Why Baldur's Gate 3 Won Game of the Year (and Spider-Man 2 Didn't)

[@MiNiSoTaN]

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[@origins5490]

I am an avid FPS shooter kind of guy. I grew up with the OG Cods. Cod 1, waw, bo1, bo2, etc. I remember playing the original Spiderman games on the old playstation and it was fun. But it was never something to brag about. The only real games to brag about back in those days were the original Mortal Kombat games, Devil May Cry series, and the Resident Evil franchise, especially RE4. That was a core memory. There was nothing like it. I've never played a D&D type of game, but I wanted to buy Baldur's Gate 3 for my own birthday, as my own present. And 6 hours into the game (4 hours of which, I was just simply designing my character, lol), I knew it was going to win game of the year. And that was only with 2 hours of gameplay. I knew it. GOTY 2023, Baldur's Gate 3. I am on my 4th playthrough of this game and am not tired of it. It's always different each time, and it's bundles of fun. I never bought the new Spiderman 2 game simply because it had some lgbtq referencing in there. And it was a major turn-off for me, subjectively speaking. So, I refuse to ever buy that game. BG3 however, did not have that referencing. But you can choose your own path, and destiny as a player. And that's something that Spiderman 2 doesn't really have, from what I've seen. Another game that is similar to BG3 in terms of paths and choices is Assassin's Creed: Odyssey and Dying Light 2. Some of my favorite games tbh. But to anyone out there who's thinking, "Aww man. Spiderman 2 should have won GOTY. Blah Blah Blah." There's a reason why it didn't win. It was simply not good enough. Open your mind a little bit and play BG3 for a few hours and tell me straight to my face, or anyone's face, that Spiderman is 10x better. Most likely, if you say it, you're lying. And you're lying to yourself. You secretly like BG3 but you want to prove a point. A point that goes nowhere. End of story. Baldur's Gate 3 is probably the best game that has come out in the last 10 years. I'm not even "capping". No. Seriously. And that's from someone who has seen what's out there, played nearly everything or watched it (I don't make a lot of money, but I spend money on the truly good games), and it's that BG3 REALLY IS THAT GOOD. There's nothing out there as good. It's like, not even a competition. I bet you, if Larian Studios wanted to make another BG3 type of game very similar, they'd outdo themselves and win GOTY again. I bet they can. If they did it once, they can do it again. The VAs for BG3 might not ever see this message. But I have to congratulate all of them for doing an excellent job. They outperformed everyone and everything in any and every game. Congrats guys. Also, excellent video, MiNiSoTaN.

[@roxaskinghearts]

America sells babies into slavery and wants to become dubai or india wants trump to win wants russia india and north korea to win for anarchy and hate so how is America participation trophies worth anything to anyone when republicans made all your nato allies hate you and isolate you on the broader stage

[@roxaskinghearts]

America sells babies into slavery 0 minimum marriage age laws and wants to become dubai or india wants trump to win wants russia india palastine and north korea to win for anarchy and hate so how is America participation trophies worth anything to anyone when republicans made all your nato allies hate you and isolate you on the broader stage

[@chrisnguyen1720]

@@origins5490 nicely done.. and i bought spiderman miles morales after playing bg3 not even knowing about the awards competition between them.. and while researching if i should get spiderman 2 or miles morales long hours of reading.. i chose miles morales instead of spiderman 2... lol if that game was that great theres no way regular people would buy miles morales over spiderman 2... and thats the reviews of the masses out there that i searched... lmfao your intro saying i was 4 hours in and i was just building my char... i did the same thing in bg3.. i was so stressed like bro i havent even started playing and i need to go to sleep already?! not knowing the gravity i thought it was too much... but after playing its just an intro to how massive the game really is! im about to start my second playthrough this week!

[@ssgtblackmamba7991]

"Spider-Man 2 is the people's game of the year." Guess someone wasn't paying attention during the show, because I distinctly remember Baldur's Gate winning the people's choice award as well 😂

[@ghagzor]

Exactly. Fuck spiderman im his corporate ass

[@Disguiserro]

Yeah, they are delusional.

[@zeelyweely1590]

I never met a SOUL who thought Spider-Man 2 was even going to BE in the GOTY 😂😂😂

[@arjunbaweja7755]

Yeah it’s funny because I never heard about that game even releasing

[@MrWhygodwhy]

Yeah did I waltz into some weird alternative timeline where Spiderman 2 stood any kind of chance, with or without BG3? The only other nominee listed that I could ever see it beating is Mario Wonder, and even then that's just because I would expect TGA to give GOTY to an open world game over a 2D platformer (Mario Wonder still was the higher rated game in general though).

[@kiratastic7048]

I remember hearing someone say that the majority of Spider-Man 2 fans aren’t gaming fans, but Spider-Man fans, and honestly it makes sense. Even if bg3 isn’t their personal style of game, most gamers can understand how hard it rocked the industry.

[@jametsu]

I agree with you on this. Anyone who has been a gamer for a few years would’ve seen BG3 winning a mile away even if it wasn’t the game for them. But the Spider-Man soybois that were hating on BG3 on Twitter (X) are probably just Spider-Man fans like you said. The story of SM2 was pretty good and the swinging is REALLY good and very satisfying especially with the assist turned off. But it’s not GOTY material. I think Moist Critikal said best “it’s a really safe game, it’s a good game, just really safe.” And safe games don’t win GOTY.

[@DerBunny]

Agree. It is honestly the only way I see someone thinking that Spiderman was going to win. Anyone who knew about videogames and is a serious videogame fan knew BG3 was going to win. It deserved it 100%.

[@edrickjackson1092]

It's completely true really. I fucking love Spider-Man one of the best comicbook heros of all time and even I thought the 2nd game was overhyped. Like the game was good and writing for the most part was alright but compared to Baldurs Gate 3? That game blows any game this year out of the water with how innovative it was.

[@peridotasadeadbritishmonar7924]

I’m a huge Spider-Man fan and you’re absolutely correct. It’s honestly so fucking disappointing and embarrassing seeing the reactions, when literally anyone with any fucking critical thinking can see just how deserved bg3 winning goty was. Spider-Man 2 was fun but it honestly didn’t even deserve to be nominated. 🤷 It’s honestly really hilariously ironic that literally “Spider-Man fan” would know Peter would absolutely love bg3 too lmfaooo.

[@PlagueArchitect]

Mobile game gameplay lmao

[@Lemmestarve]

I hate to be that guy and say this but a real gamer would've known from far away that BG3 was going to win. The same way Elden Ring won, BG3 won. They moved the industry, sold incredibly well, and set standards so high it made many games look like baby toys compared to it. I love Spider-Man but that shit isn't quality. At least not like BG3 levels of quality.

[@overnight3741]

Imo even totk is better than spiderman. Spiderman is a safe sequel, totk has a heck ton of mechanics improvement for a sequel to a game in this gaming era.

[@Lemmestarve]

@@overnight3741 I agree 100%

[@SeelsOfElation]

@@overnight3741spiderman was the weakest of the 6 nominees imo Edit: If you’re reading this and getting defensive over Spiderman and wanting to shit on Starfield, reread this comment, notice Starfield isn’t relevant to this comment and stop tagging me

[@schoolofdank5736]

The spiderman game was a good game and is probably most gamer wet dreams atleast visually. But I would rather play web of shadows because it attempted to a morality system and had a combo list bigger than most fighting games.

[@Lemmestarve]

@@schoolofdank5736 you a real one

[@LilGawkGawk]

Watching grown men throwing tantrums over GOTY awards is pure gold💀

[@rawalqayyum5128]

Those aren't grown men, those are manchildren. A man will keep an open enough mind. They question why their choice wasn't right, do some research and not cry cause what they wanted didn't happen. Half the guys in the clips were like "what is this game", thats all you need to know. Spiderman is literally eye candy, after I beat it in like 20 ish hours, I turned it off because the "open world" is empty. So many better games this year than spiderman, it was never really considered.

[@itsindigoleaf]

I will never understand why so many people waste their time&money on people like them

[@Zones33]

pretty sure the only man children are BG3 fans

[@Jodariel.]

​@@Zones33kid, don't come in here trying to call BG3 fans manchild when just by clicking on your profile picture EVERYONE can see how much of a butt hurt child YOU are about BG3 being praised as the masterpiece it actually is. Stop it, get some help.

[@outrun9951]

Hilarious. I love Spider-Man 2, and I knew Baldur's Gate 3 was going to win. So Congrats to Baldur's Gate 3.

[@benedictusbillybriliandity741]

As someone who didn’t play both games, it has always felt like Baldur’s gate 3 has had more staying power compared to spider man 2. Feels like people kept talking about BG3, but with Spider Man 2, it sort of disappeared into the background not long after its release

[@Ashbrash1998]

It really reached more people like the reviews on steam are numbered at 400,000

[@Dosemen]

​@@Ashbrash1998yeh at peak it had 800k plus plus playes for bg3

[@epeeypen]

just like all the other spiderman games. BG3 will be legend

[@verandream6675]

Huge difference is the fact that, while Spider-man 2 was exclusive ps5, Larian made sure that BG3 was available on as many platforms as possible.

[@dificulttocure]

Spiderman 2 was never an actual contender honestly. If it wasn't BG3, it would have been Alan Wake 2. If it wasn't BG3 or Alan Wake 2, it would have been Tears of the Kingdom. Even the RE4 remake would have taken priority over Spiderman 2 I believe.

[@zimmy4868]

The degree of player agency in BG3 is unparalleled. I lost count at how many times the choices I made a few hours into the game came back and either helped me or haunted me later in the game. It’s the epitome of “your choices matter” in a video game.

[@breaddan8210]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@Acefdiamonds]

I've never played BG3 but I want to And I could tell from miles that BG3 would win

[@theravenking5930]

It kind of reminded me of playing dragon age origins

[@Kingepticon]

Doesn’t Rogue Trader have even more player agency because it isn’t fully voiced so they have the luxury of more robust branching paths?

[@mduckernz]

@@KingepticonThe conversations can at times be more in depth - but no, BG3 has a lot more interactivity and ways you can solve things, both in exploration and combat. That said, I do really like the Rogue Trader game, it’s great, and they really GET the Warhammer universe.

[@feltycomic8558]

"Spiderman got robbed bro, Spiderman is the people's game of the year bro" *Baldur's Gate 3 winner of the people's choice award*

[@justrevvy2001]

Baldurs gate is shit

[@waltersimmons9512]

​@@justrevvy2001keep crying

[@Lorgsgnarly]

@@justrevvy2001 nope

[@Lorgsgnarly]

@@justrevvy2001cry

[@feltycomic8558]

@@justrevvy2001 Just cope and seethe spider chud

[@xxdarkpersonaxx9496]

BG3 continues to be a reality check to game developers and gamers alike. Set the standard for what a game should be, zero monetization, deep lore and story, fantastic characters.

