Jaicee said:
A number of the games that won the GOTY vote here on VGC back in the day aren't winning here on these threads. For a comparison... 2007
Original Vote: BioShock
Today: Super Mario Galaxy 2008 Original Vote: LittleBigPlanet
Today: Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2009 Original Vote: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Today: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 2010
Original Vote: Mass Effect 2
Today: Super Mario Galaxy 2 2011
Original Vote: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Today: Dark Souls 2012
Original Vote: Journey
Today: Journey
2013
Original Vote: Super Mario 3D World
Today: The Last of Us
2014
Original Vote: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Today: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
2015
Original Vote: Rocket League
Today: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is in the lead.
Out of these nine years represented, the community's vote remains unchanged in only two cases: 2009 and 2012. Generally Nintendo titles are more heavily represented today and two-thirds of the new victors (assuming The Witcher 3's lead holds) are sequels. No games using female-only lead characters won in either community vote for any of those nine years. The change in the 2013 GOTY selection I would consider an improvement in taste. Most of the rest I'm not so sure about. Just my opinion. |
Journey's protagonist could be interpreted however you like (male, female, hermaphrodite like in Left Hand of Darkness, no-sex...) - though I'm not sure why it matters in the first place that no games using female-only lead characters won in either community vote for any of those nine years.
