The Steam Annual Awards, which only came out in 2016, may be the strangest of the major game awards.
It can be seen from the names of some awards in the first session that the old man of G fat is not a serious person.
Because all prizes are voted on by players and there is no need to purchase the game, nominations and winning entries often surprise everyone.
Little butter like "Haney Cannon" is so out of place in front of the other four masterpieces.
You can say that my vote is not enough to "go my own way"
In the past two years, the Steam Awards have gradually been formalized, at least the name of the award is much more normal than in previous editions.
Awards are still voted on by Steam players, but in a no-threshold voting environment, there will inevitably be some controversy.
The results of the 2022 Awards announced by Steam not long ago set off a storm of bad reviews.
Compared to the other four games, Cyberpunk 2077 may not have been as updated as much as they did in a quarter.
But it was this 2077 that won the most incomprehensible "Love Effort" award.
Interest: I voted for Project Zombie Destruction this year
It's been a while since the game launched. The game team has long passed the stage where the creative results are falling to the ground. But they are wonderful parents who continue to nourish and support their creativity. Even after all these years, the game continues to introduce new content to this day.
The above paragraph is the introduction of the "Love to Pay" award, "Star Warframe", "GTA5", "Terraria" and so on are all winners in previous years.
It's not hard to see that only games that stick to years of updates and often bring players a lot of new content can win this award.
So, what was updated with last year's Cyberpunk 2077?
One thing to say, last year's 2077 optimization was quite good, after version 1.5, even 1060 can maintain 60 frames at high quality.
But that's all there is to boast, the two major updates are mainly to fix bugs, and there is very little new content.
The best assessment of the 2077 update over the past year is that it's trying to become a working game.
Comments when updating version 1.5
But even after fixing bugs for a whole year, in the latest 1.6 version, many players still have to fight against endless bugs.
If bringing new bugs is also a game update, maybe the "love effort" of 2077 is deserved.
As for the big pie drawn by game promotion channels such as trailers, preview announcements, and Night City on the Line of Fire, the game has been released for more than two years, and there is not even a shadow.
Gang system, subway system, vehicle modification, three-dimensional maneuver... 2077 has too many shortcomings to complete.
Because of this, after the selection results came out, the Steam comment area of 2077 ushered in a small storm of bad reviews.
But there must be a reason for it, and there must be a mysterious force behind the "Love Payment" award that can be close to the rotten update.
All the answers point to the game-derived animation "Cyberpunk: Edge Walker" launched by CDPR in cooperation with Trigger Club.
This work is known as "the best cyberpunk animation", I think you have seen too many articles and videos about it.
Even people who have never paid attention to animation information have learned about animation and games from many compliments.
The popularity of the animation feeds back into the game, and the result is that it can bring in millions of customers to 2077 every day for a week.
The players themselves know very well who is the biggest contributor to helping 2077 win the award.
The question is, the popularity and word of mouth are earned by the trigger club and the edge walker, why can 2077, which has done nothing, win the grand prize?
This is also the reason why players give bad reviews, the current 2077 is a good game, but it really does not deserve the "love effort".
But it doesn't have to be too real, after all, the Steam Awards are all born by player voting, putting an end to shady scenes and sharing cakes, while there is almost no professionalism, only reflecting the popularity of the game.
For example, the game that best meets the conditions of "love to give" should be "No Man's Sky", whose inspirational story I believe needs no repeated, and this year is the eighth year that it insists on free updates.
"No Man's Sky" has been nominated almost every time, but it has never won the "Give in Love" award once.
Can you say that the "love" and "giving" of "No Man's Sky" are not as good as the winner of this year's "Cyberpunk 2077"? That's probably the first hell joke in the gaming industry in 2023.
The fact is that in the Steam Awards, players are more inclined to vote for more well-known games.
As long as you try to deliver the express with a handheld once, experience the game for five minutes, and broadcast for half an hour, absolutely no one will vote for "Death Stranding".
It's obviously more suitable for players to sit in front of the display and peruse, rather than competing with Vampire Survivor and Potato Brothers for fragmented time on the handheld.
In the face of Steam's huge player base, even if it is just a picture of the Steam Awards, the influence is increasing year by year.
In the controversy over the 2022 selection results, raising the voting threshold and eliminating the friendship votes of passers-by may also be a solution.
Giving cloud players the right to decide how much credit a game deserves over the past year is a bit of a hell joke.