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Everyone gets along pretty well here at Game Informer<\/em>. And then it\u2019s time for our annual Game of the Year awards. At that point, it all falls apart. Friendships are tested, reputations are ruined, and most of us walk away with the sneaking suspicion that our co-workers might actually be dumb and bad. And then we move on with our lives until the next December rolls around.\u00a0<\/p>\n

People will always tear our picks to shreds (and some of that criticism may be coming from inside the building), but we make a point of letting readers get involved in our annual (you guessed it) reader poll. How closely did the collective voices match up with ours? Did they get it right in those few cases where a person could make a convincing argument that we completely missed the boat? As usual, there were plenty of solid picks across the categories, as well as some surprises and what were undoubtedly troll contributions from budding class<\/a> clowns.<\/p>\n

Read on for the complete results in all categories, as well as some (hopefully) interesting context that makes it a bit more engaging than reading through a bunch of poll-based blurbs. And be sure to check out our game-of-the-year picks<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n

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Best Sony Exclusive \u2013 God Of War<\/a><\/h2>\n

The mighty Kratos had an appropriately mighty showing in the Best Sony Exclusive category. About 65 percent of you thought it was the best PlayStation exclusive in 2018, beating out Spider-Man\u2019s second-place showing with 23 percent of votes. Detroit: Become Human garnered about five percent of votes, which was enough to snatch third place. And it looks like there are 21 comedians out there who said the PSVR exclusive horror game The Inpatient was the best thing to hit the console last year. Or perhaps those votes were cast in all sincerity. Sorry?<\/p>\n

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Best Microsoft Exclusive \u2013 Forza Horizon 4<\/a><\/h2>\n

Microsoft had one third as many exclusives as Sony or Nintendo, which makes it easy to run down the top three. Forza Horizon 4 took the lead position with 67 percent of votes, followed by Sea of Thieves (21 percent) and State of Decay 2 (12 percent).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Best Nintendo Exclusive \u2013 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a>\u00a0<\/h2>\n

In another absolute drubbing, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate took the top Nintendo exclusive prize with more than 71 percent of reader votes. Old-school RPG Octopath Traveler was a distant second, with 13 percent, followed up with Super Mario Party\u2019s 9 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Best PC Exclusive \u2013 Civilization VI: Rise And Fall<\/a><\/h2>\n

On the PC front, things were a little closer. About 100 votes separated first and second place. Ultimately, Civilization VI: Rise and Fall took the win with 19 percent of reader votes, followed by World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth with 18 percent. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire was a fairly close third, with 15 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Best Action Game \u2013 God Of War<\/a><\/h2>\n

Now that platform exclusivity is out of the way, things start to get interesting. Actually, we take that back. God of War handily took the Best Action Game prize, despite it being a PlayStation exclusive. Red Dead Redemption II took second, but its 24 percent couldn\u2019t compete with God of War\u2019s 41. Another PlayStation exclusive, Spider-Man, snagged third place with 10 percent of votes. And we see you, Dauntless fans. More than 500 of you guys rallied together, and while it wasn\u2019t enough to edge past Monster Hunter: World or Mega Man 11, it was still a respectable showing. Quick note: This was also the most popular category overall.<\/p>\n

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Best Adventure Game \u2013 Detroit: Become Human<\/a><\/h2>\n

Quantic Dream\u2019s \u201crobots as a racial allegory\u201d made it an easy target for online snark, but Detroit: Become Human clearly had its fans. Forty-one percent of respondents named it their favorite adventure game for 2018, ahead of Subnautica (21 percent) and Batman: The Enemy Within (13 percent). Life is Strange: Before the Storm snagged one solitary vote, which was kind of weird. Keep flying that freak flag, lone voter, and stay strong!<\/p>\n

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Best Competitive Multiplayer \u2013 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/h2>\n

