Every review was along the lines of ‘good first hour, the rest was bland and boring’. Not really GOTY material.
Every review was along the lines of ‘good first hour, the rest was bland and boring’. Not really GOTY material.
Any defense of a piece of media that cites sales numbers should result in forced reeducation. My son you have become the brand, repent and return to humanity
It came out the same year as Baldur's Gate 3, Tears of the Kingdom, and Armored Core VI. There was no way it was going to be recognized.
It's not nominated because people and critics are tired of the same open world pseudo RPG game. Same reason Starfield did not get nominated. Look at the nominations:
- Alan Wake 2 (survival horror)
- Baldur's Gate 3 (a proper RPG)
- Spider Man 2 (it's Spiderman, simply flying around the city is fun)
- Resident Evil 4 (remake of legendary survival horror game)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (it's super Mario)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (it's Zelda).
The only game there that could fit in the "open world pseudo RPG" genre is Zelda, but it's usually so well made and executed as a Zelda game that most people don't really care. People will play a Zelda game no matter the genre.
The "audience they create the show for" forgot this game exists like a month after release.
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imagine thinking that a triple A video game connected to one of the most profitable media franchises of all time doesn't already have the largest spotlight imaginable. i guarantee that my mother is aware that shit exists.
I'll put it like this. I have a very insufferably liberal friend (a 'rah rah Ukraine' 'Russian jets are a joke, I know because of articles and DCS world') that I play games with because he's a soft-boi who I like playing games with even if I don't like his politics.
Naturally, he was very excited about Harry Potter coming out. And yet, he gushed about the game for about a week after it came out and I haven't heard dick about it since. It's a mediocre game, at best.
You wave a stick, speak shitty Latin, and magic happens. I know it sounds great on paper (no it doesn't) but tell me what they give you that any Elder Scrolls game doesn't? Because it's sure as shit not a good story.
Yeah even without the Harry Potter license, it's the same kind of Ubisoft sandbox game that gets made a dozen times per year. Uninspired busy work game largely meant to sell nostalgia to wistful millennials. Was anyone really expecting it to go down as a masterpiece?
The Game Awards
How many levels of made-up bullshit are we even on anymore? I want to hear this person's take on the ESPYs.
Sterile neoliberal imaginary game lol
I don't think I've heard anyone talk about it since it's release.
Deserves. What a funny word.
We have to protect our politics! By, you know... not nominating a video game for awards it doesn't deserve.
The game didn't look worth my time and still doesn't but why do so many people in this thread have such a strong opinion on the gameplay of a game they've never played? Like it makes sense to boycott Rowling-adjacent stuff, but that really doesn't look like what's being said here. We've got a big discussion on how a game is not fun and has terrible mechanics by people who haven't really touched it. Why is this such a common theme for any sort of video game discussion anywhere online?
The best part about this entirely manufactured, fake outrage is that it will be over in less then a week. After that, we won't ever have to think about it again.
Even the conservatives know this is a dead horse and no one actually cares, they just have to go through the motions because they don't have another gaming-related controversy this year. What were they gonna go off on? Starfield Pronouns? That was an even bigger nothing. I think they would love to go after BG3 for gay stuff and whatnot, but they know that wouldn't fly because everyone likes the game.
insane loser shit to equal financial success with worthy of awards
