The Game Awards have revealed their nominations — and GamesBeat’s Rachel Kaser is a bit baffled at some of the candidates.
I think 2022 was a good year for games — I’ve had fun, anyway. But you wouldn’t get that impression from the Game of the Year nominations put forth by The Game Awards this year. In 2021, we had It Takes Two, Psychonauts 2, Metroid Dread and Rift Apart among others. This year, it’s basically going to come down to a battle between Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarök. Poor Horizon: Forbidden West is the lone dark horse.
As for the others, I’m not so impressed. As much as I loved Stray — and I did love it; I gave it a 4.5, for kitty’s sake — it’s not GOTY material.
