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Anyone who didn't expect BG3 to win Game of the Year has been under a rock since it launched O.o Anyone who expected Starfield to win Most Innovative Gameplay, are you offering divination services to the public?
Damn, I know some people are dead-set on insisting that Starfield isn't that bad but... innovative?? Really??? Most innovative?!?? Baffling!
It was an easy call to make. Steam Awards are voted by the public, so it's all about name recognition.
The other finalists in that category were Shadow of Doubt, Contraband Police, Remnant II, and Your Only Move Is Hustle. Of all these, I had heard about Starfield and Remnant II.
I'm sure some of these games are awesome and I want to check them out by virtue of being finalists, but it was pretty clear Starfield was gonna win on brand recognition alone.
Exactly. It's pretty hard to vote for a category when you don't even know half of the games. When it came to the most innovative category I imagine most people had only heard of Starfield. Remnant 2 was good, but it was always a more niche title and it got largely overshadowed by BG3 releasing only a week later.
And of the indie titles I had only heard of Shadows of Doubt which I think is really innovative. It's sort of a procedurally generated detective game where you're solving crimes while technically also committing crimes. But it's in early access and is not an easily accessible game, so I don't really fault it for not doing the rounds in the gaming circles.