"The game deserved it", Zelda fans lament that Tears of the Kingdom is not the GOTY 2023

There were 2 clear favorites to win the Game of the Year award at The Game Awards 2023: Baldur's Gate 3 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. In the end, Larian Studio's game overcame and won the important award. This disappointed many Nintendo fans, who lamented the result on social networks.

Fans believe Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom deserved the GOTY at TGA 2023

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom won the award for best action-adventure game during last night's awards. So many fans of the saga expected it to also have a shot at taking the GOTY 2023.

However, Baldur's Gate 3 swept several categories, including the most important of The Game Awards 2023. From the perspective of many gamers, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom deserved this year's award for its high quality.

Fans expected the sequel to repeat the feat of Breath of the Wild, but were thoroughly disappointed. Several players accepted that Baldur's Gate 3 is an excellent title, but despite this they couldn't help but feel frustrated.

On the other hand, some people were happy on social networks that Zelda did not win the statuette, as they believe that Tears of the Kingdom is a continuist sequel and that proposals such as Baldur's Gate 3 deserved the recognition.

"Zelda lost the GOTY. But still congratulations to the Baldur's Gate community, deserved the award" and "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is GOTY in my heart", are some of the comments that can be read on social networks.