Euphoria14 said:
Riachu said:
Euphoria14 said:
richardhutnik said:
Euphoria14 said:
I ask this because on Gamespot it seems to have beaten out all other PS3 titles for GOTY on PS3 and 360 GOTY from Gamespot is Assassin's Creed 2, which obviously got beaten out by Demon's Souls on PS3.
Anyone think Demon's Souls may actually squeak out an overall GOTY award? O_o
It also seems as though it may win an overall RPG of the Year award from IGN and already won it at Gamespot.
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If you want to give it Game of the Year, create your own award for it that is that, and give it to you. Your thoughts regarding Demon's is only what matters to you anyhow. Why worry if any other site gives it the game?
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I already know how highly I think of Demon's Souls, but it is still nice to see such a gem recieving the praise it is recieving right now.
It is a great story of a game that was pretty much instantly written off by majority of major publications (as admitted by the publications themselves) due to the expectation of it being a bad/mediocre title at best to shocking everyone and winning plenty of awards, then having a chance at ultimately winning an overall GOTY award.
How often do you really see something like this happen? 
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To be fair, the game did look mediocre when it was originally shown at TGS 2008. Not to mention From Software's previous games have been mediocre at best. People had to actually play it to see the allure of the game.
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Something can look one thing and be something entirely different.
These people learned the lesson of "play before you judge".
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Honestly, the other reason you'd want the game you enjoyed to win GOTY or any award is so that it gets more recognition so that others buy it as well. The more people buy it, the better the chance of a sequal or a new game all in all that will have a higher budget next time around. At the same time you want others to hopefully enjoy that same experience you had. Demon's Souls had poor marketing in my opinion, but winning GOTY will surely give consumers a thing or two to think about at the stores.
