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HoloDust on 13 December 2023
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UnderwaterFunktown said:
Jaicee said:

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.

Interestingly the 2020s is the opposite so far. Last of Us Part II and Dread in 2020-2021, then a custom avatar lead in Elden Ring with the biggest side characters being Melina and Ranni, Link will likely win this year though.

Including custom avatar leads makes Skyrim, Dark Souls and Mass Effect 2 female lead as well (ME especially, since FemShep is, more or less, cannon at this point).

Again, not sure why that matters...