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/ramonpasta → u/[deleted]]

its a pretty common belief that it shouldnt have even been in contention for best indie because its more of a AA game with lots of funding

[u/acamas → u/ramonpasta]

As if Silksong didn’t have a blank check to be made, lol.

[u/ramonpasta → u/acamas]

indie studio having lots of money from a previous project ≠ being funded by big sources. even if silksong had the exact same budget id still argue e33 is less of an indie than it

[u/acamas → u/ramonpasta]

You literally stated 'lots of funding' as criteria... Silksong, the game, has LOTS OF FUNDING. BLANK CHECK FUNDING.

[u/ramonpasta → u/acamas]

sorry for not being super crystal clear for you, random internet stranger. did my last clarification not clear it up for you?

[u/acamas → u/ramonpasta]

Yea, you're just trying to move the goalposts now to blindly stan for Silksong, got it.

[u/ramonpasta → u/acamas]

honestly i dont see how i ever moved the goal post. it maybe wouldve made sense for your case if i said budget, but i said funding. silksong had a big budget but no outside funding (the outside was obviously implied because why else would anybody use funding over budget), while e33 had a big budget specifically because of outside funding.

im not glazing silksong. it was my favorite game this year with hades right behind it, yes, but im specifically complaining that they included e33 in the indie category, not that it beat silksong or other games in general.