I agree. Roberta does deserve recognition. We’re not talking about what people deserve, though. We’re talking about influential people.

Not compared to those IPs, no. However, both Baldur’s Gate and D&D are established IPs with built-in fanbases. Had BG3 used the Divinity IP instead of BG, I doubt it would have achieved the same level of success. That would have been doubly true if it had used a new original IP.

• The Oscar voters absolutely consider critical reception when nominating films and choosing winners. They don’t nominate or award films that had poor reviews.

My guess is the evil Justice League members are just clones and not the actual characters. That’s how “Batman” would still be alive. It also provides a narrative excuse for nerfing Flash, Superman, etc, so the game can justify a Suicide Squad member defeating them.

Has anyone from WB actually called this a direct sequel? I know that it takes place in the larger Arkhamverse but it’s pretty clearly not a direct sequel given that it’s a completely different genre with completely different playable characters in a completely different setting. It is, at best, a spin-off.

Except quality is subjective. For example, I enjoyed Alan Wake 2 well enough but I don’t think it deserves the scores it has received. However, I recognize that most people seem to have enjoyed the game more than I did and if critical reception is a factor in TGA nomination, then AW2 deserves a nomination on that…

Not sure if you’ve been following the thread but I’ve already explained how the nomination criteria for other award shows like the Oscars varies from TGA. The Oscars favor small, niche films. Only dramas will ever be nominated for and win Best Picture, for example. TGA is the opposite. Only the biggest mainstream…

I’m not defending Hogwarts Legacy. Like I said, I haven’t even played it. What I’m doing is refuting the poorly supported arguments claiming that:

If we’re talking commercial reception, quality is irrelevant if nobody actually plays your game. There’s no shortage of high quality games that flopped simply because nobody played them. Critical reception is a bit different, though even that is boosted by strong IP as players are going to be more willing to overlook…

Grinding isn’t necessarily the result of a live service business model. Most JRPGs force you to grind in order to beat certain bosses, for example.

Ignorance doesn’t really help your argument. As a single-player game that released 9 months ago, obviously Hogwarts isn’t getting the same attention as it did at launch. That’s standard for single-player games, particularly those with no post-launch DLC. How many people are going to be talking about Spider-Man 2 or…

Hold on, lemme check Steam’s user reviews over the past 30 days...

I find it best to just treat games as standalone experiences unless they’re specifically sequels. I didn’t compare Gotham Knights to the Arkham games and I see no reason to compare Suicide Squad to them either. Are there tenuous connections to Arkham lore? Maybe but the game is clearly trying to do something entirely…

It’s worth noting that game developer salaries in Japan are considerably lower than what we’re used to here in the U.S. According to the job tracker Glassdoor, the average salary for a Japanese game developer is approximately 5,230,356 yen. At current exchange rates this is just shy of $35,000 USD, which is about…

I’ll pick it up when it goes on sale over the holidays. Based on the game’s critical reception and the fact that it’s a mainstream AAA game, I suspect it’ll be a mostly enjoyable action/adventure game that sticks to popular formulas and doesn’t take any big risks. Much like Spider-Man 2, Resident Evil 4 remake,…

Individual reviews are subjective. However, when taken as an aggregate, they provide objective data regarding trends and patterns. If we want to determine if most people care about something, we can use said trends and patterns to do that.

Honestly, if they had just released the campaign, I think the game would have been much better received. People really get caught up on live service/GaaS stuff, even if it’s completely optional and easily ignored. Just play the campaign and move on.

How are you measuring staying power? How many people were still playing the Resident Evil 4 remake after the first month? How many people will still be playing Spider-Man 2 next year?

I could have sworn I already covered this but I’ve responded to so many people that I forget who’s who. In any case, I’m not just referencing MC scores. I’m also using OpenCritic scores, Steam user reviews, etc. If you check all of those, there’s a pretty consistent trend: most people enjoyed Hogwarts Legacy and…

Um, my entire argument has revolved around actual metrics like critic reviews, user reviews, sales figures, etc. That seems like a fairly objective way to assess a game’s quality. If we’re just going by entirely subjective opinions, I could say “Hogwarts is the best game ever made and should win GOTY!” That would be a…