I understand the reasoning between the final voting, but it still feels somewhat anticlimactic to spend 3 hours getting to the top 20 and 30 minutes on the top games. There ended up being more discussion of the marginal games than the top ones. Maybe do some kind of voting/longlist to cut down the eligible titles and then negotiate the top 20 for next year?
Also, the first Ori came out 2 years before Hollow Knight. I think the similarities are more due to them being part of the same trend than direct inspiration.
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