Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree IS the Game Of The Year

[@josephcoffey2175]

Dude, you're so on point here, I believe Elden Ring dlc deserves goty. I played half the games nominated, and the shadow of the erdtree was the most fun I had in gaming all year, leaps and bounds. But end of the day that's my opinion, changes nothing either way. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@luke_wiertz]

Sote is even better than the base game, it definitely deserves goty. Not only is it more streamlined and smooth to play through due to the smaller map. But it only has 4 less remembrance bosses. Not to mention the bosses are just better in sote. It’s basically elden ring 2.

[@TomNewton-u3u]

shadow of the erdtree for life

[@aNaRcLaSm]

Best game of the year ...may chaos take the world!

[@callumrhind1357]

The Palpatine clip had me dying. The immediate overreaction some gamers have is insane to me, and I even agree with them. I just think DLC should have it's own category. Even though, if SOTE was a standalone game, it should totally be nominated

[@jsan118]

By that logic, any DLC that follows the events of the story it takes place in, has a new map/area, new content, and a new mechanic or two should be considered for game of the year.

[@lonelySires]

I agree, underrated video

[@TitansDogma]

It’s a dlc not a full game deserves dlc of the year but not game of the year. I honestly think black mist woukong will get it this year

[@agirlnamedmichael1670]

100% agree. No dlc should EVER be nominated for GOTY...it's extremely short-sighted. Why would game companies need to make new games when they can just tack on a dlc and get GOTY? This sets a dangerous precedent that will allow the same game to cannibalize GOTY and push out anything new and innovative. Dlc should be its own category so that we can keep recognizing new games. Aside from that, dlcs are _not_ a "game" - they are additional content for the _BASE_ game. You literally cannot play Shadow of the Erdtree unless you own and have installed Elden Ring.

[@theuglybartender]

@TitansDogma Hi there, thanks for leaving a comment and watching the video! That's fair enough, I think a DLC of the year category could absolutley work in principle, just feel it would be creating a redundant category for something that every year most people would probably say "X" is absolutely the winner, like last year being Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty, and 2022 being Delicious Last Course etc. Etc. again though thanks for watching!

[@theuglybartender]

@agirlnamedmichael1670 Hi there, thanks for watching the video and leaving a comment! I think the idea that game companies would stop making sequels as full games is a little extreme to me, as if that was true, the most money hungry ones (COD, FIFA and other sports games) would have stopped producing games years ago if it would benefit them both financially and critically. I think that the game awards are important to an extent but not important enough to completely design their sales and marketing strategy around if you get me? Especially as the landscape is constantly changing and Triple A Games take longer to make, I think no triple A company (and defo not indie) are designing their games based on awards at The Game Awards. Like I mentioned with Overwatch 2, if the developer didn't care, they would just slap a 2 on what I would call absolutely a DLC and call it a day (Even look at Payday 3 when that released 😬). But again, understand your concerns and glad you watched the video!

[@jacktheripper5112]

I want it to win bcuz it would be fucking hilarious and would make my year , Just seeing people seethe online bcuz their triple A slop didn't win

[@morkgin2459]

Bro this is AAA slop. Balatro sweep if you don't want that.

[@fathercadi]

Stellar blade is goty.

[@p4r4doxedits]

Shadow erdtree deserves it

[@Death80351]

It is not a game. It is a dlc that requires beating an actual game to a certain point to even start. It certainly deserves awards and I loved it, but it does not deserve game of the year. This is setting a bad precedent.

[@alanmacdonald1457]

its so dumb that people are more upset about a dlc on goty than astrobot which is just a clone of a bunch of nintendo games from 10+ years ago

[@Nightcrawler8919]

Its downloadable content. Its part of a game thats already won game of the year and probably will go on to win game of the decade like Last of Us 1 did. Technically, SotET has already won game of the year when Elden Ring won it. No need to award the DLC a second helping.

[@aelechko]

It's not a game is DLC. Why did this get recommended to me?

[@allies.q5002]

wukong is GOTY 🙂

[@phantomsplice488]

lowest rated nominee in the history of the game awards.