Look at the number of awards counted in each year - it couldn't possibly win more. It won a higher percentage of them than TLOU though, which is more impressive.
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GOTY Picks Blog has declared Zelda: Breath of the Wild "The Big Winner of 2017"
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Odyssey was my GOTY followed by Nier probably now that I've finished it. Congrats to Zelda tho.
Shallow or not, the gameplay in Horizon is a lot more consistent and enjoyable than in AC Origins, and in my opinion gameplay is a lot more important than depth in RPG mechanics. Quality over quantity, any day for me.
Those outlets aren't counted. These are All-Format GOTY Awards Only.
hmmmmm, me personally I liked bow combat in AC origins a lot more than HZD. I just felt it had that oomph when you nail the head shot and see dudes whole health bard disappear . It just felt more satisfying
Seriously? I had that same "ooomph" with multiple things in HZD. For example, when i'm hitting specific parts of the machines while they were moving, or shooting an elemental arrow in the elemental tube in the machine and waiting it to explode. Yeah, i played both games, and didn't find anything remotely "oomph" like that in AC Origins, but both games are fun though.
I feel like this counts so many little blogs and youtube channels that you might as well count every random forum user's opinion. Still impressive for Zelda.
I might see that when talking about machines , sure . But fighting humans and clearing out camps felt pretty mediocre
Last of Us went up against GTA V though, one of the most critically acclaimed, well recieved, highest selling and frankly best games of all time. Horizon, Persona etc might be great games or franchises, but they're no GTA.
BotW faced off against Odyssey.
Ultimately, the winners of 2013 and 2017 had very stiff competition.
Well, luckily enough, humans are not that important in HZD, while it's the main kind of enemy you will find in AC Origins, and in my opinion, both games handled them pretty mediocrely, when you focus only in the bow combat, at least. There is nothing worse than have an enemy pursuing you with an arrow in his forehead.
Too bad it fell behind Witcher 3 in terms of percentage. It had a big advantage for a while. It's my GOAT, and I think it will be remembered as a highly influential game in 10 years.
Looking at the awards, it does seem like it had a harder time winning in places where PS4 is completely dominant. I mean, yeah, they only count multi-platform awards, and yeah, PS4 is winning everywhere, but those foreign, particularly European and Latin American sites seemed to award GOTY to Zelda at a lower rate than the US and Canada.
Looking at the awards, it does seem like it had a harder time winning in places where PS4 is completely dominant. I mean, yeah, they only count multi-platform awards, and yeah, PS4 is winning everywhere, but those foreign, particularly European and Latin American sites seemed to award GOTY to Zelda at a lower rate than the US and Canada.
Only by 1% tho, both games can be seen as best as best in their particular sub genres
Damn, there was quite a drop off in the number of awards from 2016 to 2017 but, at the very least, Zelda took a huge chunk of them. Pretty impressive and nice to see my own GOTY walk away with the most wins for once :P
More to do with there being less awards last year than anything else. Percentage wise, it's very close to The Witcher 3
i don't know if it will be influential..the ubisoft formula seems to have a firm grasp on the open world genre..and the kind of open choice gameplay that botw champions also needs a LOT of playtesting and development time to be nailed..something that i don't think most of the other software houses are willing to do.
and it's a shame, especially since open choices were basically what open world was invented for and what it became famous for...it was mind blowing for a gamer when in games like gta3 you were able to use creative solutions like parking a truck in front of a wall and climb on it to go over said wall,but then it quickly mutated in what we have now as a template, an endless map full of icons and a series of isolated activities you drive from and to,with nothing much that innovated in terms of open gameplay.
there were some games like red fation guerrilla and its destructible environments that tried to shake the genre,but they lacked the polish.
Because it's a great open world game in its own right?
Because Horizon is more even and consistent in quality than Zelda, despite not having a 3 decade franchise name behind it?
Nier was my personal GotY for 2017 but Horizon was number 2, and I own/played BotW. HZD had a higher quality throughout even if it wasn't terribly innovative; lower highs than Zelda but higher lows, if that makes sense. IMO it didn't earn enough Game of the Year honors. It's underrated. A shame, really.
Yes, the fact that sites X, Y, and Z weren't counted this year, but were in Witcher's year, really shows how much better of a game it is than Zelda, which couldn't even will enough awards into existence.
TLOU was against GTA V which won 160 awards though. Anyway i don't see the point of these comparison. Almost all GOTY are amazing games and each year is a different story.
Congrats to Horizon being #2 it had so much stacked against it even now. So glad 2017 is finally over and we can focus on quality for goty again.
Yeah it's hard to forget how bad it plays...
Seriously now, there's little point in discuss which game winned more GOTYs or even the percentage, because every year has different competition.
The real metric is how influential will this games become during the next years.
I'm a "gameplay-first" kind of gamer, and it was long since the last time my personal GOTY is also the most voted by the critics, so I'm kind of happy that a game that's focused on gameplay instead of story and graphics can be still well recieved as the greatest of the year in 2017.
biggest win since Witcher 3
whew
well deserved. in a year as amazing as 2017 that BotW was the clear front runner is a hell of an accomplishment, especially since these GotY picks came well after the game released so it's not like the launch hype was coloring people's opinions. crazy stuff.
whew
well deserved. in a year as amazing as 2017 that BotW was the clear front runner is a hell of an accomplishment, especially since these GotY picks came well after the game released so it's not like the launch hype was coloring people's opinions. crazy stuff.
I'm kinda surprised that the Zelda and Mario split is so lopsided towards Zelda. I'm also surprised that Horizon beat Mario.
Zelda lost its percentage share compared to Witcher 3 because of all the outlets from smaller countries voting for Horizon. A PS4 game is played the world over, especially in south east Asia and latin America. Nintendo doesn't have a strong presence there. So you can blame Nintendo for the slightly less impressive percentage.
edit: You guys need to try a bit harder with the "oh wow it didn't come close to TLOU".
edit: You guys need to try a bit harder with the "oh wow it didn't come close to TLOU".
It honestly probably would've if there were the same amount given out.
It has a higher percentage
And BOTW had the likes of Mario, Horizon, Nier, Persona, etc. Smaller games but still critically acclaimed and games that had some pull
True, true, but I was only pointing out that that would have been more difficult since there are less GOTY awards, like by a lot. It doesn't invalidate the acclaim that any of the games got, it just can't be a one to one comparison
Oh don't worry, a Western game is guaranteed to win GOTY this year, like pretty much every year
Higher than the TLOU but not The Witcher 3. It'd beat out the former but the latter is less likely
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They've slowed down a lot so I don't see that happening, as nice as that'd be. There just seems to less awards for last year. I'm guessing YouTubers and other influencers made it hard for smaller game sites to compete
I'm at 250+ hours in BotW, saw this video linked on Reddit today - and I didn't know about half of the things described in this video. The shield jump...?
Yeah, there's a depth to a lot of Nintendo games that you rarely if ever find elsewhere.
Every time Zelda wins an award, or someone praises it, it gives my life meaning. If enough people give it awards so that it surpasses some other game, then basically I reach nirvana.
You seem pretty bent out of shape that people like Zelda or want it to win more awards. Might wanna step away from the keyboard for a bit
Eh, it's not really but as a fan of the game I wish it could've. Would've been really cool
How will that solve anything? If I walk away from my keyboard, people will still like Zelda.