Will Demon's Souls win RPG of the Year?

[Euphoria14]

Torillian said:

Euphoria14 said:
I think one the main reasons why Demon's Souls will also take it is because it was so incredibly well received while coming from a development team known for mediocre offerings and was admitted by reviewers as being pretty much written off shortly after it was announced. Dragon Age: Origins on the other hand was anticipated to be a really good game from the get go to the point where it graced the cover of magazines such as GameInformer.

That alone has to go a long way with the voting. It caught many by surprised.

You have a point, Demon's Souls came outta left field while Dragon Age was actually somewhat dissapointing on consoles since AAA was pretty much expected.  So maybe that'll be enough to give Demon's Souls the edge.

Exactly. Dragon Age was riding on past developer success with critically acclaimed RPGs such as Mass Effect and Star Wars. Demon's Souls had zip, nada, they were looking at King's Field and their more recent games that scored poorly such as Ninja Blade and Armored Core.

Demon's Souls earned it score solely on how great the game actually is, to the point where it is said that it's use of controls and game style will be a great foundation for future dungeon crawlers. It is truly unique.

Just look at the praise it got for it's unique take on multiplayer. I would love to see more of that style of online gameplay in an action RPG.

 

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That certainly didn't stop Persona from taking home RPG of the Year awards in 2007.

Plus, if we count Asian sales, which VGChartz does not track, Demon's Souls should easily have surpassed the 400k mark already. The game was sold at a large number of import sites such as PlayAsia for almost 5-6 months straight. 

The game even failed to meet early demand in Japan and the US. The game oozes quality.