[@JoshuaLovesDoggos1]

And a movement and birds eye view system that destroys all that immersion eventually, if that birds eye view alone was put into something like the last of us or ghost of tsushima imagine how bad it'll be? Even with a great story, now I respect other types of gamers like baldurs gate fans/dad but goty isn't just insulting to other gamers, its insulting to everyone even those who don't realise it yet, but because some people enjoyed the game to the perfect point in time before the game awards the devs was able to exploit that in a way nobody even noticed, and now their ads are everywhere on KZbin tiktok even for people who don't like the game, because all their money from the actual goty award is going straight to marketing cuz they know the average gamer just isn't gonna buy that off the store or shelf compared to even COD and we know how God awful cod has got as well.

[@ishiddddd4783]

@@JoshuaLovesDoggos1 the game is still best seller even on xbox, the type of gameplay means very little when it blew the competition out of the water in every other aspect as well.

[@Lanoman123]

@@JoshuaLovesDoggos1the camera is a weird ass complaint but go off

[@farethia3296]

@@JoshuaLovesDoggos1 Birds Eye View is how DnD games work. I know, somewhat of a ground-breaking concept. I dont even want to mention the rest of your yap session

[@justrevvy2001]

So a game should be about having sex with animals. Got it

[@bub5842]

Dude the fact that I’m a multiplayer shooter gamer. I literally never enjoy single player games that much. And a literal CRPG became my favorite game of all time is all the reason you need. It brought the entire world into a tiny genre and did it perfectly

[@kieuoanhnguyenthi3759]

This says a lot

[@sergiarilla8608]

This right here

[@aidanjanemcintosh6919]

this is really something, considering BG3 also win the best multiplayer game. just me and 2 of my best friends, diving into Faerun and roleplaying as whatever the fuck we want. It was an experience we will remember for years to come.

[@wearetheend91]

I’m so jealous of the world that’s going to open up to you now 😂 ever heard of Final Fantasy or Dark Souls/Bloodbourne/Elden Ring? Enjoy.

[@absoluteandrew398]

I’m playing an honor mode run right now and let me tell you, it completely renewed the game for me. Everything regains its’ impact regarding the story, choices and consequences, strategy and planning, etc. it’s so. Good. And if you feel like you have a good grip on the game, don’t miss out on what Honor mode changes. Has some new enemies and some legendary abilities as well.

[@RHQ7]

People rooting for Spiderman 2 knows very little about the industry and what BG3 accomplished. I'm glad BG3 swept Game awards, as it should've. Maybe it will inspire the big publishers and developers to learn from what they did right instead of pumping out unfinished games just for the sake of profit.

[@adiasdiante1010]

Perfect comment and I'm a spiderman fan myself and A playstation person . Spiderman 2 ps5 pissed me off that game was such a disappointment. I only watched the Game awards to see to it that it didn't win and I am extremely happy with the results.

[@see_yl]

I really like BG3 and am playing it currently, but honest question: How is BG3 not "unfinished"? The camera is janky, there are a shit ton of crashes, the dialoges are often out of sync with the talking and some gameplay elemets/ details that you would expect from a d&d/dsa kind of game are just not there.

[@pureexile1702]

@@see_yl shitton of crahses? do you use mods of any kind or is ur pc like 7 years old?

[@see_yl]

@@pureexile1702 Actually the very opposite. I have a high end system and that's what baldurs gate struggles with. If you check the patchnotes, there are multiple crash fixes everytime and it's a known problem.

[@pureexile1702]

@@see_yl I'm over 100 hours in and i only had the problem loading was shit in act 3. But after patch 5 that was gone. Well call me lucky then

[@Rolandais]

Also, Keep in mind, Larian is *not* a Triple A studio, they are in fact an indie studio who have self-published or kickstarted their last three games, including BG3

[@SkycometAnimeVamp]

Seems like recently the indie stufios have been kicking butt

[@AzelleNoirre]

I heard larian studio now have 4 branch and over 400 employees, isn't that means they're triple A now?

[@Rolandais]

@@AzelleNoirre No, because triple A refers to who your publisher is.

[@AzelleNoirre]

@@Rolandais ah, i see

[@ashurdraco1510]

Well but Owlcat is much smaller and also doesnt have the same profit as Larian does, but they manage to make much better games than BG3, yet i did not see Pathfinder here....

[@coltsfan354]

I kept putting it this way: I Platinum'd Spider-Man 2. I played it for 30 hours and had a great experience, but i haven't even thought about picking it back up since then. I'm just starting Act 3 in Baldur's Gate 3 and have already started 5 other campaigns just to try out different classes, story beats, relationships, and a host of other options. And even before I've reached the end, i can already tell that BG3 is a game I'll come back to in 5 years and have an incredible time, whereas SM 2, unless there's DLC added, i don't know if I'll ever touch again.

[@lilyzrd]

i didn’t even finish act 1 and i already thought about the next playthrough when i hadn’t even finished the current one, i didn’t have that in spiderman

[@gingercultleader5500]

My first playthrough is well into act 3. But I started my second playthrough. Already it's vastly different than my first playthrough. I found things I didn't find in my first playthrough and I fully explored the whole map.

[@rarigabow8731]

I have played Act 1 like 5 times before completing the game... for me this is one of the best games of all time

[@Fossilfighters123]

This was a crazy year of games but come on. BG3 was such an unexpected gem of a game, reintroducing a niche genre to mainstream players and hooking people. I like a good action RPG too, but it feels like every game recently has been an open world action RPG with a mediocre story. The amount of detail, effort, and craft in this one game is insane. The way the devs would cater and shift the story to adapt to your every move was nothing like we’ve seen before. This was truly one RPG that really made me feel like I was role playing. I made choices that my CHARACTER would make, even if that meant going against what I personally would do. And finally, though it may be unintentional, they made a lot of gamers realize that we’ve been settling for less for too long. This game was completely free of predatory microtransactions and paywalls, which is such a nice bonus

[@efxnews4776]

I would say that now Cyberpunk did a similar thing but not so much in regards to the story but the gameplay, the game now feels amazing and having even some hardcore GTA fans are looking to Cyberpunk with certain respect.

[@timberm4n379]

@@efxnews4776 bro cyberpunk ruined industry. It only after Cyberpunk studios realised that You can release unfinished product and get away with it. CDPR just fixed what they broke

[@loselot6044]

​@@efxnews4776Yes, but Cyberpunk released a broken unplayable memed to death mess. Where as Baulder's Gate III was released as an actual completed game

[@efxnews4776]

@@loselot6044 Baldur's Gate 3 has been for about the same time as Cyberpunk in Early Access on Steam, During this time the devs have all the time in the world to work on the game an get rid of bugs at the same time players were testing the game. So when you say that Baldur's Gate 3 launched in a playable state... well thats not exactly true, we give it a pass because it was on early access wich if you ask me, is something that CDPR should have done before with both TW3 and Cyberpunk. Besides that wasn't my point! Like i said Cyberpunk achive something similar, i didn't say that when they did that or how.

[@loselot6044]

@efxnews4776 The game didn't launch, when you went onto the page it told you it was a demo/beta, and when you went to buy it the game told you it was a demo/beta. It wasn't the launch of the game it was an open demo to get interest and community feedback, so they could make an actually good game

[@lemonzest8650]

Any true gamer knows why BG3 won: the devs cared. The listened to their supporters. They raised the bar where everyone else is enthusiastically willing to do the bare minimum for their fans. The "exception" that is BG3 will remain that way if people write it off as just any other game, at least this part should be acknowledged.

[@trli7117]

This right here is the actual answer. 💯 I agree.

[@jinn91]

Also goes to show how many people love dnd rpg over superhero games 😂

[@outrun9951]

Indeed. I love Spider-Man 2, but even I knew Baldur's Gate 3 was going to win.

[@sharteel85]

Larian devs have perfected the early access formula. Cannot wait for Original Sin 3 or whatever their next project will be XD

[@snoopdoggweedo7921]

imagine dnd real time action, with parrying

[@Bulsara777]

I played, and really enjoyed my time with Spider-man 2, all Goty nominees for a fact, but I can't comprehend how people think that SM2 was snubbed, if it were not BG3, it would be Alan Wake 2 or Zelda before Spider-man 2

[@h3llboyyy407]

Spiderman was snubbed tho. It should have one at least one award. These shows literally control most of these votes lol. They could have gave them one but chose not to. And to preface , IT DIDN'T NEED TO WIN GAME OF THE YEAR. It just had to get one.

[@JamMasterJesus]

@@h3llboyyy407 Yeah- they didn't cuz they thought the other games were better. Imo the nominations themselves are a huge honor - even if it's ultimately pointless aside from the pride from game devs. Looking at its nominations, I don't think it deserved any of those awards more than another game there.

[@RaphaelAmbrosiusCosteau51]

@@h3llboyyy407Did you see all the things other game devs were saying about bg3 when it came out? If all of the votes really were controlled by the industry, this is the last game they’d be propping up.

[@Bacalhauinutil]

I wouldn't doubt it would be alan wake 2

[@HH-hd7nd]

@@h3llboyyy407 "These shows literally control most of these vote" No they don't. Seems you don't really now all that much about how the Game Awards work. More than 120 media outlets vote, and they all vote independently. In addition to that 10 % of the votes come from players worldwide. Besides - The Player's Choice Award, 100 % voted on by players alone without any influence of Media Outlets, was also won by BG3 and that alone should tell all the Nintendo and Sony fanboys that BG3 simply is the more popular and better game. Lastly: Just because Spiderman 2 didn't win anything doesn't mean its a bad game. It only means that this year had even better games and that is a good thing for us as gamers.

[@DanBray1991]

I love how fan of the other serious competitors for game of the year, aka Zelda, Mario and Alan Wake fans, were all quite positive of BG3 winning. The only people with a chip on their shoulder were Spiderman 2 fans, even if BG3 didn't win I doubt Spiderman 2 would of beaten the rest of the pack.

[@hanzomain8302]

Yeah either Zelda or Alan Wake II would win. BG3 is just game of the decade.

[@keithfilibeck2390]

I loves tears of the Kingdom, and in another year, it'd be GOTY, but BG3 takes it, both excellent games though,.

[@gkkk2735]

Its always sony ponies that get the most ass blasted lmao

[@FlyingFocs]

I think also since Breath of the Wild won in 2017 it kind of softened the blow.

[@TheRedGuy9]

The Spiderman 2 fans are most likely people that never explore other IP's that are not mainstream or Sony Ponies

[@Zach-qo1on]

it’s still funny how people think that GOTY is rigged when in fact, if it was rigged then BG3 wouldn’t have even won any awards at all. The industry hated this game to devs to major figures in gaming corporations downplaying this game for months until they couldn’t anymore. BG3 was the peoples game and it’s what is needed to push the needle forward for RPGs going forward

[@jankyyard5610]

It is my headcannon that the award ceremony tried to play the BG3 creators' glorious moment down by giving them a prompt of "Please wrap it up". 😂

[@sadmarinersfan8935]

Very true like coming into 2023 if you told me a CRPG won game of the year i would say only in my CRPG loving dreams lol

[@DaBlackX]

Exactly! BG3 had the devs all across the industry hating on it because it erased any future excuses to be lazy and release 25% of a game as DLC.

