In the modern gaming industry, it’s considered innovative to not be shit cuz your shareholders forcex you to.
Comment on 2024 Steam Awards Nominees Announced
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Nominating Stalker 2 for Most Innovative Gameplay Award seems crazy to me. It’s a great game, but I definitely wouldn’t call it innovative.
Artyom@lemm.ee 2 days ago
yournamehere@lemm.ee 2 days ago
didnt they even ban elon? absolute winner move.
NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Came here to comment the same. I love the game but those mechanics are 17 years old.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
It has always been a “Which game has the bigger fan base” contest 🤷♂️
I don’t think I ever agreed with the nominations or the the final winners, because they never make any sense other than through the hype and fan-base lens.
IronKrill@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Occasionally good games get nominated for the correct categories (Terraria for Labor of Love) but it’s very rare. I haven’t even played any 2024 games but wanted the badge so I just nominated some off brand games that will never win.
whereBeWaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I agree with this comment so much that my dumb ass tried to upvote it twice forgetting I already did