, where its developer has lied about how big it is. It is…much, much bigger than they indicated, a sprawling production that is 4-5 times the size of many other games, and with stellar reviews it’s a serious question:won GOTY, no less). Honestly, it feels like a frontrunner, and if that pans out, it would indeed be unprecedented.
This just…doesn’t happen. Part of this is the fact that there are only so many series that even have expansions big enough to potentially be considered their own games. And sometimes award shows will not consider them as qualifying for GOTYMy vote is that should change. An expansion that contains a significant self-contained storyline and is easily as large as what would be thought of as a traditional video game should indeed be considered in this category.
I think Shadow of the Erdtree presents a unique situation. Granted, there may be some other game that comes along and blows everything else away later in the year, but I’m not seeing anything obvious and the next closest one this year so far is probably FFVII Rebirth. And in other years, even the big expansions I’ve mentioned may have indeed been outclassed, a bit, by the full releases. You may understand why a generational game like Baldur’s Gate 3 beat Phantom Liberty, for instance.
But Shadow of the Erdtree? I am not convinced that anything will be out this year that can match it. And as a 20-80 hour game in and of itself, I think whatever rules might be in place to prevent nominations for expansion should be bent if not broken. We do not see these kind of mega-expansions often anymore, and when they do arrive, they deserve their due.Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations.
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