[@NeverNatter]

I really like "BG3 was teh people's game", made me a bit emotional :') Very well said!

[@niromanti5935]

Yeah if BG3 lost, it 100% would have been rigged. None of the games this year had the impact that BG3 did.

[@mited94]

"Spiderman 2 peoples game of the year!" Meanwhile, it lost the fan game of the year category 😂

[@mazebankMK2]

Starfield didn't even get nominated for shit so stfu

[@Setogayamari]

Could be worse, could have ended up like starfield and just been terrible and not even showed up... Also fan game is still majority critic and has been proven many times just like how the game awards itself is %90 critic votes and %10 community. Kinda dumb in my opinion

[@bandawin18]

​@@SetogayamariSpider-Man 2 is still inferior regardless

[@Setogayamari]

@@bandawin18 spiderman was nominated with all of those, if spiderman is inferior then they all are. They are all good games, you two just sound like a angry fanboys tbh.

[@bandawin18]

@@Setogayamari getting nominated doesn't mean shit, it's embarrassing that for all 7 nominations Spider-Man 2 didn't win a single one. And yeah, I am an angry fanboy, I expected the story to be better than the first game and it was worse. Brian Intihar didn't listen at all to criticism from Spider-Man PS4, in fact he actually doubled down on the worst parts of the first game as if he learned nothing. Nobody liked the MJ missions because they were boring as shit, rather than give her something interesting or, God forbid, take the MJ sections out because they suck ass, he instead gives her a gun and military training that's explained away with a single throwaway line about her being trained by silver sable because they KNEW people would complain about her again. Not only that but they make her look fuckin butt ugly and it takes you out of the experience when you realize that she looks nothing like she did in the first game. Don't try and argue about what a good game is if you can't tell what actually makes a game good

[@SeelsOfElation]

If BG3 wasn’t this year Zelda would have won If Zelda also wasn’t this year Alan Wake would have won If Alan Wake wasn’t this year Resident Evil would have won There was, frankly, no room for Spiderman to win this year even if it was a good and enjoyable game

[@Voodooray007]

But to be honest, RE4 Remake should not be on that list.

[@KisekiFan]

nah nah, nah Armored Core 6 would have won between Spiderman 2 and AC6 😂 (Personal Opinion)

[@Aurora_Lightbringer]

It's a good game, it just didn't innovate. It was too safe. The rest I can say innovated in many different ways, they did something new and it worked.

[@Tamaki742]

I mean I'd argue RE4 shouldn't even be there considering it's a remake, the same way Phantom Liberty shouldn't be anywhere on those lists since it's just an expansion.

[@SeelsOfElation]

@@Tamaki742 I 100% agree but the fact it was nominated and is a better game all around leads me to believe it would have won over Spiderman

[@tiexiaowang7939]

Let's be honest here. Even if BG3 didn't win, the next most likely choice still isn't SM2. It was TOTK

[@gordo1191]

Lol definitely not totk was a snoozefest

[@jimmnator9875]

Nah because armored core wouldve blown everyone out

[@puppetmaster1819]

​@@jimmnator9875I love that game

[@shinobi9606]

I honestly think it would have went to Alan wake, but yes, not Spiderman in the slightest

[@TallicTheManic]

@@gordo1191 ur opinion is trash

[@stewardappiagyei6982]

BG3 is completely self-published by Larian Studios too, with no big backers behind it unlike Spidey 2 (Sony) or TOTK (Nintendo). It literally had everything stacked against it. The fact it won GOTY and so many other awards should tell people it's legit.

[@mattc9598]

Not only is BG3 self-backed, but Larian spent years making games like Divinity: Original Sin just so they could be given a chance to make a Baldur's Gate game. They had to prove themselves just to be given a chance, blew it out of the park, and won GOTY

[@SKannan94]

Also. BG3 has been a game that's been on early access since 2020. They've had years to work on it with feedback.

[@Emilstekcor]

Also the CEO was the director and paid for it's development himself. DUDE ALSO SHOWED UP IN A SUIT OF ARMOR WHAT A LEGEND.

[@ALV694]

​@@SKannan94 the only game where early access actually resulted in a better product

[@OmegaZyion]

I was surprised BG3 won. Not because it didn't deserve it, but because the industry recoiled against its level of quality so hard. BG3 raised the bar while Spider-Man just polished the bar.

[@TraRobins234]

They really didn't recoil though

[@PapaSwall]

Everyone was pissy that BG3 blew everything else out of the water when it came out

[@scrotumscratcher2474]

@@TraRobins234they did tho? Are we just forgetting the amount of studios and developers taking shots at larian and BG3 because they “set the bar to high” and that expectations are gonna be way to high in the future now. It’s very clear the industry did not like what BG3 did to it Edit: I should apologize it looks like I’m coming off a little hot. Sorry for that definitely didn’t mean to offend

[@beastness501]

@jaydnhill-jones4675 everyone likes to forget that 😂🤣😂 like when bg3 came out and all these triple a devs were on Twitter saying “dont expect this from us, larian is an exception”…. Yea…. That never happened 😂🤣😂🤣

[@Walrus5]

Elden ring did the same thing and won last year so it was pretty obvious bg3 was winning

[@tbhgodrick6120]

How did literally anyone go into the awards not thinking BG3 was gonna win GOTY? Everyone I know thought it would not be close. It was gonna be a slaughter. This is a once-in-a-generation game. A god tier game. It’s not perfect because no game is, but the scale and branching options are completely unmatched in gaming history. I could not agree more that we should really praise the masterpieces when we get them. I raved over Elden Ring, and I will rave over BG3.

[@prof.person8853]

A lot of people just haven’t heard much of the game, and that includes me. However, from what I DID hear, this game really does DND justice

[@tbhgodrick6120]

@@prof.person8853 I guess that makes sense. I’ve never really played DnD before, and I’m not normally a turn-based gamer most of the time. But this game… man it was such a breath of fresh air with how much freedom and personal choice you have. I have two play throughs done, and each of my three friends that I play with have 1 each, and none of our stories look hardly anything alike because we made different choices.

[@R3TR0J4N]

err.. thats accurate@penileymajorey7174

[@Frosty1026]

Just look at the biggest streamers look at the general gaming community the quality has gone way down for hoping they want a better game. Games like BG3 is a game I’ll play for many years on end and that’s just something people don’t care for anymore by how people gladly play the crap they’re served

[@Frosty1026]

⁠@penileymajorey7174that’s basically how it is 😂😂😂 they play crack head duty where it’s 1000 mph action to help the squirrel brain

[@oreledoria2537]

What astounded me the most about BG3 was that each and every single NPC has their own unique dialogue. Randomly named people with some one-liner to say about their day, something they're discussing with another NPC about, or a quick drop of gossip about events in the story. It makes me want to talk to everyone that is not important, because you never know when you'll find someone as memorable as that one guy in Act 3 that tries being every class so he can become an adventurer. The thing too is that the voice acting for all of them is as quality as your companions that you spend the entire game being with.

[@drawingsticks5333]

Also THEY HAVE CUTSCENES.

[@ploed]

I don't want to know how much money Larian Studios spent for making BG3 with all that many Dialogs, Motion Capture, many Actors and so on :D

[@astronaut7796]

​@@ploedSame. I really like Speak with Animals and Speak with Dead because there so much secrets you can uncover with them.

[@chasefox-n9k]

​@@astronaut7796 it actually wasn't that massive of a number. 100mil to be exact. For reference starfield was 200mil.

[@MythicalDragonite]

I understand that for many people the gameplay of Spider man is more approachable, but man… BG3 is really the game of the decade, the amount of content, outcomes, dialogue, it’s insane the level of thought Larion put on the quests. I’ve never played a game where you can do quests in so many ways, it’s insane. Larion deserved all the awards; truly a work of art

[@nijulhefner1113]

Most definitely Spiderman 2 was great too, but it was sort of a very creative extension of the other games. It's the base for future spiderman games too I'm sure, unless they find a new model to making spidy games.

[@Nohono5553]

Oh thats how its considered good? im pretty sure most games could implement 3k choices decided by a dice if they wanted too, easily. I hate it, i dont want 3k different things to perhaps happen in the hands of an rng dice.

[@jonathankitchen7141]

@@Nohono5553bro did you read the comment. It says tons of choices that YOU can decide and not a dice😂😂😂

[@jonathankitchen7141]

@@Nohono5553and your name is insomnijack lol

[@nijulhefner1113]

@insomnijack5693 It's a role playing game, why wouldn't you want more variety? It doesn't sound like you played it very long if at all, You can likely do a whole playthrough without passing a dialogue check.

[@mostlyimpulsive3462]

I'm a diehard Zelda fan, I thought totk's incredibly robust physics and chemistry engines deserved to be recognized; And even I knew within the first week of bg3 coming out that it'd win goty. It had the markings of a timeless inspiration source right from the start; For years to come, its bits and pieces will inspire hundreds of future games. It shook the industry, like Elden Ring did, like botw did. Spiderman 2, while a wonderful game, simply didn't have that impact.

[@datelessdark4763]

It wasn't even better than totk... I have no idea what the spiderman fans are on about.

[@AlexRodriguez-fd3rs]

Tears of the Kingdom did win a few awards but not game of year deserving, it was basically just BoTW re-hashed with the same map and nothing really original.

[@novarangerx6441]

@@AlexRodriguez-fd3rsyou can say that statement, but I feel that it enhances the world, has new ideas that work in the new enhanced world, and the world brought back the feeling botw did when I first played it. I haven’t played bg3 since I’m not a fan of huuuuuuge content driven games as I tend to do every single thing in it (I stopped myself from 100% botw) and I’m not a super dnd fan, I just know about it and dabbled in it a bit before. But I probably would like it if I was able to try it out.

[@twinzzlers]

​@@AlexRodriguez-fd3rsPretty much what Nova said, none of us really care, it gave BOTW fans exactly what they wanted, more of BOTW.

[@AlexRodriguez-fd3rs]

@@novarangerx6441 BG3 Is an amazing game, I also played DoS, and DoS2, and BG3 now. BG3 is very story driven but at the same time the amount of options and choosing the paths, characters, customization, builds, side quests, all the dungeons, etc is very immersive. My friend and I played every weekend in 5 hour sessions and were able to beat the main campaign in 130ish hours. However any given campaign can easily be 300 hours or more. I would highly recommend trying it again maybe with a friend or two.

[@arnsassassiner]

this is my 1st ever DnD lore , CRPG game . been 3 months still playing . over 500+ hours spent , 5 playthrough , 2 time finished . still discovering new stuffs, this is a very special game . I am really glad i took a leap of faith with this game , once i got into it , the rest is history . Baldurs Gate 3 is in my TOP 5 OF ALL TIME .

