The Best Game of 2023 - IGN
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Before we crown IGN’s Best Game of 2023, let’s first acknowledge what an amazing year it has been for game releases. There were great games almost every month, and every nominee — from Cocoon to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 — is certainly someone’s personal game of the year. But ultimately this year was defined by a presumed front-runner, and the surprising challengers for the throne.

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is IGN’s game of the year, with Baldur’s Gate 3 as the close second.

  • HeyJoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    272·
    11 months ago

    The only reason I wish it was BG3 would be for the industry to know there is absolutely still a market for these kind of games. At the same time I think they realize that now anyway. It will be interesting to see the uptick in that game type over the next 3-5 years.

    • WarmSoda@lemm.eeEnglish
      242·
      11 months ago

      The industry knows. There were articles about how the game scared everyone because it was released finished and it’s fun.

      • SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zipEnglish
        42·
        11 months ago

        “Finished”

        Edit: to anyone downvoting. I’m playing the game with my partner on ps5. It has been fun, but now we are in act 3 and the game crashes every time she joins the game. The solution I have found is if I return to the camp and then let her join, it works. That’s why it’s not a “finished” game for me.

    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      145·
      11 months ago

      After the layoffs, it’s clear that the studio doesn’t care about their devs or the industry, for that alone Baldur’s Gate doesn’t deserve the win.

      • stopthatgirl7@kbin.social
        38·
        11 months ago

        Larian didn’t lay anyone off. Hasbro, a completely different company, laid people who worked on DnD and MTG off at WotC.

      • De_Narm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        28·
        11 months ago

        What layoffs? If you’re refering to the posts earlier today: The layoffs happened at Hasbro and Larian was only commenting on it because they worked with them. Larian itself had no layoffs I know of.

  • WarmSoda@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

    They both deserve it, imo.
    I hope there’s more CRPG goodness on the way, and I hope the next Zelda is another departure in a different direction.

    • SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      BoTW started something fresh and imo ToTK perfected it. It is my game of the year, but I hope the next game is a departure.