The Campaign didn’t release in time for the Awards show. So I understand that not getting a nomination. Forza Horizon 5 is my hill to die on as to why The Game Show Awards are a farce and should not be taken seriously.
2021 MS as a publisher set the record for highest aggregate Metacritic score for the year. So while Deathloop was not out on the Xbox, or Psychonaughts 2 released on the PS4 (due to prior obligations) they still count for MS produced games.
The Halo campaign has been super bizarre in public reception too.
Everyone loved it when it released.
343 bungled their live service system and Halo Infinite was all of a sudden hated.
But.... The campaign was still great. But people's opinion on that seems to have changed too. Folks shit talk the campaign all the time, which I don't understand. It's bizarre.
It's different people. Folk still complained about it being open world, empty, getting rid of another storyline once again, no co-op and there only being 3/4 actual characters were all complaints you could find back at launch. But the complaints were mostly drowned out by praise as overall it was good.
Now that people are done praising it you see the complaints. And reasons for why folk don't defend it/praise it in response to hate are
Extreme opinions usually do better on any social media. So saying its shite is better than nah it was good or fine.
Most people that thought it was simply just good don't care enough to comment on posts about it.
343 fucking up with the MP putting off folk that enjoyed the campaign. So while they won't start making up they hated the campaign they won't reply to a comment regarding the campaign cause who cares about the game anymore.
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u/HallwayHomicide Nov 15 '22
Yeah Forza Horizon 5 was robbed but racing games are always robbed.
I would argue Psychonauts 2 deserved more recognition than it got as well.
I also thought the Halo Infinite campaign was incredible, although I understand that's controversial.
Late 2021 showed Xbox has potential. Now we just need more of that.