I was responding to Dex Paladins assessment of the listed competition, where they made a focal point about the others not really being in the correct category at all; in confirming this for the listed games, I asked the question as to why they seemed to think that being lined up against games that didn't match the formal category being assessed was a point in its favour. (I'll admit that the context and which games we're talking about, and for which competition has meandered a bit, and if I've mixed some things up on that score I appologise)
To be clear, I'm not getting into a discussion about what does and doesn't count as an RPG - I'm just going by the formal categorisation of each game.
Dext listed the nominees for the Best Narrative category for the Game Awards, which aren’t necessarily rpgs. The best rpg nominees for the Game Awards are Baldur’s Gate 3, Final Fantasy XVI, Lies of P, Sea of Stars, and Starfield.
For myself I need to finish a bit more of Alan Wake 2 to decide if I am voting for that or BG3 in the Narrative category, but will for sure be voting for BG3 in the rpg category! For narrative I think it is easier to tell a great story in a linear game but love narratives that have choices!
