To bad as Odissey would easily be my choice over it

Yay... RE7 also got one. That is my spiritual GOTY
Also, who the hell gave a GOTY for Uncharted, Preyt and AC:O. All 3 are solid games but come on, they are pretty far off from GOTY material, and this is comming from a huge Uncharted fan.

Sorry that you had a rough year. Hope next year will be better for you.

It deserves every single one of them. It's truly a masterpiece. 2017 kicked ass when it comes to gaming, best year in a long time!

Wonder how long until these game awards mean nothing.

I don't mean game awards in general, but like that the Game Awards that we just had broadcast become the only one that matters.

You know like the Oscars or something. No one cares at all what Forbes thinks is the movie of the year, they only care what the Oscars think. (No idea what awards show is what, so Oscars could be music, tv, or whatever, so don't nit pick me for using Oscars as example)

But in video games we care about every reviewer in the world and brag about 300 game of the year awards given out. I wonder how long until only 1 matters and others don't even bother. This years game awards was a vast improvement in looking more professional. It may one day sit next to all the other pointless shows like Grammy's, Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmy, ect

I mean wasn't the game awards voted on by a ton of critics? So how many of these 60 awards Zelda has gotten already been from people that voted for Zelda in the Game Awards?

You must have some unrealistic expectations if you thought Odyssey was disappointing.

I expected nothing less than something on the level of Mario 64. The glowing reviews misled me to believe that it was so. But much like BOTW, while the core game was absolutely solid, it had to do some stupid stuff that completely turned me off in the end.

I won't indulge in here what my specific problems are with each of the disappointing games. Gonna do a separate thread about it if I can find the time.

But yeah, it is part my fault for letting reviews hype me up more, especially since I've been burned so hard just previously this year by the same developer. I try not to get too hyped up for my favorite Nintendo franchises but I can't help myself to still expect greatness.

If you are talking about the motion controls, I kind of see where you are coming from. I personally find the motion controls completely optional. The up and downward throws are extremely situational and I rarely use them because a simple throw does the job better. Same thing with the homing and the spin throw. And many of the capture motion controls can be done with buttons. Even when motion controls are required for a moon there are extremely rare. But I will agree that while the motion controls can be fun to use, have some questionable decisions.

I am shocked. Totally shocked.

Nintendo had a really strong year

Poor Mario. He would've probably had those awards if only he released just a few months later.