Nintendo included an ambitious single-player mode in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but who cares? It seems you guys are more interested in beating the pastel-colored stuffing out of each other. Ultimate was the victor when it came to best competitive multiplayer, scoring about 23 percent of the vote. Call of Duty eschewed the campaign altogether, but it only took second with 19 percent. And even though it was only in beta, Red Dead Redemption II\u2019s online component impressed enough of you guys to put it in the third-place position. Yee haw!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Best Cooperative Game \u2013 Red Dead Redemption II<\/a><\/h2>\n

The field for co-op games was as tight as we\u2019ve seen so far, with the top three winners barely edging past the other candidates. Red Dead Redemption II squeaked by to a first-place finish, with 15 percent of votes. A Way Out was next with 14 percent, and Monster Hunter: World\u2019s 13 percent helped it take the third spot. Three of you cast your votes for Echo Combat, so there\u2019s that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Best Fighting Game \u2013 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/h2>\n

Pretend the debate over whether Smash Bros. games are technically fighting games isn\u2019t a thing for a second. Okay. Good. That\u2019ll make it easier to accept that our readers overwhelmingly say it was the best fighting game of 2018. Nearly half of you gave it a respectful nod, beating out Dragon Ball FighterZ (23 percent) and Soulcalibur VI (15 percent). We\u2019re assuming items are off and all that business.<\/p>\n

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Best Racing Game \u2013 Forza Horizon 4<\/a><\/h2>\n

The best racing game category was another absolute blowout. Forza Horizon 4 took the checkered flag<\/s> pole position<\/s> first place with 66 percent of votes, followed by the Crew 2\u2019s 9 percent. Third place went to Hello Kitty Cruisers with five percent because y\u2019all are hilarious<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Best Role-playing Game \u2013 \u00a0Assassin\u2019s Creed Odyssey<\/a><\/h2>\n

Ubisoft Quebec said it was going full RPG with Assassin\u2019s Creed Odyssey, and that decision clearly paid off. Odyssey was your favorite RPG for 2018, with more than 36 percent of respondents casting their vote for the adventures of Alexios\/Kassandra. Next up was Kingdom Come: Deliverance, with 15 percent, and Octopath Traveler, with 13 percent. Fourth place was close enough to mention: Lost Sphear took that position, with 11 percent.<\/p>\n

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Best Platforming Game \u2013 Celeste<\/a><\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s face it: This is a weird category. The top vote-getter was the fiendishly difficult Celeste, with 32 percent of votes. Then it bounced over to our pink friend, Kirby, who sucked up 14 percent. PSVR exclusive Astro Bot Rescue Mission was a close third, with 12 percent of votes \u2013 44 votes ahead of Unravel Two, who had to settle for fourth. Sorry, Yarny.<\/p>\n

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Best Puzzle Game \u2013 Tetris Effect<\/a><\/h2>\n

You like puzzles? Apparently not. This category was the most-skipped one among respondents, with more than 6,000 of you passing by without bothering to vote. So don\u2019t come crawling back to us if you don\u2019t think Tetris Effect was the best puzzle game for 2018 and you weren\u2019t among the 50 percent of voters who did. After that, Return of the Obra Dinn took second with 14, while Donut County was in third with 11 percent. Seriously, more people voted for VR games. What gives, guys?<\/p>\n

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Best MMO \u2013 The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset<\/h2>\n

There were only two candidates in this category, and it was a close race. Ultimately, 52 percent of you picked The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset over World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. Even though we know you guys don\u2019t like puzzles, we\u2019ll let you do the math and figure out what percentage of the vote Blizzard\u2019s game received.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Best Shooter \u2013 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4<\/a><\/h2>\n

This was another close one, but someone has to win. This time around, it was Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Treyarch\u2019s game was five points ahead of Far Cry 5, which took second place with 24 percent of votes. Battlefield V rounded out the top three with 17 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Best Simulation Game \u2013 Civilization VI: Rise And Fall<\/a><\/h2>\n

