Originally Posted by
mvallas
Because awards are amazingly effective tools for advertising, and a gem like H:ZD, from a studio who went from boring me-too Space Marine FPSes to taking a MASSIVE RISK in presenting a beautiful unique open world experience, a brand new IP and FUCKING AMAZINGLY CONTROLLED action game (Yes, IMO so much better controlled and looking than BotW) that somebody who did something that brave (and arguably beyond what Zelda did in many ways) should be rewarded and recognized for doing so.
Zelda? Pffft... what did Nintendo have to loose? They could've made it a fucking strategy game and it would've still at least made it onto the GotY list. And I argue that Skyrim, an 8 year old game, did many things better than Zelda. How about some fucking music or Voice acting for once? (Don't give me that BS line about Nintendo wanting to "not let the music interfere with the environment". They did it for the same reason they make large Zelda games cell-shaded, to cut costs. Skyrim could do it 8 years ago, why the hell couldn't Nintendo?). At best, all Nintendo did was say "oh shit, this Skyrim game is cool!" and make a lesser version of it. Horizon went above and beyond, taking the graphics beyond any current open world, added a very unique and incredibly DEEEEP Storyline (especially compared to BotW's "Story") and, lets also not forget, making a very believable and strong female character lead without having to resort to sexy female video game armor to boost her appeal. (How many meme's did Zelda's Ass get? :P)
We can differ on opins, but - to me - this reminds me of when the movie Ghandi won over ET for best picture when I was a kid, where the old fogey adults only cared about Historical Docudramas. We all have opins, but it's about time the old fucking hats who grew up in Nintendo-dominated days start retiring and let today's gamers step in.