Originally posted by mikepkt:

I have the same issue with the original promise the dev's made as some of the others on here and so I refused to vote for them.

I was kind of the same. Ended up going for Forza Horizon 5, another game that I had spent a lot of time enjoying.

Obviously I'm still here so my patience clearly hasn't ran out, but the disproportionate about of hype that has been drummed up for very slow drips of concrete information about future content leaves me with concern. Like the Hearth & Home trailer was genuinely more exciting than finally learning the full scope of the update after all the time waiting for it. If it is true that they are now able to focus more on the content than previously, then they just might win GOTY when it is the correct year for it.

I can certainly see why Resident Evil Village won. It wasn't the award for the biggest game, the most in-depth game, or even the best value game. Whether it is your thing or not, it is hard to deny that it had a high density of quality poured into every minute of the experience. It did exactly what it was designed to do without a single catch or caveat.