irstupid on 26 October 2017
| Conina said: SMO will probably win more GOTY awards than BoTW for an even more simple reason: it is the newer game. New games have it much easier to get GOTY awards than games with similar quality that are 6 - 10 months older. They get much more media attention in the weeks before the award decision and many award juries will be affected by that, at least unconcious. |
That's partially the reason newer games get more awards.
There is also the fact that the longer a game has been out the more people's hype and initial excitement wears off and they can better critically examine the game. You know, better determine if it was over-rated, over-hyped, ect.
In this case. BotW is still seen as one of the best games of all time. There is no reveiwers remorse by giving it a 10 when they want it instead an 8 or 9.
It's the same reason I HATE seeing "best games of all time" list include games in the last year. They are too new. The verdict on them is still biased. I mean look at that same list the following year. Half those games won't be on the list anymore.
