Poll: Will God of War III be a Genuine GOTY Contender?

[Kasz216]

BladeOfGod said:

Kasz216 said:

Seems unlikely considering the genre. It's not a genre that lends itself well to win "game of the year" vs other genres.

GOW is best compared with an action movies. No matter how good the action movie is... the year has to be very weak for it to get consideration.

Other genres tend to have a leg up in comparisons across genres with reviewers. The story won't help either. GOW stories are serviceable and great for what they are... but in the same way the Story of Die Hard is serviceable to draw a comparison back to action movies.

 

Back in 2007, a last gen game God Of War II was competing against the giants like Halo 3, COD4, Bioshock, Super Mario Galaxy, Uncharted 1, Mass Effect and tons of other blockbusters and it STILL won lots of awards. Pretty amazing, isn't it

That is EXTREMELY surprising... and pretty underseved IMO.

I change my stance then.