Not even nominated as GOTY ?

[Hangman]

What do you think about it ? especially that this this Star Wars junk game is nominated many times and some Robot indie that nobody even heard about

[space]

i don't really care, these "awards" mean nothing

[Jacob]

Originally posted by space:

i don't really care, these "awards" mean nothing

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[puppet74]

to not even get a spot for goty but a dlc to an already goty winner does? Show is a joke.

[Krush]

I enjoyed my time with SM2.... That said, I never expected it to be in contention for GOTY in the least.

[Mlg_Emhyr]

The game awards are fake af. They mean nothing.

[XTS]

Exactly, it's facts like this that make the game awards or even steam awards no credibility jokes - Space marine II is one of the best games I have played in years.

[VIGIL]

When Astro is in every category but games like SM2 are completely overlooked, something has gone wrong (or very right, if TGA are in it for the money). It's essentially a large advertising campaign, bought and paid for.

[MetsaSketch]

Keighley* and TGA have always been a bad joke and a wart on the arse of gaming, You shouldn't care if it's not in when the whole thing is a rigged mess of bought awards and pandering.

[Padds]

well they dont matter, but this isnt anything close to goty. as a game its extremely mid, the shooting and melee are v basic. it has sizzle for sure those qte's really do have nice canned animations. it has the feels and atmosphere in spades, but actual gameplay not so much.

[Gamefever]

Game Of the Year Awards are a controlled party.

You only get to invited if you tow the party line.

[Anatolius]

Btw how did Balatro get nominated as goty???
Sure, it's fun little game, but it's just a weird roguelite poker game with no lore or anything.

[sleepgood]

Look at who is affiliated with the game awards this year and you will understand. DEI.

[AonGreyFox]

I'm not surprise to be honest. SM2 is fun and addictive, but have too many flaw to get GOTY, way too many. Many thing in SM2 is also barebone.

[Haggis]

Award shows have never been about talent or quality. Award shows are always about a bunch of hangers on who have been given positions out of nepotism or because of politics, who pat each other on the back and say how great they are.

It turns out that majority of regular journalism is exactly the same thing. Positions in academia are the same. Government positions too.

The good news is that their stranglehold on public-outreach has been broken, and while they still have a shred of authority left over from before the internet took off; the vast majority of people see them as pretentious ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, and their opinions as less than worthless. By that I mean, when they say something is good, I assume it's bad. When they say something is bad, I assume it's good. It doesn't matter if this is them talking about the new star wars movie, the effects of immigration, the effects of tariffs, the dangers of covid, or which video game they feel is the best of the year. They are wrong, and have been proven to be consistently wrong every single time over the last couple of decades. At this point if you still pay attention to them, you're the idiot.

Ignore them. Let them die. Sometimes they pretend to give us a modicum of influence with surveys and polls, but never trust these. Ever since the music industry was exposed it has delegitimised democracy in my eyes. If you weren't aware, there have always been financial backers that have bought the first million or so copies of an album or a track to boost its visibility and put it into the mainstream conscious; usually the artist has to make a deal with them to achieve this, for instance that the backer gains publishing rights, or a share of future sales, or that they have to work with them in the future. They still do this, but they also use bot farms to artificially push songs on streaming platforms like spotify.

If you think it works any differently with video games, twitch channels, 'liked' articles on facebook/twitter, or even with voting; you're naive.

The internet has given us the potential for true freedom, but we must be aware of the deceivers and simply ignore them. I could not care less about them telling us that some dogcrap game is great, especially while no one buys it, and everyone flocks to this "8/10" masterpiece.

[EvilJoshy]

Considering all the technical difficulties I still have with this game, I'd never vote for it. Triple AAA games like this should never launch in this state.