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sundin13 on 13 January 2014
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I can see what the OP is saying. Remove the story from TLOU and what do you get? A pretty good survival game. Remove the story from SM3DW/LoZ:LBW/GTAV and what do you get? An amazing game that is in the top of its class. BUT, TLOU did have a story and (apparently) it was pretty damn good so saying it didn't deserve GotY seems silly to me.
Whether you like it or not, story/cinematics are an important piece of many games and that cannot be discredited just because you prefer gameplay. While I have not played all of the GotY candidates, I doubt TLOU would be my personal game of the year, but it still deserves the recognition it received.
I got a lot of flak last year for saying that Journey didn't deserve game of the year but I think I can agree with it this year.