELS ARE 8RT
for most pretentious indie game
Tell Me Why
- #2 Telling Lies #3 Coffee Talk #4 Necrobarista #5 Kentucky Route Zero #6 Spiritfarer #7 Haven #8 Superliminal #9 Bugsnax #10 Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout #11 Cloudpunk #12 Hades
Haptic Feedback Award
for best gameplay
Doom Eternal
- #2 Hades #3 Noita #4 Risk of Rain 2 #5 Half-Life: Alyx #6 Ghost of Tsushima #7 Nioh 2 #8 Project Wingman #9 Deep Rock Galactic #10 Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin #11 Spelunky 2 #12 Final Fantasy VII Remake
Press X To Win The Award
for worst gameplay
The Last of Us Part II
- #2 Marvel's Avengers #3 Warcraft III: Reforged #4 Genshin Impact #5 Battletoads #6 Cyberpunk 2077 #7 Godfall #8 Assassin's Creed Valhalla #9 Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise #10 Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout #11 Animal Crossing: New Horizons #12 Super Mario Bros. 35
/vr/ Award
for Best Video Game of 1990
Super Mario Bros 3
- #2 The Secret of Monkey Island #3 Mega Man 3 #4 Final Fantasy #5 Dr. Mario #6 Michael Jackson's Moonwalker #7 Wing Commander #8 Phantasy Star 2 #9 Commander Keen #10 Smash TV #11 Ultima VI: The False Prophet #12 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
/v2k/ Award
for best video game of 2000
Deus Ex
- #2 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask #3 Diablo II #4 Counter-Strike #5 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 #6 Jet Set Radio #7 Final Fantasy IX #8 Marvel vs Capcom 2 #9 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 #10 Perfect Dark #11 The Sims #12 Banjo-Tooie
Humble Award Bundle
for best video game of 2010
Fallout: New Vegas
- #2 Bayonetta #3 Red Dead Redemption #4 Super Mario Galaxy 2 #5 Nier #6 Mass Effect 2 #7 Bioshock 2 #8 No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle #9 Super Meat Boy #10 Halo: Reach #11 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 #12 Deadly Premonition
Redemption Arc Award
for biggest redemption in gaming
No Man's Sky
- #2 Valve #3 SEGA #4 Capcom #5 Microsoft & Xbox #6 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 #7 Black Mesa #8 Risk of Rain 2 #9 Square Enix #10 Command & Conquer #11 LowTierGod #12 Electronic Arts
Hate Machine Award
for crimes against gaming
China
- #2 Neil Druckmann #3 SJWs #4 Microtransactions / Gacha #5 Activision Blizzard #6 Naughty Dog #7 $70 Games #8 CD Projekt Red #9 Sony #10 The Game Awards #11 Nintendo #12 COVID-19
Awardgate
for worst fanbase
Reddit
- #2 Naughty Dog fans #3 /v/ #4 Nintoddlers #5 Super Smash Bros. fans #6 Genshin Impact fans #7 Sonyponies #8 CD Projekt Red fans #9 Among Us fans #10 Pokémon fans #11 Animal Crossing fans #12 Persona fans
Smug Pessimist Award
for most disappointing game
Cyberpunk 2077
- #2 The Last of Us Part II #3 Warcraft III: Reforged #4 Marvel's Avengers #5 Battletoads #6 Super Mario 3D All-Stars #7 Resident Evil 3 #8 Final Fantasy VII Remake #9 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition #10 Paper Mario: The Origami King #11 Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time #12 Doom Eternal
Electric Boogaloo Award
for worst sequel
The Last of Us: Part II
- #2 Battletoads #3 Watch Dogs: Legion #4 Assassin's Creed Valhalla #5 Paper Mario: The Origami King #6 Resident Evil 3 #7 Serious Sam 4 #8 Final Fantasy VII Remake #9 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War #10 Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time #11 Doom Eternal #12 Spelunky 2
!votemap Award
for best map/level/arena in a video game
de_dust2
- #2 City Escape #3 E1M1 #4 ctf_2fort #5 Final Destination #6 Facing Worlds #7 Blood Gulch #8 cp_dustbowl #9 pl_badwater #10 pl_upward #11 plr_hightower #12 pl_goldrush
Fall From Grace Award
for most fucked up franchise
The Last of Us
- #2 Warcraft #3 Fallout #4 Pokémon #5 Mass Effect #6 Sonic the Hedgehog #7 Assassin's Creed #8 Paper Mario #9 Halo #10 Cyberpunk 2077 #11 Call of Duty #12 Final Fantasy
Ocarina of All Time Award
for best vidya music composer of all time
Nobuo Uematsu
- #2 Koji Kondo #3 Hideki Naganuma #4 Yoko Shimomura #5 Mick Gordon #6 Shoji Meguro #7 Keiichi Okabe #8 Jeremy Soule #9 Keiki Kobayashi #10 Yuzo Koshiro #11 Masayoshi Soken #12 Tim Follin
Home and Hearth Award
for most relaxing video game
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- #2 Microsoft Flight Simulator #3 Factorio #4 Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin #5 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 #6 Ghost of Tsushima #7 Bugsnax #8 Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics #9 Noita #10 Genshin Impact #11 Doom Eternal #12 Spiritfarer
Carmack's Cat Award
for best video game pet/animal companion of all time
Blade Wolf (Metal Gear)
- #2 Yoshi (Super Mario) #3 Palico (Monster Hunter) #4 D-Dog (Metal Gear Solid) #5 Missile (Ghost Trick) #6 Dog (Half-Life) #7 Agro (Shadow of the Colossus) #8 Epona (The Legend of Zelda) #9 Dogmeat (Fallout) #10 Missile (Ace Attorney) #11 Red XIII (Final Fantasy) #12 Morgana (Persona)
Please Be Good Award
for most anticipated game of 2021 and beyond
Elden Ring
- #2 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 #3 No More Heroes III #4 Metroid Prime 4 #5 Shin Megami Tensei V #6 Bayonetta 3 #7 Final Fantasy XVI #8 NEO: The World Ends With You #9 Resident Evil Village #10 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 #11 Halo Infinite #12 Guilty Gear Strive
Balkanization Award
for worst /v/ satellite board
/vmg/ - Video Games/Mobile
- #2 /vp/ - Pokémon #3 /vg/ - Video Game Generals #4 /vm/ - Video Games/Multiplayer #5 /vrpg/ - Video Games/RPG #6 /vst/ - Video Games/Strategy #7 /vr/ - Retro Games
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