Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Gets Nominated in the Game of the Year Section at TGA 2024
Today, the official nominations for the Game of the Year category at The Game Awards 2024 have been shared, and the biggest news is that Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree was included. This is surprising because Shadow of the Erdtree is not a standalone game but a DLC that requires Elden Ring to be played.
Since this is unprecedented, The Game Awards organization clarified its stance on the topic with a newly added FAQ on the event's official website:
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The Game Awards aims to recognize the best creative and technical work each year, irrespective of the format of that content’s release. Expansion packs, new game seasons, DLCs, remakes and remasters are eligible in all categories, if the jury deems the new creative and technical work to be worthy of a nomination. Factors such as the newness of the content and its price/value should be taken into consideration.
It's fair game for everyone, then, and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is the obvious favorite in an otherwise less-than-outstanding year. FromSoftware's admittedly large DLC (according to HowLongToBeat, it takes 25.5 hours for the main quest but over 50 hours for a completionist run) will have to beat Atlus's Metaphor: ReFantazio, Game Science's Black Myth: Wukong, Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Team Asobi's Astro Bot, and PlayStack's Balatro to repeat the 2022 win of the base game. It shouldn't be too hard, although on paper, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is tied with Astro Bot and Metaphor: ReFantazio when it comes to Metacritic score (94 for all three). However, FromSoftware's latest masterpiece is far more popular, as evidenced by the larger sales.
The DLC got a perfect score here on Wccftech from Francesco De Meo. Here's the summarized take from his review:
It did not take long to get back into the engaging adventuring loop of the Elden Ring experience, searching for map
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