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[–] SasquatchBanana 80 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Starfield for most innovative gameplsy? Am I missing something or do people on Steam ride that Bethesda cock hard?

[–] Aielman15 41 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At the time I'm writing this, recent reviews reached mostly negative (29%), and all-time reviews are mixed (64%). Which is honestly a lot more than it deserves, but I would hardly call that "riding Bethesda's cock".

It's probably just a matter of big games getting more votes, because of name recognition. This is just a popularity contest, after all.

[–] SpacetimeMachine 23 points 10 months ago

Honestly wouldn't be surprised if most people chose it as a joke.

[–] cottonmon 31 points 10 months ago

Best guess is people voted it because they didn't know any of the other games and didn't bother to check.

[–] MeanEYE 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I just came here to ask the same question. It's not innovative one bit, it's a clone of No Man's Sky, and a shitty one at that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They copied shouts from Skyrim, except worse, that's how un-innovative it was.

[–] MeanEYE 2 points 10 months ago

Wow, didn't know that one. At this point I am convinced Todd will count this game as success. Earned money and they didn't have to try.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

The steam awards were never anything but a contest about which game is the most known. I really dislike them due to that, but at least one title (BG3 deserved it this year)

[–] Chriswild 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah that's pretty awful

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Your Only Move is Hustle

Starfield

Shadows of Doubt

Contraband Police

Remnant 2

Which game out of the choices given do you think most people have heard of?