|
Video Games: Why has Pokemon failed to win 1 GOTY for 10 years?
Member Since: 10/3/2010
Posts: 50,276
|
Quote:
Originally posted by aayAlex
Pokemon > TLOU
|
The Last of Us - 92
The Critics' Picks - 78
The Readers' Picks - 14
Pokemon X/Y - 0
The Critics' Picks - 0
The Readers' Picks - 0
|
|
|
Banned
Member Since: 6/25/2011
Posts: 37,192
|
Quote:
Originally posted by TheGeoKing
Thank you for being the first person to speak the truth and answer the question. Pokemon fails to win because essentially the game is a recycled experience that is pandering to the lowest common denominator in order to achieve safe commercial success. There is no artistic vision, no interesting gameplay mechanics, no notable story, nothing. That is the reason why it has not won, and that is why it will never be revered in the industry.
Now that this question has been truthfully answered you can close the thread now.
See ya later pokemonsters.
|
Are you admitting you only opened this thread because you needed your own opinions validated by someone else?
The insecurity
|
|
|
Member Since: 10/3/2010
Posts: 50,276
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Parks
Except Pokémon IS revered by the industry. A game doesn't have to win Game of the Year to be defined as a quality experience, which Pokémon most certainly is. It has endured for over a decade and still is purchased by millions yearly. It fails to win official accolades because the franchise has no desire to innovate greatly—it doesn't want to give a solid formula an unnecessary face lift. Game of the Year rewards are reserved for games on a larger scale than Pokémon, ones that innovate and have grander stories than Pokémon.
You can't exactly drag a game that was initially developed for adolescents. It accomplishes with every new release what it aims to accomplish: giving millions of people predictable joy. You start out with one of three starter Pokémon, you go and catch more, and you face challenges along the way. I can guarantee you that if Gamefreak decided to throw away what Pokémon is defined by there would be more outrage than accolades for them.
|
If it was such a quality experience it would have won one, with the 20+ games it has released in the last 10 years. I am including incredibly minor publications also in my analysis and reader voted awards, and it still failed to win a single GOTY award. That is incredibly sad.
|
|
|
Member Since: 10/3/2010
Posts: 50,276
|
Quote:
Originally posted by J. YONCÉ
Are you admitting you only opened this thread because you needed your own opinions validated by someone else?
The insecurity
|
Nope, just waiting for some admittance to the fact that Pokemon is terrible from an actual Pokemon fan.
Quote:
Main reasons: pokemon re-uses the same formula each game, story sucks and the graphics are pretty horrible
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/15/2013
Posts: 43,126
|
Quote:
Originally posted by TheGeoKing
Nope, just waiting for some admittance to the fact that Pokemon is terrible from an actual Pokemon fan.
|
Sad
|
|
|
Banned
Member Since: 6/25/2011
Posts: 37,192
|
Quote:
Originally posted by TheGeoKing
Nope, just waiting for some admittance to the fact that Pokemon is terrible from an actual Pokemon fan.
|
So the answer is yes, you aren't confident in yourself and need other people to agree with you to feel confident in your opinions.
I'm very sorry TGK
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/15/2013
Posts: 7,833
|
X & Y are amazing and deserve it.the graphics alone >>
|
|
|
Member Since: 10/3/2010
Posts: 50,276
|
Quote:
Originally posted by !Blue!
Sad
|
Correct, sad that so many people can mass consume the same garbage repeatedly and actually believe they are playing a great game. Good thing the industry, critics (both major and minor), and reader's all collectively pay them dust. Maybe it's time for some creativity Nintendo.
|
|
|
Banned
Member Since: 6/25/2011
Posts: 37,192
|
Quote:
Originally posted by TheGeoKing
Correct, sad that so many people can mass consume the same garbage repeatedly and actually believe they are playing a great game. Good thing the industry, critics (both major and minor), and reader's all collectively pay them dust. Maybe it's time for some creativity Nintendo.
|
Pokemon X has an 87 on Metacritic, with 66 positive reviews and only 4 mixed reviews from critics (both major and minor) so I'm not exactly sure what you're talking about. Could you elaborate a bit?
Surely you're not implying that only games that are ranked #1 of the year are good games, right? That would seem a bit silly.
