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Baldur’s Gate 3 received Sport of the Yr on the 2023 The Sport Awards.
Meh. That sounds about proper.
Don’t get me mistaken, 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 pleasurable recreation than Breath of the Wild, and Breath of the Wild received Sport of the Yr on the VGAs that 12 months… 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 in opposition to Tears of the Kingdom. It’s an incredible recreation. However wanting 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 basically 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 all the way down to see Nintendo take residence {hardware} at awards ceremonies, on this occasion, I don’t suppose the corporate was robbed or something like that—it simply wasn’t meant to be.
Moreover, a minimum of Tears of the Kingdom received to take residence Journey Sport of the Yr! That’s one thing, proper? Proper?