[@DennerTheLaker]

Literally the last genre of game I would've played before playing this game I beat Spiderman and said why not give it a try I wouldn't say it's my favorite game of all time but it is the best game I ever played it literally feels unreal sometimes

[@diegeticfridge9167]

Play the wasteland series or the divinity games. You’ll realize that bg3 is an unfinished mid crpg lol. It’s like a 7. Div2 is a 10/10 you need to try it

[@TheTechReactor]

​@diegeticfridge9167 that's crazy talk, DoS 2 is extremely good, but BG3 definitely tops it in more than one category.

[@McSireson]

@@diegeticfridge9167 Look, i love DOS2, but BG3 is just better in most ways. Divinity has a cool story and awesome world building, along with top notch interactive gameplay and is a top 10 games of all time for me, but BG3 is literally an upgrade. You can do pretty much anything you can do in DOS, and more. Most characters are WAY more interesting, although Fane and Lohse are fantastic. The pacing and sheer epicness of the adventure is also just better. Now, i respect your opinion, but you don't need to shit on one game just because you like another more.

[@diegeticfridge9167]

@@McSireson bg3 has a worse story, worse combat, worse companions, and worse world depth. Cant think of 1 thing it does better than dos2

[@TheWildPizza]

I’m not a big fan of turn based combat games. But I was willing to give BG3 a chance when it left early access. After 100 hours and still going, I realised what an absolute masterpiece it is and how revolutionary it is to the gaming industry.

[@gotohellgoogle9248]

Technically revolutionary yes. Game style, I don’t know if it’s revolutionary, they just continued off where the 90s games were going, before all this live service, loot box, micro transaction crap took over.

[@Neockoen]

That people are actually surprised BG3 won is surprising. It was such an easy win, the only competition was going to be Tears of the Kingdom and that’s because it such a beloved franchise. Spider Man 2 was a nice sequel, but played safe and not really anything new. Baldurs Gate 3 made big game companies whine online because it had too much quality and it wouldn’t be fair to compare their triple A games to this small studio. This game always should have won for how much it did for the fans and how much attention to detail was put in the game. An easy and deserved win.

[@sand2067]

TOTK did also have innovation and gameplay aswell to back it up like BG3 did beyond just the franchise, but ultimately fairly lost to it

[@taco6886]

@@sand2067what innovation? Genuine question

[@ultimate9056]

​@taco6886 ultrahand was a huge technical marvel, especially for the switch considering the size of the world it's rendering at the same time. IMO the game had too many UI flaws and basicly ignored BOTW while executing its story even worse which is why I favoured BG3 for GOTY.

[@meee_5155]

Spider-Man 2 had no chance. I don’t understand all of the focus in this video and the comments on it. It is completely outclassed in every relevant way by both Tears of the Kingdom and Baldur’s Gate 3.

[@Boss-dj6ix]

@@meee_5155A turn based game over Spider-Man?

[@Hynotama]

Dude, in BG3, Raphael literally sings his own boss battle theme. That alone is puts the BG3 soundtrack above the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack. It is a novel way of making the soundtrack enhance the game experience even more. It’s been so impactful, in fact, that you have KZbinrs posting their reactions upon first hearing it. So in this case, I think BG3’s soundtrack is actually worth taking into consideration.

[@mattc9598]

man I really should have gone to the house of hope... i couldn't find it

[@Hynotama]

@@mattc9598 well there’s your reason to replay the game. I bought the physical deluxe edition and I have to wait until Q1 2024 to get it. Probably March or something. 🥲

[@Helviuss]

Whats even cooler, is that if you cast silence on raphael during the fight, he stops singing too. Little details like that make the game so fucking amazing

[@apache8795]

And that song is completely optional. You can easily make a deal with Raphael and get the hammer from him willingly. You don't even have to get the Orphic Hammer at all you're free to skip the House of Hope entirely. There's so much great content that's just optional.

[@peterslupek6561]

Raphael arguably deserves all those voice acting awards astarion received.

[@rynemayet9515]

Loved the guy in the intro who said, "Spider-Man 2 is the people's game of the year" when there is literally a players voice award that is 100% voted on by players, and Baldur's Gate 3 won that too 😂

[@annanas9122]

Yeah, I thought of that one, too 😂

[@chavezchavo]

Spider-Man 2 was one of those fast-paced cinematic action game, which has become way too common for the last decade or so. BG3 on the other hand is extremely rare in which the game leans heavily on story-telling and how your choices can absolutely change the outcome of the game. It's like Fallout New Vegas but with a whole lot more depth and possibilities. Unfortunately BG3 is going to be rare and not many game studios are going to invest heavily in coming up with a good story. Way easier to write another super-hero good guy vs bad guy storyline.

[@kimcheex5]

I only got BG3 for my fiance, I saw some clips of it on Instagram and thought she would like it. Never saw any advertisements or heard of the game. I watched her play a bit at first since I didn't care for the turn base gameplay. After learning the basics of it I decided to take a stab at it and I've been obsessed since. I was in a very deep depression at that time and this game helped me through it so much. I am an SA victim and the writing/story of Astarion made me feel so seen. I've not fell in love with a game like this in a very long time. There's a lot of amazing things this game has done, put aside my personal reasons why I love the game it does so much good and is a game that revolutionized the gaming industry. It has set a very high bar for future games as it should. This year had a lot of great games but BG3 had so much thought and love into it, it most definitely deserved goty

[@liss_Th]

I hope this gets better for you. things will get better be strong

[@paja9762]

It was so gross when Neil was interrupted in his speech man. He really did something beautiful for so many, and they just had to hurry him on so they could get to the next Fortnite commercial 🥴

[@kimcheex5]

@@paja9762 literally! Like the game awards are to celebrate the people and Studios who worked on the game. Let them have their time to express that gratitude

[@kimcheex5]

@@liss_Th thank you, I appreciate it :)

[@sfooshy4517]

I had a similar experience. My husband bought it for his birthday and I was obsessed with it! Shadowheart was the character that I connected with the most. Letting her do as she chooses and trusting her, felt so healing. Bg3 is so great because of the characters imo. I think everyone has that one character they'd do anything for! Even if it's Sazza lmao

[@eri_bb]

I think Neil won best performance because his character essentially had two endings, a good and a bad. The range he had when performing both of these outcomes, on top of his character’s capacity to be a bit silly and playful, was nothing short of incredible and wholly deserving of best performance. His bad ending straight up has him as one of the most memorable villain origin stories in a d&d setting that I can think of to this date. Some of his character’s best line deliveries are only accessible through his romance path too (he said “you’re not alone in this, none of us are” in his acceptance speech, which is a line taken from a very specific romantic path in the game). His character also brought forward difficult topics regarding S/A, which was also due to the writers who handled such a topic so delicately, but Neil’s performance of it was true to how survivors behave in real life (imperfectly), and it spoke to many, many people. Astarion’s story outcome probably has one of the best scenes in the game, and he’s also the companion where your choices as a player have the most drastic impact on his ending. There are no clear choices with him, and making what can be considered the “right” decision honestly requires having a good instinct and a certain degree of emotional intelligence, which is pretty demanding for not only the player but for an actor to execute such a role successfully. In short, he was incredibly groundbreaking and wholly deserving of best performance, though to be fair, this year was pretty stacked with great performances. I don’t say this to take away from the other performer’s accomplishments, mostly just to chip in and say that most people who think Neil didn’t deserve the award seemingly haven’t 1) finished the game or 2) played with Astarion’s outcomes to the fullest.

[@chipsalom]

It's seemed to be that many ppl assume the initial Astarion behavior is his core personality, and never investigate further enough to discover it's a maladaptive coping mechanism, facade, and means of surviving 200 years of utterly twisted, diabolical physical, mental, emotional and sexual abuse as well as being mentally compelled by his vampire master to facilitate the abuse and victimization of others by his MASTER, not HIM. A small misdeed in his masters eyes led to him being buried alive for a year. In order to not go utterly bat shit crazy, he eventually pretty much had to disassociate, sex became associated with the worst possible feelings about himself, being charming but insincere was a survival tactic. Becoming horribly bitter and cynical, etc, a way of life. Not because HE was irredeemablably evil, but because he had to exist inside a body being compelled to facilitate utter evil. I could go on and I'm obviously preaching to the choir, but I've seen so many uninformed takes about, just had to say that, lol. Someone show me another performance that reaches the levels of what he manages to portray? And it in no way devalues other amazing performances this year or in history, it just is on a whole different level of it's own.

[@doombottv6524]

Dude definitely didn't deserve it. Karlachs va did. Astarion won because his fans are ravenous

[@C_Clap]

​@@doombottv6524 All voice actors in the game were amazing, but Astarion was by far the character with the most nuance and complexity, as well as the most three dimensional one. Also, if I was gonna give the prize to a VA in BG3 other than astarion, that would be the Narrator. Karlach is great, but those 2 are god tier.

[@samf.s.7731]

Neil is entertaining in the game, and since you're about to spend a lot of time talking to those characters, being actually fun is what's going to make a CRPG palatable for non genre fans. It's like playing a Soulsborne game when you suck and can't get gud, if everything else is perfect (Like chef's kiss top tier best in the medium) you'll not only "suck it up", but you'll actually enjoy the experience. Also, bear sex. Edit: And yeah, a bunch of non fun sour pusses probably won't try to romance Astarion, because they're not fun. 😂

[@tenkaiyayes8495]

@@doombottv6524 no. Karlach is a great character, but with all due respect to her VA and writers, she's nowhere near Astarion's level, both in character writing and performance.

[@sagitswag1785]

Spiderman 2: a masterpiece of superhero games that does little to innovate the open world genre, but delivers one of the greatest superhero games out there. Baldurs Gate 3: a masterpiece of video games as a whole. Likely a defining step in the development of games as an artistic medium going forward. Yea, I think anyone who takes games seriously could see this from a mile away.

[@holocade4908]

i think youre glazing spiderman 2 too hard, the original was better people only pushing spiderman 2 cus muh black people muh lgbt agenda

[@kuystalheim5427]

Well put, a lot of people who have favorite genres will always select games in those genres. But the game of the year award is about games in general.

[@elizabethpinard8740]

I can literally talk to the rats and they tell me locations and stories. The Animals - which you need a spell or something to talk to- are fully fleshed npcs

[@left-2-write28]

I never make a character that doesn't have some form of speak to animals in bg3. After every long rest I recast it so I never miss any possible dialog. All the animals have something interesting and useful to say.

[@oldman6916]

@spiritboxyxbox you can talk to the new York rats, you just have to use this spell called methamphetamine

[@astronaut7796]

​@@left-2-write28Have you tried Speak with Dead its also a good spell. Plus I like how Larian addes separate lines for when characters are alive versus using Speak with Dead on them.

