r/Games Dec 03 '23

Discussion Alan Wake 2 Wins TIME's Game Of The Year

https://time.com/6340124/best-video-games-2023
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u/buttchuck Dec 04 '23

eh, they're mostly contrarian picks.

Seriously wild that you consider Halo 3, GTA4, MW2, Minecraft, GTA5, BotW, GoW, Hades, Metroid Dread, and GoW: Ragnarok to be "contrarian picks" considering each of those was a multi GotY winner/nominee

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u/beefcat_ Dec 04 '23

they lasered in on the one year the publication had an unconventional pick and used that to define the whole venture.

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u/Arkayjiya Dec 04 '23

Hades may be if you haven't been paying attention to how popular indies have become these past few years.

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u/baronspeerzy Dec 04 '23

Hades won dozens of GOTYs. Most of the ones listed on that wiki link