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/20/2011
Posts: 26,615
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 9/12/2012
Posts: 26,389
|
I don't really know the receipts here, but do handheld games typically slay when it comes to critical success? Do they get tons of awards?
|
|
|
Member Since: 10/3/2010
Posts: 50,276
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Hugamari
I don't really know the receipts here, but do handheld games typically slay when it comes to critical success? Do they get tons of awards?
|
If they are good, yes.
2013:
GameSpot (US) : The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
|
|
|
Banned
Member Since: 6/25/2011
Posts: 37,192
|
Quote:
Originally posted by TheGeoKing
If they are good, yes.
2013:
GameSpot (US) : The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
|
That same publication, GameSpot, gave Pokemon X & Y an 8/10.
|
|
|
Member Since: 10/3/2010
Posts: 50,276
|
Quote:
Originally posted by J. YONCÉ
Pokemon X has an 87 on Metacritic, with 66 positive reviews and only 4 mixed reviews from critics (both major and minor) so I'm not exactly sure what you're talking about. Could you elaborate a bit?
Surely you're not implying that only games that are ranked #1 of the year are good games, right? That would seem a bit silly.
|
Initial hype and/or acclaim =/= lasting acclaim. Basically reviewers rated it acceptable on first release, but payed it dust by the end of the year because they had already moved on from it, and/or forgot about its existence. This just makes it even more sad.
|
|
|
Banned
Member Since: 6/25/2011
Posts: 37,192
|
Quote:
Originally posted by TheGeoKing
The Last of Us - 92
The Critics' Picks - 78
The Readers' Picks - 14
Pokemon X/Y - 0
The Critics' Picks - 0
The Readers' Picks - 0
|
And here again, it kind of seems like you don't feel comfortable with your opinions unless other people agree with you.
|
|
|
Banned
Member Since: 6/25/2011
Posts: 37,192
|
Quote:
Originally posted by TheGeoKing
Initial hype and/or acclaim =/= lasting acclaim. Basically reviewers rated it acceptable on first release, but payed it dust by the end of the year because they had already moved on from it, and/or forgot about its existence. This just makes it even more sad.
|
Actually an 87 indicates "universal acclaim," which is far above acceptable. Can you read? Are you familiar with metacritic?
And you still have yet to explain how not being #1 = being bad.
It's just really seeming like you're very, very insecure and need all of these lists to validate your own opinions TGK. Just play the games and like what you like!
|
|
|
Member Since: 10/3/2010
Posts: 50,276
|
Quote:
Originally posted by J. YONCÉ
Actually an 87 indicates "universal acclaim," which is far above acceptable. Can you read? Are you familiar with metacritic?
And you still have yet to explain how not being #1 = being bad.
It's just really seeming like you're very, very insecure and need all of these lists to validate your own opinions TGK. Just play the games and like what you like!
|
"Universal acclaim" upon release my dear. Can you interpret information? Are you familiar with common sense?
Some games garner acclaim upon initial release and are forgotten by the end of the year. Case in point, Pokemon. You tried though.
|
|
|
Banned
Member Since: 6/25/2011
Posts: 37,192
|
Quote:
Originally posted by TheGeoKing
"Universal acclaim" upon release my dear. Can you interpret information? Are you familiar with common sense?
Some games garner acclaim upon initial release and are forgotten by the end of the year. Case in point, Pokemon. You tried though.
|
No, what you actually said was
Quote:
reviewers rated it acceptable on first release
|
when it was actually quite acclaimed, several notches above "acceptable." Are you suffering from memory loss?
I'm glad that you're admitting Pokemon is a universally acclaimed game now though.
|
|
|
Member Since: 10/3/2010
Posts: 50,276
|
Quote:
Originally posted by J. YONCÉ
No, what you actually said was
Are you suffering from memory loss?
I'm glad that you're admitting Pokemon is a universally acclaimed game now though.
|
first release = initial release.
My dear, please escape this thread while you can.
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/15/2013
Posts: 43,126
|
Why can't you just accept the fact that every person on the planet thinks differently and that some people think Pokemon is amazing and some people think it isn't. All those awards and critics mean ****, like seriously
|
|
|
|
|