[@abandoned__]

as a dnd player and dungeon master i really appreciate the way bg3 brings dnd to a digital format. the endless possibilities and innovative ways to approach ANY given situations are such a delight and inspire me to format my game world to allow for more flexibility. not to mention how easily bg3 visualises all effects and abilities! bg3 is done wonderfully so that players who have no familiarity with dnd mechanics can get a quick and efficient grasp on it, and previous dnd players will find familiar mechanics in insanely fun new scenarios. i cant wait to play this game for years to come and still find new things

[@tselis]

As a fellow DM (other trpgs) and an avid DnD hater (system and setting bad) I agree with you 100%. BG3 is insanely good in terms of choice

[@Leon.K69]

As a fellow DND player, I agree. I haven't played it yet but damn it captures a lot of what makes DND good

[@bongwaterbojack]

Thing I love about it is the concept of failing forward. Something going wrong is rarely the end. It just leads to a different end somewhere down the line. It's a very DnD concept, and the amount of work it took to make it work is just infinitely commendable.

[@MrBertie7]

Gabe had it right when describing fun in video games. It's about how the virtual world of the game reacts to your actions. BG3 does that better than basically anything else ever. That's revolutionary.

[@samf.s.7731]

But that's Gaben, and he's the Valve guy, his games are on a whole other level tbh because even though I'm not much of a gamer, and I played it over 10 years ago, I still freaking remember Portal 2 😂

[@drpygmr2416]

Makes it feel like fallout new vegas without any restrictions in terms of world building alone

[@R3TR0J4N]

@@drpygmr2416 great example tbh

[@rewpertcone8243]

Spiderman 2 is great, BG3 is a masterpiece. Thats just how it goes man

[@ItsYeBoi2016]

After playing Baldurs Gate 3 for the last 2 weeks, it became IMMEDIATELY clear why it won Game Of The Year. People who still think SpiderMan 2 should have won, either haven’t played BG3 or aren’t gamers. That game literally met every single expectation I had.

[@loselot6044]

BG3 got other multi-million dollar game studios mad and claiming that making games like Baulder's Gate 3 was unrealistic and unfair to other developers. I think that speaks to how great of a game Baulder's Gate is

[@beastness501]

lol I’ve seen so many people trying to gaslight me saying this never happened 😂🤣😂 that’s how you know bg3 is just that good of a game. Easily in my 5 best games of all time.

[@mulanomula]

@@beastness501 It's a good game but tbh i think many people forget that it was just one developer that said "Don't expect this from us." and they got backlash almost instantly and deleted their tweet iirc. Other developers just said "this is a good game" etc. It'd easily lose to something like RDR2 if paired in the same year though, if you know anything about that game it literally changed NPCs and Immersion and developers today still can't replicate the level of detail that game holds, the world is also beautiful and it genuinely feels like you're living another life through Arthur Morgan. With that said, BG3 is also in my top 10 LMAO.

[@beastness501]

I played rdr2 and loved it, still think bg3 is miles better. I also thought gow was better than rdr2 aswell. Rdr2 wasn’t that amazing imo, and I think bg3 absolutely would beat it. Again, I even 100% rdr2, but it didn’t really do anything that much different from other rockstar games; it had a good story sure, but cyberpunks story hit me much harder than Arthur’s did. But yea, rdr2 was a good game, but I wouldn’t even put it in my top 10, I generally don’t put anything in my top 10 if the only part of the game I truly enjoyed was just the story, and everything else I’m just “meh” about, which was rdr2’s case for me personally. A lot of people are big haters of turn based games but for me personally, I’ve always loved turn based above everything else. But if I was one of those people, I’d completely understand not liking bg3, gameplay wise that is. But bg3 excels in everything imo, story, decision making, everything, even if you don’t like turn-based, you could still enjoy the story, I could easily watch someone else play this game and enjoy a lp of it if I was one of those people who hated turn based. Which is the only real gripe I’d agree with that I’ve seen people have with this game, which isn’t even a problem for people like me who love turn based games.

[@mulanomula]

@@beastness501 Agree to disagree i guess. I did like BG3 are alot but RDR2 was just a whole other experience for me that honestly is pretty hard to get with any other game to be honest. BG3 being a turned based doesn't really spoil the enjoyment from me too because it's stupid to judge a game based on it's gameplay mechanic.

[@loselot6044]

@@beastness501 Rdr2 isn't even able to be game of the year it was released a couple years back

[@dominika3762]

It was absurd what some guy said: "Spider man is the people's game of theyear" when literally the player's voice won Baldur's gate 3

[@DarkSkinDoffy]

I mean one was lauded as the greatest rpg of the decade and had developers pissing themselves and making excuses as to why they can’t make a game like it and that people shouldn’t expect them to. Meanwhile, after the honeymoon phase, the other was being called out for being a good game with a lot of underlying issues.

[@Joshher117]

It’s insane how good BG3 is. I know this is only my experience, but as a man bearing his thirties, it’s been a long time since I’ve skipped or declined responsibilities based solely on a game. That in and of itself solidified how this game is probably one of the best I’ve ever played.

[@dronzie]

This! BG3 is the first time in a very long time I went goblin mode for a few weeks. That game is so famn immersive, I play 2 campaigns back to back. I think I got about 130 hours in those 3 weeks. BG3 literally got me back into gaming regularly again, although, not nearly as many hours.

[@samminicksm]

As someone who played both: I liked SM2. I took my time and explored every inch. Got 100% in ~35 hours over 2 weeks (work lol). The story was good. Classic comic book story that is enjoyable and the performances were great. That being said, there is no real replayability for me. All I can do is swing around and fight the random crime pop ups. The graphics were beautiful and the combat system is very well done IMO. BG3 is just different. There are so many different ways to play. I am 350+ hours in since release. I have finished 2 totally different playthroughs (First run, and a second more optimized build) and I’m finally working through my dark urge run (Necromancer Wizard going for chaotic good). I have spent hours just searching every nook and cranny (and picking up every cup to sell). I have explored and reloaded countless NPC and Party interactions. I have spent hours respecing each different party member. There are genuine impactful consequences for your actions. I also have been playing D&D for almost 7 years now, so I didn’t have as much of a learning curve as others, so that definitely added to my experience. The performances are totally amazing. The NPC and Party dialogue is amazing. The little travel conversations are so funny. They give texture to the characters. They aren’t just silent puppets. They’re “people” that have personalities that interact in so many different ways. This doesn’t even go into the customizability of the game through mods (which the game offer support for). Everything from additional classes, spells, weapons, races, items, visual customization options, WASD movement for m&kb are available on Nexus. The Part that really did it for me was when I broke it down for myself: $70 to play ~35 hours is about $2/hour $60 to play 350+ hours is about $0.17/hour (and steadily declining) This is very important for me because I just graduated college. I do not have a lot of money to go around so the games I buy tend to be ones with vast amounts of replayability (BG3, Sims, Civ 6, For the King 1 & 2, Godhood, Minecraft, etc.).

[@liss_Th]

Today you woke up, washed your face and came here to spit out facts. 👍

[@GalinhoDxT]

XD nice@@liss_Th

[@Frosty1026]

I couldn’t agree with you anymore some gamers really need to wake up and realize this

[@GaryRocksGaming]

BG3 has everything, do everything you want, kill any one you want, be good or evil, play smart or dumb, take your time planning or goes balls deep, become a bear or other animals and that why BG3 is great

[@robertfishburn8545]

Freedom the game. Actual decision making and choice in a game is so refreshing

[@blackhat4206]

@@robertfishburn8545 Of course! Those who would argue otherwise, well… They just hate our freedom! /s For real though, one of the best games I’ve ever played.

[@viralityac]

Best game ever made! From someone who rarely plays turn based combat as well.

[@RealLockheedMartin]

also balls deep into a bear

[@sageoftruth]

That's the start of it. The great thing is how, not only can you do those things, but the game actually reacts to them in a believable manner.

[@MisterSerial]

I usually dont care at all about all these awards, but this year im very happy BG3 won and i wouldve been actually disappointed if it didnt. Not because it is 100% perfect, but because it showed to everyone what exactly the players want in terms of content, a reasonable price, no extra ultra hyper deluxe editions with 1 week early access, no ingame shop, no season pass, no cash grab... And Larian did it so so well. Love the game and i really hope other studios take notes

[@bradle4162]

I'm really happy that Larian Studios is getting the praise it deserves for BG3. I haven't felt that happy for a studio since CD Project Red with Witcher 3. My only hope is that they don't make a mistake that CD did with the launch of Cyberpunk with their next game.

[@jeremyjones935]

"Baldur's Gate 3 had me enthralled from beginning to end..." I see what you did there.😂

[@roscoroxgaming]

Never got the opportunity to play BG3, but saw a few hours of gameplay on YT and was completely dumbfounded. And that was exactly when I knew it will win GOTY. The level of thought and innovation put into the game was just massive and I've truly never seen anything like it. Larion Studios didn't just create a video game. What they really made was a technical masterpiece that is just out of this world. And this is coming from a Spider-Man fan. Really sucks that I can't afford to buy BG3 rn, but its at the top of my wishlist and I cant wait to play it soon.

[@gogozepelli]

My man, you can suffer racism for picking the Drow race, that shit is deep lol

[@AulisVaara]

Set aside enough time. One playthrough is looong, and you will probably want to do more than one.

[@sneaky5141]

​@@gogozepellievery race will suffer racism in d&d parallel to the real world drow actually deserve it parallel to the french in the real world

[@absoluteandrew398]

My guy is in for so many hours lmaooo When you get the game down good enough and feel confident, I highly recommend honor mode. Will totally renew the game for you once you feel like you’ve seen it all

[@somedude4041]

@@sneaky5141racism against french and British is the only type allowed ;)

[@urbboirileypennington7979]

Let's be honest, If Baldur's gate 3 wasn't released this year judging by all the awards given, the game of the year would've most likely been Alan Wake 2 or Tears of the Kingdom. Look, Spiderman 2 is a great game with a great story, but it's nowhere near TOTK or Alan Wake 2. Spiderman 2 was just way too safe of a game. Nothing groundbreaking really.

[@RaphaelAmbrosiusCosteau51]

Yeah exactly, it’s like being mad AC Rogue didn’t win back in like 2014. Good game, good story, nothing really special about it though.

[@tangofoxtrot_451]

With a great story? BRUH. Gameplay? Sure! More of the same and yet it feels enjoyable. But story… Let’s just say that even WoS had a more refined story than SM2. And not so pretentious)

[@Jayj0214]

100% agree with this post ..I don’t understand how people thought spiderman2 had a chance

[@Jet-ij9zc]

Or mario wonder. Spiderman2 had no business even being nominated

[@hawk2328]

Spiderman 2 sucks the story is shit 😂 they retired peter to go fight climate change 😂😂😂

[@Liquid278]

I definitely agree with the final point summary, Larion fully deserved this and the gaming community as a whole needed this, an indie team completely embarrassing almost every AAA studio, proving these greedy monopolistic companies wrong is just perfection

[@bruxonfc]

calling insomniac greedy 💀 if you actually have more than two braincells youd realise they appreciate the fans.

