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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Since when does a game an award for being "most anticipated"?

Mr Khan on 22 January 2010

Hype is a hard thing to quantify, but then again so are most of the instruments used to say "game x is better than game y"



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xman on 22 January 2010

Hype sells games but you are right there shouldn't be award for it. Should be best marketing of a game.



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Baroque_Dude on 22 January 2010
Thechalkblock said:
Nowadays hype is almost as important to a game's quality as gameplay.

Sad but true.

Personally, I don't give a damn about hype; on the contrary, I may feel a bit of... rejection towards an overhyped game. It's like "Boooooooo! Go play your beloved game and leave me aloooone!!!!!!!!!".



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Garnett on 22 January 2010

Awards and scores dont mean shit, Dont even bother with it.

Proof is almost every Semi-big hyped up game is getting a 9 and 10.



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richardhutnik on 22 January 2010
Garnett said:
Awards and scores dont mean shit, Dont even bother with it.

Proof is almost every Semi-big hyped up game is getting a 9 and 10.

Unless they seriously go wrong, they are assured of getting at least an 8.5.  Kane and Lynch seemed to be an exception to this.

If the VGA is going to become the de-facto (here is a word that might catch on, and spelled right by others) industry award show, it is going to have to take itself more seriously in what it does, and not give out an award for "most anticipated".  I believe also PEOPLE should be getting more awards also.  Note that they don't give award to videogame characters, they give them to the actors behind the characters.