Voting is
now open for the third annual NeoGaf Steam GOTY Award. Voting is simple, just follow these steps:
- Choose your top 5 favorite games that released on Steam in 2015. See below for official eligibility
- Award your favorite game (#1 choice) 5 points, your next (#2 choice) 4 points, and so on.
- (Optional) write a few sentances explaining why you think your top choice deserves to win
- PM everything to jshackles
Here is a sample entry you can copy/paste into your PM:
(5 Points) - Game 1
(4 Points) - Game 2
(3 Points) - Game 3
(2 Points) - Game 4
(1 Point) - Game 5
I think Game 1 should win GOTY because...
Voting will close on January 21st at 4:00PM PST
Here is the selection criteria. If you choose a game that doesn't meet these guidelines, your vote for that game will be disqualified.
- Game must have have been released on Steam in 2015.
- Re-releases, ports, and remasters are only eligible if the original source material was not previously available on Steam. For example, games such as Final Fantasy V or even Chip's Challenge are eligible because those games were not previously available on Steam. Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin and Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition are not eligible because they are both remasters of existing Steam games.
- Episodic games are only eligible if their final episode was released in 2015. For example, King's Quest is not eligible, because only the first two episodes released in 2015. However, Tales from the Borderlands is eligible even though it came out in 2014 because it's final episode was released in 2015.
- Games released on Steam Early Access in 2015 are not eligible. Games releasing out of Early Access are eligible. For example, ARK: Survival Evolved is not eligible, but Nuclear Throne is eligible.
- DLC is not eligible. Sorry Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms.
- Multiple votes for the same game on a single ballot will be disqualified. If you list the same game multiple times, the vote with the highest point value will be used and all other votes for that game will be discarded.
- If you have any questions about a particular game's eligibility, ask in the Steam thread and we should be able to help you.
- Modbot is not eligible to vote due to the fact that he is a bot.
If you have any questions, please let me know.