[@Liquid278]

@@bruxonfc if you could actually read I said "almost all" I may have few braincells but they at least work

[@benjaminblackmon3341]

Idk about embarrassing. Nintendo still had two nominees and TOTK was easily the runner up. Some outlets even awarded it GOTY over BG3. But BG3 deserved it. It's in a league of its own

[@ploed]

@@benjaminblackmon3341 the Problem with Nintendo Games is, you can play them only on Nintendo*s Hardware, the same with Sony Games, sure after 3-5 Years those PS Games also come to the PC, but after that many years nobody cares and wants to pay 70 Bucks for a 5 year old Console Port on the PC. While BG3 came out for PC, PS and Xbox. And here I'm sitting, waiting for The Last of Us 2 for the PC, while Sony releases the Remaster for the PS5...

[@benjaminblackmon3341]

@@ploed oh I agree nintendo keeps their exclusives tight to keep to keep people buying their ancient consoles. Exclusive gaming has its upsides and downsides for sure

[@darthsenpai]

All these excellent points aside, BG3 had the larger impact on social media since it’s release. The shear amount of fanart, video edits, fanfiction, deep analysis, and animations that cover over everything regarding baldurs gate is insane. SM2 doesn’t even touch on that level of discussion. THATS also what makes something worth goty. What got ppl talking positively the most. What gripped fans so hard they couldn’t stop talking about it and obsessing over it. That is also why BG3 won and why it’s baffling how anyone cries about it being “overrated”.

[@3paths88]

Shut yo ahh up and oil it up for papi never heard of bg3 until the awards 💀💀

[@Df19_20]

If Spider-Man was also available on Xbox it would’ve won the award

[@danielkgb-wy9hq]

​@@Df19_20 Playstation tax 😂

[@Thereeldabibi]

@@Df19_20Naw, Spider-Man is a good game. However it isn’t close to baldurs gate.

[@earthly_leopard6497]

I had no intention of getting bg3. I only bought it because my friends and I were going to do a campaign together. From the first cut scene I was absolutely blown away with the detail. I literally said in the group call "No way this game id going to keep up with this quality". Oh I couldn't have been more wrong. The cutscenes are impeccable, the voice acting for every single character is so top notch and the animations relating to what they are saying is immaculate, the narrative you build is just that YOU build it. About 45 minutes into my first playthrough without even scratching the surface of the core of the game I knew without a shadow of a doubt so long as the game was somewhat popular it was very likely win game of the year. And if it never received the award. well, I wouldn't care because BG3 is just incredible. So far I have done 8 playthroughs. All so far have been without any mods or community additions made for the game. And I have every reason to keep playing this game because of all the things to find, do, see and accomplish. I have a playthrough I am attempting to do as close to 100% as the game allows and it alone has if memory serves correct 200 hours on it. This is only because of attempting to gain and do everything and leave nothing behind or left on the shelf. As far as a game "safe to buy" where you don't feel scammed or ripped off bg3 is absolutely my #1 recommendation for anyone who actually considers themselves a gamer. Whether you like the style of the game or not. The quality and craft is astutely felt from beginning to end and they keep improving upon it with every patch.

[@Thefootqueen]

As someone who also played both: BG3 made people look at games and say "Look what we could do!" and has likely raised the bar for developers (or at least made the general gaming audience more critical). Spider-Man 2 is just more of Spider-Man 1 with improved or added gameplay elements. I love both games but I knew going into the game awards 100% that BG3 was going to win it. Though I do think its a shame that SM2 did not win a single award.

[@danzansandeev6033]

Wasn’t that the same as spider man 2018? It was nominated in a lot of things but won none. But to be fair, 2018 was a pretty stacked year. God of war, rdr2, Celeste… Be happy, at least spider man was nominated. I still think there should have been at least one nomination for hogwarts legacy and atomic heart. I had fun with those games, but I guess it’s a political issue, one game is connected to Rowling and another is Russian

[@dianabialaskahansen2972]

Not sure it raised the bar, but developers were quick to go on social media in order to tell people not to get expectations up, that BG3 is the exception, not the new standard.

[@WhtSqurl]

I'm shocked anyone even thought Spider-Man 2 would have any chance of winning GOTY.

[@ievaday]

My boyfriend and I are both gamers. I play FPS shooters and linear adventure games, while he mostly plays LoL and tries out any RPGs that come out. I used to tease him that he hasn't finished any story game in long while, he just plays some hours and forgets them, coming back to LoL. But now I couldn't force myself to play more than 5-10 hours of BG3. It was just overwhelming to me and so out of my comfort zone compared to all linear games that I normally play. Meanwhile, my bf proudly proclaimed that it's his first game in a long while for which he completed the story. He beat it twice already, and for the his third playthrough... he made me play co-op with him. Now it's some of our most charming date-game-nights. He serves as my guide, but not revealing too much, letting me think at first, and only helping out if I'm at a loss. He said he genuinely enjoys playing with a noob like me, and hearing my reactions. He made me play the Dark Urge background (and I'm usually a goody two shoes hero in games, completed Mass Effect dozens of times Paragon only, haha), and oh my lord. Poor Alfira. And squirrel. BG3 has become so much to us. Not only it's technical and storytelling masterpiece, it's also our personal get-away. Worthy winner of game of the year, and honestly for a few years ahead - I doubt any games will reach this quality anytime soon.

[@samf.s.7731]

Uh oh! Now I know why so many people are surprised this game won, it requires ... Gasp... Thinking 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ievaday]

@@samf.s.7731 Right?? :DDD there's just so much in it

[@jakeberry7286]

Im jealous of your guys's life and relationship.

[@alemdevp2048]

​@@jakeberry7286Same 😢

[@ryanator7935]

I really like you mentioning the price tag debate. BG3 only being $60 is amazing. The the fact I’m getting over triple the content of other AAA games for a lower price is genuinely amazing. Over the last few years I started consuming more passion project games instead of just AAA games because I feel like I’m getting more bang for my buck.

[@ibannash]

Not what I payed. An I bought it twice. Still was worth it obviously.

[@ryanator7935]

@@ibannash I have two copies of the game too :). One on Pc and one on PlayStation

[@hannahw7023]

Isn't BG3 AA and not AAA?

[@ibannash]

@@hannahw7023 Are you asking or telling? If asking, I'd say AAA. Too many resources and too much time went into it. An it's far deeper than anything with less than top quality development.

[@ryanator7935]

@@ibannash It’s a mix of both in a way. Larian is technically, by definition, an indie developer. The thing is that after their last game DOS2 they were able to pull themselves out of bankruptcy and better establish themselves. With near 400 devs on this game, it puts them in the same ballpark as Bethesda but still putting them lower than games published by Activision who apparently had over “3,000” devs working on COD 2022. So technically will the success of this game they can establish themselves as a AAA company but at the time of release they were just a the cusp of it.

[@thatrandomdude07]

It’s ironic people believed Spider Man 2 even had a chance. It’s not a bad game by any means, but it was just another Spider Man game. No ground breaking, innovative gameplay concept, or something that shook up the game industry, it was just Spider Man. Baldur’s Gate 3 took the gaming industry by storm with the amount of freedom you have to explore, and the freedom you have in terms of decision making. There are so many ways you can play this game, and so many ways you can go about what happens in the world around you. Even if Baldur’s Gate 3 didn’t exist, Tears of the Kingdom would’ve won. And if Tears of the Kingdom didn’t exist? Alan Wake 2 would’ve won. Spider Man 2 didn’t really change anything about the first game, which although isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it makes it harder for it to make it worthy of winning any awards in a massive and innovative year for gaming.

[@LtSoap]

As someone with no friends to play dnd with, this game was a dream come true and deserves every award and more

[@kaire1234]

hey

[@runeplate123]

@@kaire1234hey

[@Nastara]

The voice acting in BG3 is so good because of how many different versions of conversations they had to work with. The directors writers and actors were seeing so many sides of the characters with these choices

[@devastatheseeker9967]

Oh man I wonder how a game with masterful story telling and extreme freedom won goty vs the 500th 3rd person cinematic action game. God I just can't imagine why.

[@Setogayamari]

So if a game has 3rd person action it means the story is garbage? Sounds stupid as hell to me. Alan Wake follows the same 3rd person action genre and your not complaining about that resident evil rip off? God of war has perfect story telling, last of us had great story telling, uncharted was great, ratchet and clank is a classic, jak and daxter was amazing, spider man was phenomenal, and red dead redemption 2 was abso incredible. All of these games have a great story regardless of the 3rd person action. If you don't like them that's fine, but talking like your opinion is fact is wild to me. Most gamers don't care what the genre is, if the game has a great story then people will play it regardless

[@devastatheseeker9967]

@@Setogayamari Did I say literally anything about story telling?

[@devastatheseeker9967]

Being bad i mean

[@jacksonzander6024]

youre being obtuse and you know it. Have you played BG3? @@Setogayamari

[@someguitardude8462]

Oh man, I wonder how a game with (everything you said) won over a sequel that does some things worse than its predecessor.

[@kronaaaa]

as someone who played most of the goty nominees (spiderman 2, bg3, totk, and mario wonder) i never expected anything but bg3 to win. the only one i thought would get close was totk

[@AlanXEverfrost]

Larian Studios did not think of every possible decision you can make in the world. They thought of a ridiculous whole lot of decisions in dialogue you can make with great variations, and with continuing fail states that can still let you progress in different ways, but for the rest of the world actions they made a VERY good system that calculates what in the world you should be able to do and what not. That is how players have figured out methods to defeat or circumvent bosses, or gain access to areas or so many other things that Larian had not considered, but by the logic of the world can work and it DOES. And that is just as, if not more, impressive. They programmed in that the splash of a bottle can impact the suroundings and in doing so made it so that a person could drop a potion, lure a boss to them, crush the entire area but survive because that same crusher that killed both the pc and the boss broke the bottle to heal the pc right after. That wasn't a specific exception or clever solution programmed into that one boss fight as a way to cheese it, that was a solution that naturally occured through them programming such physics and a player realising that it might be possible.

[@insertnamehere1398]

Like obviously you can’t think of infinite possibilities… but you can think of like a gazillion

[@misterfuzz2681]

I think I agree, it’s so cool. It’s just like other larian games. They love seeing players fuck with their shit to just barely strap together a completion.

[@utopianemblem5271]

A friend of mine put it like this. Spider-Man 2 is an amazing game, but in a format like the Game Awards, it is always going to be cursed with 2nd place at best. Every year, there is likely going to be that one game that just edges it out, or blows it out of the water. Every year has that game that just tries something insane and elevates it to a different tier. Spider-Man 2 is just too safe and "generic" to win many awards in this catagory. I say generic, but I mainly mean that it wasn't that groundbreaking to blow people away. It was still very much the original that was enhanced, and not a massive leap above what it was previously.

