I take the point, but the fact that these forums even still exist for us to hash it out here, or to grumble or sing thr praises, that should probably count for something right?
Keeping us going for 3 years and during a world ending plague without turning around and asking for another get all the time should also count for something.
Early Access was a rather different thing than I imagined it would be be, but even there, they still let watch over the shoulder and play around while they put stuff together, which I think also counts.
I heard just now that their Animation director passed away a couple days ago. I hope he got to feel some of the love from that Golden Joystick win, and just seeing it take off like it has. I'd have given this game the laurel for best Art direction in a heartbeat!
Watching that credit roll was something else too, I got a little choked up and let it play for like 20 minutes, like as if I was in a movie theater waiting till they turned the lights back on. Especially the little notes and that thank you they saved for the very last line, which was for us. Like everyone who's been kicking around since the EA.
BG3 brought me back out of the woodwork for sure. I haven't been this engaged with a new game coming out in like 20 years. Probably not since NWN first came out.
Just today I saw they're taking orders for a disk, like one that comes in an actual box, which can sit on the shelf and collect dust - and a map! Like proper game of legend hehe a commitment to physical media means a commitment to get it dialed. For that alone I will vote Yes! They deserve it. Whether deserve to win, who can say, but they deserve the nod at least.
