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Baldur’s Gate 3 gained Recreation of the 12 months on the 2023 The Recreation Awards.
Meh. That sounds about proper.
Don’t get me flawed, I loved the heck out of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Frankly, I appreciated it even higher than Breath of the Wild. However right here’s the factor: as a lot as Tears of the King is, in my view, a extra pleasing recreation than Breath of the Wild, and Breath of the Wild gained Recreation of the 12 months on the VGAs that yr… Tears of the Kingdom isn’t wherever close to as groundbreaking as its predecessor. It simply isn’t.
And that’s not a ding or slight towards Tears of the Kingdom. It’s an incredible recreation. However trying on the slate of titles that have been up for the award, I feel that Baldur’s Gate 3, regardless of being a sequel itself, was very modern and did issues that actually blew gamers away in the identical method that Breath of the Wild did when it got here out. So whereas I’m at all times right down to see Nintendo take residence {hardware} at awards ceremonies, on this occasion, I don’t assume the corporate was robbed or something like that—it simply wasn’t meant to be.
Moreover, at the very least Tears of the Kingdom received to take residence Journey Recreation of the 12 months! That’s one thing, proper? Proper?