Of course the should be considered for GOTY. They are a game built from the ground up. Whether they made changes or not, if it’s a great game, then it deserves it. Maybe the original version was great but didn’t win at the time. It’s great to give it another chance.
Video Game Awards are about awarding great work, not drawing arbitrary lines to discredit it. And many games are either too old or the remakes were too big of a leap that they look/feel like a brand new game to most current gamers.
Of course the should be considered for GOTY. They are a game built from the ground up. Whether they made changes or not, if it’s a great game, then it deserves it. Maybe the original version was great but didn’t win at the time. It’s great to give it another chance.
Video Game Awards are about awarding great work, not drawing arbitrary lines to discredit it. And many games are either too old or the remakes were too big of a leap that they look/feel like a brand new game to most current gamers.