Well people go on how meaningless the phrase game of the year is now everyone and their mum uses it.
I just thought of something that might return meaning to the phrase. A centralised award that all the major gaming review websites, Developers, vote winners based on several categories, instead of giving out their own awards every year (I'm not referring to the developers).
Basically, The Video game Oscars.
Catergories would include including real life equivalent in oscars
Game of the Year - Best Picture
Best Action Game
Best Thriller Game
Best Sports Game
Best Indie Game - Best Foreign Documentary
Best RPG
Best Expansion
Best Strategy Game
Now for the technical ones
how this would work is that devs would submit a particular level from a game for nominations and it would work like the Emmy's system.
Best Level Design - Best Special Effects
Best Use of a Licensed Engine
Best Graphical Design
And i guess these following ones are the actors one i guess
Best Developer
Best Publisher - Now this one would be tricky but it would be decided on how many best-sellers but to even it out they also need to have the good will of the gamers. maybe they'll start to listen.
It's ambitious, has a few minor problems with logistics and all that, but if this was pulled off i think GOTY would be a stamp games would have to earn. however there is always that one huge problem of, who in the hell is going to pull together all the Game review websites to vote for an awards thing like this as well getting a majority of the current Devs to be part of some sort of club thingy to vote on this sort've thing?
again it's just an idea, but one can only dream right?
I just thought of something that might return meaning to the phrase. A centralised award that all the major gaming review websites, Developers, vote winners based on several categories, instead of giving out their own awards every year (I'm not referring to the developers).
Basically, The Video game Oscars.
Catergories would include including real life equivalent in oscars
Game of the Year - Best Picture
Best Action Game
Best Thriller Game
Best Sports Game
Best Indie Game - Best Foreign Documentary
Best RPG
Best Expansion
Best Strategy Game
Now for the technical ones
how this would work is that devs would submit a particular level from a game for nominations and it would work like the Emmy's system.
Best Level Design - Best Special Effects
Best Use of a Licensed Engine
Best Graphical Design
And i guess these following ones are the actors one i guess
Best Developer
Best Publisher - Now this one would be tricky but it would be decided on how many best-sellers but to even it out they also need to have the good will of the gamers. maybe they'll start to listen.
It's ambitious, has a few minor problems with logistics and all that, but if this was pulled off i think GOTY would be a stamp games would have to earn. however there is always that one huge problem of, who in the hell is going to pull together all the Game review websites to vote for an awards thing like this as well getting a majority of the current Devs to be part of some sort of club thingy to vote on this sort've thing?
again it's just an idea, but one can only dream right?