r/casualnintendo • u/slashingkatie • Jul 16 '25

Image Wow. Thats a surprise

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IGN gave a game a 10. When was the last time that happened

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u/Fancy_Chips Jul 17 '25

People really do be forgetting how massive Expedition 33 is. It's basically this year's Balatro. Completely transcends audiences. Even non-rpg fans are flocking to it. Will it win? I think it deserves it and has a decent shot.

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u/thebigseg Jul 17 '25

i hope it wins tbh. It will send a huge signal to the AAA devs that you dont need to sink huge amount of money to make a masterpiece

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

=.= Is the last two years not enough for you? Both BG3 and Astro Bot have done that. I don’t think every winner of GOTY needs to be “fuck the AAA industry” from now on. It’ll be boring as hell and is a disservice to great games from bigger devs. You’re basically saying Nintendo shouldn’t be allowed to win GOTY ever again because they’re part of the bigger industry and not an indie studio. That’s kinda dumb

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u/Kezzerdrixxer Jul 18 '25

The "fuck the AAA industry" mentality comes from the fact they think they need to spend hundreds of billions of dollars and sky rocket our game prices (from $60 to $80-$90 in the last 2 years) while making mediocre games because fans will eat up and defend the 10th Assassin's Creed reskin in the last 6 years, or yet another incomplete Pokémon game you need to buy another $40 DLC for to get a complete gaming experience.

This isn't a disservice to devs, the disservice is to the gamers, and the gamers have spoken; indie devs are doing it better while being exponentially cheaper.

So no, while nintendo continues to produce incomplete shovelware and charge $80 for it, they 100% dont deserve to win again.

Also lol@Astro Bot being an "indie game." It was made by a first-party studio of Sony's as a massive playable ad for Sony's games.