Fire Emblem and DMCV are the most notable ones (they're probably number 1 and 2 respectively on my GOTY list), but Luigi's Mansion 3 getting robbed feels downright insulting when Mario Odyssey got nominated in 2017, despite LM3's gameplay and puzzles having the depth Odyssey wished it had.
Of all the games snubbed for TGA's GOTY nominations, which is the most egregious?
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All the ones nominated are better RPGs than FE3H. I'm gonna guess that's why. It's more a strategy game than a RPG.
Disco Elysium and Ace Combat 7 for me. For what I've heard of Gears 5, that's a weird omission as well.
Those poll options are just as bad as the nominations themselves.
For me I think the lack of Outer Wilds shows that TGA's are more of a popularity contest than anything. Well, other than a series of adverts of course.
For me I think the lack of Outer Wilds shows that TGA's are more of a popularity contest than anything. Well, other than a series of adverts of course.
Outer Wilds
Also stop trying to make Days Gone happen, I liked that game more than critics but it's not a great game overall, it's great in part but also highly derivative.
Also stop trying to make Days Gone happen, I liked that game more than critics but it's not a great game overall, it's great in part but also highly derivative.
Disco Elysium is so overlooked that it didn't even make this poll. PC-only games may as well not even exist to the console world unless they're multiplayer games which have potential to land on consoles one day.
I really want to see if the hate for Bethesda is strong enough that it can push Outer Worlds to win some awards.
Feels like half the praise is it's an FU to Bethesda and 76.
Feels like half the praise is it's an FU to Bethesda and 76.
I don't care if they are expansions, Shadowbringers and Iceborne. Best two things released this year by a large margin. Out of those listed? Days Gone.
The formula is popular and it's well executed. Yes, the game isn't particularily deep but that's also true of Bethesthas output. It's not like Fallout 3 or Skyrim are doing much that outer worlds isn't (exept for having a bigger budget and thus, a bigger world).
It don't see a conspiracy to spite Bethestha here, just a popular formula being popular. It's not like Obsidian is new to that kind of game either. They've been sucessful with it before.
From the poll, FE3H, but i really wanted to vote Disco Elysium.
Bethesda can fuck themselves over on their own just fine. Maybe people just actually enjoy more choice driven, dialogue heavy rpgs? No, that cannot be. Its all a conspiracy.
Bethesda can fuck themselves over on their own just fine. Maybe people just actually enjoy more choice driven, dialogue heavy rpgs? No, that cannot be. Its all a conspiracy.
Personally, A Plague Tale.
From that poll, DMC5 (lol Days Gone being on it)
From what I'd guess based on the zeitgeist that surrounded it, Disco Elysium.
From that poll, DMC5 (lol Days Gone being on it)
From what I'd guess based on the zeitgeist that surrounded it, Disco Elysium.
Disco Elysium, no contest.
It doesn't even count as OP's "snubbed games" criteria, despite being the 2nd best rated game of the year.
It doesn't even count as OP's "snubbed games" criteria, despite being the 2nd best rated game of the year.
The formula is more what I'm taking aim at, more than a conspiracy.
Outer Worlds itself is nothing new, there's nothing particularly ambitious about it, it doesn't seem GOTY worthy going on what I've read about it.
I just see that it seems to get that extra praise because Bethesda has messed up Fallout the past few years with 4 and 76 and people are wanting Bethesda to take note.
the 9 nominations for Death Stranding didn't leave any room
Literally every game that's well done with this formula was in talks for GOTY exept New Vegas and that's because that game was super broken at release (even Fallout 4 won stuff)
Aside from "linear action game with high production values" the Bioware/Bethestha formula has von the most GOTY's this past two decades.
it was eligible but since no reviewer had enough time to play it at that point, it didn't get nominated.
And because it was eligible this year, it's not going to be eligible next year.
No.
It's PC only btw.
