Re: Steam "Best of 2024" Awards

On 1/4/2025 9:31 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 Steam released their "Best of 2024" rewards. While I generally don't
hold any of these awards in high regard, the Steam list does seem a
bit more reflective of, you know, games people actually played and
liked than the other award shows, which seem aimed more at pleasing
the publishers than listening to those pesky customers.
 [Although that 'Best on SteamDeck category is a bit self-serving ;-)]
      Game of the Year: Black Myth: Wukong
     Outstanding Visual Style: Silent Hill 2
     Most Innovative Gameplay: Liar's Bar
     Outstanding Story-Rich Game: Black Myth: Wukong
     Sit Back and Relax: Farming Simulator 25
     VR Game of the Year: Metro Awakening
     Labor of Love: Elden Ring (2022)
     Best Soundtrack: Red Dead Redemption
     Best on Steam Deck: God of War Ragnarök
     Better with Friends: Helldivers
     Best Game You Suck At: Black Myth: Wukong
     [I'm calling out Elden Ring 'cause it was released in 2022.
     All the rest of the games are 2024 releases. On PC, anyway.
     A number of them came out years earlier on other platforms]
 It's good advertising, anyway. It reminds me that -eventually- I want
to get around to playing "Black Myth: Wukong" and "Elden Ring". I'll
probably grab "Silent Hill 2", "Liar's Bar" and "Red Dead Redemption"
too. But I'm skipping "God of War: Ragnarok"; I don't want to bother
with Sony's account requirements. Maybe one day, if it ever makes its
way to GOG. ;-)
 

It's the "which game's publisher paid us for it" awards