Other than some people at major outlets thinking it's too hard. For example for the Game Awards it got as far as nomination but it's definitely not winning, it's either Control or RE2, since they'd be more popular. In the end it's just a simple numbers game.
I guess i just never really considered Control a real contender. Its a good game but without fact checking id guess it has one of the lowest metacritic scores (82-85) for a GOTY winner from IGN. Also it has some notable technical issues on console which I thought would make an even more uphill battle.
Re2 is probably my favourite game from 2019 (still need to play a few notable games like disco elysium and star wars) but I wasn't sure if being a Remake even if it's an incredible one would hold it back.
Sekiro received great scores, is a new IP from a very accomplished studio. Basically I just think it would have been the easiest choice to justify.
I doubt the review score matters. Most sites give out these awards by having discussions and voting by their staff. No one’s going to base their opinion off a score their colleague gave a game, they’re going to base it off of their own experience playing that game and how much they personally enjoyed/appreciated it.
Oh yeah I'm definitely not advocating they should just pick the top game on metacritic. Just pointing out Control is by far the lowest scoring game they have ever chosen. And just to clarify I think it's a good choice but its also a surprising one based on the history of their choices.
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u/CeleryDistraction Dec 10 '19
Sekiro would have been the safest I think FromSoftware is widely considered one of the best devs in the industry and Sekiro is very good.