Rei no Otaku
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Well deserved. It's my GOTY and I'm still playing it.
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Dragon Age: Inquisition wins DICE 2015 GOTY
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Mordor winning Best Story and Best Character is far, far more offensive to me than Destiny winning anything.
It's trash-tier LOTR fan-fiction and possibly Troy Baker's least inspired performance in recent memory.
Deified Data
Banned
I have pity for people who get caught up in these things.
Not liking a game I can understand, but seeing a game win an award and letting it ruin your day is just weird. Like it's not enough to dislike it, you have to convince others they dislike it, too? Some just can't help but to revel in negativity, I guess.
Not liking a game I can understand, but seeing a game win an award and letting it ruin your day is just weird. Like it's not enough to dislike it, you have to convince others they dislike it, too? Some just can't help but to revel in negativity, I guess.
All of those three are actually completely deserved I feel. Of course that game has significant problems (lack of content, for one), but its doing a few core things very, very right.
As for DAI, that's another game that has some serious issues. I can maybe? see how it would win, but I sorta feel it wouldn't have stood a chance in a stronger overall year.
LegalEagleMike
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which is odd because up until a couple years ago I had never heard of it and I doubt any one has ever gone to a store to buy a game because it won a D.I.C.E. award
Some Nobody
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I'm 112 hours in and I'm just now deciding to wrap things up. Is it a perfect game? Nope. Is it a good game? Yes, and I'm glad it's getting the recognition it deserves.
I'm 112 hours in and I'm just now deciding to wrap things up. Is it a perfect game? Nope. Is it a good game? Yes, and I'm glad it's getting the recognition it deserves.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Are you making a direct correlation between length and quality? I'm 78 hours in and I really like it, but I wish it was over.
Can't argue that their opinions are wrong, but for me, they are garbage. Shadow of Mordor being the best in story and character categories is laughable. It looks like Shadow of Mordor won in almost every category it was nominated in, but the game of the year one. What is the criteria for game of the year then? Being best in story/animation/character/game direction/game design/innovation/technical/adventure categories isn't enough apparently.
Driveclub wasn't present in the racing category, there were only 3 nominations in there.
I tuned in to listen to some of the panels. I was severely disappointed with COD/Shadow of Mordor/Madden game developer panel, the host was suggesting that both COD and Madden had so much improvements every year and wondered how these studios deliver it every year... Come on, who are you trying to fool. It was the type of things MS asks COD developers during E3, like ads for games.
Disappointed with the summit, which awards ended up being generic and shallow.
Driveclub wasn't present in the racing category, there were only 3 nominations in there.
I tuned in to listen to some of the panels. I was severely disappointed with COD/Shadow of Mordor/Madden game developer panel, the host was suggesting that both COD and Madden had so much improvements every year and wondered how these studios deliver it every year... Come on, who are you trying to fool. It was the type of things MS asks COD developers during E3, like ads for games.
Disappointed with the summit, which awards ended up being generic and shallow.
Phat Michael
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Most people who played the game unfortunately make this correlation.
hooijdonk17
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Dragon Age and not Original Sin? Fuck this industry.
ArkkAngel007
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It really isn't a big deal outside of the dev community. Most GOTY announcements from DICE are just minor blurbs, and I'm sure the DAI win from last night that's plastered on IGN will be gone rather quickly.
In the idea, to devs it probably means more than E3 awards (as it should), but the E3 awards are turned into a marketing avenue and tend to get more "public" focus. Don't mistake me in saying that's their purpose, as it isn't and GAF really puts too much stock in that nonsense as well, but that's how it's been used.
If it didn't have a GOTY slot, I'd doubt most people here would care either as it's just a big vindication game in this community.
texhnolyze
Banned
Indeed.
People still can't accept the fact that people enjoy and like different things. No need to think less of others who enjoy games that you hate.
I played 250 hours and enjoyed it start to finish. So take that!
Cave Johnson
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Against HD remasterings, downgradathon, glitchy Ubi titles and non functioning online exclusives.
