• 2014: Dragon Age: Inquisition (TGA and DICE), Dark Souls II (GJA), Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (GDCA), Destiny (BAFTA)
  • 2015: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (TGA, GJA and GDCA), Fallout 4 (DICE and BAFTA)
  • 2016: Overwatch (TGA, DICE and GDCA), Dark Souls III (GJA), Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (BAFTA)
  • 2017: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (TGA, GJA, DICE and GDCA), What Remains of Edith Finch (BAFTA)
  • 2018: God of War (TGA, DICE, BAFTA and GDCA), Fortnite (GJA)
  • 2019: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (TGA), Resident Evil 4 (GJA), Untitled Goose Game (DICE and GDCA), Outer Wilds (BAFTA)
  • 2020: The Last of Us Part II (TGA and GJA), Hades (DICE, BAFTA and GDCA)
  • 2021: It Takes Two (TGA and DICE), Inscryption (GDCA), Resident Evil Village (GJA), Returnal (BAFTA)
  • 2022: Elden Ring (TGA, GJA, DICE and GDCA), Vampire Survivors (BAFTA)
  • 2023: Baldur’s Gate 3 (TGA, DICE, BAFTA, GJA and GDCA)

Legend: TGA - The Game Awards, GJA - Golden Joystick Awards, BAFTA - British Academy of Film and Television Awards, DICE - DICE Awards, GDCA - Game Developers Choice Awards.

This list doesn’t include awards before 2014, because The Game Awards launched that year.

  • Viri4thus@feddit.org
    15·
    19 hours ago

    It’s an unpopular opinion but as I see it, TOTK is wildly overrated, as is BotW. Yes, they are very polished and certainly good games but the 10/10 across the board made me doubt my sanity. The latest Zeldas are basically Ubisoft open worlds with a couple mechanics borrowed from Garry’s mod. It’s fun the first few hours but the lack of variety and absence of any writing really make it dull IMHO. I managed to finish BotW for the novelty and the occasional detail (the lightning hitting you when holding metal is a nice touch) but I’d die if my life depended on me remembering any character interactions. BG3 Otoh, not only is it also very polished, it has sublime combat and absolutely unforgettable characters. Truly a masterpiece.

    • realitista@lemm.ee
      2·
      4 hours ago

      I loved BOTW and in any year without BG3 as competition, I would totally accept it as GOTY. But BG3 is just totally on another level.

      • Viri4thus@feddit.org
        1·
        2 hours ago

        I played FarCry 3 forever ago and to this day I remember the plot and Vaas Montenegro. I remeber Siegmeyer of Catarina, from DS which for all intents and purposes has a not so intelligible story. This just to name a few. I spent the same amount of hours on BotW as FC3 much more recently and can’t for the life of me remember any characters. I found them bland and uninteresting. That’s just me and I completely understand people who love it.

        • realitista@lemm.ee
          1·
          47 minutes ago

          Far cry 3 did have memorable characters but IMHO BOTW is a vastly more enjoyable game to play. The difference in gameplay is massive to me. I never finished Far Cry 3 as it was tedius to play, whereas I happily finished BOTW enjoying every minute.

    • T (they/she)@beehaw.org
      1·
      12 hours ago

      I didn’t have a very polished experience at all with BG3, maybe because I played too close to the release date?

      It was very frustrating to be honest, but at least they are still fixing the game