Game of the year nominees are:

  • Astro Bot
  • Balatro
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Metaphor: Refantazio

Yes, DLCs are included in categories. Kind of ridiculous TBH.

21 points

How can Shadow of ErdTree be a contender for game of the year when it’s a DLC/expansion pack?

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It’s bigger than lots of full games and has a proper beginning/middle/end. In the old days, it would have just been a sequel.

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I love Elden Ring, but a lot of the asset work on making a game is done for the devs when they go to work on DLC. Not sure if its right to compare with games that had to make a full game from scratch. Haven’t played shadow of the erdtree yet though, maybe it is transformative.

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Assets get reused all the time. Elden Ring base game is reusing assets from Sekiro and Dark Souls 3. I haven’t played Rebirth but I’m pretty sure it’s also reusing assets from the previous Final Fantasy remake.

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Asset reuse happens all the time even between sequels.

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They adjusted the rules this year I believe, they now allow DLCs in GOTY, and also things like new seasons to games. It is dumb, and I personally think it removes what little credibility the game awards had(which wasn’t a lot to me).

Will catch up on all the adverts that are if interest the next day.

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Because you can game it?

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No Satisfactory, V Rising, Core Keeper, Throne and Liberty in any of the categories. Probably because they did not pay to get into the list. But we got remake of Silen Hill 2 in many of them and a DLC as GOTY. Sony will win because they bought the contest after Concord flop or dude from Balatro because he poker played all his earnings to make his dreams come true.

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Lmao

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9 points

One of these is not like the other…

Kinda rooting for it to win

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Balatro?

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I meant Balatro, yes. Didn’t play it (didn’t play the others either hah) but would be interesting to see it win. And I hear it’s quite good

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I would imagine Astro Bot and Balatro would have to be the frontrunners given their reception and popularity.

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Balatro really look like clown in that list.

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