Guess they can't see the hypocrisy in it, but it's pretty disappointing, coming from someone who has been a subscriber since 2013. This isn't something completely 100% related to just this GOTY stuff specifically, just something I've noticed over the years. Some sort of strange "critics that can't take critique" situation.
Yeah, I've noticed that too. To me it comes across a bit as feeling they're "too cool for school".
Wouldn't it be way more interesting to just.. go more indepth on the games that people do want to champion?
Yep. This 'year in review' seems such a weird fit for the site - Giant Bomb is a site where which games get discussed through the year, is based on what the editors are interested in. So quite a lot of games get skipped, which can be frustrating, but that's the nature of the beast.
Why would you then pretend you're interested in all the games that came out..? I get the idea that some of those skipped games can be discussed and championed, but you'd still make a choice which games you really want to discuss.
I don't miss overly negative discussions, but I do miss passion. I'd rather have some negativity and a lot of passion, than what we have now.
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