Quoting: TheSHEEEPPublic votes such as these at least give you a better overall picture of what people liked (and how much) - but you sometimes completely lose any meaning of the categories. And then it all just comes down to a competition in popularity.

Yep. I completely agree with you about Stray. When I saw Stray won most innovative, I thought: "So being a cat in an otherwise straightforward walking sim is innovative now?" And seriously, Stray getting voted more innovative than Neon White or Teardown is just... insulting. Mind you, I really enjoyed Stray and would recommend it to anyone who's interested in it (and knows it's a walking sim that can easily be beaten in 6 hours or less) but it was by far the least innovative of the choices, and I was surprised to see it even get nominated.

Has Cyberpunk had any major content updates since release? From what I've gathered, the updates are mostly bugfixes. No Man's Sky had a massive content update + graphical improvements in 2022, and it's been out for 6 years.

It really does seem like most voters ignored the categories, or have very... interesting ideas about what they meant.

The rest, at least, were (mostly) sensible. I don't think anyone is surprised Elden Ring won the two categories it did, and for me best OST was a tossup between FFVII Remake Intergrade and Persona 5 Royal, since Tunic sadly didn't get nominated. Death Stranding: Director's Cut winning "best on the go" is a bit of a headscratcher, because while it is an amazing game and one of my all-time favorites, it's a game that heavily utilizes online content and has enough visual detail to make playing it on a Steam Deck feel a little awkward to me. (Tunic, on the other hand, was practically made to be played on the Steam Deck.)

It's honestly been kinda sad seeing Tunic get the shaft in game awards in general this year, especially because it's *usually* been losing out to Stray. Stray is quickly becoming one of those things I actually like but am outwardly hostile towards because of how much it overshadows better things. It is cute, and it is fun, but it sure as hell isn't the Best Indie Game or the Most Innovative Game of 2022 by a long shot.

Actually, you heard it here, folks: Stray officially wins my "Most Overrated Game of 2022" award. Congratulations, Stray!

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Oh thank goodness there's a fix inbound! I had to stop playing Death Stranding on my desktop (radeon 6900 XT) when the bug got introduced around the time kernel 6.0 came out. I couldn't figure out what was triggering it or how to reliably reproduce it beyond it usually happening when I had the map open. I'm looking forward to finally getting back to playing it!

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A Short Hike! A short, but very fun and memorable game that captures the magic of being a kid spending a day in a nice wilderness park with lots of fun stuff to see/do and interesting people to talk to.

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Hahahahahahaha! This is why when you come up with a name for something, you google it before going ahead with it.

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Note: On my setup it runs perfectly in Proton without modification, so I imagine if Proton works well for you in general, Deltarune will be fine if you run it that way.

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Hadn't tried the demo, but saw the rave reviews and picked it up.

I intended to try it out and then go back to feeding my Valheim addiction.

Now I have two competing addictions. I'm not sure how I feel about this.

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Quoting: AkonadyGreat, another Minecraft wannabe.

Minecraft is just an Infiniminer wannabe.

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Nice! The first game is a hidden gem. It's a pity it doesn't have flashy graphics to catch people's interest, the gameplay is solid and a lot of fun!

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Quoting: TcheyI’m still having a blast with Vintage Story, best "minecraf-like" in my opinion.
Playing it a lot lately, with Immersion mod.

I thought Minecraft was crack, and one of my favorite games ever.

Then I found Vintage Story. The survival and crafting aspects of it are a lot better than Minecraft, and the terrain and biome generation is so much better than Minecraft that even after having poured hundreds of hours into VS, I still keep finding places that make me just stop and enjoy the view/atmosphere for a while!

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Quoting: Liam Daweand that sort of thing

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