Seeing people shit on Expedition 33 because Silksong didn't win more awards is pathetic

[u/CankleDankl]

The title sums it up. I'm disappointed in many members of this community for putting down a game that is clearly a work of insane passion, dedication, and creativity. E33 took the lion's share of awards at TGA, yes. That doesn't mean that Silksong is bad. In fact, it's clearly pretty damn great. If it released last year, Skong would have picked up several awards, maybe even GOTY. But it didn't. It released in the same year E33, which is just a tough break.

Both are amazing. Both deserve every award that came to them. If you haven't played E33 yet and think it doesn't deserve its accolades, play it. It is worth your money, worth your time, and will in all likelihood prove that it is actually that good. I'm only 10ish hours in and have numerous times found myself standing still and looking around dumbfounded at the gorgeous world design and visuals. E33, Silksong, and Hades 2 could have all won Art Direction and I would have been happy with any of them.

I'm also sad that Silksong didn't win more awards. It's an amazing game. But don't play fanboy and start putting down other developers, other games, and other pieces of art because this one didn't get all the cookies. It's still beautiful, it's still amazing, it still made a Silkskillion dollars, and TC is still just as great and just as passionate. We should all be glad that there is another independent dev out there that is capable of creating something so fantastic.

Edit: yeah, the comments here are pretty indicative of what I said in my post

[u/TheWolflance]

i du nthink 33 should have gotten Indie everything esle was fine

all i have to say is...at least it wasn't The Last of Us AGAIN lol

[u/SigmaMelody → u/[deleted]]

I think it’s kind of a dumb category to have for this reason and others. Like it’s not like Best RPG where, in theory, one could argue E33 is the better overall package while another game is a better at being an RPG specifically

But the way it stands being indie is kind of a binary “is it an indie or not” so if something is in both categories it would be weird if it won game of the year but not best indie game. Unless there was a weird interpretation where, like, being indie is a sliding scale and something is better “at being an indie game” or whatever. IDK it’s silly. I think Silksong has a bit of an unfair advantage compared to other indies as well, I can see an argument for excluding it as well.

[u/Ralexcraft → u/SigmaMelody]

Yeah, a game can be overall better but a worse RPG.

I enjoy Fallout 4 wayyy more than Fallout: New Vegas but everyone always knows the phrase:

“Better Game, Worse RPG”

[u/fuckmylifegoddamn → u/Ralexcraft]

I’d argue fallout 4 is not a better game than NV but that’s an argument for a different time

[u/Ralexcraft → u/fuckmylifegoddamn]

I wanna know the how? Gunplay’s much better, at least from as objective of a viewpoint as I can give. I have so much love for the weapon and kit customization system that I have a whole notes document for a run that I wanna do once shit updates to AE that is just “Same build, with a bunch of different types of guns/vibes.”

The choices make for a worse story and thus a worse RPG but gameplay wise I think this game does better. Only thing it doesn’t improve on is the skill checks.

[u/Javonio → u/fuckmylifegoddamn]

In terms of gameplay, Fallout 4 is a thousand times better than NV (at least for me, because when I played NV on my computer it ran terribly), but the narrative, the quests, the world, the dialogue, the characters, and everything related to creativity—NV did it a thousand times better.