DDNet Game Of The Year Awards Discussion Thread!

[MattS]

Each week for the next couple of weeks we're going to reveal two game of the year awards, as voted by our readers.

Week 1:

Australian Game of the Year: escapeVektor: http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2013/11/ddnets-games-of-year-2013-australian.html
Best Narrative of the Year: Persona 4 Golden: http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2013/11/ddnets-games-of-year-2013-best.html


Are these finalists/ the winners the ones you voted for? Are you surprised by the results? Sound out in this thread!  

[Chalgyr]

I definitely was not surprised by Persona 4 Golden's win. That game thoroughly impressed me this year when I played it.

[MattS]

I must admit I am slightly disappointed that Attack of the Friday Monsters and Pandora's Tower didn't get there in the end - both games were genuinely unique experiences, rather than being simply one of the best JRPG narratives ever.

Not that I'm really complaining about Persona 4 winning either

[Magikarp]

I'll be honest here, despite all the respect I have for Nnooo and what they're doing for the Australian industry, I did not care at all for Escapevektor. It just didn't click with me, as much as I tried.

I'm satisfied that this year has been good financially for Aussie devs with games like Antichamber, Game Dev Tycoon and Towncraft lighting up their respective stores' homepages, although I feel that we didn't offer quite as much as we did in previous years. Here's hoping that 2014 sees more Australian-made experiences!

[MattS]

Best visuals award: http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2013/11/ddnets-games-of-year-2013-best-visual.html

Arthouse game of the year: http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2013/11/ddnets-games-of-year-2013-arthouse-game.html

It makes me happy to see Attack of the Friday Monsters tracking so well. Did not expect to see Killer is Dead win best arthouse game.