Why It'll Not Be Surprising If Witcher 3 B&W Won GOTY

Witcher 3's new expansion is out next week and pretty much like it's previous expansion, CD Projekt Red seems to have put a lot of effort into it. DLCs are not generally given Game of The Years, but could this be a change if Blood & Wine proves to be as good as the original if not better?

[rivaldoo777]

I wouldn't be surprised even if it did, Uncharted 4 will easily win.

[Duke19]

That... that doesn't make sense

[Sunny_D]

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

[fiveby9]

So much for proof reading. Must be something not taught anymore. ;)

[poppinslops]

Easily? We're not even halfway through the year!

Hell, in the same month as Uncharted we've seen Overwatch and Blood&Wine, both of which have gotten 90+ metascores... Final Fantasy XV, Crackdown and Dishonored 2 are still coming, not to mention the next Red Dead - if that ends up being this year's Fallout-style 'suprise' then we'll see what a game with no competion looks like.

[Kallisti]

Rockstar have already said they won't be releasing any new games 'til after April 2017, so no Red Dead 2016.

[poppinslops]

Really? I did not know that... bummer.

When that map leaked I thought for sure it was gonna be a 2016 game, but I guess not... still, my point stands - it's way too early in the year to be handing out GotY awards.

[Ceaser9857361]

You can't expect RED DEAD to release this year when there is no info.. R* delays game so even if they show it end of this year it wont release until later next year or 2018 ...

[nveenio]

I would be really surprised if anyone delivers a game that's more polished and more intense than Uncharted 4.

[-Foxtrot]

If it did then the industry would then be a joke

So many better games this year. Witcher had it's fun last year lets give others the chance

[thekhurg]

Yeah because releasing an expansion larger than most full retail games should be ignored so the other guys can have their chance...

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

You still need the Witcher disk to play the expansion. It is not an standalone game.

Cmon!! not even The Old Blood got mentioned in the GOTY category. Hell, First light was standalone expansion and wasn't mentioned either. Why should this? Oh because it is bigger? Pfff

[Vegamyster]

@XiKurapikaKurta

They scored 76/78 on metacritic (TOB came out 2015) so it's not really a surprise that critics didn't mention them lol, B&W sits a 92 in comparison.

[_-EDMIX-_]

"Yeah because releasing an expansion larger than most full retail games" ??? Because most RPG expansions are.

RPGs in general are longer and larger, that doesn't really mean much in regards to GOTY. Shivering Isles when released was longer then most games, most games are not that much longer then 10 to 15 hours, so the point is moot when regarding an RPG bud.

Just sounds stupid and as if you haven't played an RPG's expansion before.

[Nitrowolf2]

I don't see why not tbh. Sure if it was a map pack like cod dlc or battlefield, no chance, but this is a full blown expansion.

I don't see why those should be excluded from winning, especially since many have said it has so much going for it.

[Mariusmssj]

Just image if Blood and Wine actually won GOTY, this would set such a good example for other to follow. Instead of $30 DLC with almost no content at all, create a truly great expansion charge people $20 and give them great support. This is something we see rarely, which is quite sad :(

[_-EDMIX-_]

uh....sure bud. Please stop riding this games jock. Many RPGs have expansions bud, its this isn't a first of anything.

[Obscure_Observer]

@Mariusmssj

Perfect! That would be a true game changer!!!

[ClickbaitAF]

I bet this expansion will have more content than other games releasing this year

[KOIMOJO]

Will most likely be my game of the year if it is anything like Hearts of Stone

[SynestheticRoar]

The industry is already a joke.

[game4funz]

If the game is incredible and mind blowing i dont care if its an expansion...it should win. If it didn't and it was actually incredible and mind blowing THEN the industry would be a joke.

[Summons75]

Maybe DLC of the year but it's not its own game therefore can not get GOTY. Right now Uncharted is on top but we still have a whole year ahead of us with Persona 5 and Final Fantasy 15 coming up too.

[thekhurg]

It's bigger than most real games there's no reason it can't be measured as one for yearly honors.

[sullynathan]

because bigger world = good game, right?

[Summons75]

That doesn't make it its own game.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

That's irrelevant it's not a game but an expansion and no expansion has ever won goty and this one won't either no matter how good it is

[_-EDMIX-_]

"It's bigger than most real games there's no reason it can't be measured as one for yearly honors"

Moot, its an RPG.

You can say this about an MMO, those expansions should win GOTY too?

[game4funz]

How is it not its own game?
What is it then...can i play it or not.

[Wallstreet37]

This comment is just so dumb lol smfh. Wtf you dont understand about it not being a standalone game? Add to that tht other games like soul series dlc gave had killer dlc and no that wasnt counted as its own game to win awards and what dont u understand?

[game4funz]

@wallstreet

Whose game is it then? And it's actually fairly standalone. No reused textures.
If it's over 10 hours then it is a new game in my book. Unless those 10 hours are all fetch quests. The only reason the game won't be completely standalone is that they want people to buy Witcher 3 if they want to play this completely separate from main game expansion. If anything it should be treated like starcraft and it's expansions. They are their own games but they are built upon each other and blizzard wants you to buy all of them.

