Zelda Breath of the Wild is dominating GOTY awards

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curl-6 said:

StreaK said:

Actually, what's REALLY news to me is how Uncharted 4 was the BIG winner for 2016, and not Overwatch which won at the Game Awards. I had no idea. Looks like MOST critics actually did love the hell out of that game. HELL YEAH, rightfully so. That's like 3 Naughty Dog games now being the most awarded in their respective years - Uncharted 2, The Last of Us and now Uncharted 4.

 

StreaK said:
I think The Last of Us EASILY imo had the most impressive run for the year with 249 awards because it was head to head with a JUGGERNAUT like GTAV which stole 160 awards from it (which could have easily won any other given year based on the amount for example Uncharted 4 got for the year.)

Even with a huge game like GTAV, The Last of Us still came out on top with a record-breaking 249 at the time. The Witcher III's biggest rival for comparison was Fallout 4 with like 50 awards lol.

 

StreaK said:

Best game ever for critics which does not compare to the entire world. If it was truly the best game ever, it would be one of the biggest selling games ever. But it won't even crack the top 20 of the best-selling games ever.

I think the best game ever goes to the game that is able to appeal to the MASSES - both critically and commercially. Something like GTAV, I guess. Or even Skyrim which sold like a combined 30 million.

Heck, even Uncharted 4 could be considered above BOTW based on its sales/critical acclaim combined.

Zelda's fanbase is loud, but when you read between the lines it actually isn't as HUGE as many would love to think it is. I don't even think OoT beat out FFVII's sales. 

Note: I'm not saying sales are the deciding factor here...I think any game that is critically acclaimed (90+ meta) but also sells well over 10 million copies or so deserves the recognition.

Still cross about Breath of the Wild beating Horizon huh?

We were all thinking it...but you said it!