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  • Last year the nominations for Best Narrative were:

    • Alan Wake 2
    • Baldur’s Gate 3
    • Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
    • Final Fantasy XVI
    • Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

    On my local digital shop front Phantom Liberty was au$45 while Spider-Man was au$125. Should Phantom Liberty be given an advantage because it is priced at only 36% of its competition? I feel like those commercial value considerations might be appropriate for a review but for an annual Best Narrative award I want it to go to the Narrative that is actually Best.

    That said if they added a best value in gaming award I would would be happy for them to consider games or hardware that offer significantly more value than their price would imply.



  • The Game Awards aims to recognize the best creative and technical work each year, irrespective of the format of that content’s release. Expansion packs, new game seasons, DLCs, remakes and remasters are eligible in all categories, if the jury deems the new creative and technical work to be worthy of a nomination. Factors such as the newness of the content and its price/value should be taken into consideration.

    https://thegameawards.com/faq

    Its a bit weird but I can understand their starting argument that they are reviewing works on their creative and technical merits (the actual format is incidental) but then they shoot it all down by saying price/value is taken into consideration.













  • Franchises and ensemble casts really skew those results. So in the end it basically just comes down to “who was part of one or more large franchises” (primarily marvel), which to me is not that interesting.

    True.

    If memory serves the harry potter kids were in the top 5 based on those films alone. Then Depp took the crown when the pirates of the caribbean sequels did well. Now its just ranking the MCU group by who has stuck around the longest.