What did the Eurogamer readers vote as their favourite game of 2023?

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

  2. Baldur’s Gate 3

  3. Alan Wake 2

  4. Super Mario Bros. Wonder

  5. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

  6. Resident Evil 4 Remake

  7. Starfield

  8. Hogwarts Legacy

  9. Final Fantasy 16

  10. Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon

  • Telodzrum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2312·
    10 months ago

    I find it difficult to agree that there were 50 games deserving of a “Top” list this year and TotK was certainly not even close to the best game of the year.

    • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
      254·
      10 months ago

      Also starfield and hogwarts legacy in the top 10, lmao. This is basically just the steam awards again (ie just a popularity contest)

      • Glemek@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        10 months ago

        Eurogamer readers vote

        just a popularity contest

        Just what it says on the tin then?

        • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
          21·
          10 months ago

          Well yeah, but you’d expect that eurogamer readers have played more than 2 games all year.

          • Glemek@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            10 months ago

            Harry potter and bethesda both have built in fanbases despite not being that relevant for the last decade-ish. I’m not very surprised they were able to make 7 and 8 on a top 50 list.

    • rishado@lemmy.worldEnglish
      122·
      10 months ago

      It absolutely was close to top of the list. It’s basically between bg3, totk, and Alan Wake. All wildly different games and personally I enjoy mechanics focused games so for me totk was the top, sure I’m not the only one

    • Mago@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      10 months ago

      Zelda TotK has already won GOTY from some sites, in top of my mind are IGN and Polygon, so I see no problem at all for it to be on top, Between Baldur’s Gate 3 and Zelda TotK there was no other game deserving that title this year.

      It was an amazing year for gaming and I agree that there are lots of games deserving to be mentioned in this list, but as for Game of the Year title, the only two games close enough to win it, are Zelda and Baldur’s Gate.

      • Telodzrum@lemmy.worldEnglish
        513·
        10 months ago

        Between Baldur’s Gate 3 and Zelda TotK there was no other game deserving that title this year.

        TotK isn’t a top-10 game this year. It’s just an expansion to BotW (which was amazing) with a couple new mechanics slapped on – so exactly like an expansion. BG3 is great, but it exists in these two simultaneous states; there is a massive world, game, and population of that world, then at the same time it’s just not that complex or engaging. IDK, BG3 is my game of the year, but that’s because there wasn’t much this year. Elden Ring would have my vote if it was just a little bit better, but it’s not. AC6 might end up being a better FromSoft game as the years go on and replayability becomes more of a factor, tbh.

        There is a strong argument for Mario Wonder to be the game of the year. It’s the first genuinely fresh entry in a series spanning five decades, since Galaxy came out. And, honestly Alan Wake 2 is more of a storytelling, artistic, and world-design achievement than any of those other games.

        • Takumidesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
          73·
          10 months ago

          Totk felt like Nintendo’s way to recap costs on botw. It’s almost the exact same game.

          I felt this way about God of war as well

        • rambaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          25·
          10 months ago

          It should be bg3 just based on how much influence it’s having on the industry alone.

          Picking totk as the #1 game this year is just contrarian nonsense.

    • rambaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      10 months ago

      For real, how is totk better than bg3 from any point of view? It’s basically a rehash of botw with very little in terms of new ideas. Nintendo fanboyism is so lame.

  • FeetinMashedPotatoes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    115·
    10 months ago

    Nah Baldurs Gate 3 set a new standard for an RPG. I’m sure the new Zelda was a fantastic game but I doubt a sequel for a Zelda game is gonna be as influential

    • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      10 months ago

      TOTK feels like it has been forgotten about since launch, until the awards season started. It was a good game, but I wouldn’t count it as nearly as influential as BG3 or BOTW.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    10 months ago

    I’d swap 1 and 2 for me personally, but they’re both amazing games. Zelda got a little repetitive to me after a while. I didn’t want to put any more Legos together.