beard ひげ @beardalaxy@gameliberty.club

I don't deny that Baldur's Gate 3 was an amazing game. Out of the nominees at TGA for GOTY, it probably deserved it the most.

Just take a second to think about it though... this was a game that was partly available to the public for 3 years in early access. The best game of 2023 had 3 years in the public eye to refine it to the point where the public would like it.

Something about that just rubs me in a weird way. Obviously the game is very good, but something about GOTY going to a game that had that sort of development cycle just seems... I don't know... nongenuine? Like, we can only make a game that's truly worthy of GOTY if we have constant feedback from the public for 3 years? Just strange.

Meanwhile, there's also the issue of Resident Evil 4 Remake being nominated, when it's just a remake. It's a good remake, apparently, but when something like Final Fantasy 16 gets shafted to make a spot for a game that already had a complete foundation to work off of? Not good. Also, maybe personal bias here, but I don't think Spider-Man 2 was anywhere close to the quality of FF16.

Everyone keeps saying that 2023 was a great year for gaming. There were a lot of great games that came out this year. The circumstances surrounding a lot of games though... it makes everything feel a little off. We had lots of studio closures and lay-offs, tons of really shitty games, lots of games that missed the mark they were going for in one way or another, etcetera. I don't think I can say that 2023 was a great year for games... I think it was a good year for a lot of good games coming out, and that's about it.

>doctor, i'm kinda sad
>okay, take these pills
>what side effects do they have?
>you'll feel nothing and you'll want to kill yourself
>what happens if i stop taking them?
>you'll feel nothing and you'll want to kill yourself

Apparently, there's a theory that the Zelda movie won't be necessarily "live action" but will instead use actors for the mocap and vocal performances and everything will be CG. Just like a video game but pre-rendered in much higher quality. This is because the director of the Zelda movie has apparently been doing little tech demos with this sort of thing and is really interested in it, apparently his upcoming Planet of the Apes movie uses this a lot and the majority of the scenery in Maze Runner (which he also directed) is CG as well.

Might be copium, but I would much rather see that than just straight live action