[SavingPvt_Highon]

Each website has GOTY. Last year there were at least 6 GOTY games depending where you look. I'm sure someone out there wil give it GOTY. I wish there was a legitimate GOTY award show, like the oscars, where we get a definitive GOTY. Instead we get a basket of games every year that are.

[_-EDMIX-_]

lol never.

They will NEVER have such a thing because gaming is way, way too diverse for that. I can't even say music or film acknowledges even the top awards. Some gave Fallout 4, MGSV, Bloodborne GOTY etc.

Witcher 3 got a lot of GOTY's, doesn't mean every person felt it was the best game that year. I personally didn't think so do to all the bugs in that game when it launched, I literally had to start a 40 hour game over again due to a currupt save so personally...I would not be handing Witcher 3 a GOTY above something like MGSV which I was able complete with no bugs or glitches messing with my game.

The bug was sever enough to have me stop playing bud. Thats enough for me to make my piece with it and say it isn't GOTY material to me. Others may have not faced the same thing, others may have, thus explains why it didn't just get a unanimous GOTY award by all. I can't be the only one that had those issues with the game.

The combat has a lot of issues, the inventory is terrible, the waypoints don't exist and must keep looking down at a map, its not a bad game, but its clear the team isn't even up to the standard of open world concepts just yet.

Not even bringing up issues with the game in terms of bugs. People disappearing, dialogue abruptly stopping, limbs disappearing from people, faces disappearing etc. Even BROKEN quest and I forgave that based on the game just launching, but I didn't forget the corrupt save. IT was just a waste of my time playing to have my progression stopped because this team is having issues.

I just can't hand a personal GOTY from such a game. MGSV was my GOTY.

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Mind you, 5 months ago, that glitch was STILL THERE!

You'd have to really like this game beyond belief to hand it a GOTY. I personally still like the series, but could not give Witcher 3 the best game of the year based on my experience. Even with Fallout 4, at least I could play the damn game, it had some issues at launch , but nothing like corrupt save or broke quest or anything like that for me.

Yet you guys dogged AC Unity, yet Witcher 3 STILL has some of the same issues?

[UnHoly_One]

I don't get the love for Witcher 3 either. I wouldn't give it game of the week, much less the year.

I can't believe people are still obsessed with it the way they are. It was a substandard, generic, and just very "basic" RPG.

Combat was pitiful, character progression was nonexistent, loot was mostly samey and useless.

As a huge open world RPG fan, I just don't get it. It's one of the worst I've played.

[_-EDMIX-_]

@unholy- agreed. Parts of the game are so basic RPG its not even funny, some features are lessor then Skyrim, yet folks are acting as if they've never seen an open world RPG before.

I've yet to compete the game and have moved on to other games to complete. I got Witcher 3 day 1 too, as I got the previous games on PC. Witcher 1 and 2 have a few bugs and being an elder scrolls fan, I'm use to it, but 3 just takes the cake. I've never had to completely stop playing a game due to an issue before as severe as that corrupt save glitch.

Its like, "Oh so play 40 hours AGAIN and hope the game works?" hell no! I waited til a patched fixed it and I've yet to really see if its been addressed or not as some bugs are still in the game til this day. When we can compare Skyrim to Witcher 3 and Witcher 3 is missing features that Skyrim has....theres a problem.

Can he have a home? Oh of course not, yet you can in Oblivion released in 2004.
Fully open world? To a degree as you load between maps of certain areas.... The map in Skyrim is seamless.
Less items over all too comparied to really any other Elder Scrolls or Fallout game. No guilds, and to add to all of that.....game stopping BUGS!

[starchild]

I wasn't too impressed with MGSV personally. I don't understand the high scores for that game. But then again it's all subjective.

[gamertk421]

It took exactly one comment for UC4 to pop up. Lol, knew it.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

What's surprising about that it has been said to be the front runner for goty so far by plenty of gaming sites.

[sullynathan]

if it won GOTY, then it just confirms the Witcher 3 fanboyism that has taken hold of gaming Journos.

[The 10th Rider]

Says the guy that has 'sullynathan' as his username. Look, as of now either Overwatch or Uncharted 4 look to be the big contenders (that have come out), but if a site gives it to Blood and Wine it's just because they thought it was the best content in gaming to come out this year.

[sullynathan]

let me guess, you think I'm an Uncharted fanboy?

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Over watch is a really good mp game but there's no way it's a contender for goty

[Ceaser9857361]

well i loved WITCHER 3 and can't wait for B&W but why would a dlc get a GOTY?
I agree with Sullynathan and he made sense. Witcher 3 was GOTY 2015 .. So UC4 is the front runner for GOTY 2016 .. Overwatch i doubt.. Got to see how Mafia 3 and Dishonored 2 rolls out..

[sleepyhead]

So much dedication to express the hateboyism nearly in every witcher 3 related post. Gotta say I'm impressed dude.

