Where will Silksong settle? (OC) | |||
| 100 | 0 | 0% | |
| 97-99 | 2 | 12.50% | |
| 94-96 | 7 | 43.75% | |
| 91-93 | 5 | 31.25% | |
| 87-90 | 1 | 6.25% | |
| 80-86 | 1 | 6.25% | |
| Lower than 80 | 0 | 0% | |
| Total: | 16 | ||
16,482 
The score is obviously going to come down, but I don’t see it dropping much lower than 93-96. This would easily place Silksong as the most critically acclaimed indie game of all time, and would likely guarantee a GotY sweep.
I feel that indie games are typically underrated in these aggregations, at least in comparison for more "major" titles with bigger budgets, to which end I have literally adopted the practice of mentally adding 10 percentage points to the aggregate score of any 2D or isometric indie game I run across on OpenCritic to get the value it would realistically have to me. Silksong is the rare sort of game where it looks like I won't have to. I feel like a 95% is what this game deserves and kinda hope right about there is where it lands. And I believe that's actually not unrealistic in this case.
I definitely don't think it's "guarantee[d] a GOTY sweep" though and in fact think that unlikely for lots of reasons. First of all, backlash is sure to follow any perceived tilting of the scales by prominent publications. (Though I must add that these scores are NOT a tilting of the scales, IMO. Silksong really is outstanding.) Secondly, indie games rarely win the ultimate award and 2D ones never do, at least at the Game Awards. Finally, add a female main character to the mix and the fact that TLOU2 remains the only female-centric video game ever to win GOTY at the Game Awards and you have a formula for likely defeat in reality. Call me a cynic. The winner is probably going to be Donkey Kong Bananza or Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. I wouldn't mind if Silksong won though. It'd be refreshing! Not that a win by Expedition 33 wouldn't be, but for a 2D indie created by three people to win...that would be truly historic! And make me less of a cynic.
16,482
| Jaicee said: I feel that indie games are typically underrated in these aggregations, at least in comparison for more "major" titles with bigger budgets, to which end I have literally adopted the practice of mentally adding 10 percentage points to the aggregate score of any 2D or isometric indie game I run across on OpenCritic to get the value it would realistically have to me. Silksong is the rare sort of game where it looks like I won't have to. I feel like a 95% is what this game deserves and kinda hope right about there is where it lands. And I believe that's actually not unrealistic in this case. |
Seeing how 2021 through 2024 has had an “unprecedented” winner (It Takes Two - 2021; an indie platformer) (Elden Ring - 2022; JRPG) (Baldur’s Gate 3 - 2023; it was going up against an equally acclaimed, open-world experience, Tears of the Kingdom) (Astro Bot - 2024; simple 3D platformer), I think it’s fair to say that we need to drop this notion of “this type of game likely will not win GotY.” From what I can gather, it is almost always the game with the highest OC/MC score that wins the overall award.
I think it wil be 91~93 range
The reviewers who finished the game and wrote a review are probably the best players
The ones still playing have probably lower skill, and their harder time with the game will likely reflect in lower scores
firebush03 said:
Seeing how 2021 through 2024 has had an “unprecedented†winner (It Takes Two - 2021; an indie platformer) (Elden Ring - 2022; JRPG) (Baldur’s Gate 3 - 2023; it was going up against an equally acclaimed, open-world experience, Tears of the Kingdom) (Astro Bot - 2024; simple 3D platformer), I think it’s fair to say that we need to drop this notion of “this type of game likely will not win GotY.†From what I can gather, it is almost always the game with the highest OC/MC score that wins the overall award. |
BG was a surprise in a sense it was a win for a PC centric game in a award system that heavily favors console gamers and console gaming, but regardless everyone knew it was going to win right after the launch
But ER was by no means an unexpected win. It was a strong contender even before the release and is exactly the type of game that win awards
| firebush03 said: Seeing how 2021 through 2024 has had an “unprecedented†winner (It Takes Two - 2021; an indie platformer) (Elden Ring - 2022; JRPG) (Baldur’s Gate 3 - 2023; it was going up against an equally acclaimed, open-world experience, Tears of the Kingdom) (Astro Bot - 2024; simple 3D platformer), I think it’s fair to say that we need to drop this notion of “this type of game likely will not win GotY.†From what I can gather, it is almost always the game with the highest OC/MC score that wins the overall award. |
It Takes Two winning several years ago was genuinely groundbreaking for sure! While I don't see open world RPGs and first-party sequels winning as equally lacking for precedent, your point is taken: creativity has been rewarded at these ceremonies this decade. I'm just saying it would take more broad-mindedness than we have yet seen for Silksong to actually win Game of the Year. Not ruling it out as a possiblity!
| Jaicee said: I feel that indie games are typically underrated in these aggregations, at least in comparison for more "major" titles with bigger budgets, to which end I have literally adopted the practice of mentally adding 10 percentage points to the aggregate score of any 2D or isometric indie game I run across on OpenCritic to get the value it would realistically have to me. Silksong is the rare sort of game where it looks like I won't have to. I feel like a 95% is what this game deserves and kinda hope right about there is where it lands. And I believe that's actually not unrealistic in this case. |
I would be equally happy whether Clair Obscur or Silksong won. And I think either would fit in with Swen Vincke's speech at last year's Game Awards.
| CladInShadows said: I would be equally happy whether Clair Obscur or Silksong won. And I think either would fit in with Swen Vincke's speech at last year's Game Awards. |
Agreed, I'd be happy either way!
Jaicee said:
Agreed, I'd be happy either way! |
Or Donkey Kong, there a plenty of great games this year.
rapsuperstar31 said:
Or Donkey Kong, there a plenty of great games this year. |
Bananza is a fresh game by a number of metrics, but honestly I wouldn't be quite as happy if it won. That'd feel like more of a victory for the establishment to me. It's too safe and predictable a choice. (It'll probably be the winner here on VGC would be my forecast.)
I'm rooting for Split Fiction, Silksong, or Expedition 33 atm. In a year with titles like those, an indie game really deserves to win, IMO. Though I will say that there is one AAA type game that I'm extremely interested in myself right now and that's the upcoming Silent Hill f. I'm definitely keeping an open mind toward that one.
Last edited by Jaicee - on 09 September 2025
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