Zelda was a great game, but i still feel like they could have made the game much better. Combat could have been explanded on, bit more diversity in dungeons, atleast 2 or 3 more boss battles, and a better castle design to explore . It almost felt like it;s incomplete and the devs ran out of time. As fot tlou2, amazing game. I will be playing again on ps5 with 60fps once released.

It was an amazing game. I did believe there were some pacing / storytelling issues due to the story not being told chronologically and from multiple perspectives but that is when I comparing it with TLOUr or Uncharted 2 and 4. If I set it against most games that did release this year few dit better on that regard. As for almost everything else TLOU2 did the best ever. Sound stage and sound design in gunfights was amazing, animations were the best I've ever seen, graphics and attention for detail on a crazy level, gameplay was smooth and rewarding, AI was superb.... That it wins so many reader's choice rewards was understandable.

I only wish they'd add a 60fps patch to PS5 which would be a good incentive to replay the whole game. And where is Factions? I need an intense multiplayer game that is not an esports game or yearly CoD. 

But...this thread is about reviews and review outlets. We have plenty of threads that cover popularity/sales figures.

"These GOTY picks are biased because they are so heavily based on reviews" - There is literally nothing else they should be based on. While I don't assign any more importance to the opinion of a professional game critic than I do to any other gamer with a decent amount of experience, I give more credence to their opinion than I do for the throngs of casuals that can make any given low-wattage game popular.

Not to point out the obvious and rain on some parades, but winning GotY has just as much to do with competition as it does with quality of the game itself. Point being TLoU 2 released in 2020, and the competition was light. 2020 was one of the weakest years in recent memory, at least in my opinion.

2017 on the other hand was outstanding, one of the greatest. Mario Odyssey, Nier Auotamata, Breath of the Wild, Persona 5, Divinity Original Sin 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, Cuphead, Nioh,

Ghost deserved better!
While I did enjoy TLOU Part II seeing this list further solidifies my opinion of it being overrated.

Part II now passed Skyrim and entered the podium at #3.

Not too far are now part I and The Witcher 3.

Holy shit!!!

How many did Part ll get so far and in comparison how many does Part l and The Witcher 3 have?

The Witcher 3: 258

Part I: 249

Part II: 228

Thank you! Does Part ll have a chance of surpassing them you think?

It has a shot, it will be difficult from now on, but the game already achieved a top 3 spot, which is amazing, 7 months ago, some people wouldn’t believe it.