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Robin @robinhearts11/13/2023, 7:27 PM

Lizstar @Lizstar

Lizstar @Lizstar11/13/2023, 7:03 PM

I have many, many, MANY problems with game of the year award shows. But one of the ones bothering me looking at THIS image of all the games nominated for GOTY at the Game Awards is Recency Bias.

Three of these games came out within the last month. Five came out after May. The only one released before May is prolly the weakest choice here (RE4, sorry RE4 fans). You're tellin' me there was NOTHING within the first six months worthy of nomination? Or are you only thinking that cause these are the big games RIGHT now, and therefore best for profit?

#The Game Awards #goty

Lizstar @Lizstar11/13/2023, 7:11 PM

More ranting about GOTY awards

Oh no my switch is flipped.

Another annoying as shit thing about this is that all the shows are happening in early November. Y'all, we have 1/6th of the year left. So literally the way that this is going, is that every year, you have an award show that only celebrates four months, because the first six months were too long ago, and we NEVER celebrate games that come out in november and december, because we have our year end lists too fucking early. Whyyyyy

Some of the BEST GAMES of last year were in the final few months. SIGNALIS. Teenage Exocolonist. But they got no love for the dumbest fucking reasons.

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@aune11/13/2023, 7:05 PM

Cassette Beasts deserves attention

Lizstar @Lizstar11/13/2023, 7:07 PM

Agreed. I can think of a bunch of games that came out in the first half that are better than some of the games here, but they're indie games, so they'd never get the same spotlight.

Coda @Codarobo11/13/2023, 7:07 PM

It feels like it would be easier and make a lot more sense to just have the awards show in like, january, and consider all games released in the prior calendar year..

Coda @Codarobo11/13/2023, 7:10 PM

that of course would also require awards shows to be something other than commercials, so I realize I'm asking a lot here

Your dad on the internet @ravingsockmonkey11/13/2023, 8:38 PM

You mentioning the whole thing being commercials made it really hit for me that the reason of the timing is the holiday sales spike. Which sucks because an awards show should be about genuinely awarding good games, not just bumping up xmas sales for already big releases.

Ohhhhh... THAT Raptor!@Raptor11/14/2023, 4:17 AM

It would then make it more like other yearly awards, even for media, encompassing the entire year in question. Like the ones that bother with a veneer of respectability.

But most everything other than the IDGAs and GDCAs are just there to pump sales for Capitalismas, because the vast majority of games media, awards inclusive, are functionally captured arms of the marketing departments.

Ohhhhh... THAT Raptor!@Raptor11/14/2023, 4:21 AM

Video games are not art, they're products, toys even. 🙃

Demerine, fae-touched witch @Demerine11/13/2023, 7:16 PM

It takes a lot to say "but theatrhythm" here, but really this is just a way for AAA developers to pat themselves on the back and try to sell more units.

But also Astrea might be a brilliant rebuild of the deck building genre and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk definitely came out this summer and is the nostalgia bomb of the year for a lot of folk (not me, I got a star ocean).

Options abound, and are better than the disappointment of Tears of the Kingdom, the "other platforming teams already did this but with less polish" that is Wonder, or "wait did Alan Wake need a sequel?" here. BG3 is a worthy nominee at the least.

@gkrnours11/13/2023, 8:05 PM

wait, thers is an akan wake 2?

Lizstar @Lizstar11/13/2023, 8:07 PM

Came out october 27th not even a month old

💜 ʀɪxᴋᴇʏ 💜@rixkey11/14/2023, 2:05 AM

where is armored core 6 man fuck

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Juniper Bug @JuniperTheory11/13/2023, 7:15 PM

instead we got indie studios making indie games like "nexon korea"

Ohhhhh... THAT Raptor!@Raptor11/14/2023, 4:19 AM

Just a tiny indie company that has revenue in the billions (USD).

Alex Rhys @robinandcat11/13/2023, 8:40 PM

Resident Evil 4 wasn’t even the best AAA horror game remake of the year. Dead Space came out in January.

The Game Awards only exist for commercials and getting video game fans irrationally upset. And every year it gets me, too. Still got a sore spot for the No More Heroes 3 soundtrack snub.

Lizstar @Lizstar11/13/2023, 9:25 PM

Agree 100% with dead space. I dunno if I'm "upset", just... annoyed lol

But this is why I do my own award show every year, near new year's, called the Gobbies.

Alex Rhys @robinandcat11/13/2023, 9:44 PM

Maybe “upset” is too strong a word. But it certainly causes me more frustration than I should allow it.

I trust The Gobbies. A lot less Al Pacino’s on stage asking “what’s a video game?” at your show.

Lizstar @Lizstar11/13/2023, 10:05 PM

I regret to admit if I could get Al Pacino for my award show I would, though itd be entirely ironic

Alex Rhys @robinandcat11/13/2023, 10:20 PM

Well…as long as it’s ironic…

Pix @pixxyofice11/14/2023, 4:16 AM

hi-fi rush is elsewhere on the game awards but also like deserved to be game of the year! or at least nominated for it! mario wonder came out SUPER recently right like... that's not game of the year.... that's game of a month...

Serbaayuu @Serbaayuu11/14/2023, 12:11 PM

Caring about the official GOTY has been a mistake for a long time and every year it's proven why. The bests rarely get nominated because by their nature as niche titles they don't have mass appeal.

Dropbear @dropbear11/14/2023, 12:46 PM

FFXVI is the obvious missing one (and Starfield), but Hi-Fi Rush, Armoured Core, Lies of P and Street Fighter 6 are also big misses. And there's three or four indies that would have snuck in any other year (Cassette Beasts, Dave the Diver, Slay the Princess).

Oh and Diablo 4 if they didn't explode in a huge ball of GaaS.