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5 min readWhy Expedition 33's Sweep Is Making People Angry
The Game Awards just ended with Expedition 33 winning nine out of its twelve nominations—more than any game in the show's history, beating even Baldur's Gate 3's 2023 run. And the internet is melting down about it. The host of this episode argues that the backlash is not just normal fan disagreement but something deeper: a forced, artificial hate campaign from people whose entire worldview about the gaming industry has just been proven wrong.
The Numbers That Changed Everything
Expedition 33 took home Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Performance, Best Independent Game, Best Debut Indie Game, and Best Role-Playing Game. The studio behind it, Sandfall Interactive, is a small team that the host describes as having "no idea how to make a game" before starting—they learned from YouTube tutorials. During their acceptance speech, the studio head thanked YouTubers directly, which the host calls "a big no-no in the gaming industry" because YouTubers exist outside the traditional accountability web of publishers and mainstream media.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Opening: The "Forced, Artificial" Hate Campaign** - Asmongold frames the backlash against Expedition 33's Game Awards sweep as the most irrational and brain-dead hate he has ever seen in gaming.
- 2 (00:38) **The Awards Sweep: 9 Wins Out of 12 Nominations** - Expedition 33 broke the Game Awards record for most nominations and won Game of the Year, Best Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, and more.
- 3 (03:49) **Paradigm Shift: Why the Industry is Angry** - The backlash is rooted in a major industry shift away from AAA reliance and toward accessible indie development.
- 4 (07:01) **Example #1: Hideo Kojima's "Scoff"** - A clip shows Kojima reacting to Expedition 33 winning Best Direction, which Asmongold interprets as a humbled, salty reaction.
- 5 (08:10) **Example #2: The "Western Cinematic Slop" Cope** - A critic claims the game is just a derivative JRPG with Unreal 5 visuals and Hollywood actors, which Asmongold dismisses as "absolute cope."
- 6 (11:49) **The "No Politics" Factor** - Expedition 33's success proves you don't need political messaging to make a great game, which upsets those who push "modern audience" narratives.
- 7 (15:28) **Example #3: The "Corporate Bootlickers" Post** - A viral post contrasts Expedition 33's win against "slop" like *Avowed* and *Assassin's Creed Shadows*, which shills spent all year defending.
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