[@siliconhawk]

nah if BG3 wasn't there AW2 would have won. if AW2 wasn't there, zelda would have won, and then RE4. spider man had no chance this year it was stacked af and fortunately or unfortunately for SM2

[@themysterykid1]

Spiderman is not close to even being second place

[@ExoRyzen]

Not every year, there are some years where there were no competition for the award

[@h.i.mcdunnough9421]

​@@siliconhawkre4 wasn't beating spiderman, it shouldn't have been nominated. Great game but a remake?! Gtfo

[@h.i.mcdunnough9421]

Similar can be said of nintendo. All your game needs is a good story ABD great gameplay and a nin title just doesn't stand a chance.

[@Akira-nm1od]

To someone who’s never been in the ocean, a pool may seem deep.

[@anti7hero]

El que nunca ha tenido gallina se cree que la mierda es huevo.

[@themarkktv]

In BG3 I was able to sabotage a press to stop them from printing an unflattering article about me. The first NPC I talked to after that, got mad at me because they removed the puzzle section because of that. I rest my case.

[@bananaana1860]

Also the fact that in BG3 you can actually influence NPCs?!!! With your choices?? Many games have different endings for the playable character based off the PC’s choices. But how many games where you can influence others? Just origin companions alone, you have at least 10 end game outcomes. Even more if your count subtle dialogue/ Easter eggs. In the epilogue, read the newspapers and letters at the camp party. And you’ll soon realize that it’s based off of your specific playthrough, and not just a generic object. I also really appreciate how the quest journal never says you failed a quest, it’s completed. Whether or not you’re playing a “good” guy or “bad” guy. The fact you can be a corrupt paladin, or a drunk monk, or a redemption ark Dark Urge? Yeah your companions might be too “romantic” towards you, but at any point, you’re given the choice to reject them, ignore them, or just remain friends. Your good align companions can leave your party, and your evil aligned companions will disapprove your random acts of kindness. So far I’ve played as A high elf sorcerer who’s lawful neutral charlatan, morally grey and makes questionable decisions sometimes. A seldarine drow acolyte who’s actually a selunite cleric, who occasionally bickers with Shart. But, eventually became an Assassin Rogue to kill for the greater good. (Mostly to use my new gear) I started a Tiefling Dark Urge campaign as a Bard, but decided to put that off for now. Current campaign is me playing as Karlach, Gale is my spare tire romantically while I try to romance Minthara. I saved the grove so no spicy scene. Finally, I’m sorry but BG3 is not for people who like to have everything laid out for them. A lot of quests don’t have markers, you actively have to interact with the world and discover it’s secrets yourself

[@blairebaker7211]

Not only that. If you kill certain characters who are important to the story instead of just breaking the game they add new ones to replace the old ones. Take the dark urge for example. You can kill a certain character and miss out on some good stuff later on in act 2. But if you go to said character and knock them out before the cut scene at camp they’ll be replaced by a different character and you can still obtain the good items because you didn’t kill the original person you were supposed to. Also they write you a letter in the late game, saying they know you wanted to kill then but thank you for not going through with it, Which is just amazing, instead of stopping players from getting certain items the devs just add to it. Not to mention the over 17 thousand endings. People are acting like a 20 hour game is going to beat a game that can easily go for 100 hours plus.

[@PheonixNovaGT]

I want to add my two cents in here as well. The main reason i played this game is because i played Final Fantasy XIV, even though 14's story mechanics don't come anywhere near BG3's i can appreciate the game for what it is just like i can with Spider-Man 2. I know i probably shouldn't be comparing FFXIV to BG3 but they both have really good stories. (Currently playing like 3 save files in BG3 and i have yet to even get to the third act of that game) XIV's story took me for a rollercoaster ride of emotions, tugged at my heart, and made me feel good by the end in which i'm sure BG3 will do to me as well. The Hydaelyn and Zodiark saga was truly something to behold imo and i feel Baldur's Gate 3 will even top that once i finish one of my 3 saves on it. I kinda hope FFXIV takes notes from BG3 with the morality system in future expansion packs after Dawntrail because i would be floored if you make a certain decision to have one of the Scions hate you and want to leave because of the decisions you've made or because of your ego and they have a sub-story where they fight you to get you to remember who you truly are or just straight up kill you once they recognize that you're past the point of saving and need to be put down. There could even be sub stories in there where you could branch off from the Scions much like Alphinaud did and create your own group of adventurers of whom you trust and of whom trusts you, But i digress. All i just want to say is now is that BG3 did an awesome job at letting people choose what path they want to go down in the game and take you for a rollercoaster ride of morality and responsibility that is on a level that i've never seen before and i hope some of the MC's in BG3 (Basically our group of heroes) comes back in Baldur's Gate 4 to face a new threat from a new ailen species or something.

[@flexoffender5997]

I played Spider-Man 2 for 35 hours. Beat it, and it was fun. Really fun. I loved it. I played Baldur's Gate 3 for 6 hours before I gave it up. It wasn't for me, and I knew it was something unexplored before I picked it up. It was tough for me and I refunded it. Baldur's Gate 3 still managed to impress me immensely. The dialogue, the choices, the freedom, the mechanics it was all so well crafted and so enjoyable it was amazing to see such creativity, such passion being poured into a game again. Any person who is a gamer, knows this game deserved that GOTY award, even if they didn't particularly like the game itself, like me. Baldur's Gate 3 set the bar hella high, for the better.

[@Sue_Me_Too]

CRPGs are definitely niche compared to action games, no shame in not being into the genre.

[@FlowerSong606]

I mean.. game was something new for me aswelll but I gave it a good chance and finally got the hand of it it helps that it has a character creator for default and the dark urge 😂 cuz I love creating characters so that has helped a lot in keeping me hooked for a long time

[@danieladams1752]

This comment perfectly explains why BG3 won and at the same time why it DID NOT deserve it. Had you actually finished the game, you would have seen Act 3 is held together by bubble gum and prayers. I’m convinced there’s a lot more players like you.

[@floofyboi7546]

⁠@@danieladams1752 act 1 and 2 has more gametime than spiderman 2, I think that more than makes up for act 3. You could literally stop playing after Act 2 and still walk away with over 60 hours of fun and fulfilling gameplay and story in a single play through. I loved Spiderman 2 but I got far more fun gameplay out of BG3 than Spiderman 2 *before* Act 3

[@azku]

I refunded BG3 3 times before I actually managed to get into it. Not a cRPG fan. But now I can’t stop playing cRPGs.

[@amlugonnen5106]

Honestly, this video did more to convince me to play spider-man 2 than all the people yelling it got robbed. I adore BG3, I got hundreds of hours in it and I love how you pointed out the differences between the two.

[@AbsolNOVA]

I know my scenario is extreme, but I literally played 130+ hours on my first playthrough. This game is by far the most replayable game ever, as I'm already playing through my 3rd-4th save with completely different races, classes, choices, relationships, personalities, etc. It truly is a masterpiece of a game. *chefs kiss*

[@gourmand3]

So many people were angry because nowadays a lot of the younger crowd are so used to being told how to play the game and cant wrap their tiktok addled brains around player agency 😂

[@anti7hero]

Holy shit this is true.

[@derailed5295]

Your video popped up on my feed, I watched the entire video, haven't played either game, just wanted to see your reasoning, went to your page expecting to see about 12-15K subscribers, then saw how many you had, this was an awesome video man, you gained yourself one more sub and I hope that you get a hell of a lot more

[@MiNiSoTaN]

Thank you!

[@kieuoanhnguyenthi3759]

Yes while watching I was thinking to myself “what a fricken amazing video”. You said what you wanted to say so well, it really conveys the points and feelings across to me, a viewer, I could really tell how much you adore this game. Videos like this are what make me come to love a content creator and wanting to check out their lets play for these game (if those exist), even if I’v watched others played it, or I myself have played it.

[@EmersonFlemingEmRock13]

Spider-Man is a fun time, but Zelda and BG3 were genuinely generational titles. I am glad BG3 won and I hope it motivates the industry to really shoot for the stars going forward.

[@SadBirbHours]

Totk and SM2 are essentially in the way that they’re both glorified dlc sold at full price.

[@John-bj1zx]

Tears of the Kingdom and Baldur's Gate 3 are more than just generational, both will have major impact on gaming going forward. Unfortunately for BG3 is a negative one due to the outcry from so many other developers because it's literally impossible for AAA devs to match that quality because so many games are just slop shovelware.

[@TheKillaShow]

I expected alot more for Zelda than we got in tears of the kingdom. It didnt measure up to BG3's impact this year.

[@refugeemorales8003]

TotK was fun but meh in the end.

[@goncalopinto4903]

@@SadBirbHoursdlc? Did you play it? I have 70h now in the game and didn’t complete all the stuff. The main story took me around 40h. In bd3 I have now 20h and a lot to do also ofc

[@Ligmaballin]

Baldurs Gate 3 - Play as you want Spider-Man 2: Play as Mary Jane

[@dmac2184]

In regards to the soundtrack, i think the Raphael boss fight music is actually one of the best pieces of music weve gotten out of gaming, and outclasses Spiderman 2's soundtrack by a country mile. 1. Raphael sings about the events youve been through and what is taking place during the fight, while you are in the process of fighting him 2. The VA had never done a musical number before, and he absolutely killed the performance. 3. Its just a beautifully created piece of music Spidermans soundtrack is also absolutely amazing, but Baldurs Gate 3 has this almost otherworldly, magical tone to it. Great video though!

[@Christopher-eq1rn]

He's never done a musical number before? Holy shit that's some incredible innate talent

[@DEVil-po5xz]

According to a comment I saw, if you use a silence spell him during the fight his voice gets cut from the music. not sure if this is true tho.

[@dmac2184]

@@DEVil-po5xz I'm 99% sure it is, and that makes that fight all the better for it. 200 IQ people working at Larian

[@c_jades]

I always enjoyed Raphael’s rhymes (they’re so extra I love it lol) so it was the best surprise to hear him spitting bars during his fight!! I’m glad Larian Studios took the risk to have Raph’s VA do this despite it being his first time singing. It worked out PERFECTLY for Raphael’s character, who’s arrogant to a fault and oozes confidence, and would absolutely make such a show out of “bringing down the claw” ❤

[@doombottv6524]

My music glitched during that fight

[@grimrow]

For those of you who might feel like bg3 is hard to get in to, try playing coop with your friends. This type of game isn't my niche but because i played it w my friends, I've fallen in love with every aspect of the game including the gameplay (even though that was the thing holding me back from playing the game in the first place).

