Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to games@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months agoEvery review was along the lines of ‘good first hour, the rest was bland and boring’. Not really GOTY material.hexbear.netimagemessage-square223fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down14
arrow-up1208arrow-down1imageEvery review was along the lines of ‘good first hour, the rest was bland and boring’. Not really GOTY material.hexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to games@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square223fedilink
minus-squareWheaties [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·11 months agoOuter Wilds never got a game award. I mean, I had to go look it up just now just in case, because the game awards are about as on my radar as the ocars.
minus-squareWheaties [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·11 months agoalso, in 2020, they had a VR/AR category for Alyx, and then never had the category again. VR’s killer app killed it.
minus-squarealcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-211 months agoThey’d have to make it a lifetime award, good VR games take at least a year to get polished/shine though all the garbage VR apps. According to steam charts, only like 2 of the top 100 VR games by current player count came out in 2023; a VR Tarkov clone and Gorilla Tag.
minus-squareiheartneopetslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoDidn’t it win a BAFTA? Or was it just nominated? That counts more than a game award, imo
minus-squareWheaties [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agooh, it did! good for them
Outer Wilds never got a game award. I mean, I had to go look it up just now just in case, because the game awards are about as on my radar as the ocars.
also, in 2020, they had a VR/AR category for Alyx, and then never had the category again.
VR’s killer app killed it.
They’d have to make it a lifetime award, good VR games take at least a year to get polished/shine though all the garbage VR apps.
According to steam charts, only like 2 of the top 100 VR games by current player count came out in 2023; a VR Tarkov clone and Gorilla Tag.
Didn’t it win a BAFTA? Or was it just nominated? That counts more than a game award, imo
oh, it did! good for them