I do actually agree with CP2077's Labor of Love. Not only the immense number of important and necessary fixes, but a bunch of content was added too, and the list of "free DLC" (whether you feel it should have been included at launch) is as long as the Witcher 3's, and arguably more meaningful. Yes, there's the ol' "alternative look" for Keanu Youthhands, but more beyond that. I'm getting many more fps most of the time with full ray tracing and almost max settings at 1440P.

I do feel Hitman only won VR on recognition alone, though. My Index has been gathering dust because I can't be arsed pulling out all the wires and plugs yet, so I skipped voting in the category in fairness. If I'd have been qualified to vote, mine would probably have gone to Bonelab, based on how good Boneworks is.

That's fair about the added content for CyberPunk. I'll give you that. I haven't played it since I beat it near launch so my personal judgment on that one is probably clouded. I plan to replay it around when the expansion comes out though.

And yeah, Hitman winning is baffling. The VR focused subreddits, the Hitman focused subreddits, and other discussion places are just so confused about how that could win. The devs gave up on that mode almost right after release. It's so broken. It's so janky. It's just very terribly implemented in every conceivable way.

Long delayed response of mine, but that's because I had COVID at the time and it did a fine job of incapacitating me. However, the Steam Awards results bothered me so much that I had to eventually reply. And to test the new moderation settings.

Game of the Year - Yeah okay fine. No comment on that.

VR Game of the Year - Did people just look at Hitman and go "I KNOW THAT FRANCHISE IMMA VOTE FOR IT!" Because Bonelab got SO FREAKING ROBBED! I felt Boneworks got robbed, and to see years of research and development go into Bonelab from StressLevelZero's exclusive focus on virtual reality... THIS IS A ROBBERY! THE AWARD WAS STOLEN! Steam community you voted for something you know nothing about!

Labor of Love - Complete agreement with Zips. This is a redemption journey for Cyberpunk 2077. If we're comparing added content between Cyberpunk 2077 and No Man's Sky, No Man's Sky easily exceeds Cyberpunk (granted Hello Games had more time), and didn't abandon multiplayer. A Labor of Love would've maintained slow development of multiplayer instead of saying screw it we're tired. And both have free updates/DLC. No Man's Sky should've had it, and had my nomination and vote. Both suffered from major obstacles outside their control though. One with a destroyed office from flooding, and one with staff trying to continue living while a war rages on. I still feel like Cyberpunk 2077 needs to continue having support, while No Man's Sky can now reach end of life without pissing anyone off though.

Better with Friends - Hmm... Fine. Actually kind of fitting that the Steam community would acknowledge this game, as no awards organization would. And having played this game, it IS better to play with people you know, instead of singleplayer or with strangers.

Outstanding Visual Style - I guess? For visual style is it really that special? Would a different category be more suitable for this winner?

Most Innovative Gameplay - I had trouble voting in that one because none of the candidates showed gameplay that felt innovative to me. I voted on Stray only because of cat and nothing else. I probably should've waived on this category instead of voting.

Best Game You Suck At - Yes. Just yes. Next.

Best Soundtrack - I would've preferred Metal Hellsinger (great design in dynamic music) or Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+ (more variety/genres) to win, but I guess Final Fantasy's music is good enough to be at the top. It was hilarious seeing Konami ask people for their nomination on CrimeSight though. Music's good, but not top tier.

Outstanding Story-Rich Game - I couldn't decide between God of War and A Plague Tale Requiem. Good enough. Next.

Sit Back and Relax - Completely agree that Power Wash Simulator got brutally robbed. Lego Star Wars? As a family game sure, but as a chill game?... Steam community, I hate your votes.

Best Game on the Go - What the ****? Is every single voter a Steam Deck owner? Death Stranding on the go? Seriously, Marvel Snap and Vampire Survivors lost to this?! What does a quick game of Death Stranding even look like? It's not even in the top 20 of games most played on Steam Deck. Actually I'm surprised Hades is not a nominee.

And now for my closing thoughts: I don't have any, because I already typed a wall of text so it's already long-winded as it is. I'm only using this spot to test the new moderation system. I intend to edit up to four times and see if it triggers the requirement for administrator approval at any point. Also TGN's 2022 GOTY list is much more sensible to me. Side note, worth mentioning that nobody would actually have a need to edit a post this many times in quick succession. If you're editing to add more content as information changes I can understand, but not to make this many corrections within a short period of time! But dang, so far so good. My post has yet to turn invisible to you and turn an angry bright blue to me.

...I just created ANOTHER wall of text with my closing thoughts, despite previously stating I have no thoughts. I don't intend on editing this a fifth time as there simply is no scenario to make that many corrections. Four times is already stupid enough as it is! The End.......Of my stupid grammatical typo of "time" instead of "times."