Yeah, the award was given before it started.
Yeah, the award was given before it started.
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Deleted member 17706
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Dragon Age: Inquisition, Shadow of Mordor, Destiny, and Far Cry 4... man
That's like the most disappointing list ever. Makes 2014 look like the most bland year ever.
Thankfully, there was actually a lot of legitimately great stuff that came out, too.
That's like the most disappointing list ever. Makes 2014 look like the most bland year ever.
Thankfully, there was actually a lot of legitimately great stuff that came out, too.
Slightly strange to see a historical rundown of winners that has no Japanese made game winning since 1998, no Grand Theft Auto, but has the sims, original Call of Duty, and now this. Its like David Jaffe made the only PS2 game and the Wii never happened. O_O
Jibbajabbawockky
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Eh, I don't really care that it won necessarily. Its a decent game but it has a ton of issues. Certainly way too many for me to ever call it GOTY.
The thing that worries me with DA getting all these accolades is that I feel like its just going to feed into the same sort of crappy design decisions that lead BioWare to just doubling down on streamlining/cutting even more features in a sequel for even broader mainstream appeal instead of fixing problematic issues (tactical view, companion AI). I really fear for the next DA game being a mess because all these GOTY awards will just go to the head of the developers.
The thing that worries me with DA getting all these accolades is that I feel like its just going to feed into the same sort of crappy design decisions that lead BioWare to just doubling down on streamlining/cutting even more features in a sequel for even broader mainstream appeal instead of fixing problematic issues (tactical view, companion AI). I really fear for the next DA game being a mess because all these GOTY awards will just go to the head of the developers.
Eh, Bayonetta 2 was better overall.
It had a nice story and all but the gameplay became pretty weak once you started to examine it closer. Guess horrible tactical camera, mobile style timer quests with absolutely no real impact, MMO style fetch quests and so forth is the new black.
It had a nice story and all but the gameplay became pretty weak once you started to examine it closer. Guess horrible tactical camera, mobile style timer quests with absolutely no real impact, MMO style fetch quests and so forth is the new black.
I really need to get back to the game. Despite mostly thoroughly enjoying what I have played of it it (50 or so hours), for some reason my interest and the amount of time I play it, trailed off. I blame Driveclub and too many side quests. Either way, I still think it's a well deserved win.
Probably because as mentioned, there were fantastic games like Dragonfall, Divinity and Bayonetta 2 released the same year. But since they were not multi-platform, they apparently don't deserve recognition.
Gurgelhals
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I spent about 90 hours playing Dragon Age: Inquisition (completionist impulses got the better of me, ugh). I also think that it is a mediocre game that doesn't deserve any GOTY awards.
Thanks for posting this. Fantastic read. Didn't really see it from that narrative perspective before.
Side note, I really ought to buy the game.
A Serious Man
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But fetch quests!?
Congrats Bioware, can't wait for the next one.
Out of curiosity, what do you and others who have said the same thing, find weak about the story? Whilst it is a typical good vs bad type of set up, I actually think it's implementation is quite good, and I love the sense of progression and recognition the game constantly provides. Your journey from Andraste to Inquisitor, your role and sense of place evolving, starting off small and somewhat untrusted, to being head of a massive keep like Skyhold and also being reveered. Not many narratives in games pull that sort of growth off as successfully.
Me neither. I mean I played the game last year, I'm sure there was at least one game better than it. 0_0
Destiny being in the GOTY nominees throws it off. There were better shooters with higher review averages, available on MORE platforms. So I do not see platform availability as the issue like it would be with gaming sites where a reviewer gave Bayonetta 2 a great score and other voting editors did not play it.
It is not like you could be a game developer who does not have access to a PC that can play Divinity. It comes down to a core group of developers aligned with particular publishers being eligible in the first place.
I know right? Exclusive games like TLOU, Journey, Gears all got snubbed too.
Oh wait...
The Crew over Driveclub?
It didn't even get nominated….I feel it got snubbed on nominations for Best Technical Achievement and Best Sound Design as well, but that's another subject.