The adventure game Stray for PS4, PS5 and the PC was released in July 2022. Critics fell in love with the unusual indie game in which you control a cat in a cyberpunk world: Stray received ratings summing up to 82% on Metacritic. Now the game has even been nominated in 6 categories for The Game Awards in December. But that doesn’t suit everyone.
What categories is Stray nominated for? Stray is in fact nominated for the most important award of the Game Awards, for “Game of the Year”. This puts it in line with titles of the likes of A Plague Tale: Requiem, God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 or Elden Ring , which everyone probably assumes will win.
Stray is also nominated for best action adventure and would have to beat God of War Ragnarök or Horizon Forbidden West.
For Art Design and Best Game Direction, Stray once again goes up against the giants of gaming like the Elden Ring, Horizon Forbiden West and God of War.
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Stray probably has the best chance of winning an award for “Best Indie Debut”, since you’re dealing with games like Vampire Survivors or Neon White. Also for the category “Best Indie Game” is suggested, since you would have to pass Sifu and “Cult of the Lamb”.
Altogether, Stray is nominated for 6 prizes, the awards will be presented on December 9th at 1:30 am German time.
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“If Stray wins, I lose all hope”
Who minds? Although Stray is liked by many, there have also been a few voices on the web criticizing Stray for being nominated for the Game Awards. As one Twitter user wrote: “If Stray wins I’ll lose all hope for the industry forever.”
Stray’s developers, Annapurna Interactive, responded to this, but with an unbeatable GIF.
A cat licking its own butt is apparently intended to indicate how indifferent one is to this criticism.
Below the tweet are some voices saying: Of course they would have voted for Stray; they loved the game and its uniqueness.
But even among Stray fans, many agree that Stray was good, but not “Game of the Year” good either, so as a cat lover you see Elden Ring in front.
For a game of the year, Stray lacks replayability, but probably that won’t scratch the cat very much either. Because it has enough to do with oneself and self-care:
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