Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Makes The Final 5 Of "Players' Voice" At The Game Awards

What the hell is Genshin Impact doing there...? It's a 2020 game.

I don't get why a DLC (Cyberpunk) would be a competition. This is going to be clearly between Zelda and Baldur's Gate. And whoever wins it will be deserved.

@the_beaver Bribery still works it seems.

Come on whatever else!

@the_beaver, same reason Among Us was nominated for a bunch of stuff in 2020 even though it released in 2018.

According to their FAQ a game doesn't actually have to have released in a given year to be eligible. As long as it has received some sort of transformative content upgrade(s), i.e. any "live service" game, or newly found "cultural relevance" that it didn't have in it's release year, they consider a game to be a "current year" experience.

I can almost swear some fighting games, like Mortal Kombat 11, have been nominated in multiple years as well. (EDIT: yep, it was nominated for best fighting game in both 2019 & 2020, and won in the latter year).

Love to see it. Easy vote for TotK from me.

Voting for BG3 or TotK is citizen‘s first obligation. Do it, NOW, and prevent the repetition of shame from last year.

Hope TOTK wins!

It's a bit strange list, I think neither Genshin nor Spiderman should be there, there are much better games this year, and Phantom Libery is a DLC.

In any case my favorite is Zelda, but BK3 is also an incredible game.

@Ryu_Niiyama let's hope not!

What the hell genshin impact !

Sonic fans: „There are dozens of us!”

I wonder if Zelda's actually going to win anything at all. The honeymoon phase is over, most people have actually soured on the game. I'm sure a lot of people think it's a good game still, just not the juggernaut that it was when it launched. I still think it's deserving to win GOTY for 2023, but it's not as revolutionary of a title as its predecessor and it's not the best Zelda game.

Its gonna be BG3.
But i voted TOTK for Nintendo!

@FishyS Same i dont care for half of these games i just voted random ones that look cool or Nintendo ones lol

BG3 deserves it. TotK should take second. The others are bang average.

All the glitz and glam the music and film industries produce for their awards and gaming has The Game Awards. I bemoan that gaming doesn't get the credit it deserves, but honestly, the industry needs to set its own bar a hell of a lot higher. The Game Awards need to end and something decent step in.

Will it change my personal gaming experience if any of these titles win any awards? No? Really no? Ok gaming world, please stop fighting and enjoy your games, thanks!

@Ded_Nexus Or I can do like I said and hope TOTK wins, if you feel differently that is cool but why are you tagging me? Not gonna change my mind. I'm sure there are other people that hate the game that you can commiserate with, leave me out of it.

I voted to BG3. This is the best game here....by far.
Phantom Liberty is the second best. It´s almost a new Cyberpunk game. Incredible, incredible quality.

I feel like Baldurs Gate is gonna sweep the game awards.

Let's Baldurs Gate 3! It's time to win both main and fan-voted goty

Baldur's Gate 3 or Tears of the Kingdom seem like worthy winners. Spider-Man 2 probably had more hype leading up to release, but I'm not sure anyone considers it an all-time classic like the other two. Genshin Impact doesn't make sense (I understand the eligibility criteria, but it still doesn't make sense to me) and while I understand Cyberpunk's patches and dlc have massively transformed it from what it was at release, I'd rather give credit to games that smashed it straight out of the gate.

If Genshin wins again, it'll be a testament to how much they need to rework Player's Voice. Give us multiple categories, like Best Overall Game, Best AAA Game, Best Indie Game, Best Soundtrack, Best Community Support, and let each category have its own options. It's already bad enough that Genshin is allowed again and that games with floundering community support like Minecraft and Fortnite were permitted over new releases like Pikmin 4, Dave the Diver, and Sea of Stars!

Yeah its either this or Baldur's Gate 3 and i have a feeling BG3 is winning it.

@PikaPhantom Genshin is bigger and far more popular then those games and unlike Genshin those games wouldn't even reach the top 5 like Genshin has.

TOTK is my pick for GOTY and quite possibly my GOAT

@DennisReynolds I was talking about putting live-service games in a separate category, making room for more well-regarded releases from this year

What happened to Genshin Impact getting released on Switch?

Genshin Impact might win this lmao. Geoff may need to put rules in place about nominating years-old games for these awards, especially GaaS games where the developers can give players in-game rewards if they vote in real-life award shows.

@the_beaver This and many categories for video game awards are completely broken or make no sense. For example, you'll find games from giant publishers in the indie section.

TOTK was good, but Baldur's Gate 3 was a lot better. Both games deserve to win though.

@Emacster Nice avatar!

@Debbiee Personally, I vote for it being a launch title for the Switch 2.

@PikaPhantom Yea, I think that's the real issue. It's not much so of "Players Choice" as it is "Gib free stuff"

I've spent more time playing Genshin Impact than any other game both this year and last year, and have enjoyed it more than most other games I've played recently. By most objective measurements, it's my "Player's Choice".

The Fontaine chapters and exploration released this year have been a real treat, and there's been some beefy limited time events, too. I liked the world inside the bottle, for instance.

ToTK doesn't deserve to win at all. It shouldn't have even made it this far. It is far too derivative of Breath of the Wild to justify the extremely long wait, and what new it adds is mostly bad.

i remember people were hyping for horizon to win and look how that turned out botw sweep every awards so dont underestimate totk.I know baldurs gate 3 is a good game but i feel it doesnt appeal to everyone.

PSA: If you're clicking 'vote' and nothing's happening, vote for a game you didn't vote for last round and then remove it - suddenly you'll be able to vote for what you actually want. Apparently it's a bug (that also happened to some people last year, because of course it did) where voting for the same thing as the previous round gets stuck, somehow.

Fun fact, the first result I got that helped me fix this was the Genshin subreddit. Some of 'em actually think this was rigged against them, disturbingly enough. (As someone who never ever voted Genshin for anything but still had to deal with the bug, this is just blatantly untrue.)

I tried watching a vid of someone playing Baldur’s Gate 3. First reaction? Gigantic time sink. It’s like trying to learn an application rather than getting stuck into a game. I’m sure it’s great if that’s your idea of gameplay but sadly not for me.

Oh boy, it will finally be time for the Genshin Impact/Zelda fandoms to cross roads, I've been expecting this moment since 2020.
Seriously, this will definitely be a tough competition.