[@HardcoreCasualGW2]

I actually refunded the game at the 2 hour mark on Steam when I first purchased it. CRPG's and turn-based combat aren't really my thing. But then my friends wanted to try it in co-op, so I purchased it again and gave it a proper chance. I'm glad I did because I've really never seen anything like this before. The degree of choice the player is given every step of the way and the impact of those choices is unprecedented. There's no way to adequately describe it to someone who hasn't played it by comparing it to other story-driven video games because, to my knowledge, nobody's ever done anything this ambitious before. If that were the only thing that made Baldur's Gate 3 exceptional, it would have been enough. But the quality. The cinematics, the voice acting, the incredibly detailed ruleset and combat mechanics. It's just there plain as day in every detail. This studio didn't set out to just make a great game. They were crafting a work of art and something gamers have never seen before. And that's why it won even against some very worthy competition.

[@hambone.fakenamington]

BG3 convinced me, as someone who only had Switch Lite before, to buy a whole damn playstation 5 so I could play it. It’s so pretty, and while I enjoy DnD podcasts I have never played it myself and have never really liked turned based video games. But the care to the characters, story, and romance plot lines convinced me and I’m having a great time. It seemed obvious to me it was going to sweep awards, I’m glad it did. I want more games like this forever.

[@iprfenix]

If you want more games like BG3, you can check out Divinity Original Sin and Divinity Original Sin 2. They are both made by Larian Studios. They are the games that saved Larian from bankruptcy and served as the experience/building blocks for BG3. Being their older games, made on a much smaller budget, they are less refined. But they are still GREAT experiences. Especially DoS2. DoS1 has an 89% and DoS2 a 95% on Steam for a reason!

[@advcrim77]

Great choice. PS5 Rocks

[@allysonplaza7462]

i glad that i not the only one that bougth a ps5 just to play bg3

[@JustAGuyYaHear]

I find it hilarious how one of the people in the intro said that Spider-Man 2 was the peoples GoTY when the Baldurs Gate 3 was voted on by the people

[@thesilliestgoose5990]

The Meatriding for Spiderman in Tiktok comment sections is genuinely insane y’all. They’re unironically convincing themselves that suddenly BG3 didn’t exist until 2 weeks ago and that genuinely no one has heard of it or played it. There was so much copium I felt like I needed to bring a couple doses of Narcan.

[@nonyourbusiness165]

Same, they dont even try to do some research, just straight up whining and yelling, talk shit about BG3

[@jpebrz]

Funny thing is, if spider man 2 was a multiplatform game, those same people wouldn't care less about it, playstation fanboys are pathetic

[@tangofoxtrot_451]

I mean, you must be really braindead to claim such things. And it’s kinda weird how pathetic and stupid sony fans can be sometimes. I’ve heard like dozens of times about THAT GAME WHERE YOU COULD LAY A BEAR but SM2? I was about to forget about its release if not for 19 inches of Venom meme.

[@niromanti5935]

Instagram reels comments are the same way. Just cause you haven't seen the mona lisa in person doesnt mean its not a masterpiece or that others dont enjoy it.

[@moistydoooood]

unfortunately i was one of those people saying spiderman 2 was robbed. after seeing a few videos of baldurs gate and finally buying it for the ps5, im literally hooked after an hour. it's so much fun and i now know even after an hour of gameplay the game 100% deserves all the awards lol

[@Abrioso]

Dude and thats nothing, after 50 hours you will say, this is the game of the decade

[@Acefdiamonds]

He switched teams In all seriousness I'm happy you're enjoying it

[@savvykit]

It’s all about keeping an open mindset when it comes to these types of games. Hope you’re enjoying the game :)

[@ates423]

Wow I’m impressed you are able to keep an open mind. Most Spider-Man 2 fans aren’t that way

[@fernandozorin204]

​@@AbriosoND after 300 hours you will say that you're glad to be alive to play this masterpiece

[@lmr4403]

Also BG3 also has a modding community that allows you to do whatever you can't: reach lvl 20, romance multiple characters at the same time, increase party size, customized classes and subclasses and so on.

[@eldritchkaiju5829]

As a longtime fan of both tabletop games and the CRPG genre, I feel very vindicated to see a CRPG based on a tabletop property being recognized by the mainstream. This game deserved every accolade it received and then some. I haven’t played a D&D video game quite this good since I first played Planescape Torment

[@otttimon5654]

Watching that clipshow in the start makes me wonder. Had those guys watched the whole show? SM2 had already lost to Zelda ToTK in action adventure category and to other games in all the other categories like direction, story and audio, while BG3 took the RPG, multiplayer and player’s voice awards.

[@armyman9988]

If you think Baldurs Gate 3 doesn't deserve GotY then you must have never played it because it it what games should strive to be more like. It has been so long since I've played a game where the dialog choices have actually been exactly what I wanted to say, and the things that you do actually have an effect on the world in major ways. So many play styles, choices, great characters and much more. There hasn't been a game this good in a while.

[@TrippTh3Kidd]

I feel like one of the biggest things missed on an otherwise flawless video was fan sentiment following each games launch. Baldurs Gate launched to extreme success and managed to keep very positive fan sentiment as well as provide continuous updates to this day and probably ongoing. Spiderman 2 launched with great success, but following that there was definitely a more mixed sentiment compared to BG3. Venom, more Mary Jane, among other things didn't tank the game, but it definitely caused a sore spot, and developer comments in interviews following did not help matters, if anything it inflamed the issue. Those issues didn't kill the game, and it's still a good game despite ALL of that, but in the eyes of their fanbases, and the sentiment of gamers around the entire gaming space, Baldurs Gate 3 was absolutely loved, while Spiderman was liked. That being said if we also take into account how popular just tabletop DnD is, and apply that logic to a game that is video game DnD, that train of thought had me fully believing in the BG3 sweep as soon as I got my hands on it. All in all though I think it's understandable those points weren't brought up given the other points made in your video were much stronger without getting into the weeds with it, and still made the point wonderfully.

[@mr_blank4413]

imagine not just being happy that: A. your game of choice was even nominated B: The game that did win is also fantastic

[@PapaSwall]

BG3 was truly a phenomenal project. And the studio that manages it listens to their audience and keeps adding new stuff for the people

[@KwehShiro]

it also has good work ethics. i know people who work there, it's like a big family. everyone knows the boss, they pay plane tickets to go to the HQ of the studio to their employee to meet everyone in Belgium, or give them consoles and so on. Actually, they also gave a bunch of BG3 keys to every employees when it came out so they could share with friends too. It's a very humble studio that, against all odds, made it through. Should check videos on how they started. I tried a while ago to get a job there so i had to watch a video about them, it was very interesting, they also gave me divinity original sin 2 for free from testing my skill on finding bugs. ( i did not get the job but i got to keep the game anyway)

[@mulqueen2023]

Bg 3 being arguably the biggest gaming shakeup of this decade, hell maybe even more then that, honestly has me so excited for what's to come. We as an audience showed our support through online support and by buying the game, it won endless awards etc. The game industry has been changed. We as fans need to expect more instead of settling for less, we deserve that. Look at how the medium is shifting from first person shooter looter games, that kill the justice league DC game has completely revamped their marketing campaign to make it appear more story focused as it gained a massive shrug from the gaming audience who just didnt rightfully care. Games should excite and bring us joy. Larian just hoped to achieve a small niche audience and has instead sold millions of copies to people who've never even played DnD before, best underdog story I can think of. I know I'm hella excited for anything Larian adds, we are still getting new free content and constant patches and transparent community dialogue. Just incredible respect for everyone at Larian, cause wow, if anyone deserved the award and love and praise its them.

[@sunner108]

Spider-Man 2 is a great game, but in my opinion, aside from the crazy graphics, there's nothing about it that we haven't seen before. It follows a very tried and true formula of Triple-A action games with lots of QTEs and cinematic action sequences. BG3 was in a league of its own this year. The storytelling, the gameplay mechanics, the depth and density of the environments... I'm not sure we've ever seen anything quite like it. And the fact that people who knew nothing about D&D or turn-based games became such huge fans of it is a testament to just how good it is. It transcended the boundaries of its genre. IMO, it's in the same category with Elden Ring as games that will define this generation. Absolute masterpiece.

[@Keruthesage]

The games buggy and messy

[@rijusnar1994]

Seeing Worst buggy mess and i didnt have that much problem ​@@Keruthesage

[@ДмитрийРубежов-э1б]

Baldurs Gate 3 Deserved That. Spidey Two is a good story of a super heroes, But Baldurs Gate 3 Literally Revived The Franshize

[@wooplaw1080]

I feel like at this point, we can probably predict which game is going to be GOTY by looking at how many game devs on twitter write shit like “I know the games good, but please don’t set this as an expectation”. Happened with both elden ring and bg3

[@wetbeefhunk]

typically playing FPS games the release trailer for BG3 did not look appealing due to the point and click style of combat. it had a lot of hype so i decided to buy to the fun of it. i could not be more shocked about how amazing this game truly is. i quickly learned to love the combat and the amazing story it told. not to mention it feels like there are infinite possibilities that you can choose from that will dictate how your story goes. i have never played anything like it. definitely deserved GOTY.

[@obezy8705]

Bro literally people who had no interest in crpgs or rpgs in general fell in love with bg3, i always thought turn based games were boring and only recently started getting into them with wastelands 3 and disco elysium and i was really blown away with this game and found myself itching to get back into this fantastic world

[@M00nlightOfficial]

Honestly coming from a JRPG fan who loves turn based combat, I am happy that Baldur's Gate 3 won, showing that turn based combat can be fun. It's changed a lot since the 80s and 90s.

[@JoeEver123]

I played a shit tons of crpg and BG3 is hands down the best

[@bayouboigaming]

Even if you didn't think that BG3 was your GOTY, the way it absolutely shook the AAA space and caused developers to literally shit their pants on social media was kind of the writing on the wall. Elden Ring did the same exact thing. Both of these games innovated by launching feature complete and making mainstream AAA developers out themselves as incompetent morons.

[@batbruce]

Finally someone is talking sense about the game awards with reasons

[@FeinEZ]

i genuinely cant fathom how anyone thought spiderman 2 still had a chance at goty. Like of course people want it to win, but it lost every other catagory, even action adventure, and people still expected it to win goty at that point??

[@nanashiiii]

i was absolutely confused as to why baldurs gate won, after watching this i’m excited to try it out

[@laillosidgar]

There is 3 reason for people who hate BG3 1. Never play it 2. Absolute hate on RPG genre 3. Lazy to read the freaking text.

[@slevig415]

That's the spirit! You won't be disappointed

[@ygnizemcenia6059]

Just don't force yourself to like it. Awards don't really matter other than appreciation. As long as you are having fun even when playing the worst game of the year then that is only what truly matters.

[@h3llboyyy407]

​@laillosidgar ppl don't actually hate it in mass. They just not used to that style of gaming. Also it's rated m so lots of kids who actually watched the show also will add in that spiderman should have won game of the year. But i just think they should have one SOMETHING.

[@Rando1481]

@@laillosidgaror they don’t like the gameplay

[@MS-zp5by]

Im not even considering buying spiderman , but bg3 is a must buy for all real gamers