
Asgard’s Wrath (Sanzaru/Oculus Studios for PC).Wolfenstein: Youngblood (MachineGames/Arkane/Bethesda for PC, PS4, Stadia, Switch, Xbox).Borderlands 3 (Gearbox/2K for PC, PS4, Stadia, Xbox).Watch Dogs: Legion (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft for PS4, Xbox).Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn/EA for PS4, Xbox).The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo/Nintendo EPD/Nintendo for Switch).Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games/Nintendo for Switch).John Wick Hex (Bithell Games/Good Shepherd for Mac, PC).



You'll notice quite a few games were missing from the E3 2019 Game Critics Awards list. The game also walked off with Best RPG and Best Console awards. Others questioned whether there was any effort put into the joke, and many compared it to "Borderlands" dialogue that some consider cringey and too self-referential.Winners of the E3 2019 Game Critics Awards have been announced, with Final Fantasy 7 Remake walking off with the Best in Show award. Some users described this "High on Life" dialogue as lampshading, an attempt to soften criticism which backfires because the problem isn't actually addressed. Lots of fans and critics alike agreed with this sentiment, and lots of responses specifically brought up "The Stanley Parable" as an example of meta comedy done right. Whenever I see something like this I think of the Giant Bomb "Matt Hazard principal", which states "The worst thing a game can do is break the third wall and point out something bad in it, because it means you still have to play it." Essentially, the fact that Roiland's character identifies the bad game design and owns up to it isn't enough to justify it. When the fourth wall is broken, characters reference the audience - when the third wall is broken, characters reference the medium they are in - in this case, a video game.
