| HyrulianScrolls said: Inquistion is certainly not a better game than Bayo 2 or Smash U. Those two are the absolute epitomes of their respective genre. It's hard to find a better action game or fighter than those respectively. Inquisiton is merely "good but nothing special" in its genre. But whatever, Nintendo just obviously isn't considered "cool" enough to win these awards which shows how much they're really not based on quality. |
I believe they played safe, maybe because it is their first year with this show.
I mean Smash is not even there, despite being the best rated game of the year. But that is "acceptable" for the comunity because 1- Nintendo is not cool right now 2- Fighters never win GOTY anyway.
Than they had to pick the GOTY:
- Bayo 2 / Dark Souls 2 are niche
- Hearth Stone is too casual
- Shadow of mordor is new and from a smaller developer
And than the decision got easy. I still have to play DA:I to be honest and i am not saying it does not deserve, but from a political PoV, it was a safe choice.
Games i missed at GOTY nominees: Smash U, Far Cry 4, Divinity: Original Sin, Shovel knight, Transistor and Mario Kart 8. Any of those games would be a better nominee than Hearth Stone (and maybe Shadows of mordor), IMO.
