Elden Ring fans seriously divided over major new announcement

Elden Ringfans are divided about the popular FromSoftware title getting a major nomination at the upcoming The Game Awards ceremony.Earlier this week, the nominations were announced forThe Game Awards 2024taking place next month. The two games that received the most nominations wereAstro BotandFinalFantasy VII Rebirth, each with seven.Check out theElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtreetrailer below!Elsewhere,Metaphor: ReFantazioreceived six nominations, whileBalatroandSilent Hill 2remake each received five.AdvertCall of Duty: Black Ops 6,Black Myth: Wukong,Helldivers II,Senua’s Saga: Hellblade IIandElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtreeall received four nominations.However, some gamers have taken issue withElden Ring:Shadow of the Erdtreereceiving a Game of the Year nomination, despite garnering critical acclaim.As we’re all aware,Shadow of the Erdtreeis an expansion to the 2022 base gameElden Ringwhich has brought forth a debate over whether DLCs are deserving of the accolade.It recently started doing the rounds that The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley had “changed” the nomination rules so that DLC could be considered for Game of the Year alongside remasters and remakes.AdvertIn truth though, this isn’t a change at all. In fact, it’s a rule that’s been in place for quite a number of years, withThe Witcher 3’sBlood and Winegarnering a Best RPG nomination as far back as 2016.Even if the rule has been around for a while though,Shadow of the Erdtreeis the first DLC to actually nab the GOTY nod.Shadow of the Erdtreecan take anything from 25 to 50 hours to completeaccordingto HowLongToBeat.com, which is longer than most fully-fledged single-player games, so perhaps ifShadow of the Erdtreewas released as a standalone product, many may not have questioned its inclusion.But, of course, that’s not possible and you must own the base game.AdvertIf there was a new category for DLC/expansions,Shadow of the Erdtreewould be fair game, but to put it against full games for Game of the Year is what many take issue with.“I guess it’d probably be better to have a ‘Best DLC’ category,” suggested Reddit user Sabetha1183.“You can’t play the DLC without the main game, so it shouldn’t be eligible,” said ZXD319.“Admittedly, the DLC was big enough to be a full-length game. That said, it still feels odd to be in the GOTY category, especially when we had plenty of other decent options,” Kamakaziturtle explained.Advert“I finished four out of the six GOTY nominations, and I likeShadow of the Erdtreethe most, so I can’t say it doesn’t deserve it. But I doubt it will win,” suggested Zard91The Game Awards will stream across social media platforms on 12 December, or at 12:30am in the UK on 13 December 2024.Featured Image Credit: Bandai NamcoTopics:Bandai Namco,Elden Ring,Fromsoftware,The Game Awards

Elden Ringfans are divided about the popular FromSoftware title getting a major nomination at the upcoming The Game Awards ceremony.

Earlier this week, the nominations were announced forThe Game Awards 2024taking place next month. The two games that received the most nominations wereAstro BotandFinalFantasy VII Rebirth, each with seven.

Check out theElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtreetrailer below!

Elsewhere,Metaphor: ReFantazioreceived six nominations, whileBalatroandSilent Hill 2remake each received five.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6,Black Myth: Wukong,Helldivers II,Senua’s Saga: Hellblade IIandElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtreeall received four nominations.

However, some gamers have taken issue withElden Ring:Shadow of the Erdtreereceiving a Game of the Year nomination, despite garnering critical acclaim.

As we’re all aware,Shadow of the Erdtreeis an expansion to the 2022 base gameElden Ringwhich has brought forth a debate over whether DLCs are deserving of the accolade.

It recently started doing the rounds that The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley had “changed” the nomination rules so that DLC could be considered for Game of the Year alongside remasters and remakes.

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In truth though, this isn’t a change at all. In fact, it’s a rule that’s been in place for quite a number of years, withThe Witcher 3’sBlood and Winegarnering a Best RPG nomination as far back as 2016.

Even if the rule has been around for a while though,Shadow of the Erdtreeis the first DLC to actually nab the GOTY nod.

Shadow of the Erdtreecan take anything from 25 to 50 hours to completeaccordingto HowLongToBeat.com, which is longer than most fully-fledged single-player games, so perhaps ifShadow of the Erdtreewas released as a standalone product, many may not have questioned its inclusion.

But, of course, that’s not possible and you must own the base game.

Advert

If there was a new category for DLC/expansions,Shadow of the Erdtreewould be fair game, but to put it against full games for Game of the Year is what many take issue with.

“I guess it’d probably be better to have a ‘Best DLC’ category,” suggested Reddit user Sabetha1183.

“You can’t play the DLC without the main game, so it shouldn’t be eligible,” said ZXD319.

“Admittedly, the DLC was big enough to be a full-length game. That said, it still feels odd to be in the GOTY category, especially when we had plenty of other decent options,” Kamakaziturtle explained.

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“I finished four out of the six GOTY nominations, and I likeShadow of the Erdtreethe most, so I can’t say it doesn’t deserve it. But I doubt it will win,” suggested Zard91

The Game Awards will stream across social media platforms on 12 December, or at 12:30am in the UK on 13 December 2024.

Topics:Bandai Namco,Elden Ring,Fromsoftware,The Game Awards