The Game Awards 2023
13-Nov-23 1:17pm
#1 TalonJedi87
Voting is now open. Lots of good selections in a great year of gaming!!!
https://thegameaward...
#1 TalonJedi87
Voting is now open. Lots of good selections in a great year of gaming!!!
https://thegameaward...
13-Nov-23 5:04pm
#2 benstylus
I am fundamentally opposed to game awards decided by popular vote. The award for popularity is called "sales;" you don't need a trophy to go with that.
Game awards (like most others) should be decided by people who know the industry inside and out. Once you have a certain number of years of professional experience working in the industry (maybe 10+ years?), whether as a designer, programmer, artist, producer, or even potentially a journalist, only then do you become eligible to vote.
#2 benstylus
I am fundamentally opposed to game awards decided by popular vote. The award for popularity is called "sales;" you don't need a trophy to go with that.
Game awards (like most others) should be decided by people who know the industry inside and out. Once you have a certain number of years of professional experience working in the industry (maybe 10+ years?), whether as a designer, programmer, artist, producer, or even potentially a journalist, only then do you become eligible to vote.
13-Nov-23 5:17pm
#5 Feeb
If there were awards for most impressive coding etc I’d agree with you. It doesn’t take a skill set to vote for esports coach of the year or best voice actor etc.
#5 Feeb
If there were awards for most impressive coding etc I’d agree with you. It doesn’t take a skill set to vote for esports coach of the year or best voice actor etc.
13-Nov-23 5:44pm
#6 benstylus
Feeb wrote:
If there were awards for most impressive coding etc I’d agree with you. It doesn’t take a skill set to vote for esports coach of the year or best voice actor etc.
Is there really a group of people who thinks an award for best esports coach of the year is something that anyone cares about? Or are they just stretching so their awards show can go longer?
That's like having an award for "best movie theater manager" or "best Gamestop location" or something.
Even so, I would guess that the vast majority of gamers have no concept of what makes an esports coach exceptional. Other than a win/loss record or something, in which case you don't need to vote because it's a mathematical process at that point. And even if they do have ideas on what makes a good coach, how many gamers can name multiple esports coaches and what makes them different?
And as far as best voice actor goes, maybe it doesn't take a great skill set to know when someone nails a role, but I think reserving the privilege of voting to dedicated industry veterans is still acceptable.
I would love to see an award for "least buggy game at launch".
#6 benstylus
Feeb wrote:
If there were awards for most impressive coding etc I’d agree with you. It doesn’t take a skill set to vote for esports coach of the year or best voice actor etc.
Is there really a group of people who thinks an award for best esports coach of the year is something that anyone cares about? Or are they just stretching so their awards show can go longer?
That's like having an award for "best movie theater manager" or "best Gamestop location" or something.
Even so, I would guess that the vast majority of gamers have no concept of what makes an esports coach exceptional. Other than a win/loss record or something, in which case you don't need to vote because it's a mathematical process at that point. And even if they do have ideas on what makes a good coach, how many gamers can name multiple esports coaches and what makes them different?
And as far as best voice actor goes, maybe it doesn't take a great skill set to know when someone nails a role, but I think reserving the privilege of voting to dedicated industry veterans is still acceptable.
I would love to see an award for "least buggy game at launch".
13-Nov-23 5:49pm
#7 Feeb
No argument there. These awards are a farce.
I just voted for / against games I’ve never even played.
#7 Feeb
No argument there. These awards are a farce.
I just voted for / against games I’ve never even played.
13-Nov-23 6:02pm
#10 benstylus
Feeb wrote:
They really want Alan wake 2 to win an award.
Game that the most people thought really should have been released physically but wasn't because reasons.
Sponsored by LRG and the winner gets the game made into an overpriced physical release
#10 benstylus
Feeb wrote:
They really want Alan wake 2 to win an award.
Game that the most people thought really should have been released physically but wasn't because reasons.
