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JWeinCom on 25 November 2020
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Signalstar said:
JWeinCom said:

Last year was RE: 2 beating out Fire Emblem 3 Houses.

2018 was God of War beating out Smash Ultimate.

2017 was BOTW beating out Horizon Zero Dawn.

2016 was Uncharted 4 beating out Last Guardian.

2015 was Rocket League. No runner up beyond this point.

2014 was Smash Wii U.

2013 was Mario 3D World.

2012 was Journey.

2011 was Skyrim.

2010 was Mass Effect 2.

2009 was Uncharted 2.

2008 was Little Big Planet.

2007 was BioShock.

Out of 13 years, 5 Sony games, 3 Nintendo, and 5 other. Nothing really jumps out to me as questionable enough that I'd accuse anyone of bias, although I don't think Uncharted or 3D World were really GOTY worthy... although they did come out in relatively weak years. Also think that Galaxy 2 should have won over Mass Effect 2, despite how good ME 2 was, but that's just me. 

3D World won in 2013 against stacked competition including GTA V and TLOU. It felt wrong back then and looks even worse in hindsight. TLOU is the highest rated game in the history of this site's reviews with a score of 9.8 out of 10. However I think some influential editorial staff did not like the game so much. It would be shocking if TLOU II wins GOTY on this site seeing as the official review score is 7 out of 10. The review scores do not really have any correlation to GOTY picks especially when the user vote element is included.

Never actually played either of those games, so I really can't say. As for reviews, reviews are done by a single editor. There are something like 20 listed staff members... so the correlation you should expect between reviews and GOTY is about 1/20.