Gay, Greek gallivant of Supergiant Games, Hades, was the first video game to receive the Hugo Award. The award, which celebrates literary works in the sci-fi and fantasy genres, has added a unique special ‘Best Video Game’ category this year, which is where old man Zagreus won. get his award. Our king’s brief battle of the underworld has beaten its closest rival, cozy escapism simulator, Animal Crossing: New Horizons in nearly quadrupling polls.
145 games are nominated by the public with six – Hades, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, The Last Of Us: Part II, Spiritfarer, Blaseball and Final Fantasy VII Remake – making it to the final round. Despite only placing fifth, Blaseball deserves recognition as an extremely effective gaming experiment. The text-based browser version of baseball is gone, allowing players to vote to change almost anything they can imagine, from chi numbers to random incineration. Blaseball’s nomination opens the door to player-generated stories through fiction and art rather than games.
While the Hugo Awards aren’t sure if this category will be around for long, it’s been a pleasure to see the Hades team’s work recognized. This is not only because Hades contains thousands of meticulously researched lines steeped in Greek mythology with almost 30 characters taken from legend and then charmingly transformed, then re-imagined. deathly brought to life albeit in minutiae environments; but also because the stories in the game are very good. There are so many stories that are enhanced through interactivity and it’s great to be supportive.
Hades’ story intertwines with its gameplay to make up its story. Meet with characters that open up dialogue and gifts that you keep indispensable in your escape. The game is made possible by the power of friendship. Similarly, uncovering more about your family’s mixed history provides the impetus to try to do the damn battle over and over again. Friendly with your heavenly relationships, the gifts you have in power can create some very pleasant combat synergies when they are pleasantly pulled out. All the elements go hand in hand to tell our award winning story.
The first Hugo Prize was awarded in 1953 by the World Science Fiction Convention, which allowed members to vote, with an effort that began every year in 1955. However, 2021 is not the year. Hugos first attempt to bring the game into the literary gallery. In 2006, they presented the award “Best Interactive Video Game”. While 52 playable stories received nominations, the vote only garnered a total of 98 votes. The number of bad votes today was not enough to qualify for an award, and the idea of including video games in the categories has been quietly forgotten. Before this category was quietly eliminated, World Of Warcraft was at the top of the chart while receiving a disappointing 13 votes.
We’re starting to see more games being recognized for their storytelling expertise.
