I'd guess TW3 has most GOTY awards because there are more eligible sites handing out awards than there was even a year or two ago. Also that site is gaining popularity so more and more sources are being reported to that site. In fact it's still missing a ton of sites and magazines that should easily qualify.
However, the world will never be the same after Dragon Age Inquisition and 2014. I'm never going to believe anyone voted that as the best game of the year not to mention it winning the most GOTY awards that year.
I'd guess TW3 has most GOTY awards because there are more eligible sites handing out awards than there was even a year or two ago. Also that site is gaining popularity so more and more sources are being reported to that site. In fact it's still missing a ton of sites and magazines that should easily qualify.
However, the world will never be the same after Dragon Age Inquisition and 2014. I'm never going to believe anyone voted that as the best game of the year not to mention it winning the most GOTY awards that year.
251 awards? For the Witcher 3? Funny. Imagine what it would get if it had a good combat system. Maybe 19034903403 awards from the current media.
You would be wrong actually, since they have counted fewer total awards in 2015 right now then in 2013
251 awards? For the Witcher 3? Funny. Imagine what it would get if it had a good combat system. Maybe 19034903403 awards from the current media.
I just noticed that they have the actual breakdown at the end of the page so my theory was wrong, yep. The gap between TW3 and second game on the list is actually insane. What's worse, Fallout 4 is somehow the second game on the list.
They're all listed in the link I provided in the OP....I think there's an issue with knowing what a reputable outlet is. I appreciate getting an enhanced Game of the Year edition of a game, but once the awards tally in the hundreds, it's like, "What are you considering a reputable news/awards outlet?"
2015 had 429 awards
2013 had 523 awards
So Witcher is even farther ahead if you normalise it.
To be fair, there are more outlets than ever giving awards. Still, congrats to the Witcher. I can't say I agree with the praise, but they have identified with a ton of people you gotta respect that.
There were less awards given out by outlets this year than in 2013.To be fair, there are more outlets than ever giving awards. Still, congrats to the Witcher. I can't say I agree with the praise, but they have identified with a ton of people you gotta respect that.
Bloodborne was amazing but you know it's too niche for most mainstream media.
2015 had 429 awards
2013 had 523 awards
So Witcher is even farther ahead if you normalise it.
Maybe. But its sales are closer to Life is Strange than the other AAA games on the list.BB is far from niche.
This is not a completely sound comparison. Competition from other games released in the same year could be completely different.
Note: I'm not trying to take anything away from The Witcher. I love the game as you can see from my avatar, but TLoU had a far bigger competitor in GTAV (160 awards) than anything released last year.
Bloodborne is not niche, but it's also nowhere near mainstream.Maybe. But its sales are closer to Life is Strange than the other AAA games on the list.
I don't know, we had Fallout (Bethestha RPG win their respective year most of the time), MGS, Halo, good and well recieved exclusives form sony and nintendo....
That's quite the competition. If you made a thread at the beginning of the year that those games obviously have no chance vs the witcher 3 and you would have been ridiculed.
Geralt is pretty good looking in a suit.
I don't know, we had Fallout (Bethestha RPG win their respective year most of the time), MGS, Halo, good and well recieved exclusives form sony and nintendo....
That's quite the competition. If you made a thread at the beginning of the year that those games obviously have no chance vs the witcher 3 and you would have been ridiculed.
At least in agregate, that makes up more than enough competition for a missing GTA.
Competition by name or by reception?
Both? 2015 was by all counts a fantastic year for games, in terms of big name franchises and exellent newcomers.
I'm not saying a single one of them makes up for GTA, but in agregate? There was plenty of strong competition this year.
lol at some of the comments.
All of a sudden Witcher didn't have any real competition. yeah, sure...
Dark Souls barely won anything. It was greatly overshadowed by a certain AAA Western juggernaut made by Bethesda. Bloodborne probably won more Goty awards than the last three combined and reviewed better than any of them.BB is very much a core gamer game. It has some mainstream appeal, but it will never catch on like a AAA Moneybarge will unless they make some adjustments to marketing, accessibility and presentation (I hope they don't! At least not in the typical, focus grouped, overbearing story and button-prompted way).
That shouldn't affect its award givings too much tho.
I think people are simply more inclined to give the new dog its bone. Dark Souls had its day and Bloodborne isn't enough of an iteration/evolution, as good as it is. It didn't excite on the same level. At least for me.