I've only actually played one of these so my opinions may be unfair, but let's do this.
Control - I have no opinion on this one. Remedy are one of those devs that haven't made any games I outright dislike, but nothing they've made has ever really gripped me, so I basically ignored this game's existence.
Death Stranding - Ahahahaha. A friend of mine has been streaming this and it's such ****ing ****, lmao. The only entertainment value it has is if you play it with friends and make fun of it. It's so boring, it's so full with utter bull****, the vehicle physics are legit some of the worst I've ever seen, and the story is overwrought pretentious crap that boils down to "Be nice to people and work together, ok?" Kojima Cultists will praise it for years, but it's only value is montages of Norman Reedus falling in rivers.
Smash Bros - Not played but I'm sure it's great. Probably won't win but it deserves to be nominated if for no other reason than to recognise the work Sakurai has put into the franchise.
REmake2 - This would get my vote, but then it's the only game here I've played personally and it's part of my all-time favourite franchise. It is genuinely an incredible game, though.
Sekiro - No strong opinion. I've never played a From Soft game and games renown for being difficult aren't my cup of tea. I'm sure it's great, I'm just not into this kind of game and so have no opinion here.
The Outer Worlds - Another game that a friend streamed. We made a character together and went through making decisions that way. Look, Obsidian have made literally one game people don't **** on, and they only like it because Bethesda made a worse version of it so it shines by comparison. The Outer Worlds is Obsidian desperately trying to relive the 'glory' of New Vegas but they are bad writers and they have next to no imagination. Outer Worlds' whole old-timey aesthetic is an obvious attempt to capture some kind of old world charm like what Fallout has, but because it's not an organic part of the setting it serves only to show Obsidian for the hacks they are. This doesn't even deserve to get nominated. Another game elevated by cult-like adoration, this time for Daddy Obsidian.