[GUTZnPAPERCUTZ]

I could believe it, The Witcher 3 is an amazing game, Trying to finish Hearts of Stone before this drops!

[opinionated]

Has a possibility of winning mine :)

I don't care about the press consensus. They are garbage and can't play games without disability features.

[Movefasta1993]

I am suprised i never hear anything about dark souls 3 for goty,i am a huge souls fan but i still haven't picked it up for personal reasons not enough time.What do fans of the previous games think of dark souls 3?

[sullynathan]

Pretty good, no poise is bullshit. I wrote a review, https://steamcommunity.com/...

[sullynathan]

@Acetrologer What does me not caring about the story have to do with your comment?

[Ginpachi-sama]

Witcher is overrated,overhyped and boring

[ClickbaitAF]

-casual gamers

[sullynathan]

casual gamers play TW3, that's why the devs were aiming to get Skyrim numbers. Who do you think are the near 10 million people that bought TW3? were they the super hardcore gamers?

[starchild]

Pathetic fcking gaming hipsters. You guys are the bane of gaming. You think you're so hardcore for playing the Souls games. I've beaten every one, as well as the Ninja Gaiden series (which I doubt you've beaten), but a good game is a good game. Challenge isn't everything. Besides, beating The Witcher 3 is fairly challenging. It's certainly more difficult than many other games these days.

[Inzo]

I would be very surprised if it seeing that its an expansion please dont argue that its bigger than most normal games, its still just a dlc.

[TwoForce]

Well, from what i've seen and heard. This expansion did have a lot of positive reviews. But I don't think it going to be call GOTY. It's going to be something like Expansion of the Year or something like that. It already won GOTY 2015, but why not giving some awards this year ?

[aquaticDonut]

It is practically a whole new game.

[Ceaser9857361]

still its a dlc and u need the game disc to play the game..

[Kallisti]

Surely dlc should get their own best of award category each year anyway, the DLCOFTY. Maybe replace dlc with E for expansion would make it sound better. The EOTY.

[Psychotica]

This is a little like declaring what the ice cream flavor of the year is, it's a personal choice not some declaration that makes it so.

[SkippyPaccino]

I hope not... Bought the Witcher 3 day one and probably put 12 hours in it and dropped it faster than my sons poopy diaper... It was an ok game, I just don't have the time anymore to grind out games. After I put my 3 kids to bed I have a few hours that I either spend with the Misses, watch TV or play games. So if I'm going to play a game, doing a bunch of fetch quest isn't worth my time. I can see why some can get lost in it, but it's not for me anymore.

[Errorist76]

TW3 is not grindy at all. Actually one of the least grindy RPGs ever. Oh well, seems you just don't have time for dedicated gaming anymore.

[SkippyPaccino]

Every RPG is "grindy"... Levelling up, levelling up weapons, armor magic etc... I also hated the zero structure in the mission layout" oops, you did this mission before we wanted you to? Too bad and start the game over "

I recently went back to it a couple of months ago to try to get back into it and I couldn't get myself to do much besides riding my horse and killing random stuff... (Plus I really hate the texture pop in every time you move your character. It really takes you out of the immersion. It's like you can't go anywhere without arriving before the texture does. It's like we're moving at the speed of light and the texture at the speed of sound)

Don't worry Bud, I drank the Koolaid and told all people who are part of my gaming circle to buy it. My father in law bought and and played the hell out of it... Maybe if I could pay to win, I would go back

[Errorist76]

It's gonna win DLC of the year for sure!

[S2Killinit]

Didnt play B&W but played Witcher and it was great, still, i would give it to Uncharted 4.

[Ceaser9857361]

well i will be surprised.. the whole gaming industry will be surprised as to how an expansion won a GOTY... Witcher 3 is a beautiful game for sure.. Cant wait for B&W..

[fatsodubmo]

I dont get The Witcher. For me its a clunky snoozefest.

[Arguments]

This is a Joke. Sincerely.

[WellyUK]

People just mad that a DLC is 3 times longer than Uncharted 4 and is just as good quality. However it isn't it's own game so it shouldn't be part of GOTY unless it's made as a standalone then it can.

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

I'm not mad. I bought the Witcher and simply couldn't get into it. Regardless of how vast the DLC is. Uncharted is a technical marvel of a console game and 4 games in the series that has built a long standing fanbase, passion for it. But B&W isn't a standalone game and is tied to a release from last year. So this is pointless anyways!

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

I'm personally calling Uncharted 4 GOTY. 4th game of a franchise that has so many laughs, moments my eyes swelled, and crazy action. A game that ends stuff for characters we fell in love with for years and it's the finale. I want to see it win for the fact it's my most beloved PS exclusive since last gen. Also Witcher with the bevy of content it has, this was a DLC add on for a game from last year. It automatically shouldn't be in the running, IMO. Also the technical features and achievements in Uncharted, I'm pretty sure outshine anything for the rest of the year... Only other game I see having a chance at GOTY could be Last Gaurdian based off the devs track record. But I'm saying Uncharted!

[iNFAMOUZ1]

damn the year is going super fast, its already half of the year wowwwwww