mZuzek said:
Probably sound design (which is very deserved), but I do think Breath of the Wild's soundtrack gets a lot more hate than it deserves solely for not having a general overworld theme and being quieter than is usual for the series. I actually think it's one of the best soundtracks in the franchise. Whether it should be called soundtrack of the year is a different question, as there was stuff like Nier: Automata and Persona 5, but it should definitely be somewhere among the discussion. |
For sound design I have no problems with BotW getting an award, but if I'm being perfectly honest, I've now listened through the soundtrack twice all the way through, and individual tracks several times over when I was putting together the top 50 video game soundtracks articles, and I can't remember a single tracks from the soundtrack. I feel like the score works really well in-game when you're actually playing, but for me personally at least, it just doesn't stand out in any way when listened to by itself.
