You have to look at the awards it won and what it was going up against.
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Hi-Fi RUSH
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - WINNER
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
None of these games had amazing animations. I bet Spiderman 2 won because it was the most cinematic one with the most animations in cutscenes and combat.
The other three below are all weak. Never played BG3 but Im glad Saga's boring ass didnt win. never even heard of Thirsty suitors. The audio awards are meh.
Outstanding Achievement in Character
- Alan Wake 2 - Saga Anderson
- Baldur’s Gate 3 - Astarion
- Baldur’s Gate 3 - Karlach
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 - Miles Morales - WINNER
- Thirsty Suitors - Jala
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
- Alan Wake 2
- Diablo IV
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 - WINNER
- Planet of Lana
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design
- Alan Wake 2
- COCOON
- Hi-Fi RUSH
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 - WINNER
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
The biggest one is it winning best action game which is a pretty weak category all things considered. Armored Core, hifi rush, remnant 2. You can look at the goty tracker and it won more goty awards than all of those games combined.
goty.gamefa.com
The game was liked not just by critics but by gamers too despite being the most woke game of all time. It has a 90 on metacritic by both users and critics which almost never happens for these sony games. i did a break down and almost all the recent games were like 10-15 points below their critics average, but spiderman 2 is different. People really like this game because despite all its nonsense, it did a lot of things right.