You guys really like this Civ thing, eh? About a third of you chose this one, but that\u2019s not the most interesting part. Frostpunk and Jurassic World Evolution took second and third place, respectively, with a measly five votes separating their positions. Your vote counts, people, don\u2019t let anyone try and convince you otherwise. Oh yeah, the Nintendo Labo Variety Kit was after that, with 11 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Best Strategy Game \u2013 Valkyria Chronicles 4<\/a><\/h2>\n

Valkyria Chronicles 4 was the favorite here, but that\u2019s not the most interesting part. Wait, did we already do that? Rats. Regardless, the sentiment still stands. You think five votes is close? That\u2019s nothing! A single vote gave Into the Breach the lead over Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. Crazy, right?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Best Sports Game \u2013 Mario Tennis Aces<\/a><\/h2>\n

Nintendo fans strike again. Remember Mario Tennis Aces? Apparently, a lot of you do. About a quarter of you thought it was the best sports game of 2018, which is certainly a choice. After that came FIFA 19, with 18 percent of votes. Inexplicably, 51 of you cast your votes for RBI Baseball 18. Weird!<\/p>\n

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Best VR Game \u2013 Beat Saber<\/a><\/h2>\n

This was another close one. Beat Saber had 31.73 percent of votes, while Tetris Effect managed to connect with 31.12 percent\u00a0of you. Astro Bot Rescue Mission was a bit further behind, netting about 22 percent of votes. It looks like Astro Bot has some kind of third-place curse going on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Best Rhythm \/ Music Game \u2013 Beat Saber<\/a><\/h2>\n

Hello again, Beat Saber! It\u2019s hard not to notice you standing over there with your 50 percent of votes. That\u2019s way more than Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight could muster, with its 22 percent. You\u2019re doing all right for yourself there, Just Dance 2019. Sixteen percent ain\u2019t nothing. Who did you piss off, Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight? You\u2019re in second-to-last place for some reason. Okay then.<\/p>\n

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Best Remaster\/Remake \u2013 Shadow Of The Colossus<\/a><\/h2>\n

You know who likes Shadow of the Colossus? Aside from just about everybody else? Why, it\u2019s you guys! 23 percent of you said the PlayStation 4 remake was as good as it got in 2018, nearly twice as many as did Pok\u00e9mon Let\u2019s Go Pikachu\/Evee. Keeping things Switchy, 10 percent of you thought Dark Souls was pretty okay on Nintendo\u2019s portable thankyouverymuch.<\/p>\n

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Best Games-As-Service \u2013 Fortnite<\/a><\/h2>\n

Yeah yeah, we can hear the groans from all you serious gamers. You may not personally like the dances and the back bling and the base-building that Fortnite offers, but you know who does? Nineteen percent of your fellow readers. That\u2019s more than the people who rooted for Overwatch (13 percent) and Rainbow Six Siege (10 percent). A special shout-out goes to the 21 of you who lent their support to Ghost Recon Wildlands. That game is super great, right? You\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n

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Game of the Year \u2013 God Of War<\/a><\/h2>\n

Finally, it\u2019s the big one. How did you guys do? Oh. I see. It looks like 34 percent of you thought God of War was game of the year. Fair enough. No judging. It\u2019s a great game, after all. Good stuff. Some cool moments. After that was Red Dead Redemption II, with 27 percent of votes. Then it gets weird. Kingdom Come: Deliverance fans knew how to mobilize, getting enough votes for a third-place finish \u2013 eight votes ahead of fourth place Spider-Man, in fact. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate came in fifth after that, with about four percent. And more than 400 Dauntless fans pushed the button for that game \u2013 several hundred more than Monster Hunter: World managed. Heh.<\/p>\n

Finally, a whole slew of games managed to get exactly one vote. Whether by mistake or pure passion, we\u2019ll never know. But let\u2019s all join in for a moment of silence to honor the following games. You might not have won a game of the year award, but you have earned the deep respect of at least one reader. Unless, again, it was by mistake, in which case I don\u2019t know what to tell you.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n