Most people probably didn’t even recognize the other games. I only know about Shadow of Doubt (which I think should have won) because Yahtzee made a video about it.
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caut_R@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That‘s a user-vote, no? I can‘t say I‘m surprised that there‘s some headscratchers, I doubt the average user knows what innovative gameplay is supposed to be. They should let people vote as they did, then curate the top 20 of each category into 10 fitting games so those that don‘t match the award category are out, and then let people put their final vote between those 10.
cottonmon@lemmy.world 8 months ago
woelkchen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Valve incentivized its users to vote in all categories.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Not only incentivized it, but put certain games at the front of all of the categories. I don’t know if those games were already voted on by other players, or paid for ads by the companies themselves, but I know that I was presented with games that I didn’t feel fit into the category they were in. Personally, though, I really don’t give a shit about awards. I can’t think of any, aside from some book awards, that aren’t bought and paid for popularity contest.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Games were nominated a few weeks ago by Steam users.