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TGA, Bafta, DICE, whichever other award ceremonies the industry considers major. Yes, yes, game awards are part publicity events and part popularity contests, but they still stand as a way to reward certain high profile games.
I don't think remakes should get GOTY nominations. Yes, they are still games that people worked on and they deserve praise for their execution, but game awards should be given to celebrate the current best of the industry. I think newer games should always take priority for GOTY otherwise the industry just stagnates.
At best, a special category could be made to celebrate their achievements. Technical achievement alone, maybe. Anyway, I think TGA has a rule that a game needs to be originally released in the year of the awards to merit consideration, but I'm not sure about that.
What do you think?
Prompted by the fact that the highest rated games of the year so far are remakes
I don't think remakes should get GOTY nominations. Yes, they are still games that people worked on and they deserve praise for their execution, but game awards should be given to celebrate the current best of the industry. I think newer games should always take priority for GOTY otherwise the industry just stagnates.
At best, a special category could be made to celebrate their achievements. Technical achievement alone, maybe. Anyway, I think TGA has a rule that a game needs to be originally released in the year of the awards to merit consideration, but I'm not sure about that.
What do you think?
Prompted by the fact that the highest rated games of the year so far are remakes
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