However, one of the jury’s criticisms of Kentucky Route Zero – that dialogue options don’t lead to different outcomes – has been similarly noted by game reviewers. For example, some jurors found it difficult to control Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, which assigns each analogue stick to a different brother, while experienced games critics found the mechanic novel and interesting. One intriguing outcome of the GameCity prize is to see where the views of the jurors differ from those more familiar with games and where they converge. It was on everyone’s list.” In the end, however, Ahmed felt that Gone Home “lacked a compelling conclusion”, which is especially interesting given that game critics have almost universally praised the plot. “I think there was a huge amount of admiration in the room for it as storytelling,” Ahmed said. Gone Home, which has already won several awards, seems to have been a close contender for the prize. Of Papers, Please, Ahmed said, “The jury found this an excellent example of a game with the power to affect people and the way they think about contemporary issues of identity in a subtle but powerful way, and all while effectively holding down a desk job.” It was a toss-up between Papers, Please and Gone Home for me personally.” “I would have been surprised if Grand Theft Auto had won,” said Henry Smith, creator of last year’s GameCity prize winner Spaceteam, “I think everyone knows how important it is and how successful it’s been, and I think festivals like this are all about bringing exposure to people who might not otherwise have it. Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, apparently felt “really conflicted about the amount of violence” in Grand Theft Auto V but still chose it as his favourite, which may surprise those who are familiar with GameCity’s focus on smaller indie games. “Some jurors found games that felt like interactive movies or impressionistic models, while others found liberating creative worlds in which you could do anything.”Īccording to Ahmed, Gabriel “liked being mayor” in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, while Aronofsky “said he had never been so terrified by a video game and even admitted to screaming” while playing Gone Home. “Unlike previous years there wasn’t a clear critical consensus,” said the journalist Samira Ahmed, who led the jury.
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