Comment on The 2025 Steam Awards Winners

Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• warm@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Steam Awards is a popularity contest.

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  • HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Arc is definitely the "yep, steam voters have shit taste" one of the bunch.

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    • warm@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, the rest I can understand, Arc Raiders is anything but innovative.

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      • TORFdot0@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It’s innovated in that it’s an extraction shooter that has mass appeal and isn’t a total drag to play but it’s not exactly game breaking mechanics-wise.

        I think it’s the multiplayer game of the year. Wouldn’t call it the most innovative game of the year

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• P1nkman@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Because people have no idea what innovative means. Nor does Valve, since Arc Raiders was in the category.

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  • popcar2@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Nor does Valve, since Arc Raiders was in the category.

    Valve doesn’t decide anything, the whole Steam awards are voted by the community. It’s a popularity contest.

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    • DireTech@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No because we can’t add our own picks. You choose from a limited selection.

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      • IronKrill@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        The top 4 picks aee decided by user nomination a ~month before.

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• PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  While I don’t think it deserves the win over Blue Prince, it does have some interesting gameplay innovations compared to others in the genre, as well as some interesting tech.

  In particular, the included PvE element, as well as the sorter session and decreased death penalty makes the game much more accessible. It also helps offer an incentive to not shoot-on-sight, as the bots serve as a common enemy and shared threat. Its a difference between games like PUBG where games are tense, hour-long affair, and something like Fortnite where its colourful, easy to get into, and despite still being competitve, filled with other diversions for those who won’t win.

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  • jonathan@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It also sold way better than Blue Prince did. The Steam awards are always going to be weighed heavily in favour of the better selling games.

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• JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Isn’t Blue Prince just Betrayal at House on the Hill the video game?

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  • Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well… kinda but not really. The room-placement is only a small part of Blue Prince though and I think turning it into a roguelite was pretty innovative.

    Funny story, Tonda Ros actually hadn’t heard of Betrayal until Blue Prince was well into beta testing. These things happen. The true inspiration for it was a choose-your-own-adventure/puzzle book by Christopher Manson called “The Maze”. Manson actually contributed with the art for the paintings in the Gallery in Blue Prince.

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  • HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is the first time anyone has described Blue Prince in a way that made me want to play it lol. Not knocking the game, I just figured it would never be up my alley. But I'm a big fan of Betrayal.

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• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “Innovative” means “hey, I think I’ve heard of this title!”.

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• LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Steam awards are pretty much always like this. Popularity over the actual category itself.

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