My vote by far is for Baldur's Gate 3, but it's funny seeing how much controversy there is for this years Game Awards, and not for reasons like "Starfield should've been nominated for GOTY" but for other reasons that you would think would have been noticed by these "120 media outlets"

It does seem as if Geoff should be more discerning about who gets to vote for the various categories. Nothing wrong with selecting a subset or a different group of writers for each category.

Rise of Kong will probably lose to Gollum.

I haven't played Baldur's Gate or Alan Wake. Out of the others, TOTK and it's not really that close.

spider man 2 for me, but zelda or Bulders gate 3 will win.

I haven't played Baldur's Gate and know virtually nothing of it.
That being said, I think it's more likely to win more GOTY lists than Tears of the Kingdom. When was the last time a direct sequel using the same engine, maps, and such as a basis topped most GOTY lists?

I haven't played BG3 yet, but looking at the praise this game got, I'd say it is the best contender.

TotK and SMBW both had too many design choices I didn't agree with to nominate them for GOTY.

Baldurs Gate 3 should take a large portion of the GOTY awards from big gaming outlets; from written reviews, to video ones. If we're talking on here.. a large portion will vote for The Legend of Zelda: TotK.

Personally my game of the year is a DLC/expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 (Phantom Liberty). Followed by Final Fantasy XVI.

So strong of a year that we don't even have an indie title amongst the nominees despite the Indie game of the year category is straight up banger by itself.

Although as someone pointed out, the inconsistencies that always came from the nomination themselves in certain categories. The way the show is presented, the pacing, the rushing through awards that should not be rushed while we get to hear a BIG speech from an E-Sport coach or gaming influencer is just mind-blowingly difficult to support.

Always remember that no matter the results at these kind of shows, your own list of GOTY is the most important.

Anywoo, I'll give it to Zelda TOTK cause of course I haven't played the others but I vastly prefer the way they expanded on the known maps and new maps while giving us incredible tools to play around with once again.

Although I do expect BG3 to win the award because of the impact it had among the community mostly.

Also big shoutout to Mario Wonder. Once again people agreeing that 2D game masterclass can easily stand against the pre-conceived "superiority" of 3D games.

I'd like it to win just for the ensuing chaos on social media 😏

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