The Game Awards announces its 2023 nominees

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Check out the nominees for Game of the Year at TheGameAwards.com. Who will you vote for? #TheGameAwards @TheGameAwards

Community voting is up as well. There are 31 categories this year.

Game of the Year Nominees:

Alan Wake 2
Baldur's Gate 3
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Resident Evil 4
Super Mario Wonder
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Would've liked to see Lies of P or Hi-Fi Rush take Mario Wonder's spot but oh well, they're both in other categories.

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I feel like Baldur's Gate definitely deserves it, hands down, no contest. Unfortunately I think Tears of the Kingdom will win simply because more people probably played it who never played, or would even consider playing, Baldur's Gate because it's not a "mainstream" big-name-company AAA release.
- Much like Elden Ring last year, BG3 is a usually-niche game that actually broke through into the mainstream on the back of its sheer quality. I imagine it stands a good chance of winning, though I wouldn't be surprised if TotK takes it (only disappointed).
  
  That is an excellent point! I really hope it gets it. Out of all the games, I feel like BG3 did the most to push its genre forward in a huge way. I'm excited to see how the game awards shake out
- I don't think so, now that the dust has settled lots of people agree ToTK was a bit underwhelming. It had many of the same issues as breath of the wild, like weak dungeons and bosses. The depths and sky islands also had lots of copy pasting, way more than breath of the wild ever has.
  Great game still, but no way it'll win GotY. It'll easily win the action/adventure award though.
  
  I agree with you on all points, but I guess I haven't really seen the same meh attitudes towards it that you have? The Nintendo/Zelda fans have seemed largely rabid over it since it came out, and I wonder if there's just so many of them that it will beat out the competition? Idk, I guess we'll see in a couple weeks!
  I hope you're right, though, because how I felt at the end of playing ToTK was very different than when I started playing, largely due to the repetitive and aggravating game systems. It's a real shame, because I loved the story (not the way it was presented via memories, but still)
- Baldur's Gate because it's not a "mainstream" big-name-company AAA release.
  Bro why you sleeping on Alan Wake
  
  I haven't played it yet, sorry! That one might suffer from being released so close to the decision. The holidays are coming up so spending my extra fun bucks on that instead of games atm. I hope to play it soon though!
  
  FR, Alan Wake 2 is good, and I think it genuinely has some of the most enjoyable writing in a video game since Disco Elysium. The mix of live actors with in-engine graphics is very cool too, Remedy did great!
  But people will complain about it “only” running on 4090s (I’m playing it on a 2080Ti with DLSS and RT and I am 2/3rds of the way through without any problems) or the pulpy writing (which is by design). Let’s not even get into the “woke” arguments.

Totk was pretty mediocre, it's only there because of bias
- Underwhelming is a more appropriate wording. It’s a good game. It just leaves more to be desired. Especially after all these years of development.
- Totally agree. It should win the greatest DLC award if there was one... and even there will have some competition from Cyberpunk
  
  It definitely wasn't just DLC, but the new stuff wasn't built quite right for the new powers.
  What was so great about the runes in BOTW was that the world felt perfectly built to utilize them.
  But when you take that same fairly flat world and try to implement more verticality, it feels tacked on and incomplete.
  Oh well, maybe "BOTW" 3 will overhaul the world to fit better with the mechanics.

Sequel, sequel, sequel, remake, sequel, sequel.
- Props to Bethesda for releasing an original IP, but unfortunately the game sucked
- In what world is Mario wonderland a sequel?

I'm not quite finished with it but I've said "this is the best game ever made" multiple times while playing Alan Wake 2.
Good job Remedy.
- Sadly, it's highly unlikely that Baldur's Gate 3 won't win in every category.

for me its Talos Principle 2

How can Alan wake 2 even be up there? I have never even heard of it or seen gameplay of it. Baldurs gate 3 is going to win it anyways. It's the best game of all

Why isn't Kong or Gollum up there? The entertainment you get from all the glitches makes my day!

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