RhysB wrote:
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This is what bothers me about the Steam game awards and why I refuses to vote this year after last year's... less than favourable results. No matter what you do, the most popular game always wins, even if it doesn't deserve it. Garry's Mod is an old game, to give it any award currently seems a bit 'meh'. The setup of the awards means that eventually the same games will be chosen, again and again, regardless of whether or not it even fits in the category.
For example: Cuphead won the Best Soundtrack Awards. Obviously music taste is objective, but I'd personally say that the best soundtrack would be part of a game where the soundtrack is a major asset. Undertale would be a good example, however Crypt of the Necrodancer as well. I've heard great things about Transistor's soundtrack too, although I haven't played it myself and cannot judge it.
All three of these games were runner-ups to Cuphead. And don't misunderstand me - Cuphead has some very iconic and good music - it's just that, no matter how great the soundtrack is of other games, the popular one will always end up on top. Having a whole gaming community vote on something when that gaming community doesn't have any cohesive traits aside from the fact they all play on the same gaming platform means you will end up with a popularity contest that, in the end, nobody gives an actual fuck about.
tl;dr: Doki Doki Literary Club deserves the spot 100 times more than Garry's Mod does, however people will not vote for a game they do not know.