CeeJay
Member
It' sad that there are so many people who disregard games as GOTY material simply because they don't have a good story. This is GAMES that we are talking about not movies... The one thing that sets any game apart from a movie or a book is that they are playable, to be a game it has to be playable. Yet when it comes to GOTY awards all of a sudden that number one most important differentiator goes out the window and we all of a sudden have to have narrative, story, interesting and deep characters.
To first be nominated for GOTY a game should first be the best in its own genre by some margin. Then each game judged by how it excels in the context of the genre it's in, how much of a technical and genre defining experience and by how much it moves that genre forward. The game that is strongest using these markers is the GOTY.
Games should be celebrated and given accolades for what they are, GAMES! Not given the accolades because they are the most like other mediums of entertainment they are trying to copy.
To first be nominated for GOTY a game should first be the best in its own genre by some margin. Then each game judged by how it excels in the context of the genre it's in, how much of a technical and genre defining experience and by how much it moves that genre forward. The game that is strongest using these markers is the GOTY.
Games should be celebrated and given accolades for what they are, GAMES! Not given the accolades because they are the most like other mediums of entertainment they are trying to copy.