Sponsored by LRG and the winner gets the game made into an overpriced physical release
13-Nov-23 6:53pm
#11 TalonJedi87
I am playing Alan Wake 2 now and while I am really enjoying it I don’t think it deserves to win or even be nominated for a GOTY. Let’s reserve that title for like Baldur’s Gate III.
#11 TalonJedi87
I am playing Alan Wake 2 now and while I am really enjoying it I don’t think it deserves to win or even be nominated for a GOTY. Let’s reserve that title for like Baldur’s Gate III.
13-Nov-23 7:49pm
#13 Anxiouz
It's basically the same few games in nearly every category. There's so little variety.
#13 Anxiouz
It's basically the same few games in nearly every category. There's so little variety.
13-Nov-23 8:20pm
#15 Archer
Anxiouz wrote:
It's basically the same few games in nearly every category. There's so little variety.
The whole thing is just a one big circle jerk.
#15 Archer
Anxiouz wrote:
It's basically the same few games in nearly every category. There's so little variety.
The whole thing is just a one big circle jerk.
13-Nov-23 8:35pm
#16 PizzaTheHutt
benstylus wrote:
I would love to see an award for "least buggy game at launch".
I was just thinking something similar earlier today. On Friday, Super Mario Bros. Wonder will be one month old and is still on version 1.0.0, meaning there hasn't been a single patch for it, day one or otherwise. How many other games from 2023 can say that?
#16 PizzaTheHutt
benstylus wrote:
I would love to see an award for "least buggy game at launch".
I was just thinking something similar earlier today. On Friday, Super Mario Bros. Wonder will be one month old and is still on version 1.0.0, meaning there hasn't been a single patch for it, day one or otherwise. How many other games from 2023 can say that?
13-Nov-23 9:03pm
#17 Anxiouz
Yeah, but to be fair there were some reports saying that they had no fixed period of time to make the game. So they had as much time as they wanted to polish it. How many other games can you say that about?
#17 Anxiouz
Yeah, but to be fair there were some reports saying that they had no fixed period of time to make the game. So they had as much time as they wanted to polish it. How many other games can you say that about?
13-Nov-23 9:13pm
#18 Orlandu
It's bizarre that a shipped functioning product is the exception rather than the rule.
#18 Orlandu
It's bizarre that a shipped functioning product is the exception rather than the rule.
13-Nov-23 9:17pm
#19 benstylus
Anxiouz wrote:
Yeah, but to be fair there were some reports saying that they had no fixed period of time to make the game. So they had as much time as they wanted to polish it. How many other games can you say that about?
That tells me more companies need to be taking a page out of Nintendo's playbook then, and putting out a quality game instead of relying on patches and season passes to make it acceptable
#19 benstylus
Anxiouz wrote:
Yeah, but to be fair there were some reports saying that they had no fixed period of time to make the game. So they had as much time as they wanted to polish it. How many other games can you say that about?
That tells me more companies need to be taking a page out of Nintendo's playbook then, and putting out a quality game instead of relying on patches and season passes to make it acceptable
14-Nov-23 4:03pm
#20 benstylus
Let's bring the conversation back to this thread. Why let kommie have the popular one instead of talonjedi?
#20 benstylus
Let's bring the conversation back to this thread. Why let kommie have the popular one instead of talonjedi?
14-Nov-23 5:28pm
#21 benstylus
Orlandu wrote:
benstylus wrote:> Orlandu wrote: |>> I wish they would add a best short game award. I feel like the smaller games tend |>> to be overlooked in favor of the lengthy epic stuff.> > There are always the annual gtz awards that we haven't done yet this year > > I'll have to check that out. Feels like I haven't played much this year, so I probably missed some good stuff.
Someone usually makes a thread in mid December.
#21 benstylus
Orlandu wrote:
benstylus wrote:> Orlandu wrote: |>> I wish they would add a best short game award. I feel like the smaller games tend |>> to be overlooked in favor of the lengthy epic stuff.> > There are always the annual gtz awards that we haven't done yet this year > > I'll have to check that out. Feels like I haven't played much this year, so I probably missed some good stuff.
Someone usually makes a thread in mid December.
The Game Awards 2023