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Baldur's Gate 3 has won Steam's 2023 GOTY Award (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 10 months ago by 9715698@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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Game of the Year Award - Baldur's Gate 3

VR Game of the Year Award - Labyrinthine

Labor of Love Award - Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Game on Steam Deck Award - Hogwarts Legacy

Better With Friends Award - Lethal Company

Outstanding Visual Style Award - Atomic Heart

Most Innovative Gameplay Award - Starfield

Best Game You Suck At Award - SIFU

Best Soundtrack Award - The Last of Us Part I

Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award - Baldur's Gate 3

Sit Back and Relax Award - Dave the Diver

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[-] Artaca 1 points 10 months ago

Was Ketheric the one voiced by JK Simmons? Maybe I've got them mixed up with another character, but I remember being surprised to hear him, followed by incredibly disappointed by how bad his delivery was.

[-] trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 10 months ago

I thought Ketherics delivery was great but maybe we chose different paths? I've played a couple of durge runs and several mostly-positive runs where I attempted to turn ketheric to the light, so perhaps I missed the bad parts?

IIRC JK Simmons was Ketheric

[-] Artaca 2 points 10 months ago

That's fair, I'm sure there were a ton of lines he recorded lol! I'll have to give it another chance on this next playthrough, as my memory is from months ago at this point. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[-] Wootz@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I think what comes across as bad delivery is intentional uncaring jadedness from Simmons part.

I felt the same way, possibly having been over-hyped by the prospect of hearing a villain voiced by the man who gave us Cave Johnson, and then... meh?

Seeing the behind the scenes footage of all the voice actors in the booth, it definitely feels like he's trying, so maybe the lines are weird or it's just hard to play a guy who is both figuratively and literally dead inside?

I definitely agree, Ketheric struggles a lot with delivery. I think, at the very least, that I expected him to "open the trottle" at the end and finally let loose, but he still felt restrained.