Why would Jez and Windows Central have that authority? Also, Jez loves pokemon. So if he discredits xbox gamers he's taking pokemon lovers with him.
Pokemon fans don't need this to be discredited lol
I'm a big Pokemon fan
Why would Jez and Windows Central have that authority? Also, Jez loves pokemon. So if he discredits xbox gamers he's taking pokemon lovers with him.
The Oscars are worst than The Game Award but whateverWe need to stop making The Game Awards the Oscars of the games industry, or we risk giving them more weight than they deserve, like we do with the Oscars. Articles like this don't help.
The Game Awards exists solely as an excuse for publishers to show off new stuff, not to give out awards. The awards are the kale salad of the ceremony that we slowly pick at while getting multiple helpings of [insert favorite food here]. To take them seriously is a mistake.
Think about it. If a game has two major components (narrative/story, and gameplay loop) and another has one major component (gameplay loop), and the gameplay loop is the same between games in both categories (say, R&C and FH5), why would the game with two components NOT be the one to get nominated?
It does seem a bit odd to me that Forza didn't get nominated, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. The Game Awards is hype machine trash.
I think there is a fair conversation regarding how some genres will seemingly never be able to obtain the GOTY award (let alone a nomination) due to being seen as more niche or not cinematic enough (like fighting games, strategy games, turn based RPGs, etc) but this is a bad look on Jez if I'm being honest
True, caring this much about it is wierd in itself. Even if he has a point.It does seem a bit odd to me that Forza didn't get nominated, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. The Game Awards is hype machine trash.
This sort of reaction is discrediting the xbox gaming community.
We need to stop making The Game Awards the Oscars of the games industry, or we risk giving them more weight than they deserve, like we do with the Oscars. Articles like this don't help.
The Game Awards exists solely as an excuse for publishers to show off new stuff, not to give out awards. The awards are the kale salad of the ceremony that we slowly pick at while getting multiple helpings of [insert favorite food here]. To take them seriously is a mistake.
Gamers should also have at least an equal voting weight with journalists since it is ultimately gamers who vote with their wallets on this stuff.
I'll bet you half the reason 12 minutes was nominated was cause of it's star power.
This is my takeDoes Forza deserve some recognition? Certainly.
Are the Game Awards nominations a good barometer of any actual merit? Fuck no.
Is this article extremely overdramatic? Definitely.
This is putting way too much stock into what amounts to an extremely crass and corny ad block that we succumb to every year.
There is a difference between saying "my favorite game was snubbed" and saying "this entire industry is biased, flawed, shit etc. because my favorite game wasn't nominated". And it's even worse when it's said by someone who actually reviews/covers games.I don't think people complaining about award shows (whether it's games, movies, or music) is going away anytime soon. There often are biases towards certain genres there (see how Hip Hop artists and Grammy's).
I'm good with just paying the awards any mind though.
Id agree 100% but... Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart got nominated for GOTY as well. Which is basically exactly as you say - same as before but in higher fidelity (ok, and portals that are rather limited in scope)The hyperbole around this game is insufferable. It is the same game as several others before it, but with higher fidelity. Is it the strongest at what it does? Sure, I'll give you that. Does it advance the medium in any single way? Absolutely not.
This sort of reaction is discrediting the xbox gaming community.
Not sure I understand, the pc version was supposed to good? Or did you miss that it said pc in the title in your haste to post something negative?
Agreed. If we are going to make this case, then NBA 2K and other sports games etc, should be in these same conversations since those games also rate very high in the 90's. This is only an issue because this is an Xbox exclusive and that's it.
Well. The BP nomination only happened recently. Things change. Movies in the MCU generally doesn't review as well as Forza Horizon anyways with most of its movies ranging from average to good. There's like a handful of MCU movies that had a slight chance of getting nominated. The comparison was flawed to begin with.Shocked about R n C, not about the others.
Using Black Panther...like its in a long line of Marvel movies that get nominated for Best Picture....isnt as good as you think. I would clearly call that an outlier.
Like I said earlier...like Marvel movies.... I woulda been shocked if FH5 did get the nom.
This is bullshit and you know it.
Sports games were absolutely in the conversation as early as the 2000s and Madden even won during the Spike TV awards of 2003 or 2004 lol